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Welcome to paternity

By brice-mahier

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall8313.0626
Fun7912.9326
Innovation6763.1026
Theme3883.8126
Graphics8452.8726
Audio6272.8326
Humor5262.7224
Mood4563.2825

Comments

symnel 2020-04-19 23:05

Died of starvation. Would not be able to take care of a baby. I like the mood, it's hard as intended I guess. Good job!

axeltherabbit 2020-04-19 23:11

Really nice concept

reddarkwh 2020-04-20 00:02

Love the music

despiciestboi 2020-04-20 13:55

Tough and fun!

twowolf 2020-04-20 13:55

My 500+ hours of Sims experience is finally paying off... by ignoring the annyoing toddler altogether. Good game.

doga-sarp-sezer 2020-04-20 13:56

Very nice game!

kjscott 2020-04-20 14:04

My first reaction is that it very much reminded me of the Sims. The concept was good, I liked the music but with audio clipping when it reached the end of the loop and being very much the same I quickly tired of it.

The game itself is good, though no matter what you do someone is going to die at the end of it due to travel time from one station to the next. There is no way to keep everyone alive in the long run, just a matter of how long you can stave off losing. It does feel a lot like what being a parent is about except you don't get woken up randomly while you're sleeping XD

tadeas-paule 2020-04-20 14:04

So tough! Love the idea and the simple graphics. Only thing missing for me was some walking animation

bredian 2020-04-20 17:52

Nice game, but feels like can you be mommy, not daddy

jeremyfa 2020-04-20 17:52

Nice take on the theme!

matt-burton 2020-04-20 17:55

Quite fun! I wish there was a timer during playing and it was a bit tougher. However, it was super fun figuring out how to interact with the environment to see what would increase energy, hunger, and hygiene. Very clever. Keep it up!

lanalux 2020-04-20 17:59

Very cute! Very hard as well, seems realistic.

mathurin 2020-04-20 18:10

I found it a bit boring quite fast but it's well done, and the discovery part is fun! Keep it up ;)

listonos 2020-04-21 02:20

Hard to raise a kid and take care of yourself :) Solid entry

nekoruma 2020-04-21 03:40

I have felt identified !!! Hahaha Great game!

chocolat-endive 2020-04-21 14:32

Nice idea! Some little things are not really easy to understand. Trying to identify how to eat was not as easy as I excepted for example.

Quite hard, but fun!

bereg 2020-04-21 15:10

As a father can confirm, that's how it's going. Nice game!

gonutz 2020-04-21 19:11

313 seconds. Just like in real life. The throughput of babies in this house...!

You pretty much captured what having your first child is like perfectly. Hats off to you Sir for that!

First my only negative point: the music gets a bid annoying after some time and it does not fit the mood or the graphics really well in my opinion. It's OK, though.

This is a great game. The mechanics are easy to understand, the graphics are gorgeous, really cute baby for a couple of pixels :-) Maybe it is just me having little kids myself that makes this game struck a nerve for me. I would always put the baby first and starve or die on an infection :-)

I love this art style, everything looks really clean. The controls are simple and work perfectly. I walk from A to B hitting SPACE like a mad man, just like I do in day-to-day life.

Really nice execution of the theme and a very cool game. I will have my wife play it now. Here is what she has to say:

--- What the heck - where is my wife?! ---

She made it to 128 seconds and then passed out ;-)

The rule is - when the baby sleeps you sleep! Also a dirty diaper is no problem, it can wait until the last minute. As I said, everything is pretty realistic :-)

Overall a great entry, good job!

2020-04-21 19:42

Loved the music and the fact that no matter what you do sooner or later everyone dies.

weirdybeardyman 2020-04-22 13:40

280 seconds, man this game is stressful and hard haha, now I don't want a baby! Very nice game, good art style, concept and well put together.

knason 2020-04-27 18:06

This was stressful! 141 sec. just like real life! :) good job! the game was good and all the basics was there. It was fun, maybe a little bit hard to survive. but the game needs to end so it might have been good balance. I had fun! thanks!