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Chimera Combat by P3ngui

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made by P3ngui for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

If the Web Build doesn't work here, try it at Itch.io!

Summon body parts of your monstrous creature and upgrade them while beating other monsters!

Create your perfect mutated warrior and annihilate everything in your way!

We participated for 32-35 hours and our art department created 114 assets for the body parts! 72 of them were handdrawn. Also listen closely how the music and hitting sounds adapts to your body parts!

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Credits: - Johann Bartel - Programming, Animation, UI - Christopher Graen - Programming, UI - Jannick Elfers - Character Art - Sainab Sakhizada - Character Art - Aileen Berger - Gamedesign - Johannes J. Kross - Musik, Sounddesign

We also used some Free Assets: - Buttons: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/gui/icons/free-ui-pack-170878 - UI Icons: https://craftpix.net/freebies/free-skill-32x32-icons-for-cyberpunk-game/ - Particle Effects: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/particles/cartoon-fx-remaster-free-109565 - Background: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/environments/free-2d-cartoon-parallax-background-205812#description

Link https://p3ngui.itch.io/chimera-combat
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/chimera-combat

Ratings

Given 36🗳️ 69🗨️

Feedback

🎤 P3ngui
15. Apr 2024 · 15:04 UTC
Hey guys, if the Web Build doesnt work here at the ldjam-site please just go to our [Itch.io-Page](
https://p3ngui.itch.io/chimera-combat)!
LocksmithArmy
15. Apr 2024 · 15:38 UTC
I enjoyed that alot more than I thought I would.
Jazkottaja
15. Apr 2024 · 15:40 UTC
neat game. really nice music and I liked the game allot. only wish that there was a way to upgrade your arms rather than to replace it. (got to round 9 btw.)
LDJam user 298496
15. Apr 2024 · 15:43 UTC
Cool idea, I love the variety of pieces. I get the feeling that you were hoping for the "mutation" theme!
ZekySky
16. Apr 2024 · 16:16 UTC
Nice job guy, (Without even intending to, we've practically made the same game haha) i liked the way u can change the parts of the player. Nice job
pwrs
16. Apr 2024 · 16:35 UTC
great graphics and sounds, simple quick game which I love
Solis
16. Apr 2024 · 17:11 UTC
Damn I think I ended up being unbeatable, kept oneshoting everything in my way.!

But damn it felt good to be a shield with a unicorn head and a sword and rush through everyone.

Great job!

![Captura de pantalla 2024-04-16 190655.png](///raw/cbc/d4/z/63c31.png)
ColourArc
16. Apr 2024 · 17:15 UTC
A fun auto-battler. I like the wide variety of different parts you can use, and the game-loop is pretty addictive. I made it to round 44.

One possible improvement would be a way to see how the stats of the new part compare to the current part you have in that slot, like +3 or -1 etc.
RollCreators
16. Apr 2024 · 17:42 UTC
Nice autobattler)

I want to collect full completect, but I can't xD
CGraen
16. Apr 2024 · 20:51 UTC
@colourarc Hey thanks for the feedback. We were actually thinking the same but decided to leave it at that, since we had to work on some other projects for university ^^.
Kirass
16. Apr 2024 · 23:06 UTC
I really liked this game! You guys are great!
LDJam user 374168
17. Apr 2024 · 05:15 UTC
Pretty cool game, I like the idle battler concept and the wacky combinations you can make with the chimeras is pretty neat. I wasn't that great at it, got up to round 11, but still pretty fun. Maybe some boss encounters or more variety in body parts could add to the replayability of this game. Either way, great submission!
ditam
17. Apr 2024 · 09:13 UTC
I had lots of fun, but rather soon I was one-shotting everything. Is it possible to win and reach some end screen? I figured maybe putting together a "complete" set could be an objective, but it seemed like an impossibly long time to wait for the opportunity, given the many options.

Well done!
🎤 P3ngui
17. Apr 2024 · 13:11 UTC
@ditam Thanks for your feedback! There is no win or end screen, at the moment the goal is to reach the highest round possible. Actually the bosses have the chance to get the same stronger items, so they can also 2hit you if they are lucky. We were thinking of giving a progress of HP for both the Character and the Enemy, so there are not permanent 1shots.
Hylazu
17. Apr 2024 · 15:05 UTC
I enjoyed playing the game and I love the concept.

