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Hitogochi

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Mood833.90
Overall1123.81
Theme1383.99
Humor1483.59
Innovation1593.54
Fun2123.51
Audio2423.44
Graphics2613.92

Comments

klbrazil 2015-08-24 12:31

great music, great art and it has multiple endings i like it :D

goet 2015-08-24 12:37

Cute AND horrifying? Perfect.

demy 2015-08-24 12:48

That was the first date sim(?) I played. Good one! Sometimes text isn't quite readable though. Graphics are cute and idea is cool.

cultofmonkey 2015-08-24 13:00

Wow! Started off a little slow, but got really interesting. Love the graphics!

mipzeemallows 2015-08-24 13:43

Such a cute game. Loved it!

thomastc 2015-08-24 13:57

I laughed out loud when I "lost" for the first time. But after a few plays, I figured out what the symbols meant and had a rough idea how to influence them, and I got the happy ending :)

pixlwalkr 2015-08-24 15:44

I like how it has multiple endings, nice pixel art and audio also!

avultima 2015-08-26 02:14

SO CUTE! I really enjoyed this! I hope this gets more notice! :(

obvious_san 2015-08-26 11:52

Great art, great dialogs, sweet music and multiple endings = love :) Totally like it! Good job.

seamonster131 2015-08-26 14:50

Nice dialogs and music, good job :)

rongefilet 2015-08-26 14:54

Cuteness overload (or is it ?). Loved it. ^^

joh 2015-08-26 16:26

That was pretty good! but why such a tame "eating" should've wewnt the whole way!! Ill try some more to see if taking only the arm was a "better" outcome then some.

jupiter_hadley 2015-08-26 18:24

Really, really nice game. I included it in part 8 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/tto3rRaLBXQ

guoboism 2015-08-27 08:38

Overall 5/5!
Great job! The game is lovely! This could be the most sweet way interpret the 'monster' in the theme! The inner conflict between kill and love, the polished graphics and tweening! Picked by GB!

t4u 2015-08-27 12:18

Didn't make it to the end, maybe not my type of game.

Dislike: Music, shaky screen

Like: Grumpy monster's answers

cheesyramen 2015-08-28 05:12

Really cute date sim! I really enjoyed playing it!
Great job =)

rudra 2015-08-28 07:07

Loved the multiple ending aspect of the game. the music and art style are great!

spotco 2015-08-28 08:50

Loved it, I'm a real sucker for these kind of games :)

derr 2015-08-28 09:56

Squeeeee! :D

slothmachine 2015-08-28 20:31

Ah such a lovely story. And I didn't even need to eat her. Nice flow in graphics and music.

rockhoppergames 2015-08-29 10:23

This one is really excellent! I got a sweet ending, and a somewhat faster one... I still want to come back to try out some more of it, though!

bradur 2015-08-29 10:41

The graphics & sound was amazing :). The story was nice, and the game fit the theme quite nicely. Well done!

leafthief 2015-08-29 10:47

I really like the commentary (or "message" if you will) here. A nice take on what it means to be a monster and the conflict that comes with it.

Good job!

oadt 2015-08-29 14:18

Great game, love the atmosphere and ending, well... as long as I don't eat Nadine before :P

radmars 2015-08-30 05:20

Brilliant touch with the "EAT" and "NO" representing the conflicting desires of the monster!

happyhour 2015-08-30 12:54

I ate her! Cute visuals and audio :)

jackdegree 2015-08-30 13:04

Haha what a great idea! Love it!

xvw 2015-08-30 13:57

Perfect game!
I chose to be the wicked then romantic monster, it was HARD to not eat her, haha. :D
There's really a lot of possibilities! I did not notice any duplicate actions!

