SKINATOR
Skinator is a turn-based, combat roguelite where you build a monster from the body parts of your enemies. Arrange your six body parts chain to create evolving combos, strategically break enemy limbs mid-fight to stop their attacks and customize your monster after every fight.
Please wishlist it and get the free demo on Steam so you can save your progress and play in full resolution! The full version of the game will feature loads of new modifiers, enemies and even PETS!
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Development log
- French update!!67 days ago
- Moist Cr1tikal played SKINATOR!71 days ago
- SKINATOR - Enemy Info Update! (demo v020)73 days ago
Comments
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beautiful game
First run was a blast.
amazing game
Me encantó lo poco que jugué, el arte es hermoso, una mezcla de nostalgia con terror que entona perfecto, el único detalle que me gustaría aclarar es el tema del movimiento del jugador en el tablero al moverse entre los nodos, es poco intuitivo, fuera de eso, gran proyecto, los felicito! Ya lo agregué a mi wishlist.
Hola! Gracias por jugar. Que bueno que te gusto. Podrias aclarar un poco lo del movimiento? Decis en el mapa, no? Basicamente el path finder esta hecho para "Evitar peleas" como para que no te haga caer en una pelea sin querer entonces a veces hace rutas medio locas. Pero contanos mas de tu experiencia asi podemos mejorarlo. Saludos!
A lo que me refería es el tema de hacer click y mover el mouse, quizas con tan solo hacer click donde quieras ir o un sistema de movimiento de casilleros al azar mediante algún dado o ruleta resolvería mejor eso. Saludos!
Muchas gracias por la sugerencia!
I've added it to my Steam wishlist! An amazing game indeed.
Thank you so much! We are excited to bring new updates soon!
that's nice broo 😁
Thanks :3
your welcome 🤗 😁
your welcome 😁
really cool looking game not my type of game but i would still play it to chill at night alone, also i like how it gives 90s/ealry 2000 arcade vibe
Thank you so much! We are glad you liked it! Please wishlist on steam! :D
Been in game dev 10 years, and I think this is one of the most interesting games Ive seen. The main trailer on your Steam page is bloody perfect. The music, the voice over, the Mortal Kombat inspiration, its incredible.
That's incredibly nice to hear. Thank you so much for taking the time to play it and leaving the comment. Means a lot to us! Please wish list on steam as we are working on a ton of new content soon!
Also we would love some advice if you have experience with publishers!
Sure, happy to chat.
Just to set expectations, I haven't worked directly with a traditional publisher as a solo indie developer, so I don't want to overstate my experience in that area. That said, I have worked on projects that received platform funding from Oculus (Meta) and Magic Leap. Those relationships involved funding agreements, dedicated contacts on their side, milestone and release deadlines, and platform-specific requirements, so I have some experience with that side of commercial partnerships.
On the indie side, a few years back I also licensed my own VR games to VR arcades and negotiated licensing agreements, and in some cases, exclusive rights. so I've had some experience negotiating commercial rights and exclusivity agreements.
None of hte above is the same as signing with a traditional games publisher, but if that's still useful, I'm more than happy to have a chat and share anything that might help. You can reach out to me on Discord (username nostalgicbear) or I sent you an email a few days ago regarding an out of memory error, so you'll have my email (which should be recognizable based on this username)
Really cool idea and great art!
Maybe add a shop to add or extract modifiers from parts? To be able to play more with certain builds.
Thank you so much for the feedback! We will consider your ideas!
really fun. The vibes are immaculate. Will there be harder levels in the future?
Hey! Thank you so much! Yes. There will be different levels and a lot of new things to discover and builds to experiment with! Thank you so much for playing!! :D
Best game on Itch for sure. (still haven't beat it) Great game nonetheless.
Wooow thanks for saying that! We really appreciate it! Good luck on your hunt lol :D
Thanks for thyn tourture
Hahaha any time bro
This game is absolutely amazing!!!
Could you give at least a rough idea of when the release will be?
