The games
Every door of the advent calendar is a different mini-game, each about a minute long, from dodging roos in the ute to stacking Christmas lunch before Nan sees. Collect stars and six bonus games open up.
The 24 doors
Day 1 · Runner
Ute Run
Tap to jump Santa's red ute over roos, wombats and emus on an outback road, and see how far you get before you hit one.
Day 2 · Slingshot
Bin Chicken Blitz
Drag back, aim and fling Christmas puddings at the birds landing in a gum tree, in a 60-second slingshot frenzy.
Day 3 · Catcher
Mango Madness
Slide the crate to catch ripe mangoes falling from the tree, and let the green ones fall.
Day 4 · Tapper
Blowie Swat
Tap the blowies (blowflies) before they land on the Christmas pav, in a 60-second swatting frenzy.
Day 5 · Stacker
Stack the Pav
Meringue layers swing across the screen; tap to drop each one onto the pav and build it as high as you can.
Day 6 · Brain
Light Show
Watch the Christmas lights on the house flash a pattern, then tap them back in the same order.
Day 7 · Runner
Hot Sand Sprint
Barefoot Santa sprints along the beach: jump the hot sand, sandcastles, umbrellas and mud crabs, and stay low when the seagulls swoop.
Day 8 · Slingshot
Seagull Showdown
Gulls, terns, pelicans and a chip thief land on the jetty, and you have 60 seconds and endless water bombs to send them packing.
Day 9 · Catcher
Backyard Cricket
Slide Santa's hands to catch the tennis balls coming off the roof in a game of Christmas backyard cricket, and dodge the bindis (prickly lawn burrs) dropping onto the lawn.
Day 10 · Tapper
Bon Bon Snap
Pull Christmas bon bons (crackers) against Nan, Uncle Bazza, Cousin Kylie and Digger the dog in a timing tug of war: tap when the sweeping bar is in the green.
Day 11 · Stacker
Present Tower
Wrapped presents swing across the screen; tap to drop each one onto the tower and build it as tall as you can.
Day 12 · Brain
Secret Santa Shuffle
The hats lift to show what's hiding under each one (a koala, a roo, a pav), then drop and shuffle, and you have to find the one you're asked for.
Day 13 · Lanes
Cassowary Crossing
Drive the ute up a three-lane rainforest road on the Atherton Tablelands, swiping between lanes to dodge potholes, cane toads, wallabies, a slow tractor and a cow on the cattle grid.
Day 14 · Slingshot
Cocky Chaos
A gang of cockatoos lands on the roof to chew the Christmas lights, and you have 60 seconds and a slingshot full of gum nuts to shoo them off.
Day 15 · Catcher
Prawn Rain
It's raining prawns at the beach, and you slide the esky (the cooler box) underneath to catch every one before it hits the sand.
Day 16 · Tapper
Mozzie Mayhem
It's carols by candlelight in the park, and the mozzies (mosquitoes) are here for the crowd.
Day 17 · Stacker
Sandy Claus
Build a giant sand Santa on the beach by dropping sand blocks onto a swinging stack before the tide comes in.
Day 18 · Brain
Thong Pairs
A memory pairs game played with a pile of thongs (flip-flops): flip two cards, match the pair, and clear the board before the 75-second clock runs out.
Day 19 · Slingshot
Snag Toss
Fling snags (sausages) from the esky onto Dad's barbecue hotplate with a slingshot, while Dad keeps wheeling the barbie about and rolling it in at different heights.
Day 20 · Catcher
Present Drop
Santa's ute rattles along an outback road and the presents bounce out of the tray.
Day 21 · Tapper
Unwrap Rush
Christmas morning, and the presents are piling up under the tree faster than you can open them.
Day 22 · Stacker
Christmas Lunch Stack
Pile the whole Aussie Christmas lunch onto one plate: turkey, ham, prawns, potato, pudding, pav, a cherry and a mango cheek, in that order, over and over.
Day 23 · Brain
True Blue Quiz
Ten quick questions about Christmas in Australia and around the world, five of each, with four answers to pick from and ten seconds on the clock.
Day 24 · Runner
Christmas Eve Run
The big night: Santa drives the ute across a moonlit outback, jumping roos, wombats, emus and cassowaries to deliver Christmas to every capital city.
Bonus games
1 player · opens after 4 doors
Santa Smash
Heads pop out of the burrows in the backyard and you boop them with a squeaky hammer for 60 seconds: elves, a cheeky possum and, if you're quick, the golden reindeer.
2 players · opens after 8 doors
Christmas Light Smash
A two-player game on one phone: lay it flat between you, take a half each, and race to smash the Christmas lights as they come on.
1 player · opens after 12 doors
Chimney Drop
Santa's sleigh, pulled by two roos, flies over a street of Aussie rooftops at dusk, and you tap to drop a present down each clean chimney.
2 players · opens after 16 doors
Snap!
The old card game Snap, for two players on one phone, with an Aussie Christmas deck: koalas, roos, pavs, thongs, utes, Nan and more.
1 player · opens after 20 doors
Present Spin
A falling-block puzzle with a Christmas twist: pack the presents into Santa's sleigh in full rows before it leaves in 2 minutes.
1 player · opens after 24 doors
Santa Pinball
A three-level Aussie Christmas pinball table: start at the Backyard Barbie, sink the hole to climb to the Rooftop at Dusk, then light the chimney for a Sleigh Ride over the Outback.