Mutant centipedes. Ducks that are partially muscle cars. Many-legged dogs, sentient vehicles, and alligators with giraffe heads. In Horsey Game<\/em>, most of what you see on the neon pixelated map is automatically categorized as \u201chorse\u201d (even if no biologist on earth would agree with that assessment). This results in a couple of very<\/em> intriguing conclusions: <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Firstly, if you find something new while driving around in Horsey Game<\/em>, you can probably throw it in your truck, cart it to the lab, and tinker with its DNA. And then, if it\u2019s a \u201chorse,\u201d you can race it. And if you can race it, that alligator-duck you\u2019ve created might just win big. <\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Developed by Captain Games and released on Feb. 18 for Windows PC, Horsey Game <\/em>is <\/em>a simulation game that combines three activities you often see grouped together: horse collection, horse racing, and highly complex genetic modification. But don\u2019t worry, there\u2019s a heartbreaking story involved, too. Immediately after booting up Horsey Game<\/em>, you\u2019re informed in a brisk, tragic sentence that your partner, Sweetie, has a severe case of horse flu. The only thing that will help them is a treatment that costs exactly $62,375. You do not have $62,375. In this economy? Come on.<\/p>\n So you hop in your truck, you buy a lasso to catch wild horses in nearby fields, and you figure out the basics of keeping your horses healthy enough to race and breed. Since it becomes clear that no horse you merely find<\/em> is going to be as competitive as your situation requires, though, you\u2019ll soon find yourself exploring an abandoned lab to see if there\u2019s anything <\/em>you can do to improve your odds.<\/p>\n I won\u2019t spoil anything that isn\u2019t accessible in the game\u2019s first 10 minutes, but to help you get started, see if you can find the following locations: <\/p>\n Navigation in this low-poly world feels seamless with a mix of point-and-click and WASD or arrow key movement, and the few true puzzles you encounter \u2013 such as, for example, powering up the CRISPR lab \u2013 are relatively simple. This puts Horsey Game<\/em>\u2019s focus exactly where it should be: Creative gene mods, and edge-of-your-seat horse races.<\/p>\n (If you\u2019re playing, go ahead and bookmark the Horsey Game<\/em> subreddit and this helpful Steam page on genome mapping. You\u2019ll need them.) <\/p>\n Fans of this game have gone all in on mapping out the best alien-bug-vehicle hybrids to shave seconds off race times. People with science degrees have weighed in on the surprisingly accurate way the game treats shuffling around nucleotide bases. Eagle-eyed horse racers with hundreds of in-game races under their belts have chimed in with lists upon lists of the best way to select a winning horse, with players analyzing the angle of a \u201chorse\u2019s\u201d legs and just how top-heavy they appear to be for hours <\/em>on end. <\/p>\n Thinking about checking out Horsey Game<\/em> yourself and seeing just how quickly you can raise the $62K \u2014 sorry, the $62,375 \u2014 to help Sweetie? (Did you forget that that was the main point of the game? No worries, that happens to everyone. Sorry, Sweetie.)<\/p>\n Horsey Game<\/em> is out now on Windows PC. Good luck at the races.<\/p>\n\n A quick guide to the chaos: What\u2019s happening<\/em> in Horsey Game?
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