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this game is so cute! unfortunately after taking quite a while for my plant to grow, once i had my little buddy i could no longer use any of the buttons to feed/water/love them. the exclamation mark keeps pinging me, and i keep clicking every button, but none of the bars are filling anymore! i feel bad for them. otherwise this is a nice game to leave on in the background, and i wish i had the patience to see what other kinds of pets i can get!

i will leave a bit of a lengthy review on this one. i hope you will take the time to read it and understand.

first of all the thumbnail for this caught my eye as i was looking through the 51 pages of the bundle for racial justice and equality, so i will compliment you on that front. 

this game is strange and a bit disappointing. it relies on stereotypes. the asian man who wants to "leave the rice paddies" and works until he dies, the black african man who gets killed by a cop and dies wishing he had more sports cars, the white woman who is a lesbian who gets murdered or gets an abortion which ends that run right there. 

i would absolutely not rag on a game with these backstories IF they were vent pieces created by people in those situations. but as this was made by a white man, i simply can't see it as anything other than performative or insulting, especially as i'm assuming you chose to submit it to the bundle. it's one of those pieces of media that just didn't need to be made, except for back-patting.

another compliment- i did like the music and the way the character and their eyes follow the mouse like they're a tamagotchi. a little unnecessary detail but one that does show you care about the visuals in your games.

i hope you've read through. i don't want to come off as a hateful person or anything, i do think you could've had something here if it was a different premise. your voice is better used to uplift and support minorities, rather than tell their stories for them, however simplistically they're represented.