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A jam submission

No Santa in OctoberView game page

Destroy Christmas items, don't destroy Halloween items, don't get squashed!
Submitted by CALWebDevelopment — 3 hours, 4 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Special Object Implementation#34.6674.667
Visuals#34.4444.444
Overall#43.7413.741
Audio#63.4443.444
Polish#63.2223.222
Gameplay#63.4443.444
Theme Implementation#113.2223.222

Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Theme Implementation
The game is about a pumpkin, just before Halloween, who is magically animated with an enchantment from the moon in order to stop stores from crowding Halloween out with Christmas merchandise.

Special Object Implementation
You play as Jared, an enchanted pumpkin.

What tools and 3rd party assets did you use?
No third party assets, everything was created in house using Krita, LMMS, ChipTone, and Godot.

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Comments

Submitted

Cool game! Only played the first level but I enjoyed the retro sfx and the animation of the pumpkin. However, I wish it didnt take me all the way back to the menu and have to re-select the aisle whenever i died. The concept is great. 

Submitted

Great game , like the visuals are good . I liked everything , but it would good if there was 1-2 seconds after hit when you can't tale damage , cause i did took 2 hits in a row . But in general it was fun 

Developer

Thank you for pointing this out. After our own testing we included a half second delay but we were considering a longer pause. Therefore, we appreciate this feedback and we will increase the delay afer the jam.

Submitted

Creative idea, the animations are charming.

Couldn't unlock the second level for some reason, even though I scored over 50.

Developer

Thank you, we just did a test to check, and it worked correctly for us. From your description we believe you may have looked at the score rather than destroying 20 of the Christmas items required before finishing the level.

Submitted

First off, really cute game in terms of art style! Seeing all of the Christmas junk in stores way too early makes me want to go on a rampage just like this little pumpkin. 

Gameplay is basic but fun. However, I would like to note two small issues -- the broom lady can be somewhat hard to avoid at times, and the Christmas present enemy can be hard to interpret as an enemy. I lost more than a few hit points trying to chomp the present thinking it was a piece of Christmas merch to destroy. Otherwise pretty darn good! 

Submitted

Wow this was very fun love the visuals and gameplay

Submitted

I love this!