Cawktale

Inject a chicken, launch a T. rex. A roguelike deckbuilding autobattler set in a back-alley, futuristic cockfighting ring.

You inject your birds with Evolve and Devolve, the drugs that walk a body along its real ancestral tree. A Chicken becomes a Velociraptor, then a T. rex. Then you aim what you built, release it, and watch the physics decide.

Created for Dinojam 6.

Gameplay

• Dose. Every injection is a timing minigame. Hit the sweet spot and the bird evolves clean; overshoot and it takes toxicity, mutations and scars that persist for the rest of the run.
• Aim and release. In the ring you set each bird's vector, play your drug and dart cards, and then let go. Bodies bounce, spin and hit. Watch the chaos ensue
• Run the map. Bouts, elites, a Dealer, a Vet and events on a branching map. Win a bout for the winnings and a card draft.

Controls

Mouse or keyboard or gamepad — the whole game is playable with any of them.

• Mouse: click to aim, drag cards onto targets, click the Bell to release.
• Keyboard: arrows move the cursor, Enter selects, field or withdraws; Q/E turn a ring bird; Backspace discards a selected card; Space rings the Bell; F twice forfeits; ESC opens settings.

The run saves automatically from the map screen. Continue picks it back up.

Credits

Made by Cranberry" class="redactor-linkify-object">Cranberry" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://cranberryninja.itch.io/">Cranberry Ninja. Art by

Ludfell and MonsterChompers. Full asset credits are in the game under

Credits > All Assets.