COMMEMORATE YOUR PET
It all started with a course assignment where our professor challenged us to create something “interesting”. Playing to my strengths in web development, I began brainstorming and landed on a concept involving the Chrome Dinosaur.
My professor loved the narrative angle of digital pets, which led me to wonder: do digital pets deserve to be remembered?
It always felt so sad when a pet in our MC world just vanished, their story ending in an instant. This project started there, with that real-life pang of loss.
Inspired by the film Coco, I wanted to give these digital companions in games a soul, to be remembered is to truly exist.
Kittens Game, is a text-based raising game excels at building attachment to abstract concepts. Players develop a deep connection to their civilization of kittens, not through complex graphics but accumulated effort and the emergent narrative of survival and growth.
Players invest hours nurturing their kitten society, turning simple numbers into a meaningful history. This gradual, long-term investment fosters a powerful sense of ownership.
The Companion Cube is a masterclass in creating emotional attachment through narrative framing. It proves that the meaning of a companion is defined by shared experience, not inherent complexity.
The subsequent requirement to “euthanize” the cube is a powerful emotional climax. It creates a genuine sense of loss for an object the player was just told to love.
Microsoft's Minecraft Bedrock Script API Documentation
Official docs for Bedrock scripting, event listeners, and entity management.
Bedrock Creator Wiki
Creator-focused guides, debugging tips, and community solutions.
Bedrock.dev — Unofficial Documentation
Practical examples for advanced Script API features.
From peaceful beginnings to a final farewell — track bonding, battles, and milestones into a permanent record.
The addon runs automatically once enabled. It tracks a named mob’s lifecycle (spawn → interactions → death), and on death drops an info Name Tag that preserves the mob’s story.
Available at GitHub
https://github.com/bailitaotao/tag-valhallaThe data layer stores and formats all lifecycle records. It serializes/deserializes the info stored in Name Tags and builds readable descriptions for players.
Tags gain rarity (Common → Legendary) based on achievements like long survival, max affection, kill milestones, or being a rare boss mob. Higher rarity can unlock special effects and rewards.
