Creature Rehabilitation Lab by Anson Rutherford

LD56 Woo!
Welcome to the creature habitat, scientist. We're here to rehabilitate this rare species and reintroduce it to the wild after increasing their numbers in captivity
This device accepts creatures with matching appearances Use E to open, and R to dispense Matched creatures will generate new creatures Matches of 3 or more will significantly more
Left click to grab, numbers 1-6 to spawn food, food also naturally appears over time
Make a match of 5 or more to win!
| Link | https://ansonrutherford.itch.io/ld56 |
| Link | https://github.com/AnsonRutherford/LD56 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/creature-rehabilitation-lab |
Ratings
| Overall | 205th | 3.37⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 173th | 3.348⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 111th | 3.609⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 111th | 3.826⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 230th | 3.152⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 93th | 3.5⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 211th | 3.174⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 29🗳️ | 14🗨️ |
This is the best message I've ever seen in a LD game lol
Cute idea! Its rough around the edges but theres a lot of charm in here. :)
It would be nice to be able to open/close/dispose via a remote, so I don't have to be next to the machine to throw creatures into it. The fact I didn't have to press a specific button on the machine is maybe what caused me to try/want to do that.
It also doesn't seem like the matching system works, since it seems to be counting creatures even if they don't match, unless I'm supposed to ignore the hat colors?
Pro strat I found: Press E, throw creature at the top of the machine entrance, press E again; It will open a little gap at the top of the machine for the creature to get thrown through, without letting the other creatures inside out. I won the game by just throwing all the creatures in and disposing :P
This has the start of a fun gameplay loop, I've never played Slime Rancher but I wonder if this is similar to it at all. Nice work!
i like the elevator/door and switches, and that if you don`t shut the door the creatures escape ;)
for me the mouse sensitivity was very high.