Pets

Playing with pets

Pets will interact with your mouse pointer within the open Pet Panel. Additionally, pets will display text bubbles as you move your mouse over the pet.

Adding additional pets

To add additional pets, run the "Spawn additional pet" command (vscode-pets.spawn-pet) or click the + icon.

Once you've done this, select the pet type, color, and then choose a name or use the randomly assigned one.

If you have more than 1 pet, they become friends. When pets become friends, they will say a little "❤️" and then play chase with each other.

You can also click the squirrel icon in the bottom of the VS Code Window to create pets.

Throwing a ball

Play catch with your pet! Click the ball icon in the VS Code Pets panel to throw the ball:

You can also use the "Throw ball" command (vscode-pets.throw-ball).

• Rocky will not run & catch a ball. Have you ever seen a rock run after a ball? Neither have we.

Want to challenge your pets to a harder game of fetch? Enable the "Throw ball with mouse" (vscode-pets.throwBallWithMouse) option in the settings. Then use the mouse to click and throw the ball:

Roll-call with your pets

Get a description of your current pets within VS Code. Run the "Roll-call" command (vscode-pets.roll-call) from the command palette.

Removing a single pet or multiple pets

You can remove all pets (except the 1 configured) by running the "Remove all pets" command (vscode-pets.delete-pets) from the command palette.

You can remove specific pets by clicking the trashcan icon or by running the "Remove pet" command (vscode-pets.delete-pet) from the command palette.

Importing or Exporting your Pet List

Have a certain pet setup you would like to share with your friends? You can export your pet list by running the "Export pet list" command (vscode-pets.export-pets) from the command palette. The pet list can be imported by running the "Import pet list" command (vscode-pets.import-pets) from the command palette.