Free Tamagotchi-Style Horror Game Hatches a Monster In Your Phone
screenrant.comA Tamagotchi-style free PC and mobile game called Hatching has just released to promote the Finnish horror film of the same name — and it sees players hatch monsters in their browser or phone. The movie centers on a family, specifically a young girl looking to please her mother, who comes across a mysterious and supernatural egg. Over the course of the film, the egg swells and eventually hatches, spawning an unhinged monster.
Tamagotchi was a massively popular trend in the 1990s and 2000s, and the brand continues to see success with modern versions and special-edition releases like the adorable Kingdom Hearts Anniversary Tamagotchis. The premise of a Tamagotchigame is rather simple: players are given a digital pet and are tasked with nurturing it. Tamagotchi pets begin life as an egg, and eventually hatch into small creatures before growing and evolving through regular care. Players can also scold Tamagotchis when they refuse to eat or take part in training exercises. The virtual pets can even get sick and die if the player neglects them enough. Bandai, the toy's publisher, introduced the Tamagotchi franchise as a series of individual devices, typically styled with various colors and patterns, although there have been many subsequent mainline and spin-off Tamagotchi games for mobile devices, handhelds, and consoles.
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The official Tamagotchi brand has partnered with names like Star Wars and other pieces of popular media, but the general framework of the game can be applied to any number of different projects. This is exactly what horror distribution company IFC Midnight and indie developer Airdorf have accomplished with their free horror game, which emulates
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