Love it, only wish it was finished. One rather distracting bug I've noticed in my usage is that when rapidly typing, the ship will occasionally jitter as opposed to shooting out any kind of effect. It's insubstantial, and one might think that it wouldn't be noticeable with a screen full of different effects, but for me at least it is relatively distracting- I would love if this small problem could be patched out when the next goal gets reached! Otherwise my favorite desktop companion, I particularly love that a lot of the effects are interact-able.
on a multimonitor setup, is it possible to drag the ufo to another screen or does it only work on the screen you have selected as the main desktop? cheers. Im using windows 10 lol
it will only work on the one screen, but you can choose which! when you launch the program, a small "SUGAR" window will appear with the engine's boot-up animation, you'll just have to drag this small window to the monitor where you want the UFO to reside, before the animation ends.
Hi, I'm super late but going to answer anyway. There isn't any way to turn the effects off currently but I may add one in the next update when we reach 350$. :)
Hi again! It's been a while but I just added a way to turn the effects off in the UFO's menu in the new update. The setting will be saved for the next time you launch the program too. :)
dear remy , this is a good joke and I also appreciate what you got into with disctop. will you push further into desktop pets? the sensitivity of a cursor toy is a delicate thing. I want to be able to throw down a fiddle on any part of my display and strum it idly... In a sense I think idiosyncratic little desktop sprites are the final promise of the 500+ Cursor Smiley Set Toolbar. I wonder if I could find some software on that order still available...
dear qis, I'm glad you appreciate the joke! yes I do intend on making more desktop pets in the future with different ideas I have! I agree that their design has to be sensitive so that they don't end up being too obfuscating or too distracting, and I think that makes it interesting. The idea of having a fiddle on the screen is really interesting, I like it!
Simple desktop sprites sure can be good fun on their own! Sadly many of the desktop pets from their golden era are not compatible with modern OS, or are simply lost to the internets. But still we can hope for the rebirth of desktop pets as a popular thing. :)
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Love it, only wish it was finished. One rather distracting bug I've noticed in my usage is that when rapidly typing, the ship will occasionally jitter as opposed to shooting out any kind of effect. It's insubstantial, and one might think that it wouldn't be noticeable with a screen full of different effects, but for me at least it is relatively distracting- I would love if this small problem could be patched out when the next goal gets reached! Otherwise my favorite desktop companion, I particularly love that a lot of the effects are interact-able.
False alarm, heads up:
Oh no, after an engine update today, Malwarebytes thinks NFTc.exe is a "Malware.SandBox.11" and wants to Quarantine it.
VirusTotal has 65 vendors saying its safe.
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/3f70d8915840110d37e1ff79aab9e202b75340a0da39...
[randomly shoots out confetti and tiny versions of self]
on a multimonitor setup, is it possible to drag the ufo to another screen or does it only work on the screen you have selected as the main desktop? cheers. Im using windows 10 lol
it will only work on the one screen, but you can choose which! when you launch the program, a small "SUGAR" window will appear with the engine's boot-up animation, you'll just have to drag this small window to the monitor where you want the UFO to reside, before the animation ends.
ayy thanks so much Mr. Devaux <3. play 140 by jeppe carlsen ! :)
also do you have any other computer pet recommendations by any chance lol?
and 2) lastly is there a way i can make the default scale of the pet times x1 when it opens? thank you!
this is the best collection of desktop pets and other companions that I know of: https://itch.io/c/733669/desktop-pets-virtual-companions
Next time I update NFTc I can make it so that it remembers what scale you were using the last time you used it. :)
Hi again! It's been a few months but I just updated NFTc and I made it so it would save the scale you're using for the next time it opens!
Just wondering, is there anyway to turn the effects off? :D
Hi, I'm super late but going to answer anyway. There isn't any way to turn the effects off currently but I may add one in the next update when we reach 350$. :)
Hi again! It's been a while but I just added a way to turn the effects off in the UFO's menu in the new update. The setting will be saved for the next time you launch the program too. :)
how did you make this program in 1MB?? what is it coded in?
ahah, this was made with my own engine, SUGAR! no bloat there, for sure! ^^
it's not available yet but you can learn more about SUGAR here: trasevol-dog.itch.io/sugar :)
that's incredible! i'll definitely keep up with the development of sugar. ive desperately needed that sort of thing for a while i think
when will sugar be avalible?
This is such a clever idea. Nice work.
can it also be for the web browser too?
Yes, it works with all web browsers on Windows! :)
noice
and this ufo seems nice
dear remy , this is a good joke and I also appreciate what you got into with disctop. will you push further into desktop pets? the sensitivity of a cursor toy is a delicate thing. I want to be able to throw down a fiddle on any part of my display and strum it idly... In a sense I think idiosyncratic little desktop sprites are the final promise of the 500+ Cursor Smiley Set Toolbar. I wonder if I could find some software on that order still available...
dear qis, I'm glad you appreciate the joke! yes I do intend on making more desktop pets in the future with different ideas I have! I agree that their design has to be sensitive so that they don't end up being too obfuscating or too distracting, and I think that makes it interesting. The idea of having a fiddle on the screen is really interesting, I like it!
Simple desktop sprites sure can be good fun on their own! Sadly many of the desktop pets from their golden era are not compatible with modern OS, or are simply lost to the internets. But still we can hope for the rebirth of desktop pets as a popular thing. :)