What is monstermechanics?

Monster Mechanics is a video game where you build and customize a creature, then send it into battle. You drag parts like weapons, armor, and organs onto your monster, and each piece changes how it fights or survives. The goal is to keep your monster alive and defeat enemies to earn more resources for upgrades. The core loop revolves around a currency called Mutagen. You spend it to attach new parts, and you earn more by killing enemies. Parts include offensive options like the Thistle Gun and Spikes, defensive options like Scales, and support pieces like Hearts and Lungs that heal or boost performance. You can also upgrade individual parts during play. If your monster's head dies, the game is over. The game was created as an entry in PyWeek 13, a recurring competition where developers build a game from scratch in Python within a week. The team, called Perceptibly Sideways, acknowledges that a couple of decorative parts like Wings and Eyeballs didn't get fully implemented due to time constraints. Running the game is straightforward: on Windows or Mac you double-click the run file, and on other systems you run it from a terminal with Python. The development notes suggest it was also set up for distribution, including packaging as standalone executables, though that's mostly relevant if you want to rebuild or share it yourself. This is a small, hobbyist project rather than a polished product, but it demonstrates a neat idea: modular creature design where every part matters.