Just Simple NPC 0.7.2

• Keep command bubbles and their tails opaque on hover and keyboard focus when a theme supplies translucent hover colors, so note text underneath cannot show through.

All three installable assets were built and attested in GitHub Actions. Requires Obsidian 1.13.0 or later.

Just Simple NPC 0.7.1

• Fix the Windows title bar becoming unresponsive to window dragging after maximizing Obsidian and restoring it down.
• Give the NPC overlay a zero-size anchor instead of a full-window rectangle, so Obsidian's native non-draggable overlay rule cannot cover the title-bar drag regions.
• Preserve the visible character, command bubbles, pointer interaction and pick-up/fall behavior in all three sizes.

All three installable assets were built and attested in GitHub Actions. Requires Obsidian 1.13.0 or later.

Just Simple NPC 0.7.0

• Import a custom NPC from a PNG sprite sheet inside the vault, with a name, animated preview and explicit activation.
• Define the version 1 format: 8 × 8 cells, 16 × 24 logical pixels, 60 required frames covering all thirteen behaviors and four reserved cells.
• Accept native 128 × 192 sheets and uniform integer enlargements, including 1024 × 1536; validate PNG headers, dimensions, size, frame contents and transparent corners before activation.
• Preserve real alpha or remove an edge-connected solid background automatically or with explicit magenta keying. Reject painted checkerboards and preserve enclosed matching character details.
• Keep mouse tracking, four head directions, command bubbles, crisp display scaling, dragging, gentle falling and reduced motion for custom characters.
• Reload chosen sheets when edited, follow vault renames and fall back to Pip for missing or invalid files while retaining the saved selection. Forgetting a sheet leaves the PNG intact.
• Ship downloadable Pip, Arden and Nova sheets, blank templates, labeled guides, the original Rue reference and a detailed image-generation prompt with transparency guidance.
• Add reproducible sheet exports, importer regression tests and a screenshot of the custom companion settings.

All three installable assets were built and attested in GitHub Actions. Requires Obsidian 1.13.0 or later.

Just Simple NPC 0.6.0

• Drag the companion to pick it up and move it; all three characters raise and fidget their hands while lifted.
• Release to fall with gravity and a limited speed, land without bouncing, and sit for two seconds before resuming normal behavior.
• Keep clicks and hover commands separate from dragging; handle pointer capture, cancellation, Escape, window changes and background pause.
• Respect reduced motion with a still lifted pose and an immediate return to the floor.
• Add the three new interaction behaviors to the read-only settings gallery.
• Make the command picker accept names, IDs and colon/hyphen/underscore variants, with sidebar search aliases and exact ID matches first.
• Include registered commands that Obsidian's listed catalog may omit, without duplicates.
• Add regression tests for acceleration, floor contact, refresh-rate independence and sidebar command searches.

All three installable assets were built and attested in GitHub Actions. Requires Obsidian 1.13.0 or later.

Just Simple NPC 0.5.1

• Use Medium as the default character size for new installations. Existing saved sizes stay unchanged.

All three installable assets were built and attested in GitHub Actions. Requires Obsidian 1.13.0 or later.

Just Simple NPC 0.5.0

• Make settings searchable through Obsidian's declarative settings API. Requires Obsidian 1.13.0 or later.
• Keep the three animated character cards and read-only behavior gallery, with cleanup when settings close or refresh.
• Use native settings headings, inline slider values and Obsidian's DOM helpers.
• Use each element's own window for animation timing and DOM creation.
• Shorten the plugin's command names to Open favorites and Configure favorites; command IDs and saved choices stay compatible.
• Replace CSS !important overrides with scoped selectors.
• Add the official Obsidian ESLint rules and a CSS check to local checks and CI.
• Build releases from tagged source in GitHub Actions and attest all three installable assets.
• Publish only main.js, manifest.json and styles.css; update manual installation instructions.

All three installable assets were built and attested in GitHub Actions. Requires Obsidian 1.13.0 or later.

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.

Little NPC 0.3.1 — Pip, Arden and Nova

Little NPC 0.3.1

Meet Pip, Arden and Nova: original pixel companions for the edge of your Obsidian workspace.

Not everything has to be about productivity and keyboard shortcuts. A little company is welcome too.

• Choose one of three companions and three crisp pixel sizes.
• Watch eight autonomous activities, from wandering and waving to stretching and dozing.
• Move closer to make the NPC stop and follow your mouse in four head directions.
• Hover or click to open up to six fixed favorite commands in speech bubbles.
• Configure commands, labels, walking speed, attention distance and hover delay.
• Explore all ten behaviors in an animated, read-only settings gallery.
• Keyboard navigation, preserved editor focus and selection, reduced motion and background pause.
• Short necks, clean pixel silhouettes and integer physical-pixel rendering.

Install

Download little-npc-0.3.1.zip, extract it into <your-vault>/.obsidian/plugins/little-npc/, then enable Little NPC in Obsidian's Community plugins settings. The three plugin files must be directly inside that folder.

Alternatively, download main.js, manifest.json and styles.css individually. Keep your existing data.json when updating.

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

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

Validation: strict TypeScript, nine unit tests and the production build passed locally and in GitHub Actions. Release files match the live-tested Obsidian installation.