Tome & Tail
Tome & Tail is a Tamagotchi-style virtual pet for readers: a little black dragon living in a pixel-art library on an ESP32-S3 with a small round AMOLED screen. Starting a reading session makes the dragon read alongside the user, and what the user reads influences the dragon's appearance and habits (e.g., lots of sci-fi might give it starry wings). It won't die if the user goes a week without reading, is planned to stay playable offline, and can optionally sync to Booklary, a reading tracker. Development is planned in C++ as the author's first ESP32 project, with commissioned pixel art based on AI-generated concept images.
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Tome & Tail
Tome & Tail is a Tamagotchi-style virtual pet for readers: a little black dragon living in a pixel-art library on an ESP32-S3 with a small round AMOLED screen. Starting a reading session makes the dragon read alongside the user, and what the user reads influences the dragon's appearance and habits (e.g., lots of sci-fi might give it starry wings). It won't die if the user goes a week without reading, is planned to stay playable offline, and can optionally sync to Booklary, a reading tracker. Development is planned in C++ as the author's first ESP32 project, with commissioned pixel art based on AI-generated concept images.
Posted by @jamesponddotco · Original comment ↗
“I want to build a Tamagotchi for readers. I’m calling it Tome & Tail: a little black dragon living in a pixel-art library on an ESP32-S3 with a small round AMOLED screen.”
