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Holiday Nightmare

By kingbolonzo

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness299
Humor3442.70
Audio7342.36
Theme9792.54
Mood10302.29
Fun10622.36
Graphics10682.22
Innovation10992.26
Overall11332.44

Comments

mrexcessive 2014-08-29 08:14

Hi there. Your web link does not point at a playable game but at an upload service.

drcicero 2014-08-29 08:21

Well, the page looks a bit confusing, but i found a download link in the middle. I then tried to run it, but i only could hear the music as my graphics card+wine (linux) does not like gamemaker, sorry.

@KingBolonzo Please name the link 'Windows' not 'Web'.

yodamaster 2014-08-29 15:30

It's "Windows", not "Web".

kingbolonzo 2014-08-29 19:37

all fixed its on windows now instead of web lol just click on downoad in filedropper thats where the exe was uploaded

zeppelincaptain 2014-08-29 20:02

Haha, this is great. I love the art style ;D

I liked your interpretation of the theme. Despite the simple concept, I felt a clear difference between the worlds that you went to.

2014-08-29 20:10

one word...Dude!!!! Its awesome really, really fun. Definitely the best yet by far. The art was great coulda used more sound fx. Liked the Santa Clause fireworks and the ice breath. Im keeping your game on my computer forever. MUHAHAHAHAA!!! AMAZING JOB DUDE BTW was that fuking Gamemaker

kingbolonzo 2014-08-29 20:12

thanks a lot guys its actually my first game too. and yes it was made in fucking gamemaker haha

yselftool 2014-08-29 20:22

Controls are confusing, standard would be that the forward arrow moves you in the direction you are pointing, not directly upwards.
The possibility to walk out of the visible area is confusing.
The projectiles are fast and appear late on the screen, displaying just a small area.
I like the graphics.
The music in very repititive, but that's ok and better than no music.

jojocanard 2014-08-29 20:23

Very very hard or maybe I am very bad at it. I don't really see what it has to do with the theme. But still fun to play and listen. Nice for a first try.

cash 2014-08-29 20:25

Not bad,it's simple but fun,the graphics are not really the best but still enjoyable. Good job

kingbolonzo 2014-08-29 20:36

FOR THOSE UNSURE OF THE THEME
the worlds are all connected in the middle like a link between 4 seasons winter is top left fall is top right spring bottom left and summer bottom right like this:
winter fall
center
spring summer

Thanks for commenting

jomomomo 2014-08-29 21:18

Arg can't play windows games.

oinkiguana 2014-08-29 21:48

Mouse and arrow keys is not a good control scheme. Use WASD if mouse is necessary.
Way too difficult and I didn't really get what the goal was. Might have been interesting with more polish.

jpcote 2014-08-29 22:08

Good game, have you done all the sprite by hand ? Nice controls, but I didn't found any health indication...

kingbolonzo 2014-08-29 22:50

snoballs on back of flamethrower is health all sprites were made in gamemakers on board paint tools

gaeel 2014-08-30 22:34

Download link didn't work for me...

kingbolonzo 2014-08-30 23:33

PUT UP VIDS 4 PPL WHO CANT PLAY WINDOWS GAMES!! And lazy ppl... cant leave them out.

elefantopia 2014-08-30 23:59

Fun game to play as snowman with flamethrower! Birds-eye view of Santas and turkeys is interesting. Nice upbeat music :)

vividhelix 2014-08-31 00:24

Hilarious, loved the turkey skeleton!

hobomechanistic 2014-08-31 01:34

Cool theme concept :)

shivur 2014-08-31 02:48

Original idea, but the projectiles of ennemies went to fast for the speed of the snowman so it's impossible to avoid them.

crefossus 2014-08-31 02:53

Movement could have felt a little better. Perhaps faster? I also felt a little weak/or it's too hard. The audio loop was good but got old quickly.

