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A jam submission

Santa's LapView game page

It's that time of year! Santa needs to judge the children on his naughty list...! Jame Gam 2023 - Christmas
Submitted by Zapzoop0099, BaYuN (@bayunmeow), CactuarMike, 104 games — 8 minutes, 8 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Christmas Vibe#34.4074.407
Overall#43.7903.790
Graphics#54.3334.333
Fun#63.6673.667
Audio#113.4813.481
Special Object Implementation#223.6303.630
Gameplay#243.2223.222

Ranked from 27 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How did you implement the Theme and Special Object?
As a character and By implementing it as a game option

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Submitted(+1)

Beautiful game with gorgeous visuals and professional set up!

Developer

thank you very much! I love your game to

Submitted

Nice game ! But I think that the special object could be more implemented.

Developer (1 edit)

Anvil was going to be a more important aspect but due to deadlines can't really implement more into game

Submitted(+1)

Very polished for a jam game! Papers Please is one of my favorites so I enjoyed this quite a bit

Developer

That was our inspiration sadly cant implement proper logic like "paper please" but we had fun making it

Submitted(+1)

That's funny, it's logically similar to "paper please."

Developer (1 edit)

yes, it was one of our inspirations! Fun fact: for the first Hours we thought about doing an ace attorney stile game instead, but in the end this idea won! 

Submitted(+1)

Let me start off by saying that, this is one of the best games from this jam I have played thus far.

 I really liked and thought the idea of having to read a child's letter and file in order to determine whether they have been naughty or nice this year was very fun and unique from most of the other entries from the jam. I was amazed by the sheer variety in children's files and letters and some children's files and requests were just jaw dropping and or funny. "Went back in time to kill Hitler", "I wish for Santa's death", "sold drugs to a mexican cartel". I also liked the games art style and music a lot.

I can tell you and your team went all out while making this game and made sure everything from gameplay, audio and art was nothing short of perfect. I'll make sure to give this game the rating it deserves.

Developer

thank you for the apreciation <3

Submitted(+1)

Best game I played so far, I really like the level of polish, audio and graphics, also original use of an anvil

Developer

Thank you glad you like it

Submitted(+2)

Oh my god this game is so good and I totally agree with the anvil being bad for people's imagination! Great game.

Developer

Glad you like it have fun and thank you

Developer

Thank you! Happy to hear. Anvil really was our last choice, so we were very unprepared for it.

Submitted(+1)

Amazing game! First submission I found without bugs. Agree on the anvil.

Developer

Thank you, 

[Inside Story: Thier was a bug that made it unplayable at a late stage]

Developer

That bug still hunts my dreams

Submitted(+1)

The idea is fun. Both the music and visuals is really good.  Some of the bad things not necessarily bad in real life. But anyway a good jam game. Well done.

Developer(+1)

Its just a simple fun game with the intent to make user laugh nothing serious have fun and thank you

Submitted(+2)

I LOVE THIS GAME, AMAZING <3

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much

Submitted(+2)

I enjoyed your game and couldn't agree more that the anvil is a terrible item. Great submission!

Developer

Thanks it was a silly take on anvil

Developer

Haha thank you. We really wanted to take a stab at the vote for anvil lol

Submitted(+1)

The game was suprisingly fun, I encountered an anvil once and it said "was voted the worst special object". The artwork is cute!

Developer

Yeh it was just to suprise the player

Submitted(+1)

This game was amazing I cracked up a few times, the one where it said "voted for anvil as special object" was hilarious. At first I thought the gameplay was kind of lame because it ultimately amounts to sharing the opinions of the dev to win but as I played I realised it was part of the punch line, like realising that "enjoying a disney film" is counted as a bad thing 😂 actual goated game and the illustrations are just hilarious too

Developer(+1)

Haha I'm so glad that resonated with people... we were so excited working with the Grandfather Clock or the Typewriter, we even had a backup-plan for Washing Machine.... then Anvil was voted through! xD So we wanted to take a stab at the voting itself lol

Submitted(+1)

I really loved this game the art is amazing but the most thing that I liked is the kids description like how tall they are, where they from, and what they did, its so amazing and immersive this is a hidden gem, great work 

Developer(+1)

Thank you! It took a while to create the databases for all the kids, but that was exactly what I was hoping for, that it would feel like there was variation to the kids.

Submitted(+1)

>Kid attended funeral without screaming, sleeps with night light on, won an Oscar for Titanic III, joined chess club, robbed bank with a water gun, and wants to kill Santa. 

>Puts them under an anvil because they want Santa dead 

>Is fired 

What? I think any time a person commits a murder or wishes murder on someone including Santa deserves to get the anvil. 

Aside from the weird way the game judges which children should be naughty or nice, I thought the game's idea was bloody hilarious and silly. 

Developer(+1)

Yeh that was the point to make player laugh

Submitted(+1)

Nice game! Art is fantastic!

Developer

thank you

Submitted(+1)

Great job! It feels like your Santa, so you have to be thoughtful!

Would be grateful if you also rated our game)

Developer

Yes thank you for playing will definitely reat yours

Submitted(+1)

That was great. I liked the idea a lot.

Developer

thanks

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Amazing entry! I was a bit confused on what determined a naughty/nice kid, but I'm sure I could have figured it out with time.

Developer (1 edit)

You dont have to think that much Its just a silly game have fun

Submitted(+2)

Placing kids under an anvil is something I was not expecting doing lol, very fun, great job!

Developer

Thank you

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