Naughty Elves

The elves are naughty and need to learn a lesson, Santa is the man to deliver that lesson, in the form of snowballs TO THE FACE! Get the presents back at all costs and stop the naughty elves. https://youtu.be/jiBCoGL9Y4Y

Naughty Elves is yet another of literally hundreds of lazy amateur 2D retro top-down shooter/brawlers infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere. This one has a Christmas theme and involves throwing explosive snowballs at "elf" pixel blobs which makes a present jump out of them and into you. The hitboxes are garbage, the theme makes no sense, and, oh yeah, this was made with Java. Ultimately this isn't making Christmas better, it's just making gaming worse. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. A choice was made to use obsolete, decades old retro pixel "art" as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics. It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget or talent, regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low as a result. There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks. There's no way to ensure this is running at the native resolution of your display. There's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision. The controls can't be customised, which will be an annoyance f…

It took me 37mins to finish this game, on my first go. And I wan't particularly good at it. And I accidentally let it run while I was typing something on another screen. Pros: - There are some cool game mechanics. - The music isn't too annoying to listen to for the 37mins it took me to finish the game. Cons: - Walking around is very difficult, it seems to lag a little, and you can't tell when you are trying to walk into a space which is occupied by the edge of another object (invisible walls that shouldn't be there). - It's extremely hard to see what's happening in this game, or where the aim bar is at. - There is a significant time delay between throwing snowballs, and you can't turn after you start winding up the snowball, which is frustrating because half the time I accidentally bumped a direction button while trying to throw one, or accidentally started to throw one while I was still trying to move into position. - The game doesn't pause or stop between levels, and doesn't pause when you have the game minimised. - The game seems to freeze when you reach the end, before displaying the message telling you that you have won. I almost quit and restarted the game when this happene…

even with some negative reviews around, I think this game is still alright for a relaxing christmas game about santa shooting snowball to naughty elves

Fun little game to get you in the Christmas spirit and to unleash Santa's rath upon the traitor Elves! One can tell that the game was made with love. Yet it is sadly a bit clunky, especially with the aiming. I'd still recommend this game to anyone who has a bit of time around Christmas while avoiding their annoying relatives.

Fun game! Maybe not for hours, but certainly for some minutes. [u]Pros[/u]: - music is kinda chill - has some cool gameplay elements - was programmed in a self-written Java engine - the lil' grinches are cute [u]Cons[/u]: - controls are a bit clunky - elves could be naughtier