How the Gimmick Stole Christmas

Creator: Verve

Average Rating
8.5 / 10
Average Difficulty
51.3 / 100
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Needle (6) Gimmick (6) Puzzle (3) Secret_Santa (3)

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  • by Emmanating
  • by Emmanating

14 Reviews:

Gaborro
All interesting gimmicks used in extremely fun and smart ways. I got really lucky with the gift I received. Thanks a lot!

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Rating: 10.0 100       Difficulty: 55 55
Dec 30, 2021
Emmanating
Rated with the Secret Santa constraints in mind (the game can only be 3ish rooms long).

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Tagged as: Needle Gimmick
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Rating: 8.5 85       Difficulty: 50 50
Dec 29, 2021
Nearigami
I love the concepts, but unfortunately because of the constraints of secret santa, I felt some of them started off too difficult, and could have had more screens building up to them. Still a good experience overall though!

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Rating: 7.5 75       Difficulty: 50 50
Jan 8, 2024
Jopagu
Awesome gimmick needle game with puzzly elements. The game just gets better as it goes along, I think the first area is the weakest but the keypick area is just fantastic. The level design is really clever, both creating fun movements and interesting puzzles. Despite its short length, none of the gimmicks feel underdeveloped, with a single screen enough to showcase the potential of the gimmick.

Overall, easily recommendable game for gimmick needle fans.

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Tagged as: Needle Gimmick Puzzle Secret_Santa
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Rating: 8.8 88       Difficulty: 45 45
Jan 6, 2024
CanusAntonius
This is a short and pretty decent gimmick needle game with a focus on puzzle-y gameplay. I liked it for the most part, though I did think it might have been a bit too hard in some parts.

There's 3 different gimmick stages in the game, each with 2 screens. The first involves these objects you can shoot in order to launch you a certain direction. After this is a gimmick that works like Telekid, except after the projectile hits a wall it'll bounce and go the other direction meaning one usage teleports you twice. The last gimmick involves a keypick concept applied to jump refreshers and gravity flippers. All of these gimmicks are pretty fun, but I will say it was a bit difficult to figure stuff out since there's no real introductions to stuff, meaning everything is a bit harder than it probably could be.

Overall, it's definitely an interesting game that has some neat ideas. If you like gimmicks and puzzle platforming you might get a kick out of this.

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Tagged as: Needle Gimmick Puzzle Secret_Santa
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Rating: 7.5 75       Difficulty: 55 55
Mar 12, 2023