There’s a strength stat, ranges from 1 to 4.

I still want to make a virtual pet for my therians, and I still want to make it a phone app that is considerate of people’s lives, but I’m not entirely sure there’d be anything left to the game if I eliminate the parts I find questionable.

It may be a very bad thing, grabbing a man by emotional handles God meant for the care and keeping of His creatures, and diverting it to a plastic box, potentially to the detriment of real responsibilities.

I am uncertain if this is a good thing or not.

Tending a virtual pet gives you similar feelings and experiences as tending an actual pet, and the fact that it has its own schedule that doesn’t care one whit about yours is part of that experience.

Unfortunately, I’ve concluded the inconvenience is the point.

People with jobs can’t stop what their doing every hour and sweep up virtual monster poop.

Way back when I used a phone app that mimicked the virtual pets, my chief objective in designing my own was to do away with the inconveniences.

Something about holding a little plastic box and knowing that it and it alone was the digimon, as opposed to the digimon being one app among many, makes a difference.

I was unable to get as engaged when playing a phone replication of the Digimon V Pet that had more and better features. It is difficult to stress enough how much the physicality of the toy matters.And I think I squeezed about all the fun and insight I can out of the toy.

Digimon v pet strength