Winter Village Massacre

**Winter Village Massacre** is a Piss-Miss game-mode in Venture and Venture: Crusades. Winter Village Massacre is also available as a separate game on iOS and Android.

## Synopsis

A group of children sneak into Satan Claws’ Workshop to take back their toys that he stole. After getting caught, the children have their souls transferred to their respective toys. Satan Claws proceeds to force them into an abandoned town, where they will play a hellish game with him and his undercover Dark Elves.

## Gameplay

Winter Village Massacre is a multiplayer game, supporting 4 to 16 players. One to three of these players is randomly chosen as Dark Elves, while the rest are children. Children are given objectives to complete around the map in the form of minigames, many of which involve keeping light in the village. If objectives are not completed, players are at a greater risk of getting abducted by Dark Elves. Dark Elves are given a false list of objectives to blend in with children and have the ability to view where each player is, reach locations quicker by traveling underground, distinguish other Dark Elves from children, and kidnap children. When an Impostor sabotages an objective, there is either immediate aftermath (such as lights being switched off or doors getting locked) or a countdown will start, and the sabotage must be reverted before time is up, or else every Child is abducted. Sabotages can be resolved by players (outside of souls) in different ways depending on which sabotage is performed.

If a player is abducted, then they will play a mini-game. These mini-games take place in Satan Claws' Workshop, where the loser (or multiple losers) of the mini-game are "murdered" and become souls. Souls still participate through the rest of the game and can complete or sabotage objectives, depending on their role. The mini-games vary and include randomly-generated luck games, challenges against the players themselves and the other players, and psychological games like prisoner's dilemma.

Any living player who suspects a missing player can report them, which will lead to a gathering where gameplay outside of Satan Claws' Workshop is paused and players argue about who they think is a Dark Elf based on evidence collected by their behavior. To help determine the identity of Dark Elves, there are security cameras in a room of every building. If a majority vote is reached, the chosen player is executed. Players can only speak during meetings, and only if they are alive, although souls get a separate voice and text chat.

The game continues until the number of children is equal to that of Dark Elves, or all Dark Elves have been killed; once either condition is met, players play "Deathanian Roulette" or "Gas Chambers", both of which have a high likelihood of killing them, until only one player is left.

The last alive player then tries to escape by moving through a chamber of randomly-generated death traps. After the first trap is evaded, souls join in the game, with the side that won before getting a headstart. If the player dies, souls can possess their body, becoming the "alive" player. A barricade of soul-killing gas progressively moves after the third trap is evaded, preventing souls from continuing if they touch it. The final round requires the living player to evade the trap without dying; if they fail, their soul is automatically killed. Once the "alive" player passes the final trap, or after all souls are killed, the game ends.

## Player Models

Each player is given a specific model, which correlates to the death animations they receive (i.e. plush characters are typically cut up, while toys of a harder material are smashed).

### Default

* Sarah and Tad, The Couple (a doll of a businessman with one of his arms stitched to a woman's)
* Deja, The Friend (a doll of a woman with a black afro and a shirt reading "I'm not like the other girls")
* Lucifer, The Unbeliever (a Funko POP of a melancholy child wearing a black hoodie with an upside-down cross on it)
* Grady-Bob, The Hobo (a *Mr. Potato Head*-themed doll, made of a potato wearing a ragged burlap sack)
* Hayden, The Outcast (a shirtless LEGO Minifigure with a thin torso and a Clone Trooper-like helmet)
* Tyler, The Gamer (a blocky, LEGO-like parody of Mario with no mustache and a glowing headset with a microphone)
* Royal, The Brat (a princess doll wearing a pink gold dress, a pinkish purse over her shoulder, and a dawn-tinted headband)
* Gunther, The Bully (a scratched-up action figure of a shirtless boy with a mullet)
* Colon, The Homemade (a doll stitched from multicolored scraps with a noose around their neck)
* Dick, The Big Kid (a blowup doll of a boy wearing BDSM gear and a mask)
* Autumn, The Otaku (a ball-jointed schoolgirl doll with blue hair, a hoodie, and a rainbow necktie)
* August, The Creep (a Happy Meal toy of a boy with aviator glasses sticking out of a white van with the words "free sugar" spray-painted on it)
* Kevin, The Crusader (a chubby *Dungeons & Dragons* miniature of a bespectacled knight with a quiver of suction cup arrows)
* Hannibal, The Weirdo (an apple-headed doll of a mad scientist with ketchup all over his lab coat and a worm coming out of his head)
* Noelle, The Motherless (a Barbie doll with glowing shoes and a puffy dress, the latter of which is made to resemble a pear shape)
* Beatrice, The Veteran (a gingerbread woman with white hair, round glasses, and an outdated dress that is frosted on)

