Critter™ Sitter

by those-30-ninjas

co-authored: @affinitychris, @ezaudio, @hemlocksoames, @mcovert

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.97

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.83

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.82

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.51

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.27

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.90

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.84

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.95

How many Critters™ can you take care of at once?

In Critter™ Sitter, you have to keep all the Critters™ alive, but more just keep showing up! Do your best to manage your Critters™ so that they live the fullest lives they can!

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How to Play

- What do I do?: Critters™ will be popping on screen constantly. Do what you can to keep them alive!
- Feeding: Critters™ gotta eat! Feed them with the left button to give them food.
- Loving: Critters™ need love, play a mini-game with them using the right button. (Mini-game controls vary)

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In casual mode, there is no true objective, only a sense of dedication and responsibility. Critters™ will constantly spawn on screen, and you, the player, must try to keep as many alive as possible.

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In survival mode, you must not let a single Critter™ die! Last as long as you can, taking care of each Critter™ until one inevitably perishes.

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Hit this fancy button to see all the people that worked on this game! But, I mean, you can also see them directly below this too... Either way this game was made by the Troll Games team!

> Programming
- Michael Covert (@mcovert)
- James Maloney (@hemlocksoames)

> Art
- Andrew Wagoner (@those-30-ninjas)
- Chris Weiss (@affinitychris) - https://twitter.com/AffinityChrisss

> Sound & Music
- Eddie Zak (@ezaudio)

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- Website: http://trollgames.net/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrollGameJams

Tags: #casual, #cute, #management

Genres: simulation

Comments34

AffinityChris4 Dec 2017, 21:27

AmyPie805 Dec 2017, 22:37

Oh my goodness, this game was so funny! Loved it, lovely art, and an interesting take on a simulator!

Snowdrama6 Dec 2017, 04:48

Nice one! Loved the implementation of the theme

sorlok6 Dec 2017, 04:50

I really liked this game; it was a lot of fun, provided good audio feedback (when a critter was unhappy), and had a "figure it out" feel to the minigames that mostly just worked. I just wish there was a plausible way to keep it going when more than ~8 critters were on screen --at that point a single minigame just takes way too much time. Either way, great job with the theme, and adorable game!

kleinzach6 Dec 2017, 05:06

Great entry! A completely unique theme and the amount of polish was great! I love all of the types of critters and the animations unique to each of them. A complete home run on the art and sound and presentation.

Clayton Schuyler6 Dec 2017, 05:14

Very neat idea, got super tough quick!

mooncalf6 Dec 2017, 05:53

Great take on the theme. Adorable aesthetic, well polished controls. This is a great game!

BalladofSong7 Dec 2017, 05:58

Love the way this game goes with the theme. It reminds me of my childhood; having like 6 tamagotchis and all of them dying.

Maksim Nikolaev7 Dec 2017, 07:14

Oh my good! This game gives me flashbacks. Kudos to you: it is a great idea and fits the theme perfectly.

Breganov7 Dec 2017, 08:58

This game is awesome!

kothead7 Dec 2017, 17:57

One of the most polished entries I've seen so far! Good job!

AffinityChris7 Dec 2017, 17:59

Thanks everyone for your incredibly uplifting comments! I'm happy everyone's enjoyed the game thus far :)

jfraser3147 Dec 2017, 18:03

I need to stop playing, I killed way too many critters. Definitely on point for the theme, but man do I feel bad about myself now.

Serval Games7 Dec 2017, 18:04

Very addictive and cute but death of the first Critters™ was a shocking experience!

Norbert7 Dec 2017, 18:05

Probably the highest rated game by me yet. I felt like I had 7 tamagotchi in my pocket at once, who could now that will be so annoying but in a positive way. For now (and this is my 3th day of searching in LD games) my favorite game. Great job !

