(990+ plays) Holiday Rat Race

[waxen panther]

Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse. Plot twist! You're a rat! Crash Fallmas Eve, find the cheese, escape before the cat sees you!

Code: 4440-5752-6854
Max Players: 20
Max Time: 7 minutes (can be done in 1-3)
Budget: 1999/2000
No mods or intentional glitches

Happy holidays! All feedback is welcome!
Please leave a shard if you had fun playing this!

[daring hornet]

Beautiful map. And very fun gameplay. Stunning as usual @waxen panther ! Love the mice and the nutcracker is just perfection.

[waxen panther]

Thank you for your kind words and testing V1 and V2! 2.0 here we go!! 🐭

[feral grove]

Love that cat on the chair as well as the drum, the truck, the cheese, and mice

[rose veldt]

Very nice map indeedy! had to try it twice to figure it out, me and 6 beans loved it 🙂

[waxen panther]

Aw, that's awesome! That must be fun playing with a bunch of beans. Thanks for telling me that. That means a lot. So glad you all had fun!

[daring hornet]

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[waxen panther]

Thanks! I had a lot of fun making them!!! 🧀 🐁

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[dusty ether]

OMG, this map is so awesome!!! The view looking in through the window from the start line is amazing What a creative design! I love all the little mice 🐀 and the way you did the finish line was really cool. I had so much fun exploring and solving the map. Really great work!

[lime willow]

Loved all your art and the details
The cat was sleeping, so i could sit next to ithehe
Awesome map!

[daring hornet]

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[robust frigate]

This map is absolutely amazing to look at. The decorations in this map, from the Christmas tree, cat, etc. are beautiful. (I also loved the rats/mice that were in the vent too) I enjoyed going through the course, while looking at the beautiful design. After I solved the puzzle I explored a bit and looking at the design and art of the map. Amazing Work!

[waxen panther]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I actually rebuilt the beginning so you could see through the window. I like the mice too! So glad you had fun!

[waxen panther]

Thank you so much!!! The cat can sleep through just about anything! Glad you had fun. Now you can visit the cat any time 😸

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Holiday Rat Race {Falljam Submission}

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[feral grove]

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[waxen panther]

Baby Coffee! SO cute!

[feral grove]

He was way skinnier than that gif

[waxen panther]

lol baby pics

[waxen bough]

cool but eventually my friend got stuck here

[waxen panther]

Oh, no! That didn't happen to me so thank you so much for letting me know. I'll get that moved and post when it is republished. Thank you for playing my map!!

[waxen panther]

I have republished the map to move the bumpers a bit further from the walls in the fireplace. Thanks again @waxen bough

[waxen panther]

Thanks! When you look for the cheese see if you can spot a cryptic nod of thanks from me

[fiery flower]

oh yes here they are LMAO, we found them

[waxen panther]

Yay!! You found your virtual gift! From this angle the drum looks like Mickey Mouse!

[fiery flower]

Lmao i just realized bcs of the rc truck in the back LMAO

[waxen panther]

He he you got and Easter Egg for Christmas! 🔑 🥚

[fiery flower]

this is actually a really cool level design wise and gameplay, i really loved it

[waxen panther]

Thanks! It was a lot of work but a lot of fun too. Somehow that nutcracker looks like a fall guy to me, makes me laugh every time I see it. When I had to rebuild it because it broke I got to add a few eggs for fun (bonus puzzle)! Made it all worth it

[fiery flower]

oh never saw any eggs LMAO

[waxen panther]

As in easter eggs of the hidden variety, you found your egg, that key was for you, thanks for all the bumps and support and being an all around awesome person!

[fiery flower]

oh that key was actually an easter egg to lost keys?

[waxen panther]

Yup!

[fiery flower]

oh wow, i didn't expect that LMAO, thank you!

[waxen panther]

The least I could do! Someone else needs to look below the key. I was actually prety proud of myself for integrating the eggs into the scenery

[fiery flower]

oh i don't think i checked below it

[fiery flower]

also the only reason i was bumping these levels is bcs they are all really good, i really enjoyed them, it's all deserved

[waxen panther]

Thanks for saying so! I appreciate that so much. The same goes for your levels. Holiday party at my house! We can take the train there

[fiery flower]

it's okay and thank you!

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for sure LMAO

[oak torrent]

🎄Another quality map, top tier creator 🎄

[daring hornet]

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[hearty skiff]

The design is so awesome! The whole map is a lot of fun exploring everything.

The only little issue I had was getting into the house at the beginning. Most of the time I landed on the roof. Lost a minute there trying to grab that little edge.
But everything else was perfect and lots of fun.

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[daring hornet]

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[waxen panther]

Oh my gosh, that's so cute! How awesome! I didn't take my own advice and I've been cooking up a storm on a new map this morning. Thank you so much for letting me know!!! I need to finish this pass too. I better get busy! I usually finish it weeks early!

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[waxen panther]

You are too kind! Your maps set the bar very high!!! Did you find that holiday shout out yet?!

[oak torrent]

I gotta replay this one

This is gotta be the best Christmas map

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[daring hornet]

Congrats!!!

[waxen panther]

Oh wow, really?! Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to play this map! I hope it brings a bit of holiday cheer to you all!!!

[waxen panther]

You are correct! BTW Spectre found the keys last night

[fiery flower]

yup i no longer need to look for them now

congrats for reaching highlights!

