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Labubu-themed virtual pet firmware for a Spotpear ESP32-S3
Custom firmware written with Claude Code turns an ESP32-S3 round-screen box into a Tamagotchi-like companion based on a girlfriend's Labubus.
Credits
- Reddit poster NotFrankGraves Source ↗
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The full story
The maker built something between an AI companion and a Tamagotchi for their girlfriend, based on the Labubu toys she owns. Using Claude Code they replaced the pre-flashed XiaoZhi AI firmware on a Spotpear ESP32-S3 Touch LCD 1.28 box with their own, with custom sprites and animations.
It grew to include time, weather, alarms, notes, several games including air hockey and a Flappy Bird clone, a random-facts browser and a web UI with a photo booth that adds the characters to uploaded pictures as stickers.
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Sources
From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: Another virtual pet style device, using a Spotpear Esp32s3 touch LCD 1.28Reddit poster: NotFrankGravesPosted
The maker's post on r/esp32.
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