The Desktop Pet arrives!
A fun diversion for your family and friends!
Tuesday, December 13, 2005 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Just in time for Christmas, Stardock has released the Desktop Pet. The Desktop Pet lives on your Windows XP desktop. He will interact with various included desktop objects. A sophisticated artificial intelligence engine helps bring him to life by giving him needs such as hunger, sleep, boredom, and even (ahem) the need to take a potty break.
Users can set the various included desktop objects to be automated or take care of the feeding and cleaning up on their own. It also includes options for muting sound, pausing, and unloading. The pet is saved to disk regularly so that if you close it or reboot he will be back to where he left off when you bring him back up again.
Stardock hopes to keep updating the pet after release to keep adding new behaviors, additional objects, and new habits to help keep the experience fresh and to respond to customer input. The Desktop Pet is a fun $10 diversion and makes a great stocking stuffer for the computer user in your family.
The home page for the Desktop Pet is https://www.stardock.com/products/desktoppet
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Reply #3 Tuesday, December 13, 2005 8:44 PM
| What happends if I feed him after midnight? |
Of course, I won't ask what happens if you get him wet...you'll fry your PC.
Reply #5 Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:20 PM
Pretty cool...
We'll see how it goes in the coming days....
Reply #6 Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:28 PM
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Reply #8 Tuesday, December 13, 2005 10:46 PM
Are any external programs required to "give it life". Or is it a stand alone product?
Also any chance of other characters that are less furry?
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Reply #11 Tuesday, December 13, 2005 11:44 PM
Still loving it..
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Reply #16 Wednesday, December 14, 2005 7:37 AM
Great work guys. I was turned off by the whole Gremlin thing at first but after seeing it in action. WAY TO GO!
Gotta type softer he just layed down for a nap. sssssssssssshhhhhhhhh.
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Reply #1 Tuesday, December 13, 2005 8:27 PM