Разработчик: Anamik Majumdar
Описание
The Christmas Gifts is a 2D Old School Christmas Themed Action Platformer based on the story of a boy named Kim who is in search of his gifts which got stolen from his garden.
He found out that his Christmas gifts have been stolen by some rogue creatures and he started looking for them desperately. However, the creatures decided to stop Kim at any cost and they intentionally hid all of the gifts inside the magical chests which could be unlocked and opened by collecting red and blue balls. He initiated his journey of eliminating the enemies and finding the chests. His mission is to find and reclaim the stolen gifts by any means.
Will Kim be able to unlock the chests and get his rewards back? Will he be able to succeed in his mission? His fate is in your hands now.
Key Features:
- 12 Levels to Play!
- Two kinds of firing modes!
- Challenging Situations and Hard to Master!
- 3 Boss Battles!
- Receive different kinds of rewards at the end of each level!
- Lots of Deadly Traps, and Enemies!
Note from the Developer: I have done all of the graphics, pixel artwork, level design, programming myself except for the music. I hope you will enjoy the game.
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
Minimum:
- OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8/8.1, 10
- Processor: Dual Core 1 Ghz or higher
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 128 MB of Video Memory, Capable of Shader Model 2.0+
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 30 MB available space
- Sound Card: Any Compatible Sound Card
Recommended:
- OS *: Windows 7, 8/8.1, 10
- Processor: Dual Core 2Ghz+
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 256 MB of Video Memory, Capable of Shader Model 2.0+
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 30 MB available space
- Sound Card: Any Compatible Sound Card
Linux
Minimum:
- OS: Ubuntu 14.04 or Higher
- Processor: Dual Core 1 Ghz+
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 128 MB of Video Memory
- Storage: 30 MB available space
- Sound Card: Any Compatible Sound Card
Recommended:
- OS: Ubumtu 16.04 or higher
- Processor: Dual Core 1 Ghz+
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 256 MB of Video Memory
- Storage: 30 MB available space
- Sound Card: Any Compatible Sound Card
Отзывы пользователей
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02.12.2020 02:08
7
0
Mediocre action platformer with bad trap design and other odd game design choices.
Disclaimer: I have played some of Anamik Majumdar's other platformers so I knew what to expect. This is very similar to the rest of them.
For the holiday season I decided to play through some of my holiday-themed games with achievements. Anamik's The Christmas Gifts was the first in alphabetical order, so despite not expecting much (I've played Fight For Love before), I played it anyway.
It's pretty much like other Anamik's action platformers. You collect ammo, kill the enemies and gather the collectables to complete the level.
It's Christmas-themed: there's a wall-of-text explaining why you go shooting after elves who stole your gifts. I believe the story would have been better illustrated with 2-3 pictures instead.
Starting with a positive, this time around the enemies are not bullet sponges - at most 5-6 hits from the better weapon kills the strongest of them, so that's nice. However, the rest of it is not that great.
List of annoying oversights
- There's over-sized traps that are easy to hit by accident, thinking that you can go under them.
- Since the screen is zoomed fairly close, it's easy to jump down into a trap you didn't know was down there. Some moving saws are tiny.
- Touching an enemy kills you instantly. See the point immediately above.
- Jumping feels weird: the guy hops and bounces off ceilings instantly, falling super-fast.
- Also if you keep pressing 'up' below a ceiling, you could create a perpetual motion machine from the associated jumping guy oscillator.
- The protagonist can take an awful lot of beating, although this is almost good since it's very difficult to dodge enemy projectiles because of the jumping.
- Boss fights *are* bullet sponges. However, they are super easy: there is a spot where you can stand and shoot without the boss being able to hit you. This appears to work for all boss fights.
- Text cuts off in several places, particularly in the final scenes (this might or might not be due to my 2560x1440 monitor but it's hard to tell).
It's mostly the same sort of problems as for some other platformers by this developer. I think many of the issues are due to the odd choice of jumping mechanics and the game being balanced around it.
Controls and other tech stuff
I played with keyboard+mouse but there's also pure keyboard and gamepad controls. Arrows and/or WASD moves, both 'up' and 'space' being jump and clicks being shooting.
Sound and music volume can be adjusted together. Game runs in fullscreen, though alt+enter lets you play in windowed mode.
About visuals
You can see the artstyle in the store's screenshots. Personally I'm not a fan: e.g. the protagonist is a kid but he looks like a leprechaun wearing a Christmas cap.
The environments look alright, and the enemy graphic design is nice enough. However, sometimes it's difficult to see some of the traps in the level due to the background. There are also boxes that you can jump on, but the background boxes look quite similar to them.
Conclusions: not recommended
It's fast to play through despite several deaths that felt unfair. Respawns are fast, and levels are short enough that the annoying deaths are quickly forgotten.
My playthrough (+ all achievements) was about 30 minutes.
It's not necessarily a bad game. However, as platformers go, there are way better ones even at similar prices or free. I sadly wouldn't recommend it.
Nevertheless, I wish the developer good luck and patience to keep improving, as from previous communications I know they are passionate about making video games.
~Twistorian Curator~
Время в игре: 30 ч.
Куплено в Steam
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06.12.2018 03:11
3
0
Looks great but doesnt currently support Steam controller, would be great if an update was released or if controls could be manually configured!
Время в игре: 9 ч.
Куплено в Steam
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15.10.2018 20:58
1
0
So I thought it would be fun to play a Christmas game in October because why not? It's a cute little time waster, very colorful. It has some issues. Some of the traps and dangers are a bit too sensitive, and I wasn't aware (my bad) that you have limited ammo, but whatever. I played the first two levels and you can check out my Let's Play if you want to see the game in action. You can't beat the price though, so there is that!
https://youtu.be/4maAg5RTf_g
Время в игре: 21 ч.
Куплено в Steam
Не рекомендую
06.10.2018 03:02
6
0
Glitchy as hell, no game balance. If I didn't pay pennies for this, I would get a refund...
Время в игре: 8 ч.
Куплено в Steam
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Anamik Majumdar |
| Платформы | Windows, Linux |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 19.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 50% положительных (4) |
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Жанры
Action
Casual
Indie
Adventure
Особенности
Single-player
Steam Achievements
Partial Controller Support
Family Sharing