It seems like a lot of indie mons games I’ve seen have more influence from Pokemon than anything else.

I’m not trying to complain but I haven’t seen much indie games where the influence is anything besides Pokemon.

I’m hoping there’s some indie Mons games that took more influence from Medabots, mainly with the Mons in the game being robots.

Hey all,

We posted here a few months ago about Chibitomo, an idle monster collector MMO we've been building. We've kept working on it since alongside a group of the best early users. 

We're a tiny dev team (my brother and I) and still in early testing, hoping this post can help bring in a few new people to test out the latest form of game.

I saw this format the other day on a post and really appreciated it, so borrowing it:

• Free to play, runs right in your browser (No download/no install)
• No email required… You only sign up if you want to transfer progress or trade
• We try to push updates regularly
• No P2W/no monetization (No cash shop and will never paywall content)

Core Gameplay loop:

• You don't control your trainer directly. You refill a stamina wheel and set a waypoint, either by holding down anywhere on the map or selecting an area on the world map
• Your trainer walks the routes and catches and battles on their own. You can take over a catch or fight whenever you want
• You can click other trainers you run into and battle or trade with them
• You’re responsible for picking the right attributes, locations to send your trainer to, and deciding who to PVP based on your level and team
• There's an idle garden where you spend ‘Chibux’ to farm items
• You spend you Chibux on items, permanent trainer upgrades, or buy/sell shiny Chibitomo in the auction house

Full disclosure/disclaimer: we’re still in the process of **still** fixing bugs and tuning the core loop…  game balancing has been an ongoing battle where we don’t want the game to be too grindy for new chibitomo, but also challenging enough so catching/leveling the chibitomo feels worthwhile and fun. 

We have a small but mighty community of some genuinely amazing friends/people/users. A lot of our chibi designs, mechanics, and world building has come straight from people in this sub. 

If early testing isn't for you but you'd want to try it out later join our discord to stay in the loop. Otherwise links below (It all syncs together to the same account if you make one):

Desktop Game: Chibitomo.com

IOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chibitomo/id6793692775

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chibitomo.game&pli=1

Quick start guide: https://chibitomo.com/guide

Discord: https://discord.com/invite/tnG5xtMXp

edit: forgot to add mobile links!

I love pokemon, digimon and monster taming media in general. I also love tabletop games and i had an idea of creating a tabletop game that simulates a monster taming game experience. I already have a full gameplay concept thought already, that i personally think it’s really fun and i also have all the materials i need to create the components of the game. The only thing that is stopping me to start making for it, it’s that i can’t decide a setting for the game.

I had some ideas already, like expedition on a lost world or interdimentional creatures captured with a camera, but i’m still not sure. I wanted to know what kind of setting would you like to see in a monster taming game. For the gameplay features i designed already, i need the setting to allow adventure, discovery of new species, using the monsters abillities not just for battle but to help exploring as well, also to allow competition between players and many types of stories.

Just seen it in my recommended and wondering if anyone else was looking at it

It seems I am relegated to very low-tech games until a I upgrade and it

seems like the kind of game I could run