OMG IS SO BEAUTIFUL I LOVED IT SO MUCH

Really nice looking and I enjoyed the music. Very unique theme idea.

Very good game! Very charming art style, keep alive the hype!

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Nice game, one of the best here!

Great game

I love that you use sweet aesthetics to tell about the horror associated with deadlines in general and also shitty politics on social media XD I find it quite critical. Good job!

it is very nice, the art is bautifull and the sound effects are clever. that said I have found a minor bug: when I first started the game in full screen the cursor was stuck on the bottom of the screen but I managed to fix it by barely being able to press the "minimise" button and going fullscreen again. it did not affect the game experience and I loved it so much good idea, good job guys! :)

So cute and funny! The art is marvelous, maybe the colours were a bit too muted, making peripheral vision almost useless. I played in medium difficult and although the hype bar was at 90% the cat seemed sad, I was unsure if i wan or not. The tutorial is well paced and even when it seems overwhelming I had no issues while playing. A perfect combination between cozy and frenetic. Awesome job!

I love this game omg! This is so fun!
I skipped the tutorial cause I hate long tutorials, and at first I thought this was going to be hell to understand what is going on, but it's actually really intuitive to understand!! It also really sums up an indie game developper's life in a really fun and cute way :D

Hype Dream really makes you feel like stressed out ludum dare developer.
Seriously though very nice graphics and aesthetic, which would be comfy were it not for what kind of simulation it is being used for.
Once you get used to the controls it's kinda entertaining, multitasking stuff all the time. I'd say it's lacking entertainment or more robust rewards for getting good hype.

Also no idea why it had to be gondolas but that's pretty funny.
In fact many of the details are at least somewhat funny, good job with all of those.

Yes, that’s how it is in life. :rofl:

Probably a top 100 game :D was awesome to play. Simple and sweet

Wow! I dont usually go out of my way to download games the first time I see them, but I just had to for this one - its beautiful! Absolutely everything was stunning, and taking the time to stop mashing buttons to read all the hidden jokes was hilarious. Definitely one of the best games ive played so far.

The graphics alone made this worth it. Cool concept!

@chrissimas @attx @gunther-joshua @hujowlazow @shiroi4356 @faustustuus @grazyna @anoushcat @anaferus @slurp1e @ryan-jung thank you all for your kind comments <3 It really made our day to read them :two_hearts: stay safe and good day to you all <3

miauuuu...beautiful made

@zachary-rodrigue thank you for the comment! glad you enjoyed our little game! thank you for a bug report, we're uploading a patched version right now, it should be fixed, let us know if not ^^

@le-slo thank you for your comment! we're happy that you enjoed it <3 we patched the game and uploaded the better one! it turned out that medium mode was harder than hard mode (lol) so we fixed that, you should be able to get a happy cat this time! also remember to kill the bugs, they are pretty important for the final score...

@730 thank you for your honest opinion and glad to hear that it was fun to you! we did the first patch (mostly bug fixing) but some more C-O-O-L-N-E-S-S when you have a high hype is a neat idea! we'll add it in next patch, thank you so much!

sure I will

What a charming game and a unique concept! The music was wonderful for developing the vibe, and the colour palette was surprisingly soft for such a stressful time management game - i certainly felt nervous at first with the depth of the tutorial, and I'm not sure if there are still some things I was missing when I was actually playing, but the gameplay was quite smooth once I got into it! Typing back the emails was positively adorable - I loved the feedback from them.

An excellent entry!

One of the best game I played so far in this jam. Everything is here ! sound effect , music is chill. The gameplay is good , it's too hard , even in hard mode , i love it !

Very nice game, comfy indeed, cool artstyle and design. Replayed it a couple of times just to take a closer look at everything. The tutorial presentation can be made a little cleaner, I feel, but once in game it all starts to make sense. I enjoyed very much overall.

The art is soooo cute!

