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Shaun Inman

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Dad, Designer, Developer.

Shaun Inman @shauninman.com · 03/04/2026

But it was a little hard for her. Which fair, it is modeled after Game Boy Color games. So I made her a special build where she could play as a Chirpmunk that couldn't be hurt. And then she wanted eeeveryone to be a Chirpmunk. The humans. The Astrals. And she wanted to be able to play it on Switch.

The opening scene of Ratcheteer DX where the Mentor Mechanic wakes the player during a power outage. Both the Mentor and the player are both Chirpmunks.

One of the penultimate scenes from Ratcheteer DX. The player rides atop the Steam Mech in the Mechanic Village square. Wren, Chess, and the player are all Chirpmunks.

A scene from Ratcheteer DX. The player has arrived at the snowy Astral Outpost. All of the Astrals and the player are Chirpmunks.

A scene from Ratcheteer DX. The player is in a room with six cryogenic pods, all occupied. The occupants and the player are all Chirpmunks.

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Shaun Inman @shauninman.com · 03/04/2026

So our youngest got really into ratcheteer.com. Like really into it. She was routing the Snowcean and learning and writing her name in Astral. I swear she only chirped at us for two days after the first time she played.

A child's hand drawn transcription of two of Ratcheteer's Snowcean routes and all 26 runes of the Astral alphabet.

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