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Red Christmas

By nichii

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness275
Theme403.68
Mood1133.43
Audio1423.29
Overall3422.92
Innovation3472.64
Graphics3712.82
Humor4291.68
Fun4382.39

Comments

sonnybone 2013-12-17 03:52

Great story-driven experience! You used the theme very similarly to me but with a much more serious approach. Shooting that guy with a quick reflex is tricky but extremely satisfying when you pull it off.

Good job!

nichii 2013-12-17 11:19

Thanks SonnyBone, I will play and rate your game as a way to say thank you for playing ;)

kumokairo 2013-12-17 12:48

Great story..!

ekilibr 2013-12-17 12:51

Good story, good job ! ;)

paperblurt 2013-12-17 13:06

Sniper Santa?
I adore X-mas and Sniper games, so this is the best present this year!

capitals 2013-12-17 13:59

The story is great.

gbolt 2013-12-17 14:17

I'm so moved.

sprawl 2013-12-17 14:21

Great story and presentation.
Congrats on making this. I really enjoyed it.

nichii 2013-12-17 14:37

Thanks guys... I will play each of you guy's games :D

windwalkerranger 2013-12-17 14:51

Nice delivery. A little bit too short gameplay-wise, but it was a good experience. Ending text could have been just a little bit shorter. Not much, just a little bit :)

xmmmx 2013-12-17 15:03

Great story! This game creates a very intensive mood. Good Job! :)

nichii 2013-12-17 15:03

Yeah... I guess I just babbled too much at the ending XD
But somehow, it suits the timing of the music though...

nichii 2013-12-17 15:21

I am very sorry to announce that I can't port over to Mac OS X as I don't have one myself. I will try to find a way for it, but as I have work on the day, I can't do much for now, so very sorry for Mac OS X users :(

windwalkerranger 2013-12-17 16:08

[This comment is not about this game, but I couldn't find how to PM] @Nichii nooo it's only my fault for not explaining it clearly. If I had more time I could have made a better tutorial, but this is the challange of the Ludum Dare and it was my first one, so you are not an idiot but I failed at a clear tutorial! I would be glad if you kept trying and solved the mechanics, once you do, it's a great pride to score hits! Thanks for the nice comments!

striggen 2013-12-17 16:40

Made me feel racist because all the white people looked the same... GREAT GAME!

mrtedders 2013-12-17 23:04

Holy shit dude that was intense and satisfying. well done!

nichii 2013-12-18 11:46

Hey guys, someone else has made a gameplay video of my game! Please check it out here (if you have played the game or have no intention of playing it because it contains *spoiler*) and support him as well!

lilinx 2013-12-18 13:07

What I like in this game is the way the first dialog + music give some "flesh" to the very simple shooting scene that comes afterwards.

shigor 2013-12-18 13:22

It's not much of a game (even if I had to use about five retries :D), but congratulation on managing to make a strong story and great mood. I'd maybe cut some of the texts in the end as the epilogue sequence was too long and it needlessly took few percent of the emotional response I had.

fullmontis 2013-12-18 14:02

Even though there isn't much gameplay per se, that simple moment is quite intense. Great audio choices, and nice visuals. Story is emotional but the ending part gets a little too long, to me at least. Great job!

nichii 2013-12-18 15:10

Thanks for your comment. I will make a better story (especially with the ending) on my next game! ;)

ras-lyon 2013-12-18 15:35

Aww man... What a terribly sad scenario... It's a really solid experience for what it is. But, man it's sad.

nichii 2013-12-19 15:02

If you guys love the soundtrack, I have uploaded a full video of all the soundtracks used in this game. Check out the link above!

davisan 2013-12-19 17:00

Great story!

nichii 2013-12-20 13:33

People over at DGreat gaming community made a trailer for this game. Check it out and support them if you liked the game! Thanks for playing! :D

marccspro 2013-12-20 23:18

Nice story :)

atombrot 2013-12-20 23:43

You don't see many heavy story driven games in ludum dare. The combination with the observation and reaction based gameplay is not what I expected first. And the graphics sequences are very vell drawn.

nichii 2013-12-22 13:49

Right after this Ludum Dare result is announced, I think I will be working on my next game, because now I think game development has become my new platform for story-telling XD

But, it won't be as heavy story-driven as this one. Instead, there would be much more gameplay to offer. The game will be called 'Gallica' ;)

Thank you for rating this game, I appreciate each and every of the comments posted here! :D

occash 2013-12-22 13:55

Good story!!! I like it!
But I thought that I hit the target... but I can't win(
Overall - idea is very good!

moosefly 2013-12-22 14:53

Interesting experience, but I still prefer my games a bit more interactive. I'm not saying that visual novels and story driven games can't be great (I enjoyed To The Moon immensely for example), but if I'm going to play a game I usually want to play it, not just watch it :P.

Good luck on your future projects

mmickyman 2013-12-23 17:34

First impression : pretty annoying way to read the texts while displaying (cause they appear from the center)

Last impression : a short and emotional story, I was stressed to find the shooter ahah