Hedgie's Letter Hunt by Blueanoli
Welcome to Hedgie's Letter Hunt, a 2D platformer where you take on the role of a hedgehog named Hedgie who is an apprentice at the owl post. Unfortunately his boss, Otto the owl has dropped all the letters. It's up to you to collect them and deliver them to the mailbox.
The game was developed during Ludum Dare 53 with the theme being Delivery. As you journey through the various levels, you'll encounter obstacles and challenges that will test your skills and keep you on your toes.
So what are you waiting for? Join Hedgie on his exciting adventure and help him become the best delivery hedgehog in the owl post!
Controls: Left & Right Arrow to Move Spacebar to Jump & Double Jump
This was my first solo game jam!!

| Link | https://blueanoli.itch.io/hedgies-letter-hunt |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/hedgies-letter-hunt |
Ratings
| Overall | 312th | 3.828⭐ | 60🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 288th | 3.75⭐ | 60🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1085th | 2.69⭐ | 60🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 713th | 3.788⭐ | 61🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 522th | 3.793⭐ | 60🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 337th | 3.616⭐ | 58🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 712th | 2.875⭐ | 54🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 352th | 3.8⭐ | 57🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 52🗳️ | 112🗨️ |
I am missing the counter of all the letters on the level - for those "I collected 100% of letters" internal achievement. Also didn't figure out wha the radish (?) does, cannot pick it up
Also: If you couldn't pick up the berry that means you're awesome! It's a health item meaning you can only pick it up when you're hurt. :)
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Took me a moment to figure out I could double jump haha - but once I figured that out I had a great time.
@artano thank you for the bug (pun intended) report! I will look into that
@nox282 thank you <3
@weefairyfabi hedgehogs are cute little creatures, aren't they? Thank you <3
@syriella thank you so much <3 haha
Sometimes it's very nice to play a basic 2D platformer, often you see games in LD where people (including myself often lol) try too hard to make the game stick out, but it's just actually more fun to play a polished game like this.
Pretty nice level design for the levels that were in the game, there was no way to get stuck anywhere and overall the levels were great and you had a bit of variety in there! In my opinion the game could have been a lot harder, but at least I could complete a game now :sunglasses: The crows were also cool and that they made a sound when you pass it, little details like that make a lot in a game. Also great job on the animations!!
If i could give you constructive critisicm, it would maybe be that (how I think) if you make a pixel art game, it would mayyybe be better to stay in that one style for the whole game? Or how I look at it the graphics could look better or more consistant if it was always the same pixel size and only pixel art. But I'm not hating on the graphics, in fact I liked them, but thats just how I think about it :smiley_cat:
Also the movement didn't feel 100% responsive, but that could very well be a macbook's webgl problem, they rarely work as well with macOS as with windows for what I've seen.
But as said before, really good work from you and you can be very proud of yourself and congrats on this LD entry! It was a really fun game :owl:
Really cute pixel graphics, controls and platforming felt pretty satisfying, I like how forgiving the game was in terms of lives and checkpoints. The raven checkpoints might have been my favourite thing, a really nice touch!
The controls are a bit difficult to get the hang of, but I enjoyed the game overall