Cricetus Crevice by MagnesiumNinja
You are a hamster, seeking the Wheel at the Center of the World.

Delve through claustrophobic tunnels, dangling on a precarious system of ropes and pitons. Harvest metals to ward against the dangers waiting below.

Will you discover the mystery waiting at the end?
(All controls are explained in-game)
| Itch Web Player | https://magnesiumninja.itch.io/cricetus-crevice |
| Itch Download | https://magnesiumninja.itch.io/cricetus-crevice |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/cricetus-crevice |
Ratings
| Overall | 75th | 4.11⭐ | 43🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 107th | 3.927⭐ | 43🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 56th | 4.125⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 70th | 4.288⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 310th | 3.915⭐ | 43🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 178th | 3.782⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 172th | 3.551⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 234th | 3.89⭐ | 43🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 50🗳️ | 94🗨️ |
Good tutorial, good art and sound.
Great theme use. Wild and imaginative idea.
Well done all around.
only issue i found was that you get stuck in place when you piton on the floor (as opposed to the ceiling or wall)
this was so clever, really impressed by this one. Lots of polish and good effects.
The lighting was really nice, the slow but growing noise of *the wheel* was great.
I liked the slow build up in mechanics, and also how it kind of encouraged a "cheat past with as few pitons as possible" made it fun to challenge myself.
Incredible game, nice work!
Really cool connection between the game mechanic and the hamster, who was walking in his wheel. Great idea!
I like that every anker point is also a save point and that you could undo your actions. The swinging mechanic was fun, but the dash didn't work all the time correctly (maybe I did something wrong?)
The difficulty ramped up pretty quick.
The graphics were good and I really enjoyed ramming through the ressources. It felt very satisfying. :)
The amount of polish and well executed level design is awesome. I would believe this was a Steam game if I didn't know better, haha. Also really like the concept; watching the hamster run up against its "hamster ball" while the rest of the game has this serious atmosphere made me smile
the physics feel very nice and the mechanic is creative, felt encouraged to see if I could skip certain parts by taking advance of the physics anchoring myself in just the right spots and I am resourceful with my pins.
The art is really cute and the sound effects are also on point.
Had some issues with the controls when moving horizontally where my muscle memory messed up using S for extending the rope and made it a little frustrating, but nothing major!
Great game overall!