hi everyone! 👋
I've been making a little desktop pet called apeFriend and I wanted to share it here :)
it's a small pixel ape that lives on top of your desktop. not inside a window, really on your screen, walking around on the title bars of your actual windows. it climbs up, sits on the edges with its legs hanging, throws a rope when it wants to get somewhere higher, and if you drag its window too fast it stumbles lol
some things it does:
- wanders around, reads a book, has a drink, juggles, does push-ups, takes a nap when you're away
- dances when you play music 🎵
- brings you little gift boxes with stuff to wear (49 things now, hats, glasses, shirts, and lots of colours for them)
- has a tiny basketball game you can turn on
- and yes... it poops on your windows sometimes. click it and the ape cleans it up itself (or turn it off in the settings, I won't judge)
about privacy, this one is really important to me. apeFriend has no online stuff at all, it doesn't even connect to the internet. it only looks at where your windows are (so it can stand on them) and how loud your speakers are (so it knows when to dance). never what's inside them, never your mic, and nothing ever leaves your pc. I don't want to add online features for now, I'd rather keep it safe and simple for you.
I'm looking for testers on Windows! especially if you have Windows 11, two monitors, or different scaling on each screen. those setups are hard for me to test alone, so if anything looks weird please tell me 🙏
and I'd really love to hear from you:
- what would you want to see in a desktop pet?
- any ideas for new things to wear, new tricks or little games?
every suggestion helps, really. I read everything!
it's free here: https://syntheticape.itch.io/apefriend
thanks for reading, have a nice day 🍌