Christmas, just a week away. Woohoo! My best score so far is 30. 36+ soon.
I really love the infinite runner segments! I wish they were longer tbh, they end suddenly. Starting my first run, I was confused by the timer counting down, but it makes sense in hindsight. Also on my first run, I immediately tried to jump over a car and exploded. The random generation can generate some diabolical obstacles. I thought this was funny. I had a segment that was 80% cars. The transition to the house phase is really cool, with the camera zoom + FOV trick. On a long run, I do get a bit impatient though and mash as if I could skip.
The house phase is neat. In my first house phase, I didn’t see the targets, and I also accidentally jammed myself into the bottom edge of the screen, and clipped out by placing yet more presents. I think its interesting the cats pathfind around the presents, so you can kind of try to influence them to split up? My main trick was pivoting before placing a present so I wouldn’t have to walk around it after. TBH I was bad at this phase because I am impatient and rush instead of playing safe. Sometimes the Grinch gets stuck around the edges, which leads to some hits. Also placing presents close to the edge leads to incidents. It’s common since the player tends to play around the edge once the cats have been kited and grouped in the center.
Also the audio is fun! I love the transition between phases, between a generic instrument MIDI (positive) and a chiptune. I love how it slowly but non-obviously get pitched up as you go.