A Hamster's Journey to Nowhere by Vortigaunts
A Hamster's Journey to Nowhere is a clicker style game where you build up speed and acceleration by purchasing upgrades to your hamster and hamster wheel with said speed.



| Youtube | https://mrbrixican.itch.io/ld47-a-hamsters-journey-to-nowhere |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/a-hamsters-journey-to-nowhere |
Ratings
| Overall | 686th | 3.579⭐ | 21🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 808th | 3.333⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1348th | 2.778⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 97th | 4.278⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 198th | 4.25⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 828th | 3.083⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 139th | 3.889⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 945th | 3.25⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 27🗳️ | 10🗨️ |
Anyway I like yours, only recommendation I would give is that clicking inside the wheel did not feel like is doing much, it could definitely be giving a player more satisfaction for doing it...
It would have been nice to have some sort of an ending as a small reward for purchasing all the upgrades (I'm assuming there isn't one when reaching max speed with the final wheel... right?).
Thank you for this little gem!

I've checked a few of these this time around, but I like the charisma of the hamster here. I played until I bought all upgrades, and it was neat to see them physically appear in the world. Little weight lifts, snickers, power suits, there's a lot to see. This one is in the short end, but it still has a lot of good stuff on it. It's one I'll be remembering for some time!
Great game!
Despite being a clicker game you can get through it fairly quick, meaning it doesn't overstay its welcome, which is nice for a Jam game. Though, I think some of the upgrade curves might have been a *bit* too steep, since I would sometimes go from "my clicks do almost nothing at all" to "clicking for a bit gets me to top speed right away" in relatively few upgrades.
I ended up maxing out every single powerup until it was too expensive to buy more, just in case something happened. Nothing happened. Oh well.
Good work, really cute game and a solid entry.