Design Notes — Ooblets

a game that cures whatever self-diagnosed mental discomfort

6 months old draft, haven’t played latest update.

What stands out:

• head tracking in addition to lipsync
• general atmosphere and tone
• creative card game based dance battle
• dance challenge gated by certain item requirements
• the reward of a dance challenge
• opponent farts the reward right out of its butt
• gender neutral
• general tone and language design
• sound design detail. reverb when focusing on item/pick up
• sound design detail. AC hum in addition to background music
• head tracking ik

Message:

• animal care
• environmental health

UI

• Lots of effort put in to quest list :hide/show/expand
• character tracking in town map

Game Mechanics

• farming your creature on top of regular farming
• daily tasks/wishes on top of medium/long term quest generate wish token
• wish token meta currency