A downloadable game for Windows

Those pesky squirrels are throwing away their entire acorn stash! Quick! Grab your basket and catch every falling acorn before they hit the ground so you can make some yummy snacks! Beware, though, those naughty squirrels like to throw rocks too.

Acorns is an NES-styled shout-out to the classic Windows game "Walnuts" that was released back in 1994 by Brian C. Lowe and Eric Lee Steadle.

GOAL:

Catch all of the falling acorns with your basket and avoid rocks. Keep an eye out for apples and diamonds that offer bonus points.

FEATURES:

Challenging arcade action!
Cute, NES-styled graphics!
Original sound effects and music made with authentic NES sounds!
CRT goodness!
Ability to turn fullscreen, crt, vsync, sound, and music on or off.

CONTROLS:

Use the mouse to control the basket.
Left-click during gameplay to pause the game.

ITEMS:

- 10 Points.

- 25 Points.

- 100 points (spawns every 25 acorns as long as you don't lose a life).

- Extra life.

- Will destroy your basket. Avoid at all costs.

More information

Status	Released
Platforms	Windows
Author	Mr. Hobbyist Games
Genre	Action
Made with	Clickteam Fusion
Tags	2D, 8-Bit, Arcade, Casual, Difficult, Pixel Art, Retro, Singleplayer
Average session	A few minutes
Inputs	Mouse

Download

Acorns.exe 5 MB

Install instructions

No install required. Just place the application file where you want and then double-click it to run.

You may experience conflicts with anti-virus and firewall software. If this is the case, just temporarily disable them or add the application file to their exception list.

Development log

Acorns Launched!
Mar 30, 2022

Comments

Olli061 year ago(+1)

Nice little game, my highscore is 2805

Mr. Hobbyist Games1 year ago(+1)

Awesome! Mine is currently sitting at 7050. Thanks so much for playing! I'm glad you liked it. :)

It was a remaster of the first game I ever tried to make back when I was 14 years old. I used to own a game called "Walnuts" for Windows 3.1, and as a young lad just trying to figure out how game development worked, I chose to make a game similar to Walnuts as my first project. Fast forward to now, and I finally decided that I wanted to try remaking that first game I made so many years ago, and see how it would be with all of the skills I have learned since then.