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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- I spent 2 weeks making my own virtual pet game for this handheld device called the Playdate!
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This is rad! As a big tama fan, what I'd like to see added is care-based evolution trees for the pets as well as less 'real world' animal designs and more just weird little guys like the traditional tama design. I think the battle system looks cool and the overall interface is really neat! Have you thought of having a breeding/generation system that uses inherited 'genetic' traits like the Tama M!x?
Yeah the evolution thing was definitely something I missed out on that would've been good to implement. The breeding system seems cool for sure, but would definitely be a decently big undertaking to add to the game
@@SquidGodDev I figure something like that is pretty hard to randomize well. This might be the thing that convinces me to get a Playdate though!
We can tell your a tama fan by use of the word rad lol. Much love
I'm with you 100%! I loved the weird little creatures. Especially in the beginning when they were glorified blobs! Give me weirdos I can love. 😄
like digimon v pet?
This looks great! I was also obsessed with tamagotchis as a kid. It's interesting to hear your thought process and game design decisions, and the final result with the grid-based battle system influenced by what you feed your pet was very clever - looks to be an addicting addition, keep up the great work! Subscribed awhile back, always looking forward to seeing more (and your continued work on the roguelite)!
Thank you! Glad you thought the game design process was interesting - I'm always interested to hear about that from other people too
I love the way this turned out! you definantly improved upon the tamagotchi formula ^-^
Thank you!
Well worth the 2 week effort. The narrative was entertaining to watch throughout the video. Also, "I ran this picture through a dithering algorithm" has got to be the catchphrase of this series of videos xD
LOL pretty much. It saves so much time since I can code way faster than I can make art and produces decent results
Overall, I am really impressed by how quickly you can put thinkgs together, gather assets, do the animation and make the sound effects. Any tips on how to efficiently use Aseprite or make sounds ? :)
Well the main thing is I always try to find assets first for both art and sfx - that saves tons of time. Otherwise, for Aseprite or art in general I think the main issue is getting art block, so to make sure I don't get blocked I always look at references, keep iterating even if I feel stuck, and try out things to make sure I'm making progress. For sounds, I try to imagine a sound in my head and go through TH-cam and freesound.org and trying to think of things to look up that's related to that sound in my head, and keep trying different prompts if I can't find it, and then bringing it into Audacity and experiment with just pitch/tempo/speed and reverb. It's all momentum based - just need to keep working
Very cool. Love that you keep doing different things with the Playdate and the end result looks so polished!
I said it before in a different video but once I have mine I'll play all your games.
Thanks! Love trying out different genres and game types since I'm really using the Playdate learn game development
Dude how are you able to come up with so many creative ideas? The biggest thing that holds me back into even attempting game development is the fact that the most difficult part seems to be coming up with actual fun ideas that others would enjoy
Not sure what it comes across like in the video, but I just took some ideas from existing games and put a small twist on them, so nothing too crazy! Your first games shouldn't try to be for others, but just something for yourself. The game will probably be simple and not fun at first, but that's expected - it's supposed to be iterated on. You shouldn't let that hold you back from starting!
I couldn't believe you actually made something about tamagotchi, I want to make my own! Love your other videos too.
You are so underrated!
Great video editing skills and awesome video in general!
Thanks Francesco!
Wow... amazing creation on this little console! Inspirational!
As someone who absolutely loves Tamagotchis since childhood, I really love your take on the original games! What I would personally add are collectible toys and items which the pet can interact with. On original Tamagotchis, the pets had evolutions that determined whether the pet was a toddler, kid, adolescent, or adult and according to this it went to school, could use different items (or interact with the ones it could previously use differently) and even get a job! Since you used animals I don't think it would make sense to add evolutions, but maybe it could be level based? It would definitely motivate people to level up to unlock more content. So yeah, items, schools (which depended on the Tamagotchi skills such as kindness, style and intelligence), and jobs would make the game more coherent with elder Tamagotchis, I think most of the things I mentioned were added between version 3 and 4. Also, look up Tamagotchi town, I don't know if you can make something similar here but as a child, I would spend a lot of time connecting my Tamagotchis to the tama-town website to get unique items, events, and rewards.
Thanks! Looked up Tamagotchi town - looks pretty interesting. That would definitely be a cool system to have in a game.
I love it! You are so creative with a simple idea of what tamagotchi could be! Definitely would play ;)
Thank you for showing Tamagotchi: Corner Shop, I've had memories of that game in my head for months but couldn't remember which game it was!
that is so awesome!! i love what you’re doing with the play date and all the games you have been working on!
Thanks!
