VS Code Pets
Puts a small, bored cat, an enthusiastic dog, a feisty snake, a rubber duck, or Clippy 📎 in your code editor.
Run the "Start pet coding session" action to see the panel.
Installation
Get from the VS Code marketplace
Showing your pet
Run the "Start pet coding session" command (vscode-pets.start)
Configuring your pet
You can choose either pet type and pet color:
- Snake can only be green
- Rubber duck & Zappy can only be yellow
- Ferris the crab can only be red
- Rocky can only be gray
Playing
Pets will interact with you
Throwing a ball
Play catch with your pet! Run the "Throw ball" command (vscode-pets.throw-ball).
- Rocky will not run & catch a ball. Have you ever seen a rock run after a ball? Neither have we.
Adding extra pets
Run the "Spawn additional pet" command (vscode-pets.spawn-pet) and select the pet type and color.
Extra pets will not persist between closing and restarting VS Code.
Removing pets
You can remove all pets (except the 1 configured) by running the "Remove all pets" command (vscode-pets.delete-pets) from the command pallette.
You can remove specific pets by running the "Remove pet" command (vscode-pets.delete-pet) from the command pallette.
Themes
Configure vscode-pets.theme to "forest" and let your pets play in a spooky forest.
Set vscode-pets.theme to "castle" for them to roam the ramparts!
More options
From the VSCode preferences, search for vscode-pets for more options. In particular you can move the panel to the sidebar, or change the pet type and theme.
Contributing
Ideas and discussion
Have an awesome idea for a new feature? Please open an issue describing your idea! You can also help by reviewing some of the existing ideas and leaving your opinion.
Reporting bugs
Something is not working as it should? Please open an issue giving as much information as you can.
Write code
Want to contribute to vscode-pets? Feel free to fork the repository and submit a pull request.
Testing the changes
- Run
npm install. - Run
npm run compile. - Go to the debug panel on sidebar and launch the development version with the extension loaded (first option in the debug profiles).
Credits
The cat and dog media assets for this extension were licensed from itch.io.
Marc Duiker created the Clippy, Rocky, Zappy, rubber duck, snake, cockatiel, and Ferris the crab media assets.
Karen Rustad Tölva designed the original concept of Ferris the crab.
Thank you
Thanks to all the contributors to this project:
- @marcduiker
- @Vicente015
- @Yukaii
- @robconery
- @JING1201
- @aclaughan
- @Tarang74
- @Harry-Hopkinson