Hi! really cute game, but i'm encountering issues.
When I name my dinosaur, he immediately falls asleep because his energy bar drops to 0. if i save and exit then, then load the game again, he's not sleeping but he's just standing there and frozen. this doesn't happen if i don't name a dinosaur.
Hello! I love desktop dinos and am so glad that I purchased it. The animations are really cute and well done! It makes me happy seeing them sit at the bottom of my screen :)
I have unfortunately run into a bug though, where my dino is frozen -- this happened after I switched the program between my monitors a couple times. Wait times for the eggs have frozen as well. I have even replaced them with new eggs and their metres are not going up. I tried deleting the game and reinstalling but my save file keeps loading in, so I can't reset. Is there a way to reset it?
Again, love the game -- it's the perfect amount of simple and entertaining for a desktop pet, and I know there's still some bugs to work out with the new update! I can't wait to see what gets added to it in the future. Thanks for your hard work. :)
Hey, I'm getting the same issue with my dinos freezing, even if I buy new ones and they hatch, when swapping the app between screens. Mentioning that on one screen I have my taskbar vertical (main screen) and on the 2nd screen it's horizontal. Maybe that's related somehow
I don't know if I'm missing something really obvious but I'm on version 1.2 and there doesn't seem to be a shop... I've only hatched one egg - the starter stego so I don't know if it will open after that but people have talked about a dollar sign which I definitely can't see at the moment Lol thanks in advance sorry
There's a little white tab that should be on the right side of your monitor; if you click it, the + is the shop and the $ lets you sell your items&dinos. If you have it open on a second monitor it might be cutting off the tab (mine did) so you could try switching or resizing your screen. :)
The Triceratops and stego number issue I got as well. My Green/green stego egg hatched into a green/orange (default) triceratops baby. I sold it, and tried to hatch another one, with blue/yellow stego. It hatched again to default color triceratops (green/orange).
Cute little toy, but desperately needs some overlay settings. Like, I don't want it above active windows, or fullscreen videos. Prefer it right on the desktop.
Edit: The app also introduces a noticeable bit of cursor lag, even when hidden. A bit of a shame.
I've noticed when I exit and reopen the game, all the plants I've sold come back and then I can sell them again and get infinate money, and it happens again and again, I just want to get rid of some plant clutter haha XD help!
Could you persist the game periodically? I *believe* the game persists only on exit so on power loss or ungraceful exit (forced restart), for instance, we lose progress. Saving every few minutes would be enough IMHO.
Support vertical taskbars (by which I mean, let the dino rest on the bottom of the monitor/desktop).
Could you make a Linux, or Mac version for it, even if those versions are not on the desktop. But, doing this might be hard depending on the engine/coding method you are using. If you can, that would be great! Thanks.
And having notifications be on top of the game would be nice! It's a bit hard to see with the game being on top of everything. Maybe even adding an option for the game to be only on top of the desktop would be nice so we can still get to play with everything closed but don't get distracted with work hehe
Also giving icons an outline would be great, that way we'd be able to see if they're on top of white surfaces
And not quite sure what the $ button is for. It closes other windows but can't seem to see what it does
I love the new update! I'm trying to hatch a triceratops egg, but its taking hours and hours, is that normal?! Maybe I'm missing something obvious ahha
Love the newest version!!! Theres an issue with the sell feature though. After deselecting it, occasionally I can't select any other menu options or I can click on my stegos to see their names.
Also for quality of life, an easier way to distinguish which dino or object is being clicked (or being able to click a dino while they're sleeping) would be nice too.
Hi, I don't know if it ever came up, but the game is invisible for someone who keeps their taskbar on the side, instead than on the bottom of the screen. Still, it works just fine the momenti i place it back at the bottom, just wanted to let you know. Its a wonderfully nice game!
The current way to save is by closing the game, but the new update tomorrow with implement a save while playing feature, as well as a save and quit option.
Hey, love this little desktop Pet! I installed the program while streaming and had an issue with the interface just shaking when I tried to interact with it. It also messed up my pen tablet so I had to end the stream early. I can send you a link to the video of stream. I run Windows 7 if that's part of the issue.
