VPet is a delightful IntelliJ IDEA plugin that brings cute pixel art companions to your coding environment. These animated companions live in your IDE's status bar, react to your development activities, and add a touch of joy to your coding sessions.
- 🐱 Adorable pixel art companions animated in your status bar
- 🎮 Interactive pet responds to clicks
- 💻 Reacts to build and execution events
- 🎉 Displays different animations based on success or failure
- 🚀 Lightweight with minimal impact on IDE performance
And here it is zoooommed in:
- Open IntelliJ IDEA
- Go to
Settings/Preferences → Plugins → Marketplace - Search for "VPet"
- Click "Install"
- Download the latest release from GitHub Releases
- In IntelliJ IDEA, go to
Settings/Preferences → Plugins - Click the gear icon and select "Install Plugin from Disk..."
- Select the downloaded
.zipfile
Currently, VPet includes:
- 🐱 Cat - A playful pixel cat that celebrates your successes and comforts you during failures
More companions are planned for future releases!
Once installed, your pixel companion will automatically appear in the status bar. No additional configuration is required!
Configure VPet through Settings/Preferences > Tools > VPet:
- Enable Xmas Mode - Toggle festive snowflakes and snowdrifts overlay
- Cat Variant - Choose between different cat sprite variants (Default Cat or Alternative Cat)
- JDK 17 or newer
- IntelliJ IDEA
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Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/stillya/vpet.git cd vpet -
Build the plugin
./gradlew buildPlugin -
The plugin ZIP file will be created in
build/distributions/
Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit a pull request or open an issue.
Pixel art sprites by bowpixel - thank you for the amazing artwork!
This project is licensed under the MIT License.