In October, I opened an academy called Sapere Aude Study Center. It's in Segovia, Spain.
One of my students is playing "Sweaters by hedgehog" and he loves it. For this reason, I have decided to put on his creation in the blog's academy. It will be done by other students at the academy. So, I would like to ask you if it's possible that we put your name in our academy blog. It would be a honour that we can do it.
Sweaters by Hedgehog is such a sweet and heart warming time spent as a little hedgehog putting together sweaters for the various townsfolk who may need them. This game is a breath of fresh air, no combat and no heated encounters, just sweaters and conversations. If you need something sweet and comfortable, this game is the perfect companion for you. Highly recommend, best enjoyed in a comfortable sweater of your own with a mug of something warm. The kind of game I'd share with my nieces and nephews just to see how they'd enjoy the world with me and the creativity they would bring into the space.
My 5 y.o. daughter and I love this game :) I altered it slightly to play with dice (4d12!) instead of cards. You have to eliminate one choice out of each category, and there is the possibility of repeat rolls, but we like rolling the dice more than drawing a card. Haven't figured out a perfect system for incorporating the "Joker" bonuses with dice yet, but it shouldn't be too hard. Anyway, thanks for the game, I love its simplicity, and its great for exercising a little imagination here and there!
Edited to add: I just realized this sounds like the person on a recipe website who says "I love this recipe, I just made all these alterations" haha. I think the game is great as is, cards and all, it's just that dice are fun :D
Oooh yeah, I was actually playing around with dice at first before settling on the card format. One possibility for joker - maybe adding another die and only couting if that also comes up the highest number on it. Glad you're enjoying it!
Hello again, some time ago I translated the game for the spanish-speaking community, and the truth is that it is having a very good reception, so much so that there are people asking if it would be possible to create hacks of the game, would there be any problem in this regard? Thanks in advance!
Absolutely beautiful game, my mum passed last year and imagining her as this little hedgehog running a shop is really helping to keep her active in my mind, so thank you! My only note is that the spades and clubs symbols on the suit explanation pages are mixed up on the English version
What a beautiful comment, thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying it. And good catch on the suit explanation - amazed nobody caught that yet. Will update on the new version (coming soon!)
The random.org one works well since you can select just one suit at a time. Writing the game I kept 4 tabs open with one in each https://www.random.org/playing-cards/
I recommend writing a “What you need” section as it wasn’t immediately obvious to me until I read it: 1 player, pack of cards with Jokers, a coin, pen and paper (or recorder for audio logs). Thanks for creating this, I’m looking to try it!
This is my first solo journaling game. I absolutely love it. It's so heartwarming and cozy. The prompts and questions are sweet, take the story in unexpected directions. Thank you for making this.
Sweaters by Hedgehog is a solo journaling game about a hedgehog selling sweaters. It is just so cute and adorable, and includes lots of interesting questions and prompts for you to tell the story.
My first solo/journaling game, and I really like it! It's just enough direction to get you started, and just enough of a prompt to make it interesting. What a wonderful world!
Sorry I am new to journaling games, I don't really understand what you have to do: you have to write for every customer what happened following the cards, you have to draw the clothing ?
Yeah, the idea is to use the 4 cards drawn to prompt a little story about one customer. What type of animal they are, some quirk about them, and what they are looking for. Some players have just done writing, there's a couple that have done drawings of the customers/sweaters like this one: https://twitter.com/KadenRamstack/status/1456677293225660422
For anyone who wants a way to switch it up, I've made myself 2 little expansions, that I do or do not use whenever I feel like it, and thought I'd share! Obviously you can tweak them to make them feel more or less "corporate" depending on your needs.
Promotions! Expansion
Each day, mark which day of the week it is. Promotions run for 1 D6 roll number of days (or however long you’d like, you’re in charge after all!)
20 Sided Die Roll for weekly promotion
10% off Blue items
Buy 2 Get 1 50% off
Used clothing drive to get more supplies
Buy 1 get 1 Free
Knitted sweaters 20% off
5% off Red Sweaters
Big sweaters 25% off
Kids sweaters BOGO
Wear a funny hat and get a free sweater pin
Clearance Sale!
Wool sweaters 15% off
10% of purchase goes towards charity
Bring in your itchy sweater and trade it in for 50% off a new sweater
Free scarf with purchase of a sweater
Solid color sale! 20% off
Music in store by local singer, 5% off everything while they sing!
Knitting Q&A with owner, 10% off voucher after attending
15% off Green items
Large sweater sale! 30% off all large sweaters.
Sweater Sale Overstock Blowout! 75% off all overstocked sweaters!
Bulk Order! Expansion
Once a week, roll 1 D6 if it’s 1-5 you get a Complication below based on the number. If you roll a 5 or 6, you get a large sweater order from Mouse Sons Ltd. Roll again to see what they ordered.
Complication Chart:
A customer puts something back on the wrong side of your shop.
A previous customer returns unhappy. Who is it and what do you do to help them?
A family of moths would like to move in to your store room.
I'm interested in translate this game to spanish, just to ensure this is playable in the spanish-speaking world. If I get your permission I'll send a PDF for you to distribute (if you want), in any way you like.
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Hi!
In October, I opened an academy called Sapere Aude Study Center. It's in Segovia, Spain.
One of my students is playing "Sweaters by hedgehog" and he loves it. For this reason, I have decided to put on his creation in the blog's academy. It will be done by other students at the academy. So, I would like to ask you if it's possible that we put your name in our academy blog. It would be a honour that we can do it.
