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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Special Object Implementation | #2 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Visuals | #5 | 4.036 | 4.036 |
| Overall | #5 | 3.536 | 3.536 |
| Christmas Feeling | #10 | 3.786 | 3.786 |
| Audio | #11 | 3.536 | 3.536 |
| Theme Implementation | #20 | 3.321 | 3.321 |
| Gameplay | #22 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Enjoyment | #23 | 3.071 | 3.071 |
Ranked from 28 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How did you implement the Theme?
We integrated the theme in two ways: The fireflies providing their light to the game, as well as the central theme being to put on a christmas light show!
How did you add the Special Object?
The bell is the centre-piece of our game, used to generate the currency (fireflies).
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I played this game right through to the end. It was nice and relax after a few days of "lots of family!"
I loved it. I liked the vibe, the music, the art. I did hit a bug where I couldn't purchase the 6th song. The button was unresponsive, so I just saved up enough to by the 7th and played it and won.
The economics were a little weird. The regular fireflies lost meaning after a while. I amassed so many so fast. So any time I built a stall I could just upgrade it immediately. It made them feel relevant. Also, once I needed blue, the regular ones lost meaning entirely. Because I always had enough, so I focused on Blue, and the same thing happened with the red.
Overall though, super cute chill game. I played it all the way through this late into the jam, I think that speaks volumes. Solid work. I'll be following you!
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Also, the theme and special object were used excellently.
Thank you your feedback and thank you for playing!
Okay. Like, I don't really understand what I was supposed to do, but I managed to play a little. I just don't know how to get the blue and red items that are used to buy other songs.
All info on how to play is found in both the opening cutscene as well as the game's page description :) as for the red and blue fireflies, you can first obtain them from playing songs on the bell, then you can purchase market stalls with them to generate more.
Despite the abundance of female characters, the truth is that it's a relaxing game.
really, really great art!
Thanks so much! We loved your game :)
Game was really nice to play!!!The theme and special object were implemented really well and it was fun to play Christmas songs on the bell. The gameplay loop really stood out to me and I played this game much longer than the other submissions. It was fun; Job well done!
That's very touching! Thanks for your kind words!
The art is great and I like the music a lot too! Being able to play songs on the bell is a fun implementation of the special object! Great work!
Thanks, we're so glad you like it :) Your words mean a lot!
Love the pixel art in this! One of the best-looking games I have played in the jam this far. The entire intro sequence was great, and the scope of the game in general is very ambitious. Great job!
Hi! Thanks so much for the kind words, it means a lot, we're glad you enjoyed our game!
incredible game!! loved the art style and felt very ambitious for a jam game. great work getting everything implemented and all the art put together!!
this game is pretty cool. I liked the gameplay but sounds were a bit laggy for me
We're glad you think our game is cool! Which sound was lagging for you?
I don’t remeber now, but maybe it was the sound where u hit the bell. I think it’s because I had too many fireflies on my screen or smth
hey! game was fun! art is so aesthetics, i love how game is polished and music is so cool!
Thank you so much! Your words mean a lot to us :)
This game was so fun! I loved the implementation of the bell. The artwork is super cute
Thanks so much \o/ Merry Christmas :D
Great tycoon! I love the art and how the bell was implemented! Unfortunately i was not able to buy the 6th song? I was able to gather enough red fireflies to beat the game though!!! :>
Real fun!
Are you talking about 'Firefly Fairytale'? I've just tested that and the button seems to be stuck, making it not purchasable, so thank you for alerting us to that :)
Thanks for playing though1 Happy holidays
This was a fun interesting game! Great job, and happy holidays!
Thanks so much! Happy holidays to you!
I have no idea how to het starting capital or anything. I just stuck at start
Sorry, found how, please mention it in controls
Glad you figured it out, I've added it to the control section on the page :)
A good game, the atmosphere of the holiday with each stall is intensifying. The game has some replayability. I would also add that people walking around the festival lack a few phrases or the hum of the crowd. But I went through it completely and I definitely liked it!
Such an interesting tycoon game, and I loved the arts style!
A bit slow at the start but it picked up speed, had crazy amounts of yellow firefly's by then end.
Thanks for your kind words! Yeah, I think we could have sped up the beginning, but if you leave a stall running for 5 minutes or so, you should be able to get stuck in x)
Merry Christmas!
Maybe our only suggestion is increasing the upgrade cost for the stalls proportional to the amount of stalls you have, this may make other currency's less redundant in the late game. but with that being my only pointer, you have done an amazing job and should be proud.
How do you get more fireflies? I only found one on the floor and couldn’t buy anything from Bell, so I’m pretty confused.
Playing songs on the bell will attract fireflies to you, which lets you buy stuff! (you should start out with firefly tune as a song to play)
Ok , i did not expect to use keys like 1,2,3 to choose a song, thanks, but now how do i get blue and red , i have more than 4k of yellow, love the game btw
We're glad you love it!!! On the bell if you press "learn songs", buy the "Ringing of the bell" song and play it you should get a few blue fireflies!! Same method to get red, buy and play "The Bells Carol" song
I am doing perfect "Ringing of the bell" then progress bar on top of bell fills a bit and dissapears, didnt get blue fireflies
Hi, you may need to restart your game, as we've just pushed a little patch to fix the lack of blue fireflies. We're really sorry!
Loved the art style a TON!
Artist says thanks! Merry christmas!
I really like the art style for this one, it's kinda crazy to think that it only took a week for all of it! I do like a good tycoon game, though it seemed to have a bit of a slow start than I would have liked. I think that maybe reducing the cooldown of the bell or otherwise giving the player something to do early game would have been nice? Either way though the polish on this one is incredible!
Thanks for your feedback! Merry Christmas! Will rate your game when I have some time tomorrow :)