SgtVoid7 Dec 2017, 18:05

Cool game! Really like the way you integrated the theme. (also strangely got me googling where i can order a tamagotchi, but that may be just me :P)

sbarrio7 Dec 2017, 18:10

Lovely graphics and sound, you recreated the tamagotchi experience faithfully. I love the small minigame of rock-paper-scissors. Nice job!

shinyogre7 Dec 2017, 18:16

Absolutely brilliant interpretation of the theme with period sfx and visuals. There were no complicated mechanics to figure out so I could get down to business right away. I thought the pacing might be a tad too quick. I think you want players grinning and basking in the nostalgia for a bit longer before it becomes a hilarious challenge to feed them and hug them all. Then again, maybe that's what the casual mode is for.

DiFFtY7 Dec 2017, 18:20

I loved the idea ! Tamagochis always got boring to me at some point, but here you don't have time to get bored ;p
Love the graphics too, it's really tense and all. Congrats ;)

Fis7 Dec 2017, 18:42

Simply great :)

Chronosv27 Dec 2017, 18:45

That was amazing! A little difficult to manage (especially with the minigames) but I think that's the point. Really amazing implementation.
I would have never imagined a Virtual Pet sitting game.

Keep up the great work!

EzAudio7 Dec 2017, 19:40

Oh my! Thank you all so much for the feedback! I'm glad everyone loved Critter Sitter. I had a blast making the sound for it.

jjjjason8 Dec 2017, 05:42

Wholly nailed the aesthetic, completely nails the experience of taking care of Critters™ as a kid, from graphics to music. Game ramps up in difficulty at a good pace, although it didn't take long to become unmanageable for me, haha.

One thing I will note though is I'm still not quite sure how to play Rock Paper Scissors. I would pretty much press randomly every time.

mcovert8 Dec 2017, 21:07

@jjjjason that's prettymuch how you play rock paper scissors - it's sort of designed to take longer or shorter just based on random chance, to mix up the routine a little bit.

Joror9 Dec 2017, 19:00

Nice tamagochiing! At first I thought it would be just some topping up, but then I saw the minigames in each, evil! :D

I wouldn't have made a casual/non casual distinction here, but just one game type. Would have loved a 'you can lose only X creatures' rule, then I could have had a creature graveyard in a corner :P

LeReveur10 Dec 2017, 19:25

Wowowow. That escalated quickly.
Funny game, funny idea, but why did you extract thoose devil creatures from the hells where they belong?!
I tried two or three times the survival mode, but they die too quickly, so I tried the casual mode once. It was fun, but I still don't understand why sometimes they die when they're happy…
Good job anyway, it was fun to play!

Bastienre423 Dec 2017, 12:07

Excellent mood and very nice graphics ! Its a really good approach to the theme, I love it !

pinneh23 Dec 2017, 14:45

I really like the idea! That is very close to an idea I was thinking of doing for this LD. hi5!

Papaver23 Dec 2017, 16:25

Nice game! It took me a while to realise that there were minigames and how to play them. I didnt see why I was game over, it would be nice to present some feedback to the player. Nice art and music. :)

Goat Toaster Games24 Dec 2017, 00:22

I'm a big tamagotchi fan and this was so much fun. A really well executed idea and super great nostalgic graphics!! Very well done :)

Riemann Integrable24 Dec 2017, 04:29

It's a really pretty game and a lot of fun. The music/ sound is really nice too. I remember the nightmare of too many tamagotchi when I was a kid- we used to give them to our parents to look after when they got banned at school, so I really like the idea. A little more instruction on the minigames would be helpful because I lost a couple before I realised what was going on. Otherwise, a really inventive an d polished feeling game.

Franklins Ghost25 Dec 2017, 13:25

Enjoyed the way you interpreted the theme. Thought it was an interesting take with the mix of tamagotchi and management system. The sounds and music also worked well in setting the retro vibe to the game which was a nice touch. Liked playing and seeing how many I could survive with. Fun challenge.

shemoKam27 Dec 2017, 21:39

aaah the nostalgia XD

thank you for this game, its fun and cute :3