Hello! Love the app so far! Is there a way to change the settings, either through a config file or something similar? I'd like to change the size of the dinosaur and the plants on my desktop, and other things. Also, how do I raise it's energy and food meters? Thanks for a fun program!
Hi! Absolutely great idea, thank you for making this! If I might suggest something, I'd like to play this on my second monitor, which is vertical. It doesn't seem like it's optimized for vertical monitors as I can't see my eggs anymore, so I hope it gets compatibility in future updates~
Would it be possible to have it so I can change the monitor the app is running on? it gets a bit in the way when I'm trying to play games or watch videos
I named mine Sam and I love him so so much. And thank you for not making them super needy - reminds me of the 4.5v tamagotchis, which were perfect. I can't wait to see more, thank you!!!
Umm.. I have just downloaded this and i have a cute little blue smol stego but whenever i hover my mouse/click the plus it just shakes and same thing when i hover over my dino. Is there a way to fix this???.. i saw another comment like this and i hope theres a way to fix it :(( (and i cant click on my dino or the plus)
hello Smolstego, sur I will do my best to fixe this. I can’t reproduce it, can you send me a video so I can try to understand where it came from ? Can you also send me the windows version you are using ?
Thank you, you can send me this at : contact@harmonie-games.com
I love this so much! Great job! My only suggestion right now, would be to maybe have a 'save and exit' function in the + window with the shop so it *feels* more secure to exit the game :)
Hello, first of all, I love this concept and you have gained my full support, but I encountered a problem. Save data is sometimes lost when I shut down my pc. I don't know if it's because I spawned in a small army of stegosaurus or something, but that is my only gripe with the game so far. Looking forward to future updates! :)
hello, sorry to ear that ! I will add an exit and save button to close the game safetly and make sur the game is properly saved. It will be added in the next version, coming and the end of the month.
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cute game! perfect for ppl with adhd. can't wait to see it progress
it's making my brain very happy :
would it be possible to run the game in 144 fps? the noticeable mouse change is messing with me. Incredible cute game!
Hello Lowlel, I'm currently working on performances improvments, I hope it will fixe mouse slowdown.
This looks adorable
Hi! really cute game, but i'm encountering issues.
When I name my dinosaur, he immediately falls asleep because his energy bar drops to 0. if i save and exit then, then load the game again, he's not sleeping but he's just standing there and frozen. this doesn't happen if i don't name a dinosaur.
hello Millimallow, thanks for your precise feedback, I will try to reproduce with your indications.
thank you!
another thing i noticed is that when my dinosaur fell asleep abnormally, he disappeared below my taskbar. when he sleeps normally he sleeps on it.
Hello! I love desktop dinos and am so glad that I purchased it. The animations are really cute and well done! It makes me happy seeing them sit at the bottom of my screen :)
I have unfortunately run into a bug though, where my dino is frozen -- this happened after I switched the program between my monitors a couple times. Wait times for the eggs have frozen as well. I have even replaced them with new eggs and their metres are not going up. I tried deleting the game and reinstalling but my save file keeps loading in, so I can't reset. Is there a way to reset it?
Again, love the game -- it's the perfect amount of simple and entertaining for a desktop pet, and I know there's still some bugs to work out with the new update! I can't wait to see what gets added to it in the future. Thanks for your hard work. :)
Hello, thanks for the kind words. I'm sorry to ear your issue with frozzen kinosaurs. I will try to reproduce and correct it.
To reset your saves, you can find it here : C:\Users\[YourUsername]\AppData\LocalLow\HarmonieGames\Desktop Dinosaurs
Just delete the dinosaurs files, it should be enought and you will not loose your money.
