It's Christmas time! The season for joy and for giving!

Suit up, put on your Pneumatic Gift Giving cannon and give the children what they deserve! Presents!

Post-Rating update: https://geeitsomelaldy.itch.io/simons-christmas-rush/devlog/115307/post-ratings-...

Controls (Default):
ESDF - Move
Mouse or Arrows - Aim
ZXNMAQW, LSHIFT, TAB, Mouse 1, Mouse 2 - Fire

Controls (Left Handed):
Mouse or ESDF - Aim
Arrows - Move
ZXNMAQW, LSHIFT, TAB, Mouse 1, Mouse 2 - Fire

You can swap controls at the start of the game, or in the Pause Menu at any time

Created for the Yogscast Jingle-Jam Game Jame 2019.

StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux, HTML5
Rating
Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
AuthorBig The Dave
GenreShooter
Made withPICO-8
Tags2D, Christmas, Fast-Paced, PICO-8, Pixel Art, Retro, Singleplayer, Top down shooter
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse

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Standalone Linux 554 kB
Standalone Raspberry Pi 781 kB
Standalone Windows 999 kB
Pico 8 Cartridge 36 kB

Development log

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why is it edsf instead of wasd and why is there no option to change it

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thats my high score

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10105

Hey there!

Sorry for the unsolicited feedback - just the indie dev in me!

Enjoyed playing the game, made a little video for fun.

Good work!

Kinda cool and nicely balanced! Timecode: 5:48

Fun game. :D Made it to level 13 before getting overrun. Runs smooth in browser.

The controls were a bit confusing at first. Also, maybe a screen which explains the in-game pickups would be helpful. Nice work. Enjoyed it.

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This game has a nice, coherent artistic style and some actually solid gameplay. 

The game seems to end fairly abruptly though. I'm not sure if I'm missing something but in the end I always run out of presents and don't get any more, despite hitting every single present. People keep dropping down but I have no presents to give them, so that's a sudden game over.

Edit: I take that back. Sometimes you need to dodge people while waiting for presents but thanks to the santa hat power-up it seems entirely possible to keep going for a good while.

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I'll give you a hint btw: If you leave the power ups alone until you really need them, it keeps their respawn time at its lowest. The more you pick up a powerup the longer its respawn time is.