Welcome to the Order of E.L.F.

As a recruit, you aim to use stealth and magic to gather intel on your child target on Christmas Eve. Your objective is to create the perfect Christmas list based on your findings.

Be cautious; your intel will determine whether the child's list goes to Santa or Krampus.

Core Game ::

Find all the Christmas clues located throughout the house before time runs out.  Avoid Detection from ai as you hunt for clues.  If you run out of time or detection hits 100%, it's game over.  Once all clues are found you must submit your report to win.

Win Criteria ::

ELF Promotion (true win) :: gift and list correct

ELF Recognition (partial win) :: gift or list correct, other incorrect

ELF Demotion (loss), gift and list incorrect

Controls :

WASD - character movement

Mouse - move camera

Toggle Q - crouch (makes you harder for Family and Pets to see you)

Spacebar - jump

Shift - sprint

Left Mouse Click - spread Christmas Cheer (distract enemies)

Keypad E - Dialogue with parents/pets, pick up clues

Keypad 1 - cast 1st magic ability

Keypad 2 - cast 2nd magic ability

Tab - Pause Game/Review Clues

Keypad3 - jump to final report (once all clues are found.

Magic ::

Second Sight: Cast vision to nearby toys for better surveillance.

Morph: Transform into a toy figure to hide.

Shimmer: Brief invisibility.

Tips ::

*Cheer smoke located around the home acts as a hiding spot for you as you gather clues

* Dialogue opportunities show as star icons above human and pet heads

* Second Sight objects are indicated by blue diamonds when looking at them with that ability selected

* Human and pet detection states can be seen by the radius found at their feet

Credits ::

Shawn Wells - Producer / Level Designer

Mondae Atughonu - Gameplay and AI Programming

Echo Yin - Generalist Programmer

Jonathan Librizzi - UI Engineer

Milton Clark - Software Engineer

Sara Zorns - Concept Artist, 2D Artist and Narrative Designer

Molly Carroll - Environment Artist and 3D Modeler

Lu Xu - Opening Cinematic Artist

Andre B - Concept Artist

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