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This is such a great idea. Very original, at least as far as I'm aware. Kinda nice to see something like this in today's cynical world.
by puffybunion 2y ago
This is such a great idea. Very original, at least as far as I'm aware. Kinda nice to see something like this in today's cynical world.
- skirmish 2y ago> Very original Not really: both Google's internal VS Code based IDE and Colab have various background pets as an option: [1]. I am pretty sure the developer saw them. [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/Incorgnito/comments/195savi/corgi_mode_hiding_in_the_googlecolab_settings/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Incorgnito/comments/195savi/corgi_m...
- anthonyshaw 2y agoI hadn’t seen those prior to making it. From memory, the example vs code extension is a typing cat so I just evolved that. I had used the old Windows desktop animals from the 90’s.
- taspeotis 2y agoIt’s gotta be heavily inspired by Pixel Pals
- mkl 2y agoNot original. Things like this go back at least to the 1980s. Some I ran ~30 years ago: Neko: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_(software) Sheep: https://adrianotiger.github.io/desktopPet/ https://adrianotiger.github.io/desktopPet/ There were even things like this for text mode DOS. I had one that was smiley faces moving around eating letters.