{"author_link":"\/users\/lletzgogames","author_name":"lletzgogames","author_uid":1292766,"comments":[{"id":830764,"author_name":"khaotom","author_uid":"khaotom","epoch":1650059324,"text":"Neat. I always thought virtual pet games were pretty interesting and wondered what happened to them. Nice to see one. \n\nAlpha v0.2.9 thoughts: The various customization options are a neat idea, I didn't dig in and test them just noted that they were there. I like the street view with different places to visit. I think this is a promising project!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":830790,"author_name":"lletzgogames","author_uid":"lletzgogames","epoch":1650060591,"text":"Thank you very much for the feedback! :smile: It's great to see others enjoying my creation's direction.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":831819,"author_name":"Zitao YE","author_uid":"zitao-ye","epoch":1650164999,"text":"Interesting with the Pet game, and the tools you choose clickteam fusion also surprises me ! the control and the interactable places are a bit confusing! maybe add some stroke to make it more accessibible! good job!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":831887,"author_name":"ruddiculous","author_uid":"ruddiculous","epoch":1650173725,"text":"The way this thing ran was a bit shady, we weren't expecting it to open files outside the game lol that took us off guard. The idea of a virtual pet that you can customize is great, would have liked to see some more subtlety and focus around the pet though. The game splits into a lot of mini games that don't feel cohesive so I would focus on nailing the core pet mechanics and rewards, then extend into how that can be used in minigames. This way the pet still matters even though you've expanded the gameplay. Keep going!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":831953,"author_name":"ColeSlaughter","author_uid":"coleslaughter","epoch":1650179207,"text":"[Thanks for submitting your game to stream!](https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/1457959497?t=03h00m20s)\n\nIt took us a while to figure it out, but I'm glad we were able to figure it out in the end! :smile: ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":832069,"author_name":"StrangerYann","author_uid":"strangeryann","epoch":1650195366,"text":"thanks for sharing man, keep working at it, looking forward to testing the next iterations :sparkles:","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":832679,"author_name":"Omiya Games","author_uid":"omiya-games","epoch":1650240199,"text":"Will write up a full review soon, but here's our let's play of your game!\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/7bpS9mbzmSM?t=2504","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":834180,"author_name":"gdesecrate","author_uid":"gdesecrate","epoch":1650380628,"text":"Thanks for the game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":834221,"author_name":"Kszaku","author_uid":"kszaku","epoch":1650383936,"text":"This reminded me of those tamagotchi toys from the 90s!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":834490,"author_name":"zimny11","author_uid":"zimny11","epoch":1650403109,"text":"Nice game! There is quite a lot to do. Love all the addition: changing pet appearance, arcade game, pet needs... Good job :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":835424,"author_name":"LDJam user 250426","author_uid":"250426","epoch":1650489752,"text":"you already have quite a bit of content in here, with some more polish you have something really special!\n\n\nleft feedback and stuff on stream here:  \nhttps:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/1459065454?t=0h8m6s","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":836904,"author_name":"xjcl","author_uid":"xjcl","epoch":1650569447,"text":"Got virus detected in Windows 10, couldn't play it","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":837030,"author_name":"lletzgogames","author_uid":"lletzgogames","epoch":1650571608,"text":"@xjcl I am sorry, the only way to fix this is to pay for an expensive SSL license. You can always try clicking to open anyway, I am 99% sure there shouldn't be any real issues.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":837031,"author_name":"xjcl","author_uid":"xjcl","epoch":1650571793,"text":"Windows Defender automatically deleted it but I got them to undelete it and I did end up rating it","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld50\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gamejolt.com\/games\/virtomae\/686196","text":"GameJolt"},{"url":"https:\/\/green-leaf.itch.io\/virtomae","text":"itch.io"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"67726","g_author":"1292766","g_event":"LD50","g_eventkey":"110","g_subevent":"EXTRA","g_urlkey":"291473","g_title":"Virtomae - Virtual Pet Buddy - Pet Anything","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"14","g_site2_node_id":"292767","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"292767","n_urlkey":"291473","n_parent":"276397","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/virtomae-virtual-pet-buddy-pet-anything","n_slug":"virtomae-virtual-pet-buddy-pet-a","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"extra","n_author":"292766","n_created":"0","n_modified":"0","n_version":"911669","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"id":292767,"parent":276397,"_superparent":9,"author":292766,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"extra","published":"2022-04-15T13:20:19Z","created":"2022-04-15T13:13:19Z","modified":"2022-04-23T15:07:40Z","_trust":1,"version":911669,"slug":"virtomae-virtual-pet-buddy-pet-anything","name":"Virtomae - Virtual Pet Buddy - Pet Anything","body":"**A 2000s-style fully cusomizable virtual pet game! 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