Have you ever wondered why you never received that Christmas present you always wanted? Maybe Santa Claus needs an updgrade to keep up with the demographic expansion of the last years. That old magic sled won't be able to carry all the presents anymore, so some lost packet is inevitable at some point! Become a Santa's drone to deliver all the lost presents in order to save Christmas and bring back the Joy to the world!
-> I believe Christmas is much more that receiving a present, btw xD
Arrow keys (<-,^,->): move the drone
(notice that the drone accelerates at first, so long press these buttons to actually move around)
Arrow keys (<-,^,->): navigate the menu / the tutorial / the skins
X: confirm / select
(X is the 'X' key on the keyboard if you are on pc, or the embedded X button if you are on a mobile phone)
Santa's Drones supports both english and the italian language. Why? As we say in Italy: it's all a "magna magna"! :)
Seriously speaking, I'm very proud to see that my very first Pico 8 project speaks my language! Also, this game was meant to be a little present for my family, relatives, and all of my friends, so an italian translation was just... part of the game, actually!
This is my first complete Pico-8 project. I really enjoy developing games on this platform, and I'm still learning tips and tricks on it. I think the game is almost finished, however there are a couple of improvements that I would like to implement. First of all, I would like to introduce different power-ups to be acquired during the game (e.g. a shield to protect you for a limited period of time). Then, I think a good next step would be to design an increasing difficulty during a run (e.g. things move faster and faster as you collect Joy Points). Due to lack of time these features are not present in this first version of the game, but I really hope to upload an upgrade soon! Hopefully, any further comments by the community will help me find other ways to improve the game! :)
All the code, draws, and music are created by me using the Pico-8 editor.
I would like to thank the following people for the help provided during the development:
I am Fabio Castello from Milan, Italy. I'm a computer science engineer and I love videogames! I'm also a musician and I play the piano and the keyboards, and this helped while writing the music for the game. I really hope you'll enjoy Santa's Drones at least a percentage of how much I enjoyed developing it! Please drop a comment or send me an email([email protected]) if you like the game and/or if you have any suggestion.
Have fun and always bring joy to the world!
- Fabs