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[Your Dreamy Christmas]

Your Dreamy Christmas by Slasher

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I would have loved more choices similar to the first one, i.e. choose a path that does not have any obvious outcome, rather than looking for adventure gamey solutions such as getting out of the stew pot, but it did the job as a 'choose your own adventure' well, in fact the best of all three entries. The concept of an ancient Persian hero with two blonde dudes as his crew looking for a Christmas tree so that children may dance and praise the Lord (..!) made me cringe a little but okay, this was a grandpa's fairy tale quickly made up to entertain a bored kid, so I understand he had to improvise ;-)

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A Christmas Ghost by Racoon

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What a cute little game. It felt more as if I was reading a kiddie book than playing a game because of little interactivity and lots of text, but that's by no means a fault - it added to the game's specific charm. It was less of a 'choose your own adventure' and more of a multiple ending game, but both endings were charming. A really cute little game I could easily play with a kid.

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Christmas Nightmare by Alan
SPOILER ALERT! Seriously, don't read before you play the entire game content.

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Whoa. That was AMAZING. It looks terrific, has entertaining puzzles and unforgettable atmosthere and the music is super well picked. It's unbelievable that you managed to make a game this complete within just a month. What a comeback!
What thrilled me most was the game shutting itself down on purpose - a genius move. The bad ending was rightfully creepy, I loved it. The fact that the game required a third playthrough was a brilliant twist, I genuinely thought there were just two options - being selfish and getting punished, and being a good boy and getting zilch except for keeping the family happy. I'm just wondering though, I never managed to get a real 'good' ending even though I collected all four pieces 'good boy' dream matter. Eddy still says he should have tried harder in the end. Am I missing something, or is the real 'good' ending not implemented yet?

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And my vote went to

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Christmas Nightmare by Alan v.Drake. There was a notable quality in each of the three entries, but this one was just stunningly well crafter and entertaining.

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Nice one, cat!

Yes, depending on the situation, each vote counting method can be viewed as "fair" or "unfair" which is why I just said that different values reduce chances for a tie.

Three votes per person works fine for maggies, I think.

As for the vote values, well, different values lowers the chance for ties. If that's a good thing?

You are way too harsh on yourself. The animations could use some more work to loop more smoothly and the water movement looks somewhat artificial in the last picture, but overall your art is beautiful and fits point & click genre perfectly.

Fingers crossed for your game.

Congrats lorenzo! Looking forward to the next one.

I wish I knew Ghost better, such a sweet and kind person.

[DBoyWheeler]

My comments and votes below:-

DBoyWheeler: It's still very simplistic, but it's the best piece you have submitted so far. There are no style inconsistencies, there is an attempt to reduce the flatness of the image and the colours are nice. Keep it up!
lorenzo: I really admire your capability of skillfully switching between various styles and moods, each one of your pieces brings something new to the gallery. Kudos for that! Also, this particular one has a really lovely foreground composition.

Concept: lorenzo (fits the theme perfectly)
Playability: DBoyWheeler (simplistic or not, it is playable alright)
Artistic execution: lorenzo (fantastic composition and a delicate, fitting colour balance)

Here's mine:
[imgzoom]https://i.ibb.co/7RbHmK9/bb-1219.png[/imgzoom]

[Spriter Pro]

Since no one else asked, any chance I could have Spriter Pro please, LimpingFish? I've always wanted to try it out Thank you!!

I'll always remember The Leitor's Edge. It influenced me much back in my early days here, even though I haven't seen anything past screenshots... or an early demo? Was there an early demo that was basically an intro sequence, or am I confusing something? Anyway, welcome back!

Congrats abstauber!! So well deserved ^^

Awesome! I really enjoy your narrative.
Congrats on meeting your target release date

I'll leave my feedback here when I finish the game.

[lorenzo]

Concept: lorenzo because the picture really makes me wonder what happened to the builders of this structure and what role the gooey spawns of Yog-Sothoth that are casually floating around played in this. Runner-up: abstauber with his mushroom caveworld. It was a tough choice!
Playability: Neil Dnuma because of the clearly defined walkable areas and exits.
Artistic execution: abstauber because of the fantastic use of a classic palette, perfectly executed background objects and sweet play of lights&shadows. Runner-up: Neil Dnuma because of the lovely choice of colours, nice composition and overall softness of the image.

Feedback:

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DBoyWheeler: I like the eerie effect of the blueish light in the right corner, but the background could use more details.
Reiter: An interesting choice of colours and attention to details, plus a variety of objects that are screaming to be clicked at. I'd totally play this game.
abstauber: Holy cow! This is beautiful. What did you need me for back in the days, exactly? You could have easily handled all the graphics stuff yourself ^^ Achieving such depth with a very limited palette is quite a feat, and the concept is super cool, too.
lorenzo: There's something eerily calm and scary in this image. Awesome use of B&W, too.
Jack: The main picture is nice enough, but what really intrigued me are the red and blue glowing objects in the sky. They add an interesting touch to the piece.
Neil Dnuma: I really, really love your choice of colours and how you made the orange glow of the lava reflected on the edge of the pathway. The composition is very pleasant to the eye. Nice job!

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Comments:

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blur: Thank you! I did spend quite a while trying to get the palette right.
man n fist: What I had in mind was a (now) desert world with all its atmosphere swiped away by solar winds, now trapped in gravitational field of a black hole and slowly sailing towards destruction. The spidery legs sprouting from beneath the arc in the background belong to the only survivor - an ancient elder being who crawled up closer to the surface looking for prey, found none and went into hibernation.

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Thanks cat! Noted

Hi all. Last Sunday, my wife and I were gifted with an adorable baby boy.

Congratulations Stu! I remembered you mentioning several weeks back that your boy was due in November and was wondering if he'd already been born.

Our boy is just 3 days older than yours And he has already taught me what Cassie said you should keep in mind. I got peed on three times before I finally learned my lesson 

It was SO close! Does anyone know if we've ever had a tie?

We've had a tie at least once, in September 2018. I *think* I recall at least one more in the past but I wouldn't bet my head on it...

Ok, then. I'm adding three more days.


- Alan

Awesome, thanks!

Lovely entries everyone. And a couple really stunning ones - more detailed comments incoming!

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Here's mine. Not quite what I had pictured in my mind but anyway, here goes:

[imgzoom]https://i.ibb.co/jkQfnGy/alien-world.png[/imgzoom]

I would appreciate an extension if you are so kind to offer. I didn't get a chance to work on anything yet, but the theme is amazing so I'd love to get at least a quick entry in.

Belated HB Snarky!

(I'm so bad at this thread, I seem to never make it on time)