A Christmas-themed text adventure.

Help Santa deliver the last presents of the night before Christmas. Make sure all the children in the house have their wishes fulfilled. Follow Christmas tradition for extra brownie points.

There are four endings: two story endings, depending on whether you fulfilled the childrens' wishes, with two variations depending on whether you completed the Christmas tradition.

Controls

  • Up/Down (on gamepad or cursor keys): Scroll text, or move the pointer between options
  • 🅾️ button (mapped to the Z or C keys):
    • In non-interactive screens, press 🅾️ to continue. If the text is longer than one screen, you'll have to scroll to the end before being able to continue.
    • In reading mode, press 🅾️ to start exploring.
    • Otherwise press 🅾️ to select an item or action.
  • ❎ button (mapped to the X key): Abandon current menu and return to previous.

Via pause menu:

  • Restart game

Credits

Game by Dredds.

Music by @Gruber.

Updated 1 day ago
Published 7 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Authordredds
GenreInteractive Fiction, Adventure, Puzzle
Made withPICO-8
TagsChristmas, PICO-8

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