CREATURES OF TORZIG
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(It’s still a very small scale game but compared to the original release I am far far happier with this now and have made many improvements to it)
Take care of your creature by feeding it and playing Volleyball with it to improve its skills, aiming to receive one of the medals available for consecutive passes.

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The original goal for this project was to create a quick fun game for LD Jam 31 that I could complete entirely within the Jam time period (so I could return to the project I was working on afterwards), using art assets from one of my future projects (its concept art).
While I did achieve that to a degree, and some people enjoyed it a lot, there ended up being a relatively large amount of confusion with some systems and because I had half the amount of time to develop it I had hoped for because I became sick during the Jam the pacing felt off and there wasn’t a real goal.

I really don’t like leaving a game I developed short of an experience I can thoroughly enjoy, and while I was satisfied with it for the LD Jam giving what I had to work with, I wasn’t ready to call it complete. So after completing my other project as much as I could (currently stuck waiting for Unreal Engine update), I got back to working on Creatures of Torzig and have spent approximately a week making change, massive improvements, and spending many hours playtesting, balancing and making minor tweaks so it could reach the stage it is at now, where I am thoroughly happy with it and able to call it complete.

Below is a list of summary of the changes made for the PostJam release.
:: ADDED- Sounds, and music by Kevin Green.
:: ADDED- Medals to be gained when achieving a certain amount of passes.
:: ADDED- Visual notifications when you achieve a certain amount of passes, and when the creature levels up in Volleyball skill.
:: CHANGED- Massive changes on how feeding works, so it is now simpler to understand while keeping its original dynamism.
:: CHANGED- Simplified the volleyball target icon and updated it to give a better indication of how long each stage lasts while keeping it easy to read.
:: CHANGED- Massive balance changes for how the creature performs in Volleyball based on its energy, which now decreases as it plays Volleyball (instead of the original static decrease in energy after the game) which adds a level of increasing difficulty over time even after you reach Volleyball skill level 5, which is now the max level instead of 10.
:: CHANGED- Many balance changes for the Volleyball and Feeding system.
:: CHANGED- Adjusted the guide to be a refined quicker read and take into account the latest changes.