Secret Santa gift for Zccc on Pixelation.  Obviously it's a christmas themed NES MOCK UP (sorry for capitals for mock up, just trying to make it clear it's not a real game if anyone thought that at first)

Santa's been knocked off his sleigh and all the presents been scattered across town. So he's somewhat pissed off and he's gotta go around collecting them and climbing up to get to chimneys to drop the presents in while beating up evil snowmen.  Candy canes replenish health.  Collect stars for points and extra lives.  Smiley face in the status bar is how many presents you've collected have been succesfully delivered to homes.

Tried to stick to NES limits best I could with the whole palette arrangement things (4 sets of 4 colors for tiles, 4 sets of 3 colors for sprites). Flesh tone on Santa, and the eye/nose orange on Snowman would be sprite overlays. Lanterns would be sprite for the light against the lantern tile.  That sort of thing.  The area above the door probably oughta to be all blue and white to match the snow in the lower part of it but I kept it grey for aesthetic reasons for the gift.  Think it's the only bit that comes close to breaking usual NES restrictions.

Preview image is the custom giftbox for the Secret Santa activity and also uses NES palette (or at least one of the several palettes floating around the internet claiming to be the NES palette.. close enough)

Merry christmas everyone.