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Buddytale

Buddytale is exploration of our attachments to virtual pets, our responsibilities as their caretakers, and the way digital mortality effects the value we place on our relationships to computational entities…

3 December 2020

Buddytale is an indie, released 3 December 2020 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Buddytale is

Buddytale was released in 2020. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Buddytale is exploration of our attachments to virtual pets, our responsibilities as their caretakers, and the way digital mortality effects the value we place on our relationships to computational entities. It is a series of vignettes, little snapshots into the relationship between an owner and their pet, from the day they meet until they must say goodbye.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Buddytale launched on 3 December 2020, within three weeks of Cyberpunk 2077, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Astro's Playroom.

Released around the same time: Cyberpunk 2077, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Astro's Playroom.

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When did Buddytale come out?
Buddytale was released on 3 December 2020 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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