Not long ago I asked you if you’d ever wondered what it would be like to exist as a goat. That was because there was, unbelievably, a Goat simulator game in the works. Animal simulators seem to be something people want, because now you can live out your digital fantasies as a bear.
That’s the promise of Farjay Studios’ Bear Simulator, which they’re trying to get Kickstarter funding for.
“You play in FPB (First Person Bear) and do bear things which include exploring, eating fish and plants, striking down anything that dare stand before your might, increasing your stats, sleeping and discovering mysteries of your forest home.
TL;DR – It’s like a mini Skyrim but you’re a bear,” says the Kickstarter page.
And here’s what it looks like in action.
These guys seem like they’re capable of making decent games. That looks serviceable. But why a game where you play as a damned bear?
“A few games in the past got it right and have been rewarded with universal praise, notably Banjo-Kazooie and EnviroBear, but there hasn’t been many solid, somewhat realistic bear simulation games (if at all). That’s where this comes in.
Sure it may seem like a “dumb idea” or a “really dumb idea” but you can’t honestly tell me you’ve never secretly wanted to be a bear wandering around the forest. That’s just an outright lie.”
As for why the bear is walking about on two legs all the time (which is a thing bears are capable of but prefer not to do)?
Contrary to the screenshots and trailer, your bear in Bear Simulator won’t be walking around on two legs all the time. In the fully featured game you’ll spend most of your time crawling around and leaping about like an actual bear.
The constant “bipedal/two-leg mode” was used for a few reasons, for one it makes it easy to test things, second, it gives a good idea on how your bear would interact with stuff and lastly, I didn’t want to animate and program everything with a placeholder bear model.
What next? If anything, I’d want a Mantis Shrimp simulator, because Mantis Shrimp are badass.
Last Updated: March 19, 2014
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 19, 2014 at 13:06
No. I CAN honestly tell you I’ve never wanted to, secretly or otherwise, be a bear wandering around a forest.
What I can also not secretly tell you is that I’m, as a human, wondering WTF.
Spathi
March 19, 2014 at 13:07
I want a lion sim! That would be awesome!
Mike
March 19, 2014 at 15:58
That might be close to a Hentai type game. Considering what lions do a lot during the day.
Jedi JJ
March 19, 2014 at 13:21
Being a squirrel must be great though.
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 19, 2014 at 13:31
Not in TF2! *run*
VampyreSquirrel
March 19, 2014 at 13:56
Don’t remind me… filthy alienz
VampyreSquirrel
March 19, 2014 at 13:31
It is!
Jedi JJ
March 19, 2014 at 13:32
I’m not very knowledgeable in Vampyre Squirrels though. Probably a bit more of dark game.
VampyreSquirrel
March 19, 2014 at 13:50
Nosferatu: Squirrely Wrath was pretty dark…
Jedi JJ
March 19, 2014 at 13:56
O_O
VampyreSquirrel
March 19, 2014 at 14:08
Don’t go Googling that… it’s an underground squirrel game… only Squirrely Wrath you’ll find is by Foamy The Squirrel
Kensei Seraph
March 19, 2014 at 13:43
That’s probably because we don’t get bears here in Southern Africa.
You’ve probably imagined yourself as a lion or something similiar.
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 19, 2014 at 13:46
Nope. I’ve never imagined myself as any kind of animal, other than the one I currently am.
Kensei Seraph
March 19, 2014 at 13:48
Well you’re currently impersonating a human, so maybe that counts instead?
RinceIsIngwer
March 19, 2014 at 14:26
Oh come on, you don’t really mean that now do you?
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 19, 2014 at 14:39
Yes I do. 100% serial bru.
RinceIsIngwer
March 19, 2014 at 14:43
More of a dear hunter kindda guy?
RinceIsIngwer
March 19, 2014 at 14:47
Tehehehe
RinceIsIngwer
March 19, 2014 at 14:56
No pic @disqus_DoEH3TsffU:disqus What is this then?
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 19, 2014 at 14:48
*deer. And no.
