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Squirrel Forest
A 2D Phaser adventure-platformer about a squirrel exploring a living woodland full of flora, fauna and unusual mushrooms.
Current prototype
- Side-scrolling exploration across five named woodland areas.
- Animated squirrel with separate visual and physics bodies.
- Keyboard and multi-touch movement/jumping.
- One-way log platforms: jump through from below and land from above.
- Acorn collection and five mushroom discoveries.
- Ambient frogs, hedgehogs, butterflies and fireflies.
- Moonlit Grove completion sequence.
Controls
- Move: A/D or Left/Right
- Jump: W, Up or Space
- Touch: independent left/right and jump controls
Structure
src/main.js— scene orchestration, world content, HUD and input.src/PlayerController.js— squirrel physics/visual synchronization and animation state.src/worldConfig.js— shared world/surface geometry and platform metadata.public/assets/player-game-sheet.png— normalized squirrel animation sheet.public/assets/world-atlas.png/json— optimized runtime atlas for terrain, flora and fauna.source-assets/— preserved original source art sheets.
The original large public source sheets are retained in Git for now, but the production Docker build removes them before Vite runs so they are not shipped to the browser.
Run
npm install
npm run dev
Production build:
npm run build
Direction
The intended feel is a cosy exploratory woodland adventure focused on traversal, discovery, environmental storytelling and small animal interactions rather than combat-first progression.
Good next slices:
- climbable trunks and branch-to-branch movement;
- field-guide journal for discovered plants, fungi and animals;
- richer biome pockets such as birch grove, damp hollow, old oak canopy and moonlit marsh;
- lightweight animal NPC quests;
- acorn throwing / interaction using the existing player frames;
- re-enable audio behind a user gesture once the sound pass begins.