Scavenger Mouse arcINDIE 2026
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2026 10:44 pm
Scavenger Mouse is a 3D exploration game where you guide a lonely mouse person named Bruise through a lonely forest area, scavenging for anything you can find.
- Survive. Search for food, water, and shelter so that your little friend can survive in this desolate environment.
- Search the area for various trinkets that are scattered about, sew together new tools, and use them in order to reach new places of the map you couldn't before.
- Wear all sorts of different fashionable clothing, like a bandage to run faster! (And maybe other things that don't have any noticeable effect.)
- Featuring low-poly graphics (allegedly) reminiscent of the N64 and PS1, a moody original soundtrack, and a complete story with cutscenes. (Yes, you can reach an ending!)
You may recognize this submission from SAGE 2026, but this edition of the game has some updates based on some feedback I got from the event, as well as some things I've wanted to add even from before then.
- Smoother inventory UI. Now you can equip items more easily, button prompts only appear when relevant, and you can consume items on the ground without needing to swap out what's in your hand.
- Camera improvements. There is now an option to turn it non-incrementally, it changes angles in a couple areas, and it zooms in when it detects an object in the way.
- Layout changes. You might notice a bit more cotton this time around.
- Improved visuals. The water is no longer a flat color!
- Other fixes. Less stuttering in the intro cutscene, removed bug causing multiple items in hand, no more small window in fullscreen mode, and perhaps more.