December's demo for Squeakross: Home Squeak Home puts you into the tiny shoes of a small rodent who needs to solve nonogram puzzles to unlock furniture, further enabling you to decorate your dream rodent residence. First, you will meet Nini. She is a nonogram enthusiast (to say the least) and the creator of the Home Squeak Home Program. After she gifts you with an empty residence, you will have to solve those puzzles she obsesses over the furnish your new space. Use the puzzle catalogue to complete puzzles, each unlocking a new piece of furniture. The demo includes 56 puzzles to solve and 35 pieces of furniture to collect, with the most challenging puzzles unlocking color variants of some items. You can customize your furry friend with the Rodent Editor, with options for fur colors, tail styles, accessories, and more.
Squeakross: Home Squeak Home caters to beginners to and experts of nonogram puzzles. Nini is there to give you a step-by-step guide, with more tutorials available from the main menu. There is a Logic Assist Mode to turn on optional hints; it includes features like automatic case-solving and a show mistakes button. Experts can turn to Nini's Challenge for more difficult puzzles (the ones that unlock furniture colour variants).
Developed and published by Alblune, the demo for Squeakross: Home Squeak Home will be released via Steam on December 6. It will be compatible with PC, Mac, and Steam Deck.