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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #198 | 4.186 | 4.186 |
| Audio | #665 | 3.698 | 3.698 |
| Creativity | #1028 | 4.023 | 4.023 |
| Narrative | #1175 | 3.372 | 3.372 |
| Artwork | #2520 | 3.558 | 3.558 |
Ranked from 43 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Winter is coming, and the days are counting down! You have limited time on each day (that counts down) to collect acorns, and a limited number of days (that count down) before you lose.
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Ryan Siegel-Stechler
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I really liked it! Simple concept, simple mechanics, but very engaging. Really easy to understand, and pretty clever: the timer doesn't make you feel rushed, so it ends up being a pretty chill and cute game. The art is also on point, and the audio is pretty good! Good job!
Well done on the design front. The higher valued nuts on the outer rim definitely kept me engaged and trying to get better in game to reach them
Nicely crafted progression! It kept me engaged the whole time, nice job!
Very satisfying gameplay loop! I think having the squirrel automatically pick up acorns of higher value and stash the acorns you collected when time runs out was a great touch! Awesome work!
This is great. I made some bad choices the first few rounds, but was able to recover. The art is adorable the upgrades keep you playing. Well done!
Thanks very much for the kind words, and congrats on your top 100 Enjoyment!!
It was a happy surprise for us. You also did quite well for enjoyment and it is well deserved. Keep making games!
INSANE !! I LOVE IT !! The game flows really nicely !
Squirrels. Cure roguelike.
Whoa this game is very fun i love the upgrades and sfx and graphics all together give very fun experience. Grate game.
Nice game , i really enjoy it
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It has a countdown, but it doesn't make you feel rushed; you have time to collect enough acorns to buy upgrades and then go into hibernation. It's a really cool and super cute game. Nice job!
Thanks! That means even more given that your game sets the bar pretty high for cool and cute!
Love it! Simple concept very well executed, it really does feel like the only enemy you have is the countdown which is so on theme and I felt great for making it to the last day with enough acorns!
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed!
I think the gameplay loop is pretty solid here and the upgrades work well! The only thing I will note is that the upgrade for increasing the time in the day seems a bit overpowered, at least with the current cost increases for it seeming pretty lenient as I got done 3-4 days early. Regardless, I liked this game quite a bit!
I had a playtester who really struggled and the change to make buying more time cheaper was one of the last balance changes I made. In hindsight I think I overcorrected, as several people have pointed out the same issue. Live and learn! I'm glad it didn't detract from your enjoyment, and if you want to up the challenge, try to get all the acorns - I put an easter egg in for getting them all that I don't think anyone else but me has achieved yet!
this was a cute little game. quite well made, and i enjoyed it! good work!
Thanks a bunch!!
I really enjoyed it. As soon as the first day finished and I saw you could buy the abilities, it felt like a good classic flash games from around 2005ish (minus the copyrighted music and gore). The abilities feel quite good (and feel like updates)
Beat it with 1 day remaining.
As a lover of classic flash games, I will happily take the compliment. :D
I enjoyed it, good job here.
Thanks for giving it a spin! :)
I had a lot of fun! The game is simple, and the abilities you purchase matter and there's quite a bit of strategy to them. I didn't realise at first that I could come back to deposit and go again on the same day, but once I got the return ability it all made sense. Maybe add a few enemies to spice it up a bit?
Thanks for playing and glad you enjoyed! A hawk enemy was on the list of to-dos but got cut for time & lack of finding good sprites. But definitely a direction I'll explore if I revisit it further.
Nice and simple. Maybe I haven't noticed but are there more golden accorn far away from your den?
Yup! The outer edges of the map skew to silver and then gold acorns. :) Thanks for trying it out, appreciate it!
Really nice game! Very simple concept that's easy to understand and very enjoyable! Well done!
Thanks a bunch!
Really nice little game! It’s got a strong core gameplay loop, and is quite polished! Would love to see this expanded on - maybe with more elements as the days count down (like predators to avoid). Great work!
I had a plan for a hawk enemy that would cause a cross shape of tiles to have little "!" show up above them, then a hawk would swoop down to attack them a couple seconds later. But I both couldn't find a premade bird that I liked that fit the aesthetic and ran out of time to program it up. Definitely something I'll think about if I decide to revisit it for more content. Thanks for playing & the kind words!
Love it. Hibernated 2 days before winter. Felt the urge to race with the time. Actually reminded me the old games for Amiga.
I definitely had oldschool games like that in mind - I was going for a little bit of a UFO 50 vibe. Glad you enjoyed it!
nice work! mechanic kinda hooked me. finished with 138 acorns just barely missed it (maybe my squirrel survived anyway with all those upgrades i bought him)
Maybe the squirrel surviving is the lessons we learned along the way. :P Thanks for playing!