r/Bongocat

I've been a fan of virtual pets since I got Nintendogs after a childhood of my parents telling me that I couldnt have a dog. I became a game dev (I worked on Rock Band, Destiny and Plants vs Zombies 2)... Fast forward to my time at Oculus, when my team shipped Bogo (a demo that featured a axolotl-inspired critter!

My family rescued a dog, and then I got laid off from Meta. But I still had this love of virtual pets, even when I had one. We shipped a game for VR, Stay: Forever Home - which was critically well received by players - but VR's been tough. So we brought our magical pet to PC. But the idea of our VR pet - one that could live in your living room through Mixed Reality, and then go to a magic world, Virtual Reality... felt impossible to replicate.

Until one of my former PopCap designer pals suggested we look at Bongocat! So the idea of Stay: Desktop Adventures was born! Our idea - an overlay pet driven by the same NPC AI (not genAI!) that goes across ALL our games, but on your desktop - and if you get the main PC game, a place to take her to explore her world!

Come wishlist our game, join the Discord for playtests - it's a very different experience than Bongocat - sort of like her big city fox cousin - more like a Tamagotchi in Bongocat clothing!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4766080/Stay_Embers_Desktop_Adventures/

https://reddit.com/link/1tuutln/video/3clssfwy3w4h1/player

We have 45/50 and just need a few more people to join, so we all get the achievement.

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Thank you c: