Animal Tracker

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I'll give the game the positive I can give it, which is the sprites are very lovely and remind me of Scribblenauts. Unfortunately, the positives stop there. I think the game does have potential, so in my opinion, these things could have improved it: - Smaller sandbox. It's pretty big, but mostly empty, and it would be better to have a smaller sandbox that feels lively than a huge one with nothing. - Controls seem wonky? sometimes you have to spam snapping pictures so they're actually registered. - A few more assets + polish to the 3D models. I have no problem with the 2D sprites, they're clean and cute, but the 3d models need either more shaping/polish or more elements so the low-poly isn't the sole focus, as I feel it takes too much away from the sprites. Nevertheless, it does have potential, but it's not really fun to play due to too much empty walking and repetition.

"Animal Tracker" is a studio tech demo from a fledgling game studio that seems to have probably collapsed (undoubtedly the low quality of this failed, low-key asset flip is a lot to do with it). What do you do in the game? The game itself is a simple "adventure sandbox" where you run around as a billboarded hand drawn sprite in an asset flipped low poly tree environment and take photos of some other billboarded sprites. The game graphics look better than you might expect, but that's just because it looks like some or all of them are "borrowed" from asset stores or wherever (I think the 2D sprites are bespoke... they're completely mismatched against the asset flipped trees I've seen in a million amateur asset flips, and it looks bad... consistency in visuals is king). Gamers can tell fake stuff and flips... and it comes across as insincere. There's also the old adage that those who lack the budget and talent to make their own game assets usually lack the budget and talent to do the rest of the job of game development properly, too. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. This is "free" enough (not every "free" game in the "free" section is truly free, there's usually some hi…

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Downloaded it only because it was free. I feel robbed anyway.

Game is really fun and easy to play. Like a sandbox Pokemon snap. Different setting as well. The animals are cute and if you take your time and be patient you can figure out their habits, which will help you along in the game. A decent amount if quest for just launching as well. Great to relax and just explore while studying the local fauna. Couldn't recommend this game more.