PERSONAL EFFECTS · QUESTIONABLE TASTE
The staff locker.
Earn an outfit. Keep your questionable qualifications.
CURRENTLY WEARING
Company Issue
Your uniform allowance.
Choose an outfit to inspectEvery goal progresses as you play. Tracking simply highlights one to aim for. Outfits and progress are saved on this device.
The Wrapping Department
Move left. Aim right. Release aim to face your movement.
BOSS 100%Collect glowing special ammo dropped by wrapped toys.
WORKSHOP MAP · SHIFT PAUSED
The workshop
Find your next room.
M or ESC to close
MANDATORY TEA BREAK
Christmas can wait.
Briefly.
Your shift is paused. The gingerbread middle managers are making a note of it.
Normal · ×1 scoreFixed for this shift
Your shift kitYour perks for this shift
Choose a perk after your first department. Your kit lasts for this shift.
YOUR ENTIRE TRAINING PROGRAMME
Stun. Wrap.
Save Christmas.
Santa’s efficiency upgrade has gone a little too far. You’re the only elf who didn’t make it to the staff party.
Practise aiming, wrapping and collecting in a quiet room.
Give rogue toys a snow day
Aim snowballs ahead of moving toys. Golden stars mean they’re stunned and ready to wrap.
Wrap before they recover
The gold ring shows time left. Mint corners mean you’re close enough to Wrap. Collect the present when the paper clears.
Make it to clocking-out time
Quick Shift has three compact rooms, one upgrade and the Office Shredder. The full Christmas shift spans eighteen departments with connected rooms. Clear each department and step through its lit exit.
Follow the aim arrow. On touch, release or return to your starting point to stop firing; your last aim direction stays ready.
Toy field guideAttack tells & how to answer them
Dashed lanes show a committed attack. An open ice-blue ring marks a brief recovery: keep clear of the toy and return fire. Gold rings with mint corners mean it is ready to Wrap.
- Gingerbread Chaser
The staff party came to you.
Keep moving and aim ahead. Use corners to split a crowd.
- Tin Robot Ranged
A complaint, delivered in bursts.
Leave its marked firing line while it winds up. Return fire when it pauses.
- Parcel Guard Specialist
Your snowball requires prior approval.
Its parcel shield blocks shots from the front. Break the shield with repeated hits, aim around it or use a bomb or mine. It lowers its guard while preparing a shot, firing and recovering.
- Gingerbread Drummer Support
Mandatory enthusiasm. Terrible rhythm.
Nearby toys in the same room move faster while the drummer plays. Small brass chevrons mark boosted toys. Daze the drummer to stop the beat; the bonus cannot pass through walls or stack.
- Snowman Ranged
Cold caller. Wide distribution list.
Step outside the fan before it fires, then attack during its recovery.
- Nutcracker Charger
An extremely direct line manager.
Dodge across its charge lane. It needs a breather after a rush or a wall collision.
- Sprout Chaser
Nobody invited the vegetables.
Back away and keep your aim steady. In later departments, sidestep its charge lane.
- Bauble Weaver
Decorating, with consequences.
Lead your shots across its weaving path. A mine can catch it as it closes.
- Present Snatcher Thief
Your parcel has been reassigned.
Daze the purple thief to recover a stolen present, then wrap it before it recovers.
- Office Shredder Miniboss
Document retention is not its strength.
Leave the paper-sweep lane; shoot only when its gears jam. Wrap it and collect the teal present.
- Head of Wrapping Final boss
Three reviews. No pay rise.
Leave the fixed audit rings and dodge the marked snowball paths. At two-thirds and one-third health, the next attack gets tougher; the final phase fires two volleys. Mint brackets mean the boss is recovering: keep firing and moving, because existing shots and toys remain dangerous. Daze, wrap, then collect the gold present.
Higher difficulties shorten your openings. A decoy can draw the next pursuit away, but an attack already announced keeps its direction.
