Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la, la, la!

Not much time is left before the winter festivities kick into full gear, so we decided to celebrate in our own special way by re-theming our click-click-click-em-up Desert Express in another postjam version. The titular desert is now covered with tons of snow, the enemies have all dressed for the occasion and the player is now tasked with the delivery of gifts, instead of some nondescript boxes. The soundtrack is also more Christmas-ey in this version.

So, those pesky bandits are back and now they're trying to ruin the holiday by stealing presents from Santa's special delivery train... while wearing Santa hats. Is this a failed attempt at a cunning disguise or merely a seasonal fashion choice? Alas, we may never know. But what we do know is that someone needs to stop them and there's gonna be a lot of clicking, so a touchpad is still not recommended as the input device for a brave gunslinger defending the precious cargo.

Check out postjam-xmas build for your preferred platform (Windows, Linux, macOS) on the itch.io page of Desert Express and you'll get to save Christmas (or your preferred winter holiday).

This postjam build also contains what we think is the most important feature: the steam engine now actually produces smoke! Choo-choo!

Happy Holidays everyone!