Hey, I'm getting the same issue with my dinos freezing, even if I buy new ones and they hatch, when swapping the app between screens. Mentioning that on one screen I have my taskbar vertical (main screen) and on the 2nd screen it's horizontal. Maybe that's related somehow
I don't know if I'm missing something really obvious but I'm on version 1.2 and there doesn't seem to be a shop... I've only hatched one egg - the starter stego so I don't know if it will open after that but people have talked about a dollar sign which I definitely can't see at the moment
Lol thanks in advance sorry
There's a little white tab that should be on the right side of your monitor; if you click it, the + is the shop and the $ lets you sell your items&dinos. If you have it open on a second monitor it might be cutting off the tab (mine did) so you could try switching or resizing your screen. :)
Thanks Buskerfrog, you're right. Is this ok YeboiTt ?
Ah, yes! Thank you both! :D
Thanks for your feedback SirLonelytheGreat it helps me, I will fixe this.
The Triceratops and stego number issue I got as well. My Green/green stego egg hatched into a green/orange (default) triceratops baby. I sold it, and tried to hatch another one, with blue/yellow stego. It hatched again to default color triceratops (green/orange).
I love this game! But, the second time I've opened the game, my dino did not move and eventually died :c How can I fix it?
Did it arrive each time your run the game ? Or just once ?
Cute little toy, but desperately needs some overlay settings. Like, I don't want it above active windows, or fullscreen videos. Prefer it right on the desktop.
Edit: The app also introduces a noticeable bit of cursor lag, even when hidden. A bit of a shame.
You will work on settings and performance, sorry for that.
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hello, yes it's done with Unity3d
I've noticed when I exit and reopen the game, all the plants I've sold come back and then I can sell them again and get infinate money, and it happens again and again, I just want to get rid of some plant clutter haha XD help!
hello Lucifea, enjoy the exploit, I will correct it, thanks for raising this :D
This is -SUPER- cute !!
Hey @HarmonieGames, two feature requests:
the second thing is already supported
hmm, it isnt appearing over here. Ill double check it
Hello Bruno,
I will put a developp and auto save feature in the futur.
Vertical taskbar has been supported in 1.2, do you still have issue with this ?
Thanks for the reply! I was testing with the previous version - I bought the game a few hours before you released 1.2, it seems.
My Stegosaurus just grew up, but its meters were empty, and then it turned into a skeleton. Is that supposed to happen?
I think i had the same issue
Hello Elisemara, I'm sorry it's not suposed to happen. I will try to reproduce and fixe the issue.
why does the new version lag my mouse
Same, just downloaded and I'm also getting some mouse lag
i'm not sure if it's a bug or not, but when the game is hidden, the menu can't be retracted, but other than that, the update is really cool :)
I just found that it's working if the game is hidden from the notification area !
1.2 breaks on dual monitors. love the dinos tho
Could you make a Linux, or Mac version for it, even if those versions are not on the desktop. But, doing this might be hard depending on the engine/coding method you are using. If you can, that would be great! Thanks.
Hello, I'm thinking about it, but it will not be present in the version.
I think this is idea is way better than Tomagotchi.
Amazing!
Just got the game, neat idea!
Multiple screen support would be nice, though
And having notifications be on top of the game would be nice! It's a bit hard to see with the game being on top of everything. Maybe even adding an option for the game to be only on top of the desktop would be nice so we can still get to play with everything closed but don't get distracted with work hehe
Also giving icons an outline would be great, that way we'd be able to see if they're on top of white surfaces
And not quite sure what the $ button is for. It closes other windows but can't seem to see what it does
the dollar icon is for selling stuff
I love the new update! I'm trying to hatch a triceratops egg, but its taking hours and hours, is that normal?! Maybe I'm missing something obvious ahha
for some reason my mouse lags in the newest version, do you know why?
Love the newest version!!! Theres an issue with the sell feature though. After deselecting it, occasionally I can't select any other menu options or I can click on my stegos to see their names.
Also for quality of life, an easier way to distinguish which dino or object is being clicked (or being able to click a dino while they're sleeping) would be nice too.
Thank you for developing the game!
To clarify, I deselected the sell button by clicking it again. Hitting the arrow doesn't cause this to happen though!
Hi,
I don't know if it ever came up, but the game is invisible for someone who keeps their taskbar on the side, instead than on the bottom of the screen.
