I enjoyed this one. Its brief but charming and the polish is quite nice. I enjoyed the concept of it and I think as a demo is has something going for it. Enough of an idea to expand and put some decent meat on its bones.
I would say that the gameplay is a bit too repetitive as it is currently but I'm sure you will expand on it after the jam to great effect. The constant monitoring of the temperature was enjoyable actually, more than I thought it would be. But I thought the talking could be expanded on greatly. Some dialogue trees would be nice. Even like one egg shake for no and two for yes would mean you could learn more about what the animal likes and maybe unlock more activities to entertain it. Like dancing or even mini games to expand on the gameplay a bit.
I also thought the idea of needing to sleep was nice. And having to rush back to check the temperature hadn't dropped too much was an interesting moment. It would be cool to see some more self care things. Like you have to care for yourself by eating and going to the toilet for example, then there will be some drama in the gameplay because you have to stop caring for the egg to care for your own needs, and risk losing the animal.
Some other ideas for minigames might be:
- cleaning the nest of bacteria that build up
- fixing the computer (with a simple random puzzle perhaps) periodically or the egg wont get heated.
- making a sandwich/coffee for yourself to eat.
Well done, I think it's a great demo and shows promise.