🐾 Pixel-Pets — A modern virtual pet family for M5Stack, built with AI, creativity, and a father-son maker spirit
Created by Marcel Dütscher with his son Justus, Pixel-Pets brings Tamagotchi-style companions to life on
#M5Stack hardware — from touch interaction and mini-games to offline voice control,
#ESPNOW pet friendships, and real-world weather sync 🌤✨
🔹 Built for
#M5StackCore2,
#M5StackCoreS3,
#M5StickCPLUS2, and the M5Stack LLM Module
🔹 Features 3 pet variants 1 accessory: Muffin, Visu, Goo-Goo, and Pip
🔹 Supports offline voice commands, selfies, web radio, mood animations, and parental play limits 🎙📷🎵
🔹 Uses
#ESPNow for fast pet-to-pet gifting and Pip treat-throwing with ~200 ms response ⚡
🔹 Mirrors local weather, sunrise/sunset, and moon phase for a world-aware pet experience 🌙
👉 See more about the project on
Hackster.io:
bit.ly/4vk6bkF
👉 The project website:
bit.ly/4e7UpUu
#M5Stack #ESP32 #VirtualPet #MakerProjects #IoT #EmbeddedSystems #OpenSource #AI #STEM #RetroGaming #FamilyMaker #SmartDevices #M5StackInnovationContest