Mini Beasts
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A minibeast is a small invertebrate creature, like an insect, spider, or snail. Technically, frogs are not minibeasts, because they have bones, but I like frogs, so they are in the game.
This game should be playable on smartphones! Please let me know if you run into any issues.
*How to play*
* To move a creature, click on it and then click where you want it to move. Each creature has its own unique movement pattern.
* A ladybug can walk in any number of spaces horizontally or vertically.
* A spider moves diagonally.
* A snail can move forwards and backwards relative to the direction it is facing.
* A stag beetle can move forward and backwards, and can push one other creatures along with it as it moves.
* A frog jumps two spaces forward and one over, like a chess knight.
* Blue creatures start on red spaces, and red creatures start on blue spaces. To complete a puzzle, move all the blue creatures to blue spaces and the red creatures to red spaces.
* There are 16 levels in total.
* Z to undo, R to reset, M to mute. There are also buttons at the top of the screen for these functions, as well as a button to enable little flags in the corner of tiles if for whatever reason you can't tell the colors apart.
* To delete your save file, press X then W then refresh the page.
*Tools used*
* Graphics: Aseprite
* Game engine: zucchinibread.js, my browser game engine
* Level design: Tiled + ulvl
* Sound effects: mouth + fingers + guitar + Audacity
* Music: Ableton Live + Keyzone Classic + alto saxophone
* Font design: Fontstruct
*Post-submission quick fixes (these were all within like an hour of posting the game, I caught a bunch of little bugs (heh), sorry!): fixed a bug where the frog was playing the wrong sound effect; fixed a bug where you could undo to the state of a previous level; fixed some engine issues to make the game work on smartphones properly; fixed a bug where we were using the same save file as Stars Align so it would not always start on level 1 if you played that game ;._.*
This game should be playable on smartphones! Please let me know if you run into any issues.
*How to play*
* To move a creature, click on it and then click where you want it to move. Each creature has its own unique movement pattern.
* A ladybug can walk in any number of spaces horizontally or vertically.
* A spider moves diagonally.
* A snail can move forwards and backwards relative to the direction it is facing.
* A stag beetle can move forward and backwards, and can push one other creatures along with it as it moves.
* A frog jumps two spaces forward and one over, like a chess knight.
* Blue creatures start on red spaces, and red creatures start on blue spaces. To complete a puzzle, move all the blue creatures to blue spaces and the red creatures to red spaces.
* There are 16 levels in total.
* Z to undo, R to reset, M to mute. There are also buttons at the top of the screen for these functions, as well as a button to enable little flags in the corner of tiles if for whatever reason you can't tell the colors apart.
* To delete your save file, press X then W then refresh the page.
*Tools used*
* Graphics: Aseprite
* Game engine: zucchinibread.js, my browser game engine
* Level design: Tiled + ulvl
* Sound effects: mouth + fingers + guitar + Audacity
* Music: Ableton Live + Keyzone Classic + alto saxophone
* Font design: Fontstruct
*Post-submission quick fixes (these were all within like an hour of posting the game, I caught a bunch of little bugs (heh), sorry!): fixed a bug where the frog was playing the wrong sound effect; fixed a bug where you could undo to the state of a previous level; fixed some engine issues to make the game work on smartphones properly; fixed a bug where we were using the same save file as Stars Align so it would not always start on level 1 if you played that game ;._.*