Hiya, just to show im not all talk - heres some piccys showing progress so far. I hope to have some better stuff to show you soonish, and a demo of some sorts.
^ the way you treat the monster when it's an egg, will reflect in the monsters behavoir when its born. different egg shells give an indication of what type of monster will eventually hatch out of it, this is a standard egg which means you'll get a bog-standard monster out of it.
^ one of the training devices you can buy/use with your monster
^ food bowl
^ this little chap is the monster which is being used for debugging, will get removed eventually once proper monsters are drawn and animated, giving them short legs and long arms makes them easier to animate
Oh, and Huxley helped me decide on the final name of "Guardian Monsters".