Santa has a new self-powered sleigh, so he needs to try it out at his practice area. Reindeer no longer pull it, but they help by trying to retrieve any gifts that miss a chimney. Help Santa master the new sleigh in time for Christmas delivery by dropping gifts onto chimneys through ten increasingly challenging levels. Earn more points by releasing presents from higher altitudes and landing them on the center, top of the chimneys. Watch the wind speed and direction as it affects how the gifts fall. Also, dodge any glowing snowballs thrown by Jack Frost, who stays hidden off screen.

Deliver gifts to each of the eight chimneys along Santa’s route in the allotted time. Press the Left Mouse Button to release a gift from the sleigh. Each chimney must receive at least one gift. A chimney cannot receive more than two gifts unless all chimneys have at least one gift. Chimneys show red smoke for one gift, yellow for two, and green when all have at least one. Gifts are transported into the home when they hit a chimney. Fifteen of the 25 gifts must be delivered each level. A reindeer will try to retrieve gifts that miss.

Watch out for Jack Frost’s snowballs. Move the sleigh up or down within its altitude range using the ‘W’/‘S’, or up/down arrow keys. If snowballs hit Santa or the sleigh three times in a level, then that level must be restarted. 

 As levels increase, the time allotted decreases and the sleigh speed increases. Extra time is added for gifts delivered at higher altitudes. Points are computed by the altitude the gift is dropped and the distance the gift lands from the top center of a chimney. Twenty-five points are deducted for each gift that misses a chimney and 100 points are deducted when a snowball hits. Watch the wind speed and direction. Game automatically saves after each completed level.

StatusIn development
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Authorjosephb1
Made withAppGameKit
TagsArcade, Singleplayer
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse

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Menu button doesn't function with a desktop computer and mouse.  Maybe it works on a mobile touchscreen device only

Great concept!  I find the controls a bit counter-intuitive though (how do you drop presents?  And how do you exit to the game menu before the game ends?)  Nice visual effects and appropriate background music too.

The menu button works for me, desktop with mouse, by pressing the left mouse button on the menu sprite. Presents are dropped by pressing the left mouse button.  Selecting the menu sprite with the left mouse button will take you to the menu. From there you can exit the game and see the credits. Thanks for your review and playing the game. This was done as a jam, so time was not really sufficient to make it nearly perfect. I might take some time in the next month to fix a couple of things.

Thanks!  It seems to work for me now.  Maybe I was using an incompatible browser before, not sure why I was experiencing difficulty previously.  Nice game!