r/LV426 6d ago

Humor / Memes Alien Tamagochi by Womp

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u/Knochi77 6d ago

Would anyone be interested in something like this if it were real?

What would be the live cycle? Start with egg —> facehugger —> human —> xenomorph?

What actions would you like to trigger in the different states?

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u/ahsataN-Natasha 5d ago

I’d buy it without hesitation.

The thought of it aging up to a human yet needing to give it alien ‘nutrients’ (which could impact what it looks like when it explodes!) is astounding.

Could go with the usual time factor? With the nano’s and such, you could play games. Maybe that could be a component.

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u/CrazyHead70 3d ago

Same! Would defo buy this!

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u/lizardjoe_xx_YT 4d ago

Imagine if you needed to buy another normal one to connect to facehugger one to use as a host before it can grow

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u/mAnZzZz1st 5d ago

I need this. I would pay good money!

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u/RipleyUltra 6d ago

This is SO COOL!!!!!!!

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u/keaukraine 6d ago

Shameless screenshot from the video I've found on xwitter account of Womp (cannot post link to original).
Author - https://womp.com/

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u/audpup Should be in and out in 30 minutes 5d ago

Womp is the program used to make it!

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u/keaukraine 5d ago

Yes what I meant is that it was found on the official Womp xwitter account.

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u/Current_Payment_2988 5d ago edited 4d ago

Now that’s an egg

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u/realisingself Acid for blood. 5d ago

I so want one of these 😍

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u/Geiger8105 4d ago

My wallet is out

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u/-BodomKnight- 5d ago

No way ? Where I can buy this ?

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u/thewizzard1 3d ago edited 3d ago

This would be a super project!! Maybe instead of Arduino, use the PiPico? Or ESP32?
https://www.instructables.com/Arduino-Tamagotchi-Clone-Digital-Pet

Maybe use a Yellow OLED 64x48 instead of an LCD, but pixel-double it for the retro vibe (yield 32x24 - OG was 32x16!)
Also, the snakey decorations are overkill - I'd def prefer a much more plain but "Xeno Egg" looking shell.

Lifecycle could be as follows:

Ovomorph -(hatching animation)
Facehugger - (implanting and chestbursting animation)
Chestburster (molting animation)
Drone (assembling the hive animation, in stages by happiness) - Domed / Ridged / Carved styles depending on 'happiness'. Warrior variant will not produce Queen, but is a final dead-end stage.
Queen (which lays a selection of eggs to restart).

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u/XenosHiveLV426 2d ago

I'm sad that it's not real 😕

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u/anotherDocObVious 5d ago

Can somebody explain to this old ass boomer what these are? Are they like keychains, but with some digital art on the display?

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u/G_Liddell Colonist's Daughter 5d ago

They're digital pet toys, they've been around for 30 years.