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Monster Zoo by Copito

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made by Copito for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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Don't let the monsters die... or the guests...

This was a rather overly ambitious little project so it's not fully gameified but hopefully it's a fun sandbox.

You gain or loose reputation based on how happy your visitors are, seeing monsters will make them happy.. being eaten by monsters will make them sad.

This game was partially an experiment in learning to use / using vulkan

Full source code is included below incase anyone is curious

Controls:

-Right mouse: activates doors

-Left mouse: activate tools

-Middle mouse: drag the view around

-Space: pause

doors.png

visitors.png

Youtube https://copito.itch.io/ld46-keep-it-alive
Youtube https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rz4kc0pozqgf87m/AADpJJCYrN9AC1TBo_Xp1FUVa?dl=0
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/monster-zoo

Ratings

Overall 1707th 3.28⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1849th 3⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 984th 3.4⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1349th 3.6⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1015th 3.769⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1157th 2.9⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1435th 3.28⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 47🗳️ 12🗨️

Feedback

JacobWing
22. Apr 2020 · 01:44 UTC
Great concept, and while it was a little unpolished as you'd mentioned, it was a great time screwing around with all the fun little concepts and the world. Good job - I'd highly advise you try and finish this on your own time, and maybe put it up for sale on itch too.
Massassen
22. Apr 2020 · 01:44 UTC
Great game, but needs some improvments <3
ExeVirus
22. Apr 2020 · 01:53 UTC
Hey so I want to rate and give you feedback and all, but this requires vulkan to be installed on my computer. I'm on windows 7... tried downloading a vulcan-1.dll but of course that didn't work. Any advice? @copito
🎤 Copito
22. Apr 2020 · 01:55 UTC
let me get back to you on that @exevirus I don't have a windows 7 machine here but I'll see if one of my friends has one so we can figure it out. If you're using a Nvidia gpu it seems Nvidia has a driver downloads page https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver I imagine AMD has an equivalent. I will get back with a better answer tomorrow sorry for the trouble!
sacredbacon
22. Apr 2020 · 01:59 UTC
I like the concept, made for an interesting tycoon experience, ended up letting the monsters loose, cause I already had the entry fee lol. The art looks nice and the building mechanics are great, I liked that I could place a glass wall without removing the existing wall. Didn't fully understand the door mechanic, but I didn't have many guests. Great Job!
🎤 Copito
22. Apr 2020 · 02:05 UTC
thanks @sacredbacon the doors just give you an easy way to transfer things around, like say if you want to move some monsters across the visitors path without the visitors being eaten, or if you want to use a flower to attract some monsters to 1 room then use a different flower to attract them somewhere else you can use doors to block the scent from the flowers. (you can get the same effect by adding and removing walls but doors make it more convenient)
Dukebot
22. Apr 2020 · 15:17 UTC
Can't play the game, it says it doesn't found Vulkan-1.dll.
🎤 Copito
22. Apr 2020 · 16:13 UTC
hey @dukebot which os are you on?
RexGame
22. Apr 2020 · 18:14 UTC
i having any fun when i play at the game
Laurari
22. Apr 2020 · 20:27 UTC
I really love the art!! Great job on that part!!! About the gameplay, I god kinda bored after some minutes as I did not know how to increment the income... Maybe a tutorial will help :smile:
🎤 Copito
22. Apr 2020 · 21:00 UTC
hey thanks @laurari i'll have a think about a tutorial, basically if visitors are happy your reputation increases which increase the rate at which guests come into your zoo. Guests become happy each time they see a monster so to raise your income you need to create a path where the guests see a number of monsters on their wait to the exit.
CreamyBacon2
22. Apr 2020 · 23:25 UTC
I played this for way to long. I was more making a gauntlet of horror for the visitors to make it through. Simple simulator game where you make your own fun. my only criticism is there was no sound or music which I'm sure you are aware of and just didn't have time to do. Over all I like your game a bunch! Good work.
Eldar
23. Apr 2020 · 00:27 UTC
I liked the screenshots and written concept of the game a lot and wanted to give it a try, but it won't run in Wine on Mac (that's all I got). Would you happen to know if this is easily fixable, or perhaps can bundle it for Mac without too much effort? :)
🎤 Copito
23. Apr 2020 · 00:34 UTC
hey @eldar sorry i don't think i'd have time to make this run on mac at the moment, I'm not even sure the graphics layer it uses is supported on mac and i don't have a mac to build and test it on. Sorry!
OrdiNeu
23. Apr 2020 · 00:43 UTC
Pretty interesting concept, but as others have said it's a bit lacking in things to do. I loved the old Dungeon Keeper games, so this game felt like it was going for a cool thing! Looking forward to other games you make -- the art in this one is fantastic!
curtamyth
23. Apr 2020 · 00:52 UTC
I like the idea, and it looks nice. I would like if there was a bit more of it but hey, 72 hours isn't very long to make a full fledged game. This is a nice entry as it is!
Vollfeiw
23. Apr 2020 · 01:20 UTC
I loved the graphism so much, would have love to see what you got in mind and what this would have been with more time in this project
FinnThePirate
23. Apr 2020 · 13:01 UTC
cool concept and love the artwork but I think the game needs a some kind of tutorial and may be an ambient music
LaJazuve
23. Apr 2020 · 13:58 UTC
hello, i was so hyped to test your game ! but it doesnt works on my computer...so a ican't test it. i don"t know if that can help you but here the issue's log :

000000|Startup
005938|Error: vkCreateInstance(&instInf, nullptr, &_instance)
Code: VK_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER(fffffff7)
File: D:\Dev\ShortProjects\LDJam46_Prep\Jam\_src\GX\gx.cpp
Line: 1972
🎤 Copito
23. Apr 2020 · 14:24 UTC
hey @lajazuve which OS / GPU are you using? It might be that you need to update your graphics drivers although it seems from other comments some people have had trouble with the game on windows 7, but i sadly don't have a windows 7 machine available to test.
LaJazuve
23. Apr 2020 · 14:41 UTC
@copito i'm on windows 10 and for the gpu ill check that, thanks for your answer
Lut1n
28. Apr 2020 · 16:41 UTC
Hello, I am also interested in Vulkan. Thank you for sharing your sources, this can be a good example and very helpful to have a better understanding of this API.

Keep Vulkan alive ;)