History VideoGame / Bubbaruka

''Bubbaruka!'' is an UsefulNotes/RPGMaker ExplorerHorror game inspired by VirtualPet simulators like ''Toys/{{Tamagotchi}}'', created by [=SuperNova=] Studios (the makers of ''VideoGame/ThePartyCollection''), with Platform/GameBoy-like graphics and aesthetic.

''Bubbaruka!'' is an UsefulNotes/RPGMaker ExplorerHorror game inspired by VirtualPet simulators like ''Toys/{{Tamagotchi}}'', created by [=SuperNova=] Studios (the makers of ''VideoGame/ThePartyCollection'').

InUniverse, the titular game, made by the California-based, Japanese-American company Kodemu Studios, was mysteriously and abruptly cancelled, and the company itself went out of business. However, your friend John managed to find a super cheap laptop on Website/{{eBay}} with a copy of the game, which he decides to email to you.

* ExcitedShowTitle

* SurpriseCreepy: The game, on the surface, is a ''Toys/{{Tamagotchi}}''-style pet raising simulator where you pet, feed, and play with adorable creatures. For your first pet, you can play a skiing minigame where you collect coins in a snow world. If you collect 10, a side path opens to a cabin… which turns out to be a dark building where your pet's eerie footsteps can be heard. The game glitches and you are promptly booted out, but you can go back in to the house, which is actually a HauntedHouse. From then on, the game becomes an ExplorerHorror where you navigate various haunted areas, avoid the spirits haunting the game, and slowly piece together the mysterious disappearances of the game's developers through [[StoryBreadcrumbs notes]] they left.

** The Arti battle, which has you switching between navigating an arcade game and scaring off Arti when he appears, is based on the gameplay of stationary horror games like the ''Video/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' games, specifically ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2''.

* PoliceAreUseless: The police fail to follow up on the investigation into Onaga for [[spoiler:the death of his son]], which may have uncovered [[spoiler:his role in his son's death]] and prevented the events of the game from happening. This is likely due to the fact that Kodemu, the company who made Bubbaruka that Onaga works for, is the largest donator to the police department.

* OffingTheOffspring: Your loving spouse suddenly becoming abusive towards both you and your child while undergoing SanitySlippage, eventually resulting in [[spoiler:them killing their child]], as happened to [[spoiler:Anita Yamazaki and her family]].

* AdultFear: Your loving spouse suddenly becoming abusive towards both you and your child while undergoing SanitySlippage, eventually resulting in [[spoiler:them OffingTheOffspring]], as happened to [[spoiler:Anita Yamazaki and her family]].

''Bubbaruka!'' is an UsefulNotes/RPGMaker ExplorerHorror game inspired by VirtualPet simulators like ''Toys/{{Tamagotchi}}'', created by [=SuperNova=] Studios (the makers of ''The Party! Collection'').

->The toy of the modern age! Endless fun for all ages! Pick an egg, and you now have your very own Bubby! Feed it, play with it, and watch it grow! The possibilities with your Bubby are endless!\\\
But be careful, sometimes, things might be lurking in the shadows.

!This game contains examples of:

* PermanentlyMissableContent: The True End, which requires you to get all the Vault Keys and use them to unlock the vaults, and the hidden discs to enter new floors on the first level. If you go down the hole into an area’s boss section without having collected everything, then the game will AutoSave, locking you out of the True End and forcing you to either go through the game and get the Bad End or delete your save and start over.

* MindRape: [[spoiler:Creature has been shown to be capable of this, specifically in the case of Nanako. From what is present in the notes, it is implied that is constantly plagued by horrible images and sensations that have left her insane and institutionalized.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: The police fail to follow up on the investigation into Onaga for the death of his son, which may have uncovered [[spoiler:his role in his son's death]] and prevented the events of the game from happening. This is likely due to the fact that Kodemu, the company who made Bubbaruka that Onaga works for, is the largest donator to the police department.

''Bubbaruka!'' is an UsefulNotes/RPGMaker ExplorerHorror game inspired by VirtualPet simulators like ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'', created by [=SuperNova=] Studios (the makers of ''The Party! Collection'').

* SurpriseCreepy: The game, on the surface, is a ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}''-style pet raising simulator where you pet, feed, and play with adorable creatures. For your first pet, you can play a skiing minigame where you collect coins in a snow world. If you collect 10, a side path opens to a cabin… which turns out to be a dark building where your pet's eerie footsteps can be heard. The game glitches and you are promptly booted out, but you can go back in to the house, which is actually a HauntedHouse. From then on, the game becomes an ExplorerHorror where you navigate various haunted areas, avoid the spirits haunting the game, and slowly piece together the mysterious disappearances of the game's developers through [[StoryBreadcrumbs notes]] they left.

However, the pets are not the only thing in the game. There are also three predators, [=NPCs=] that will chase your pet down. And hidden within the game are all sorts of secrets, including the truth behind the mysterious disappearances of the developers. Can you discover the truth? Or will you fall prey to the same thing that befell them?

* BigBad: [[spoiler:The Creature]] is the entity behind the predators that stalk the titular Bubbaruka pets, and the one behind the mysterious disappearance of the game developers.

The game revolves around taking care of the titular Bubbaruka. The game has three- Tomo, a little blob with two antennas; Miboo, a head with two stick-like legs; and Flou, a small humanoid sunflower. You start off with only Tomo available, and can pet it, buy it food at the market to feed, and play a minigame.

* PoliceAreUseless: The police fail to follow up on the investigation into Onaga for the death of his son, [[spoiler:which may have uncovered his role in his son's death and prevented the events of the game from happening. This is likely due to the fact that Kodemu, the company who made Bubbaruka that Onaga works for, is the largest donator to the police department.]]

* CatScare: Several scares involve Mow-Mow, a cat creature in the first area.

* TheMostDangerousVideogame: [[spoiler:In-universe, Bubbaruka is a video game that contains a malevolent entity who wants to spread itself through whoever plays it.]]

* VirtualPet: The in-universe Bubbaruka toy is one of these, and several segments of the game involve virtual pet care.