Still, it works just fine the momenti i place it back at the bottom, just wanted to let you know.
Its a wonderfully nice game!
When I restarted my computer all my dinos were gone :( Will you update so we can save progress in the future?
The current way to save is by closing the game, but the new update tomorrow with implement a save while playing feature, as well as a save and quit option.
rip dinos
me sad :(
looks cool. wish it was free tho
game devs need to pay rent too
Just bought the game and im curious, how long does it take for the eggs to hatch? Thanks in advance.
thanks for bying the game. The first egg few minutes, the other 1h hour.
Hey, love this little desktop Pet! I installed the program while streaming and had an issue with the interface just shaking when I tried to interact with it. It also messed up my pen tablet so I had to end the stream early. I can send you a link to the video of stream. I run Windows 7 if that's part of the issue.
Hello, I’m sorry to Ear that, yes please send me the link, I will do my best to fix the problem.
https://clips.twitch.tv/MildPluckyLeopardBIRB-hiw4FeR8ZkBnfTZE & https://clips.twitch.tv/PunchyFrailAubergineVoteNay-AoqZyNBCyOupt0ky Here's clips of the App shaking and freezing as well. The full video is here https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1042838275?t=1h37m8s 1:26:00 is when I first open the game. It doesn't show on screen at first because it went to my 1st monitor. I want to be clear, the problems with shaking and being unable to interact happened when I opened up the app. It didn't start having issues when I tried to get the app on my 2nd monitor. So the problem seems to be the app running on my PC. If you need anymore information, please let me know.
Hello! Love the app so far! Is there a way to change the settings, either through a config file or something similar? I'd like to change the size of the dinosaur and the plants on my desktop, and other things. Also, how do I raise it's energy and food meters? Thanks for a fun program!
Hi! Absolutely great idea, thank you for making this! If I might suggest something, I'd like to play this on my second monitor, which is vertical. It doesn't seem like it's optimized for vertical monitors as I can't see my eggs anymore, so I hope it gets compatibility in future updates~
Thanks for this feedback, I didn't think of this behaviour, I will check how I can solve this in the next update.
Hi,
Is it possible to hide the Desktop Dinosaur in the taskbar? I noticed that it already has a tray icon.
Thank you.
hello, this feature will be available in the next release :)
Does this take much processing power in the background?
Would it be possible to have it so I can change the monitor the app is running on? it gets a bit in the way when I'm trying to play games or watch videos
I change it by selecting the app from the task tray, and then pressing Windows key+Shift+Arrow left/right, and it works pretty well :)
hello in the next update you will be able to switch screen directly from the game.
Could you maybe at an fix that the Dinosaur stays on ground if you watch youtube, right now he is floating if i put on fullscreen
Thanks
I named mine Sam and I love him so so much. And thank you for not making them super needy - reminds me of the 4.5v tamagotchis, which were perfect. I can't wait to see more, thank you!!!
Umm.. I have just downloaded this and i have a cute little blue smol stego but whenever i hover my mouse/click the plus it just shakes and same thing when i hover over my dino. Is there a way to fix this???.. i saw another comment like this and i hope theres a way to fix it :(( (and i cant click on my dino or the plus)
hello Smolstego, sur I will do my best to fixe this. I can’t reproduce it, can you send me a video so I can try to understand where it came from ? Can you also send me the windows version you are using ?
Thank you, you can send me this at : contact@harmonie-games.com
I love this so much! Great job! My only suggestion right now, would be to maybe have a 'save and exit' function in the + window with the shop so it *feels* more secure to exit the game :)
hello thank you for your words :), I will add the save and exit button in the next update.
Hello, first of all, I love this concept and you have gained my full support, but I encountered a problem. Save data is sometimes lost when I shut down my pc. I don't know if it's because I spawned in a small army of stegosaurus or something, but that is my only gripe with the game so far. Looking forward to future updates! :)
the game has to close to save, if you turn off your computer while it’s running it won’t save.
hello, sorry to ear that ! I will add an exit and save button to close the game safetly and make sur the game is properly saved. It will be added in the next version, coming and the end of the month.