This game is phonemonal. The art is absolute incredible, amazing job.
The gameplay itself is hilarious, I was immedaitely overwhelemed and anxious, but a mixture of the cute art and calming music kept me playing. :D

My only feedback (and I mean it, because as far as game jam's go this is pretty perfect) is that the end of the game didn't really give me any feedback on how well I did. The cat was sad, but I wasn't sure why, or if it actually had anything to do with my performance.

Overall though amazing job, I hope to see more from this team in the future. :D

I like this windows with cats :3

Great game! Even though topic is very stressful, the game itself is quite relaxing.

Art is gorgeous. UX could use some tweaking. At first I wasn't sure what I could press and what was just a background.

Pozdrawiam!

funny to play! I love cats so.. I was catched immediatelly :cat:

Oops! I got KawaiModule.dll not found exception! :)
Do you people consider to create real operating system with this theme?
Great job! Best wishes!

The theme is adorable! I love all the little jokes. Also, hard mode is *hard*, wow. I managed to win on medium, but is it even possible on hard?

@sadpanda @rufson @nogam @massealex @epsulon @natalie-sodomkova thank you all so much for the positive feedback, we're glad that you decided to dream our hype dream and enjoyed it! Stay safe and keep up being awesome <3

@briibot thank you for an in-depth comment, we're glad you enjoyed our small *hype dream* :D and lol long tutorials are often scary so we're glad that our wasn't so scary to stop you from playing xD it was supposed to be shorter but we ended up getting some feedback from friends that they're not sure what some things do so we extended it to cover everything in-depth ^^
and haha, glad you liked the e-mails, we wanted to make them cute and positive...because who likes letter of complaints?
thank you and stay safe <3

@lesslwo Thank you so much for your opinion and glad you enjoyed our game! If you want to hear something from "behind the scenes", the tutorial was way shorter but we got last minute feedback from our friends that some stuff is not clear so I had to write some extra info asap before the time's up xD i'm thinking about polishing it a bit in the next patch we do so next time you play it it may get better if we patch it.
thanks and stay safe!

@ohfiddlediddle thank you so much for your feedback, glad you enjoyed dreaming our *hype dream* owo we're planning a next patch to fix/clearup/edit some stuff and we're probably try to add something more "encouraging/expaining" at the end. but - do you kill the bugs regularly? i don't want to reveal our programmer secrets but I do know that killing the bugs greatly affects the final score :eyes:
stay safe!

@ryzy27 thank you for your feedback, glad you enjoyed it! well, the effect of "i don't clearly know what should i press now" was intended as we wanted to keep the game kinda chaotic and leave some stuff that wasn't explained in the tutorial to be discovered via gameplay :D is there any specific button/place you wasn't sure is UI or not? we're going to do a second patch to this game so we can make this element more visible as an interactive part!

również pozdrawiamy i życzymy growych sukcesów!

@srknvrnbskrt thank you so much for your feedback and we're happy that it was a fun experience to you! well, i don't think we're capable to create a whole new operation system based on that but if we get funds and such, maybe we'll one day turn it into Windows overlay? time will tell!
stay safe! <3

@mao hello hello and thank you for your feedback <3 glad you liked our game. and yes, it's possible to win on hard mode, it's just...harder! but i've a small tip for you: kill the bugs immadiately when you see them, I know from our programmer that they greatly affect the final score :eyes:
and here's a proof it's win-able, I didn't get max stars but still a happy cat :D
stay safe and keep up being awesome!

A really cool take on the theme, great job!

This was stressful but I got the hang of it pretty quickly.

:thumbsup: for an in game tutorial :)

That was a great little game!
I love the art style, although the color tone makes it a little hard to see everything.

Seems well thought out, and I like how much content you were able to get in there in a weekend.
Nice job!

I got 5 stars! I've never seen a game with such relaxing art style be so stressful... owo

Wow... How did you manage so many assets in such a timescale? I guess it speaks to your direction. As a matter of fact, the rest of the game screams "DIRECTION", too! I was really impressed by the cohesion of the game, and it's quite understandable that teaching the game had to be in textbook fashion or without much context given its existence as a Jam game. I can assume that part of the point is that the entire screen can start to blend together when managing many things at once, bu maybe increasing contrast on certain colors or borders would help make it clearer when a pop-up has appeared out of the corner of your eye.
Overall, though, a cool idea and really nice execution. It'd be interesting to see the minigames change over time, too!

