Winter’s Gift
A downloadable game for Windows
About the game
A short horror story about a girl named Winter. Made in three days as part of Game Dev Unlocked - Game Jam #3. Takes a few minutes to play.
Game controls
Works best with keyboard and mouse. A gamepad might work.
Move | W,A,S,D |
Look | Mouse |
About the project
This game was made during the Game Dev Unlocked - Game Jam #3. The theme was Winter. This was my first time participating in a game jam and I quickly realized how little you can do in a short amount of time. I'm happy with what this ended up being despite its very short play time. I hope you enjoy it!
My creative goal was to make a short creepy story with a holiday theme. My technical goals were to learn the following about Unreal Engine: UI, music, sound, modifying animation, and packaging. Let me know if you find any bugs or have issues running this on your computer. I know there is more I can learn from this project.
If you feel inclined to toss any coins my way, rest assured they'll be used to fund future games.
To follow along and learn about new games, you can find me at: https://twitter.com/geoffa
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows |
Rating | Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars (18 total ratings) |
Author | Geoff Alday |
Genre | Adventure |
Made with | Blender, Adobe Photoshop, Audacity, Unreal Engine |
Tags | 3D, Atmospheric, Christmas, First-Person, Horror, Narrative, Short, Singleplayer, Story Rich, Walking simulator |
Average session | A few minutes |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
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Love the story telling! :)
I mean not too scary but a really good job
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4 Christmas Horror Games
Don't PLAY With This SCARY Little Girl.
Had a lot of fun playing this short horror story... I really liked the mood in this game, the graphics, the story... If you love scary stories about Christmas/Winter → PLAY THIS GAME!(If you are too scared to play it → WATCH MY VIDEO)
love it thank you
This was well made and although very short was very quick to get to the twist. Good stuff... :)
I just released a 3 scary games video, and this was the 2nd game at 15:37! Really interesting experience, but I wish it was longer. Otherwise, it was a great experience and I did not see the twist coming!
Anyways, here's the video:
Looks creepy at first, good for bedtime stories!
Maybe the true gift was the friends we maimed along the way.
Super sympa! ;]
I liked the talking in it and how it was short and sweet. Short horror games are always awesome. Good job!!
Do you think you'll ever expand on the story?
Oh hey! What an entertaining, pretty, and committed young youtuber! I should love to meet her some day. ;{)
Oh hey! What a hilarious, distinguished and kind young YouTuber! If love to meet him some day 😉
I was left with many questions, lol. I'd love to see the story fleshed out a bit more and some interactive elements, but it was very pretty and I enjoyed it!
I wasn't expecting something that started off so cheery to end so horrifically! Good job on the narrative side! Would have liked a little more interactive stuff though!
SOOOOOOOOO.... Winter's family died, right?🤔 I mean that's what I thought a least. Loved the Voice acting!!😍 KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!😁👍
I enjoyed it a lot. Beautiful art direction and interesting way to tell the story.
I like how you told the story through the various scenes. Creepy Christmas story. Keep up the great work!
Comments below clip;
Nicely made game. Loved the graphics. A lot to digest, in little time. Thanks for making it. Loved playing it!It's a really neat story! I would love to have seen more creepiness to it though. Overall, I did enjoy it. It reminds me a lot of the stories on VR. The game is second in the video. It starts at 15:04
Really neat. I love the look of this and it's really creepy. I'm not sure I understand exactly what was going on though.
Show post...
VERY GOOD JOB DEV
This was such a creative idea, I really loved this. A visual story like this could literally become a series of some sort. Great concept.
Could see this as a whole project, nice work :)
Full Play No Commentary
This was pretty good. Made a video on it.
I find it difficult to say anything that will spoil this short and mysterious story. This is a must play. It has a storybook feel all the way to the end, but maybe not a story to tell children. Well done, dev!
The game has a really great story and is fairly decent considering the time limit. Though for some reason youtube don't like the music used. But besides that, game's fairly good.
Here's my channel for other games I have played. https://www.youtube.com/c/Levont
I did not know what to expect but I'm glad I played this game😆! It had a a great narrative and very good considering it was only done in 3 DAYS!🙌🏼
Hello, I played this game and I liked it, it was pretty short but "sweet", I would suggest adding subtitles, aside that it wasn't too bad, good work :)
Thanks!
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