Tiny Chao Garden DX
A downloadable game for Windows
Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure 2 had Chao Adventure. Sonic Adventure DX and Sonic Adventure 2: Battle had the Tiny Chao Garden. The Steam releases of those games have... nothing! That's where this project comes in. Designed to use the .chao format introduced by Fusion's Chao Editor and utilized by krzys2's Chao Exporter/Importer, this game allows you to interact with your Chao just like in the original Tiny Chao Garden!
More than just a simple recreation, Tiny Chao Garden DX has new enhancements and will feature more in the future! You can view a Chao's stats by opening the full menu, view item stats and descriptions in the shop and store your goods in a new inventory system. Currently, there are two minigames- Chao Match and Chao Janken, both appearing in version 1 of the original TCG- and more minigames familiar and new will be added down the line. In addition, I plan to add additional Gardens so you can house up to four Chao at one time!
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Development log
- State of the Garden Address (9/19/2024)Sep 19, 2024
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Is it normal for certain color of chao to be invisible ?
im confused does this connect to sonic adventure dx on steam, or is it stand alone?
It connects to SADX 2004/2011 and SA2 in a roundabout way. Due to the connectivity functions being stripped from the games when they were originally ported to PC, it requires a importer/exporter tool to work.
You have to export your Chao from SADX/SA2 with the importer/exporter tool, save it, then import it to TCGDX. When you're done, you have to export it from TCGDX, save it, then import back to the game with the importer/exporter tool.
no way
whoa really? That makes this infinitely cooler!
Yeah, you still have to be in the chao garden to do it as the Importer/Exporter detects when you are in the Chao World. The creator of the Importer/exported tool has other tools related to it if it interests anyone.
nice! even if the games are really lame to me tbh
dont give this man the trumpet
I hope you keep up the development work, this brings back memories!
I might make a blog post about that soon... also, nice pic! What's it running on? I tried playing it on my Steam Deck but something about the shader I used for swapping palettes makes it crash...
That’s an anbernic rg40xxh, it’s using a compatibility layer to translate the android yo-yo libraries to arm.
good game question tho, how can i open the chao eggs to have more chao
The garden needs to be vacant for an egg to hatch. You can only have one Chao in the garden at a time.
Omg I just found this this is amazing! Thank you for making this!!! I hope to see more! <3 <3 <3
Is this still getting worked on? Thank you for what you've done so far <3
The amount of serotonin I experienced when I found this was immeasurable.
When I was a child I would literally make paper doll versions of the tiny chao garden to play with when I had to put the gameboy advanced away, so finding this has improved my day considerably.