The game's objective is to obtain a tier 5 monster. I've recently released a patch that makes higher-tier monsters more likely to appear once they reach level 3+. Previously, this progression was too random. I've also changed the tick-live-time completely (to a score system).
The shop timer should decrease when monsters "tick".
I agree with you that the timer was a bad idea – sorry about that.
I wanted players to be able to lose, which was poor design on my part. I think it would be better if you only lost score points if you needed more time, rather than the game being over.
I have also noticed that the breeding algorithm is currently too random, so it can still happen (too often at the moment) that you get a monster of the same tier. My idea was that you have to level up higher level monsters first, since higher level monsters have more gene points. I'll work on it when I have time. Thanks for playing anyway!