Very impressive game! It is complete, polished and fun to play.

I really liked the cohesiveness of the art and it is a fantastic use of the theme!

Really cool fonts, what did you use?

@nsadie Thanks! All of the in-game text (except for the number that shows copies sold on the summary screen) was handwritten.

I thought it might be! Nice, helps with the unique look!

Lovely art, and a lot of polish, really solid game.

It really captures the anxiety of social media promotion.

@mandarad @eran-haas thank you so much <3

@arden thank you! the color palette was an artistic choice and it's matching some of the popular "cute" artists on IG. We tested it on my friend with deuteranomaly (greetings Kano, if you're reading it! xD) and he told us that se sees everything fine. Tho I understand that some of the buttons may not seem visible enough.
Soo enough of my rambling - could you let us know which specific parts were not clear enough for you? We're planning an update but we need to know what exactly to fix. thank you so much and stay safe!

@ddrkirbyisq congrats on 5 stars! it was quite challenging to get the highest score owo and thank you!

@roey-shap your comment really touched me personally as I was the director here :heart: glad you like it! and the secret of a lot of assets and overall polish of the game is bpth matter of planning it out first (brainstorm, mockups, asset lists etc.) and I can say we also have a decent working speed xD (lol it probs sounds like boasting ;;)
thank you for your comments, we'll try to enchance some contrast in the next update. if we ever get funds or something to make it a real game, changing the minigames is a genius concept for sure (and a version to play on a two screens LOL xD) thank you so much and stay safe!

@dane-tesla, wow, a dual-screen version. That's gold! Likewise, keep it up!

It's a nice game with fantastic art!! <3

I loved this game. The look and feel was excellent, the music and effects were great and the mini-puzzles created a fun experience. The tutorial was nice to have. Great game guys.

Yes, this is exactly how games are done! Just a little too much information in the tutorial at once for my taste.

Wow, so much to look after! The gameplay is very tense (in a good way), but I really wish I could have some "breaks" to rest from all the madness that is going on. :D

This is so cute! I love all these dreamy graphics! It is a little sad that this game has too much things to do to have time to enjoy those cat images. Also I love the jokes sprinkled in the game. Even the BIOS text is funny. Great job!

VERY beautiful and original aesthetics. It makes your game stand out from everything else.

Well done!!

Super cute graphics and fun, Great job!

You did a great job at this!! It's a really cute game, the graphics are on point!! I really like multitasking games (well, I mean, I did also make one) and this was an awesome one. I think my biggest issues (nitpicks, really) were the length of the tutorial and maybe the fact that you can't move windows around (and close some?).

All in all, awesome game :)

Really beautiful art! The game itself is not that fun, unfortunately. The tutorial makes it seem like it is quite complex, but game is pretty much just about clicking. The tutorial could've definitely been shorter. The amount of original art is incredible, really really job well done! Even the credits screen is so well made! Very polished!

Really charming art style, and entertaining to play. I liked the range of different mechanics (squashing bugs, peeping at the right time, etc.) and keep on top of them all at the same time while also dealing with popups was fun.

I really liked this game, the art style is lovely and there is a lot to keep track of in the game, but is't not overwhelming, great job!

I loved your game!!! The art is A M A Z I N G, probably one of my favourites!! The tutorial kinda scared me at the beginning but once I got it I also enjoyed playing the game as well~! (played and finished all 3 modes :smile: ) Wonderful idea and interpretation of the theme! really unique!! Great job! Keep it up~ :thumbsup:

wow this was amazing!! I beat it in easy mode on my second try, then went to try my luck in Hard mode. I did finish it with a score of 2 stars, and sold 12k copies :))

Great job overall, I loved this!

One of my favorite games <3 Palette and art are SO ADORABLE. Controls feel very comfortable, and the whole little story is so meta :') Looks very polished too. Fantastic entry.