Thank you in advance
Wow that's so cool, would love that! Is there an email I can email you at?
Yes!
ce.sapereaude@gmail.com it´s the academy´s email.
Weee, this is such a cute premise. I shall have to crack out my journalling & art supplies 😍
This was a lot of fun. Sometimes I'm in the mood to doodle, but art-block strikes. This is the perfect game for those moments.
Sweaters by Hedgehog is such a sweet and heart warming time spent as a little hedgehog putting together sweaters for the various townsfolk who may need them. This game is a breath of fresh air, no combat and no heated encounters, just sweaters and conversations. If you need something sweet and comfortable, this game is the perfect companion for you. Highly recommend, best enjoyed in a comfortable sweater of your own with a mug of something warm. The kind of game I'd share with my nieces and nephews just to see how they'd enjoy the world with me and the creativity they would bring into the space.
My 5 y.o. daughter and I love this game :) I altered it slightly to play with dice (4d12!) instead of cards. You have to eliminate one choice out of each category, and there is the possibility of repeat rolls, but we like rolling the dice more than drawing a card. Haven't figured out a perfect system for incorporating the "Joker" bonuses with dice yet, but it shouldn't be too hard. Anyway, thanks for the game, I love its simplicity, and its great for exercising a little imagination here and there!
Edited to add: I just realized this sounds like the person on a recipe website who says "I love this recipe, I just made all these alterations" haha. I think the game is great as is, cards and all, it's just that dice are fun :D
Oooh yeah, I was actually playing around with dice at first before settling on the card format. One possibility for joker - maybe adding another die and only couting if that also comes up the highest number on it. Glad you're enjoying it!
Hello again, some time ago I translated the game for the spanish-speaking community, and the truth is that it is having a very good reception, so much so that there are people asking if it would be possible to create hacks of the game, would there be any problem in this regard? Thanks in advance!
Sure! Hacks are okay - just as long as they credit the original. Would really love to see them.
Absolutely beautiful game, my mum passed last year and imagining her as this little hedgehog running a shop is really helping to keep her active in my mind, so thank you! My only note is that the spades and clubs symbols on the suit explanation pages are mixed up on the English version
What a beautiful comment, thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying it. And good catch on the suit explanation - amazed nobody caught that yet. Will update on the new version (coming soon!)
Any recommendations for card deck apps that could be used instead of the physical deck?
The random.org one works well since you can select just one suit at a time. Writing the game I kept 4 tabs open with one in each https://www.random.org/playing-cards/
I recommend writing a “What you need” section as it wasn’t immediately obvious to me until I read it: 1 player, pack of cards with Jokers, a coin, pen and paper (or recorder for audio logs). Thanks for creating this, I’m looking to try it!
Really cute and cozy! ❤❤❤
Hey I translated it in french, does it interrest you?
Ooh, yes please!
Et voilà https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jnexbxdHFyun5PIcCyb3PMbPkfk5hv1CZLz2sLnNcMs/edit?usp=sharing
Google broke all of the page settings, though
Thanks!
This is my first solo journaling game. I absolutely love it. It's so heartwarming and cozy. The prompts and questions are sweet, take the story in unexpected directions. Thank you for making this.
Sweaters by Hedgehog is a solo journaling game about a hedgehog selling sweaters. It is just so cute and adorable, and includes lots of interesting questions and prompts for you to tell the story.
My first solo/journaling game, and I really like it! It's just enough direction to get you started, and just enough of a prompt to make it interesting. What a wonderful world!
Very cute, brought a smile to my face instantly! Thank you!
Sorry I am new to journaling games, I don't really understand what you have to do: you have to write for every customer what happened following the cards, you have to draw the clothing ?
Yeah, the idea is to use the 4 cards drawn to prompt a little story about one customer. What type of animal they are, some quirk about them, and what they are looking for. Some players have just done writing, there's a couple that have done drawings of the customers/sweaters like this one: https://twitter.com/KadenRamstack/status/1456677293225660422
Okay thank you so much it looks so cool
For anyone who wants a way to switch it up, I've made myself 2 little expansions, that I do or do not use whenever I feel like it, and thought I'd share! Obviously you can tweak them to make them feel more or less "corporate" depending on your needs.
Promotions! Expansion
Each day, mark which day of the week it is. Promotions run for 1 D6 roll number of days (or however long you’d like, you’re in charge after all!)
20 Sided Die Roll for weekly promotion
Bulk Order! Expansion
Once a week, roll 1 D6 if it’s 1-5 you get a Complication below based on the number. If you roll a 5 or 6, you get a large sweater order from Mouse Sons Ltd. Roll again to see what they ordered.
Complication Chart:
Bulk Order! chart:
Ooooh cool, great ideas
Love this idea! Thank you
Hello! I'm having a great time playing this fantastic and cozy game! The mechanic is simple and the outcome is awesome.
I'm interested in translating this one to Korean and quite sure that my friends would just love this one.
If it is allowed, I'd love to send you the Korean version of this small lovely RPG with a short replay.
Sure! Would be great!
Here it goes! "고슴도치의 스웨터" with replay(s)"replays"
Awesome, thank you!
This is utterly wonderful, I can't express enough how much I love this!
This is exactly what I need in my life right now.
Love the premise of this - I'm going to print it out for my daughter to use as a drawing prompt!
I'm interested in translate this game to spanish, just to ensure this is playable in the spanish-speaking world. If I get your permission I'll send a PDF for you to distribute (if you want), in any way you like.
Absolutamente! Go for it. Thank you!
Here it is. "Jerséis de Erizo"
Oh my gosh thanks so much!