Alien Hatchi - Virtual Pet

Submitted by wyatt rose on 19 December, 2012 and last modified on 4 October, 2017

Description of App:

An Alien has hatched on a space ship and its your job to feed, clean, educate and exercise it. Manage your ships scarce resources to change how your Alien Hatchi evolves and alters its visual appearance as it grows up!Alien Hatchi is a modernized, full-color version Hatchi, the retro-looking virtual pet app that quickly rose to become one of the best-selling iPhone games in the US, UK, Australia and many other countries.Just as with the keychain-sized virtual pets, users feed, clean, play with and generally look after their pets to ensure they grow up to be healthy, happy little Hatchis.Treat your Alien Hatchi differently to see the many different forms of child, teenager, and adult.Optimised for the iPhone 5 tall screen.

Apple Watch Support:

Not Known

Version:

1.1

Free or Paid:

Paid

Device(s) App Was Tested On:

iPhone

Accessibility Comments:

It's somewhat usable. Read other comments below.

VoiceOver Performance:

VoiceOver reads most page elements.

Button Labeling:

Most buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability:

Some parts of the app are accessible with VoiceOver, but not enough to make it usable.

Other Comments:

When you hit start egg, you have to double tap it three times for it to hatch. Once you give it a name, it says to drag up the ships controls. I am not sure how to do that, so I'm labeling it some some parts being accessible.

App Store Link:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alien-ha…

Developer's Website:

http://hatchiapp.com/

Developer's Twitter Username:

Hatchi @HatchiApp

User Options

Twitter

Facebook

1 AppleVis user(s) have recommended this app.

11 Comments

Ship's controls & Other Info

Submitted by Kenshira The Trinity on 26 January, 2014

To bring up ship's controls, use a 3 finger swipe up. also note that after hatching your alien, buttons will no longer be labeled. So, for the record, here's what the 6 main buttons they are and what they do. The first one lets u feed your alien. Tap it, then continue swiping right till u get some numbers. This is how much fuel a specific food item will consume. Tap on one of these numbers to use a food item. Sadly, food is also not labeled. The second button lets u take care of your alien, tap it then swipe right to get to another set of numbers. Cleaning your alien, cleaning the ship, educating your alien and giving it medicine when it is sick will also cost fuel and that's what these numbers do if u tap on them. The third button lets u play minigames with your alien in order to earn more fuel and increase happiness; only 2 games though in this version of hatchi, and only 1 is accessible. To get to the games, swipe right past the 6 main buttons, then past one more unlabeled button, the one after that leads to a simon says type game. All sound pads r labeled, no time restrictions, it is accessible. The other mini game is a break-out style game where u need to destroy things with a ball. Kinda difficult to play without vision. Back to the buttons: The 4th button is a light switch, u can hear the lights powering on or off when u push this button. careful though, when putting your alien to sleep, it might not want to wake up again for a while, so keep its current status in mind. The fifth button takes u to the alien adoption planet. After clicking it, swipe right past the 6th button and the first unlabeled button on this list, that next one will let u see the available aliens for adoption. Finally, the 6th button will take u to the settings and info like with the other hatchi. Again, more unlabeled buttons here so I'll try to explain: first button here will let u see your database. Second button lets you see your current alien's statistics. Third button lets u check game center progress. Fourth button lets u share your alien via fb or twitter just like in the other one. Fifth button is for the help menu. If u need a refresher on everything that was spoken of here, check it out. U can also send feedback from this section. The last button is for the settings. Everything here is self explanatory. Hope it helps.

thanks for the info

Submitted by treky fan on 27 January, 2014

Hi, thanks for explaining this. I'm going to have to give this game another try.

Smile

Submitted by Kenshira The Trinity on 27 January, 2014

You're quite welcome. O there is a section for purchasing fuel too but I can't remember where it is. Will report back when I find it. I raised an alien to adulthood and released it simply because I was running out of fuel and was involved in too many other games lol. Thought this post could use an explanation so I started up another alien for the purpose of explaining these controls.

Shopping and fuel upgrades

Submitted by Kenshira The Trinity on 3 February, 2014

That first unlabeled button mentioned in the fifth section of the main menu in my previous comment will take you to a shop where you can purchase various food types, buffs for your alien and fuel collector upgrades. Not sure yet whether fuel upgrades will carry over from one alien to another but I have a feeling it does. Got a fuel bonus with my first alien and I think it wasn't reset with this new one. Lastly, the first unlabeled button in the third section where all the games are will take you to a section where you can configure your fuel collection settings and see when your next batch of fuel will come in. I think that covers all of the buttons; Hope it helps. This certainly is a more challenging game compared to the other one, since you now have to keep an eye on how much fuel you consume in addition to taking care of your alien. Only wish more elements were labeled but I think that this app is manageable if you know where things are and how to find them.

Alien Hatchi - Virtual Pet

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