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A jam submission

Dessert DeariesView game page

Submitted by HappyStarStudios, Back2Zero — 2 hours, 41 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Looks#94.3044.304
Vibes#183.9133.913
Little Guy#204.0004.000
Gameplay#502.6522.652
Fun#512.6522.652

Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Name of Little Guy(s)
Dearies

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Comments

(+1)

I'm glad my suffering at the hands of Yakuza 5 pachinko proved to be an inspiration for this cute game 👍

Host(+1)

the silly Dearies demand plinko, and I will provide plinko until I die

Jam Host(+1)

This is so cute! The visuals are great, I really, really like the color scheme and the 2000s-ish anime artstyle. I also like how it's designed with mobile in mind, but still runs well on PC. I never thought of putting mobile games up on Itch, so this is a really cool thing to see!

Submitted(+1)

Very cute idea for a little guy game! could definitely expand on this buy adding more games or challenge to gaining coins, and perhaps more things to do / play with your Dearie!

Submitted(+1)

All the little guys are adorable, the art is exceptional. 

I can see where some people are coming from in terms of lacking overall gameplay, but this game really feels like a Tamagotchi so a little variety on the game to play for earning money may be a plus. With more difficult games yielding more money rewards. Thats not to say the pachinko isn't fun. As a gambling addict myself I enjoy the RNG element of it. However I can see where some people would say that don't feel like they've earned the money. 

Only other suggestion would be alternative things to spend money on, as you can spam the pachinko machine. How about some room decor or accessories for the dearies. Adding a money gain cap on the pachinko might be a good way to stretch the gameplay out, as you could have the cap reset each hour perhaps. 

Overall you have a fantastic base here to build on with all the pet sim needs. Adding mobile support is a fantastic addition. Time to throw it onto the play store and add in game ads hahaha. Great work :D

Developer

Thank you to everyone’s feedback so far!! I’ve been reading every single one of them. once voting ends we will take it into account! For those who are on IOS like myself there is a way to play the webGL version on mobile as I just found out and edited the description to highlight that fact!! I’ll be sure to get through everyone’s games too!!

Submitted(+2)

the art reminds me of neopets :> really pretty, looks quite polished. I'd like some 'feedback' within the game to make it clearer that when you click on food, you have actually fed the pet - I didn't realise it was working initially and fed the pet several times. the petting mechanic is cute but it feels like it makes the food less important because you can easily get the pet's happiness up to 100% without food. looks good and works well on mobile!

Submitted(+2)

Really cute idea! My only concern is that it feels low on the gameplay side? You can also kind of spam the money game and never really have any challenge.

Submitted(+2)

The vibes, art and the little guys are marvelous. It's just that the gameplay is not the best part of the game. It feels like Tomagochi stripped of most of it's features. The whole gameplay is just "gamble, buy, feed, repeat", which I think doesn't really work well. It's definitely more of a mobile based game, which is cool to see somebody do.

Submitted(+2)

This is sooooo cute, I love the character designs!! I went for the little strawberry kitty.

It's a little lacking in what you can do but I'll chalk that up to it being a demo made for a game jam. I don't have an android phone so I can only speak of my experience with it on windows but generally I think this has potential to be a really cute virtual pet game!

It's a tad annoying that you can't see the pets fullness when the food menu is open, I had to just had to close and open the tab until I fed them enough. Something like how the money shows on the shop screen would have been perfect. 

It would be nice if the gifts you got from the dearies told you what you got, I was a little confused and just kind of assumed I got more money.

Also a little disappointed that the minigame is plinko, it doesn't feel like I'm doing something to actually earn any money. If the game is developed further I'd love to see a couple choices in minigames (plinko still included).

These are all minor complaints though, I do really like this!! The game running on real time is neat, totally going to keep it open for a while to keep checking on my pet. I'll give it a day or two and then hopefully remember to send feedback on the feedback form.