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I was unable to download for some reason.  Says I'm missing the "app"?

I did get to see a bit of it played on the Twitch stream.  Yeah, I almost did a Reign-style game.  I wondered if anyone would go that direction.  I'm glad I didn't.  You did  a great job!

I might add climbing trees in the next iteration (if there is one).  I have ideas for expanding this for sure.

Thanks Alex!   Yes, the shooting was clearly challenging for everyone.  Its simply because of the choice of a reticle, making you think you should be firing in that direction as opposed to straight in front of you.  Lesson = learned.  =-)

Glad you enjoyed playing!

Thanks OllieScott!  You're right, a tutorial would have been nice.  Alas, given the timeframe, I couldn't pull that off.  

You're also right about the shooting.  The reticle should have been replaced with something else.  It makes you think that if you're going to click in that direction, you should fire in that direction; but the truth is, he always shoots straight ahead of him.  Originally, I made the squirrel a turret, but it was really weird to turn his head completely around.  Even if I limited his angle, it was still weird that you could freely put the mouse wherever you wanted yet he could still only fire in front of him.  So maybe I need to rethink using the mouse at all.  I just liked the feeling of the Lt-Click = FIRE, rt-click = HEAL, both at your fingertips.  It brought home the point for me that you're making a distinct choice how you're spending your nuts.  

Anyway, thanks for playing, OllieScott!  And I should also say: Congrats on winning 2nd place in the contest!  I actually considered making a Reigns-style game.  Fits into the theme well.  =-)

thanks Waldigames.  It certainly was hard to play.  =-)

 I would have liked to have left it balanced.  But with little time, I decided to err toward making it challenging.  It's actually procedurally generated so you could get some easier runs.  Anyway, glad you played and enjoyed!

It's definitely in insanity mode by default.  But don't let the aim reticle fool you, you shoot where you're facing!   

thanks for playing, Mick.  Hope you give it another whirl!  =-)