Animal Crackers

big visions start with small achievements

Inspiration

I want to have fun, laugh and share experiences with people that do that. Animal Crackers is an idea that evolved from that idea. One of the worst part about horse racing is you can't feed horses before the race, I wanted to change that with

What it does

In Animals Crackers, you enter a world and watch different animals compete. Your goal is to pick your favorites to win. Every few minutes there's a new race. Between races, you can look at all the racers and influence the race by feeding them a fun variety of food or giving them boosters. If you give a dog some ice cream treats, it's going to go fast!! Earn rewards as you select winners. In this world $biscuits are currency. Not only can you earn them but you can feed them to animals too! Animals will compete in a fun variety of races that may include obstacle courses, head to head races, 11 animals competing, winner take all races and more. There is a fun variety of animals, foods, items you can experience. Endless fun for 1 or more people.

How we built it

Uh we are still figuring that out. Lots of time with a pencil and paper. Going through tutorials and exploring designs and bothering people in the forums and on Discord. This is my first time working on Horizon Worlds and after months of working on this, it all started clicking.

Challenges we ran into

Some of the learning curve is challenging along with scattered documentation. The whole thing is a challenge but so much fun. I'm not sure if all my textures will break the worlds.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Early tests make me feel confident that we can build an experience for people unlike anything they have had before in Horizon Worlds. Wow the music my friend Dan did for this is amazing! It was super motivating. I've probably heard the tunes hundreds of times and I'm still dancing to it every time it plays.

What we learned

How to build and develop for Horizon Worlds from pretty much no knowledge of the platform.

What's next for Animal Crackers

Oh, wow so much. A lot of the structure of this world is designed to scale. The whole $biscuit economy and feeding mechanics are underutilized. Sadly a lot of characters and band members didn't make the submission.