Maybe there will be some gifts for those who played the demo? :)
Hey! Thank you so much for playing. We glad you enjoyed it! We are aiming to have an early access version hopefuly in november after the Steam Next Fest! The special demo players gift could be cool! We will think how we can do something like that!
very VERY stylish !! Love the art, you really cooked something great here. I wish you success !
Thank you so much fo playing!
I really want this on nintendo switch so I can carry it with me everywhere
That's super nice to hear! The game will eventually be available on mobile too! Maybe that's the best way to carry it around. But to be honest, if we can port it to switch we would be excited to do that too.
I hope you can develop an actual story mode to this. The demo is fun as hell and I can already imagine the world building would be peak
We are keen to start sharing more about the story of the game soon! We've been focusing heavily on gameplay so it would be a nice switch
The visual is crazy, but game lacks the ability to see incoming damage for each limb instead of having to calculate it in my head. By the end of the game, my brain starts to melt.
Hey! We are glad you enjoyed the visuals!
We have the attack intent of the enemy which are those black and white squares next to each limb. If you click it you can see where the enemy will attack. Is that what you mean? Or you feel it should show you a bit more how much damage you will receive? Thanks for your feedback. We really need more of it! :D
Yeah, I'm with this guy- give some kind of indicator directly on each body part for how much damage it's about to take.
Also, agreed- great art!
That’s not quite what I had in mind. I was picturing something similar to what was done in Slice & Dice.
Something like this:
Right. I see. It's tough because there is so much information on screen that we are scared to add so much more (and this is our 10th version of this UI lol) Maybe some sort of way to "simulate" the round before commiting. We will look into it!
yo i got the playtest on steam! runs great dude! some items like backgrounds and avatars would be really sick too. one thing i really want tho, is a character creator. i'd like to play around with the body parts so i can make a cool guy in my own time without worrying about stats
Hey! Not a bad idea. We are thinking about having the option to save your champions and use them in other ways. So maybe a system there where, once you won the level you can maybe cosmethically change the look of it?
Amazing art, ux & gameplay, And only 2 devs for 6 months?? Release on android soon plssss. More of us are on mobile in the mid kingdom.
I would humbly brag about the fact I've met the dev in person :))))
Hey! Thank you so much for playing the game! It's been a bit over 6 months by now but we are pushing hard and working fast! :D
We will for sure have a mobile version. We do actually but is heavily unoptmizied yet 😭
So that's on the plans 100%!
I love this game ive been playing on itch I just downloaded and played it on steam is runs so much more smoothly I love it!! I can't wait for it to come out!!
Thank you so much for your comment and for playing the game! Stay tuned because we are working hard on cool updates!
I love ur art style and the game too! Look like a game from gameboy
Thank you so much! We are glad you enjoyed the game!
This game has so much potential, the character models really reminded me of how og Mortal Kombat models looked. I think if there was more of a story I would love it even more. I am definitely looking forward to full release on Steam.
Hey! Thank you so much for playing. We are glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully we can improve that aspect of the game by the time we are ready for early access!
Финальный босс очень сложный
Hey! Thanks for the feedback. Do you think we should make it easier? You can get it after a couple of tries for sure!
for mac os, the demo keeps crashing on me well before i can even get through the first fight, deeply saddened. ;(
First time?
Yeah, is this a common issue?
For incompatible versions, yes
Ahh. that sucks. We don't have a mac to test it so we rely on your feedback to know this! We will try to get a mac build at least on steam and let you know
begging for macOS support! awesome work guys
We need to get hold of a mac to get a version of the demo! We will do our best to do that soon :D
Just an absolute banger. I'm gonna give the Steam version a whirl. ;{)
Tahnk you so much for the video! We loved it! :D
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The game doesn't seem to save for me, I'm not sure why
Hey! Probably your browser is either not saving or maybe it has not enough space for it? I recommend you go for the steam version. You won't have any trouble with it over there!
absolute masterpiece! wishlisted this gem on steam, waiting for full release! thank you for this game
Yooo thank you so much for the kind words! We are glad you enjoyed the demo! Not y coming soon!!
hey! very cool demo, refined aestetic, personally it hits the spot. This experience feels like a vivid dream, were it inspired by a dream you had by any chance? I have added Skinator to steam wishlist immidiately. There you say "As a small team of 2, we used A.I. to generate references and some base materials." - what did you mean by that?
