Event - Sleigh the Competition! 2023 Christmas Game Jam

I'm almost done with my entry.
Simple and fun, you say? Ask and you shall receive:
Took me exactly one week to make it (the game, not the title screen, lol). I guess there's still plenty of time to polish and test it, now. :cutesmile:
*Not related to Harold from MV, just took the name for the pun with Dickens' tale.
(Ok, maybe I also choose the name for its marquee value :p)

Good luck to all!
Keep it up, guys! :rock-right:

Nah, out of jokes i've began to set up the assets for everyone: Status busts, cut-ins, faces, everything that requires drawing since it's the most difficult thing for me.

Honestly, seeing all these cute Christmas title screens and cute Christmas characters is cheering me up. But, I’m probably just super hangry.

I did see @AphoticAmaranth teasing that cheddar espresso popcorn in the profile feed earlier tho.

Almost done here, just some stuff and cutscene when able, should be done
in 2-3 days hopefully (it ain't easy), but it should be working correctly and
doable, else its "almost" impossible for a lot of you :D

Oooh, ooh! Before I forget (and make the Day #3 compilation lol), make sure to check out your advent presents from yesterday! See if you find the magic resource!

I also want to shout out @Candacis again for continuing to build out options for MZ snow-y places here and here. If you own MZ and the MZ style fits your graphic design, you have a great meat and potatoes for the village.

@TeiRaven I agree, I usually save the Title Screen for near the end of Development if it's a game jam. That way I have a feel for the game's tone.
@JohnDoeNews I see Harold wrote a book before he became an adventurer:hwink:
I kept my game limited to a single map so I could actually finish. I have most of the systems running but they lack any semblance of "Fun" at the moment.

Let's see, I did the intro dialogue, I edited some busts, I made a bunch of snow autotiles, I scoured Avery's resource thread, I started one indoor and one outdoor map.

What? Gameplay?

As a far more creatively inclined person myself…I feel so attacked right now. @Candacis

I'm right there with you guys XD "Systems?" Battles? What on earth are you talking about?

I know where my strengths are, and they're not in combat XD

Almost done the bare bones!
Having a bit o' trouble with one of my evented minigames, but I think I can figure it out.

I'm really in awe towards the people that can do proper battle systems in their games. That's a serious skill.



Literally just made a resource. For my game, but still...
Anyone needs it, can grab it (MZ required):

I cannot use it if it require MZ, but I don't have a battle system in my game,
so no stress there ^^

I screwed up on a map and made over/under "bridges" even tiles instead of an odd number tiles and it is off now by half a tile. D'oh! Thought I was making good progress until that point. Lmao. It's parallax/overlay mapping and I'm not going to redo the map either.:kaolivid:

Well I continued working on the gameplay part today, but I got stuck, so finally made some winter outfits tor Reid and Priscilla, our MCs.

I know this might not be appropriate place to ask but I need some help coming up with a puzzle for my jam entry. I am trying to figure out how to incorporate a puzzle using a nativity set as a theme or something. I have tried to think of anything but I am kind of stumped.

Hm, the obvious choice is to make a sliding block puzzle, but I understand if you don't want to do that.

Fetch quest to bring baby Jesus the best gift with potentially funny results.

Yeah, and recreate the classic scene from "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever"

i decided to watch netlifx KLAUS for research on this game jam.

Hmm, that's actually not a bad idea. Getting pieces of the set in the right spot would work.
I guess sometimes the simple solution is the best solution.
@AquaEcho At a quick glance I thought you said "revive" Baby Jesus not get him a gift.