Cheddar Chaser by magus77

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made by magus77 for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

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Cheddar Chaser

This is Cheddar Chaser, our ludum dare JAM game for LD56. The theme was "Tiny Creatures" and you play as a mouse who is living in a wall together with a cockroach. Your job is to gather cheese. You can play this game with keyboard and mouse, or with a game controller.

How to play

  • Gather cheese for points.

  • Cats will attack you.

  • Fart for decoy at the cost of points with LMB or Right Trigger

  • WSAD+Mouse or Analogsticks for movement. Space/X/A to jump

  • When you have found all cheeses,

  • go into the mouse home to start a new day

Instructions

Download the ZIP, unzip and start CheddarChaser.exe

Ratings

Overall 585th 3.5⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Fun 540th 3.405⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 813th 2.952⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 82th 4.262⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 781th 3.214⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Audio 577th 3⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 265th 3.548⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 441th 3.625⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 18🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

Sylf
08. Oct 2024 · 18:32 UTC
"Fart to decoy" made me laugh.:D
Funny one!
Rohun
16. Oct 2024 · 18:21 UTC
I really felt like I was a mouse. The scale of everything was done perfectly. I also laughed at the "honey I am home" VO. Really solid entry
jellyfishhunter
16. Oct 2024 · 22:28 UTC
If the hoard of cats weren't so incompetent, this would make for a great stealth game! Love the concept.
silkworm_sweatshop
16. Oct 2024 · 23:02 UTC
Nice stealth game! I really like the low perspective, you definitely feel small.
LDJam user 383241
17. Oct 2024 · 04:22 UTC
One of the most enjoyable games I've seen in a game jam format! Well done. I think the number of cats was a bit too large, and they struggled to keep up. That said, this was really fun to play and I like the humor!
drinkycode
17. Oct 2024 · 05:15 UTC
The scale of the mouse really worked, also man this house/office has a ton of cats.
SCSDww
17. Oct 2024 · 06:05 UTC
good game!
ArmainAP
17. Oct 2024 · 08:51 UTC
This is funny, we had quite a similar concept for our game but we went with 2D instead of 3D. Great job on the game!
Big Cyckos
17. Oct 2024 · 08:51 UTC
In short, the music fits completely out of tune with the atmosphere, the sound of eating cheese is annoying, the lack of fluidity in the audio manifests itself here.
The graphics are downright gorgeous and especially those random shadow casting or light falling. Cats do not take damage despite standing still.
For a game made in less than 72h I am full of admiration and appreciation because you can clearly see what time was spent on. All in all it's enjoyable to play and I guess that's the point. This is so far the only game in which I spent more than 15 minutes. Well done and good luck.
~ Socio
MrBananaz
17. Oct 2024 · 08:59 UTC
Hehe, the team of revolution francheese salutes all games with mice and dairy!

great idea!
HaaYaargh
17. Oct 2024 · 13:00 UTC
Loved "Epic Fantasy Final Boss Battle Music" when cats are chasing. Overall pretty fun game, a little bit of stealth, a little bit of intense running with some cheesy humour.

I wished there were more ramps and placed to run. Getting on the couch, table or climbing the cords of the TV to reach higher places. But I understand well time constraints.

The Roach is a scumbag :(
kr4ft3r
17. Oct 2024 · 19:55 UTC
An emotional story about a mouse locked in a relationship of narcistic abuse by a never-satisfied cockroach. Really good take on the theme, I wish there is more to it, but only because I liked the premise so much.
someone
18. Oct 2024 · 22:42 UTC
I enjoyed that. The movement felt good and the sense of scale worked well.
I laughed at the eating cheese sound effect.
The extra touches around the map such as the TV and pictures and the home sweet home sign were a nice addition, though I would have liked more things to climb to explore the map further.
The cats were quite incompetent and not even remotely a threat.