Menagerie

Menagerie is an 8-bit, Sokoban-like puzzle game developed for the Game Boy Color. Set in a medieval fantasy world of unicorns, dragons, and gnomes, the game follows a sorcerer's apprentice, who, having fallen in love with a captive princess, must rescue her from his master's menagerie of fantastic beasts.

Moving through the dungeons deep beneath the castle, players are required to sort a variety of monsters into their correct positions in order to progress from room to room.

The FREE demo version, playable here in the browser or as a downloadable ROM file, contains:

• Opening cinematics
• The first eighteen levels
• Five fantastic beasts, including their bestiary entries
• Helpful gnome advice

For updates on the full release, follow here on itch.io, or over on x.com.

 -- CONTROLS  -- 

GAME BOY	KEYBOARD	ACTION
D-Pad	Arrow Keys, WASD	- Choose which monster to select - Move a selected monster around the dungeon - Navigate the bestiary pages
A button	Z, J	- Select a monster - Select a location to fly to - Interact with the bestiary
B button	X, K	- Cancel action - Deselect current monster
Start	Enter	- Bring up pause menu
Select	Shift	- Reset dungeon

--  CREDITS  -- 

Game engine: GB Studio

Palette: Lost Century (modified)

Everything else: Ryan VV