With presents shooting out at dizzying speed, can Santa keep it together?
A puzzle arcade game of quick reactions and keeping calm under pressure.
Presents in various shapes will descend from the chutes. You must move the belt left and right so that the holes in the belt match the falling shapes above.
Line up as many as possible, then press C to release the matching shapes and they will fall through the holes. Be careful not to move the belt until they're all through! If a shape hits the belt where it can't go through, it explodes into dust and the chutes will descend quickly!
The chutes will slowly descend and the only way to get them back up is to drop several shapes together. The more shapes you get the higher they'll go. If the chute reaches the bottom the machine will stop!
Keep the machine running as long as possible. Can you make enough presents to save Christmas?
Controls
Left and Right: move the belt
Down: pull shapes downwards without releasing them
🅾️: release shapes that match the belt.
Return: open the pause menu, where you can quit the game in progress, toggle music etc.
Credits
All PICO-8 code, graphics and music conversion, by @shadowphiar
Inspired by Dizzy Panic, 1990 by The Oliver Twins
Made for Advent 2024
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