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Cart #giftguardian-5 | 2024-12-11 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA
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Made for the 2024 Advent Calendar collection of holiday games, toys, and fun tools made in PICO-8.

How to Play

Move around with the arrow keys.

Press X to perform actions.

Win Goal:

  • Survive and protect gifts long enough (?)

Lose Conditions:

  • Health at zero
  • Gifts < 5

Highscore & Speedrun

You can rate your quality of success by the number of gifts you protect by the end, as well as the amount of time it takes to reach the end. You can take a screenshot with Ctrl+6 during the win scene to share and compare.

Attacks & Upgrades

Candy Cane Cyclone

A swirling spiral of sharpened candy canes shanks cuts enemies in a minty maelstrom.

  • Upgrade 1: Increase number of candy canes.
  • Upgrade 2: Increase attack damage of each cane.
  • Upgrade 3: Increase the orbit radius.

Peppermint Projectiles

A punishing blast of peppermint power that kills baddies but leaves them smelling minty fresh.

  • Upgrade 1: Increase number of mint shots.
  • Upgrade 2: Increase attack damage of each mint.
  • Upgrade 3: Decrease the cooldown between shots.

Reindeer Rampage (A.K.A. Slay Sleigh)

Call in the cavalry charge, sworn to plow and protect.

  • Upgrade 1: Increase number of reindeer & attack range.
  • Upgrade 2: Increase attack damage.
  • Upgrade 3: Decrease the cooldown between calls.

Credits

Code, Art, and Music by Nerdy Teachers

Special thanks to:

  • bikibird for coordinating the Advent Calendar.
  • Werxzy for sharing his smooth_move() function.
  • Thanks to my students for their playtesting and suggestions!



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