it's great but the snow spray doesn't work
Reviews for "Secret Santa"
Liquidream responds:
Hi,
The snow spray has a limited range (more limited than the spray particle distance), but more importantly, you have to be facing the correct side of the cameras (e.g. facing the lens) in order to deactivate them.
Hope this helps - sorry if it wasn't clear.
Thanks for playing.
Well, this game was really good!
The idea of Santa Claus avoiding traps to deliver gifts, although basic, is well exploited.
Finally, I say "avoiding" traps, but most of the time, we have to thwart them to be able to deposit our gifts quietly, and that adds this "little something" very nice, because we take a malicious pleasure to thwart them with our gadgets (Besides the idea that Santa Claus walks around with "Tech Gloggles" to see the traps is as much a great idea that she made me smile if I didn't laugh about it). It's simple to use, although it took me some time to understand their use.
Talking about their use, let's talk about the use of "Snow Spray"... That it's one of the most satisfying, but also the worst !
Be careful, I say "the worst", not "bad". It's especially in comparison with the "Snow Globe" that annoys me. Because as much as the Snow Globe has a good range, the Snow Spray has a ridiculous range. You have to stick to the Motion-Sensitive Cameras for it to work, and it's even more frustrating when you see the "snow particles" that go further than that Hitbox !
And above all, in the "Nakatomi plaza", I noticed that, once again, unlike the "Snow Globe", you can only spray the Notion-Sensitive Cameras at the front.... And somehow it's frustrating when you don't have the front is more risky than the back.
Come on, as long as I'm talking about "Nakatomi plaza", that's where I noticed the biggest gaps in the game : Santa Claus slips.
And it's very annoying when you try to make very tight jumps and slide on the platform and fall on a trap that costs you a return at the beginning of the level. How many times have I done it again because I slipped... It's a nice feeling at the first level (The slips), but at the last level, it's really our worst nightmare.
Well, I think I've said enough bad things about this game, because it's really minor :
I had a real pleasure to go through all the levels, even when I started again. The music is great (Too bad it's almost the only one with the Game Over and the Success Niveau, even if it didn't really bother me at all), and the graphics are, a very pretty Pixel Art (Too bad we don't have to be in "Tech Googgles" mode anymore, which spoils the colors a little bit) and a well balanced difficulty (Even if I feel that the last level passes a little more than one level the difficulty, which also doesn't pose any problem to me) and the controls answer very well !
In short, a great little game for Christmas and a very pleasant time for me. :3
PS: I realize that I've noticed a lot of defects, and I apologize a little bit, but I loved the game so much that I can't help but have to deal with all the defects, which are like a black spot on a white board, I just want it to clear.
Liquidream responds:
Wow, thanks for the in-depth feedback - very useful.
Don't worry - it's all been taken positively (and also already been echoed by others here - so def something to look at in future)
Thanks again!
This is a great game, original concept, good soundtrack, good controls and its just... PERFECT!
The game was fun offering pumping music, fun mechanics and good gameplay, but the whole game feels like Santa is on ice making some levels harder than they should be
Liquidream responds:
Yeah, probably should've toned down the "skidding" effect.
Thanks for the feedback (and for playing)!
Really great little game! :)
Dunno if the theme song is a bit like the mission impossible one? like the beginning ?
Anyway really cool little entry, well done :)
Liquidream responds:
You are correct - that was not by accident.
This was essentially a "Game Jam" game, so I wasn't too worried with infringing a little on copyright - if it meant setting the mood right! ;o)