Amazing Squirrel by Sora

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made by Sora for Ludum Dare 54 (JAM)

In Amazing Squirrel you play as a squirrel who is in a hurry to collect as many acorns as possible before the winter.

Find acorns in the labyrinth around the tree and bring them back home. Press E to unload the backpack while in the tree room right in the middle of the maze.

To find an acorn you need to be like one and think like it would think, if it could. Where would it hide? Don't forget the time is ticking!

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https://youtu.be/ZGYyDM0aRb0

Code: Sora

Music: Antoine Aubert Soundcloud

Art: Ruslana Twitter

CONTROLS:

WASD - Move

E - Interact (drop acorns from the backpack when in the room)

SPACE - Jump

ESC - Pause menu

Ratings

Overall 756th 3.379⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Fun 886th 3.016⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 891th 2.939⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Theme 832th 3.235⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 89th 4.441⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Audio 279th 3.676⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Humor 697th 2.621⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Mood 578th 3.515⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Given 91🗳️ 57🗨️

Feedback

Proz
03. Oct 2023 · 01:29 UTC
Dat style! So polish and nice looking game, great!
MAR Zockmeister
03. Oct 2023 · 01:34 UTC
Hadn't time to play it yet - but wow, the graphics, the artwork, awesome! :heart:
LazySeal
03. Oct 2023 · 01:39 UTC
Absolutely love this art style! Feels like it is made of clay. Maybe you should add some sound/visuals on the acorns? Well done!
LDJam user 373998
03. Oct 2023 · 01:53 UTC
Great artwork and modeling and such. I want a shiny noise to play when I get an acorn. Also I had no idea I was supposed to return them to the center. I guess my bad for not reading the instructions. The camera should have some way of not clipping backward through geometry because it added a lot of chaos to my experience.
Jony
03. Oct 2023 · 01:57 UTC
The music is nice the camera is a little too fast for me. The artworks looks really good for a jam game. As expected from a Pro artist.Nice work
Ben Parisi
03. Oct 2023 · 02:07 UTC
This game is nuts! :)
I ran around, collect acorns, took them home, and hung out for a while after the timer ended. Love the graphics. Good stuff.
Lovewerk
03. Oct 2023 · 02:38 UTC
I love the "clay" look of the materials and your choices of smooth vs flat shading. Super cute squirrel too!
Kyleah
03. Oct 2023 · 02:45 UTC
This was a lot of fun to play! It also looks really good! Nice job you guys! :D
Braeden
03. Oct 2023 · 04:54 UTC
I like the visuals and the music!
LelulaGames
03. Oct 2023 · 13:37 UTC
Beautiful game. The music was a bit loud, but it was nice music. I found myself just wanting to run around the maze and look at it because it looked so good. I think adding in some short cuts that you can unlock, like a tree limb kicked into place or something, would be neat because otherwise you're just running back and forth in the same area to get a little farther for three more acorns. But great setting.
Norah
03. Oct 2023 · 22:41 UTC
3D art is super cute, I really like the mood :heart:. Like others said, the camera is a little bit too "nervous"
jeroenpx
03. Oct 2023 · 23:16 UTC
Nice game! Lots of super nice 3D art and the music is really good! The clay-like style isn't something I have seen before but it looks very nice! I also like the take on the theme!

The blackness in the main menu was a bit confusing though. I thought something was broken because of some driver issue or something because it didn't look at all like the screenshots. You got me worried for a second, but that was cleared up as soon as I clicked play.

Even the concept art from [here](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/amazing-squirrel/its-the-main-character) was nice.

