Bored Kitty [v0.2.1]

Bored Kitty is a small, lightweight open-source app designed to provide quick, low-effort entertainment for cat owners and casual users. It focuses on short, repeatable interactions to amuse cats and human watchers alike. Version 0.2.1 refines core play mechanics, fixes visual glitches, and improves responsiveness for touch and pointer input.

1. The "Tail Twitch" Algorithm (Passive AP Generation)

Previously, the cat only generated AP when you actively clicked the dot. Now, in v0.2.1, the cat’s tail twitches at random intervals. Each twitch produces 0.3 AP. Why 0.3? Because precision apathy is funnier. You’ll watch the pixel tail for minutes, accumulating a tenth of a point, and you cannot speed it up. That is the boredom loop.

What Exactly Is Bored Kitty?

For the uninitiated, Bored Kitty is a deceptively simple idle game. You stare at a pixel-art cat sitting in an empty room. There are no "feed" buttons. There is no "play" action. The only clickable object is the Red Dot—a cursor-sized laser pointer that appears in a random corner of the screen every 45 seconds.

Technical notes

  • Built with lightweight HTML5 canvas and vanilla JavaScript for cross-platform compatibility.
  • Assets: compressed PNGs and SVGs, audio in OGG/MP3 fallbacks.
  • Runs offline after initial load; small service-worker enabled cache.
  • Minimum requirements: modern browser with WebGL disabled-friendly fallback.