ACATTAG GB

Gene-editing puzzle platformer for the original Game Boy, made with ZGB.

Made for GBJAM 9 and Game Boy Competition 2021 in a week.

Installation

This game is playable in the browser or by downloading the ROM and play in own emulator.

Take DNA scans of the creatures around you, and then synthesize new creatures using their combined DNA to solve puzzles!

To synthesize a new creature:

Scan smaller creatures in the environment for parts.
Interact with the synthesis machine in certain rooms.
Select a creature you scanned from the top row using the Interact button. A secondary cursor should stay on it if it's selected properly.
Select a slot of the new synthesis creature's body part. Moving the cursor all the way to the right or left will go to the cross, which has empty slots for each limb. When you hit the Interact button, it will change that slot to the scanned part you selected.
Hit right on the D-Pad until you get to the Synthesize button, click Interact, and your new creation will synthesize.

Different parts may do different things in different positions, experiment with different parts in different slots for different results.