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Squishmallow fanatics will love this new cottagecore exploration game<\/div>\n
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I would love to see a huge spherical, frog swimming in crystal clear water. Although I won’t be able to experience that feeling firsthand, Puff pals: Island Skies can transport me there. This adorable game allows you to make new friends and explore the world of animals. <\/p>\n

We have enormous amphibians and more in Cool WIP, Polygon’s weekly roundup of eye-catching clips and screenshots of works in progress. Each week, the Polygon staff scours the internet for the most interesting games still under construction to give you a sampler of the coolest up-and-coming projects. <\/p>\n

This week we have a stealth game featuring a raccoon, a deck builder with sea creatures, an adorable trading sim, and one very wiggly caterpillar. <\/p>\n

These animals look like Squishmallows<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Developer Fluffnest posted a clip from its dreamlike farming and exploration game Puff Pals: Island Skies<\/em>. The creatures are downright adorable and look like the popular stuffed toys Squishmallows with their round and plump design. Previous trailers showed off farming and exploring its glowing world, but a new clip showed<\/a> a friend you might encounter while exploring: a giant frog that’s just vibing. Puff Pals<\/em> is currently in development, and you can check out everything planned on the game’s Kickstarter page<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Just a roaming trash panda<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Christian Sparks is a digital artist and game developer making a game called Snaccoon<\/em>. Sparks posted a little scene showing a raccoon, lovingly called a “trash panda,” walking through a street. In a developer’s blog<\/a>, Sparks says that it’s part of an ongoing side project that’s a stealth and exploration game where you play as the critter. The animation looks absolutely adorable and shows the raccoon trotting along the street. You can follow Spark’s work on Twitter<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Fight it out as stunningly designed sea creatures<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles<\/em> fuses dice and deck-building mechanics with a roguelike. Little Leo Games created the game with fighters inspired from ocean creatures like crabs and nudibranchs. You’ll be amazed at the character designs. The developer has provided a clip of a gigantic, hammerhead shark confronting an unknown, cloaked Squid. You can find more information on the game on its Steam page<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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I’m only traveling by a giant air blimp shaped like a shark from now on<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Townseek<\/em> is a trading sim where you travel around a map to trade with and discover new towns. Whales and Games developed the game’s art style, which makes it look almost like a coloring book. From the looks of it, you can even change which air blimp you use to travel around; however, I’m partial to the shark-shaped one. You can catch updates on the developer’s Twitter account<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle, yeah<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It’s been an exciting couple of weeks in terms of procedurally-created creatures. Last week, we saw a game that procedurally fused monsters together. This week we see a procedurally animated caterpillar. A clip from a developer<\/a> named Joe showed the critter wiggling its way up and around tree branches. Joe’s page is full of other creepy-crawlies, so check out his Twitter page for more of his work<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n