A Groundhog's Day

STORY:

It is February 2nd, 2025. As it has been for the last 3000 days.

For almost 8 years now, the human male has been stuck in a time loop.

He is the only one aware of this fact.

The only one except I.

Pleased to meet you. I am Phil, the groundhog.

I've been stuck in the same time loop as the human male, enabling me to develop skills far beyond those usually found in my species.

I have come to enjoy this life.

Lately, however, the human male has been changing. Becoming more content. Happier.

Getting closer to breaking out of the loop.

I cannot let that happen.

This is my day. I will hold on to it as long as I can.

I am not ready to let go.

CREDITS:

Made by my girlfriend (design, art, music, sound effects) and me (design, programming, additional art and sound effects) for the GMTK Game Jam 2025.

All art assets were made by us.

Sound assets were partially made by us and partially found on freesound.org, including:

Quick Pencil Writing 1 by Frostnox -- https://freesound.org/s/796659/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Quick Pencil Writing 2 by Frostnox -- https://freesound.org/s/796645/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Error.wav by Autistic Lucario -- https://freesound.org/s/142608/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Page_Turn_05.wav by Koops -- https://freesound.org/s/20239/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

China Cup Breaks by TobiasLudwig -- https://freesound.org/s/391327/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Ticking Clock 1.WAV by vince2323 -- https://freesound.org/s/408300/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Additional sound effects found on zapsplat.com.