Announcement - Results! Winners! ~Sleigh the Competition! 2023 Christmas Game Jam

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  1. WHAT? It's already that time!?


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    Merry Christmas, RMW!

    You completed a game! That is the most incredible gift that you’ve already given to yourself. Congratulations to all the entrants. You did an amazing thing in just four weeks!

    But, this is a competition, so there rather naturally does need to be some winners~

    Without further delay!


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    1st PLACE: Where is Santa? by @r66r
    2nd PLACE: Jolly Holly Time by @slimmmeiske2
    3rd PLACE: The Freelance Elf by @TeiRaven

    Best Christmas Spirit: Where is Santa? by @r66r
    Most Creative: Jolly Holly Time by @slimmmeiske2 / The Worst Noel by @Trihan
    Best Visuals: Where is Santa? by @r66r
    Best Game Play: Bright Spark of Christmas by @Nowis-337

    Vote Fan Favorite: Heroes of the Season by @Starmage with 5/19 votes!

    Forms response chart. Question title: Which game jam entry was your favorite to play? . Number of responses: 19 responses.

    @r66r @slimmmeiske2 @TeiRaven and @Starmage

    ATTENTION!

    Please PM me your PayPal details or the pertinent information to deliver an Amazon e-gift card, if that's your preference. Giga-Major Christmas Congrats! You really got us in the spirit for tomorrow and provided oodles of Christmas in video game form!

    The judges do intend to share their extended feedback whether that be in this thread, your game thread, or on your game page. But, please allow additional time for these thoughts to become fully formatted. For the time being, here is the score break down below.



    As for your mythical ~forum badges~ I am compiling the list and checking it twice. This will be delivered to the forum admins today but please understand they are on a holiday vacation as they like… legit work here. Thank you.
  2. Wow! I am certainly surprised (but not disappointed) by the results!

    I was wondering if it was just me, but yeah, I freakin' love Where's Waldo, and Where is Santa? really just hit it out of the park.

    Figures that the other 2 I had trouble running. :confused:
    Really need to fix my computer so I can try em out.

    Anyway, congrats everyone! Merry Christmas, and now that @Mslittlefish *ahem*, got around to posting the results, I'mma head out.
  3. Y'know what? 4th place ain't at all bad! And tied for most creative is great. Grats to everyone and thanks for a great jam!
  4. I know mine was frustrating, but visuals could be better, so I'm happy
    with my score =)

    and game play can be hard, but I had fun making it :)

    So congrats to the winners :) you deserve it (even if your not in my favorite list)
    of the game, but there was so many good once to choose from.

    Merry X-mas everyone :)
  5. Massive congrats to the winners! This was a fun game jam. Thank y’all for hosting!

    Merry Christmas!
  6. congrats to the winners!!

    I'm quite low but it's still my first gamejam, still happy to have participated, hopefully next time I'll do better and do more visual stuff(and have a bit more freedom, christmas was a very hard topic for me, and when I thought of a decent story, there were like 5 days left xD).
  7. Woo Hoo!

    Dead last...like a Zombie!

    Congrats to everyone again and a big congrats to the winners!

    Where is Santa? had a trifecta! And Holly Jolly with a twofer!

    Great job everyone!
  8. OMGGG T_T <3 First of all congrats to all the winners, very well-deserved :yswt: And Im just super shocked and honored to even have won anything with the fan-fav T_T <3 You guys are the best <3 Thank you to our wonderful hosts and judges!! <3 Merry Christmas, everyone <3 <3 :yswt: I had so much fun in this jam, both in making my entry and playing ya'll's fun entries ^^ Congrats to all who completed and submitted their entries!
  9. I make it so you can literally burn down Christmas and only get a 3.4 for creativity? Lame.

    What a boring contest.
  10. ZombieKidzRule said:
    Dead last...like a Zombie!
    honestely, the game was a bit to slow, but there was so many text, it's not my
    type of game, but speed things up could be better with less reading I suppose.
    but you are basicly "second last".
  11. @ShadowDragon Only because the very last game wasn't able to be played. LOL!

    I will take the dubious honor of being last to my grave...I mean back home...I mean...never mind.
  12. Oh wow! I don't really know what to say. I joined in to get a nifty participation badge and got second place? And a shared spot in the Most Creative category with dear Trihan? :wub

    Thank you @TESTOSTERONE for organising this and @Ms Littlefish for helping to run this jam. (And also for all the Advent compilations!) Thank you dear judges (@Dalph, @hiddenone, @bgillisp) for sacrificing your time during this busy holiday period. Your sacrifice is much appreciated! (And yes, if you do have time, I'd love to hear your feedback. No rush though, it's Christmas for everyone.)
  13. @slimmmeiske2

    Congrats for the 2nd place.
    Here is my constructive criticism as a judge:

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    Cute maps, gorgeous\cute aesthetics overall, and nice sprite edits, I like the font used, although I think that the overly fancy windowskin makes the text a bit difficult to read.
    The music is also a tad too low.
    The problem here is the gameplay being a bit buggy\clunky, sometimes interacting with things just doesn't work and I dunno why, some clients can be buggy too and just stay there and not move.
    The game is extremely fun to play...when it works.
    I also feel like more in your face indication\arrows\signals\help\explanation is needed about where to press to not confuse the player too much, like when you prepare what I assume to be hot chocolate (because it requires you pressing on the cup first).
    Maybe even a clear SE playing would be sufficient, so I could know I actually got the cup (because the empty cup doesn't appear in the small window).
    Also an arrow\indication on the trashcan is needed, so the player knows how to discard the items if they pick the wrong ones.
    I would also prefer not to have that Game Over Screen if you don't make enough money in time, just a quick retry button would be enough.
    I really like the idea and I find the overall aesthetic of the game to be pretty, I also had so much fun playing it, but I think the eventing\gameplay needs to be smoothed out a bit.
    Regardless of the small hiccups, it's a great game and most importantly, it's FUN to play!

    I'm giving my feedback only on request. Merry Xmas everyone.
    Thanks for joining the Game Jam.

  14. But anyways, Thank you for the jams!
  15. The game made me hungry, so that has to count for something right? @BabeElena
  16. Dalph said:
    I'm giving my feedback only on request. Merry Xmas everyone.
    Thanks for joining the Game Jam.

    I would be happy to read the critique/feedback for my entry "Heroes of the Seasons" from the judges as well! <3 Especially since I plan to make a fully updated version of this game soon for commercial release ^^ <3 :yhappy:
  17. An official hearty congratulations to the well-deserved three placing entrants. <3 and thank you to @TESTOSTERONE and all the judges for all the work and time you've put into giving us a fun event to obsess over to the point of neglecting important tasks for the holiday season!
  18. Congratulations to all the winners!
    From what I can see in that graph, I got third place in fan favorite! Pretty good for a game I made in about 5 days.

    On the other hand, I would love to hear feedback from all the judges, so I can improve for the next game I make.
  19. Congrats to the winners, you've made it far!
    Thankfully A Christmas Story was still good enough to compete, and i'm sorry for the bugs you've witnessed. Next time i'll be sure to work harder!
    I would love to hear the feedback for it.
  20. I'm a sucker for punishment feedback so I'm happy to hear anything that anyone wants to offer. Don't feel obligated though.

    I went into this with low expectations and I thoroughly achieved them. :LZSlol: