Kilo Bite by rvmook

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made by rvmook for LD31 (JAM)
Kilo Bite is a little virtual pet that feeds on your files.
Yes, that means that it deletes your files. No recovery. So don't feed it files you can't miss.

Four things to keep in mind:
1. Feed by dropping files on Kilo's face.
2. Don't feed him too much, he'll get fat and eventually puke.
3. Don't feed him too little, he'll get sick and eventually die.
4. Mouse over to get info on how to feed him just right.


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Didn't have a lot of time for this Ludum Dare so decided to dive into making Chrome Apps and make it fun while doing so. I ended up with this Tamagotchi type thing where your home computer is your one screen and the little Tamagotchi figure is the entire game. Hope that makes sense and I didn't bend the rules too much :D

Ratings

Coolness 28% 2025
Overall(Jam) 2.75 864
Fun(Jam) 2.68 780
Graphics(Jam) 2.58 808
Humor(Jam) 3.44 135
Innovation(Jam) 3.95 59
Theme(Jam) 3.84 249

Feedback

AMS
10. Dec 2014 · 06:19 UTC
This is a really innovative game, but also a dangerous one, haha. I like it, keep up the good work!
Vulture Tamer
10. Dec 2014 · 12:21 UTC
LOL :p
stevekratos
11. Dec 2014 · 09:05 UTC
Good work...
hbocao
11. Dec 2014 · 22:44 UTC
I'm not going to touch this! Very unique and DANGEROUS. haha Good job!
madhoe
13. Dec 2014 · 04:45 UTC
It ate my homework :(

Nice idea, though! And first chrome app I've seen
cxsquared
13. Dec 2014 · 05:56 UTC
Really neat idea although I slightly scary one. This could be really cool alternative to the recycle bin if I could get files back some how.
Tater_hater
13. Dec 2014 · 07:41 UTC
Finally gave me an excuse toclean out my downloads folder XD
Verz
13. Dec 2014 · 11:34 UTC
Hahaha really innovative idea! I fear to lose all my documents now :P
MrShoestore
14. Dec 2014 · 03:50 UTC
wow, gamification of file deletion, could be a nice alt to the recycle bins, but what happens when you have no file that need to be delete? do you start saving empty word docs just so you have food for your pet? lol
TehSkull
14. Dec 2014 · 04:10 UTC
This is...boring. Not gonna lie. Unique, but not interesting.
TehSkull
14. Dec 2014 · 04:14 UTC
On a challenge, I decided to feed the Kilo Bite its own files. Worked. Kilo Bite stayed on screen.
CMWeissMedia
19. Dec 2014 · 03:21 UTC
Great idea. I think with some extra UI to give the player some extra information, this could make for a really interesting game / virtual pet.
Vaclav
24. Dec 2014 · 18:43 UTC
Haha nice one.