I did struggle a bit with the mechanics of the game (e.g., the effect of armor). I seemed to lose body parts as times, which I am not certain it is part of the mechanics or a bug. It took me a bit to figure out the right display was showing my current body part in that spot, but that helped quite a bit in decisions.
HsG_Gringo
17. Apr 2024 · 15:22 UTC
very fun game! wierd combinations - 10\10 :)
Gorr
17. Apr 2024 · 16:17 UTC
Great game. I like the improve system and game art. Got to round 9 :P
Alexandru Barbanoua
17. Apr 2024 · 20:42 UTC
I feel like I'm playing smt or spore. Very well done and the graphics are very nice I like it a lot!
Macibacsi56
18. Apr 2024 · 08:24 UTC
great game, fun mechanics, good job :)
felixx
18. Apr 2024 · 09:36 UTC
This game looks so funny! I really love the pun!
BauBau
18. Apr 2024 · 10:30 UTC
I have finally met my match...

![imgg.png](///raw/7f1/21/z/644ca.png)
Megh Menghani
18. Apr 2024 · 13:26 UTC
Got to round 29. Cool auto-battler
Jaxah
18. Apr 2024 · 20:46 UTC
Great auto battler, got to round 26 - I can see myself replaying this many times trying different combinations.
The sound I didn't quite hear what you were saying about the body parts matching the music/sfx.
Greak work and well done!
![2024-04-18_21-41.png](///raw/4c3/75/z/64605.png)
GoBigRedFan
18. Apr 2024 · 21:01 UTC
Strangely addictive.
Tommy
18. Apr 2024 · 21:37 UTC
Nice game, very fun to play. I'm just a little bit confused on whether getting new parts replace old ones, and if so what's the point in getting them after a while (but maybe it was just me not getting far enough into the game to get to try better body parts). Also it would be nice to have some combo bonus for collecting similar parts or something like that, which could really boost the deckbuilding side of the game.
🎤 P3ngui
18. Apr 2024 · 21:52 UTC
@jaxah Hey, I am glad you liked the game! About the music: Since there are different Types of Bodypart (Fairytale, Food and Underground) the music changes to whatever the mix of bodyparts is. For each type there are 2 different layers of music that play depending on how many parts of the same type you have :) So if you have full Underground you will face a pretty battle drum-heavy music while full fairytale will have more strings. In my opinion the best music is probably if you combine everything to have a good mix :D
🎤 P3ngui
18. Apr 2024 · 22:01 UTC
@tommy hey, thank you for the feedback! You are right, the body parts are getting replaced by new ones. The stats on every bodypart are different, so you can replace them to strategically focus on some particular stats. Also there are 3 different rarities which gives a progress since the highest rarity items are much stronger. Combo Bonus are a great idea and we would probably tackle that as the next feature, along with unique items with special Scaling Bonus :D
The only Combo Bonus we have right now, is the music adapting to different type-combos
Emaigualmc2_art
19. Apr 2024 · 05:20 UTC
Great job! I really enjoyed the combinations of the different parts, very funny XD. I really appreciate the freehand artistic work they did, I think that with more time and more polishing they can obtain a much more consistent result, especially in the UI. Well done!
Fionnabhair
19. Apr 2024 · 14:02 UTC
I keep coming back to this game trying to do better. It's fun, very replayable, and the way your character's apperance changes as new body parts are added/changed is so wonderfully silly. Only thing I might add is an instruction screen at the start, I don't recall seeing one and I wasn't sure what I was doing at first. RIP game 1 chimera.
Wendel Scardua
22. Apr 2024 · 12:22 UTC
I think I found a bug (unless it was intentional)... there was a card for a plague doctor's arm, but the art looked like a leg, and when equipped it did appear on the leg, along with whatever was already equipped as a leg.
CGraen
25. Apr 2024 · 08:10 UTC
@wendel-scardua Yeah we found that aswell, it seems we made some mistakes while inserting the files and assigned the images wrong on some of them ^^
edj99
25. Apr 2024 · 08:51 UTC
![April 25 Screenshot.png](///raw/938/31/z/64c85.png)

I thought I was unbeatable, but one good hit was the end of me!

Fun and original game! My main criticism is that some of the text on some cards has extremely low contrast, making it very difficult to read.
Sargonius
27. Apr 2024 · 16:02 UTC
36 rounds! Very fun!
EqualEnergy
27. Apr 2024 · 23:24 UTC
I also made it to 36, had a really broken set up dealing up to 80 damage! Until an enemy one shot me (I only had 13 health).