Springy Break

Springy Break is a homebrew N64 demo by Marmot released on 20 April 2025 for the Revision 2025 competition. It’s a demo which showcases a scene of woodland critters in their natural habitat.

You get get the ROM from its download page by using the password bobritospringito.

About Springy Break

Springy Break takes place in the springtime (obviously), with a bunch of woodland critters. The three main characters are:

• A squirrel
• An owl
• A chick (not sure what kind)

There are several scenes in which they appear:

• Squirrel jumping along the ground with a star transition
• The squirrel the appears in a tree with pink flowers
• A green owl flies onto the same tree
• Squirrel continues jumping, now with an apple
• Ten pink chicks bounce in a circular formation
• Squirrel sits on a chair with an apple
• Credits roll with the squirrel, owl and chick jumping

That’s about it. It’s a collection of short scenes involving the same few objects.

Credits

• Code: Muffinhop, Muffintrap
• Music: Mrs Beanbag
• Graphics: RacoonViolet, Saini, Vurpo, Muffinhop

Review and conclusion

At face value, Springy Break is a Nintendo 64 demo that aims primarily to be a cute animation, so that is what it focuses on. There doesn’t seem to be any technical breakthrough or extravagant artistry, just a pleasant scene of woodland critters.

It kind of reminds me of some earlier demos like Nintro 64 or Summer 64, with it showing characters moving around a scene though different angles. I personally would have enjoyed it a bit more if they added a story to the demo rather than just being a collection of random shots from the scene, but it still works okay all things considered.

Give it a run, Springy Break is a cute little animation that’s sure to cheer you up a bit, even if it’s just for a few minutes.