I was too young when these came out but my sisters had them and I thought they were so cute. years later I'm a fan of Pokemon and even more years later, they remake Gold and Silver and include one of these little guys basically. I've wanted Pokemon to bring another one of these guys back with more functionality when away from the main games. this seems like the perfect solution
this is what I thought Pokemon Let's Go was gonna be... so disappointed.
@@luckerooni1153the Pokéwalker should've had more functionality. Apparently you were supposed to be able to receive distribution Pokemon on it but the function was never used
THIS LOOKS SO FUN. I can't wait to try the battle minigame!
You did a job well enough to have me purchase your game.
As an old-school fan of both Tamagotchi and Megaman Battle Network, this game hits the right spots.
Your game making vlogs are very inspiring, and I would love to develop a game myself one day. Thank you for your content. ❤
This is the first game that's actually made me interested in buying a playdate.
Honored that you think so!
As someone who also bought a tamagotchi that has been going strong for nearly two weeks now (Thanks to me learning about being able to pause it while I'm at work) I love this concept! I really miss all the old virtual pet sims like Petz and Nintendogs.
I think one huge thing missing is the evolution mechanics. A huge draw to tamagotchis was learning about the different paths and taking care of them to see what they would turn into. Without that mechanic I feel like it'd be easy to play the game for an hour and then never pick it up again.
Thanks! I got some feedback about that when I made this video, so I did end up releasing an update/devlog with a basic evolution system.
You have made me want a Playdate sooo much, im saving up for one
Yo beacuz of your videos now i am DREAMING of having a playdate.Keep going and one day you will be a LOT better
this guys games look top notch,, the pixel art and everything feels so. much like the style of the hand crank
Thanks!
its funny that one person managed to make an actual minigame while an entire company just stuck with numbers.
Haha true - though the tamagotchi was severely limited by their hardware though so I don't blame 'em
Amazing , how don’t you have over 100k subs already .. your game creation is great along with your videos. Keep up the good work ..
Thank you! I'll keep improving my content so I can hit 100k!
Great game and vid
Thank you!
When I got my playdate last week, it was one of the first things to think of; how cool would it be to have a tamagotchi on the device. I could only encourage you to put more time into this, as I can see many people paying 6-10 bucks for this!
The best part of Tamagotchi and Digimon V pets is the evolution system. That's the part you missed. And it's the best part of the games.
Yeah for sure. I added a simple evolution system in an update to the game which I covered in the video after this one ("Adding fishing to my virtual pet game"), but if I could start over I would probably create a more robust evolution system from the start.
If you want original music, my offer is still open.
Also the seeds for sale text reminds me of the Better Call Saul logo.
Thanks Pauly! And I see it!
I still remember letting my crush keep this alive in 4th grade, and bro DIED 💀 never forgot such disrespect & neglect.
AHahaha I'm sorry for laughing at your trauma but that's hilarious. Thanks for sharing
Im pretty sure that "Buff Bunny" is a chinchilla to me. That's what it looks like
Just want to say how good the sound design is, specially the make a wish screen, it reminds me of simple sound cues from some Gameboy Games.
Thanks! Glad that the time I put into the sound wasn't wasted
Everyone already has a mobile phone. The next version of a tamagotchi would be a an actual moving little nano machine pet.
That would be cool - to have it follow you around and stuff
So frikn creative!!! Incredible work! I cant wait to play!!!!
I had a tomagachi as a kid with a whole bunch of mini games that you could unlock as you played and they would reward money that you could spend on food and more games.
Probably a tamagotchi connection!
I had one of the biggest Tamagotchi sites back in the day on Geocities & made with Microsoft Publisher.
Wow that's such an oddly specific and cool flex haha
When these things came out they were all the rage, sold out everywhere.
I wanted one so bad as a kid 😅
For some reason people called them "Tamagoochi" where I lived when these things first came out. I still cannot figure out why.
I've heard a few pronunciations before, but this is by far the worst 🤣
Its a pretty great idea! The only thing missing are evolutions which I think are the best part of a Tamagotchi.
Thanks! Yeah I got some feedback about that when I made this video. I did end up making a follow-up update/devlog where I introduced a basic form of the evolution system.
I wonder how the world would have reacted if this was released in 1997 a little after the Tamagotchis...
i would get SO upset when my tamagotchi would die, that it would bring me to tears. it became such a problem in my house, that my mom would help me with them, and eventually i just gave her all of my tamagotchi and she played with them and kept them thriving until the batteries all died lol. she enjoyed them way more than i did! for me it was constant anxiety
I definitely feel some anxiety about the death part too, which is why I decided not to put it in, but I got a lot of comments wishing that I put it in because there's more of a driving motivation to take care of the pets and it makes it more meaningful to them, so I'm slowly starting to see the other side.
