Ludum Dare #50extra
Virtomae - Virtual Pet Buddy - Pet Anything
A 2000s-style fully cusomizable virtual pet game! Take care of your virtual buddy of choice! Have fun together (play an increasing number of minigames, listen to music and watch videos) to make sure they are satisfied! You can also connect with your friends! Return to your pet daily to help it prosper!
One day a little robot vacuum from space landed on Earth, crashing into a small-town laboratory. After being discovered in the pile of shards and rubble by one of the interns (a.k.a. the player), the cutesy device turned out to be a friendly, pet-like companion with a very unusual power... turning itself or all of the surroundings into any objects imaginable! Deciding to befriend and reverse-engineer the small cleaner, your goal is to help them survive, stay happy and make sure their mission of exploration is successful, before it's time for the inevitable grand return to Venus.
Mouse + buttons - most in-game actions; ESC - leaving the minigames and some other sections; R - sending the robot back (resetting the game)
The core game itself is finished, yet aspects of it are still in active development for future updates. The game is based on the system clock and the inevitable is in its case your pet being gone (such a situation can take place if the pet wasn't cared for and visited by the player frequently enough).
The plot:
One day a little robot vacuum from space landed on Earth, crashing into a small-town laboratory. After being discovered in the pile of shards and rubble by one of the interns (a.k.a. the player), the cutesy device turned out to be a friendly, pet-like companion with a very unusual power... turning itself or all of the surroundings into any objects imaginable! Deciding to befriend and reverse-engineer the small cleaner, your goal is to help them survive, stay happy and make sure their mission of exploration is successful, before it's time for the inevitable grand return to Venus.
Controls:
Mouse + buttons - most in-game actions; ESC - leaving the minigames and some other sections; R - sending the robot back (resetting the game)
The core game itself is finished, yet aspects of it are still in active development for future updates. The game is based on the system clock and the inevitable is in its case your pet being gone (such a situation can take place if the pet wasn't cared for and visited by the player frequently enough).
Tools: Clickteam Fusion
Comments14
lletzgogames15 Apr 2022, 22:09
Thank you very much for the feedback! :smile: It's great to see others enjoying my creation's direction.
Zitao YE17 Apr 2022, 03:09
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!
ruddiculous17 Apr 2022, 05:35
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!
ColeSlaughter17 Apr 2022, 07:06
Thanks for submitting your game to stream!
It took us a while to figure it out, but I'm glad we were able to figure it out in the end! :smile:
It took us a while to figure it out, but I'm glad we were able to figure it out in the end! :smile:
StrangerYann17 Apr 2022, 11:36
thanks for sharing man, keep working at it, looking forward to testing the next iterations :sparkles:
Omiya Games18 Apr 2022, 00:03
Will write up a full review soon, but here's our let's play of your game!
gdesecrate19 Apr 2022, 15:03
Thanks for the game!
Kszaku19 Apr 2022, 15:58
This reminded me of those tamagotchi toys from the 90s!
zimny1119 Apr 2022, 21:18
Nice game! There is quite a lot to do. Love all the addition: changing pet appearance, arcade game, pet needs... Good job :)
LDJam user 25042620 Apr 2022, 21:22
you already have quite a bit of content in here, with some more polish you have something really special!
left feedback and stuff on stream here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1459065454?t=0h8m6s
left feedback and stuff on stream here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1459065454?t=0h8m6s
xjcl21 Apr 2022, 19:30
Got virus detected in Windows 10, couldn't play it
lletzgogames21 Apr 2022, 20:06
@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.
xjcl21 Apr 2022, 20:09
Windows Defender automatically deleted it but I got them to undelete it and I did end up rating it
Alpha 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!