RinceIsIngwer
March 19, 2014 at 14:51
Haha! I knew the misspelling would get you to come back and see the pic! WIN!
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 19, 2014 at 14:54
Not really, there’s no pic. FAIL.
RinceIsIngwer
March 19, 2014 at 14:56
Yes there is. So fail back 😛 I even put it as a reply to mine so you wouldn’t see it in your notifications 😛
CrasH
March 19, 2014 at 13:07
to not have this game would be unbearable…
Spathi
March 19, 2014 at 13:11
Especially when looking at the grisly gameplay!
CrasH
March 19, 2014 at 13:21
Just remeber to keep your bearings, else you might get lost in the forest.
Kensei Seraph
March 19, 2014 at 13:41
Just remember that the moss always grows on the north side of the tree.
Spathi
March 19, 2014 at 13:09
Motherfricken Carl Lewis bear at 1:24! Shit just got real yoh!
Mossel
March 19, 2014 at 13:10
Dat Mantis Shrimp! O_O
Mossel
March 19, 2014 at 13:10
Im bearly interested in this.
Jedi JJ
March 19, 2014 at 13:22
To some it’s a bear necessity.
Lourens Jordaan
March 19, 2014 at 13:34
Stop it, this is unbearable!
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 19, 2014 at 13:36
sigh.
Jedi JJ
March 19, 2014 at 13:44
Hey. I’m very busy today. So my brain is fried, at least I stop by every now and then to make a terrible comment. (you should be glad you weren’t on the boat with the AC release, I had some terrible jokes)
Umar Praise The Golden Sun
March 19, 2014 at 13:12
Infect a Mantis Shrimp with the T-Virus 0_0
El Capitan del Blade
March 19, 2014 at 13:14
how bout nope….
Andre116
March 19, 2014 at 13:14
But can you take a dump in the woods?
El Capitan del Blade
March 19, 2014 at 13:15
If that’s not a feature, This game is pointless…
Andre116
March 19, 2014 at 13:20
Hibernation also better be in there.
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 19, 2014 at 13:30
With realistic time measurements. Otherwise it’s just not a simulator.
Hammersteyn
March 19, 2014 at 13:17
And wipe with a raccoon?
Andre116
March 19, 2014 at 13:18
That will be part of the DLC.
Hammersteyn
March 19, 2014 at 13:17
Picnic baskets!
CrasH
March 19, 2014 at 13:23
Remeber to prevent forest fires.
Jedi JJ
March 19, 2014 at 13:24
Screw the baskets, eat the people.
VampyreSquirrel
March 19, 2014 at 13:33
*Yogi Voice* Come on Boo-Boo! Let’s get us some picnic baskets!!!
Kensei Seraph
March 19, 2014 at 13:40
I think it’s pronounced “pic-a-nic baskets” but I never really watched that so I could be wrong.
VampyreSquirrel
March 19, 2014 at 13:50
Good point… I’ll fix it
Rags
March 19, 2014 at 13:22
Next: Honey Badger simulator, or Great White Shark Simulator.
Kromas
March 19, 2014 at 13:23
A goat yes,An alien yes, A cheeseburger yes. NEVER A BEAR!
CrasH
March 19, 2014 at 13:26
Need a mosquito similator, where you dodge spider webs, lizzards and varies other preditors and try and suck blood from human by infiltrating the house and avoiiding doom spray and hand swats and zappers.
CrasH
March 19, 2014 at 13:27
the longer you live the more power ups you get.
like blink cause i am sure all of the ones in my house have the ability.
stealth, noise reduction, faster sucking, more agility…
Andre116
March 19, 2014 at 13:29
You are forgetting the skill where they seem to become immune to poison.
Jedi JJ
March 19, 2014 at 13:31
This could work…Now just add some GTA V style multiplayer and you’ve got a hit.
VampyreSquirrel
March 19, 2014 at 14:06
Mozzies can’t play golf though… well not to our knowledge.
Jedi JJ
March 19, 2014 at 14:11
They probably don’t need helicopters either.
