"In today's world of modern home security, Santa's job of delivering presents gets tougher every year!"
Created as part of PICO8 Advent Calendar 2018, organised by @Bigaston.
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Features
- Six "Christmas Movie"-themed houses
- (inc. the BIGGEST building from a Christmas movie!)
- Four secret tools for assisting in modern-day present deliveries
- Many security obstacles, including:
- Motion-sentitive cameras!
- Laser trip wires!
- Pressure floor pads!
- Guard dogs!
- Sensitive sound monitor - remember to keep quiet!
- Records your best times - per-level + overall
Mission / Controls
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Credits & Thanks
- Code, Art:
- Paul Nicholas ( @Liquidream)
- Music, SFX:
- Chris Donnelly (@Gruber_Music)
Additional code snippets that I used/adapted:
- URL Advanced Micro Platformer - Starter Kit by Matt Hughson
PICO-8 Advent Calendar
This game was created for the PICO-8 Advent Calendar. Everyday during the month of December, you can play a new free game created with PICO-8.
- More info : https://pico8-advent.tumblr.com
- Play all games on Itch : https://itch.io/c/428301/pico-8-advent
- Play the game in the calendar : https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=32388
RELEASE HISTORY:
- v1.0:
- Initial version
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Seriously great game! Kudos. Wish this was on my Switch too!
Really fun and polished.
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hahahaha this is so funny! I love the little background details, and the music is perfect and really adds to it :D
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Thanks Tom - it's no Keen, but it'll do! :D
Hmm.. switch you say... ;o)
Thanks Kittenm4ster - glad you picked up on the little details!
Yeah, @Gruber really excelled himself on this one! :D
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Not good at it, but really cute! Yes, the music is a very nice touch too.
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Heey, a Christmas-themed Mark of the Ninja clone? I like it!
Merry Christmas, Paul!
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*googles Mark of the Ninja...*
Ha! Yeah, I guess it kinda was - at least subliminally! :D
Merry Christmas back at'cha!
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Actually a lot of fun, @Liquidream ! Real action involved and areas where you can sit and think about what to do next.
Here's a Gold Star for ya.
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Good god man I realise how late I am to this party but so far yours is the greatest PicoKart I've ever played. If you aren't already a game dev I feel you could manage it
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Lots of fun, though I don't understand quite how to use the snow spray.
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I think this was great and really a lot of fun. I think the only thing that was a bit fiddly was the Snow Spray mechanic. Well done!
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yes @CrownDeluxe and @binarycrusader, the snow spray is the only secret tool that i could not get to work
thankfully, the houses were designed to be completed without using the snow spray:
i could jump over every camera's field of view and barely make any noise.
then i deliver near the edge of the field of view, where i don't make any noise
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Hi all,
Thanks for the kind words 😊
Regarding use of the snow spray - the gameplay GIF above gives a hint how it should be used... 😉
*(Yes, I realise it shouldn't require players to watch this - my fault for not giving more info in the opening instructions - you live, you learn!)
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all houses owners puts the security cameras to see santa for first time... but at what cost
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