Pocket Pals

A cozy little pet that lives in your UI. Adopt a tiny companion, give it a name and look after it while you play: feed it, give it water, play with it, pet it, tuck it in and clean up after it. It grows from a tiny baby into an adult, it tells you gently when it needs something, and you can decorate its little home with furniture you earn by playing World of Warcraft.

Nine companions, nine little homes

Every companion has its own hand-painted scene, its own toy, its own sleeping pose and its own way of behaving.

Taking care of it

• Six needs: hunger, thirst, energy, mood, potty and health.
• Six actions: Eat, Drink, Play, Sleep, Potty, and a pet button: click your companion to stroke it and watch it melt (hearts included).
• It grows up: egg (flying companions), then Baby, Young (3 h) and Adult (12 h of play time).
• It shows how it feels: heavy eyelids and yawns, drooling and a rumbling tummy, panting, a little potty dance, sighs, shivers and sneezes. A thought bubble shows exactly what it wants.
• Gentle alerts: a cute banner slides in with your companion's face and what it needs, with a soft sound. Click it to open the window, right-click to dismiss it, drag it wherever you like.
• No penalty when you log off: time stands still while you are offline.
• One companion per character, so each of your heroes can raise its own.

Furniture and decoration

Open the decoration book to customize your companion's home. Each scene has a bed spot and up to three free spots (up high, floor left, floor right), and every piece only goes where it makes sense: no armchair on a shelf, no lantern under the sea.

• 39 pieces to collect: beds (armchair, beanbag, cloud cushion, royal cushion...), lamps, lanterns, plants, clocks, treasure, a bamboo pot, a jack-o'-lantern and more.
• Swap the bed without disturbing your companion: it keeps its spot and its animations.
• Earned by playing: reach levels, defeat famous bosses such as Hogger, Edwin VanCleef, Onyxia or Ragnaros (WoW Forever), earn achievements such as exploring the Jade Forest (Retail), and take good care of your pets (meals, play sessions, days together).
• Shared account-wide: the collection belongs to all your characters. A cute "New furniture!" banner tells you when you unlock something.
• Locked pieces appear as silhouettes with a hint telling you how to get them.

A cozy, candy-colored interface

Soft scalloped window, washi-tape photo frame, round candy buttons and the rounded Fredoka font. Pick your favorite color with the palette button: Honey (default), Rose, Mint, Lavender or Sky. Your choice is shared by all your characters.

Animations

Your companion breathes, blinks and makes little gestures on its own. Asleep, it snores out floating "Z"s (the dragon blows smoke, the octopus blows bubbles). Playtime is a little choreographed scene, meals come with a bowl that empties as it eats, and the scenes are alive: dust in the sunlight, flickering torches, rising bubbles, fireflies and falling leaves.

Commands

• /pals: show or hide the window (also /pocketpals and /tama)
• /pals name <name>: rename your companion
• /pals change: choose another companion (you start over)
• /pals deco: open the decoration book
• /pals color [honey|rose|mint|lavender|sky]: interface color
• /pals notif: turn the alert banner and sound on or off
• /pals test: show the banner so you can move it
• /pals size <50-150>: window size in %
• /pals eat | drink | play | sleep | potty | pet: care actions from the chat

Compatibility

Two packages are available, one for Retail and one for WoW Forever. The interface is in English, and in French on French clients. Font: Fredoka (SIL Open Font License).

Feedback and ideas for new companions are very welcome in the comments!