Man, I'm kicking myself for not having a backup, but there was this game programming contest around early 2000s where they had to make a game in a day or less.
It was either hosted by flipcode[1] or linked to from there.
One of the entries was a faithful reimplementation of Tamagotchi for Windows, except instead of a small creature to look after it was a small rock, and the game was called Tamagraniti (I'm pretty sure).
You could do all the same things, water your rock, give it a pet pebble and such.
I just really loved the silliness of it, and the implementation was really well done in that it mimicked the little device with the LCD screen.
It was either hosted by flipcode[1] or linked to from there.
One of the entries was a faithful reimplementation of Tamagotchi for Windows, except instead of a small creature to look after it was a small rock, and the game was called Tamagraniti (I'm pretty sure).
You could do all the same things, water your rock, give it a pet pebble and such.
I just really loved the silliness of it, and the implementation was really well done in that it mimicked the little device with the LCD screen.
Been trying to find it but seems gone...
[1] https://www.flipcode.com
Anything surprise you about working on this? Any tips you found about implementing for FPGA?
What happens if you fast-forward a whole lot, any easter eggs?