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1001 Hugs

Kid friendly action game - to bring Christmas presents to Santa. For a low poly 3D shooter it has a unique gameplay. You have to hug key elves and deal with mischief ones to pass through levels. 1001 Hugs has a new game story, more levels, achievements, leaderboard, and character customization.

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September 26, 2019
6 years and 311 days ago
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Mostly Positive98 reviews76.5%

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About the Game

1001 Hugs, version 2, has a new game story.
    Now you are in Elfland with a special mission to collect Christmas presents throughout 16 levels and bring them to Santa.
    To pass levels you need to open portals; to do that you hug 4 key elves, and in return they get a candy cane.
    But you have only 1001 candy canes. Elves try to stop you by making you lose them before you reach Santa!
Some elves just refuse to hug. You have to come up with a hugging strategy to get to Santa with gifts and leftover candy canes.
It's an adventure with lots of hugs, pitter patter of little feet, laughter and giggles, slamming doors, flying teddy bears, bursting water balloons, and slippery puddles!

New in this version:
+ Game story
+ 11 more beautiful and challenging levels
+ Features map with detailed game rules
+ Multiple achievements
+ Scoring and leaderboard
+ Character customization
+ Player's outfits, hats, teddy bear launchers, and packsacks































This free to play, kid friendly single player TPS requires concentration, teaches hand-eye coordination and memorizing color patterns.
It's made for children, their parents, and anyone who loves action, fun and laughter.
Be silly and enjoy hugs!

Please note: this game still contains collision bugs. We're still working on them.

SPECIAL THANKS and GRATITUDE to:
Unreal Engine and ThirdPersonShooterKit
Epic Games Store and their reative contributors


Tutorials: Unrealty Simon,Unreal Engine Rus,
Virtus Learning Hub and others
: MadTurtleGGinin,Thompson13
Forum members: Ikav, Ego, and others
Designers: ProtonStudio, Tahira, DinVStudio
Level Designers: Pedro Gutierrez, Andrew Syrbu
Developers: Ivan Epifanov, Artur Dworaczek
Free music: Zagi2, Setuniman, Nesrality, and others
Bloggers: Bubble Knight, Fluffey Panda's world,
Catalysts Gaming, Rexy XOX, Gaming with Aditi,
Quiin Gaming, Manner, Affari Firdaus
Steam Reviewers: MtWooderSheep, illious, Armagdo,
Legend27, Newyearseve1971, and others
Kickstarter Backers: Mike Howdy, Barbara Nichols
Chief Editor: Victor Dull

1001 Hugs created in 2019
Updated October 2022

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