Living with Braixen "Tamagotchi" Thoughts & Info

I took my time with this mostly because I realized that while I did write down all of the things planned and needed, it's probably not a good idea to talk about yet since it might excite people a bit too much or give the wrong idea.

Dream Molder will still be the main focus, and this will only be something that I do on the side when I don't have the energy to work on DM or need a change of pace.
It's also going to use a lot of DM's assets, at least for the time being.

With it being "just ideas" for now, it's also just some random thoughts and most likely not even worth sharing.

I did however already mention it, so to not to go back on my word, here's all of what I thought off when it comes to the "Braixen Tamagotchi"!

Living with Braixen "Tamagotchi" Infos

While I did call it an tamagotchi it's probably a lot closer to what you would call a sim.

Main difference here being that time doesn't progress in real like it would with a tamagotchi, but in "actions" instead.

The idea for the minigame/sim is that you take in a Braixen who lost it's owner and doesn't have a home for the time being.
Depending on how well you well you get along with it you can then either have someone adopt them and start over with a new Braixen or (if you did it right) are allowed to keep it and pretty much "play" forever.

How well you get along will be decided by multiple factors, mainly though the Braixens character and how you choose to spend your time together 

Main Actions
Each inGame day you will have a certain number of actions that you can use up to interact with your Braixen.
Main actions being talking, cuddling, playing and going out.

These actions will change depending on time of day and/or with different friendship levels.

Character Traits

And while all of these will somewhat improve the relationship with your Braixen, it will depend on it's character and traits by how much exactly.
Having a sporty Braixen it might be more fun for it to play outside, a Braixen with the trait bookworm however would likely rather stay inside and read.

I've had quite a few ideas for different traits and activities to go along with them.

From Gamer Braixens that you could play classic bomberman/tetris style minigames with, maid trait Braixens who will actually like to help you clean and cook, 

sleepyheads who'd rather take a nap or even naughty Braixens that rather play with themselves. (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄) 

One Braixen can have multiple traits and not all traits are permanent.
Some Braixens can start out with, or develop negative traits when they come, for example, from an negative/abusive enviroment or if you don't put enough effort into giving them what they need.

It's up to you to train your Braixen and unlearn those habits or make one that you don't mind a permanent one.

There's even going to be some special and fun traits, unique to randomized Braixens or special training that you won't be able to get otherwise.
It will probably be a lot more fun to find those yourself though, so I'll keep these a secret for now. ;3

Moods
However you choose to interact with your Braixen it will have an impact on their current mood.
Moods can change a certain interaction to the better or worse, depending on how they feel.

A Braixen with the Sleepyhead trait might randomly gain the tired mood over the day which will make attempts to interact with your Braixen less effective.
A happy mood after playing however might have the opposite effect, increasing friendship through cuddling and/or talking even more.

How probably it is for your Braixen to gain a certain mood will completely depend on the situation, sometimes luck, but most importantly: her overall Needs and Nature.

Needs

A Braixens Needs are the most important aspect when taking care of/living with them.
The main needs you will have to look out for are hunger, hygiene, fun, energy, exercise and affection.

The more maxed out your Braixens needs are the higher is the chance to gain positive mood.
Doing something the Braixen doesn't like, ignoring her needs or sometimes even just bad luck will increase the chances for negative moods.

Most Braixens will take care of themselves when you're not around, but when you are it's up to you to bath, feed and pet them!

Natures

Natures are the last and most core attribute of your Braixen.

The nature of your Braixen will decide how likely they are to pick up friendship with you and how easy it is to gain certain moods.

Nature can be seen as your Braixens character core that will decide it's visual posture and expressions used when interacting with you.
A timid Braixen will always act somewhat shy even when befriended and have higher chances to switch to "embarassed" mood, for example.

Aside from the visual aspect it will also influence some hidden stats of your Braixen, like it's assertivenes.
A Braixen may be more inclined to tell you what it wants or interact with you by itself when highly assertive, but it's chance to refuse your actions is also higher.


