this is a small work in progress collection of my favorite cyberpets and virtual pets from across the web! this doesn't include irl tamagotchis or other little creatures i may have like the nintendogs that live in my phone now.
this isn't REALLY a cyberpet except it kind of is! kawaii pet megu was an iphone app in the early 2010s created by @seiyaimagawa. you adopted a pet, evolved it in a very complex evolution line, and collected food and furniture for your megu's house! the pet could also meet others on walks as well as make tweets for you about it's general thoughts. it was the very first app i got on my phone, but it was discontinued in 2013 and became semi-lost media. many people, myself included, had screenshots of their megus and homes, but had little else outside of that. my megu was named howaru (he was named after the transformers character whirl!) and he lived in a colorful little house. i worked very hard to evolve him into an astromot, a lil space cat. i never thought i would see howaru again until tumblr user kpmegu started the megu 2.0 project, which ports a large portion of the original game to the computer. now, howaru is back on my laptop, still living his wonderful life with me!