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[Martin 2BAM]

Ok, this game has reached it's peak. I'll be working on a better second version from now on.
I'm posting it here as a finished game (perhaps it has a few bugs but it's good to go).

Thanks to TIGS users who left comments and feedback, to the LudumDare community for being the anti-procrastinating fuel juice I needed, and to everyone else that needs a hug.

Best regards and I hope you like it if you haven't tried it yet.

Btw...I surely could use some press

Caverns: An experimentation game.
It's about tiny life forms coexisting in a cavern.

Try to find them all!
Mess around with the enviroment and free your imagination.

Click here to play

With the mouse you "paint" the cavern with different materials that can be selected from the palette at the bottom.

This game started as an entry for LudumDare (A contest where you have 48hs to create a game).
It slowly grew up to be what it is now, which is not much, but I hope it entertains you.
There are thousands of improvements that could be made, that's why there is a second, much more complete version being created.

Without further due, I hope you enjoy it and find all races!

-Martín

[Curseman]

For some reason, the second time trying this, it "clicked."  It's an interesting pseudo-puzzle game.  I think it would help to give the player a little bit more introductory information, like maybe telling them about how dying on certain elements makes new creatures before the player accidentally creates their first fire bat.

I also think that the player could probably use more space to work with.  It's hard to fit everything you want in there.

[hatu]

This seems really interesting. It felt a bit random and tough to grasp the mechanics so I didn't get very far in it. Like I could get a few new dudes but then they died and I couldn't get them back.

[Curseman]

Here's what I can remember of how to get the creatures I found (spoilers obviously), don't read this if you want to discover for yourself.


Sand monsters grow up out of sand.
Ooze monsters grow up out of the black tar stuff.
Water monsters drop down out of water suspended in the air.
Fire bats are made when ooze monsters die on lava tiles.
Purple blobs are made when fire bats touch water monsters.
Purple blobs make green worms if they die on grass (I think that's what happens anyway).
Sand trees are made when a water monster touches a sand monster on sand.
Sand blobs are made when you water a sand tree.
Green trees are made when a water monster touches a sand monster on grass.
Tomato monsters are made when you water a green tree.


It's possible that I've gotten some of that wrong, but that should be a good starting point for someone who can't figure this game out.

[Alex2x]

Fantastic game, very charming

It's relaxing to play in small doses and just watch life unfold in the confines of that small pixel world.

[Martin 2BAM]

Thanks!
Do you guys see the v0.98? Because it has baloons that pop to explain somewhat that's going on (creature spawn, dying on material creates new creature, etc.), I thought that was good enought to get anyone "started" in the logic.

Regards
-Martín