Hi there,

We released Animal Quest as a DOS game in 1991. It was a simple turn-based game with animals hunting or be hunted but surprisingly it became popular and it was quickly picked up by low cost retail publishers and sold through stores like Target and KMart.

Original Animal Quest released in 1992

Design elements of the new version of Animal Quest:

• The new version is similar in spirit with the original game but it has a ton of improvements and new design elements.
• Hunt your prey, evade your predators, outsmart your competitors.
• Monitor your Health, food and hydration stats and act accordingly.
• Discover and manipulate power-ups when in trouble.

New Animal Quest: Forest Survival (c) Alivesoft 1992-2019

Genre

• A wild nature survival action game with strong simulation and strategy characteristics.
• A bird’s eye view is used. A rich world with over 100 different animals and plants.

Programming 

We used Gamemaker Studio for the creation. The primary target platform is PC Windows. The game will also run also under HTML5 in a browser with minor limitations.

Art

• Animals have cartoon like texture but with near-realistic proportions.
• For backgrounds we used hand-painted backgrounds with smoothed pixel art. 

Animal selection:

• Select one of 13 animals. Each one has unique mechanics, strength and weaknesses just as in real life.
• The animals populate a world that is diverse and unpredictable.

Levels:

• Several levels will be included.
• Each time you play the level geography, the animal types, the animal positions will be different.

Simple interface:

• Click on empty space to go there.
• Click on an animal to attack it.
• Click on an item, such as a power-up to collect it. Once collected it goes into inventory. Then just click on it to use it.
• Click on the exit sign to exit the level etc….

Scalability:

• You can select three modes: Easy, Normal and Expert to adapt to casual or hard core gaming.
• The Game speed is adjustable, there are Normal and Fast speed options.

Auto-play mode:

There is an optional experimental auto-play (idle) mode, let’s see how this evolves. When auto-play is on and If you do not click the mouse for about 15 seconds the selected animal will try to avoid enemies and chase prey on its own, of course you may intervene at any time.

Play in a browser: https://alivesoft.itch.io/animal-quest
Author: https://alivesoft.com

Alpha Trailer:

Feedback is always welcomed...