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Tombagotchi

By terracottafrog

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall953.8329
Fun4263.1429
Innovation304.1629
Theme874.1329
Graphics1523.7229
Audio2903.0029
Humor1363.3427
Mood1813.3926

Comments

habeeb-mohammed 2018-04-23 02:32

no mac/web build :(

terracottafrog 2018-04-23 02:34

$habeeb-mohammed It relies on random numbers working exactly the same, which there are issues with in mac / web for gamemaker. It would have to have a seperate pool of pets, sadly.

terracottafrog 2018-04-23 02:34

@Habeeb Mohammed ^

seanhow3d 2018-04-23 02:41

This game is sick! I really enjoy the effort put in-order to make it a full fledge MMO! See you in the arena!

terracottafrog 2018-04-23 02:43

@SeanHow3D Did you have issues with saves resetting? I noticed that one of the user ids in the database kept getting reset, which shouldn't be able to happen.

evannex 2018-04-23 03:26

Oh woah! This is really awesome!! SO awesome that it's still up getting stronger! ^_^

chaseplays 2018-04-23 09:30

I've gotta say, I'm really happy that this game exists. The concept alone had me really excited to play it.

The game was pretty fun, and I enjoyed seeing the different species. Online worked perfectly as well, and I enjoyed my time. I also really liked the way that the "arena" looked, and the particles helped a lot. As for the minigames, I liked the speed and dexterity minigames, although strength felt somewhat boring. I would have preferred a more active option for while the minigames were loading, possibly giving each game its own timer, but otherwise I had a lot of fun. Great job!

klaus-peter 2018-04-23 21:49

Really cool game! I'm just wondering... My pet is now breed booldur, stength 22, speed 8, dextity 7, has a sir title and seriously nothing can kill it... is that supposed to be like that?

terracottafrog 2018-04-23 22:21

@Klaus-Peter I did not expect people to play that long. If you don't feed it for a while it will die, though, and if other people play that long there is a chance it may start to lose. Balance is a flaw, though.

That thing is a monster though :P

klaus-peter 2018-04-23 22:36

@TerraCottaFrog pfff xD I played it half an hour. whatever. But if you just level it good before it evolves it isn't that hard to get nice stats. I would like to rename my monster though

Ok thats weird my dead sir JDA is still around raiding half of the games

frodewin 2018-04-24 14:29

When playing, my Tombagotchi was immediately called into a tournament, which confused me a bit. I figured out how to use the three keys afterwards, although I don't use the 3 a lot. I must admit that I'm not a fan of these rudimentary interfaces, but this is authentic to the tamagotchi interface so it must be that way :-) The trainings for speed and dexterity require skill, while you cannot fail in strength, is this correct? BTW, I'm still playing.

klaus-peter 2018-04-24 16:22

@Frodewin well at some point is not possible to push the box foreward anymore in strength training. I personally dont think that winning games should give you extra points in any way. This way one player can control the game

terracottafrog 2018-04-24 18:25

@Klaus-Peter It looks like pets dying from uncleanliness does not update the server :( JDA shall live for now...

klaus-peter 2018-04-24 21:41

@TerraCottaFrog wooh :D well alfred also belongs to me. im proud of my pets xD but hey, event if there are some bugs this game is super advanced and really cool

drevilbrain 2018-04-24 23:42

I deleted my Tombagotchi with the game files. Does that make me a murderer?

klaus-peter 2018-04-25 14:25

@DrEvilBrain I suspect the actual pet data to be on a server

ddrkirbyisq 2018-04-30 05:16

Pretty cool! I wish there was something to do while idling to help the grind, but I understand that's sort of the spirit of a tamagotchi-style game anyways.

goplite 2018-04-30 13:55

This game is awesome, you should advertise it more, I was lucky to see it on the main page. There should definitely be more players and ratings on your game. I really like the concept it would be a very good dot io game if you ask me.

terracottafrog 2018-04-30 14:34

@Goplite I just got back from a trip, so next weekend I'll be rating games and hopefully getting more pets into the ecosystem. I'm thinking of hosting a postjam version on my website where I fix balance issues.

dollarone 2018-04-30 15:32

very cool game! I joined too late and SIR ALFRED rules eternally. Great little minigames although I would suggest you don't penalise people for failing them. That shit is harsh :)

I guess it would be superhard to balance it to make it less easy to dominate. Maybe each battle is between 5 or 10 tombas and not all? That way people could hope to avoid SIR ALFRED and get some wins themselves.

terracottafrog 2018-04-30 17:26

@dollarone AB doesn't happen to be your pet, does it? somehow it has 111 speed after only a few hours...

rosik 2018-04-30 19:09

So, funny idea. But there is small exploit - if you exit game, than minigame waiting timer would reset, so you could level up much faster. But even with this exploit you can't level up strength above 21, so sir alfred will remain undefeated.

shelvid 2018-04-30 19:26

So i barely understood what was happening but it was pretty cool nevertheless, i sadly couldn't change my name even after deleting game and re-downloading it so i just accidentally named myself "A". really cool idea and fact that this was done in few days is amazing! well done!

rosik 2018-05-01 09:39

Sometimes your pet don't eat till game reset. Also today we open game with friend and have different battle results for same matches. Didn't notice this yesterday. And somehow we have beaten sir alfrbd several times :D

sebastianscaini 2018-05-01 14:13

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julink 2018-05-01 17:31

Really nice idea to put a Tamagotchi into a true game^^

And wow, this game is successful because it looks like a true Tamagotchi! But, after a moment (a little moment for me), the game is boring :/ ...

klaus-peter 2018-05-01 17:38

@Rosik idk if I got the extra points by winning games or for total play time. I just dont unterstand how someone could get 84 points in speed. i mean my pet jumps slower than a new box appears... hacks?

goplite 2018-05-01 17:57

@klaus-peter as far as I know(uped speed to 21), next box appears when you hit the ground, so you just have to be lucky to jump over the first one, which appears at random, and then you just have to jump as soon as you land.

yirggzmb 2018-05-02 06:12

This is a really cool idea. Makes me miss my old tomagotchis. lol

candlesan 2018-05-02 06:28

Really awesome idea taking tama's and turning it into a battle royale. This is a great example of how two genres that are normally separate can be combined to make a new great game.

crimson 2018-05-10 13:50

Great concept and great execution! The graphics give the game a real tamagotchi feel and the battle royale aspect is so imaginative. Great work!