Baobabs Mausoleum Ep.1: Ovnifagos Don´t Eat Flamingos
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The gameplay is basic. You travel through the levels by hitting a monkey on a stick with a mallet, while avoiding attacks from spider monsters and falling into a bottomless pit. It basically feels like a traditional rogue-like, but there are also touch-based areas, with several NPC-led dialogue trees, plus turn-based combat with lots of options for the order of attacks and blocking. The name refers to my own interpretation of the philosophical concept of the Great Chain of Being, with dragons serving as the highest, the bats as the lowest and the Flamingos as the newest creatures in the chain.
The story is a homage to Twin Peaks, Zelda and Monkey Island, and it borrows heavily from Undertale and Space Funeral. It is a mix of colourful illustrations and psychedelic surf music. It is a modern Buxbaum curse game, which is a parody of game developer Stoic and Simon Buxbaum’s world of gaming slang. The artstyle recalls classic 8-bit and 16-bit games such as Zelda II and Nintendo World Championships and it has some similar qualities to dave and peach games artstyle. There is also a character with the appearance of Dr. Caligari.
The lack of any dialogue is intentional, as I wanted the focus to be on the gameplay, which is unusual for a game. I created a monkey-man that should behave like a comical hero, and although you’re not supposed to talk to the NPC characters, they can give you quests and warnings about dangers, as well as contain some more light-hearted dialogues.
The progression system features 3 paths and a pit, so you can fail through 7 death-like situations. When you die, the monkey-man throws you up to the next level. He also wears a monkey-mask to prevent seeing you, so you must know where he is, in order to climb to the top of the stairs.
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Although the graphics are colourful and surreal, they are too plain and feature only a simple music soundtrack. I was concerned that the game would be too heavy for my tastes, but once I started to play it, I realised that this was just a stylistic choice. I think that Ba

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