Hedgie's Letter Hunt by Blueanoli

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made by Blueanoli for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

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!!

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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🗨️

Feedback

SvenErik
02. May 2023 · 06:07 UTC
Cute little platformer, neat pixel-art and lovely background music accompanying it! Hedgie needs to give Otto some lessons afterwards as Otto as the final boss~ haha. Well done entry! Oh also, firefox doesn't play the game, can only play on the web via chrome for the moment, or at least on my machine - Just to notify you. :)
NuiN
02. May 2023 · 06:13 UTC
Very strong mario vibes, done well and feels satisfying collecting all of the mail
bp321
02. May 2023 · 07:30 UTC
Jumping is a bit tricky and requires some skill, but the game is nice! I like the little hedgehog :)
Macibacsi56
02. May 2023 · 07:59 UTC
I enjoyed the Mario vibes :)
Zerfalex
02. May 2023 · 08:05 UTC
Standing on ledges felt slippery at times. But very nice platforming, cute sprites and collecting the mail feels very good! The sound overall was great!
LDJam user 360310
02. May 2023 · 08:54 UTC
Well-made platformer! The levels are very smart, increasing difficulty and length. Sound and looks match the retro feeling. Great job on a solid sumbission!

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
🎤 Blueanoli
02. May 2023 · 09:03 UTC
@freakyzelga Thanks a lot for playing my game! You are correct, a "collect all letters" counter would be a nice thing to implement. I will try to get this in the game in the future.
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. :)
🎤 Blueanoli
02. May 2023 · 09:04 UTC
@zerfalex Thanks for playing my game! Thanks for your honest feedback, I will try and fix the "slippery" issue in the near future.
🎤 Blueanoli
02. May 2023 · 09:04 UTC
@macibacsi56 Thanks for playing my game! :)
🎤 Blueanoli
02. May 2023 · 09:04 UTC
@bp321 Thanks for playing my game! Hedgehogs are awesome!!!
🎤 Blueanoli
02. May 2023 · 09:05 UTC
@nuin Thanks for playing my game! :D
🎤 Blueanoli
02. May 2023 · 09:06 UTC
@svenerik Thanks for playing my game! And also a big thank you for letting me know about the Firefox issue. I will look into that! (It took me about 2hours to actually get the WebGL build running in the first place XD)
cawfee_art
02. May 2023 · 09:31 UTC
This was the cutest game I have played so far <3 Now I need merch from you xD Good job!
oscarglo
02. May 2023 · 09:54 UTC
Very charming game. The player controller could use some work, such has having a higher jump. I can see there was a lot of love put into this!

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chesschaser
02. May 2023 · 10:25 UTC
Love the graphics, especially the player and level sprites. Great job!
Quanta Studios
02. May 2023 · 11:21 UTC
This is really impressive, especially for a solo game! Art style is great, sounds match it super well, gameplay feels pretty solid - great work all around!

Took me a moment to figure out I could double jump haha - but once I figured that out I had a great time.
🎤 Blueanoli
02. May 2023 · 13:16 UTC
@oscarglo Thanks a bunch for checking out my game! :]
🎤 Blueanoli
02. May 2023 · 13:16 UTC
@chesschaser Thanks for playing my game! <3
🎤 Blueanoli
02. May 2023 · 13:17 UTC
@quanta-studios Thank you so much! I appreciate it!
Naive Games
02. May 2023 · 13:59 UTC
Fun game! Very well made levels.
Artano
02. May 2023 · 14:27 UTC
Sometimes when I jump and kill an enemy, I also take damage, but It's not very important. Nice pixel art and animations, and I quickly finished the game. It's amazing that you made this game all by yourself! Good Job <3
nox282
02. May 2023 · 14:35 UTC
Props on the polish and level design!
WeeFairyFabi
02. May 2023 · 15:25 UTC
I absolutely love this game it's so cute to play as a wee hedgehog! I played through it in a heartbeat it was really fun to hop around and collect all the letters~ Amazing work!
Syriella
02. May 2023 · 15:45 UTC
The little hedgehog is sooo cute!! Had lots of fun collecting the letters but kept trying to jump with the up arrow key xD
🎤 Blueanoli
02. May 2023 · 16:19 UTC
Thanks everyone for checking out my game!
@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
Tughan Oezer
02. May 2023 · 16:37 UTC
Amazing game! Love the Hedgehog. ^^ I especially love that there are a so many levels for a solo game jam project, really, really amazing. The only thing to point out is that the worm enemy is a bit difficult to see.
Madelaine21
02. May 2023 · 17:01 UTC
Very nice and cute game. Enjoyed playing it!
Diamyn_V
02. May 2023 · 17:08 UTC
very cute game with more difficult levels, Great game! Would need more indication of what is an enemy and what isnt. Otherwise great job! :))
BOPOHx
02. May 2023 · 17:14 UTC
very very cute game! it was fun to play! very cute hedgehog)
Midna
02. May 2023 · 18:35 UTC
Cute entry! Amazing how you managed to make various levels for a jam project. Pixel art and music made the game more enjoyable too.
Nathaniel Kaplan
02. May 2023 · 20:55 UTC
Pretty fun platformer. Cute graphics and great music/vibe!
JpBaraky
02. May 2023 · 20:56 UTC
Pretty relaxing experience, could get a little deeper into the delivery theme but it was nice
I-IV-V-I
02. May 2023 · 21:26 UTC
Ein richtiges Gesamtkunstwerk. Hab sehr den Mood und die Post-Eule gefeiert! Art und Musik echt gut:) Respekt!
MPK90
02. May 2023 · 21:27 UTC
This game was really nice. It gives me MS-DOS feelings. I like the picture with the hedgehog and the German Post cap.
McMoody
02. May 2023 · 21:39 UTC
Great sound tracks and nice platforms. We can see that they were well thought
superzoom
03. May 2023 · 00:52 UTC
I really liked how you drew your graphics, especially the hedgehog. The platforms were tricky, but overall I really enjoyed the game.
🎤 Blueanoli
03. May 2023 · 04:48 UTC
@tughan-oezer @madelaine21 @diamyn-v @bopohx @midna @nathaniel-kaplan @jpbaraky @i-iv-v-i @mpk90 @mcmoody @superzoom Thanks a lot guys! I really appreciate you playing and enjoying the game ;_;
RAFFE
03. May 2023 · 05:34 UTC
Hey you! Awesome job on your first ever solo Ludum Dare entry :heart_eyes:

