Desktop Isopod

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Play, feed, water, and watch your very own digital pet isopod/pillbug/roly poly walk around your desktop in the world's 1st desktop pet made with the GDevelop engine!

(Pick one of 8 realistic skins for your pet!)

([[[[[[:){    GETTING STARTED    }(:]]]]]])

When you open the game you first have to pick one of the eight skins (based on real species and morphs) and a name for your pet! Then once you hatch it you'll have to wait approximately 5 minutes for your little baby manca to grow up into your chosen skin! Your pet will chase your mouse (if your mouse is touching it) while the window is focused and will idle around when the window is unfocused!

MOUSE CONTROLS

LEFT Click and hold to pet.

RIGHT Click or scroll down to roll up.

MIDDLE Click to hydrate.

RIGHT Click or scroll up when rolled up to fling.

KEY CONTROLS

(Make sure the window is focused before using these by clicking on your pet!)

M to mute/unmute.

R to recalibrate the play area (use this to fix your isopod if it gets stuck in the top left corner!)

C, X, Z, to make your isopod climb, get hungry, and sleep respectively (these will occasionally happen too but these shortcut key will allow you to make your pet do these actions at any time!)

ESC to pause/unpause and quit.

(Demonstration of all the activities you and your pet can do together!)

([[[[[[:){    INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS    }(:]]]]]])

First choose the version to download that suits you! (The autoinstaller .exe and .AppImage files for Windows and Linux have "nametags" or the titlebar and are generally more stable, although the Linux version might be buggy if the Electron-based .AppImage executable is ran incorrectly).

Next unzip the zip and double-click the exe file to run it!

When it says "Windows Protected Your PC" (probably because it doesn't like an application that can move their own window or something) click on "Read More", then click on the "Run Anyway" button that appears after doing so.

If the pet is stuck in the top left corner or has a small play area there, try clicking on it to focus the window and pressing the R key (you may have to press it multiple times!)

([[[[[[:){    ADDITIONAL CREDITS    }(:]]]]]])

"Pixelify Sans" font by Stefie Justprince.

Sounds made with ChipTone.

Desktop toy made with GDevelop.

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