Virtual Buffalo

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Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo WiiU

kantackistanCreated: ~6 years ago

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Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo WiiU

Version:1.0.5Size:736 KB

Virtual Buffalo may look like a pet simulator, but don't be fooled: This bovid is always seconds away from death, and needs all your concentration just to survive another day! Press buttons with matching colors to complete a slog of split-second minigames. But be warned, the controls keep changing the longer you play! Will you be able to remember which button is which when they're all grayed out and switching places with each other?

Instructions:

Supports Circle Pad, D-Pad, ABXY, or Touch controls. Colorblind Accessible Mode: From the main menu, press Down while holding L and R. Pause: Tap the Timer circle. (Takes effect between minigames.) Music Note Button: Toggles all music Speaker Button: Toggles all sound Striped Button: Toggles scan line overlay Lightning Button: Toggles flashing light effects

CHEAT CODE

Hard, Medium, Easy, Medium, Hard, Medium, Easy, 8, 6, 4, 6, 8, 6, 4, 4, 8, Easy, 4, 8, Easy, Easy, Medium, Hard

Notes:

Cool Features:

Procedurally generated music (Medium/Hard difficulty only)
Multiple variations on rules per minigame
CRT-style scan lines
Original NES Font
Local leaderboards
Asynchronous "lazy loading" system (No loading screens!)
Progressive difficulty
Ability to toggle individual minigames (Disable the ones you hate, or practice 1 on 1 until you've mastered them)

Credit for the "Lullabye" and "Easy Mode" melodies go to Plastiware and Marjask respectively.

The cheat code does nothing

i was looking at the code trying to figure out why the cheat code doesn't do anything and found 3 unused minigames: ARCHERY, SAFECRACK & PONG. then i found shower

~6 years ago

This game is really fun! I just don't understand how you can make games like this on SmileBASIC. Awesome!

~6 years ago

I found out that there’s a secret Virtual Giraffe mode, but in order to access it, you need to change a value at @GETSAVCHRS called GIRAFFE from whatever string is there to 1. Maybe there should be a secret toggle for it, it’s hilarious (for those wondering, it’s the same as Virtual Buffalo, but the Buffalo is replaced with a Giraffe whose neck stretches off the screen at all times)!

~6 years ago

kantackistan #24

The cheat code does nothing

Weird, it's definitely working on my end. It's one long code and you can't take forever to type it in. Can you maybe take a video of you trying to enter it so I can debug?

~6 years ago

kantackistan #25

I found out that there’s a secret Virtual Giraffe mode, but in order to access it, you need to change a value at @GETSAVCHRS called GIRAFFE from whatever string is there to 1. Maybe there should be a secret toggle for it, it’s hilarious (for those wondering, it’s the same as Virtual Buffalo, but the Buffalo is replaced with a Giraffe whose neck stretches off the screen at all times)!

Spoiler

There's a cheat code above hidden in a spoiler tag which can be used to access it

~6 years agoEdited ~6 years ago by kantackistan

I found out that there’s a secret Virtual Giraffe mode, but in order to access it, you need to change a value at @GETSAVCHRS called GIRAFFE from whatever string is there to 1. Maybe there should be a secret toggle for it, it’s hilarious (for those wondering, it’s the same as Virtual Buffalo, but the Buffalo is replaced with a Giraffe whose neck stretches off the screen at all times)!

Oh, I didn’t know that XD

~6 years ago

Wait, so is this like MyPet but fleshed out?

I made this comment before I actually played the game, sorry. ProKuku is right that it is very similar to WarioWare. MyPet is no longer around, AFAIK. None of the download keys still on the site work, though I could host a mirror for you if you're interested in it. It was a simplistic pet simulator by Tgaming548 (now called h267 on the forums), but after a while of it being on the frontpage, I think he deleted it out of embarrassment for what it was.

~6 years ago

The cheat code does nothing

if there's a time limit, that may be the problem

~6 years ago

This game is really fun! I just don't understand how you can make games like this on SmileBASIC. Awesome!

SMILEBASIC:as powerful as lua

~6 years ago

kantackistan #30

The cheat code does nothing

The pitches the buttons make form an actual song if you get it right. So try memorizing the notes and playing it like a keyboard. (It's part of a piano duet I can't find the name of.)

~6 years ago

The cheat code does nothing

But why tho?

~6 years ago

The cheat code does nothing

wait i accidentally pressed 4 when i shouldn't have

~6 years agoEdited ~6 years ago by IAmRalsei

I found a minor bug: If the player manages to get a score over 9999 then, when the game is over, the last number on the counter will kind of overlay itself.

Another minor bug:

Spoiler

It's possible to see the top of the giraffe's neck (which disturbingly doesn't have a head) after failing the flappy game via a pipe.

~6 years ago

I found a minor bug: If the player manages to get a score over 9999 then, when the game is over, the last number on the counter will kind of overlay itself.

ANOTHER minor bug:

Spoiler

when the giraffe is sleeping, their neck DISSAPEARS

AND ANOTHER ONE:on an instrument minigame, (guitar or drums) if you get 3 button presses correct but 1 wrong, you'll win anyway

~6 years ago

kantackistan #35

I found a minor bug: If the player manages to get a score over 9999 then, when the game is over, the last number on the counter will kind of overlay itself.

The real question is... Do I extend the neck further? Or do I add a head? I'll have to decide on one of those for the next release... I'll fix the sleeping glitch, but all rhythm-based minigames (GUITAR, DANCE, and DRUMS) will count it as a win as long as you get the majority of notes. Since there's always 4 notes per each, you only need 3 to win. If you'd like to disable this feature, you can switch the ZHARDASS variable to 1.

~6 years agoEdited ~6 years ago by kantackistan

I found a minor bug: If the player manages to get a score over 9999 then, when the game is over, the last number on the counter will kind of overlay itself.

ok suggestion:

Spoiler

add a head to the giraffe tho if you decide you want to extend the neck instead that's ok

~6 years agoEdited ~6 years ago by IAmRalsei

YOU CANNOT HIDE ARCHERY, SAFECRACK, PONG & SHOWER FROM ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~6 years ago

I found out that there’s a secret Virtual Giraffe mode, but in order to access it, you need to change a value at @GETSAVCHRS called GIRAFFE from whatever string is there to 1. Maybe there should be a secret toggle for it, it’s hilarious (for those wondering, it’s the same as Virtual Buffalo, but the Buffalo is replaced with a Giraffe whose neck stretches off the screen at all times)!

i love playing virtual giraffe

~6 years ago

kantackistan #39

YOU CANNOT HIDE ARCHERY, SAFECRACK, PONG & SHOWER FROM ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nothing to hide: They weren't finished, they weren't any fun, they were getting in the way. So I cleared them out. Need that valuable space for new minigames. The only one that has the slimmest chance of returning is SHOWER, but no promises.

~6 years ago

YOU CANNOT HIDE ARCHERY, SAFECRACK, PONG & SHOWER FROM ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok

~6 years ago

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