Zoo Fantastica by Rexagon
Zoologia Fantastica is a book about the most unusual creatures that once inhabited our world.
You are the owner of the zoo and you learned this because... all your animals have escaped. And now you have to solve 10 puzzles and summon all the creatures to make the king happy.
How to play
- Drag&drop items to and from the room;
- Rotate crystals with
Q/EorMouse Wheel; Spaceto try to summon a creature;- Use hints and diagrams to assemble a graph of crystals and objects;
The order in which you should summon the creatures is the same as in the book, because each creature gives new items that others may require.
Changelog
- 1.0.1 - Fix misleading hints;
- 1.0.2 - Export game with Compatibility+ rendering mode;
- 1.0.3 - Don't require items to match the exact group, as it's nearly impossible to guess;
| GitHub | https://github.com/BoringStudio/ldjam55/ |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/zoo-fantastica |
Ratings
| Overall | 1084th | 3.019⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1172th | 2.519⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 570th | 3.385⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 389th | 3.923⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 386th | 3.981⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 511th | 3.34⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 770th | 2.696⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 898th | 3.231⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 20🗳️ | 32🗨️ |
Especially your demonstration image just above, I do not comprehend how the pattern is related to the diagram next to it.
May you explain it to me so I can rate your game ?
I am already all for the music, the art, and the mood <3
Each diagram consists of crystals and objects. Crystal rays connect everything into graph. When the ray is "moving" - elements are considered connected. The book contains all creatures in the order of summoning, and each creature has a small description which can be used to guess object types for the diagram and the diagram itself. Identical polygons refer to identical objects.
I hope this helps :sweat_smile:
UPD: Changed the screenshot to match the diagram. Let it be as part of the tutorial.
The premise of the game is great, the art is gorgeous, the music nice, and there is a lot of content.
Nevertheless, even with further explanations and an example, solving the summoning instructions is a hassle.
Even while understanding how it works, the game quickly becomes a game of interchanging stuff until it work, which is not really rewarding.
If the object types could be interchanged (like, triangle can be gold or boot, and square can be boot or gold respectivelly), I think I would have loved this game a lot more.
Still, good job.
Awesome entry to the jam :)
Also thank you for including a Linux version 🖤
Even after reading the instructions and comments it was difficult to figure out how to summon.
Maybe including some very easy summons to help progressively teach the techniques and diagram symbols might help. Then they can work their way up to more complex ones.
And thanks for the suggestion, I'll record a walkthrough.
My second attempt ended on the chimera; I tried rock+mirror+everything, rock+comb+everything, and rock+file+everything, among others. I'm too dumb or some of these puzzles are too oddly exact. I noticed that not only the connections, but also the overall shape, has to match the original diagram, which can be somewhat problematic with the triangular laser because it can be rotated in all sorts of ways.
I.e. the left arrangement won't work, but the right one will.
