My Talking Tom

My Talking Tom is a virtual pet app which was released on November 11, 2013 for Android and published by Outfit7. It has had a massive success, getting million downloads, and spawning 5 sequels, My Talking Tom 2, My Talking Angela, My Talking Hank, My Talking Tom Friends, My Talking Angela 2 and with the exception of My Talking Tom+.

Living Room
This is the first room you enter at the start of the game. In this room, you can make Tom happy by playing minigames or interacting with him in different ways: you can talk to him to make him repeat your words, poke him, pet him, or touch the stuff in his room.

Kitchen
Whenever Tom is hungry, you have to go to the kitchen to give him food. If you click the refrigerator on older versions of this app, it does nothing, but on newer, current versions of this app, you can buy food for Tom if you press the refrigerator. In the Chinese version of the game, you can make food for Tom in the microwave by mixing any food items.

Bathroom
You have to enter this room when Tom needs to use the toilet or take a bath. In the very old versions of the game, lots of sounds or music would be playing whenever Tom was peeing in the toilet, and he would always keep the door closed.

Bedroom
Whenever Tom is sleepy, you take him to the bedroom. When you press the lamp to turn off the light, he will go to sleep, unless his energy is higher than 90%.

Note: Tom's needs in each of the rooms are urgent whenever they are 30% or less.

Characters

 * Tom
 * Angela (4 minigames, pictured on a frame)
 * Hank (1 minigame, pictured on a shirt)
 * Ginger (1 minigame)
 * Ben (1 minigame)
 * Pierre (in removed minigame Happy Face)
 * Santa (on Christmas toilet door, in removed game Happy Face)
 * Becca (1 minigame)

Tutorial
When you first play the game, an opened box will appear from the top of the screen, then comes flying down. Talking Tom comes out of the box. Firstly, he will say "I'm hungry. Let's go to the kitchen." You then click on the kitchen icon and feed him a strawberry. Then, he will say "I have to pee. Let's go to the bathroom." When you click on the bathroom icon, Tom will urinate in the toilet. After that, Tom's joy will reduce, and he says "I want to play. Let's go to the living room." When you do, he looks sad and says, "Pet me please." After you pet him, he will get sleepy and say, "I'm sleepy, let's go to the bedroom." Once you get there, he says "Turn off the light." You click the lamp to do so. He will then go to sleep. After he does, the game will ask you to name your pet Tom. Then, the player reaches level 2, and unlocks the White Fur, Aloha Outfit, and Blue Eyes for Tom.

(current minigames)

 * Jigsaw Puzzles
 * 2048
 * Brick Blast
 * Bubble Shooter
 * Cake Tower
 * Connect
 * Flappy Tom
 * Goal!
 * Go Up
 * Happy Connect
 * Hit The Road
 * Memory
 * Rainbows
 * Rocket Fun
 * Space Piano
 * Tom Run

(removed old version minigames)

 * Cats & Cans
 * Dress Up
 * Happy Face
 * Planet Hop
 * Whack-a-Mouse
 * Jungle Shot

Controversy
The app was reported for having advertised age-inappropriate ads for adult services. In 2015, the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that advertising for an adult website was delivered to underage children via the app. The ASA noted that Outfit7 "had a strict advertising policy" but that the company "had not been able to identify which ad network had served an age-inappropriate ad on a children’s app" and how the ads were shown in the app.

Achievements
Note: to earn Achievements you need to install Google Play Games or Game Center.

Trivia

 * This is the first game in the My Talking Series.
 * In the programming of the game, a few of the pets, Squeak, Gus and Dot, from My Talking Tom 2 can be found.
 * It's possible that they were simply left over from the development of the second game.
 * The Flappy Tom minigame is based off of the game Flappy Bird.
 * In the older versions of the game, Tom would always close the door when he would go to the bathroom. Now he leaves the door open when he goes to the bathroom. There is also a setting where you can always keep the doors closed in the bathroom.
 * This is the first Outfit7 game to get 1B Downloads in 2013-2022 (Play Store)
 * This app's YouTube Trailer is currently the most-popular video of the Talking Tom & Friends channel.