Neko.js, a recreation of the first virtual pet

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Hi HN,Here is a late Christmas present: I rebuilt Neko [1], the classic desktop cat that chases your mouse, as a tiny, dependency-free JavaScript library that runs directly on web pages.Live demo: https://louisabraham.github.io/nekojs/GitHub: https://github.com/louisabraham/nekojsDrop-in usage is a single script tag: <script src="https://louisabraham.github.io/nekojs/neko.js" data-autostart></script> This is a fairly faithful recreation of Neko98: same state machine, same behaviors, same original 32×32 pixel sprites. It follows your cursor, falls asleep when idle, claws walls, and you can click it to cycle behavior modes.What made this project interesting to me is how I built it. I started b

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Website: louisabraham.github.io/nekojs