Very nice game, well polished and fun overall. As others have said, it was hard for me to recognize the thematic elements, and it's very hard with the limited control you have over your pets. Outside of that though, v fun. Nice sounds, I love the art style! Thank you for submitting!
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Pal Lab's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Playability | #1 | 5.000 | 5.000 |
| Cleverness | #1 | 5.000 | 5.000 |
| Artistic Style | #1 | 5.000 | 5.000 |
| Theme | #1330 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
Ranked from 1 rating. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Judge feedback
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- I really enjoyed playing your game; I do like auto battlers! However, I'm not entirely sure that the animal husbandry mechanic and "shadowy" black hole satisfy the jam themes. Really good effort on the gameplay though, and the aesthetic is nice and clean.
Did you include your Game Design Document as a Google Drive link?
Yes
Seriously... did you include your Game Design Document?
Yes
Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
Yes
Tell us about your game!
In Pal Lab you collect, breed, manipulate pets, and genetically engineer your way to the top of the world.
Inspired by Noita wand mechanics, both your and enemy pets have traits - active and modifier spells that are used in a sequence during combat.
Your goal is to obtain the best possible pets using a combination of crafting (feeding pets different treats that modify their traits) and capturing enemy pets for use in crafting.
You can sacrifice both pets and treats into the shadow realm to obtain more valuable treats.
The game includes a tutorial which teaches you all the mechanics & controls, so GLHF!
(In addition the controls can be found on the Itch page)
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