I’m not one to play horror or anomaly games so I’m certain I kept messing up somewhere. I kept getting several days in then resetting to day 1 (which I thought might’ve been part of the “glitch reporting” but it’s probably the game over state). I did like how it felt fairly normal and very Tamagatchi until “spooky thing” happens and then suddenly “oh yeah back to normal”. I personally would’ve liked a little border around the game to really sell that you’re “playing a game in the game”. Maybe even look like a big Tamagatchi. On the whole good job!
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Tamagotchi Girlfriend's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Graphics | #36 | 3.824 | 3.824 |
| Controls | #68 | 3.294 | 3.294 |
| Audio | #76 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Theme | #104 | 2.794 | 2.794 |
| Originality | #112 | 2.882 | 2.882 |
| Fun | #113 | 2.588 | 2.588 |
Ranked from 34 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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On the outside, this isn't my typical kind of game, but it's not quite what it appears. I picked up on the anomalies but wish there was a better indicator of failure? There were times where I was unsure if the game was starting over or if the day count was an anomaly. My daughter enjoyed watching me play this one and squealed "WHOA COOL FISH" when I played the computer mini game. She's almost 2.
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Trial of the MagemasterIt took me a little while to discover that i needed to report the anomalies ingame lmao. I enjoyed it, I am not a fan of horror games but this one has just the right amount of it, great work :)
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Get that muffin dawg!I’m ashamed at how long it took for me to understand how this game worked. I saw all the anomalies, but I thought I was encountering a glitch with the Day counter switching between 1 and 2. I legitimately thought the report button was for actual bugs found in the game lol
Although I got to day seven, while showering with blood, I clicked the report button right at the moment that I finished the shower and the return button pops up, and it crashed my game. I may come back later to see what happens after Day 7.
Overall really cool game and idea, though!
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Lil DipperWow, I guess anomaly searching games isn't your cup of tea :)
And the bug you mention is both confusing and hard to replicate. I mean, even if the buttons overlap, Godot doesn't let you press them both at the same time. I guess it found the anomaly node, but before it could "revert" it, the scene and the node was freed after return was pressed. If that's the case than it is fixable, but currently you can't return to the washing scene on the same day once you finish it. I guess I was too restricting to prevent bugs and by doing this accidentaly made one. Thank you for playing though!
I’ll admit I haven’t played any really, so this is probably my first, but I caught on eventually. Also, the girl in shower definitely took my friend that was watching me on Discord trying out gamejam games by surprise lol
I didn’t click Return and Report at the same time, just for clarification. I just clicked the Report button as the showerhead sequence finished (since I washed off all the suds with blood), and the green Return button pops up when you’re done washing off the bubbles. So maybe it was trying to report while in an incorrect state or maybe I was supposed to lose right there. I don’t know.
I also work with Godot, but I’m not sure exactly what could’ve caused it without staring at the code for far too long. I was planning on recording with OBS, and now I wish I did lol
Yes, even if it hadn't crashed, you would still had been reset to day 1 in this situation, because anomaly is not in the scene anymore, clicking Report shouldn't do anything, and there is no way of getting it after washing is done. This isn't intentional, more like a result of only one week of working on the game. However, I couldn't replicate the crash still, but I guess it doesn't matter, since it's just a random consequence of poor design.
Really interesting take on the genre! the artstyle is also really cool (and disturbing when needed), I liked it a lot!
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InconspicuousIm a bit shocked because i was not expecting a Tamagochi Dating Sim :D
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Humming SeaNot sure what I was expecting here but it's really well made guys, well done!
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Hard to Bleat!I wish if you used different aspect ratio setting for web as the game doesn't fit my laptop even if I try to fullscreen, but nice game!
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Almost NormalThe bug hinting for out of place was a nice touch and saved the game! By day 3 I felt I had done everything and ran out of money, so it kinda overstayed it's welcome. Some indicator of the win condition would be nice.
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Out of SpaceI was not prepared for how Tomagotchi this dating simulator was going to be.
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unBEARably Awkward
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