It's ironic that Santa is the only one whose wishes don't get granted for Christmas. ☞

⚜ Instructions ⚜

Zombie elves are invading Santa's workshop. At the beginning of each level, the elves are frozen, and you have a few seconds to move around, place your bag of presents, collect items, and build a base to protect the gifts. When you move close to a collectible item, it is added to your inventory, and you can place it. Once your time is up, you will freeze, and the elves will try to steal your presents. If you hold them off long enough, you can move on to the next level.

⚜ Controls (Keyboard + Mouse) ⚜

• WASD to move
• Move the mouse to aim
• Left shift to drop your bag of presents
• Left click on an item in your inventory to begin placing it, then left click again to drop it

⚜ Controls (Controller) ⚜

• Left stick to move
• Right stick to aim
• Bottom face button to drop your bag of presents
• Shoulder buttons to cycle between items
• Right trigger to place the selected item, then right trigger again to drop it

⚜ Credits ⚜

• Aiden (https://mondobe.itch.io): Game idea, game design, programming, music, sound effects
• Mike (https://mellifiedradishes.itch.io/): Game design, programming
• Maya (https://confusedfirefly.itch.io/): Art direction, character art, promotional art

☞ If he wasn't, he probably would have wished that 8-year-old Jayden didn't whisper "zombie serum" into Santa's ear, snickering, at 3:20 PM in the Oakhurst Mall. He definitely would have wished for Elf #64071 to be a little more careful when bubble-wrapping that particular present. And maybe - just maybe - he would have wished to turn back time to before any of this ever happened.

But, by wishing with all their might, the good little children around the world have conjured enough Christmas spirit to hold off the outbreak for a few seconds. That gives Santa just enough time to scrounge up materials and build a festive fortress to protect the most important part of Christmas - the presents.