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
March 19, 2014 at 13:29
That…that could work.
Gr8_Balls_o_Fire
March 20, 2014 at 11:12
And you get points by filling an “annoyance metre” by buzzing around a human’s ear just for fun 😀
CrasH
March 20, 2014 at 11:15
And you can suck blood from rats and other animals and it changes your blood to make the bites more itchy so you get more points but the humans react faster
Gr8_Balls_o_Fire
March 20, 2014 at 16:34
And you can suck blood from a dinosaur in the Jurassic, then get caught in amber, then a scientist extracts your blood, then they build a dinosaur, then.. The sequel
DINOSAUR SIMULATOR!
Kensei Seraph
March 19, 2014 at 13:31
I’ve never imagined being a bear and wandering around the forest, although I have imagined being a leopard and a cheetah.
Lourens Jordaan
March 19, 2014 at 13:32
Oh yeah, the Matis shrimp. I love those things.
Kromas
March 19, 2014 at 13:33
Will this answer the age old question “Does a bear crap in the woods?”
SheHulkNigri
March 19, 2014 at 14:10
Winnie the Pooh?
Rock789
March 19, 2014 at 13:40
That’s it… The end is nigh… Repent all!!!
**runs to nuclear shelter in basement**
Jedi JJ
March 19, 2014 at 13:48
I’m personally going to a fallout vault. I’ve heard some great things about them.
Kensei Seraph
March 19, 2014 at 13:50
I’ve heard some pretty terrible things about them as well.
Things like vaults automatically opening long before it’s safe.
ToshZA
March 19, 2014 at 13:54
And so America was born.
Jedi JJ
March 19, 2014 at 13:57
lol
Jedi JJ
March 19, 2014 at 13:57
I just hope I land up in a vault sponsored by a wine company.
Rock789
March 19, 2014 at 13:59
What?! No no no… Vaults are for Elitists… Us commoners stick to nuclear shelters in basements…
Jedi JJ
March 19, 2014 at 14:00
Ah crap. Will start digging tonight then.
ToshZA
March 19, 2014 at 13:43
I actually want to see a Zero Punctuation review of this.
Unavengedavo(aka. Bilbo)
March 19, 2014 at 13:45
Well that is a different interpretation to the Second Amendment O_o
RinceIsIngwer
March 19, 2014 at 14:11
What did I just read? This is what ‘indie’ is becoming? Taking concepts from big games like Skyrim, then changing an element? next we’ll have Mario as a fucking hedgehog! Oh, yeah…
SheHulkNigri
March 19, 2014 at 14:12
Randy the Hedgehog?
RinceIsIngwer
March 19, 2014 at 14:13
Your version sounds better than the one I played…
SheHulkNigri
March 19, 2014 at 14:17
“You think Sonic was fast. ‘Stick’ around for a Randy quicky. Coming on your Xbox and PS 2015”
RinceIsIngwer
March 19, 2014 at 14:25
Whoa, time to give up gaming!
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
March 19, 2014 at 14:33
I played this. I love bootlegs.
Gavin Mannion
March 19, 2014 at 14:39
Never ever wanted to act out a bears life… still have no desire
Unavengedavo(aka. Bilbo)
March 19, 2014 at 14:47
But who wouldn’t want to be a bear after this?
Cabbit
March 19, 2014 at 14:44
Can’t say I’m really interested, but with the mantis shrimp then I might part with my money. But I wonder if eating those mushrooms and seeing bigfoot are mutually exclusive?
Captain Hobbit Popper
March 19, 2014 at 15:16
What is the point to this?
hrarosys
March 19, 2014 at 15:51
hi i am new in disqus
Anon A Mouse
March 19, 2014 at 16:05
I’ll try hibernation mode on this.
Anon A Mouse
March 19, 2014 at 16:06
Geoff’s probably going to play as pedobear.
Gareth L (That Guy)
March 19, 2014 at 23:26
Velociraptor Simulator next, please.
Otherwise some kind of a CTF with all kind of forest creatures.