Hatchi (by Portable Pixels) [Now with multiplayer battling!]

[DPP13]

My Hatchi turned into a squid after the update?!? XD

[gregorun]

We're getting lots of great feedback on the update. Thanks all.

Keep it coming.

[dancingcat]

Mine turn into 'Human Torch'???
No wonder it Loves roasting Bread, Hates Ice-cream.

Check out the poop

[Drexiel]

i guess it's time to redownload then

[DPP13]

Originally Posted by dancingcat

Mine turn into 'Human Torch'???
No wonder it Loves roasting Bread, Hates Ice-cream.

Check out the poop

Pretty awesome.

[SimSer]

My old pet "Luke" is now in forest sanctuary, but app reminds me that "Luke wants your attention". How can I help him?

[Mtcraig]

Never mind it seemed to fix itself a day afterwards. Now once we get some mini games, backgrounds and maybe battles this app will be perfect.

[soccerstud652]

I agree. This app would be perfect with:

(1) Mini Games relating to exercise and reading.
(2) Realistic bed / wake times (like original Tamagotchi. After it falls asleep, you can't bother it)
(3) Battles via WiFi
(4) Backgrounds.

Hopefully, this app can go the way of Pocket God, and keep itself fresh over time.

Thanks developer.

[Daxmort]

Definitely agreeing with all that's been said above. A few little Tamagotchi-like minigames (whereas they used to be Simon Says or 'Dance') relating to baseball and reading somehow would be awesome; maybe a pong-esque thing to simulate playing catch? Not sure about the reading one..maybe a guess a word minigame? :\ And I sent a feedback email about a week ago asking for a subset of monstrous evolutions akin to Digimon, as I loved the original versions of those little buggers. Would be happy to pay for an IAP as a sort of expansion to unlock a Digimon-like subsection of the app, too.

Wake up and sleep times would be a huge plus, as I wouldn't need to worry about not waking up on time to feed him. (Varying on the type of evolution and whether it's a good/bad girl/boy-creature.)

I'd love for there to be some backgrounds, even if they were just faded images in the back of the screen, like the hills and forests (or clouds, if you had an Angelgotchi) that were part of the display, and not actually pixels, it'd just give a bit of life and some faint colour to the display.

I would also like to take it out on adventures, walks and whatnot, but I think by that point it's getting closer to the newer Gotchis of today, but variations in activities is always nice, randomised events and such. Keep up the good work, loving the update already! Wondering why my Hatchi became a squid though. :P

[soccerstud652]

Originally Posted by Daxmort

Definitely agreeing with all that's been said above. A few little Tamagotchi-like minigames (whereas they used to be Simon Says or 'Dance') relating to baseball and reading somehow would be awesome; maybe a pong-esque thing to simulate playing catch? Not sure about the reading one..maybe a guess a word minigame? :\ And I sent a feedback email about a week ago asking for a subset of monstrous evolutions akin to Digimon, as I loved the original versions of those little buggers. Would be happy to pay for an IAP as a sort of expansion to unlock a Digimon-like subsection of the app, too.

Wake up and sleep times would be a huge plus, as I wouldn't need to worry about not waking up on time to feed him. (Varying on the type of evolution and whether it's a good/bad girl/boy-creature.)

I'd love for there to be some backgrounds, even if they were just faded images in the back of the screen, like the hills and forests (or clouds, if you had an Angelgotchi) that were part of the display, and not actually pixels, it'd just give a bit of life and some faint colour to the display.

I would also like to take it out on adventures, walks and whatnot, but I think by that point it's getting closer to the newer Gotchis of today, but variations in activities is always nice, randomised events and such. Keep up the good work, loving the update already! Wondering why my Hatchi became a squid though. :P

Well said. And yes -- for the backgrounds I was thinking something similar to the original Tamagotchis when the batteries died -- a faint mountain or field or something with a greenish purple hue. I'd think the iPhone screen can pull that off.

Also -- a minor nitpick -- with certain evolutions, the book gesture overlaps with the actual Hatchi -- it looks a bit weird.