Ooga Booga Battle
A downloadable game
CHICAGHOUL 2024 WINNER!
Creepy Cryptid Combat!
Raise your Ooga Booga Baby for greatness in Ooga Booga Battle, a half virtual pet, half horde defense arcade experience! Developed and submitted for the Indie City Games Chicaghoul 2024 jam!
ABOUT:
One stormy night, while exploring the woods near your hometown, you stumble upon a strange egg nestled in the underbrush, glowing faintly in the dark. Curiosity gets the better of you, and you bring it home, not knowing what lies inside. The next morning, the egg hatches, and out pops a tiny, mysterious creature—an “Ooga Booga Baby.”
Unsure of where it came from but feeling a bond with the little cryptid, you decide to raise it as your own. You quickly learn that this baby has untapped potential—potential that will only grow with proper care and training. Feed it, train it, and guide it as it evolves into a powerful cryptid, capable of facing the strange and dangerous “Ooga Booga Baddies”. It's up to you to ensure your cryptid grows strong for the battles ahead!
FEATURES:
- Train your Ooga Booga Baby in the Raising phase… Then Defeat “Ooga Booga Baddies” in the battle phase! Can you get a high score and scare with the "Ooga Booga Best of 'Em"?
- Three playable cryptids with unique playstyles to evolve into! Can you see them all?
- Online leaderboards!
- Complete bestiary!
- Nostalgic one-bit graphics and chiptune sound!
Credits:
Programming and design: Warren "Big Scrumbo" Hernandez
Graphics: Guppiefishie
Music and Sound: Binary Clone
Concept art and concept design help: Albi Bregu
Retro Computer Font by Petyka
Additional music and SFX from MusMus
Additional graphics from Adobe Stock
Online Leaderboards powered by Danial Jumagaliyev’s Leaderboard Creator!
SPECIAL THANKS:
All who play tested the game and gave me the feedback that made this into the product it turned out to be, Including: My sister Olivia, Anj, Andrew, Max, and Sean!
David Antognoli and Michael Vaughn Green, more specifically, the little Mike and David in my head that pushed me to always go the extra mile to make the game better!
My friends, family, and co-workers who listened to my ideas and were patient with me in these three weeks where I became a game design hermit.
My Partner Linnea for always supporting me and my silly little games.
Indie City Games
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Everyone who’s ever believed in me
...and YOU!
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I LOVE the visual style! The baddies look awesome and take me back to playing with Digimon Digivices and other virtual pets.
Overall, I had fun and am happy to see that there's still love for virtual pet games. Nice work!
Hey there! Thank you so much for taking the time to check out the game! You’ll be happy to know that many of these issues are addressed in the Steam Version which came out in January! This version includes new features, system overhauls, balance changes, bug fixes, achievements, and more! If you liked the Itch version, you’ll love the Steam version even more!
Thanks again for your time and for your feedback. There’s a very special update coming soon to the Steam version, so I hope you’ll give it a look!
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