That's pretty much it for the important stuff, there's still some stuff to talk about but the most important smaller parts will be~

Weekdays

Weekdays work just like you think they would and are, at least for now, just an idea.
From monday to friday you will need to "go to work" when you've used up all your action points for the morning.
In the time from morning to evening you will not be able to interact with your Braixen and instead have it act on it's own.

Your Braixen will use this time to fill up it's needs or depending on it's character and traits, do other stuff.
This means while you won't be able to bond with your Braixen in that time, you will (at least hopefully) come back to one that's ready to do so.

On your way back home you will also be given the chance to either work overtime or buy something on your way back, making it the perfect opportunity to get that accessory or piece of clothing that you've always wanted your Braixen to wear.

Working overtime won't help you build friendship with your Braixen but will increase your employee level, which will increase the amount of items you see in shops, allow you to hire help for the house and give you the ability to move (change home backgrounds).

On Weekends (Saturday and Sunday) you will be able to spend the whole day with you Braixen and use all of the action points for whatever you desire.

Night time and Lewd-Events

Last thing I'm going to talk about for now will be Night time & lewd-events

If you were waiting for the part were I was talking about how to lewd your Braixen this is it.
Night time is your best opportunity to increase friendship level and affection with your Braixen, or even go beyond that.

At the end of each day, when you've used up all of your action points you will have to make a decision:

Either go to bed and rest, simply ending the day and restoring your Braixens energy OR (if your Braixens friendship level is high enough) enter Night time.


You will allow your Braixen to sleep in your room that night and instead of ending the day, bring up a seperate action bar.
You can use this extra time to bond with your Braixen.
Talk, cuddle, groom her or go even further.

Beware though that this might upset your Braixen if you don't meet the requirements, being a high enough friendship level, cared for needs and the right moment. 
As long as you keep those in mind though it's a surefire way to your Braixens heart, or wherever you're trying to get to.

Lewd/Heart-Events
Completely independent from night time, Lewd-Events are your Braixens attempts to lewd YOU!

Once you warmed up to your Braixen there will be smaller possibilities with each action over the day that turn into Lewd-Events.
Washing your Braixen and it suddenly wants to wash you? Winning a game and it feels like it has to reward you?

Pretty much all actions that you do could turn lewd with the right requirements and just a little bit of luck.

There's tons of things that influence the chances for these events like nature, traits, friendship level, needs, your Braixens general arousal (which is another hidden stat), etc, etc..

There's no Lewd-Events in the SFW or Censored Version of course, but there could always be something along the lines of heart-events to increase friendship even more..

Release plans and general look of the game?

Okay, let's start this with me again saying that this, above all, is supposed to be a minigame.
Now with all of these ideas and plans it could be a game of it's own of course, but what decides that in the end is the amount of art planned for it.

The ideas and programming itself aren't a big deal if it's mostly still images or already available art being used.


With Dream Molder being released in Episodes I felt like at least some kind of mini form of this would help pass the time between the releases a bit.
This is why I'm planning on adding simple versions of this and upgrade them with each DM Episode.


In a perfect world I would imagine all of the actions that you're able to do to have it's own CG. (Imagine to choosing to groom your Braixen, then see a picture of combing it's fur.)

My plans for the first version will be building everything around the art, giving you the ability to befriend the Braixen, choose actions, but only have a black screen and some text to go along with it.

Not everything will be available in the first episode, but as Dream Molder updates the Creator/Tamagotchi will too.
I want to add a few minigames, make the whole thing prettier, etc.

For the start it's mostly going to look like the creator with extra options though.


I hope this somewhat gave you an idea of what the whole thing could look like, I've been rambling too much as always but everyone that read up to here is probably fine with it. xD
As last few words, if you're interested in making this a thing and are confident in your drawing skills let me know over on the discord.

I wouldn't mind making this a side/open project with a group of people or the whole community to bring some more life to the server, since that would probably be more fun than a side/minigame added to DM.
But we'll see. :D