Animal Sanctuary Kit
Adopt a pet. Then rewrite its DNA.
Animal Sanctuary is a pocket-sized virtual pet world that runs on hardware you built. Your animals live on a 2.8-inch touchscreen in a matte black case you put together yourself. Tap to feed them, play with them, and keep them happy. Then open the code and change the rules. Give your fox a new trick. Make your owl sleep in on weekends. Invent an animal nobody else has. Your AI coding agent writes the code with you, one change at a time, and every change runs on a device you can hold.
It's the virtual pet you had as a kid, except this time you own the source code.
WHAT'S IN THE GAME PLAY
Fourteen resident animals, each with its own look, personality, and moods.
Tap-to-care controls. Feed, play, and check on each animal with the touchscreen.
Mood and needs meters. They show how each animal is doing and what it wants next.
Sound effects through the built-in speaker, so your pets chirp, squeak, and react.
Teach-a-trick mode. Ask your AI coding agent to add a new trick, load it, and watch your pet perform it.
Remix everything. Change the colors, sounds, animals, and rules, or use the game as the starting point for your own app.
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE KIT
2.8-inch ESP32-S3 touchscreen board: a dual-core 240 MHz processor, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and a 240 x 320 IPS color touchscreen
Speaker that plugs into the board
USB-A to USB-C cable for power and programming
Connecting cables: two 4-pin and one 2-pin, for add-on modules
Matte black case
Step-by-step build and setup guide
Animal Sanctuary and Beat Maker, preloaded
NOT INCLUDED: You'll need a computer, internet access, and an account with an AI coding agent account, such as OpenAI Codex (ages 13 to 17 need a parent's permission)
A battery, a microSD card, and extra sensors or modules are sold separately, and compatibility varies. Final kit appearance may differ.
