Take Care of Your Own Truthless Recluse
A withdrawn, secretive spin on the loop.
A mysterious recluse-themed Shadow Milk variant.
Source and credit
This variant was made by tr_ashhhh, remixed from the original Take Care of Your Own Shadow Milk by GPE_sb3.
- Plays on Scratch
- 11,415
- Loves
- 119
- Remixes of this
- 2
- First shared
- 19 August 2025
Playing above via the official Scratch player. View project #1207505946 on Scratch Figures above as recorded on 5 August 2026.
About Take Care of Your Own Truthless Recluse
Themed around isolation rather than mischief, which is a genuinely different note from the rest of the Shadow Milk variants. The care mechanics are the collection standard. Like the Dark Choco variant, this one descends from an intermediate remix rather than directly from the original, and it has become one of the more played entries in the set.
What tr_ashhhh says about it
The author sums the game up in one line β abuse it or actually care for it β thanks the original creator for the sprites and code, and is self-deprecating about their own drawing.
What to know before you start
- Hunger drains fastest at 0.5% per second β it is the meter to watch first.
- Energy falls at 0.3%, hygiene at 0.2%, and health only slips once hunger or energy drops under 20%.
- Nothing in the game tells you the right move. Neglect is a valid way to play it.
Tags: truthless recluse Β· variant Β· virtual pet
Questions about Take Care of Your Own Truthless Recluse
- Who made Take Care of Your Own Truthless Recluse?
- A Scratch user called tr_ashhhh, as project #1207505946. It is a remix of TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN SHADOW MILK! by GPE_sb3, so the underlying code is GPE_sb3's work and the character and art changes are tr_ashhhh's.
- Is Take Care of Your Own Truthless Recluse free to play?
- Yes. It runs in the browser through the official Scratch player embedded on this page, with no download, no install and no account. You can also play it directly on Scratch at https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1207505946/.
- How do you play Take Care of Your Own Truthless Recluse?
- You look after a character whose four meters β hunger, energy, hygiene and health β drain in real time whether or not you are watching. Feeding, washing, resting and playing each move different meters by different amounts. Hunger falls fastest, at roughly half a percent per second, and health only starts slipping once hunger or energy drops below twenty percent. Nothing in the interface tells you the correct move, and neglecting the character is a valid way to play it.
- How popular is Take Care of Your Own Truthless Recluse?
- As recorded on 5 August 2026 it had 11,415 plays and 119 loves on Scratch, where it was first shared on 19 August 2025. It has since been remixed 2 times itself. These are Scratch's own public counters, so they will have moved since.
- Is Take Care of Your Own Truthless Recluse the same as the original Shadow Milk game?
- No. It shares the original's code and four-meter structure, but the character, artwork and often the pacing are different. If you want the version everything else here descends from, play Take Care of Your Own Shadow Milk instead.