Happy New Year 2024

Creator: riot3121

Average Rating
6.0 / 10
Decent
Average Difficulty
27.8 / 100
Beginner
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Needle (5) Avoidance (5) Gimmick (3) Puzzle (1) Short (2) Secret_Santa (4) Secret_Santa_2023 (1) "Puzzle" (1)

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by GaspacoZanis

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Riot3_1_2_1 [Creator]
for emmanating
Tagged as: Needle Avoidance Gimmick Secret_Santa "Puzzle"
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Rating: N/A       Difficulty: 35
Dec 27, 2023

8 Reviews:

Kilgour22
Rating based on clearing the extra avoidance.

Surprisingly high production-value game, but unfortunately very short. The needle consists of a couple screens with a few triggers and the hint at a gimmick (pressing a button to return to the start of the room) for some pathing. It looks pretty nice, though personally I don't really like the slight visual challenge of the windows being drawn in front of the player.

When you clear, you're offered the choice of two warps. One takes you to a short avoidance, while the other takes you to an anime gif that seems to loop.

While I enjoyed the gameplay there was, I can't help but feel pretty disappointed by the way the creator seems to have dismissed the wishes of their recipient. It made the game feel even shorter than it was, and consequently lower-effort. It's okay to not personally enjoy the type of game your recipient wants, but you should still try your best instead of phoning it in.

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Rating: 6.5       Difficulty: 25
Dec 27, 2023
GaspacoZanis
H̶a̶p̶y̶ ̶N̶e̶w̶ ̶Y̶e̶a̶r̶ ̶2̶0̶2̶4̶!̶

Hapy New Year 2025!


Anyway, this is a game by riot3121 made as part of 'Secret Santa 2023' event and made for Emmanating as a request for "No traditional avoidance" and basically Puzzle game.

This game ended up being very short, due to the author not expecting such request, which is why the avoidance ended up being added in the EX.

I did enjoy the neat vibe of the main game - sweet transitions between rooms, gimmick with interesting concept and overall pretty visuals. The cutscene does kinda feel a bit awkward, but author at the very least was honest.

EX avoidance is very short so my rating does include that as well (but it is still more or less the same difficulty as platforming). It is pretty much your average 'traditional avoidance', using Vocaloid song.

There is also separate portal for just a GIF. Gonna give additional points for the humor.


This game is harmless, but I would not say I necessarily enjoyed it. I know that the original recipient of this game enjoyed it, so it is a success at the very least. Game could have had more content and could be polished more, but this is what we have.


If you have a bit of a spare time you can try it out, but I personally would not recommend.

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Tagged as: Needle Avoidance Gimmick Puzzle Secret_Santa
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Rating: 4.6       Difficulty: 26
Jan 1, 2025
M0bilD
Rating + difficulty based on clearing extra avoidance.

Fun little game with a neat gimmick that's ripe for expanding upon.
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Rating: 6.5       Difficulty: 26
Feb 28, 2024
Zambrini
Tagged as: Needle Avoidance Gimmick Short
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Rating: 6.5       Difficulty: 30
Jan 1, 2024
Neos_
Tagged as: Secret_Santa Secret_Santa_2023
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Rating: N/A       Difficulty: N/A
Dec 29, 2023