Happy Hamster?

by halgendy

co-authored: @lukas-tegge, @noah-meade-kelly, @noahwc, @raymond-tsai, @skylar-hale, @jordandb524, @spooli, @zakispie

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.45

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.86

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.73

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.43

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.67

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.91

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.51

A game about killing hamsters. You make hamsters happy? The hamsters are in a better place. They're dead. Tiny dead piles of ash.

Controls:
WASD/Arrow Keys - Movement
Left Click - Use flamethrower
Right Click / ALT - Cooldown Event
Move Mouse - Aim flamethrower

Optimized version on itch.io: https://halgendy.itch.io/happy-hamsters

Credits:
Hazem Algendy - Programming, Game Design, Level Design
Isaac Spool - Programming
Jordan Brown - Design, Voice Acting
Raymond Tsai - Music, Sound Programming
Sidney Allen - Art, Animation
Skylar Hale - Music, SFX, Implementation
Rin Powers - Art and Animation, Scene Design
Zak Lembarra - Programming
Lukas Tegge - Programming, Level Design
Noah Cheng - Programming
Noah Meade-Kelly - Art, UI/UX Design

Screenshot 2024-10-07 154035.png](///raw/157/26/z/668a9.png 0251335c:1170x653:png:webp)

Tags: #2d, #cute, #hamster, #psychological horror, #short, #singleplayer, #twin stick shooter

Genres: shooter

Tools: Unity

Comments35

NoahWC7 Oct 2024, 00:41

This is a game

Noah Meade-Kelly7 Oct 2024, 02:58

What have we done

Halgendyauthor7 Oct 2024, 07:05

Hmmm... hampter

Krabban7 Oct 2024, 12:12

Haha we had the same idea for a game but this is 10x more fun :)

umnatz7 Oct 2024, 15:03

I don't know why, but these hamsters must burn!

Skylar Hale7 Oct 2024, 15:20

DEAR GOD

Dustin Zhang7 Oct 2024, 18:09

music to my soul

RascarCapackDev7 Oct 2024, 18:15

I'm not letting you near my pets...ever

LDJam user 2598317 Oct 2024, 19:40

This game is strangely satisfying, and the background music heavily reminds me of being in an arcade!

LDJam user 2588507 Oct 2024, 19:53

hahaha fun game! ^^ my score:

atumemot7 Oct 2024, 20:31

"MY WIFE IS GONE" 🗣🗣🗣

spooli8 Oct 2024, 01:10

our morals/ethics went out the window with this one

Halgendyauthor8 Oct 2024, 02:25

@rickylee woahhh that's a lot of dead hamsters... Good job! :D

Raymond Tsai8 Oct 2024, 04:03

if there is an afterlife, we are cooked haha

Halgendyauthor8 Oct 2024, 04:12

@raymond-tsai hehehah what have we done... we've set humanity back 20 years at least 🐹 🐹 🐹 🔥

YaYaGame8 Oct 2024, 04:24

There’s an inexplicable thrill to it. Even though I don’t fully understand the game, it’s quite addictive. The game performance is also great. If the weapon cooldown times were shorter, it would be even more exciting.

Stephen L. De Rudder8 Oct 2024, 05:35

Burn it all down!!! Cool! Don't let PETA see this unless you like wearing red paint.

imai_Time8 Oct 2024, 12:36

Well, someone obviously doesn't like rodents.

Quality Tisel8 Oct 2024, 12:43

The announcer started sounding suspiciously like one of the rodents... He had to be one to be that appalled by me playing the game.
So far I've played games involving shooting rabbits, punching squirrels and now burning hamsters. I should
probably be kept away from animals...

JohnCoffee8 Oct 2024, 12:54

hey, solid implementation of a basic fun game. Was pretty fun up until i encountered a bug after my first run, where the UI starts growing and almost takes up all the screen space after the first time getting a score.

Kirass8 Oct 2024, 18:08

This game is so cool! I loved it!

Halgendyauthor8 Oct 2024, 20:18

@johncoffee Bug should be fixed! Enemies were not being counted properly... minor spelling mistake haha