The game was originally made for LOWREZJAM 2023 which restricts the resolution to 64x64 pixels and ran for 2 weeks between 1st and 14th August 2023. The jam had ten optional themes, I picked a few of them (higlighted in italic in the intro text below) and tried to include in the game.
Busy little buns are doing their jobs to prepare for the winter, it's not an easy job but they are good at cooperating. Sometimes they find things on the ground, there might be matches hidden in plain sight and Buns are curious creatures, they'll play with it. You have to catch 'em all before they set the forest on fire accidentally and the wildfire spreads to the whole island.
Play the jam version here: https://gheja.itch.io/busy-bun-buddies
I worked on the game a bit more after submitting it.
Check it out here: https://gheja.itch.io/busy-bun-buddies-latest
I decided to go with only publicly available royalty free assets, my original assets, and ones derived from the free assets (while complying with their licenses).
For a detailed list of files and the licenses see: licenses.md
Gabor Heja - code, additional graphics, sounds
Sprout Lands Basic pack by Cup Nooble (graphics)
Free Effect Bullet Impact Explosion 32x32 V1 by bdragon1727 (graphics)
Café by Swaylle / Skar0ps (music)
Munro by Ten by Twenty (font)