Creature Keeper

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.30
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.00
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.90
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.31
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.73
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.46
A game where you have to look after a strange creature.

Updates

29/4 - Bugfix: R key no longer restarts the game while typing in a name for your pet

Credits

- Game made using GameMaker Studio 2
- Graphics made using Aseprite
- Sound Effects made using Bfxr

#### Fonts
- Retron 2000 by Daymarius (https://www.dafont.com/retron2000.font)
- 8 Bit Wonder by Joiro Hatgaya (https://www.dafont.com/8bit-wonder.font)

#### Audio
- Rescue from PlayOnLoop.com (https://www.playonloop.com)
- Finger Tap by pikachu09 (https://freesound.org/people/pikachu09/sounds/204605/)
- Dog Grumble by qubodup (https://opengameart.org/content/dog-snarl-grunt-grumble)

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Comments13

ThomasLebel21 Apr 2020, 21:22
Lovely game !
But it broke my heart when those aliens...and Bob...Oh shit, I can't do this anymore, I miss Bob :cry:
Steve Sparkes
Steve Sparkes21 Apr 2020, 21:24
A really funny take on tamagotchi! It was fun to play through, but would have benefited from being clearer with how far through the game you made it. I'm not sure I got to read all the brilliant writing!

Great entry, keep making games!
Evil_As_Shit21 Apr 2020, 21:25
Cute game. Got a little repetitive after a while. I just let it sit for a while and fed/played/trained it when its mood went lower. Wish there was more penalites for doing things. Like I fed it a buuunch of pizza but it didnt seem to affect its mood.
jerripo
jerripo21 Apr 2020, 21:34
I played this multiple times because I really love pet games, and I wanted to see all the endings. The alien part made me sad too. The humourous bits were really sweet, and I was very sad when he died of hunger by accident. I fed him obsessively the next game. It spooked me when he turned into a teen and his mood was permanently content.
The evolutions were nice and they were satisfying. Great game!
TheQiwiBoy21 Apr 2020, 21:44
This game is SO COOL! I really like all of the endings and dialogue. Thx for making this!
slotha
slotha27 Apr 2020, 00:35
Awesome game! I love a good coding timeplapse! At first it wasn't clear to click the egg to make it hatch (if that's what made it hatch) I love all the unique messages and generally had a good time trying to see what other messages I could get! Keep making awesome games!
Zyrconium29 Apr 2020, 20:28
I really like the writing here, there's a lot of it and it's generally funny and never grating.

The pacing seemed a little iffy, you might want to give the player some indication that they're making progress, either by telling them that time is a factor early on(I think that's true?) or through some sort of gauge.

Also, I think the R key resets the game, which generally makes sense, but is a little inconvinient when trying to type a name with an R in it.
akai_0okami
akai_0okamiauthor29 Apr 2020, 20:50
@zyrconium Thanks for playing and for letting me know about the issue with the R key, I'll get that fixed.
Le Don
Le Don29 Apr 2020, 23:49
Love the writing of it and the different endings. But it's hard to see if and how I as a player make any progess. Maybe some feedback would be great.
Ogma
Ogma6 May 2020, 06:11
Oddly enough, it was an unexpected take on the theme (to me).

It's kinda sad that Truche went with his people but well, that's life I suppose. :
lilkrit11 May 2020, 11:42
I love the jokes :)

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