Desktop Pet (Minion & Dog)

Simple desktop pet for Windows built with Python (tkinter + Pillow). Includes two pets: Minion and Dog. Each pet can show animations for main, reminders and tips.

Features

• Animated GIF pets (main, reminder, tip)
• Draggable pet window that stays on top
• Reminders with a calendar/time picker
• Health tips fetched from MyHealthFinder + built-in ergonomic tips

Setup

1. Install Python 3.10+ and create/activate a virtual environment.
2. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run

python main.py

Notes

• Place pet asset folders under assets/<petname>/ with main.gif, reminder.gif, and optional tip.gif.
• The app saves reminders in reminders.json.
• To create a single EXE, PyInstaller was used. See dist/ after building.

License & Safety

Keep API keys and sensitive data out of the repository.