Not sure if you are interested, but I wanted to finish with an anecdote about that... That concept art was actually the thing that inspired me to make my own game this Ludum Dare. Before that I had no idea what to do with the theme, even 14 hours into the game jam. I hadn't started anything yet and was just mindlessly browsing the LDJAM feed to get inspiration. Thank you for being that inspiration! Your team got me started on my own game! :heart:
Ruslana
03. Oct 2023 · 23:40 UTC
@jeroenpx Thanks, I'm glad it was inspirational for you. You've made a nice game!
LDJam user 0
04. Oct 2023 · 19:57 UTC
The art is amazing!
Dan M
04. Oct 2023 · 19:58 UTC
The new cover art looks really good, I recommend putting it at the top of this page too! The art and level is appealing to explore but the main menu could do with some polish - otherwise good job :>
Sozey
04. Oct 2023 · 20:07 UTC
The models and animations are top notch in this game! I really enjoyed the soundscape too. I agree with what's been mentioned before though, a bit more interactions and a slightly less agressive camera would help. I really enjoyed playing nonetheless!
mr_lazy
04. Oct 2023 · 20:09 UTC
idk how..but your ppl graphics are like pixar's animation films...super work
mr_lazy
04. Oct 2023 · 20:09 UTC
good concept
mr_lazy
04. Oct 2023 · 20:09 UTC
may i know the engine you used?
SpicyMarcus
04. Oct 2023 · 21:04 UTC
Incredible graphics and a fun game, great job!
Ruslana
04. Oct 2023 · 21:08 UTC
@mr-lazy thanks! The engine is Unreal
Ruslana
04. Oct 2023 · 21:09 UTC
@dan-m thanks, will do!
Rusty2117
04. Oct 2023 · 21:21 UTC
Amazing graphics, seemed like a good game concept and implemented well. The timer just stops at 0... is something meant to happen? How many acorns are there? I sadly cant think like an acorn.
Diego Escalante
05. Oct 2023 · 00:46 UTC
This game is _beautiful_. The controls say that I can jump, but I can't seem to be able to? Not sure if that's just a problem on my end. Either way, really good work. With a little extra time to complete a few features, this could be a really cool game! Great work!
Ethan G
06. Oct 2023 · 02:39 UTC
Really cool game! I really liked the squirrel model and little tree house area, very cute, thank you for making this!
Tomtomgome
06. Oct 2023 · 16:16 UTC
I really loved the music, the art is nice and so is the concept.

I guess the one thing missing is the meta flow of the game (what happens when the timer goes to 0, I definitely didn't need to go in the settings tab but I wanted it, why do you have to pick up nuts ? etc) but I guess you already know that, and these things takes a lots of time...

Having a working core game loop is already a big achievement, especially with your level of polish in art and music. Very good job!
HagamosVideojuegos
10. Oct 2023 · 09:00 UTC
Simple and funny, awesome graphics and really cool!

Well done! Take a candy! :candy:
fabula_rasa
10. Oct 2023 · 14:41 UTC
The game is very pretty - the models are clean and the colors very pleasant. The music is fitting the gameplay and compliments the whole mood nicely. I wished there was some sfx on picking up/dropping the acorns. The gameplay itself worked well - wasn't getting stuck on scenery and could run around looking for food effectively :chestnut:

The timer reached zero and nothing seemed to have happened. I didn't die in winter because of getting too little nuts, I didn't thrive, as I got enough, or something. I was just stuck on a "minus" time, could still run around, could not get into menu to restart. I'm unsure what to think of that. A bug?

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Cody Raethke
11. Oct 2023 · 02:08 UTC
This is a really nice looking game. I was pretty disappointed to not be able to jump or climb walls, despite being a squirrel :P The gameplay itself wasn't particularly original, but I'll give it a pass since it's a jam game. I could definitely see this visual style working on a game with a bit more content.
enderswype
11. Oct 2023 · 17:01 UTC
The game was pretty, but i felt a bit lost, spacebar wouldn't make me jump and E in the house didn't do anything :(((
I walked around collecting nuts until my backpack was full but ... yeah idk, maybe i'm missing something
Skel3ton
11. Oct 2023 · 17:51 UTC
very nice game.. the squirrel is very cute and i like it

I would appreciate a mini map or some pointer. searching for a location wouldn't be such a problem for me if I didn't have a time limit.

great entry
StrangerYann
15. Oct 2023 · 12:55 UTC
very impressive for 72h, well-done!

the graphics are nice, animation is good, squirrel is cute

it's a bit of a shame that there are no sound effects ex.: when you walk or pick up an item

also the soundtrack is a bit... aggressive? or maybe too loud or it's just too stressful for me with the time limit - take that one with a grain of salt ^^#

it does feel like you were caught by time towards the end - with the lack of endscreen and the such

even still - very impressive and great looking game, well done :grinning: :sparkles:
Ginxel
18. Oct 2023 · 00:40 UTC
The graphics are stunning!!!
Trexxak
19. Oct 2023 · 16:37 UTC
Hey Team Squirrel!

https://youtu.be/q1ks2y8AEus

Great concept and realization of squirrel and environments! Also like the Crash Bandicoot-y music :D
Zeias
20. Oct 2023 · 17:02 UTC
Cool graphics! I love it!