Yeah buddy! If I could change anything I would just increase the spawn rate and make the hitboxes smaller. (and give me something to do with my money!)

The 80s music was catchy, merging of the animals was fun; I was set on getting the elusive disco turtle... and I did! I wanted to see where you were going with the currency mechanic if you had more time. Also the bugginess of the game (animals falling through the bottom) actually became a game in itself as I was rushing to "rescue" them before they fell all the way through the bottom. In a sense it was almost like a sandbox type game, whether intentional or not. I liked it!

Nice game, I had fun!  It would be nice if you could use the money for upgrades.  Some fun upgrade ideas would be spawning animals faster, and an expensive upgrade to spawn animals 1 level higher (so starting at foxes instead of possums).   Congrats on your first jam and nice work!

The sprites are really cute! I noticed they were a bit blurry though, so I'd like to give some friendly advice.  try setting the texture filtering to nearest next time; your pixel art will look a lot sharper!

a simple and fun little take on the theme! congrats on your first godot wild jam! :)