I like your interpretation of the theme and fitting game name.

rustybroomhandle 2014-08-31 05:38

Fun take on the theme, but as someone else pointed out, movement is a little confusing - I expect the up arrow to generally mean 'forwards' in whatever direction my character is facing, not 'up'. :)

kingbolonzo 2014-08-31 16:19

hey guys the reason the game is sooo hard is because its supposed its a nice change of pace from most of the games ive played on here so far id say people have been making their games more relaxing...In my opinion thats not fun i want non stop action if you play it a little you will get better the idea is to get out of that first level as soon as possible

kingbolonzo 2014-08-31 16:22

The controls were set up that way because it is too difficult to not be able to side step i didn't wanna overwhelm people with buttons. especially on a keyboard.

kingbolonzo 2014-08-31 16:23

Thanks for all the input guys i will definitely use al the info when I revamp the game. THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE

benjamin-soule 2014-08-31 17:31

Fun shooter. I found it a bit difficult but it gets esier once you start to hold left & right for maximum damage.
I think some sfx and invulnerability timer when you get hit would make the death sequence less messy.

landosystems 2014-08-31 19:14

I hereby name this game bizzaro-gauntlet... weird little game but the randomness cracked me up. Nice work!

kingbolonzo 2014-08-31 20:26

haha i like it bizzaro gauntlet lol

bluesky 2014-08-31 20:26

Nice game Love the gameplay.

rhaasken 2014-08-31 23:08

Extremely difficult! It is also unclear why my character kept teleporting around.

I liked the burnt enemies graphics.

scipio-xaos 2014-09-01 01:44

Well that.. was something. XD Had a bit of fun for the time I played it. I think it's a little too easy to die, though. :P Still, would play again. :P

And videos, in my opinion, are not the solution for those who can't play the game. The dev should make ports. That's a more proper solution.

kingbolonzo 2014-09-01 08:23

The Character teleports around to collect carrots. Honestly I ran out of time and had to make a finished product ASAP. Original idea was to have to go into each season(fall,winter, spring, summer) then have more portals inside connecting each month. From there you would enter each month and destroy the machine that is producing holiday nightmare's for that specific month hence the name.

kingbolonzo 2014-09-01 08:51

Anyone having a hard time beating it I have 1 suggestion: in the first level get the carrots then GET THE FUCK OUTTA THERE!! so basically u can just walk around and kill shit or u stay in the first level like a survival game thats the way I play it.

rehacked 2014-09-01 09:38

any web version ?

kingbolonzo 2014-09-01 09:55

No web yet i gotta buy the game maker html export and I am poor poor poor Ill try before the dares over its def a great investment now. Sorry

raycosantana 2014-09-01 10:31

Love the art style!

chaoseiro 2014-09-01 15:15

It is interesting, but very hard :P
maybe making the snowman faster?

whilefun 2014-09-01 16:10

This game is super hard! I kept getting my butt handed to me. Interesting interpretation of the theme. I liked that there were two firing modes.

seconddimension 2014-09-01 20:55

I liked the take on the Connected Worlds theme, reminded me of Nightmare Before Christmas. The skeletons of burnt enemies was a nice touch, and I liked the overall insanity of it.

(Also if you're still doing videos I'd love you to give mine a go, it looks way better in motion that on screenshots. Thanks)

kirbytails7 2014-09-02 01:28

Not bad. A bit of the stretch to fit the theme to it, I think.

kingbolonzo 2014-09-02 02:59

Got a web version anyone know how to put it up I keep messing it up bad its in HTML5

2014-09-02 07:52

I love the firework effects... def the turkey skeleton!
More!!!!

kingbolonzo 2014-09-02 08:21

If its too hard click improved its actually better anyway

endurion 2014-09-02 09:30

Weird in a good way :)

And quite hard if you don't spam both buttons where it works. I like the little touch of elemental resistance.

cardboard 2014-09-13 20:09

the download links have died a mysterious death

cardboard 2014-09-15 01:29

I think WASD or ESDF would as the movement controls would make the hand placement of the player less awkward. The art is quirky (in a good way) and all of the special effects (fireworks, snow, etc) are nice touches. The Winter world enemies seemed too overpowered to me, compared to all the other enemies; they fired quick projectiles rather rapidly and seemed to spawn quicker. A counter for how many carrots have been obtained would have made the player's progress more visible and tangible. The variety present in the different enemies and worlds is very nice. Oh, and the snowballs representing the player's health is a nice touch. :)