Chinese Zodiac Animal Race
A downloadable game
A tactical horse-betting game where the cleverest and most underhanded player wins! The presentation is zodialogical; however, the gameplay is psychological & requires sharp wits.
To play: Use Chinese rocket tokens to change an animal's speed or turn him into a vicious killer. You can even make some animals move drunkenly! Outwit your opponent to be the player with the most stones at the end of 12 rounds.
* 2-player hotseat battle! * 2 A.I. competitors! * 8 fun and colorful animated game tokens! * over 60 cascading, scrolling, and materializing positive zodiac traits! * 3 special endings if you win with either 12 hundred, 12 thousand or 12 million stones! * DELUXE version adds stats, lucky animal, and 2 minigames where you can win more rockets! *
"This game rules! 10/10 will keep playing!" -- Skabooga
Controls: MOUSE - to place rockets and betting stone. KEYPAD: to enter bet amount. SPACE or ENTER: to navigate to the next screen. M and S: to toggle music and sound effects on/off, respectively
* Jamal Traub (concept/coding/game art) * Mark Ritch (tutorial art) * Davro Ave (game card animal art) * miguello1980 (animal sprites) * Doriane Woo (voice) * Dr. Light (music) * Kennysounds (sound effects) * Jesse Traub (special thanks) *
Status | Released |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
Author | aqua.nugget |
Genre | Strategy, Card Game |
Made with | Audacity, GameMaker |
Tags | betting, chinese, Cute, horse-betting, Local multiplayer, Lo-fi, Multiplayer, Singleplayer, zodiac |
Average session | About a half-hour |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
Multiplayer | Local multiplayer |
Player count | 2 |
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $6 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Development log
- New version, minor updates and a game-breaking bug fixMar 24, 2024
- Chinese Zodiac Animal Race DELUXE version now available!Mar 07, 2024
- Some graphical updates, +++ big announcement!!!Jan 23, 2024
- New Version 23.11.19! Some nice changes...Nov 19, 2023
- MAJOR update!!! 2 minigames added!!!Oct 23, 2023
- Big release coming soon!Oct 11, 2023
- Scanlines, scanlines, scanlines...Aug 28, 2023
- 5 ways to make a game visually appealing if you draw like a 3rd grader.Aug 03, 2023
Comments
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3 years later and this game rules even harder. Every bet is a game of chicken with your opponent. Especially if the Rooster is one of the animals racing that round.
This game rules - I bet on goat, but my opponent put an extra rocket on him, causing him to resign. But then the rockets I put on Tiger caused it to kill Pig, which she had bet on, and both of us lost our bets.
10/10, will keep playing
(Also, a loving recreation of the style and verve of the mid-90s free indie computer game scene)
Thank you for the awesome review, Skabooga!! :)