Really nice. above and beyond the original
Little late to the video, but since you were hesitant to add pet's dying as a reason to take care of them, later tamagotchi ran away.
Can't get enough of your devlogs
Glad you're enjoying them!
If they die you should let them respawn, but place a grave stone randomly in the background every time (Cannon Fodder style).
This will let them continue the game but make them feel guilty :D
Morbid haha I like it
This is great! But I am a huge digimon buff and when I saw you talk about the digimon battle system I was hoping there would be a more standard formula, maybe later on you can have different foods have different advantages against monsters, or maybe you could make the monsters possible to get!
Digimon definitely has some interesting ideas with their combat. Don't have any plans currently for any updates, but luckily there's a lot of space for other devs to make different virtual pet games for the Playdate.
Tamagotchi is so nostalgic ❤
if i ever get a playdate in my little hands, i want to get this
Man your videos are great. Having a playdate for Christmas 🥳🥳🥳
This is some quality work
Wow this game looks so awesome! Great job!
Haha duuude it’s not a buff bunny! It’s the paws. It’s sitting down 😂
My man lookin real swole you can't convince me otherwise 🤣
Cool! i know its gonna be great, hope it has a cool feature with the crank!
Edit: Nice! I love the petting.
I can't wait to get my playdate to try this game!
If i only had a playdate! it would be so cool to get it next week and not wait for pre-order
That would be awesome. I think Panic has said they want to eventually get it to the point where they can catch up to the orders, but we'll have to see.
I love this project! I had the blue diginmon and some kind of dalmatian one when I was about 5 or 6 and now I kinda miss them. Might have to check one of these out. Thanks!
I think you should've had the clouds still moving, maybe just slow them down a bit. It would be a nice upgrade from the original vpet backgrounds and would create a nice ambiance.
This is why Yokoi and Maita should be proud of, and BANDAI should hire you, dude.
While we also had Tamagotchi Friends that was B&W non-lit back screen it is def not like this! This is awesome! 💜
Great work man. This should be celebrated.
Its really cool
Finally, some good food
I’m joining your patreon when mine come these look like so much fun!
Awesome - see you there!
this is beautiful
Just wish you could get a playdate in the UK without $60 worth of taxes 👀
This is a really cute game! I think I would personally like to hear a more retro sound style but it's still really great!
i got it! i love the mini game! congrats making the first virtual pet on playdate! so far i love it! first pet i got was the dog!
Thanks for getting the game! That's a great first pet
Really cool! I've also started playing with a tamagotchi and I think I enjoy the passive caring you have to do for it, but it's really cool how you're adapting it for a more active play session. Have you considered (if you even can) adding a clock to work with the game so you can see your pet while the game is in standby mode? I'm not sure if that is even possible but it'd be cool to still have that passive caring through out the today you have to do.
Ah no I haven't thought about that, but that's an interesting idea. It's definitely possible to do.
I would like a cute little hedgehog pet other then that I really do like the game. Cute,fun, and really thought out!
This is great. The only thing I would expect from a modern game is just more content. But very great for a free game made on a short timeline.
Being able to customize the pet a bit with decorations or accessories would be great. Maybe more types of items that so different thing as well to give the game a bit more variety.
I really love this! :O I'm probably going to buy a playdate specifically for this since I'm very into collecting v-pets ^-^ (and the playdate is actually cheaper than some tamagotchi models x.x )
lol if I ever get that handheld, this would be the first game I download
Is there a version of this, but with color like the Gameboy Color, or the early DS?
I'm on the hunt to make my own Tamagotchi (while also learning how to program in Python), and I'm enjoying the Raspberry Pi (but there's so much to set up first). This seems like a fun alternative.
Wow! You are so inspirational!
You left out the most important part, the evolving to the next creature!
Yes! I got a lot of comments about that when I first released this, so I ended up making a small update that added a basic evolution system th-cam.com/video/r7pOmqoQkyw/w-d-xo.html
Wish it was in color but I love this regardless
This is so cool! Awesome job 🎉
2:22 Why not just make the clouds move very slowly to the right and the moon wobble slightly up and down? Tiny movements like that make a scene feel more dynamic.
That's what I'm sayin. Yeah if I was making the game today I'd probably do something like that, but you live and you learn.
well, now I want a playdate.
This looks like a really basic mini-game thrown together in a few days without any fine tuning.
Remember when devs used to spend years on a game?
This is badass!! Sold!!
They still make new LCD games for Digimon and they're a LOT better than the old versions.
Oh cool, didn't know that. Looking at it right now - the color really makes it pop.
