Midnight, another sleepless night
Watch until that morning comes shivering
Green Door, what secret are you keeping?
Jim Lowe’s Green Door may not be a Christmas carol, but it can certainly feel like one—especially inside the festive act of Dracula Cha Cha. That’s right, it’s Christmas Eve, which means another sleepless night, and time to play Dracula Cha Cha.
Made by Spitoufs, Dracula Cha Cha is an auto-scrolling game about the lord of ghouls taking an exciting winter walk, collecting gifts, dancing with zombie Father Christmas, playing games with reindeer, killing snowman with his Dracula karate, and more. In the style of Tomena Sanner, it’s all controlled with a single key, with everything being about timing and setting. And it’s beautiful and colorful and it’s Christmas. And it really made me think of Green Door as a Christmas song.
Several versions of the game exist. The one I know best is from 2009, available here. It was who I thought was the ‘real’ Dracula Cha Cha because for many years he was the only person I knew. The newer version from 2015 has more levels and challenges, including a fun surf level where Dracula kisses babies on the beach—though unfortunately, its Tarzan-esque jungle level there are ‘dwarf’ caricatures that I really wish it didn’t have. You can download that version from Mirror of OneSwitch.
If you don’t have this part, remember play Skeal and Crying over Christmas pain in Christmas town. These are my big Christmas gaming traditions.
