A downloadable game for Windows

A time-management typing game where you play as the unnamed bookworm protagonist who just moved out and started to live independently. Balance between your responsabilities as an adult and trying to reach the goal of your reading challenge.

Work and earn money for books and expenses, read and review books and if you decide to, take care of a cat.

You can choose between 100+ books from varying genres and remember, the most important part:

Read what you enjoy and take care of yourself.

Happy reading!

Interact

Move

Art, Design and Programming - Veronica Moreira

Copy Editor - Alejandra Moreira

Music - Daniel Moreira

Other Sounds - Sidearm Studios, Cafofo

Thanks to the following people for taking their time to test the game:

Joyce Benitez, Carlos Manosalvas, Jose Moreira, Roberto Cedeño, Antonella Pastor, Ma. Gabriela Piñeiros, Carlos Cervantes, Eduardo Zunino, Maria Paz Cornejo, Marco Taco

Made using the SLSO8 PALETTE by Luis Miguel Maldonado

If you find any bugs, please email me at nyxinabox.games@gmail.com.

Comments are welcome!

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More information

Status	Released
Platforms	Windows
Rating	Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings)
Author	nyxinabox
Genre	Simulation
Made with	Pyxel Edit, Unity
Tags	2D, books, Cats, Life Simulation, Management, Pixel Art, Singleplayer, Typing, Unity

Download

The Bookworm Way of Life.zip 27 MB

Development log

The Bookworm Way of Life - Postmortem
May 02, 2021

Comments

Hazzanger2 years ago

I played your game! It's a really unique idea and captivating. With a little bit of polish, this could easily be a great game. I like the analogy for reading as typing; it seems pretty apt. I wish the energy mechanic was less taxing. It seems to completely run out every 15 seconds. Also, the food is not as fleshed out as it could be. Would like to see where an idea like this could go!

7/10

nyxinabox2 years ago

Thank you so much! This was such a great surprise :D

Really appreciate the feedback and to be included in your video.

I'll definitely take into account what you mentioned!

GammaFoxTBG3 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Really enjoyed the game so far. I thought the cute aesthetic and warm tones that everything gave, made it all feel very cozy. The sounds were nice and the music was an appropriately chill tune. The core gameplay loop is pretty simple, but for what it is, I still thought it was fun! I enjoy a good time management game, and I was trying to do 100 books over the course of 30 days (because why not). I was currently on day 10 with 25 down, but I forgot to save before going back to the menu! I'll definitely give it another shot again soon.

Really good work! Do you have new features planned for the future?

nyxinabox3 years ago(+1)

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it :)

It's sad that you lost your progress, especially since you chose the most amount of books as a challenge :O

Currently, I don't have anything new planned for the game(this game started as a weekend project and then spiraled into this full game). So I'm not sure I'll be adding something else. Maybe in the future.