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Virtual Pet Jam

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A jam submission

Containment ZoneView game page

A game about a very good boy
Submitted by The Cheshire Cat (@12SecondHorror) — 1 day, 8 hours before the deadline
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CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Community choice#24.8334.833

Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Team Name
The Cheshire Cat

How does your entry adhere to the theme "virtual pet"?
It is about trying to figure out how to take care of a strange creature so it won't escape

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pinaplSubmitted2 years ago

One of the coolest games i've played this jam, love that weird doggo.

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txteclipseSubmitted2 years ago

Everything about this is fantastic, even though I'm really bad at it! I LOVE all the animations, holy crap they're amazing.

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Myths
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DeinolSubmitted2 years ago

What a game, love it!

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Paperquarium
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ivsaezSubmitted2 years ago

Really nice pixel art, and also very good animations. I like a lot the overall idea, nice game!

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Colonochi
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stumpbeardSubmitted2 years ago (1 edit)

An absolute treat. The art is, of course, beautiful. I loved the writing! Both the overall narrative and the hints, which were pretty fun. I lost on day 30 once


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Sportslings
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Lathebreaker StudioSubmitted2 years ago

Really fun! I loved the art, the animation, the sound, the concept, the puzzle aspect to it, the only thing i'd like would be volume sliders, but that's a real minor nitpick. Overall a fantastic entry.

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Live Free And Die
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James YoungmanSubmitted2 years ago

This is clever! I like the framing of virtual pet as mystery lifeform/puzzle.

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Circle Garden
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DeepFriedOreoSubmitted2 years ago

I got to day 24 on my first go just doing random things, but I never got back there again, and I am not even sure I figured out how to make the dang thing eat lol. Great game tho!

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My Little Yeti
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Jupiter_Hadley2 years ago

Very interesting game! I included it in my Virtual Pet Jam compilation video series, if you’d like to check it out. :)

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peterfiftyfourSubmitted2 years ago (1 edit)

This guy just doesn't understand great art! I played him Beethoven the whole time but he kept escaping 

Ok managed to get to day 12! It's quite hard to guess what the lil guy needs but I wouldn't want to spoil the mystery with obvious hints. If you can come up with a way to give subtle hints that might help - I was thinking like you can read research notes or something that hint at the observed behaviours? Anyway great job love the animations :D 

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GIGAPET
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The Cheshire CatDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

The "cause of breach" messages are intended to be little hints as to what specifically you did wrong, but some are more vague than others (and sometimes the reason it escapes isn't necessarily the biggest thing you did wrong, just the straw that broke the camel's back)

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