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TAB-BOT by Constantine Pallas

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made by Constantine Pallas for Ludum Dare 50 (JAM)

TAB-BOT is a robotic friend that lives on your desktop, or in a tab.

Play games, and talk to him. He's a pretty cool robot.

Please don't quit the game, that would make him very sad.​

Available now for Windows, Mac, Linux, and HTML5.

PLAYDATE version in development.

Edit: I'm investigating a bug where opening the piano minigame in the HTML5 version causes a crash.

tabbot-01.png

In Development https://constantine-pallas.itch.io/tab-bot
Web Version https://constantine-pallas.itch.io/tab-bot
Windows https://constantine-pallas.itch.io/tab-bot
HTML5 https://constantine-pallas.itch.io/tab-bot
Linux https://constantine-pallas.itch.io/tab-bot
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/50/tab-bot

Ratings

Overall 1300th 2.868⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1217th 2.816⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 997th 2.974⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1373th 2.444⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 535th 3.842⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 917th 2.382⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Humor 334th 3.605⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 699th 3.471⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Given 6🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

PossiblyAxolotl
05. Apr 2022 · 05:16 UTC
the little playdate man is very cute :) 10/10
LDJam user 279546
05. Apr 2022 · 05:21 UTC
Tab bot is adorable
apaull0
05. Apr 2022 · 05:24 UTC
Cool guy! Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I cannot seem to play the minigames... please let me know what to do! I want to keep Tab-Bot happy. I don't want to leave him so soon. :')
Sciman101
05. Apr 2022 · 14:11 UTC
Fun idea, I like the presentation! It says something that this isn't the first 'your tamagochi will be sad if you leave it' sort of game, seems to be a common theme. Unfortunately, I kept trying to play the piano minigame but the game crashed whenever I did. Regardless, cute little game!
LDJam user 5143
06. Apr 2022 · 09:07 UTC
I have crush when I trying to play piano.

![Screenshot at Apr 06 12-07-23.png](///raw/714/1/z/4d074.png)
Jibberwocky
06. Apr 2022 · 09:09 UTC
I got a JavaScript error when trying to play one of top mini-games in html5 that I think killed tab bot, but click the cookie and paper scissors rock worked. Very cute tamagochi style game.
nullval
06. Apr 2022 · 13:34 UTC
How do I explain to my boss that he's not getting those spreadsheets today? I don't wanna make TAB bot sad :(
Also neat little idea, with a very cohesive graphical style, sorta like a 2-bit 30's rubberhose cartoon
LDJam user 278918
06. Apr 2022 · 17:35 UTC
I played in browser, and it crashed when I clicked the piano game. The rest of this is very cute though, and I hope to play it on my Playdate when it arrives!
lpettler
13. Apr 2022 · 20:11 UTC
Fun concept, but like other reviews, I had crash issues attempting to play the piano minigame in HTML.
The graphics are charming but the novelty runs out fast...unless I'm missing something...

Edit: Turns out I was! Finally clicked on the speech bubble. TAB-BOT certainly did make me laugh with a meta-humor that reminded me of Undertale.
zimny11
21. Apr 2022 · 17:26 UTC
Nice art style. The web window is a bit small and as others pointed out the piano is bugged, but besides that cool entry. The TAB-BOT is really cute :)