PetBox: Ultimate Desktop Pet
A downloadable game for Windows
Welcome to PetBox!
PetBox is a collection of interactive pixel friends that truly live in your workspace. Unlike traditional desktop pets, PetBox creatures are aware of your environment. They will jump, and perch atop your active windows, keeping you company while you work, study, or play.
Features
Window Interaction
- They will detect your active windows, running along the tops and perching on them while you work.
Draggable & Interactive
- Just click and drag your pet to any spot on the screen.
Ultra Lightweight
- Designed to run in the background without you noticing.
- Optimized to consume negligible CPU and memory, making it the most lightweight desktop pet available.
Multiple Monitor Support
- Pets can roam freely across your entire digital workspace, walking between screens.
Fully Resizable
- From a tiny 32px companion to a 256px giant. Use the slider to find the perfect size for you!
Auto-Start & Tray Control
- Includes a "Launch on Startup" option and a System Tray icon to quickly locate or control your pet.
Custom Color Palette
- Personalize your pet's look with a fully custom color picker. Your designs are saved automatically!
Interactive Petting
- Bond with your digital friend! Give them a scratch by clicking rapidly to trigger a happy petting animation with floating hearts.
Unique Companions
- Cat, Ferret, Red Panda, Squirrel, Frog, Fox, Armadillo, Sphynx, Penguin and Wolf. More will be added in the future!
Constant Development
PetBox is in Active Development, so stay tuned for frequent updates adding new pets, smoother animations, new features and more ways to interact!
Next Update Status
PetBox: Study Edition (In Progress)
- Pomodoro timer [████████░░] 80%
- To-do list [██████░░░░] 60%
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Release: Coming soon
By purchasing, you support future updates and the development of new projects!
Before you go!
Please consider leaving a comment below! It helps a lot with visibility and motivation. If you have any suggestions, ideas for new features, or things you’d like to see changed, I’d love to hear them! Your feedback is highly appreciated!
View Credits
Special thanks to Elthen's Pixel Art Shop for providing most of the animal spritesheets!
Special thanks to LukasLundin for the Froglet spritesheet!
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $2 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Development log
- New Arrival: The Wolf!6 days ago
- PetBox: Recolor Update!11 days ago
- PetBox is Out!50 days ago
Comments
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I love it! Very cute
Love love love this so much! I now have a lovely lil guy on my screen! Thank you for making this <33! Question though, will you ever add elk, owls, or wolves?
Hi! Thanks so much for buying!
I'm so glad you liked it!
I've been a bit busy lately working on some new game projects, so I had this one on hold for a while. However, since you mentioned it and I loved the support, I'm adding the Wolf right now!
I'll be uploading an update with it in just a few hours, so stay tuned.
Regarding the others, I definitely have flying animals (parrots, crows, owls and more) planned for the future.
Thanks again for the ideas!
Whoa!!!! That's great then! Im like genuinely and unbelievably happy to see this! I'm so excited to have a lil wolf on my screen, tysmmm!! I currently have the little frog and he is my son whom I will have on my screen forever (until the wolf comes, but don't tell him that).
And now I'm heavily looking forward to the future! I am currently doing backflips!
I wish I paid more for it <3333 This is def something I'll have/use forever, ty!
Oh also! Will you perhaps make it so you can have more than one little animal in the future, and/or the two animals, or etc, could interact? It's okay if not, that might be a lot to code/draw <3
I have the wolf now btw!!!! Best thing ever I loveeeee him so much ty <333333!
Omg! as soon as i saw this i had to buy it!! so cute! if you ever need help with art stuff hit me up! i specialize in drawing animals :3
Thanks so much! Glad you're liking it!
If you're interested, contact me via email with some of your pixel art/spritesheets. I'm planning on adding new pets soon and I'd love to see if your style fits the game!
Loving your app. It would rock it you implemented some sort of gamification. I mean, something to make the pet more enticing. Like “Cat on my deskpot”, which finds random objects every hour or so and lets you collect them.
Even having categories and custom objects if you want… even custom community-created animals.
That would mean having a save file I guess, and maybe even some currency.
With categories, I mean something like common, rare, epic and legendary rarities of drop. Even procedurally generated drop if that makes sense
Hi! Thanks so much for the support! That is a great suggestion—hats and toys would be a fun addition. Since the next update is already scheduled, I will put this on my list for the update after that. I just published the Recolor Update, so try it out! Thanks!