Paper Animal RPG Developer Discusses Core Mechanics, Stickers, and Party Members
Paper Animal RPG is afreshly Kickstarted indie title that wears its disparate influences on its sleeves. Paper Animal RPG is a love letter to the developer's favorite styles of games: roguelikes, games with a wholesome aesthetic, and Nintendo RPG franchises like Paper Mario, Mario & Luigi,and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. The titleconcluded its Kickstarter campaign today raising €76,084, nearly doubling the creator's goal.
Game Rant spoke with the sole developer behind Cuddling Raccoon Studios, Azurexis, who also goes by Nick. Azurexis is bridging the gap between the two seemingly disparate types of games with accessibility options including a casual mode. Fans of cozy games and those who enjoy the variability of roguelikes but find the challenge to be too unforgiving should keep tabs on Paper Animal RPG.
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While it can be hard to conceptualize Paper Animal RPG's diverse influences, Azurexis breaks down the title's core loop into two primary phases.
«You’ll spend most of your time on the Dungeon Floors, where you explore the procedurally generated map, find hidden treasures, battle against enemies and do small side quests. The Camp Floors are there for you to catch a break and actually manage, consume, use and spend the stuff you’ve found in the Dungeon.»
Paper Animal RPG is intended to be a comforting and fun experience, so a rhythm of adventure and relaxation is fitting. Camp crafting mostly consists of cooking dishes to buff the party of adorable animals (Azurexis recommends cooking onions with fish bones), though players can also dabble in dinosaur husbandry once they find a dinosaur egg. In dungeons, the player's party will fight enemies
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