Animal Land — Overview (Coming Soon)

Animal Land is a 2D top-down creature adventure game.
Explore biomes (starting with a Forest), encounter roaming animals, befriend them to form a pack,
and battle wild packs in turn-based fights. Recover at your Sanctuary hub.

Design pillars:
- 2D top-down exploration + 2D battles
- Web-first distribution
- Kid-friendly (4+): no gore, no permanent loss
- Strategic and fun: packs, synergies, progression

MVP scope (target):
- Forest biome only
- 3–4 animal types
- Pack size up to 3
- Turn-based battle: Attack / Item / Retreat
- Sanctuary rest screen
- localStorage save/load

Tech:
- Node.js tooling, Phaser 3, (Vite for dev in the full game repo)