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Desktop pets for Windows 🐶 (Inspired by vscode-pets ~ tonybaloney)

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DeskPets 🐶 🐿️

Desktop pets for Windows. Directly and explicitly inspired by vscode-pets by tonybaloney. This project adopts the same core idea, small pixel creatures living on your workspace.

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Installation (Windows only)

Option 1 — Python

pip install deskpets

And to run, in CMD.exe (according to have python in your PATH):

deskpets

Option 2 — Executable

Download the DeskPets.zip from the Release section, extract it, and run DeskPets.exe.

Usage

Launching the application spawns one or more pets in the bottom-left corner of the screen.

Current behavior:

  • Unlimited number of pets
  • Some species support multiple color variations
  • Per-species size control
  • Position automatically adapts to the taskbar
  • Simple interaction: some pets sit when the cursor gets close

Settings

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Missing Features

  • Bunny, cat, frog (assets not licensed yet)
  • Background system
  • Ball play mechanic

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CHANGELOG

Credits

This project is inspired by vscode-pets by tonybaloney.

All media used in this project originates from that repository, and the original credits provided there apply here as well.

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