Santa's Eternal Christmas

This game was made for the Winter Melon Jam 2023! The theme is Charm.

DISCLAIMER: I used PlusMusic for this project. Their Unity integration is primitive and is unreliable. It takes almost a minute to download my song of choice, so be aware that music may not be present for some or all of your playthrough. I used it because they were a sponsor of the jam.

DISCLAIMER 2: This game was not extensively tested on WebGL/Linux/Mac. If you notice any strange behaviour, sorry about that! I highly (HIGHLY!) recommend downloading and playing the windows build if you can!

Game Summary

Another year, another Christmas passes by. Santa, confined once more to his seasonal slumber, anticipates the joys of next year's festivities... But why?

Santa has had ENOUGH. After all, why must the joy of Christmas be confined to a single season? Rampage through the holiday spirit village as Santa, find all the other holiday spirits, and Charm them with tempting gifts to get them to abandon their own celebrations!

The holiday spirits each receive their powers from Charms. There are 9 Charms scattered throughout the holiday spirit village, including the Christmas Charm. Obtain all of these Charms and destroy them to wipe the other holidays out of existence (just don't break the Christmas Charm!).

Once Santa has accomplished this, the only holiday left for the people of earth to celebrate is Christmas! Christmas music all year round!

"Why didn't Santa, as the largest Holiday Spirit not simply eat all the other Holiday Spirits?" - A Famous Philosopher

Achievements:

There are 4 achievements to obtain, try to get them all in one run!

Name	Description	Difficulty
Pacifist	Complete the game without firing a single shot	Easy
Speedrunner	Complete the game in less than 10 minutes	Moderate
Cheerful	"Spread Cheer" to all the Non-Christmas Spirits	Easy
Disciplined	Avoid "Accidentally" spreading cheer to your fellow Christmas Spirits	Hard*

*There is one part of the game where you need to parkour around a few spirits blocking your way

Controls:

Input	Control
WASD	Movement
Left Shift	Sprint
Space	Jump
Left Click	Shoot
Right Click	Aim
E	Pick Up
G	Throw
L	Restart Game*

*This will reset your stats/achievements.

Note: You move slower when carrying the candy cane gun.

Note 2: If you are holding a gun, picking up ammo will refill your gun. Otherwise, you get a "green gift" that acts like a gun's projectile when thrown

Characters and Props:

• Synty Celebration - Cartoon Assets
  
• POLYGON - Snow Kit
  
• Kenney Holiday Kit

Third Party Packages:

• Text Animator for Unity
• Unique Projectiles Volume 1
  
• Character Auras 3
  
• Easy Character Movement
  
  • Note: This is the character motor my third person controller builds upon
• Landscape Builder
• Odin Inspector and Serializer
• Skybox Series Free
• Smart Library
  
• DOTween

My Packages:

• Third Person Character Controller
  
• My Miscellaneous Packages

Sound Effects:

• Creaky Door
• Gun Reload
• Metal Gate
• Wind Whoosh
• Jingle Bells
• Gun Launch Sound
• Footsteps
• Party Horn

In-Game Music:

Floating by Eternell

Music I listened to a lot during the jam:

• Paradise - White Lung
• Premonition - White Lung
• COPINGMECHANISM - Willow
• Humbug - The Arctic Monkeys

This game was made in Unity.

This was a solo project!
Though I did have some testers that were immensely helpful!