Just Simple NPC 0.4.0 — Pip, Arden and Nova

Just Simple NPC 0.4.0

Pip, Arden and Nova have a new home: Just Simple NPC.

Not everything has to be about productivity and keyboard shortcuts. Sometimes a tiny friend at the edge of your workspace is welcome too.

What's included

• Three original pixel-art companions: Pip, Arden and Nova.
• Eight autonomous activities, plus mouse attention and a fan of favorite commands.
• Four head directions and clear greeting poses, with short necks.
• Up to six fixed commands with optional short labels.
• Small, Medium and Large sizes with uniform physical-pixel rendering.
• Animated character previews and a read-only gallery of all ten behaviors.
• Configurable walking speed, attention distance and hover delay.
• Status-bar recall, keyboard access and preserved editor focus and selection.
• Background pause and reduced-motion support.

Install

Extract just-simple-npc-0.4.0.zip into <your-vault>/.obsidian/plugins/just-simple-npc/, then enable Just Simple NPC under Community plugins. main.js, manifest.json and styles.css must be directly inside that folder.

You can also download those three files individually. Keep data.json when updating.

If you used the earlier Little NPC development build, disable it first and copy its data.json into the new just-simple-npc folder to preserve your character, size and favorite commands. Enable only the new installation. Plugin command IDs now start with just-simple-npc:.

Desktop only. Tested in Obsidian 1.14.3. No runtime dependencies, network requests, analytics or command usage history.

See the README for screenshots, settings, behaviors and development instructions.

Validation: strict TypeScript, nine unit tests and a production build passed locally and in GitHub Actions. The renamed plugin was tested live, including saved settings, command IDs, the fan and the settings gallery. Release assets match that tested installation.