Made for the 2024 Advent Calendar collection of holiday games, toys, and fun tools made in PICO-8.
How to Play
Move around with the arrow keys.
Press X to perform actions.
Win Goal:
- Survive and protect gifts long enough (?)
Lose Conditions:
- Health at zero
- Gifts < 5
Highscore & Speedrun
You can rate your quality of success by the number of gifts you protect by the end, as well as the amount of time it takes to reach the end. You can take a screenshot with Ctrl+6 during the win scene to share and compare.
Attacks & Upgrades
Candy Cane Cyclone
A swirling spiral of sharpened candy canes shanks cuts enemies in a minty maelstrom.
- Upgrade 1: Increase number of candy canes.
- Upgrade 2: Increase attack damage of each cane.
- Upgrade 3: Increase the orbit radius.
Peppermint Projectiles
A punishing blast of peppermint power that kills baddies but leaves them smelling minty fresh.
- Upgrade 1: Increase number of mint shots.
- Upgrade 2: Increase attack damage of each mint.
- Upgrade 3: Decrease the cooldown between shots.
Reindeer Rampage (A.K.A. Slay Sleigh)
Call in the cavalry charge, sworn to plow and protect.
- Upgrade 1: Increase number of reindeer & attack range.
- Upgrade 2: Increase attack damage.
- Upgrade 3: Decrease the cooldown between calls.
Credits
Code, Art, and Music by Nerdy Teachers
Special thanks to:
Really nice! I really like the sprites and the small details like the foot prints in the snow. I only managed to save 13 presents at the end.
Wow 20 is a great end score, my own best is 17 and about the same time.
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