Gerbil Space Program
team project, I,5+ months

A 3d momentum-based micro-speedrunner originally made for the Global Gamejam. Smash your hamster balls through space!

The demo is currently finished and has 3 playable levels and a functioning leaderboard. 

Play the game

https://gerbil-space-program.itch.io/gerbil-space-program

YouTube page with marketing videos

https://www.youtube.com/@GerbilSpaceProgram/shorts

Trailer

Original gamejam page

https://timdrawsstuff.itch.io/gerbil-space-program

My contributions:

I'm currently working on a tutorial, pictures available soon. (12/06/2025)

My role:

• Player controller development

• Playtesting & QA

• Level design

• Marketing

• Team lead

Goals:

• A playable demo with 3 levels

• A cutscene introducing the games lore

• A trailer

• A webpage on a crowdfunding website

• Promotional art

• Social media presence

Summary

What was once an overly ambitious game for a gamejam has now turned it to a promising project. Inspired by games in the micro-speedrunner genre like Neon White and Trackmania, me and a teammate were very excited about this concept. 

We decided to turn the project into a fully fledged concept with the goal to launch the project on Kickstarter. Joined by an artist and two musicians on support, we gave it our best shot. Marketing and 

In the end we decided to not launch the game on Kickstarter. Despite everything being ready for a bigger marketing campaign, an internship and a bigger project would prevent us from working on the game for a while. 

The game sends a hamster in space to race around the cosmos. The local gerbil population view hamsters as some kind of Greeks gods, but they always seem to die in horrible ways...