A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux

"Native Animals", the well-known documentary, discusses the winter-preparation of the red squirrel. In this game, you control a squirrel and learn about its life and behaviour. Build a drey, collect food and prepare for the winter.

This game was made during and for the Great Harvest Game Jam.

Controls

WSAD or Arrow Keys - move and climb
SPACE - jump
F or Right CTRL - interact with your environment
ESC - quit to main menu

If you want to mute the ambient sounds, press M in-game.
If you want to mute the sounds, press N in-game.

Technical Details

The game was made in Java with the libGDX Framework ( https://libgdx.badlogicgames.com/). We made all the graphics ourselves, using PyxelEdit (https://pyxeledit.com/) and Tiled ( https://www.mapeditor.org) for the map. All the sound effects were created with assets of the ‘The #GameAudioGDC Bundle’ (http://www.sonniss.com/).

Made by

Graphics, Level Design & Sound: Skosnowich

Programming: Matjes

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jar-File (needs JRE 11, see above) 21 MB
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Windows (with packaged JRE) 53 MB
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Linux (with packaged JRE) 60 MB

Install instructions

Java 11 needed to play. Either use a build with packaged JRE and start with the start.sh/start.bat or use the jar-file. Start the jar-file by executing “java -jar ./Native_Animals_The_Red_Squirrel_1.0.0.jar” in the directory with the jar-file.

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