itch.io

Desktop Windows (on Linux, through Wine; it does run!)

When outside of the creature creation/editing menu, hitting Esc brings up the creature creator with a new creature and asks if I want to save and quit.

Any chance of native Linux support? No worries if not, I just find that I greatly prefer running games natively.

I'm happy to test it for you if you'd like!

This is adorable! Any possibility of a Linux version? It does run under WINE, but the color picker doesn't work and I always find myself less willing to run non-native software.

I absolutely adore this game- I've spent HOURS just meddling in ecosystems to see what happens. It's fun to make alien-looking creatures and set them loose on each other, and the environments can make things challenging in a way that keeps things interesting! Thank you so much for making this and continuing to develop the game!

And a double thank-you for supporting Linux. It might not seem like much, but it means a lot to those of us that use it.

This was my first solo journaling game, and I have to say that I'm in love. The rules were simple and made sense- I really appreciated the color-coding of the card suits. It made it much easier to flip to the right section. The story unfolded beautifully and I swear the cards were conspiring to fit events together into a narrative that was not only cohesive, but effective. This game is pretty atmospheric when played by nightlight!

I did mod the rules a bit because six cards on one day felt like too many events to realistically happen in 24 hours (and I kept rolling sixes). I went by feel instead; when a day felt like it was over, I decided it was. I otherwise played as written and had a lovely three hours doing it! Amazingly, my character made it out alive, albeit not unchanged. My Jenga skills came in handy. Definitely looking forward to playing again.

Thank you so much for adding headscarves. It's such a little thing, but it means a lot to be able to see people like me in a game.

I've been on Debian for a bit now, though I'm also very fond of Endeavour OS. Just got tired of updating all the time, and Debian is perfect for my own needs. Have considered trying out Qubes though.

Fellow Linux user, nice! What distro(s)? I always like hearing what other people use.

Will keep an eye out!

Have to say, you have a gift for humor. Reading the game description alone got me to download it and try it out because you made me laugh. Also, huge thank you for the Linux version!

Loving the game and this is right up my alley, but there is one problem I've come across- my GPU's cooling can't keep up (shoots up to 90 C within minutes), which doesn't make sense as it's able to handle things that should have a higher demand. Might be because I'm on Linux and am running this with Wine because there's no Linux port, but it's still worth noting just in case, especially since other games aren't having this issue with Wine on my laptop.

Edit: Interestingly, it drops down to 70 C after the first 10 minutes or so.

You can grab it for free if you really want to- it's pay what you want. That said: yes, it's worth it. Quality rhythm game, good way to get into the genre if you've never played before and the later levels get more challenging from there.

This is hands-down the best review here, just about died laughing.

Had one group of creatures evolve to navigate the track backwards instead of forwards- going in reverse the entire time. They made it about halfway around the track at best.

I find it easiest to complete hard parts of rhythm games if I stop thinking so hard about it. The more I try to think about what's coming and predict it, the more I mess up. If I stop thinking and just react, it gets easier.

That's just me, though. Week 2 was definitely hard even without thinking! Congrats on passing it.

Oh my god, it's been ages- I remember talking on Kik.  Thank you for getting us back in contact!

Sent you a Discord friend request- my username is Owls if that helps. Not dropping the number so I don't get random friend requests.

Does he have a Discord at all? I probably didn't see the Twitter message because my Candlebrae account isn't my main.

Hey- can you give me some idea of who he was on Tumblr? Or who you are?

Thank you to the universe for the void smiling back at me; made me smile.

I'm glad you made this- it was a great chance to do some brain work and crack a puzzle open! I enjoyed trying to figure things out without much guidance. It's a nice change from being led through everything. Sometimes you want to feel proud because you figured it out, you know?

For things like this, I find it works best to take a trial-and-error approach to determine each apparent rule one at a time, then test if I got it right and determine if there are more apparent rules. I focus on finding the rules first, and only attempt to beat the game once I'm certain I've found the essentials. I find it's hard or impossible to beat a game when you don't know the rules you need to play by, and working them out allowed me to play by skill instead of luck (though luck remains a factor here for obvious reasons).

The downside is I may have also followed a rule or two that didn't actually exist because coincidence led me to think an input and output were correlated, but for the most part this approach did the job and helped tide frustration. Little bits of progress can make a big difference in how long I can tolerate something.

I'm completely shocked- I managed to beat this after a half hour of figuring out what the "rules" were. Very fun little game, also infuriating but I love a challenge. Made me feel glad that I'm stubborn. Great work!

Difficulty seems fair- if it were any harder, I would have given up, but any easier defeats the point. It's not supposed to be easy.

Also, could not figure out where or when to enter the code. Going to try one more place but am having no luck with that.

That did the trick, thanks! Wouldn't have thought to run a ZIP through it.

I have the same issue- the error message says the folder is invalid and cannot be opened.

Hey- just wanted to say that I played this with my friends, and we loved it! Played very well and we had no trouble playing for about three hours. Ended up with two mostly humanoid people with odd parts, and one abomination with three torsos and an extenda-leg.

10/10, would recommend.

Very fun! Skipped a puzzle by using a red box to clip backwards through a wall. Wish there was more!

You've done it. You've summarized the drawing experience. This is it.

Got me right, and I spent way too much time working out who was which sign. Still not sure on some.