Acorn Rush by MrPiedPiper
Thanks so much for checking out our entry! After you’re done playing, please share your high score in the comments. (our high score is 3300)
Current non-creator high score: @tygrak with 1600 points!
Lore
You were too busy participating in game jams to gather acorns for winter! Now you have to start with nothing and collect enough acorns before it’s too late! Oh! -and watch out for the other squirrels trying to steal your acorns!
How to play
- You can deposit the acorns into the tree by either shooting them in, or putting them in directly (clicking when you’re in the hole)
- Make sure to watch out for the thief squirrels, they take the last 2 things you deposited and make a run for it. If you knock them down, the points are added back automatically. Plus, they leave a golden acorn worth double a normal acorn!
Controls
- Movement - WASD or arrow keys
- Pick-up - Right-click
- Throw - Left-click
- Pause - Esc key
Credits
- Programming and music by @MrPiedPiper
- Art and animations by @StinkyKitty
Also, there's a bug right now that sometimes causes thieves to get stuck after falling. Also the thieves always run to the right :P



Ratings
| Overall | 885th | 3.088⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 801th | 2.974⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 926th | 2.679⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 963th | 2.705⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 530th | 3.563⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 350th | 3.385⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 533th | 2.77⭐ | 39🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 720th | 3.145⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 20🗳️ | 28🗨️ |
@sbrianz @cybikitty Super happy with how it turned out, Thanks for taking the time to try our game! :D
@fredbernardo We could definitely improve that if we do any post-jam updates. Thanks! Glad you had fun ^^
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adorable sounds an music .... not sure if i got the way to play corerectl
You can deposit the acorns into the tree by either shooting them in, or putting them in directly (clicking when you're in the hole)
Make sure to watch out for the thief squirrels, they take up to 200 points and make a run for it. If you knock them down, the points are added back automatically. Plus, they leave a golden acorn worth double a normal acorn!
I like the relaxing music as well.
We also created an entry for the jam in case you wanna check :)
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/$172916
Nice work!
@velvetlobster Glad you liked the music! It was fun to make. Ukulele is a blast :D
@mimusangel Cool that you found it relaxing! I find it rather frantic myself, really want those high scores.
@yokuday Yayyyy adorableness! @stinkykitty did such a good job on making things cute and bubbly. Thank you!
@psychic-ash <3
@marcoming :D :D :D
@vaibho Thank you! We might have made it a bit too hard. Whoops :P Maybe a difficulty option would be good :thinking:
@djee We should probably work on the sound effect to make it less annoying, yeah. Maybe quieter too. Thanks for the feedback! Sorry how to play wasn't clear enough :< We definitely need some kind of in-game instructions. Maybe a "First time playing?" tutorial or something.
@organicpencil We should definitely add some clear way to show when you get/lose points so there's no confusion. Thank you! ^^
@t-bo @stinkykitty did an amazing job on the graphics ^^ Thank you!
@quietgecko Flying squirrel XD Thanks! And your game is 100% on my list of games to try out. Yours was made with Godot too, if I'm not mistaken :eyes:
@ropedog Thanks! The music was great fun to record. Late at night the day before the jam was done, recording with Audacity. Glad you enjoyed :D
@imphenzia Quite glad you enjoyed playing our game. Pushing the acorns is an interesting idea we might have to explore later :thinking: Thanks! :D
Hope I didn't miss anybody.
@pinosaur thanks for the tip! :thumbsup:
@madbarron thanks for sharing your score! I'm glad you liked it! :smile_cat:
@sbrianz thanks so much! I'm glad you liked our game! :smiley_cat:
@cybikitty thanks so much for playing, I'm glad you had fun! :smiley_cat:
@fredbernardo hopefully we can make that clearer in future updates. Thanks for playing!
@velvetlobster @mrpiedpiper did an amazing job on the music and sounds. :thumbsup: Thanks for taking the time to comment and play our game!
@mimusangel I'm glad you had fun! I play the game way to frantically trying to get new high scores. :joy_cat:
@yokuday thanks so much! :heart:
@psychic-ash thanks! :heart:
@marcoming thanks! :smile_cat: Thanks for playing our game!
@vaibho thanks! :smiley_cat:
@djee I'm really sorry we didn't make it very clear! :grimacing: We'll definitely work on that. Thanks for taking the time to play and review our game! :smiley_cat: It really helps.
@organicpencil we're going to try to clear things up in future updates. :smiley_cat: Thanks for taking the time to play, review, and share your score for our game!
@t-bo thanks!!! :heart: I'm so glad you had fun playing our game! :smile_cat:
@quietgecko we're going to try to clear things up in future updates. Thanks for taking the time to play and review our game!
@ropedog credits to @mrpiedpiper for the awesome music! We're going to try to make it clearer how to play in future updates. Thanks for taking the time to play and review our game, it helps a ton! :smile_cat:
@imphenzia I'm glad you had fun playing our game! :smiley_cat: We're going to try to make it clearer how to play in future updates. Thanks for taking the time to play and review our game! It helps a ton! :smile_cat:
The music was quite fun to record, ukulele is a blast. And @stinkykitty did great with their art. Really happy with how the game ended up!
Glad you liked the game, thanks for trying it out! :D
I love score-attack games, thank you for linking your game in my post!
As for how to get a higher score, here's what I do:
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The main idea is of course to get as many points as possible in the shortest amount of time. And the fastest way to get points in this game, would be the Golden Acorns.
The main idea I go for when trying for a high score, is to get rid of the bad squirrels as quickly as possible, so I can gather Golden Acorns. Of course, any regular Acorns you can gather while doing this is helpful.
Also remember to keep an eye on the timer, so you can take out whatever squirrels are holding your points in their bags before time runs out, and so you can make a last second delivery for extra points.
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Hopefully this isn't just a bunch of stuff you already know :P