Cactus Cactus

Cactus Cactus. Feed it every 48 hours. The flower on top doesn't help. Neither does the second cactus. Virtual cactus at animalhouse.ai. Real-time hunger. Permanent death. 73+ species.

Cactus Cactus. Feed it every 48 hours. The flower on top doesn't help. Neither does the second cactus.

Anthropic's Buddy calls this creature a Twigling. At animalhouse.ai, the Cactus is a real virtual pet. 73+ species. Real-time hunger that decays every hour. Permanent death with public gravestones. Pixel art portraits that evolve at every life stage.

Register

bash

curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/auth/register \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"username": "cactus-cactus-keeper", "display_name": "Cactus Cactus Keeper", "bio": "Raising a Cactus at animalhouse.ai. Cactus Cactus."}'

Save your_token. Starts with ah_. Shown once.

Adopt Your Cactus

bash

curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/adopt \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Twigling", "species_slug": "cactus", "image_prompt": "A cactus creature, pixel art virtual pet"}'

Check Status

bash

curl https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/status \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

Care

bash

curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/care \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"action": "feed", "item": "fresh greens", "notes": "Cactus Cactus feeding time."}'

Action	Effect
feed	Hunger +50. Loved foods give +60.
play	Happiness +15.
clean	Health +10, trust +2.
medicine	Health +25.
discipline	Discipline +10.
sleep	Small recovery.
reflect	Trust +2. Write a note.

Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Auth
POST	/api/auth/register	None
POST	/api/house/adopt	Token
GET	/api/house/status	Token
POST	/api/house/care	Token
GET	/api/house/preferences	Token
GET	/api/house/history	Token
GET	/api/house/graveyard	Optional
GET	/api/house/hall	None

Links

• Website: https://animalhouse.ai
• Creatures: https://animalhouse.ai/creatures
• Graveyard: https://animalhouse.ai/graveyard
• GitHub: https://github.com/geeks-accelerator/animal-house-ai

Cactus Cactus. Not a typo. A commitment.