It was sitting right there. We had to take it. How could we not? It was just so cute. Also, we made a pun.

So we’ve got a new character to show you. And it’s a Hedgehog. A slightly blue Hedgehog. That’s pure coincidence. And it’s so cute! That’s coming from someone who doesn’t use that term regularly. 

But worry not, you won’t be going around smacking the Hedgehogs. That just wouldn’t be nice. Instead, you get to make friends with them. And while you can pet them, we don’t think this will qualify A Giant Problem for Can You Pet The Dog.  

The Hedgehogs are the second ally the player will have. Where the Gnomes are your melee units, the Hedgehogs are your range units. And to make it even better, they’re using their own spines as arrows. It may sound painful, but don’t worry they do so willingly and are never harmed in the process. 

These little buddies will help you with your defenses. Of course it’s still very much going to be on you to clear the enemies and make sure your little friends don’t get hurt. But the placement of them will help alleviate some of the pressure. And like just about everything else in A Giant Problem, you’ll be able to get hands on with the Hedgehogs and use them as a very spikey weapon. If that’s your thing.

We’re not quite sure why you would. They’re just so cute, that any giant, no matter how ferocious will want to just curl up in a corner and just stroke their little chins. Which has led some on the Critical Charm team to suggest a mode where you get to just lie on the ground while Hedgehogs curl up and snooze on you. Sadly we don’t have a pun for that mode.

More important than a pun, is the name of the Hedgehogs. Internally we’ve had some debate about them. One side wants to call them pixies, as they’re inspired by the Pixie drawn by Brian Froud in the book Faeries. So we’re going to turn to you to answer what their name should be. We’ll put up a poll on Twitter and you can decide what we call them. You can find the poll here:

We just announced our latest character for #AGiantProblem. And it's a cute little hedgehog! But the team is torn on the name. So we need your help. What do we call our new character? To get a better look head over to: https://t.co/13yEaGCU5r
— Critical Charm (@CharmCritical) October 25, 2019

In the pictures above you get a look at Minna’s process for creating the Hedgehog. 3D character creation is complex, especially for VR when the player can see objects from all angles. It means there can’t be any oversights. Which for a short while meant the Hedgehog didn’t have a butt. That’s now remedied thanks to Minna’s diligent work. And if you’re wondering, she works in Blender to create the models. Hopefully in the future we can get her to provide some of her tips and tricks for Blender, modeling, texturing and animating characters for VR.

Until then you can wishlist A Giant Problem on Steam! And be sure to share it with your friends, family, and enemies who are also interested in VR. There’s no reason to deny them such fun!