Office Pets! by MisterCarson

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made by MisterCarson for Ludum Dare 56 (COMPO)

Raise your Office Inspired Creatures!

Office Pets is an idle game where you raise your office inspired pets by feeding them their favorite supplies. As you feed them, you'll increase your bond with then, causing them to evolve. The more the evolve, the more coins they'll produce. Use your coins purchase more items/creatures and fill your desk with all the little fellas you can.

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This is my first individually programmed game and was a struggle. If there are any bugs, please let me know. Thanks for checking it out!

Controls:

  • Pick up Items and Creatures with Left Click
  • Creatures will automatically interact with nearby objects. They can be a little shy though
  • Inventory is stored in the top left, click on the icon to spawn an item into the World
  • Open the shop to buy more items
  • Collect Coins by hovering your mouse over them

Tips:

  • Everyone loves sticky notes and buttons, however Cats love glue and the Dogs love staples. They're more likely to pursue those items if they are nearby so if you want to focus on leveling up a dog with cats nearby, use staples.
  • When your creatures are sad or hungry, boost their mood by feeding them. Creatures can eat out of your hand so make it easy for them!

Known Bugs:

  • BUGS HAVE BEEN FIXED!!! (If there are still more then please let me know)

All fixed bugs are uploaded separately to their own branch on GitHub. The original version of the game is available in the main branch.

Ratings

Overall 113th 3.661⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Fun 210th 3.196⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 190th 3.214⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Theme 37th 4.161⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 3th 4.661⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Humor 63th 3.64⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 101th 3.63⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 27🗨️

Feedback

nicole_a
06. Oct 2024 · 23:22 UTC
Wow what a cute game! Really good style for the compo!

Tho I think I am unable to buy glue...
richjbaron
07. Oct 2024 · 02:18 UTC
Super cute and impressive work. I just don't really understand what each item does or how to do better/worse if that makes sense.
candlesan
07. Oct 2024 · 03:46 UTC
The care and feeding of these pets is both relaxing and cute!
Love the quality of the pixel art. Very well done.
Turquoise Moon
07. Oct 2024 · 14:42 UTC
I love the sprites, the creatures are so cool and cute!
I agree with richjbaron though, I didn't really understand what the items did or what made them different from each other.
i_cam
07. Oct 2024 · 14:43 UTC
Very cute game and artstyle! This is a cool idle game that's makes great use of the theme, and the art looks phenomenal! Well done!
GrUt607
07. Oct 2024 · 15:59 UTC
Not a very intuitive game, but still quite interesting.
Yoav Kagan
07. Oct 2024 · 20:25 UTC
Loved the art! enjoyed taking care of these little guys, great job!
SMoore
07. Oct 2024 · 21:39 UTC
Took a bit of playing around to get the idea of what my little critters wanted but really cute idea! Really enjoyed transforming them into their other forms!
IonBingo
08. Oct 2024 · 00:09 UTC
Desk object theme is really unique and suits the genre. Love the graphics and I think the gameplay loop has a lot of potential.
SHAKIROVICH
08. Oct 2024 · 04:33 UTC
Very cute, and nice art, would like to see more challenges added
Thomas Gelman
09. Oct 2024 · 02:52 UTC
This game is super cute! It was fun pushing this game to its limits. I either got it to crash or triggered some infinite loop, so I guess that means I win!![Screenshot 2024-10-08 225238.png](///raw/1dc/c5/z/6826f.png)
Blazejmg917
09. Oct 2024 · 20:39 UTC
This was a really cute game! I loved the art style and how the different pets would morph into larger versions of themselves! There definitely were some weird overlapping collision issues once you got a lot of pets on the board, and there could've been some further indication of what some of the less immediately obvious items would be useful for, but it was a fun, quick game to mess around with!
Miku
11. Oct 2024 · 17:19 UTC
I didn't really understand what to do at first but once the eggs started popping and the creatures started leaving coins, I loved watching as they grew into the bigger versions of themselves! The tiny tapes to the bigger tape, great creature designs. Some sound effects could've made it even better (such as coin blips) or other things, but this is definitely a game you could leave running while... "working". I also really wanted the other objects in the scene to be clickable, like expanding the to-do note or the play w/pet.
_nill_.
11. Oct 2024 · 21:55 UTC
A very cute and relaxing game. It was interesting to watch the processes, the very pleasant graphics make the game even more calm and inviting.
henk
11. Oct 2024 · 22:43 UTC
I liked the visuals, but it feels like the gameplay runs out a bit too soon. The game sort of pushes you
towards growing as many pets as possible, but nothing changes when you do
and the framerate doesn't withstand it for long.

Also: needs sound! Basic video game bleeps and boops are super easy to generate with online tools, and
it would have made the game feel a lot more finished with not much effort.
Adrien Tremblay
13. Oct 2024 · 18:58 UTC
Art was sooooo cute. Wish there was audio though
Roroto Sic
17. Oct 2024 · 09:39 UTC
Very cute game and lovely pixel art :) Can creatures die? I had a purple cat but it disappeared :'(

![Capture d’écran 2024-10-17 113533.png](///raw/d93/94/z/68e99.png)
WhaleJam
18. Oct 2024 · 08:40 UTC
Super cute! I want a way to pet them or a ball to throw around or a toy fish for them to catch!
MaximeG
19. Oct 2024 · 12:56 UTC
waw pretty impressive, I loved the design and diversity of each evolutions, good job!
M2tias
20. Oct 2024 · 20:37 UTC
I want office pets and I really need a "cope" button on my work laptop too! Nice and wholesome chill game. Nice experience :)
Untitled Studios
24. Oct 2024 · 02:14 UTC
Cute and fun! Absolutely incredible for the first game you've programmed. And absolutely gorgeous, oh my goodness. All of these designs are so charming, it makes me want a whole animal/office supply based pokemon-type game!
Zirrrus
24. Oct 2024 · 10:22 UTC
Super cute art! It was pretty fun, feeding them for a while... watching them wobble around :)
LDJam user 399892
25. Oct 2024 · 20:18 UTC
Love it! With more pet types and some ambient audio it would rock!!