A tiny Tamagotchi-style virtual pet that lives right in your terminal.
Built with TypeScript, featuring adorable ASCII art, evolutions, random events, mini-games, inventory, achievements, and more — all with zero runtime dependencies.

✨ Badges (replace with real ones in your repo):

• 📦 npm: pet-me-js
• 📄 license: MIT
• 🟦 language: TypeScript

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• 🐣 Evolutions: egg → baby → teen → adult (age & care based)
• 😀 ASCII moods: art changes with happiness, hunger, and sickness
• 🎲 Random events: find items, mood boosts, occasional sickness
• ✊ Mini-game: Rock–Paper–Scissors to boost happiness
• 🍎 Inventory: food, toys, meds
• 🐕 Multiple pets: hatch, list, switch, rename, release
• 🏆 Achievements: 7-day survivor, month keeper, perfect diet, etc.
• ⚡ Zero deps: fast install, portable CLI

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Try instantly (no install): npx pet-me-js help

Or install globally: npm i -g pet-me-js pet-me help

Note: Package name is pet-me-js; CLI command is pet-me.

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Use pet-me help (or -h / --help) anytime to see this menu.

pet-me status                 Show pet status
pet-me feed [food|toys]       Feed your pet (default: food)
pet-me play [rock|paper|scissors]
                              Play mini-game (RPS)
pet-me medicate               Use medicine if sick
pet-me hatch [--name NAME]    Hatch a new pet and switch to it
pet-me list                   List all pets
pet-me switch <id|name>       Switch current pet
pet-me rename <name>          Rename current pet
pet-me release [<id|name>]    Release a pet (default: current)
pet-me log [N]                Show last N events (default 20)
pet-me config [key value]     View or set config; keys:
                                hungerRatePerHour, happinessDecayPerHour,
                                healthDecayPerHour, randomEventHourlyChance,
                                notifications
pet-me reset                  Clear ALL data (fresh start)
pet-me help                   Show help
pet-me version                Show version

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npx pet-me-js hatch --name Luna
npx pet-me-js play rock
npx pet-me-js feed
npx pet-me-js medicate
npx pet-me-js list
npx pet-me-js switch <id>
npx pet-me-js config hungerRatePerHour 3

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Your pet’s state is stored in a single JSON file (pets, config, log).

• 🐧 Linux: ~/.config/pet-me-js/state.json
• 🍏 macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/pet-me-js/state.json
• 🪟 Windows: %APPDATA%/pet-me-js/state.json

(Future optional build: stored in browser localStorage)

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• hungerRatePerHour (number)
• happinessDecayPerHour (number)
• healthDecayPerHour (number)
• randomEventHourlyChance (0–1)
• notifications (boolean; reserved for future desktop alerts)

Example: pet-me config hungerRatePerHour 3 pet-me config randomEventHourlyChance 0.15

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git clone https://github.com/JAYDIPSINH27/pet-me-js
cd pet-me-js
npm i
npm run build
node dist/bin/pet-me.js help

src/ types.ts - Domain types utils.ts - Colors, time, clamps, progress bars ascii.ts - ASCII sprites by stage & mood achievements.ts - Badge logic minigames.ts - Rock–Paper–Scissors storage.ts - Local storage (browser) or file (Node) state.ts - Constructors, load/save, current pet selection engine.ts - Pure simulation (evolve, events, tickOne) actions.ts - User-facing operations + printing help.ts - Central help text for CLI bin/ pet-me.ts - CLI dispatcher (supports help & version)

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pet, virtual-pet, tamagotchi, game, fun, cli, node, javascript, typescript

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We follow SemVer. To publish: npm version 1.0.1 npm publish --access public

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• 🌐 Browser bundle (UMD/ESM)
• 🔔 Desktop notifications
• 🎮 Additional mini-games
• 🧩 Plugin API
• 🌍 Localization

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MIT © Jaydipsinh Padhiyar