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The Brave Little Hamster by Elbapotsnugg

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made by Elbapotsnugg for Ludum Dare 47 (COMPO)

You play as a brave little hamster exploring the house and finding sunflower seeds! Exploring is hard work, and every time you stop for a short nap, you somehow wind up back in your cage. How will you break out of this loop?

Controls:

  • WASD - Move
  • Space - Jump
  • F - Interact
  • N - Force Nap
  • Esc - Skip Intro
Youtube https://elbapotsnugg.itch.io/the-brave-little-hamster
Youtube https://elbapotsnugg.itch.io/the-brave-little-hamster
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/the-brave-little-hamster

Ratings

Overall 381th 3.295⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Fun 323th 3.25⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 459th 2.932⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Theme 355th 3.477⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 245th 3.568⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Audio 232th 3.295⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 77th 3.591⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 164th 3.5⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 16🗨️

Feedback

rex64
04. Oct 2020 · 23:51 UTC
Cute platformer! It reminds me of my time as a child watching Hamtaro. Also, is the hamster powered by batteries???
🎤 Elbapotsnugg
05. Oct 2020 · 00:15 UTC
@rex64 Thank you! That was my main inspiration for this game. The hamster is powered by naps, but thought the best way to express it was with a battery lol
Ale
05. Oct 2020 · 23:06 UTC
Love the audio and graphics, it's definitely giving off some strong Hamtaro vibes! The energy mechanic was an interesting challenge, although there wasn't really any penalty for running out of energy. Adding a timer could make it speed runnable.

Nice job!
JeremyOduber
06. Oct 2020 · 09:15 UTC
Adorable. I wish I had a force nap button in real life.
hakushika
09. Oct 2020 · 03:01 UTC
It's cute how quickly the hamsters fall asleep.
I've completed the last stage.
It was fun.
:)
tutoa
09. Oct 2020 · 08:40 UTC
I played it to the end.
I was surprised when the key flew away in the wind. I thought it was a great idea.
The hamsters were cute.
All in all, it was a very cute game.
kantieno
10. Oct 2020 · 22:28 UTC
I think this is a cute premise for a game! Some of the hitboxes acted a bit strangely, mainly when jumping but overall though it was cute and enjoyable, good job!
hijomo
13. Oct 2020 · 23:18 UTC
The hamster is cute. I like the idea but could not get to the second seed. I ran our of energy very quickly. I took a look at all your assets, there is s a lot of work here that I wish I could get to. Good work.

@elbapotsnugg I played both version and had the same issue with both.
🎤 Elbapotsnugg
14. Oct 2020 · 23:39 UTC
@hijomo Oh no, sorry to hear that! I had some other people run into the same issue. Were you playing on the standalone or the web player?
Sli
18. Oct 2020 · 21:35 UTC
Cute puzzle platformer. Also this looks exactly as my kid hamster :smile:
Keibii
24. Oct 2020 · 02:24 UTC
Had a lot of fun playing this one! The hamster was so cute and the thought of finding your pet hamster sleeping outside and constantly putting him back in his cage is really funny! Awesome job!
kevinworkman
27. Oct 2020 · 03:15 UTC
This was cute, and I liked the floaty controls. It might have been nice to show which color key I was carrying, because I tended to forget it as soon as I picked it up. Also having a map or showing the whole level at first would make the game more about planning instead of exploring randomly. But overall this worked well, so great work!