Socks by rainbowism

A small sock loving skunk has wandered into your yard somehow! Keep watch over the poor thing, be sure to feed it. If you're low on supplies, there is a wonderful trove of treasures nearby that the skunk can traverse! Remember to keep it alive and you could have a pleasant new friend to play with!

This is a Tamagotchi-like (pet simulation) game. We chose something smaller scope so we'd actually finish something this time.
Changelog
- Added a web build
- Fixed several bugs where the wrong animation is being played.
- Fixed not being able to restart the game.
- Fixed certain items not being added to the inventory properly
| Youtube | https://rainbowism.com/ld46/ |
| Youtube | https://rainbowism.com/LD46.zip |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/keep-it-alive-61 |
Ratings
| Overall | 1481th | 3.38⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1722th | 3.08⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1936th | 2.9⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 1090th | 3.72⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 277th | 4.308⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 1110th | 2.94⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 1357th | 3.32⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 18🗳️ | 26🗨️ |
The animations and character art are adorable, I love the eating animatio especially.
The day cycle is done really nicely, I think it could be improved apon with a small in game clock that showed time passing so in the beginning you had an idea of how long the game would last. As when I first started playing I thought it was a night only game. That is until of course I played for a while.
I particulalrly love how there's different socks with different meanings! I think this is a lovely customisable touch to the game that gives it replayability.
One thing I would improve- When Sock's looks through the dumpster it would be so cool to play a minigame where the outcome had something to do with how well you played. Just a thought.
Overall an enjoyable little game, I will be keeping the tab open on my browser to continue to care for Socks <3 x
I would have preferred it if the game moved at a faster pace, as there was a lot of waiting around for something to do (- but that may be just me liking fast-paced games). Also, if I could suggest there being something added to the looking for new supplies, I think it would be interesting (ie. something the user could do that would make it MORE LIKELY for you to encounter the raccoons, or MORE LIKELY to find a new item - maybe different socks can have different effects? Or looking through the dumpster at certain times at night would make you more likely to encounter raccoons?).
Overall, good job on creating a cute game!
Good decision to aim for something small and finish it. It feels very polished and well made. The only thing lacking is sound, I believe. I definitely think you should proceed adding more content :)
Well done!