Santa goes to town by rockford

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made by rockford for LD34 (COMPO)
*** NEW: WINDOWS + OSX Build! ***

Hi there :) This is my entry for the LD34.

Deliver the gifts to the houses in this very amazing 3D game (Isometric 3D by the way)!

Control Santa with the two mouse buttons, like a remote control car: Left mouse button, the Santa will turn left, Right mouse button, the Santa will turn right... It's quite tough for some people especially when santa is moving from up to down... :)

10 levels included, with only 20 lives!

Made with Love2D, around 15 hours of work.
To contact me: @davidmekersa

Edit: Bug fixed (avoiding to finish the level 3 sometime)

Ratings

Coolness 49% 1391
Overall 3.35 388
Audio 2.87 372
Fun 3.32 352
Graphics 3.56 252
Humor 3.50 90
Innovation 3.18 465
Mood 3.07 398
Theme 3.85 386

Feedback

David
13. Dec 2015 · 21:25 UTC
I like isometric games, so no exception here. The sound is a bit loud, but its funny :)
Gornova
13. Dec 2015 · 22:14 UTC
Funny!

I mean, I hate walls.. a little slow on first levels?
FuzzyWuzzie
14. Dec 2015 · 04:58 UTC
I killed Santa :(

You took the classic 'snake' design to a new whole new level!
peterthehe
14. Dec 2015 · 17:37 UTC
Nice take on the theme. I'm disappointed as to how few Christmas games there are this LD. Great work.
5you
14. Dec 2015 · 17:41 UTC
The wall in front of the spawn point decimated my army of Santas!

Check out Digicross, playable in solo/multi/coop :
http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=46758
Fanttum
14. Dec 2015 · 17:53 UTC
Looks really interesting. Any chance for a web or mac build so I could play it?
Frank_Hiroma
14. Dec 2015 · 17:58 UTC
The graphics are really pretty, nicely done!
eerongal
14. Dec 2015 · 18:03 UTC
Love the audio in this one! Nice work!
WizzardMaker
14. Dec 2015 · 18:34 UTC
Okay, nice gameplay, the sounds are a bit to loud
ajmalr
14. Dec 2015 · 18:36 UTC
Nice game! Very cool response to the theme and I like how you introduced new mechanics, it was just a bit slow to start. I think you could have maybe increased or ramped up the speed overall. The controls could also be a little more intuitive, but overall a good game!
Rogod
14. Dec 2015 · 19:57 UTC
Well the first thing I did was turn 180 and crash the game by leaving the map.
I then got frustrated that you can't walk off a fairly small ledge without exploding and dying, and that the minute you start level 5 you die about 5 times because you don't know what's going on.
Some kind of countdown or push-to-start at the start of the level would have gone a long way.
Some audio feedback on the controls and maybe "not" the mouse would have been more appropriate - the controls just feel slow and unresponsive so I end up walking into walls I don't mean to.
Also why couldn't santa be a bit taller? I can't see him directly behind walls 1-whole block high. Or make him 0.5f alpha and appear infront of the wall so I still know where he is when that happens.
Overall not bad, but annoyed me at the sloppy execution I'm afraid - this could have been awesome with a few little fixes.
josefnpat
15. Dec 2015 · 02:36 UTC
Nice game! It makes me sad that santa died so many times, but really nice job! I wish there was a better way to teach the player death in a safe environment, but I guess that's why you gave them so many lives. Nice job!
Tyler
15. Dec 2015 · 04:36 UTC
Wow, for some reason, despite the slow movement speed, I stuck with it and enjoyed it quite a bit! Maybe it's because it reminded me of Paperboy for some reason... The view could be changed slightly because when Santa goes behind walls he isn't visible at all. Solid entry!!
Yamzho
15. Dec 2015 · 10:45 UTC
Great entry ! And Merry Christmas !
🎤 rockford
15. Dec 2015 · 11:25 UTC
Thanks everyone for the great feedback! And for the new comers, please share your comments (and the level you reached :)). Merry Christmas!
RougeRogue
15. Dec 2015 · 12:42 UTC
It could definitely use some more speed but other than that it's a pretty damn good game.
Elit3dGaming
15. Dec 2015 · 16:18 UTC
I fell off the map and got an error however, the game is really fun and funny. You might also want to put an epilepsy warning on
Erlend Aakre
15. Dec 2015 · 17:27 UTC
Fun little game, love the sounds :)
StMatn
15. Dec 2015 · 20:32 UTC
Very fun game. I liked how santa was riding the presents :'D
The block engine looks really nice!

The wall right in front on level 5 was a bit frustrating, because you loose ~3 lives before realizing what to do. That feels a bit unfair ;)

Unfortunately the program crashed on level 7, while sliding off the bottom left edge, while on a present and direction set to bottom right: http://imgur.com/8ArI3VP
Hope this helps ;)

All in all nice work!
Blobo
15. Dec 2015 · 21:02 UTC
Nice concept. a seizure warning couldn't hurt.
x92rwzb
16. Dec 2015 · 20:15 UTC
Nice game. At least this is Christmas related!
rnlf
19. Dec 2015 · 16:23 UTC
Pretty funny game! Super hard to play on my touchpad though, would have preferred keyboard. The art style is very fitting and matches the hilarious setting.
sP0CkEr2
21. Dec 2015 · 04:28 UTC
a lot to like here - controls took some getting used to - overall nice job
gokottastudio
21. Dec 2015 · 08:27 UTC
Fun and interesting game! Good graphics. I like it!
DustyStylus
24. Dec 2015 · 10:36 UTC
Haha, fun game! Looks like we had a similar themes, isometric, direction switching. I like the audio too, "Merry Christmas!". :D