Snowmen are stealing the Christmas presents! Santa Claus must protect the gifts! Tell him where to move while he shoot snowballs against the Snowmen!
Pickup blinking Presents to acquire new Snowball-Launchers or activate an effect.
Santa Protects the Christmas Tree is a simple and casual top-down shooter where You control Santa Claus to defeat stealing Snowmen. The game can be played with only one hand, because Santa aims and shoots automatically. You must guide him around the Christmas Tree, pick up the stolen presents to take them back to the Tree or collect Power-Ups. Power-Ups can contain snowball shooting weapons like Shotgun, Machine Gun, Sniper Gun, Flare and Bubble blower or effects like Sprint, Slow-Motion or slowing down the movement of Snowmen.
Sounds simple right? At first, it is. Each levels first 5 minutes is calm and relaxing, but after every minute the Snowmen offensive gets stronger and eventually, they will overrun You and steal all Your presents. The game is perfectly suitable for a quick round of fun when Youve got only a few minutes. When You commit Yourself to a longer session, the game can provide reasonable challenge, chance to try different strategies, simple inventory management, test of reflexes and endurance. The difficulty is continuously increasing until the point where the Snowmen penetrate Your defenses.
What can You do against it? Manage Your presence on the level, adapt to the Snowmens behavior. Stay around the Tree when the Snowmen are rushing in large groups and use close range weapons to hold them off. In calm moments use long range weapons and gather Power-Ups around the level to be able to hold off the next offensive. Manage the ammunition of Your weapons so You can always use the best weapon for every situation. Improvise based on the behavior of Snowmen and the gathered Power-Ups to beat the high-scores.
Visuals
Thanks to the Low-Poly design style, the game can easily present gorgeous and fantasy elements with the huge number of visual effects in the game. The simplified models provide a well recognizable look to each gameplay element and leaves more performance to calculate intense visual effects. During each session real-time dynamic lightning will make each moment unique during gameplay. The lighting conditions, colors and shadows are shifting continuously as You defend the Christmas Tree. The wind and fog are dynamically adapting the time of day and the difficulty of the Snowmen offensive to make the events even more intense.
Audio
The cheerful sound effects and happy music ensures that not just the looks, but the audio is in place for an immersive experience. The well implemented sound effects of the game will keep You in the loop while playing. Thanks to the unique sounds and their tuned mix You can relate onto Your ears, not just to Your eyes.
Each level has its own adorable music to make each of them more unique and capable of delivering different feelings. These holiday themed tracks will grab Your attention in calm sessions, and they will intensify the feel of challenging situations.
Overall
Santa Protects the Christmas Tree can provide a quick, calm, and relaxing session. However, if You want to get the best scores and longest times on a level You can get into intense fun and have a great challenge to do so. A session on a level can last for 5-10 minutes, but if Youre really trying You can survive up to 20-25 minutes or even more where the speed and intensity of the game is like an adrenaline rush. Unlocking all the Upgrades and Achievements can be done in around 6-8 hours. These hours can quickly go by thanks to the cute and cheering presentation of the visuals and audio. The differences between the four levels and the little, but fair randomness in the behavior of the Snowmen ensures that each session will be different from the previous game.