Minisaur Sanctuary by Aleux

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made by Aleux for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

First Ludum Dare :)

WELOCOME TO MINISAUR SANCTUARY

A chill herding/exploring experience

Explore the island and tame cute minisaurs! Train your minisaurs and bring them in your party (unlimited size) to catch and train more minisaurs.

Gameplay:

To "win" you must catch all 10 species of minisaur. This is optional as the gameplay is mostly just to relax and have a good time building up a team of cute minisaurs :)

Hints/Tips:

To train minisaur, they must be in your home area, and they will prompt you to interact with them in one of 3 ways. To complete the interaction, select the minisaur with your mouse to open their UI, and click the corresponding button to play a minigame.

There is no limit to how many minisaur you bring on an adventure, but watch your stamina as if it reaches zero, all following minisaur will become wild again.

Minisaur abilities grant you boons to explore further and catch minisaur more effectively. These can be increased by leveling the minisaur at your home base.

Controls:

WASD: Move

Left Click: Throw cookie / Select a tamed minisaur

Credits

Art/Sprites made by @magmakingagame

Programmed by Aleux

SFX was made by the team, all music was made by Snoozy Beats(Free Music Archive License type: CC BY)

Ratings

Overall 585th 3.5⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Fun 556th 3.389⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 447th 3.417⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 921th 3.028⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 585th 3.611⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 372th 3.722⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 14🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

Arkatme
08. Oct 2024 · 17:07 UTC
The itch page looks great. The game was fun to play.
Angrybeard
08. Oct 2024 · 17:11 UTC
cozy game, with nice artwork and pixelart!
Pierre-Marie
08. Oct 2024 · 17:13 UTC
Fun game, very chill

Well done for your first LD! :D
Winter2277
08. Oct 2024 · 17:15 UTC
Cute game love the mood! My experience was difficult as first as I struggled very hard to lure in dinosaurs with treats but once I figured out a strategy to push them into my area by chasing them in the right direction is was much easier. The play / pet mechanics are nice. Love the graphics and the music, it gives a really nice vibe. Funny interpretation of the theme but I think it fits, your dinausaurs are tiny! Great job
Beelzeboss
08. Oct 2024 · 17:15 UTC
Very cool idea and execution. Congrats on your first ludum dare, you did great. I liked the concept and the art. The cookie throwing is a bit clunky. Great job!
Shlolo
08. Oct 2024 · 17:17 UTC
Hey great job on your first LD. The game is super cute and charming :blush: I especially like those cute little minigames to take care of your dinos.
Sashunyar
08. Oct 2024 · 17:26 UTC
First of all, congratulations on your first Ludum Dare! You did a great job! It's a cozy little game, and I really enjoyed it. The atmosphere is fantastic, especially for dino lovers. I did run into one issue – I had a dinosaur get stuck in a fence on the wilderness side, and it wouldn’t move, even though I was literally riding it. I loved the petting mechanic, but I still couldn’t figure out how to play ball. I tried throwing it to the dinos but couldn’t quite make it work, although I did manage to score several times in the wilderness.
rkhadder
08. Oct 2024 · 17:41 UTC
So much depth in this game! I love the art, I love all the interactions with my tamed pets, and I liked the mechanic of taming pets. The ability to play, pet, and feed your tamed pets makes the game so much more fun and has me constantly coming back to check on them!​

You should consider adding more detail to the ldjam page to complement the great work you did on itch!
LeBossMax2
08. Oct 2024 · 17:44 UTC
I like your game, the dinos are cute !
It looks like the dinos are rendered behind the grass, so sometimes it's hard to find them.
For the gameplay, I didn't find the cookies usefull, I just run after the dinos to lure the in the pen
hugaoxu
08. Oct 2024 · 17:54 UTC
Such a big map, and raising dinosaurs is so cute!
Eranot
09. Oct 2024 · 00:19 UTC
Very fun and great mood!
Renier
12. Oct 2024 · 15:12 UTC
Such an awesome game well done! loved the petting mechanic! and great art :D
outstar
14. Oct 2024 · 19:51 UTC
Great effort for your very first LD, this is a nice, finished game and I really hope you'll get more votes to get you to the finish line! Taming the dinos and bringing them back to the enclosure was fun and challenging at times, and being able to pet them and play with them after was a great added bonus. My only feedback for the current scope would be to make the sides of the fence a little more visible, because I wasn't sure if I can walk through them at first. But really good job overall!
ljol3
15. Oct 2024 · 03:00 UTC
I love the chill setting and the charmingly appealing graphics