Hi! Love the concept and have a few quick questions. Your page says "feel free to play other games, but don't forget to check back because Mini Monster waits for no one!" Does this mean that the game keeps track of time passing when its closed? Id be interested in knowing.
Also, you say that the sleep schedule is 10pm to 10am. Would you consider adding a setting to change this? My work schedule has me waking up at noon, so I would like to be able to change it to be something I can check on when I wake up without being penalized.
Lastly, You say the game is optimized to use very little power when its running, so that you can basically use it as a replacement for the lock screen. What type of battery life can you expect when leaving the game running?
Thanks!
Hey there! Sorry for the late reply. You are correct, the game keeps track of time even when the game is closed.
I am actually looking to add that exact feature in my 1.1 update, for that exact reason :D
So in my testing it was anywhere from 14-20 hours. It'll never give you the battery life of just having the playdate suspended, but I run at a very low limited frame rate, and do updates very infrequently. I tried a good amount of other methods but they ended up adding little to no extra battery life for what was being given up, and in some cases used more battery.