Choose your level of workplace chaos
Pick Easy, Normal, Hard, Nightmare or Insanity before you clock in. Easy gives you eight hearts, fewer toys and more time to react. Higher settings bring larger crowds, faster attacks and shorter recovery windows.
Insanity starts with four hearts, nearly twice the toys and 50% faster enemies. Warnings are short and there is no automatic healing between departments. Use the menu’s information button for the full rules and score bonus. Each difficulty keeps its own personal best.
Your choice stays fixed until the shift ends. Daily challenges share the day’s seed, with the same five difficulty choices.
Survive Snowglobe Security, Boiler Room Breakdown, Returns Apocalypse, Black Ice Express, Tinsel Foundry and Midnight Audit before the final review. Bring your upgrades. Management has brought reinforcements.
Collect glowing ammo dropped by toys: one charge per pickup, up to three of each. Throw a Candy Cane Bomb along your aim, or lay a Mince Pie Mine where you stand. Their blasts daze groups of toys — move in and wrap them.
From the Bakery, look for the Brussels Sprout Decoy. Throw this wind-up vegetable to lure ordinary toys that can see it. Bosses are unimpressed. A sprout lasts 6.5 seconds or three hits; you can deploy two at once. Use the same special button and switch between your stocked weapons.
A few special assignments
- Emergency Dispatch
- Walk over a marked VIP parcel, then carry it to the blue dispatch chute. Deliver one at a time; the top strip tracks your progress.
- Staff Rescue
- Wrap the marked supervisor to reveal a gold key. Collect it and approach the cage to free your colleague.
- Optional Overtime
- The amber room offers a tougher encounter for an extra upgrade and score bonus. Review the reward before accepting, or stay on the main route.
- Mind the Present Snatcher
- It can grab an uncollected ordinary present. Daze it to make it drop the parcel; your collected gifts are safe.
- Keep up with the conveyors
- Moving belts carry you, toys, loose presents and mines. Follow their arrows, fight against the flow or send a mine towards a crowd. Check MAP to see each belt’s direction.
- Outsmart the Office Shredder
- Its armour holds while it works. Dodge out of the marked paper-sweep lane, then shoot its exposed gears when it jams. Once dazed, get close and WRAP. Collect the large teal present to finish the encounter and restore one heart.
Look out for upgrades that bounce snowballs, protect you after a group wrap or give your mines a second helping. MAP shows assignment markers while the shift is paused.
The music builds as the shift gets tougher. Balance music and effects separately in the pause menu.
Build your shift
Choose one perk from each reward’s offers. Cold Snap slows ordinary pursuit, Rush Delivery brings your next Dodge closer after a successful wrap, and Generous Portions widens bomb and mine blasts. Compare the current and next effects on each card. Ask HR again reshuffles a department reward once per shift; Overtime offers stay fixed. Open Your shift kit in Pause to check your perks.
A little friendly festive competition
After an online shift, you can choose a nickname and post your score to the global leaderboard. Quick Shift, Christmas and daily records are separate, with a board for each difficulty. Daily boards use UTC. Your local bests stay on this device, whether you share or not.
OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT · SHIFT PAUSED
Overtime approved.
An extra room. A few more complaints. Clear the toys to claim a bonus.
This room is optional. Your main route stays open.
Management thanks you. Briefly.
A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION
You’ve earned
an upgrade.
Choose your next perk. A pay rise was apparently out of the question.
3 offers · Choose one
No upgrade offers are available.
Choose one. Your shift continues immediately.
SHIFT COMPLETE
Christmas.
Delivered.
The Head of Wrapping has been formally dismissed.
THE GLOBAL STAFF NOTICEBOARD
The North Pole
leaderboard.
Extraordinary elves. Questionable working conditions.
All-time Christmas shifts
Checking the noticeboard…
Fetching the latest scores from the North Pole.
Best score per player, per board. Equal scores keep the earlier accepted entry. Only scores posted from online shifts appear here.