The Monster Breeder
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The Monster Breeder
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Game Description
This is a turn-based fantasy strategy game with RPG elements. The game has two main layers: the first is monster breeding, and the second is tactical turn-based arena combat.
Players can purchase eggs and juvenile creatures from local hunters. The next step is to set up a magical treatment to enhance the creatures’ strength, agility, and other attributes. Nearly all these traits can be manipulated with magic scrolls, potions, blood infusions, and runestones, although overuse of magic and potions can cause severe illness, infertility, decreased lifespan, or even death.
Natural species are weak and perform poorly in the arena, but all have at least one valuable ability. There are three classes of creatures available: Insectoid, Reptile, and Carnivora. Players can only crossbreed species within the same class, and the best offspring can then be selected for magic treatments to improve their combat performance. Only eggs and juvenile creatures can be treated. Adult monsters earn experience fighting in the arena and learn new skills when leveling up, but these skills are not inheritable.
There are multiple options for players to house their monsters in the various chambers and cellars of the Old Keep, or they can build a small hut or kennel in the courtyard and upgrade it. Depending on their temperature tolerance, some creatures can live in a flooded dungeon cellar while some others need a warm environment to remain healthy. Only healthy creatures can fight and earn money for their masters.
Combat in the arena is tough but not always deadly. Beginners can participate in non-lethal tournaments without the risk of losing a character or monster. Lethal combat pays much better, but this is a game with permadeath, so be aware!
How much risk are you willing to take? Which tournament are you going to enter? Only you decide. Players get money if they take part in a tournament, but only the winners receive the glory and extra rewards.
Warriors, archers, and sorcerers can be hired to fight side-by-side with monsters in the arena. Players can personalize their training and equip them with weapons that match their skills and strength, although to be overburdened with armor comes with serious penalties in combat.
Characters earn experience in the arena and gain new skills when leveling up, and older warriors can be valuable trainers depending on their intelligence and trainer skills. Some hired characters may refuse to participate in lethal tournaments, but slaves can also be trained for combat.
Players need to hire a blacksmith and alchemist to be able to craft items like weapons, armor, or potions. Every craftsman has unique skills and traits affecting their products’ quality, their rate of work, and the amount of material they use.
Various types of equipment can be purchased to enhance productivity: recipe books, alembics, and extractors are all useful accessories of the alchemist's lab, while weapon and armor molds, alloy smelters, and special forges are exceedingly beneficial to the blacksmith. Apprentices can be hired to improve productivity and players can employ them as blacksmiths or alchemists when they graduate.
Players can construct or upgrade various types of buildings, allowing them to keep more monsters, incubate more eggs, create more weapons and potions, or increase storage capacity and the size of their living quarters.
Some buildings have unique features: Hatchling's Cabin provides the possibility of using runestones and magic fields to modify juvenile creatures’ traits, while the Alchemist's Shack and Blacksmith's Hut provide more places to hire craftsmen and also give an efficiency bonus. The Old Keep is the default building at the beginning of the game. It has multiple chambers and cellars, all of which can be assigned to any purpose.
Announcements
Update v 0.9.22.5.5
This update adds four quests to the game, allowing the player to send out human characters and tamed monsters to search for eggs in nearby caves. The eggs are protected and cannot be taken away witho
Bug fixes and minor changes
Hi All,Thanks to Splattercat, significantly more people tried the demo and the game, so I received a lot of feedback and bug reports. This patch contains bug fixes, multiple minor improvements, and b
Early game rework
This update focuses on the early game. I have added a character generation, a new arena, and the Monster Breeder Guild entry quest. There are seven new caves added to collect eggs and juvenile creatu
Tournament rework and RNG
Hi All,This update focuses on tournament rework and RNG.Tournament reworkNow, you can evaluate the enemy team and the traits of all combatants before engaging in the arena. It will be easier to decid
The Monster Breeder is out now!
Finally, The Monster Breeder has been released on Early Access and is available to buy on Steam! Thank you for the support, feedback, and bug reports I got during the playtest.The development is far
Demo available!
This demo represents the Early Access gameplay and will last until the end of the first quest (Guild entry quest) or a maximum of 18 turns.Please feel free to try this game!
Arena badges & combat speed
Hi,This small update adds a new way to earn skill points and the option to double the combat speed.Arena badgesEvery monster and human character can earn badges fighting in the arena. These medals ar
Update v0.9.22.5.3
Hi All,With this update, it is possible to buy or sell hybrids at the Guild's Fair. You can sell any adult creature that is not sick, injured, or old. You will receive multiple offers, not only money
Optimization Update
Hi All,This update focuses on optimization mainly and there is a new button in the Options panel for switching VSync on/off. The FPS has increased by 20-40 on my laptop after optimization. I am using
Medals & Badges
This update adds the possibility to fight against champion teams and champion monsters to earn trophies and special items. There are three categories to compete: Bronze medals and badges (Level Silv
The Monster Breeder playtest is live now!
The playtest will last for a week. The game has a short feedback form when you exit. You can skip it, but it would be great to get as much feedback as possible. Any playtesters are more than welcome
Update v0.9.22.5.2
Hi Folks,This update focuses on tutorials and bug fixes. I have implemented tutorials about breeding and raising monsters, human characters, and crafting. Please share your opinion on Discord or Stea
New update is out!
Added: Auto-combat for the Catacomb Human blood is available at the Guild's Fair. It modifies temperature and humidity tolerance, decreases fear of humans, and provides extra skill points. The player
Quick patch v0.9.22.5.1
Fixed bugs Players get "Hybrids" achievement without crossbreeding species Slave warriors get wages after leveling up (this will affect slave warriors purchased after this update) AI use poison spit
New update is out!
This update focuses on new potions and balance changes. New potions make it possible to manipulate trait inheritance and create transfusable blood. The effect of multiple magic treatments has been si
Localization
Hi!This update focuses mainly on localization but includes some minor changes like custom difficulty and pop-up tooltips for beginners. All localizations were made by DeepL automatic translater algor
Update has been released!
Hi,This update aims to make the game more understandable for beginners and includes minor changes. I added an intro and narrations for combat tooltips. Messages got a button to jump to the relevant s
Bug fixes
Hi All,This quick patch consists of bug fixes and some minor gameplay changes.Now, I am focusing on reworking the early game. I plan to add character generation, more caves, a new arena, and a starti
New Update: Surgery
Hi,This update adds the surgery mechanism to the game. There are four different surgical methods to use on grown monsters: Autopsy Organ removal Organ implantation Combat surgeryAutopsyAutopsy for re
Playtest next week!
Hi Folks,There will be a playtest starting presumably next Friday, and it will last for a week. The exact dates and times will be announced later. If you are interested, hit the sign-up button!There
