Creature Guidelines

PokeBuddy companions should feel original, developer-native and terminal-friendly.

Design principles

A good companion is:

memorable at small size;
readable in terminal output;
strongly associated with a dev concept;
cute enough to like;
weird enough to remember;
original enough to publish safely.

Companion anatomy

Each companion should define:

id
name
type
rarity
personality
flavor
quote
likes
dislikes
stats
reactions
ascii

Types

Recommended types:

Logic
Spark
Storage
Memory
Void
Debug
AI
Prompt
Cache
Chaos
Git
Fire
Infra
Shell
Network
Data
Security
Build
Test
Docs

Rarities

Uncommon
Rare
Epic
Mythic

Avoid

Do not create companions that copy or closely resemble protected characters, recognizable franchise silhouettes, official sprites, official names or modified official names.

Keep it original. Keep it dev-flavored.

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