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A jam submission

ManiquariumView game page

Submitted by PricklyPearGames (@ColeDitzlerOnTw) — 2 days, 23 hours before the deadline
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If I click the yellow arrow to bring up the sidebar, it cannot be closed.

I somehow lost the ability to place food :(

The information that's shown on the first load of the game I think should be available anytime.

The way I scroll through the categories is to me confusing and sometimes it isn't consistent. Like most of the time it just goes through by price but sometimes my place in the list is reset. I would like to just select stuff from a GUI.

I would like to be able to see what I've set the time multiplier to.

Ok once I figured out how to advance time I had so much fun with this game. Made myself a very diverse and fun aquarium. Even more fun than before!

Submitted(+1)

Pretty nice sandbox game. I like vivariums in real life so I had to try it.

 I think it works great for the most part, you can add your critters and watch them interact with their closed habitat and each other. As always, I find these small organisms really cute.

Perhaps some of them are a little redundant at the beginning since most of the early game creatures effectively occupy the same niche until you can afford a different organism later on, but that's a minor issue.

Also, I find it sort of amusing that only the mighty pomanatee, peerless firstborn of Poseidon, can truly threaten the closed ecosystem by uprooting plants. 

Submitted(+1)

It's really nice, but how do you get money? The money limit seems pretty small, so placing a few things means it's all gone, and the fish are the most expensive. I saw it go up once which was only 1 dollar and is barely anything. A really good concept of a game that only needs some extra stuff like sound effects, and maybe the mater actively a little more dynamic with things being placed in it.

DeveloperSubmitted(+1)

You get money dependent on the number of plants and animals in the tank. Having more animals means you get a lot more money. I suggest the general strategy to be to place six seaweed (50 money each) and four anchorfish (also 50 money each). You can also speed the game up by holding A, and slow it down by holding S. The higher speed naturally accrues money faster. With the setup I mentioned, you will make a ton of money really fast because the fish and plants will sustain reproduction for a long time without collapsing.

If at any time you're tired of the fish/plants in the tank there is a reset cheat so that you can start over with all the money you earned. All you have to do is type 'thanks' to kill all the animals, and 'rings' to eliminate the plants and food in the tank. You will keep your money and can make anything you want. 

Thank you for playing!