DeskBuddy

ramchops-games 2024-10-07 20:56

This is one of those games that you have to sit down and set aside while you let it run on its own, occasionally interacting with the buddy to care for them. It's just like the real thing! I like my virtual desktop friend. They're cute, you can dress them up, give them furniture, and even interact with them a bit!

The strap slightly bouncing when shaking the device is a subtle but nice touch! ~~Don't ask me how I know that, I definitely didn't shake the device expecting the buddy to get a bit dizzy~~

Picture of my guy right before they graduated. Hope you live a good life out there, buddy. Screenshot 2024-10-08 034615.png

zakku 2024-10-08 13:12

Uhm wtf so great, toysgame are so great, and it's so well done here, bravo !!

derllie 2024-10-08 13:15

such a cute design, you did really cool!

doot 2024-10-08 14:36

Loved it! I'm not sure I understood everything but I unlocked a lot of very cool stuff 😎

natahan 2024-10-08 18:48

So nostalgic wave com from this game... :blush: good job !

iwant-pizza 2024-10-09 10:24

Sooo cute, like this

edali 2024-10-09 10:26

So so cute!

komarebi 2024-10-09 10:27

Noice As goood as it simple

afganistan 2024-10-09 10:32

OMG this is amazing! did really good

jetrumbel 2024-10-09 10:37

10/10, summoned a demon

upint 2024-10-09 11:25

It will not leave my desktop

woona 2024-10-09 14:16

Very cute character design, unique concept and a lot of cosmetics. I think you balanced the interactivity for this kind of game well. Great job!

docgeraud 2024-10-09 19:40

This is so coool, I love it!

kerdelos 2024-10-09 20:48

Love the vibe of this game !! Sadly I launched this game as the last one of the evening. Little did I knew I could have had Finn playing games with me all night long :/ It's a really nice idea and being able to customize your buddy is super cool.

The only "downsides" I could see is that I couldn't resize the game, so on my 2K screen, the font is actually quite small. And at the beggining of the game, lots of notification would come up and prevent me from reading all the funny lines you wrote for the unlocks.

It's a really cool game, great job everyone !

kyrio 2024-10-09 21:52

This is very well done! Obviously there's not much to do but it's still full of content and variety, which was also our approach when we made a Tamagotchi tribute in the last LD. And it's a very clever use of the desktop and Godot features to have it sit in a corner of the screen, similar to what games like Rusty's Retirement are doing. It reminds me of old "screenmates" like [Neko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_(software). That was kind of our undoing last time, as our game couldn't really be left in the background unless you downloaded it :sweat_smile:

I particularly liked the item descriptions, which are very witty - and that's easier said than done. These types of games often seem simpler that they actually are: here, I assume you had to plan for the accessories to appear at the right place regardless of the creature and pose. Overall, it's an impressive amount of content and polish.

It's too bad we can't interact much with the Buddy, as the main button is only used in the rare event that it's crying. It'd be funny if it had some random reactions to the button, or to you moving the window. The tribute would be complete if you could play some basic minigames with your Buddy, but that seems out of scope for a jam.

(Also, I had no idea you could use Rider for GDScript! Another point for Rider... :smile:)

serenitydev 2024-10-10 07:26

Amazing game! It makes great use of Godot's features, is simple and perfect for a jam setting, and served as a great little companion to sit there while I played some of the jam games tonight. Furthermore your jam page itself has wonderful and professional formatting and presentation. Every single last detail has gotten careful attention and I definitely think this is one of the most well presented and polished games of the whole jam.

pimping 2024-10-10 17:25

Tamagochi concept it`s something new...10/10

sharky3188 2024-10-11 05:00

Super cute and well executed concept. Loved seeing all the different sort of unlocks/achievements you could get (yes i pressed the button 666 times without an auto clicker). Not sure what the button actually does, if it does anything at all? but otherwise really well done.

zebu 2024-10-11 16:26

@sharky3188 the button is used only for the "cry" event to comfort your buddy. There are 3 items that are unlocked when interacting with it directly.