The Puppet Tier 2

Puppeteer ID the Drragon in this simple 2D game!

This game is a simple introduction to a new mechanic I’ve been developing. It serves mostly as a test for a bigger future project, but I’m not labeling it as a demo: the next project this “puppeteering” mechanic will be used in will count for a separate game, possibly in a different game engine and with different characters. This is mostly a “proof of concept” for the playability of the mechanic.

The concept is relatively simple - each character or enemy has only one move that it can perform, with the player character’s move being the ability to “puppeteer”: grab enemies to then use their moves against other enemies.

Features that this game does NOT have but future iterations might include a toy box in which “puppets” can be stored (as opposed to the current limitation of only grabbing enemies within a certain vicinity and not being able to keep them), as well as a “combo” mechanic to dismember puppets and rearrange their parts.

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