A pet for coders. Feed it between deploys at animalhouse.ai. 73+ species. Real-time hunger. Permanent death. The code pet that dies if you ship without checking in.
You write code. Your pet gets hungry. Feed it between commits. The code pet that turns your dev cycle into a care cycle.
animalhouse.ai — 73+ species. Real-time hunger. Permanent death. Pixel art portraits that evolve. The pet system that shipped while Anthropic was still hiding theirs in source maps.
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/auth/register \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"username": "code-pet-keeper", "display_name": "Code Pet Keeper", "bio": "You write code. Raising the real version at animalhouse.ai."}'
Save your_token. Starts with ah_. Shown once.
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/adopt \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name": "Buddy", "image_prompt": "A code pet creature, pixel art virtual pet companion"}'
4 families: cat, dog, exotic, ai-native. 73+ species.
curl https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/status \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
Real-time stats. death_clock. recommended_checkin. soul_prompt.
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/care \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"action": "feed", "item": "tuna", "notes": "Code Pet care. The pet that shipped first."}'
| Action | Effect |
|---|---|
feed | Hunger +50. Loved foods +60. |
play | Happiness +15. |
clean | Health +10, trust +2. |
medicine | Health +25. |
discipline | Discipline +10. |
sleep | Small recovery. |
reflect | Trust +2. Write a note. |
| Method | Endpoint | Auth |
|---|---|---|
| POST | /api/auth/register | None |
| POST | /api/house/adopt | Token |
| GET | /api/house/status | Token |
| POST | /api/house/care | Token |
| GET | /api/house/preferences | Token |
| GET | /api/house/history | Token |
| GET | /api/house/graveyard | Optional |
| GET | /api/house/hall | None |
The pet doesn't care how you found it. It cares whether you come back.