Zach's Tamagotchi Rep

User Stories / game logic

0: Starting Look

• All there should be onscreen is an egg with spots
  • clicking egg will prompt name for New Tamagotchi
  • Once named, run New Tamagotchi function
• Game "screen" inside a tamagotchi-looking egg (with 3 little buttons)
• Entire thing fit into the height/width of a standard phone

1: Creature Settings

• All creatures born with random color (matches egg spots)
• All creatures have random hunger needs (timing)
• All creatures have random growth needs (feed/exercise? Or just timing)
• All creatures start with max Hunger, max Exercise, max Rest
• Tamagotchis start as round balls, but grow upward (and grow extensions) with time
• Extensions chosen at creation (randomly)

2: Main functionality

1. 3 buttons appear exist under creature at ALL times
   1. Feed
      • Onclick, it brings up "fruits" menu which has 3 (or 5) fruit colors
      • Fruits can be clicked (dragged?) to feed.
      • Fruits are RGB (maybe B/W)
      • On feed, it restores 1 Hunger bar
      • On feed, it also slightly shifts color of creature.
        • R / G / B adds 1pt to color of choice.
        • Black would add 1pt to all colors
        • White would remove 1pt from all colors
   2. Play ( / Exercise)
      • On click, brings up "play" menu which has 3 (or more) options
   3. Lights (something like this)
      • Dark puts creature to sleep, restoring "Rest" bars (nothing else clickable)
      • Light restores functionality to Feed/Exercise
2. Window behind tamagotchi shows Day/Night
3. Pet has name / can be changed
4. User must click Feed/Play/Lights in order to keep craeture from dying. If hunger/boredom/sleepiness gets to 10, it dies.
5. On death, a final screen displays stats, provides a button to play again.

3: Back end

1. Tamagotchis created from standard Class
   • Hunger level (Max 10)
   • Boredom level (Max 10)
   • Sleepiness level (Max 10)
   • Age
   • Amount overfed (food beyond hunger)
   • Amount overworkout (exercise beyond need)
   • Height/Width
   • Translate (based on overfed vs overworkout--makes "fat" or "V shaped")
2. Timer keeps track of "Days" passed

Missing Details

1. How often are Days?
   • Every 1 minutes
   • 30 seconds = Day
   • 30 seconds = Night
2. How often does sleepiness tick up?
   • 1 pip every 10 seconds during the day
   • 1 pip per every 5 seconds at night if awake
   • 1 pip per "play"
3. How does sleepiness reduce?
   • 1 pip per every 5 seconds asleep
4. How often does hunger tick up?
   • Regular movement
   • 3 pip per 15 seconds during day (Mid Day, End of Day)
5. How does hunger reduce?
   • 2 pips per fruit eaten
6. How often does boredom tick up?
   • slowest
   • Once per Day (beginning of Day)
   • 3 Pips lost at once
7. How does boredom reduce?
   • 2 pips per activity
8. At what ages does pet "grow"?
   • After 10 Days
9. What growth options are there?
   • Hands
   • Feet
   • Tail
   • Ears
   • Nose
   • Eyebrows
   • Belly
   • Neck?
   • Hair?
10. What Play options are there? How do they work?
    • Jump (MVP)
11. What animations are there?
    • Egg Movement
    • Standard
    • Play/exercise
    • Sleep
    • Death
    • Bored

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