### DLC

* Period, The Monthly (a *Thomas and Friends* locomotive with an enraged expression and a bloody toilet inside of it)
* Claus, The Unsuccessful (a mall Santa with an obviously fake beard, stains all over his suit, and a cigarette in his mouth)
* Keith, The Traditionalist (a reverend with an "Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" button and a rifle slung across his back)
* Sheherazade, The Angered (a large bespectacled girl with a red pixie cut and a "hammer and sickle" shirt)
* Karen, The Karen (a girl wearing a cross necklace and a pair of yoga pants)
* Zayden, The Different (a boy with an orange M&M's shirt, an oversized pair of pants, and a LEGO watch)

## Locations (with Tasks and Burrow Holes)

* Toy Store
	+ Manage Lights (Exterior)
	+ Light Fire (Interior)
* Logger's Tree Stand
	+ Manage Lights (Trees)
	+ Manage Lights (Exterior)
	+ Manage Lights (Truck Wreck)
* Bake Shop
* Ice Rink
	+ Manage Lights (Fairy Lights)
	+ Manage Lights (Lamppost)
	+ Burrow Hole (Snow Pile)
* Post Office
	+ Manage Lights (Exterior)
* Stage
	+ Manage Lights (Exterior)
* Cottage
	+ Light Fire (Interior)
	+ Manage Lights (Exterior)
* Igloo
	+ Light Fire (Interior)
	+ Burrow Hole (Snow Pile)
* Marketplace
	+ Manage Lights (Stands)
* Carnival
	+ Manage Lights (Carousel)
* Candy Store
	+ Manage Lights (Exterior)
	+ Burrow Hole (Interior)
* Sinterklaas' Workshop
	+ Manage Lights (Exterior)
	+ Manage Lights (Sleigh Wreck)
	+ Manage Lights (Interior)
* Trainwreck
	+ Manage Lights (Exterior)
	+ Light Fire (Coal Car)
* Train Station
	+ Manage Lights (Lamps)
	+ Manage Lights (Interior)
* Firehouse
	+ Manage Lights (Exterior)
	+ Manage Lights (Interior)
	+ Manage Lights (Tree)
* Candy House
	+ Manage Lights (Tree)
	+ Manage Lights (Interior)
	+ Light Fire (Exterior)
* Dark Elf Hideout
	+ Manage Lights (Tree)
	+ Manage Lights (Exterior)
	+ Manage Lights (Interior)
	+ Burrow Hole (Interior)

## Minigames

### Russian Roulette

A rack of as many guns as there are players (but no less than four) is depicted. All dark elves choose a gun to load. If any elf doesn't load a gun in time, their decision is randomly generated.

After every gun has been loaded, each abducted player chooses a gun to fire at their head. Any player who fires a loaded gun or doesn't decide in time will die.

If none of the kidnapped players take a gun, they will get killed by Satan Claws.

### Fracturing Floors

3+ players

Two rooms are presented, and each player chooses one to enter. Players' decisions are revealed only after everyone is done.

If everyone picks the same room, they all live. Otherwise, the room with more people in it collapses, killing everyone in it.

If an even number of players are presented with the minigame, one anvil will be placed in the left room to stop a tie from occurring. If nobody picks the room with the anvil, everyone will live.

Anyone who doesn't pick a room dies. Should this happen, leaving only two players left, everyone is returned to the Winter Village. Otherwise, it plays as usual, and should a tie happen, everyone else lives.

