Chimeracle Maker! by giraffalope
Play on itch.io!
https://amnesicspecies.itch.io/chimeraclemaker
Welcome to the Chimera Factory!
Your job will be to create new and exciting creatures as quickly as possible!
Controls: Select the tabs OR use numbers (1-8) to switch folders Click Animal Parts to select them Hit the Garbage Chute on the bottom left to start over Hit ESC during the game to quit
Credits: Jason - Code Giraffalope - Art + Animation
Created for Ludum Dare GameJam 56: Tiny Creatures! :)
"Yako" and "Detection" by Studio Meow Meow (CC BY) https://thricedotted.itch.io/looptober-2021-variety-pack
Sound Effects by ObsydianX (unmodified) under CC 4.0 https://obsydianx.itch.io/interface-sfx-pack-4-part-3
| Link | https://amnesicspecies.itch.io/chimeraclemaker |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/chimeracle-maker |
Ratings
| Overall | 417th | 3.667⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 548th | 3.396⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 518th | 3.333⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 339th | 3.917⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 134th | 4.354⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 169th | 3.729⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 246th | 3.891⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 27🗳️ | 40🗨️ |
Love the art and design of the creatures! The music was excellent too. I liked how the music got more and more intense as you progressed. Everything felt really nicely polished. The game loop itself felt a bit simple at times. I found myself focusing more on the selection part menu, racing against time instead of getting to appreciate the charming and funny characters. There's a unique appeal in creating your own little chimera, but the gameplay of matching the CPU's design and then quickly discarding it to progress kind of took away from that 'design-a-monster' charm. It might be worth exploring ways to let players enjoy their creations a bit more before moving on. Really nice game overall tho!
Funny game. I like it.
I felt that by the end, when you loose once you will just keep on loosing. Since you weren't fast enough the first time, there is no reason that you will be faster the second time, especially with the "oh wait I just lost" moment making you loose a few precious seconds. I don't really have Ideas on how to improve this though, maybe a "retry" button that the player has to click to continue, hallowing him time to re-focus as much as he wants? But then it disrupts the "factory pressure" vibes...
Also, the music is nice, but in loops after a while it starts to feel weird, maybe as the music speeds up, the melody could tone down, and the beats starts to take all the place, putting emphasis one the players monotonous life as a factory worker! And the creature could get wierder and wierder! And then the big multinational buys the place and tells you that you will keep your job! But actually makes your life horrible so your only option is to leave the factory yourself! Rendering your tiny creature creation skills, that you put a lot of effort into improving, completely useless :(
Anyway, good job!
My biggest problem is there are many unneeded clicks on the tabs. The tabs could progress automatically without me having to click the buttons.