I Hacked Squirrel Stapler To Discover Its Strangest Secrets

I recently covered the re-release of Squirrel Stapler, and in doing so noticed a good deal of bonus content included with the game. I decided to take a look at that, but things quickly spiraled out of control. This is what happened.

00:00 The Story So Far
01:38 Squirrel Stapler 1.0
03:42 Camera Tricks
06:10 Inside The Project
08:19 Code Breakdown
10:20 The "Goodies" Folder
12:41 Indie Horror Sim 2015
15:08 Jump-Scare Origins
16:39 Wrapping Up

[EphiTV]

Spent a couple weeks turning Squirrel Stapler inside-out to have this ready just in time for Halloween. Enjoy!

[tarkatantapir]

After seeing the texture used for "God", it's pretty apparent that his texture and shape is two squirrel heads mirrored into each other much like the "Committing Sins" splash screen.

Perhaps that image is supposed to convey that God is watching

[thepwrtank]

I was a playtester for the game before the rerelease. What happened was that when all 5 geocaches were unlocked, it was storing the fact that GIANT SQUIRRELS MODE was unlocked in the save file. Problem with that is that when the save file resets (which it does every time you beat the game), you lose GIANT SQUIRRELS MODE.

[daskampffredchen]

THe Jumpscare not working really fits the Indie Horror Game Vibe

[Zombiemask]

There's a jumpscare in the game where your wife will sprint up at you out of nowhere and stop right next to you. Maybe that's why it's called enemy?

[m.i.g.]

I think the story about a painter and a witch is actually in the game and you can read parts of it every day, as seen in Jolly Wangcore's playthrough

[Shadowsoul]

Looking at god's texture, it seems like a pair of ram horns, a fox's mouth, and two eyes slapped on top of two mirrored squirrels and some random gore.

[asleepybi]

6:25 actually! I can see what God is made of in this picture!! It looks like two mirrored squirrels facing each other, with what looks like the mouth of that crying cat meme, enlarged fish eyes, and the horns of a ram on the sides! It’s a squirrel-fish-cat-ram!

[POSSUM_chowg]

This game feels like it's based on a weird dream its creator had at some point

[marialelenatantopeti]

everyone talking abt the emojis and god but that "jumpscare" in the joke game does actually scares me, like i cant look at it, i feel stupid

[Flowerbarrel]

There is a legend of a hunter who holds a rifle in his hands while psychically controlling five others with his powerful mind.

[fluffytowels]

The emoji sheet is really weird. I am pretty sure it's for some reason included by unity itself since I also found it in the demo for Peripeteia

[FissionMetroid]

Love love LOVE these kinds of deep dives into games to see all the lil hidden goodies that are tucked away. There's one game called Tunic that is completely built around being filled to the brim with secrets--seeing an extensive deep dive into that game would be fascinating, although going in blind would be the best way to initially experience it.

[FantasmaNaranja]

6:25 looks like an image of a squirrel sideways mirrored so that it's two squirrels looking at eachother
then it has a squirrel mouth with sharper canines slapped on top of it to make the mouth and a couple of ram horns for good measure

[ghost_ship_supreme]

My guess is the enemy character used as your “wife” were possibly going to be enemies in the world instead of squirrels?

[ForensicRocks]

Ephi looks like I’d find him under my floorboards.

[RecombobulatedStuff]

That emoji sheet actually comes from the text mesh pro asset as a default font texture, as funny as it is that it’s still there I don’t know that it was there intentionally

[seriousnorbo]

6:25 this answers some questions actually, it is supposed to be a squirrel with horns, his face are 2 mirrored squirrel jpgs

[Idontknowwhatishouldchoose]

7:26 i mean after a few days (or 1) there’s a note in the house that says “I don’t want squirrels. I want skin. Give me skin. Or give me yours instead”

[purplepeak]

David's games are some of the games of all time.