For my final project, I want to create a game that I enjoyed as a child. When I was younger, I loved playing with my Tamagotchi, or other virtual pet games. These are fairly simple games that makes the player take care of a pet, usually a something that is weird to have as a pet in real life. In tamagotchi, you raise a small monster from the egg to the adult stage, which is something I want to do.
It is fairly simple – the game is controlled by three buttons.
There is also an app that was popular during the early 2010s when the iPod became popular.
This game is called Pou, another virtual pet simulator. This is bit more complicated compared to Tamagotchi, but still very simple.
Just like these two games, I want to make my own virtual pet stimulating game, and have a pet that is probably silly or impossible to have in real life. It would be more fun to raise something you can’t in real life.
In order to accomplish this, I would need to decide if I can save the game or not, but I’m leaning more towards creating a game short enough for the player to finish in one sitting.
I also need to learn how to use timers, to know when the pet is hungry, bored, etc.
If I have time and get some help, I want to create a function where you can take a picture with your pet on the webcam. This would require screen saving and the camera function. As well as figuring out to put the pet on the screen with the player.