[waxen panther]

Aw, thank you so much! Isn't that a huge load off our mind finding those keys after all this time? Now we can just go play hoops and play on the playground in your map knowing we can get inside anytime we want!

[fiery flower]

yes, exactly!

[oak torrent]

I found it 😱

That’s actually genius adding in references from other maps

first map I’ve seen to include Easter eggs , damn that nutcracker also looks sick 🔥

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[waxen panther]

Thank you so much for playing my map! Sorry it took a minute to answer but I didn't know how to add a spoiler. ||If you land on the roof you can go through the chimney as well.|| So glad you had fun. I really enjoy your maps! Can't wait to see your next one.

[waxen panther]

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[oak torrent]

How did you make that ghost floor at the start? You know something that we don’t? 🤔

[fiery flower]

oh yes i wondered that too lol

[waxen panther]

I wish I knew and had a better answer for you! I fell through there a couple of times during testing but thought it was just the perspective of layered floor from the start line and never looked further. I moved that section when rebuilding this and the level broke pretty badly as well (nutcracker needed reconstructive surgery!). Digging deeper to see if it is a rotational overlap anomaly or something unexplainable that occurred/merged during the map break (most likely the latter). I wish I were that smart/inventive to come up with that intentionally but sadly I am not

[waxen panther]

:cheese: Holiday Rat Race :mouse2: {Falljam Submission}

Holiday Rat Race {Falljam Submission}

[oak torrent]

Still cool tho

[waxen panther]

Thanks, it is pretty cool. I took a look at it and there is one place (start line end) where it ramps up as you are walking out of it, which is totally odd but pretty sick. I will share any info I learn.

[daring hornet]

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[oak torrent]

You are the most talented non CEP creator I’ve seen so far, only 5 maps are they are all top tier ✌️

Consistency is key

[waxen panther]

Wow, thank you so much! I don't even know what to say. Truth be told, I had a mad scientist moment and may have a fun new one I made yesterday ready very soon! 🥚 I'm not in any hurry to crank out maps but I need this one out of my head!

[oak torrent]

Relatable. I have the idea you really want to get out of your mind :p

[feral grove]

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[waxen panther]

Aw, that kind of reminds me of Bowie! Totally on point!

[robust frigate]

This is a very great and beautiful map, WYSIWYG! I wasn't sure if you saw my feedback and thoughts before but here it is in case you are curious.

[waxen panther]

Oh, my gosh! I am so sorry! I thought I answered everyone. You were such an early bird to make a comment and I was so exhausted after I posted this I must not have hit send, probably wasn't finished my coffee but that is no excuse. Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm glad you solved it and had extra time to just enjoy the setting. I really wanted my holiday maps to be enjoyed like that. Thank you so much for sharing that with me!!! I can't wait to see your next map. Still love that adorable campfire in Winter Getaway!

[lament prairie]

Very awesome map this must've taken a lot of work Here is my playthrough for anyone who wants to see the map in action before trying for themselves https://youtu.be/HrEI3x2WwFo

[waxen panther]

Wow! Thank you so much for your feedback and for posting this. This will be super helpful for people and fun for me to watch!

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[waxen panther]

Anyone wanting to play this map today, please disregard the clouds that have made their way through an open window and covered half of the map and enjoy the video of gameplay @lament prairie was kind enough to post until we can unearth the presents under the tree!

[lament prairie]

Oh right yeah the cloud bug is ruining a lot of levels it sucks

[waxen panther]

I just fixed the clouds and republished Festive Fun Run and Run the Rails - Toytown Express and, oddly, by the time I got around to Rat Race they were somehow fixed? No explanation for that but happily the clouds have lifted and all systems are go!

[lament prairie]

Oh nice maybe they got around to doing a fix quickly

[waxen panther]

I wish! I feel they have their hands quite full atm. I know, for me, it was back to normal for one map but only in the editor, when I checked the published version it was still the same, so I republished that map as well. Let's hope that sticks! So far so good! I have been at this all day between the clouds and a map of mine they added to Discover today that is missing a critical element! What a day!

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[pulsar talon]

I really liked this course there were so many ditails and it was so cool
This is one of my favorite christmas rounds great job on this one

[waxen panther]

Thank you so much for playing my map and for the feedback! That means a lot for me to be on a favorites list! 🎉 🎄

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[rose veldt]

Wooow! An VERY Amazed House Christmas ever. Now with like the Giant in the Bean stone, it is one of Super Adorable creative round ever. Extremely Awesome! Excellent work @waxen panther. Love the Style ever of the map.

So about Gameplay is that going on the Rooftop those parts is not too bad and inside it making Puzzle and the main door has the Finish line which means that it is Almost not Free to beat, it needs something to get before going to the finish line. Like getting on high up is Not too much difficulty. Instead Normal into real play. It's Awesome Fun to play. I'll give you a 5* difficulty rate.

Plus
Creative round has been Marked as "Demon"

[waxen panther]

Thanks so much for playing my map! I am glad you had fun and enjoyed the art aspect!

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I love the cat

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With my friend

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Someone sent this one to me:

https://youtu.be/IPSxI9RFgPQ?si=Mre7_ObvrGKJ1ExF

[waxen panther]

Wow! Thank you so much for playing my map and sharing this video!

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