Monster Lab is a simple simulation game with incremental mechanics and pixel graphics. You are a scientist who must care for monsters while experimenting upon them... for science! The sadistic cruelty that's required to perform these experiments makes you wonder - who's the real monster here?
It's more of a prototype than a "real" game because time got away from me. This was my first game jam, and I learned a lot about managing scope and expectations. Next jam will see a smaller, more complete game.
Warning: There's no way to win. Just play until you get bored.
Well, i have been playing for 15 minutes so far and i'm not sure this is supposed to work like this. I mean, i'm on day 2, level 12, a poor guy died, can't do experiments on the third and realized if i don't feed or water the others, their damages just assume negative values so i can keep on experimenting without killing them. As a result, i grew some nice 11.000$ but can't do much else besides repeating the process infinitely.
lol good that i read the last warning. anyway i like games like CandyBox and i think you have a nice idea to develop here. my first frustration was that you promise in the text that "snake shaped" monster can reproduce but if you put 2 on 2 experiment tables aside you cannot make them reproduce ;-)
I like the concept, i can see it having potential if you could use the facts you learn to unlock different types of interactions. As it stands you can make enough money from experiments that you never have to worry about feeding the critters or them dying; at the cost of feeling like a monster, of course. Well done on your first jam!
I mean, i'm on day 2, level 12, a poor guy died, can't do experiments on the third and realized if i don't feed or water the others, their damages just assume negative values so i can keep on experimenting without killing them. As a result, i grew some nice 11.000$ but can't do much else besides repeating the process infinitely.