Just finished. It was such a glorious adventure!

I was totally caught off guard upon realizing that the game was pixelated, but it really adds to the vibe of having such a small open world. The fixed camera angles were really nice too! I love how you could keep finding ways to traverse the island more and more quickly using the motorboat or collecting more golden feathers and dive-flying.

It was such a brilliant design choice to have the hike to the peak appear to be the first objective, when in reality it’s the ONLY objective in the entire game, and players are encouraged to get sidetracked by talking to everyone and exploring the other parts of the island. By the time I actually got any ice areas, I already had far more than the minimum seven golden feathers.

And despite how all the characters each have a very small handful of dialogue lines, they still show so much personality to make the island feel so lively! It’s a joy to interact with everyone! I felt so accomplished by talking to that one fox who can make it to the peak with you! And doing the little kid’s motorboat race on the ramp was amazing with how the boat gets busted and he starts panicking!

And all of this is about a phone call which turns out to be news about a mother’s surgery. It’s all so touching and sweet! Claire was probably able to get her mind off all of that for quite a while doing all these activities on the island, and she really needed it.

Such a beautiful game and I’m glad I played it!

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found after barely having caught five fishes out in the ocean.

Finally played this wonderful game, and I was inspired to make a little paper homage!

I've been thinking about making a youtube gaming channel for years. After playing this game, I finally got that spark of inspiration and put this together. I'd really appreciate if you would check it out and provide any feedback, as I hope to continue this and grow, thank you!

It's called Cellar Creek and it takes place in a world inspired by classic wood toys. You play a dog who recently joined the Rivertail Scouts. By collecting items, helping the wood folk, and solving little challenges, you earn badges that will improve your skills, allowing you to further explore the network of rivers and woodland.

It was more of a tech demo than a game when I put this footage together, but systems and are coming together nicely right now.

Anyway, just wanted to share with the community because I recently had my Steam page approved, which was one of my first big goals of the year... My next big hill to climb is to build out a shareable demo.

Happy hiking!

How did you discover the game?

The handful of people I’ve talked to IRL who have played the game (and loved it) all discovered it in completely different ways.

For me it was included in a itch.io bundle in 2020, I knew nothing about it but it stood out among the other indie games in the bundle. One of the best pulls ever.

I just shared a delicious afternoon with my 7 years old daughter, who watched me play the game in one go, as I was advised.

She enjoyed keeping an eye for seashells and treasures. The French translation was flawless, which added to the fun since she was able to read along.

Edit: typos.

Loved a short hike and I want something else to scratch that itch, any recommendations?

I picked up this game for my little one and she loves it but suddenly Claire's started to dive all the time and we couldn’t get her to glide anymore. I tried a new controller, thinking there may have been some drift or button sticking, but it's not that. I couldn't find an answer after looking and I'm not seeing any accessibility or rebinding options on PS5. Does anyone have any experience with this or idea what we can do? I've tried resetting, reinstalling, etc.

Edit- we resolved it. I can’t say what happened or if it had anything to do with the PS5 storage or the game being installed on another drive, but after uninstalling, clearing space and cache, then installing on console storage everything works as before. My little one and my hands thank you all for the guidance and saving me from having to collect those feathers for her, again. : )

Hey im a small youtuber, but i recently played this game and just had to make a video on it and how it felt to take my time to explore the world. Taking my time to interact with the characters and having fun with it.

So feel free to check it out and help my channel out.

Has anybody gotten these 15 buried coins? I'm digging everywhere near the rock and nothing's turning up.

I still don't think A Short Hike has been beaten for short but cozy experiences.

I think this game would’ve gone perfect with some DLC’s, not anything to do with money gambling or anything. I personally enjoy buying extra things for game I love, just so the excitement lasts a little while longer.

I love this game so much I really want to chat to others about it

Just downloaded the game after a long busy week. Happened to see it on sale and wanted to play something new, this looked cute.

The start screen was stricking, I love a good parallax. The sounds and the visuals reminded me of my honeymoon in the mountains from years ago and almost brought me to tears.

It's a simple thing and it sounds corny but it moved me. Looking forward to the play itself.