This is amazing! Loving it! I need to get a Playdate :D
Haha yeah it's so cool and fun to develop for!
that looks so cool! now that makes me think to buy the console just to play this.
there is one suggestion that popped up in my mind:
not sure how feasible this is in the game: Evolution, tamagotchi in essence is a game of player taking care of their baby tamagotchi and then evolve them to older tamagotchi and then marry them off (at least this is what newer tamagotchi heading).
IMO, I played a lot of vpets other than tamagotchi and vpet without evolution is boring, because there is no specific goal in mind (yes even with fighting mechanism in it).
for example you can do pony, to horse to pegasus? maybe you can use level to evolve just like pokemon? it would be better for the evolution to branch, for example the horse can become pegasus or unicorn
small bird can turn into duck, chicken, bat, big bird or phoenix
mouse can turn into rabbit, cat, or dog, then dog to bulldog or cerberus, and rabbit to buff bunny
caterpillar to fly, mantis, spider, or butterfly
Yeah that's a great point and feedback I got from some other people too. How the code is set up I think that I can more easily add some sort of breeding mechanic, for example if you have a snake and a chicken both at level ten they can be bred to make a dragon or something. Evolution might be more complex and require rewriting more code, so I was hesitant to add it, but might be worth it if the breeding isn't interesting enough?
Another issue is backwards compatibility with the save files that people have now, which breeding doesn't have an issue with, but evolution might need to have some way to handle that. Might be able to think of a solution for that but not sure
i really want a pc version of this
Wow nice work!
Do you konw when summer is currently happening? The vending machine could have cicadas in the background for summer.
Yeah you can get the date. That's a cool idea - didn't think about using the seasons.
@@SquidGodDev btw I meant cicada sounds hehe
This looks like so much fun and makes me want to get a Playdate
We need this with chaos from the sonic adventure series. * - *
Never played, but I heard a lot of good stuff about it. Someone should definitely do a modern remake.
really cool and well executed idea!
thats awesome, i would have like to have evolutions just like digimon but i know that would be a lot more sprites and way more time. still, pretty cool how much you were able to do in such a short amount of time. wish i had a playdate
we lost the connectivity which is disappointing
Okay, I really really like this. I think you should spend some more time on it and get the graphics/sound/UX/usability really polished up. Could easily be one of the best Playdate games if you did honestly and pairs great with the general usage of the Playdate (checking in regularly). Can always shoot me a dm on discord if you want any help with that, although I'm sure you're more than capable on your own too.
Also, not using the accelerometer to crack open the egg is massive wasted potential. It could be so satisfying that way. Please consider it!
Thanks Pichuscute!! Yeah there's definitely a lot of room for improvement for polish in the game. And didn't think of using the accelerometer for the egg - I'll look into it :)
@@SquidGodDev Awesome. Good luck with all your continued dev! ^^
I absolutely love this! I really want to play your game, but I can't afford to buy a PlayDate right now (hoping I will be able to someday.) I can afford your game though - and I was wondering if it was possible to just play it on the playdate SDK on PC? I haven't been able to get the "virtual console" to work so I could play some games on it and was hoping you or someone in the comments would be able to help me figure it out. :) Thanks.
Do you have the Simulator installed? Comes installed with the SDK ( play.date/dev/ ). When you open the Simulator, you can just drag and drop any .pdx folder directly onto the simulator and it'll run it
it may be rly hard to code but u couldve improved on or even taken inspiration in the modern versions of the tamagotchi to make it much more interesting. bc some of the features u added are some of the things that modern tamagotchis alr hv. one of the features of the tmgc thats tama fans enjoy is being able to connect w the tamagotchi thru endearing animations like first pov when playing tgt w the tmgc or animations of ur tmgc drawing a picture for u. its quite simple but it lets the user connect w the tama. but i still think u did great! this is a rly great proj and u made ur own take of a vpet, just not a tmgc.
I was so hoping for a per and one step from eden game for the playdate and you made both in 1. I Love it.
Maybe one day i will get one
I really like the Playdate, but unfortunately my money now is going towards the new "Tamagotchi" from Digimon (aka Vital Bracelet), but I really want to buy one sometime in the future (hopefully when shipping for my country isn't sooo expensive).
This is so good!!
your doing great job wouldn't surprise if got offers come in . people clearly like it and can see tamagotchi come back to life IF!!!! giving chance. most likely catch on tho will it last probably not
but be worth it
Ive already got myself digimon tamagotchi
maybe they can bring out two version old classic and maybe more hi teck version of tamagotchi to appeal to younger
Nice graph! Look like good idea for widget games. Or amoled set wallpaper or screensaver. Have one dog that walking around screen and have interactions with touches. Launch fot Android.
SICK!