### Piss-Miss Presents

A tree with presents underneath is presented to the abducted players. Each player must pick a present and use whatever is inside it. A gift will be automatically selected if a player doesn't choose one.

Items include:

* **Automatic Tasks:** Players' tasks are completed automatically for the rest of the game.
* **Ritual Dagger:**The player chooses a limb to sever.
	+ In very few cases, everyone but the player with the dagger has to choose a limb to slice off.
	+ If it is abduction and nobody else has been sent to the workshop, Satan Claws will have the player hack off another limb.
	+ If the player loses three limbs and gets abducted again, they are instantly killed. When the player dies, the effect is removed, and the player chooses another player to give the dagger to.
	+ If the player refuses to chop off a limb, they die.

* **Mind Flayer**: The player gets their mind flayed. From then on, the player's interface will be messed up, with blood and insects getting all over the screen.
	+ When the player whose mind was flayed dies, the effect is removed, and all players who aren't dark elves will experience the same effects.

* **IED:**The IED's timer has 20 seconds. The amount of time the player attached to it takes to complete tasks will be taken away from the IED's timer. If time runs out, the IED detonates and the player dies. If the player holding the IED dies before the explosive goes off, it is given to the nearest player to them, with the remaining time on the IED being given to perform tasks.

### Gas Chambers

*2 - 6 players*

This minigame is used instead of Deathanian Roulette if there are an equal amount of players and Dark Elves. Any players who are still alive are locked in gas chambers that are steadily filled with sarin. Players must choose a key from a ring of keys and hope that the key will open the chamber and save them. Out of a varying number of keys, only one will open the chamber of the player who chose it, asphyxiating everyone else. While rare, it is possible to free yourself on the first key.

The number of keys is determined by the number of players. The number of players multiplied by three is the equation used to determine the number of keys, so only three chances are given.

Should a player refuse to pick a key, Satan Claws will give them one of the incorrect keys. Should no player pick a key on their last chance, they will all be wrong, everyone will get asphyxiated, and the game will end.

### Deathanian Roulette

*2 - 6 players*

Players simply spin the Deathanian Wheel, which has five times the number of "Death" spaces as there are "Life" spaces. If the wheel stops on a "Death" space, the player will die (through the method labeled by the space the player lands on). If the wheel rests on a "Life" space, the player lives. The odds of winning Deathanian Roulette are narrow, but it is possible. If the player doesn't spin, Satan Claws will do it for them.

## Deaths

### General

* Stroke
* Explosion
* Shotgun to Head
* Shotgun to Chest
* Shotgun to Abdomen
* Handgun to Head
* Handgun to Chest
* Handgun to Abdomen
* Fire
* Liquid Nitrogen
* Lightsaber
* Jet Engine
* Seizure

### Plush (The Couple, The Friend, and The Homemade)

* Decapitation
* Bisection
* Decapitation and Bisection
* Knife to Head
* Crucifixion
* Impalement
* Inflation
* Paper Shredder
* Blender
* Warg

### Plastic (The Outcast, The Bully, The Otaku, The Unbeliever, The Creep, etc.)

* Neck Snap
* Car
* Train
* Baseball Bat
* Sledgehammer
* Shoe
* Nutcracker
* Hydraulic Press
* Crusher
* Anvil
* Boulder
* Ass

### The Otaku

* Kamehameha
* Long Arm Punch
* Flaming Sword
* Shadow Clone Jitsu
* Midoriya's Finger
* Star Platinum
* Jetpack Swords
* Chimera Morph
* Death Note
* Darkness Slash
* Overpowered Card
* Crimson Donut
* Bites the Dust
* Deku's Gun
* Piano and Violin
* Avatar Elements
* Hinata Volleyball
* Buu Laser
* Hidden Lotus
* Eva Unit Step
* Jajanken
* Emerald Splash
* Ora Ora

### Memes

* Unfortunate Machine
* Baba Booey
* Femur Breaker
* I Like Ya Cut G
* Only a Spoonful
* Deadeye
* Springtrap
* Taking a Piss

## Behind the Scenes

* The mode's general gameplay is based on *Among Us*, while the minigames are based on the games *Trivia Murder Party* and *Trivia Murder Party 2* from *Jackbox Party Pack 3* and *6*. The Death Dungeon is a combination of the final round of both *Trivia Murder Party* games and the "Deathrun" custom maps from *Counter-Strike Source* and *Garry's Mod*. Certain elements are comparable to *Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout*, but aren't intentionally similar.
* Some of the player models are partially based on perceived cliches of Hallmark Christmas movies, while others are simply dark parodies of existing toys.

