Pick two animals. Add a magical power. Make something ridiculous.
Ever wondered what happens when you mix a unicorn with a dinosaur?
Or a cat with a frog?
Or give your completely questionable new creature the power of rainbow bubbles, flower magic, music, or shooting stars?
That is essentially the entire scientific purpose of the Silly Animal Machine.
Choose two animals, pick a power, and the machine creates your own magical creature, complete with a picture and a 3D friend you can take into its little world.
๐งช MAKE A CREATURE
Pick your animals.
Pick a magical power.
Press the big button.
Meet whatever you have accidentally brought into existence.
There are 36 different 3D animal combinations, and every combination can use any of the four magical powers.
Your creature gets its own portrait and joins your collection so you can come back and play with it later.
๐ THEN TAKE THEM HOME
Your creatures don't just sit in a collection.
They live in a little 3D pocket galaxy made up of four worlds:
๐ฑ Meadow ๐ฌ Candy ๐ Water โ๏ธ Snow
Invite your creatures into the world and watch them wander around, meet each other and get up to tiny animal nonsense.
๐ LOOK AFTER YOUR FRIENDS
Your creatures have:
Tummy Energy Happiness
You can give them snacks, play ball, let them nap, ask them to use their magical power or just watch them interact with their friends.
They'll share picnic food, play together, dance to music and fall asleep in their own little beds.
And because this was made for kids rather than to manufacture anxiety:
Nothing bad happens while you're away.
No streaks. No dead pets. No punishment for forgetting to log in. No ads. No accounts. No microtransactions.
Just silly animals.
๐ THEY CAN EVEN TRAVEL
Pick one of your creatures and send them to another planet by spaceship.
Their friendship and progress travel with them, and you can follow them around the tiny spherical worlds as they explore.
๐จ BUILT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY
The game combines React, TypeScript and Three.js with a collection of custom 3D creatures and generated artwork.
But once you're playing, creature creation happens directly in your browser.
There are no AI API calls, generation credits or ChatGPT accounts required to make creatures. The game combines the existing 3D animals, magical effects and scenery locally to create the final picture.
Which means the important bit is very fast:
pick animals โ make weird friend โ play
๐ง WHO IS IT FOR?
It was originally built as a game for young kids who like animals, making things and pressing buttons that cause unexpected results.
It works on:
๐ป Computers ๐ฑ Phones ๐ฑ Tablets
And adults are absolutely allowed to spend twenty minutes trying to determine whether a Kittyfrog is better than a Unisaurus.
There is currently no scientific consensus.
๐ฎ PLAY IT
No download required.
๐ Play Silly Animal Machine:
https://shaunnez.github.io/silly-animal-machine/