Cheddar Chase by Shaggy
Story
In the dark, damp depths of the sewer, a daring little mouse has one mission: to steal cheese from the fierce rats that guard it. The rats have hoarded every crumb of cheese they can find, leaving none for the smaller creatures. But you're no ordinary mouse – you’ve got speed, cunning, and a knack for sneaking. You'll need every skill to outsmart the rats, sneak through their territory, and claim the golden prize. Are you brave enough to take on the challenge and become the ultimate cheese Thief?

About the Game:
"Cheddar Chase" is a fast-paced, stealth game where you take on the role of a small mouse navigating through the treacherous sewer. Your goal? Sneak past the bigger and stronger rats to steal their cheese without getting caught!
This game was built with TypeScript in our own WebGL engine.

How to Play:
- Move: Use the mouse to move your mouse character around the dungeon with right- or left-click. Touch movement is also available on phones.
- Sneak: Avoid the rats' line of sight! If they see you, catch you right away. Use walls, shadows, and the environment to hide and sneak past them. *Collect Cheese: Find and collect the big cheese hidden somewhere in the the dungeon without getting caught.
- Rats: The rats patrol the sewers and are always on high alert.
- Timing and Strategy: Time your movements and plan your route to slip past the rats. Sometimes a quick dash, other times a well-planned wait, is the key to victory.
Features:
- Stealth-based gameplay: Use strategy and precision to avoid detection.
- The walls are moving?: Generated semi-random level creates a new flavor of the map each time.
- Animated characters
- Position based sound!
Change log (these were done after the deadline):
- Fixed player detection by rats.
- Added goal state trigger when reaching the cheese.
- Added a second level.

| Link | http://ldjam56.rlyeh.nu/ |
| Link | https://github.com/praccen/ldjam56 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/cheddar-chase |
Ratings
| Overall | 528th | 3.571⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 704th | 3.214⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 767th | 3.024⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 221th | 4.048⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 726th | 2.694⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 293th | 3.825⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 13🗳️ | 21🗨️ |
The game has potential, it is simple in its execution and interesting, it just needs some fix!
Gameplay wise, it's a bit difficult to see how far the rats can see: their cone of light fade over long distances, but their vision seems to go further than the fading.
Meanwhile, we can somehow push the rats out of the way without them noticing as long as we're behind them. :D
But still, nice little game!