Well done! <3

crucknuk 2015-08-30 15:03

The concept is just brilliant I liked it!

vitoraguiar 2015-08-30 16:08

a monster visual novel with tamagotchi i loved! so cute and well made, good job!

mach60kas 2015-08-31 01:33

Fun, cutesy dating sim. I'm concerned for Nadine and the protagonist's relationship though, considering he spent the best part of a week wanting to eat her... I really liked this, although I only managed to get the sweet ending (and eat her on the second day, of course). Great entry, well done! :)

empyrealhell 2015-08-31 03:24

That was awesome. The only part I felt was a bit cheap was trying to be nice offering her my food, only to find out it was poisonous to her. Other than that, it was good, and the variety of endings were all satisfying.

triplevisiongames 2015-08-31 08:32

That was great! Mmmmmm tasty human.....

Love the tune too, so sweet and nice.

sunflower 2015-08-31 09:28

The game sure gives lots of choices! For example here: http://i.imgur.com/FmHM6YO.png

Either way, interesting visual novel and good take on inverting classic Tamagotchi. Most of the time the choices felt "too obvious" (i.e. it wasn't difficult to tell which effect they'd have), but I don't think it's a big flaw (it's not uncommon, either).

Graphics and audio were pretty cute, though sometimes I feel a font colour could have been chosen better; the narration text is a bit dark, and the red text kinda clashes with the background.

Still, pretty nice entry overall. ^^"

bodsey 2015-09-01 17:06

How could you think of doing a date sim with this theme ? lol it's briliant, congrats

andrei313 2015-09-02 00:16

That was unexpected. I liked it.
The moving UI made me a little dizzy...

general 2015-09-02 19:12

I really liked the story and how the main hero is fighting his monster nature.

Please, check my video review: https://youtu.be/Ey3lKehbPVI

mase 2015-09-02 20:40

s-suki desu!

also:
Very cohesive graphical style. The slight animation on everything looks great.

franklins-ghost 2015-09-03 11:07

Clever game and nice to see the other side of the story of a tamagotchi. Graphics are great and the multiple endings were a nice touch.

pixzleone 2015-09-05 14:34

That was cool, I like it! :)

dregamr 2015-09-05 16:11

Beautiful game, I really liked it! :)

literal_games 2015-09-05 18:00

Cute, played through a couple of times to see different choices and really enjoyed it!

sausagroll 2015-09-05 22:45

fun little game, i felt so bad when i accidentally killed her :(

taro 2015-09-05 23:30

That was hilarious! I liked the underlying conflict of wanting to consume the caretaker (as well as other myriad of method to kill her). Ended in a romance ending (dunno if there are other endings) while frantically trying to retain my resources. Adorable, stupid, and absurd: the perfect formula. Great presentation, too.

Thought the music was pretty repetitive. Could have been more contextually sensitive. A nitpick, though.

xwarzonex 2015-09-05 23:37

I loved it, it was really fun, and funny.

bombjack 2015-09-08 10:57

not my kind of game. but very innovative anyway.

vdz 2015-09-12 14:34

Is it even possible to get a different good ending than the romance ending? I tried several times but couldn't get any other good ending.

Anyways, I liked the game enough to try multiple times before giving up on finding different endings. It's fun trying the different options and seeing what results they bring.

The art is obviously the strongest point of the game. It's very charming and works very well in the game. The only minor flaw I could find was that Nadine's death sprite didn't really have much of an impact.

I disagree with most commenters on the audio. While the background tune is nice, it gets repetitive over time. More importantly, there are countless missed opportunities where the game could be enhanced with sound. Most notably, Nadine's death is soundless with the cutesy tune still playing in the background. Even just muting the sound would have made it much more dramatic, but ideally you'd want a short dramatic BGM and sound effect. Sound could also provide tons of feedback (for example to indicate Nadine's mood changes) or help immersion (eating sounds while eating, etc). The audio's not terrible, but it could have been so much better.

jupiter_hadley 2015-11-14 16:53

I included your game in an article of my favorites and added a trophy to your profile! http://fireside.gamejolt.com/post/jam-favorites-ludum-dare-33-part-1-uzbzpjci