Hatch
A downloadable game for Windows
Submission by myself and Morgan for the Wholesome Games game jam
You've been gifted a dragon egg by a mysterious friend and you're now tasked with helping it mature into an adorable baby dragon. While dragon eggs are able to survive when left alone, they truly thrive when given care and attention.
The egg takes a fair while to hatch, with most hatching in about a month (yes, a real month). Make sure to come back and check on them every day to see how they're progressing, and to make sure they're happy and healthy!
PLEASE NOTE: This game is still in active development, and we intend to add more polish and functionality. It is my goal to keep any future versions working with the current version's save file so you can just download the new update and keep going. Please check back before the end of the month to see if a new version is up as the ending is currently only about 50% of what we wanted it to be
Art by Tri
Code by Ryytikki
Mellowtron by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4034-mellowtron
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Install instructions
Download the zip folder, unzip and run the .exe!
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"Please check back before the end of the month to see if a new version is up as the ending is currently only about 50% of what we wanted it to be"
Really looking forward to that. Also...where's the save file?
No update yet? I don't even know how to restart the game.
Gonna be 29 more days until I see the ending, so this review is a bit early, but I really like what you're going for so far. A very cozy atmosphere with cute aesthetics, simple but neat working mechanics and a fitting song from Kevin MacLeod. Hope I can keep the daily work up, really wanna see that egg hatch...or whatever happens. :)
Hey, I played your game as part of a stream of several games from the wholesome jam. Check it out! I'm a big fan of long-term real-time games, and I think Hatch has great potential. You guys did well to make the mechanics clear in the tutorial instructions, as well as providing clear feedback from the scanner. Great work, I'm excited to check up on my lil guy tomorrow :)
Just started playing this today, what a great idea for the Don't Give Up theme :) I'll have to make sure I keep up with my dragon care now
Happy to report I am the new parent of a happy baby dragon :D
I love the aesthetics of this game they're cute, simple and colourful and it goes great with the overall theme of the game and makes it really accessible.
I got that not long before hatch too so don't worry 🙂
Not sure if it's supposed to be like that or if it's a bug. But I'm sure the developers would appreciate the feedback on knowing it happens and it's confusing.
Just hatched! There was little animation too. The question now is how to start the game again and whether there are different endings
Congrats! What a cute little one. Looks the same as mine so I'm not sure if it has multiple endings or not.
Looks like one of my counters is off by one, thanks for catching that!
By the way, how to reset the game? It should be saved somewhere on PC and maybe you're supposed to delete the file? Also what about the future versions, really looking forward to those. It was a very cute game.