Elf Life Simulator (Tentative)

https://micearesocute.itch.io/link-unsure-if-confirmed

This was a game made for the 2025 InboundShovel Games Jam

Credits

• Programming: micearesocute

  • https://micearesocute.itch.io

• Protag/Greg (birdie) model/animations, game icon, loading screen art: Chip!

  • https://kitifulninesgames.itch.io/

• Main theme/alternate main theme music: Square

  • https://squaremango.itch.io/
  • https://x.com/MangoSquare

• Art Assets

  • Trees, Tilemaps, Rocks, random objects from https://kaylousberg.itch.io/
  • Shower by Joel Unger [CC-BY] via Poly Pizza
  • Toilet by Pat Siefring [CC-BY] via Poly Pizza
  • Cabinet Television Doo by Kenney
  • Television Vintage by Kenney
  • Couch Large by Quaternius
  • Radio by Quaternius

• Sound

  • SFX all from pixabay
    • toilet flush
    • bling
    • poop
    • urgh/urgh2
    • carrot crunch
    • bed cat snoring
    • tv on/off
    • shower
    • ...

Bugs/Needs fix

• Character positioning on bed/couch is incorrect
• Sometimes if you use an interactable then immediately stop, the music stays as the elevator music
• greg related
  • greg should more aggressively avoid the world tree
  • greg sometimes can decide to fly into collision objects (mainly the world tree), resulting in it being stuck
  • greg's position when on top of player's head should follow the model, instead of the base node

Wanted to add...

• green/red arrow indicator when motives (needs) go up/down
• some kind of scoreboard/high score (persist/online)
• more ways to get score (more things to do in the game)
  • grow trees
  • defeat pests
  • ...

Fun?

Possible to explore more of the base mechanics by adding more interesting platforming movement/mechanics & things to fulfil needs/motive in the overworld. Perhaps defeat enemies, perhaps find/explore items and secrets, etc. Typical platformer/adventure game stuff. Having to maintain more of a list of requirements instead of a single one (food) might be an interesting angle.