One Night at Squirrels

> **"WARNING: you may not like squirrels after playing this game. Can you survive an entire night in a house being hunted by creepy squirrels? Didn't think so."**
>
> —The game's Instructions

## One Night at Squirrel's

* Original (2015-2017)
* Original (2017)
* Collection

### Game Link

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/53725626/

### Download

2015 .sb2 (modified)
2017 .sb2

## Development

### Engine

Scratch 2.0 (Original)Clickteam Fusion 2.5+ (Collection)

### System Requirements

A web browser (Original)Windows (Collection)

## Game Stuff

### Locations

Tree (yup) / GardenFront Hall
Dining Room
Living Room
Kitchen
Office

**One Night at Squirrel's** is a *Five Nights at Freddy's* fangame created in 2015 by **jacopro8** on Scratch. It was updated sometime in 2017 mainly to overhaul the game's artwork.

jeb would remix this game multiple times and change the graphics and parts of the gamplay and release them as sequels in late 2015. One Nights at Squirrels 3 and 4 are now lost media, while 2 is partially found.

In December 2020, this game was recreated in Clickteam as part of the privately released *One Night at Squirrel's Collection*. Its artwork was drawn based on the original 2015 artwork rather than the 2017 artwork.

## Plot

The plot is paper-thin with only the basic premise of surviving against evil squirrels (disembodied squirrel heads) for six hours.

Judging by the cameras, one can reasonably infer the squirrels are breaking into your house and you are trying to protect yourself in your home office from them.

In the 2017 artwork, many of the cameras are changed to be in a tattered state, implying the squirrels caused major damage to the interior of the home.

## Gameplay

As the name implies, the game is only one night long. Survive from 12 AM (listed as the "time" variable) to 6 AM.

Your only means of defense is a single door which consumes power when it is closed. You'll only need to shut the door if a squirrel is standing directly at the doorway.

As per usual in *Five Nights at Freddy's* games, you are given security cameras to watch. This game has five in total, but you shouldn't look at them often due to them draining a ridiculous amount of power by extended use.

Once the power hits 0, there is no chance of winning, as you'll almost instantly be killed by the Squirrel. The best strategy is to camp in the office and wait for Squirrel or Reddie to come to the door.

## Presentation

The game has amateurish scribbly bitmap artwork for the office and the cameras and Scratch variables for all elements of the UI except for the camera buttons. The squirrels use the same default Scratch library asset of a cropped squirrel head.

The only sounds in the game are the cameras beeping, the doors closing, the bell of 6AM and the meow sound of the jumpscare. All sounds except for the door toggle are default Scratch library sounds.

The game also has a toggleable music button, off by default. When on, the game loops between horror songs called "Face in the Mirror" and "Were Not Alone" continuously until you die or win. Muting the music also cuts off all of the sound effects, unless you are playing the collection version.

## Characters

* Squirrel
* Reddie

## Fun Facts

* Sometime in 2018, jeb commented on the original project page asking if he could remix the game to extend it to five nights.
* The "Tree (yup)" camera was renamed to the Garden in the 2017 version. Since the collection is based on the 2015 version, it retains the original name.
* The path the squirrels follow is **Tree > Front Hall > Dining Room > Living Room > Kitchen > Office**.
* Reddie is a red-eyed squirrel who is most likely inspired by the squirrel sometimes used on the logo of Classic Game Room.
* The low quality Scratch bell toll sound used as the victory sound in this game would frequently be used in Scott the Woz videos, though it's not known if Scratch was where was where Scott got the sound from.
* The game credits a user by the name of Zachster9 though it doesn't state what they contributed to the game.