
Cheese is the Reason
Enter the depths of Rat City and fix Chev Hampton's clogged bathroom pipe!
(NOTE: The web build has minor bug fixes, the Windows
build is the original jam version)
Made in 72 hours for Ludum Dare 57
Eelis Koivusaari - Code, Music
Axel Kulomaa - Art
Eemeli Mäntylä - Art
Jami Liang - Art
Umut Soydan -Art

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| Updated | 23 days ago |
| Status | Released |
| Platforms | HTML5, Windows |
| Rating | Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars (525 total ratings) |
| Authors | Studio Laaya, Jeemeli, Axel Kulomaa, mumu |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Made with | Godot |
| Tags | 3D, Godot, Ludum Dare 57, Narrative, Noir, Point & Click, rat, rats, Voice Acting |
| Average session | A few minutes |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Mouse |
| Links | Ludum Dare |
| Content | No generative AI was used |
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Development log
- Happy Birthday!23 days ago



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Played this game and its short and sweet might be reading too much into it in my play-through, but I really like it anyway
Genial apartado artístico
very cool
ooooh yeah
I mean this was the best game I´ve played in 2025
Work of art
absolute cinema
We're s m o k i n g
masterpiece
Bravo! What a great creation! Thankyou for sharing!
It ain’t all bad in rat city, Chev
that was really good!! also kind of depressing... but good nontheless, made me think stuff
got stuck in china town
get some kung pao
"这里有新鲜的奶酪炒饭" "Im not hungry"
Love the game.
Also
Someone had way too much fun making rats dance on a pole.
neo-noir atmosphere
I really enjoyed the story, make more games like this!
I’m in desperate need for more stories from this rat world!!
epic loved it
Truly an experience
absolute fucking cinema
Cheese
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This game gave me a deeper understanding of the world of the Rats, I cannot wait for Chev's next unfruitful adventure in the sequel that is definitely gonna happen! :D
this game soo deep
This was very well made, I enjoyed it. Let me know if you make more point and click games lol
Y'all killed me with the Elmo Husk and Jeffery Benzoids
10/10 CHEESE
i love a jazzy indie feeling, the soundtrack was just perfect. great game!
This?! In 72 hours?! What?! This is so nice! So wonderful! I'm waiting for a sequel where Mr. Hampton can walk back or something. Really enjoyed it.
Linda take me back PLEASE!!!
A little buggy but i like it, very funny
this is tough
really deep and heavy plot (obviously) so expect to get emotionally involved. 10/10 would recommend
amazing game, i love linda's voice acting
we absolutely need the squeakuel
I liked it, would like a season of him tbh :D
life changing experience, changed my life forever. It made my pet rat dance inside of my ear. And made me so happy, my rat was eating all of my cheese and pie. It also made my day, and I would recommend it for people that have rats and corn in their ear. Also, now I eat cheese every day because I love rats and cheese and pie and this game very much. My life has changed so much with that big blunt. And Jimmy the rat gave me cheese, so my wife divorced me because my kids and my eyes have rotted out of my skull from playing this game for 798,389,7388 hours without breathing or blinking.
This is the most wonderful game I have ever played in my life. My rat's grandma's ears fell off from playing this game. I just put up a billboard in times square that says "squealer Meikler jimmy give me cheese". Also, from playing this, my children have turned into macaroni and cheese and I ate them. They were very tangy. I also ate my wife cuz she turned into paracetamol girl. I also chugged a gallon of Pepto Bismol because the mac and cheese had too much tang.
I showed my Uncle this game and now he puts cheese on his quandale and eats it. He also ate a platypus cuz he thought its beak was cheddar, this was truly life changing, my balls have a tumor now because I injected it with nacho cheese. Ok bye.
-me
Mice/Rats might not be THE most out-there of animals to make games about, but they're still cool to see.