The Eldritch Zookeeper is a 2018 management game developed by indie studio Cranktrain. The official website can be found here
, the Steam page here, and YouTube channel here.
The game is about a cursed zookeeper who is deceived by a skeleton and is forced to manage a zoo that features otherworldly creatures as its attractions. The zookeeper must satisfy the needs of the creatures within the park and satisfy the zoo visitors as well.
Tropes Used:
- Action Bomb: The Gastroquin, if not satisfied, will become agitated and explode, destroying the enclosure it is within and killing itself and any visitors within the radius of its blast.
- Animalistic Abomination: The creatures that are featured within the zoo all resemble grotesque creatures, with one prominent example being the Hellion, a creature that resembles a crocodilian with a gaping maw, six legs and no pupils.
- Escaped Animal Rampage: Creatures will escape if players do not satisfy their needs or if the player deletes one of the fences.
- Our Monsters Are Weird: Most of the monsters in the game can be described as this. For instance, the Grondomut is a creature made of cosmic ooze, which is what it eats, while the Stalking Torch is a tentacled creature with its head on fire.
- Video Game Cruelty Potential: Players can delete the fences of enclosures and let out creatures like the Behemoth and Hellion, which will target and kill visitors.
