A Virtual Friend by frostdragonliz
A perfectly ordinary virtual pet. Nothing out of the ordinary here! Care for it and watch it grow 🐛
Controls
Click the buttons at the bottom of the screen to interact with your pet.
Press M to mute sound 🔊
Debug Shortcuts
Keys 1-4 change the game speed. Try 4 for genuine Tamagotchi long play experience!!⏱️
Enter skips to the next growth phase.
Game Mechanics (spoilers)
Baby needs feeding🍴 and love💕 (left most buttons) to help them grow up strong. They will periodically poop💩 and sleep💤 - clear up poop to keep them happy (button second from right) and make sure you don't disturb them when they sleep. If you don't look after them they will get angry⚡. Press the right most button to appease their anger.... please don't let them get angry....please....
Updates
24th April - Made some minor graphics, animation and sound bug fixes. 15th May - Minor graphics and sound improvements, including basic end states. Original compo entry available on Google Drive link for reference if you want to give a fair rating
Ratings
| Overall | 203th | 3.608⭐ | 62🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 445th | 3.11⭐ | 61🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 516th | 3⭐ | 61🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 592th | 2.983⭐ | 60🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 42th | 4.164⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 139th | 3.44⭐ | 60🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 51th | 3.75⭐ | 56🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 38th | 3.813⭐ | 58🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 23🗳️ | 12🗨️ |
Brings back memories...
I missed a jumpscare in the end, hahaha.
I N C R E D I B L E
Only wish it didn't end so soon (make this into a bigger project)
By the way, is there a real ending, or just an "end state" where, no matter what you do, the game will continue with two buttons?
Liked it, great aesthetic. For some reason my hands are getting cold and blue...
Thanks for all the kind comments everyone <3
This game is GREAT! Sometimes the simplest games are the best, and this is proof of that <3
Best aspects:
- The perfectly normalness of it.
- Eye for detail, had a very good tamagitcho feel to it (dead pixels, etc.)
Tips/Suggestions:
- The delay in buttons compared to the degration rate of the meters made it slightly stressful to play. While it might be a more enjoyable experience to not worry about timing to much and just see you lil' one grow.
All in all a fun, simple and surprising game.
Full game when? :smiley:
The only problem is the lack of ending. At the end I tried to starve him without getting him angry, then don't do anything and I was kind of disappointed to see my actions has little consequences. But overall eveything else work so I guess this is a problem of time during this LD. So, good job ! I'd love to see what you'll do with the concept in the future.
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@Jupiter_Hadley Yay thank you <3
By the way, I didn't read the description before playing (yeah I'm that guy, I admit it) and so had some fun speculating about what the far-right meter was. My best guess was "containment" which ... was pretty well borne out, honestly. Thought that might amuse you. :P
I left my rating of your game, if you can leave your feedback in our game, Witch's Escape.
I hope you continue with the project.
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape
Fun fact - in the original Tamagotchi, if you never played with your tamagotchi and only gave it candy to keep it happy, it would eventually turn into the "secret character", a lazy adult human head on stick legs.