— A Digital Species · ANNO MMXXVI —
— A pixel cat that lives atop your desktop —
Species
Felis Pixella
First Recorded
A.D. 2026
Habitat
Desktop · Screen
Catalogued
Sixty-Nine
Adoption
Free Companion
Every one is an independently catalogued specimen — nearly seventy cats, each with its own name, coat, temperament, and cited inspiration. The first is yours to adopt free; later members join by redemption code.
Free download · paid content coming soon
Nearly seventy cats, each compiled by hand — its own name, palette, temperament, and source of inspiration. Mia is a ginger tabby who watches sparrows; Monsieur Blanc, a Birman who sniffs thrice before every meal. None are interchangeable.
Install the desktop companion, and your cat strolls along the tops of your windows — calling out when hungry, batting at the little mouse in the screen's corner when bored.
Your cat may stay a while at a friend's place and return having made new acquaintances — much like paying a call in the world outside.
Download the companion edition and open the first specimen box — a cat of random markings comes to live atop your windows.
Feed it, talk to it, keep it alive on your desktop. See it through a stretch of contented days, and a new specimen box steeps into being at the corner of your desk.
Each has its own markings and temperament. Gather, in time, a litter wholly your own.
F. p. var. candidus · Monsieur Blanc
"Excessively refined.
Sniffs thrice before eating."
F. p. var. muscosus · Mossy
"A moss-green no one has seen.
Stares at succulents for 20 minutes."
F. p. var. umbrinus · Onyx
"Crouches atop the bookshelf, watching.
Nudges you once when you weep, then leaves."
F. p. var. minium · Cinnabar
"Falls silent in a thunderstorm.
Stares unblinking at one spot on the ceiling."
Nearly seventy in the catalogue, every one with a name — these are just a sample. Download free and adopt your first.
Should a redemption code come your way—gifted by a friend, or handed out at an event—right-click your pet, choose "Add New Cat," and enter it. A new specimen box appears at the corner of your screen, waiting to be opened.
It runs alongside ordinary unlocking—you keep raising cats at your own pace, and the generous get a way to gift one. Each code brings home a new cat.
Codes may be gifted by friends or received at events · web shop coming soon
Windows 10 / 11 and macOS. Once installed, a cat of random markings takes up residence atop your windows— it wanders, charms, dozes, and chases the mouse in the screen's corner; it calls out when hungry and plays by itself when bored. Close it anytime.
Windows 10 / 11 · macOS 11+ (Apple Silicon, M1 or later; Intel Macs not supported yet)
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