Spring Whimsy [DEMO]

How to play:

The goal of this project is a hidden object game without timers so that you can enjoy the spring-themed scenery at your own pace!

To pan around the scene/To move camera: drag while holding middle mouse click or use WASD or arrow keys

To zoom in and out: scroll mouse wheel up/down or use -/= keys

Mouse Click on item to mark it off the list.

Updates: 

Version 3.0.1 (May 18) Minor Bug Fixes + new characters!

• Introduced new characters to find: adventurer, kite flyer, and bird basket
  
• Fixed audio player
• Updated Pause screen art
• New victory screen when you find all hidden characters in Forest level
• Game window is back to 1920 x 1080
• Fixed total count bug
• Removed duplicate Tea Frog

Version 3.0 (May 10)

• Pause screen functionality
• Improved UI
• Improved level select screen

Version 2

• Hidden object search list UI follows where you go!
• New whimsical animals and plants!
• Corrected Y-sorting
• The "Forest Picnic" level is complete! (10 hidden whimsical characters to find)
• Fixed sprite sizing issue
• Every time you find a hidden object, the corresponding photo will gently shake and turn green to indicate that you've found the item!

Currently working on (May-June):

• Implementing world bounds on the camera (Ongoing)
• Fixing audio proximity to world camera  (Done)
• Adding UI button visual and auditory feedback
• "Duck Island" Level (Ongoing)
• "Starry Night" Level - finding hidden objects in a rotating sky! (Started)

For final version (TBD):

• save/load system (This is my first time developing in Godot 4. I'm still learning the ropes of persistent data)
• Total hidden object/characters to find: TBD but my goal for Dec 2025/Jan 2026 would be ~250 items
• More level biomes that follow a cherry blossom theme (which was my original inspiration for this game) such as cherry blossom festivals, garden parties, market places.

Music and UI sound FX Credits:

• "Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Kenney's "Music Jingles" audio pack Licensed under Creative Commons CC0  https://kenney.nl/assets/music-jingles