Not-Tamagotchi

A simple virtual pet simulator that will accompany you while you work on other things in your computer.

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About #

Not-Tamagotchi is a virtual pet simulator that will accompany you while you work on other things in your computer. There are 4 pets, each can evolve twice. Collect “money” produced by the pet, use that buy food to feed it and buy evo-pills. Play a minigame to earn extra money.

  • Download & Play Not-Tamagotchi on itch.io
  • See Not-Tamagotchi’s source code on GitHub

The Pets #

Perry #

  • PERRY is a super ordinary, balanced, normal pet. a ‘basic’ pet for a pet sim.
    NOT-TAMAGOTCHI PET 1

DICKO #

  • DICKO loves to eat…I mean it.
    NOT-TAMAGOTCHI PET 2

CROK #

  • CROK gives you a lottttttttt of ‘money’.
    NOT-TAMAGOTCHI PET 3

GYOZA #

  • GYOZA is kinda unbalanced, grows quick, but dies even quicker.
    NOT-TAMAGOTCHI PET 4

Screenshots #

NOT-TAMAGOTCHI SCREENSHOT 1

NOT-TAMAGOTCHI SCREENSHOT 2

NOT-TAMAGOTCHI SCREENSHOT 3

Controls #

  • Use mouse to interact with most of the game
  • Use Left / Right arrow keys to control in the minigame

How To Play #

  • Select a pet
  • The pet has 3 stats that you have to maintain
    • Health
    • Hunger
    • Happiness
  • Buy food to feed the pet, the food are used immediately upon buying
  • The purple ‘money’ bar indicates when the pet will produce ‘money’
    • When there’re too much ‘money’ on screen, the pet’s happiness will decay faster
  • The star bar indicates the pet’s experience
    • When it is filled, you can buy a pet evo pill to evolve the pet
  • Play a doodle-jump-like minigame to earn extra money
    • Reach higher levels to unlock new backgrounds
  • Quit the game using the big red button, your progress will be saved
  • Reset the game using the small red button

Development #

  • Game Engine - SFML
  • Programming Language - C++
  • Graphics - Aseprite