@potatowu @whitefox @khud0 @notan-lemon @marcusnystrand @gameovermexico @hgcummings @mrowka @virimine @jmad
Thank you so much for dreaming our *hype dream* <3 stay safe guys!

@nosfer Thank you! <3 The tutorial was shorter but people who tested it requested some more stuff explained so we delivered ^^'

@henrycgs We wanted to make the windows move-able but it was not possible technically in Game Maker (or at least our programmer didn't knw how to do it quickly during the jam xD) But in case we get famous and we do a full game or something, we'll use this great feature for sure! Thank you <3

@lyrcaxis thank you! and cograttos on trying the hard mode, it doesn't seem to be a popular choice xD

I also really like the colors here and that you also approach our relation with social media. This has a very cool aesthetics and good mood. I am also glad that you managed to make the mechanics work much better than we could lol. I kinda feel a 90s vibe to it too, kinda nostalgic. It has a bit of Emily was away .. perhaps? Congratulations for your nice work!

I love this game it's so beautiful!!

Wow, this was an absolute top tier game. Very fun gameplay, well polished, a helpful tutorial, difficulties that fit well (I first tried easy, then i moved on to hard and the increase in difficulty felt right). Also a fresh and intresting idea, it's not often that i see this kind of multitasking games.

The graphics were really cute and good. If i had to suggest a change, it would be to make the text stand out more. I felt like it fit together with the rest of the art *too well*, which is a problem with text as you want a contrast so it is more easily read.

Sound design was also on point, together with the graphics it created a very calming atmosphere that drew me in.

This game is so damn good in every aspect that i feel like i have to point out it's weakest part.

The connection to the theme.

And that is definetly not a problem with the game, it certainly didn't make it any less enjoyable, but I am supposed to rate it so i might as well explain.

I like the idea of keeping hype alive. But i don't think that the implementation of it is worth a 5-star in theme. That's because, to me, keeping something alive means that It's a constant struggle to keep it from dying, a constant struggle to give it one more breath.

I feel like the hype-meter kind of alienated the life part of keeping something alive.

I find it really hard to express my thoughts, but my suggestion would be to have some ui-thing where the player can see a crowd. And as long as there are people in that crowd, the hype is alive. But then some of them start to leave when the hype is falling of. But you know, that as long as you keep at least ONE person in the crowd, the hype is alive.

That would enable the player to connect more with the game, to constantly struggle to keep that last fan from leaving.

**I don't know if that made any sense**, I am tired and will go to sleep now.

Awesome game though!

very beautiful, good selection from the color palette, it was worth waiting for the kawaii module to load. very fun and frantic and with a great sense of humor, I really liked it.

@velvetlobster thank you and glad that you enjoyed our little game! And lol yes, Emily is away, I wasn't able to recall this game when I was designing it and my team was like "wtf is he talking about, what game". I was a bit inspired by this one, yes but mostly idea-wise as I forgot the game name.

@jenny-bourke @magus24 thank you for dreaming our *hype dream* <3

@invixel Thank you for in-depth comment! We're happy that you enjoyed it <3 As for the keeping the hype alive, there is actually a crowd-thing in-game (The Wobbler, "Twitch") in the bottom right corner where you can see your fans reaction to your game development.
However, I understand what you're talking about and I agree that a crowd (or maybe just a viewer's count that cannot drop to 0?) and the animal vievers leaving in case the hype gets really low would be a great improvement and a better way to implement the theme. Thank you so much for this comment, it was definitely eye-opening for me! So no worries, you did good, you stated the problem clearly and it makes sense. Goodnight uwu

WOW! Graphics are unbelievable :thumbsup:

@maqo12 thank you so much!

Wonderful game! The color palette and art style really fits together. I like the relaxing music. And the whole OS thing is so nice to look at and actually feels kinda real :) Also thanks for the good tutorial, really helped a lot. Even easy mode made me build up some adrenaline, but it never felt unfair.

Good stuff! Nice idea! Perfectly executed!

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