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A Book of Beasts and Buddies

A Book of Beasts and Buddies is an interactive beastiary of curious creatures.

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November 14, 2018
7 years and 263 days ago
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Very Positive409 reviews95.4%

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About the Game

A Book of Beasts and Buddies is an interactive bestiary of curious creatures. Every page provides an encounter with a mysterious beast for you to befriend.​

A Book of Beasts and Buddies was designed for the A Game By Its Cover (AGBIC) game jam. The premise of the jam was to design a game based upon a previously existing fictitious game cartridge. A Book of Beasts and Buddies was based upon Bestiary Logbook by Patrick Crotty.

The Audio was done by: Myserval, Dreamreader, and Roni Yosko.