Angle, Debil, and Me
EDIT: I've been notified some browsers the done button can't be pressed. Since the deadline for the game to be submitted has passed for my class I won't be editing it until after it's been graded so please download one of the builds if you can't get past the intro bit.
Best experienced on Windows in full screen.
( Android is second best )
Created within a week for NYU Game Center's Major Studio Fall 2020 class.
The theme for that week was Virtual Pet.
Note: Mac and WebGL builds do not have Text to Speech because it wasn't supported for those platforms :')
Use your mouse to feed and pet your cat. Figure out where your cat likes to be pet and how much food it likes to be fed.
Sound effects were taken from NYU Game Center's Audio Library.
BGM is a version of nyan cat I edited for funsies.
Plugin used for text to speech was from here.
If you would like to see what the game is like with text to speech ( although it's a tad buggy) you can see that here.
One last small note I'd like to make about this game is behind the reasoning of the very detailed pronoun/name system. I was talking to one of my friends about how I wish I could do the thing where you go to Starbucks to try out a new name to see if you like how it sounds, but since COVID times are still upon us I was determined to find a way to do that with this game using text to speech.
I didn't want to make this useful for just myself, so I tried my best to add as many options as possible for people to use. I know this doesn't entirely tie into the prompt, but I like to try to have fun and learn something new with my homework assignments.
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I played the Mac version, so I may not have gotten the full intended experience, but I had a good time anyway! I appreciate how extensive and thoughtful the naming mechanics were - it was fun having Angle refer to me by different nicknames and pronouns instead of just jamming my first name into various sentences, and I tried mixing things up as I played. It was a nice change of pace to play something so supportive and reassuring, and I'd say that the naming features were definitely successful (though I'll admit that the slow, deep remix of Nyan Cat added an uncanny tinge to the atmosphere). I like the idea of choosing how much food to put in the bowl and having to find the best petting spot, but I found Angle's telegraphs a little inconsistent and confusing. There didn't appear to be much of a reaction to my feeding and petting, so I was concerned that I just wasn't doing it correctly and tried a bunch of different things to see what might happen. Eventually I resolved to go with the flow, but if you do ever decide to flesh things out, that's where I'd start. I don't mean to harp on about that stuff though, you clearly focused on the naming system, and that effort definitely shows. Awesome job!