(Tip in the end of page)

Game made for GWJ #77:

Theme: METAMORPHOSIS

Wildcards:
- Natural 20 - Include dice in your game (I added just an icon, but, oh, well)
- What does this do? - Include a mysterious option in the menu

ALL THE ASSETS in this game were made by me in physical media: the graphics were hand-painted with acrylic paint on paper, and sound effects and background music were recorded playing a lyre.

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Tamago-kun is your new virtual pet, is this very much not relaxing game.

After hatching, his pet evolves going through 2 metamorphoses (and therefore has 3 forms, like a pokemon). You win if you can keep it alive until it reaches the third form.

The game has no instructions on purpose: you have to figure things out yourself.

Tip:

The pet grows only when it's idle and not needing anything. So when it's unwell (green) it's not growing, but when you're interacting (feeding, playing, etc) it's also not growing. It only grows when idle. The vet and the mysterious button keep the pet paused.

How to max it (spoiler):

Don't give it only what it needs, because this will keep it complaining all the time (and not growing). Clean it, give it a lot of food, love and play, then take your hands away and leave it doing nothing for as long as possible. It needs 60 seconds of idle happy time per stage.