MonsterLab by backlashblues
Monster Lab is a simple simulation game with incremental mechanics and pixel graphics. You are a scientist who must care for monsters while experimenting upon them... for science! The sadistic cruelty that's required to perform these experiments makes you wonder - who's the real monster here?
It's more of a prototype than a "real" game because time got away from me. This was my first game jam, and I learned a lot about managing scope and expectations. Next jam will see a smaller, more complete game.
Warning: There's no way to win. Just play until you get bored.
It's more of a prototype than a "real" game because time got away from me. This was my first game jam, and I learned a lot about managing scope and expectations. Next jam will see a smaller, more complete game.
Warning: There's no way to win. Just play until you get bored.
| Web | http://ashleyrevlett.itch.io/monster-lab |
| Source | https://github.com/ashleyrevlett/monster-lab |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=57618 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 26% | 2016 |
| Overall | 3.19 | 410 |
| Fun | 2.75 | 648 |
| Graphics | 2.56 | 720 |
| Humor | 3.00 | 330 |
| Innovation | 3.50 | 172 |
| Mood | 2.93 | 521 |
| Theme | 3.50 | 391 |
I mean, i'm on day 2, level 12, a poor guy died, can't do experiments on the third and realized if i don't feed or water the others, their damages just assume negative values so i can keep on experimenting without killing them. As a result, i grew some nice 11.000$ but can't do much else besides repeating the process infinitely.
anyway i like games like CandyBox and i think you have a nice idea to develop here.
my first frustration was that you promise in the text that "snake shaped" monster can reproduce but if you put 2 on 2 experiment tables aside you cannot make them reproduce ;-)
extremely mini and successful sim