Blender Pets

Blender Pets is a game made for Ludum Dare 43 in PICO-8 where you explore an overworld and make "pets" battle.

Gameplay:

In the overworld, movement is done by pressing the arrow keys

When you walk in grass, you may randomly enter a battle with wild animals.

The goal of the battle is to defeat all animals. Combat is simple. First, you select a pet to attack with by pressing Z, then an attack. Some attacks automatically target all of your opponents, but otherwise you must select an enemy to target. Most attacks have a "cost" - meaning your pet will lose health for using that attack.

This is where "blending" comes into play; by defeating an enemy you collect its "essence." Gaining two essences will instantly throw a new pet into battle with full health. 

You can also "sacrifice" a pet in battle to collect its essence by pressing X while selecting a pet to attack with. It will often be necessary to sacrifice your pets to get stronger ones. If you have 1 essence, it'll  be shown next to the blender on the lower right corner of the screen.

If you ever run out of pets, you lose, and the game automatically restarts.

There are 16 different pets in Blender Pets, so try to find combinations of different pets to optimize your playstyle, and learn what essence combinations create what pets.