## Does the Dog Die?

* Is there a dead animal? Cat and reindeer carcasses are strewn about the village. If you count it, there's also meat in many of the restaurants.
* Does the dog die? A pile of snow has a dog's legs and tail sticking out of it, so yes.
* Does an animal die (other than a dog, cat, or horse)? There's a dead owl on top of the igloo.
* Are there bugs? Insects will get all over the screen if you get your mind flayed.
* Does a horse die? There are horse and reindeer carcasses in many areas of the map.
* Are there spiders? There are spiders all over Satan Claws' dungeon.
* Does a cat die? Not onscreen but the remains of cats can be found in a few areas.
* Are there snakes? There's occasionally a snake slithering around Satan Claws' dungeon.
* Is someone burned alive? Some of the deaths involve characters getting set on fire while they're still conscious.
* Is there shaving/cutting? Many of the deaths depict characters getting cut up.
* Are any teeth damaged? Some of the action figures lose teeth in their death animations.
* Is there amputation? If you get the Ritual Dagger, you have to chop off a limb.
* Is there finger/toe mutilation? Characters with fingers get them maimed in some of the death scenes.
* Does someone have a seizure? Your character can die from a seizure.
* Is there eye mutilation? Eyes get mangled in some of the kills, but they aren't human eyes.
* Does a head get squashed? A few of the deaths depict heads getting crushed, but there's no gore.
* Is someone tortured? You can hear children screaming in Satan's workshop and it's heavily implied that they are being tortured.
* Is a child's toy destroyed? Everyone takes on the role of children trapped inside of their toys, and most of them are destroyed by the end of the game. The toy store and a few other locations have broken toys in them.
* Does a child die? The players take on the role of children's souls and they can die. There are also corpses of children throughout the map, including a partially-buried infant.
* Is someone kidnapped? Getting abducted is a major gameplay mechanic.
* Are there ghosts? Ghosts are crucial to the final round and can possess another player's corpse in an attempt to win.
* Are there clowns? There are clown-themed rides in the carnival.
* Is someone stalked? Many Dark Elves uses stalking as a strategy.
* Are there jumpscares? Far too many to count.
* Does someone die by suicide? It isn't technically suicide but it happens if you lose a game of Russian Roulette.
* Does someone self-harm? If you get the Ritual Dagger you forced to hack off a limb.
* Are there abortions? It's probably the only game to have one onscreen. One of Sarah's death animations depicts her getting torn open and a baby doll getting pulled out of her.
* Is there antisemitism? No, but there is a minigame involving gas chambers (which are ubiquitously associated with the Holocaust).
* Does an LGBT person die? Autumn the Otaku can die and she's clearly LGBTQIA+.
* Is Santa (et al) Spoiled? Satan Claws' existence makes it pretty clear that Santa isn't real. There are also corpses of a mall Santa and elves near Satan Claws' Workshop and the Dark Elves' Hideout.
* Is there blood/gore? There's blood on Hannibal's labcoat and in a few locations of the game. The opening cinematic also depicts people getting killed and white blood coming out.
* Is someone hit by a car? One of the death animations involves your character getting run over.
* Is there a hanging? There are hanging bodies in many parts of the map.
* Is a child abused? Everyone in the game assumes the role of a child's soul so yes.
* Is there gun violence? Some of the deaths involve getting shot.
* Does someone struggle to breathe? One minigame, Gas Chambers, involves characters trying to find a key that will let them out of a gas chamber. Realistic struggling and coughing can be heard throughout.