Hey! Thank you so much for playing the game. We are glad you liked it!
The original idea came about trying to create an experience similar to that old game "exquisite corpse", where several people draw different parts of a creature on a folder y papel without seeing what the other persons drew. That way you end up with a weird monster with mismatched parts. We tried to bring that into the spirit of the game and the rest of the ideas surfaces while playing with that original concept.
To answer your other question, we use it as a tool to produce sometimes references, or base materials to then paint over and edit. The final results are either completely redone by us or heavily worked over.
Hello, hope you're doing well! I stumbled upon this demo through itch.io's random mode and what a pleasant surprise. It's genuinely addictive, with a striking art style that suits the tone perfectly — it had me hooked from the first minute. I've already added it to my Steam wishlist and I'll be following the playtest until release. The Brazilian Portuguese translation is excellent too. Thank you for this experience.
Valewwww. Que bom que você gostou do jogo. A gente está trabalhando muito para ter um early access logo. Ate mais!
how do i even run the game cuz theres no app file
Hey! You should see a red button that says "run game" right below the banner. It's a web browser version!
If for some reason it's not there for you you can go play on Steam!
Otherwise maybe try another browser or disable as blockers?
Let us know!
so i havent been in itch for a while and i ment the zip file not the brows thanks anway!
Oh I see. Yeah since this is a web version I don't think you can run it like an exe file! I'll let you know when we have a downloadable version of it on itch
alr thank you! i cant wait for one
I introduced my boyfriend to Itch.io and he found this game. He hasn't stopped playing for days oh my god, hes genuinely addicted
Ohhh haha thank you so much for the comment. We are happy to hear he is having a good time with the game!
Tell them to play on Steam! The experience is much better :D
Will the final version be released here on Itch and/or GOG?
Hey! The final version will be too big for itch web! This demo barely fits and was a mission to cram in!
It will be on Steam and most likely on mobile stores!
And GOG?
Hey! What's gog?
Good Old Games. The game distribution platform that is typically rated higher than steam for customer service and value. They're not only a game preservation organization, funding old games opportunities to get released for modern system requirements, but they also house indies, particularly indies with retro aesthetics. A game like yours would fit right in.
We might upload it there too! I'll look into it. Thanks for sharing
This is awesome.
Awesome demo, awesome graphics and well achieved mechanics.
Can't wait to see more, meanwhile I'll just replay it a few times for fun.
We are super happy to great that you are enjoying the game so far! Thank you for playing! Try the steam version! It has higher resolution
Muchas gracias por jugarlo! Re buen video. Saludos!
Heyy that's me!!
Thank you for sharing! I promisse next time I'll beat the boss!!
Hahaha you got this! :D
Peak game, well done!
Hey! Thank you for the video! We glad you enjoyed the game!
...Can't move
Im on a MacBook Air playing on webpage, clicked every button on the keyboard and clicked at the screen, can't move. Game looks super cool
Maybe Im just dumb lol but check it out
Hey! Sorry about that! Can you try clicking on the character and dragging a line, then let go where you want to go?
If that doesn't work, then we need to check what could be wrong! We have very low amount of mac users so that test would be huge for us.
Please let us know!
Oh
(yeah I feel dumb XD I tried everything but that! Ill do it in a sec I gotta shower)
Take your time! No problem at all! Thanks for giving the game a second chance! :D
YAAA TAKE HIS ARM AND RIP IT OFFFF, THEN TAKE YOUR ARM AND RIP IT OFFFFF, AND THAT DEMON SHARK HAS A STRONG LOOKING SHARK LEG, RIP. IT. OFFFFFF!!! Youtube Link -
Thank you so much for the video! Super fun to watch!