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I made a modern virtual pet, for iOS and Apple Watch. Apple Watch seems like the perfect modern form factor for one of these. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/r

I made a modern virtual pet, for iOS and Apple Watch. Apple Watch seems like the perfect modern form factor for one of these. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/raise-emoji/id1045353760 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/raise-emoji/id1045353760

vikashkoushik 11y ago
Hey, Andrew! It'd be great if you can add more features to it? Something like, different activities as the emoji grows, giving it a name when it is born, difference in gender, dating with other emojis, etc. I grew my emoji till 32 years old and I noticed there was nothing new in it.
J-dawg 11y ago
This got me thinking, a virtual pet could be a great way of gameifying positive activities. Maybe you could exercise your pet by going for a run yourself, or make it more intelligent by doing a language tutorial. You could connect any fitness or learning app that provides an API. Every pet would end up being unique because of the unique combination of activities done by the owner. Right now I can't figure out if that's a good idea or a really terrible one. Do I really want a virtual dog looking at me angrily all day because I didn't take him for his morning walk?
- giggles_giggles 11y ago
  My Pebble Time came with an application on it that is literally exactly this. https://developer.getpebble.com/blog/2015/05/17/timeline-challenge-week-two/ https://developer.getpebble.com/blog/2015/05/17/timeline-cha...
- xiaomai 11y ago
  Nintendo released one of these back during the original tamagatchi craze. It had a pedometer built in, so you needed to exercise to feed your Pokemon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Pikachu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Pikachu
achalkley 11y ago
I started making my own wifi/internet enabled "tamagotchi" – I posted two videos on my progress. https://vine.co/v/iamKLtvD5dp https://vine.co/v/iamKLtvD5dp https://vine.co/v/iamezw1ZnMI https://vine.co/v/iamezw1ZnMI

vikashkoushik 11y ago

Hey, Andrew! It'd be great if you can add more features to it? Something like, different activities as the emoji grows, giving it a name when it is born, difference in gender, dating with other emojis, etc. I grew my emoji till 32 years old and I noticed there was nothing new in it.

J-dawg 11y ago

This got me thinking, a virtual pet could be a great way of gameifying positive activities. Maybe you could exercise your pet by going for a run yourself, or make it more intelligent by doing a language tutorial. You could connect any fitness or learning app that provides an API. Every pet would end up being unique because of the unique combination of activities done by the owner. Right now I can't figure out if that's a good idea or a really terrible one. Do I really want a virtual dog looking at me angrily all day because I didn't take him for his morning walk?

giggles_giggles 11y ago
My Pebble Time came with an application on it that is literally exactly this. https://developer.getpebble.com/blog/2015/05/17/timeline-challenge-week-two/ https://developer.getpebble.com/blog/2015/05/17/timeline-cha...
xiaomai 11y ago
Nintendo released one of these back during the original tamagatchi craze. It had a pedometer built in, so you needed to exercise to feed your Pokemon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Pikachu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Pikachu

achalkley 11y ago

I started making my own wifi/internet enabled "tamagotchi" – I posted two videos on my progress. https://vine.co/v/iamKLtvD5dp https://vine.co/v/iamKLtvD5dp https://vine.co/v/iamezw1ZnMI https://vine.co/v/iamezw1ZnMI