update: the mouse is now a part of my household and if anyone takes her away im killing everyone in the room and then myself
This is so goddamn fucking adorable. Like, if you added a few more ways to interact with her, I could legitimately see people paying money for this. I thought it'd get old to have this mouse girl hanging out on my taskbar, but nope, she's my new best friend and if she ever gets too rowdy i can plop her down on the side of the screen and sway a pretty watch and she turns into a perfect hypnotized statue for me, which is a feature all computer intelligences should have, if you think about it.
The hypno popups are also... good. Like. Very good. A total subby mess for this idea might go so far as to compile a list of opinions and reviews for each of the popups, so here's mine:
- Keep Your Eyes Here: workhorse spiral, very good
- Looking to Experiment: timeless classic. Lore tie-in, callbacks to using my grandmother's computer with all the weird popup ads that eight year-old batto didn't understand, 7/10
- Stay Asleep: VERY good. VERY bright and eye-catching, and the way it makes implications about my current state makes my brain tingle in all the good way, especially when i think about how bright the spirals are and how they really just keep going and going and going and on and it's kind of nice to watch them actually and
- What's your IQ? is uhhhh uhmmmmmmmmmm
- ggood
- it's goood
- could be even better if clicking flashed you with spirals + subliminal but as it is i just like clickign the thing it makes my brain stop braining and thats good i like it when it does
- that
- Jaw Dropped Eyes Open: again, things that tell me how i should already be feeling go very hard. scrolling text also catches my eye, makes me subconsciously read the words instead of just staring, 8/10
- Don't Think Just Sink: another banger implementation of the changing text to assault my mind with words and colors alike, now in purple so im gonna give it another half-point, 8.5/10
- You are a Good Viewer: square spirals are good variance, okay on its own but fully comes into effect when paired with another spiral
- Pendulum: is there a static light on the middle or something? because the light keeps shifting as it sways back and forth, and i think that's a really neat detail, and it's subtle enough that i had to keep staring for a while to notice it, and that was really nice, so i kept staring to appreciate it, and then i appreciated it more, and then i appreciated it more, and
- Hydration Break: unironically made me sip my water whenever it popped up. 10/10 faustech employee health program
- Click NOW/Good Dog: 11/10. Interactions and racing to click before it goes away and being rewarded with a nice bright burst of spirals and nice warm praise about how well I did, and how nice it is to stare, and how i'm going to keep staring now, and keep staring, and being such a good dog and thank you so much for noticing how good i am at staring and clicking woof woof awwrrfff
...anyway >///>
This is a veritable banger. Were it just the desktop pet, were it just the popups, it would've been a highlight of the competition on its own. Getting both, in one place, elevates this from a competition standout to an all-time classic.
Great work. All of you ^w^