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:
Endocrine_BAMSc
03. May 2023 · 07:05 UTC
Since I knew that the creator of this game only recently started coding, I am seriously re-evaluating my talent as a programmer. Very well done! I was figuratively blown away by the amount of content you managed alone in this short of a time. Keep at it!
marzenie
03. May 2023 · 12:30 UTC
Impressive considering your experience! And very adorable art style and overall feel ;3 Well done!
KoB-Kirito
03. May 2023 · 13:13 UTC
Very cute game! I can't explain why, but it just was a lot of fun to play. The level design is very good and motivates to collect all the letters. The only thing I could criticize is that there are not more levels :D
Paulsams
03. May 2023 · 16:22 UTC
As for me: doing a platformer when you're alone in a team is a lost cause right away. After all, if you make a nice jump, move, think over locations - this is a very difficult task, so you still need to draw graphics and a bunch of other things. Therefore, it is not possible to add something else unique to this genre, since there will be no time left at all. Well, in my opinion and experience. But in general it was nice to run and jump.
🎤 Blueanoli
03. May 2023 · 17:46 UTC
@paulsams thank you very much for checking out my game and leaving some feedback. I didn’t plan on reinventing the wheel which is why I chose to use the existing game mechanics. :)
sprunth
04. May 2023 · 07:52 UTC
I've always had trouble programming platformer games so I have extra appreciation when I play one and it's smooth and solid. Great job!
Boeruchan
04. May 2023 · 10:32 UTC
Very cute game :)
big-cow
04. May 2023 · 18:14 UTC
I beat the game! I am awesome!

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!
Viittaa
05. May 2023 · 00:30 UTC
I like it. Visually it looks very nice. The work done is incredible for one person. Make as many as 3 levels and draw it all, cool. There were points that I could not understand (specifically with worms), but these are minor remarks that can be easily let go. You are very cool 👍
macjja
05. May 2023 · 00:33 UTC
Thought the game was pretty good, especially for a first time (its also my first game Jam.) Although, there is a bit that I think could be improved in my opinion, which is the art style being a bit inconsistent (ex. background feels a bit more detailed then foreground), but besides that, it seems like a pretty decent game!
Mia_143
06. May 2023 · 12:13 UTC
The pixel art and sound-effects were really fitting the atmosphere of the game! The huge pink mushrooms gave a good contrast to the darker background. Cute idea having a hedgehog and an owl collaborating - maybe the owl could be integrated into each level as well e.g. being shown in the end of each level with a comment so to give both more character and to develop the story :) And, congratulations on your first solo game jam!
ThomasTournoys
06. May 2023 · 22:46 UTC
This game is so charming, I loved it

The controls are a bit difficult to get the hang of, but I enjoyed the game overall
WeirdBitGames
12. May 2023 · 14:43 UTC
Absolutely on point for the jam's theme! I really like the crow sound effect! I found one of the jumps at the start of the game surprisingly hard to make, requiring precise double-jumping. I felt the little hodgehege could maybe be a little bouncier? Really cute game!