TICKLETOASTIt hatches
No character select, no rerolls. The egg decides who it is. You find out the slow way.
A tiny creature with a 1997 screen and opinions about stew.
TICKLETOAST is a pocket pet that lives on your phone, learns how you treat it, and never once explains itself. Feed it. Tickle it. Turn the light off at bedtime. It'll notice.
Tap the screen. Go on.
How it works
Six buttons. One very small life.
No manual, no tutorial, no stats screen. You learn it the way you'd learn a cat: by paying attention and occasionally being wrong.
You look after it
Food, play, a wipe-down, medicine, lights out. That's the whole menu. It's a pet, not a spreadsheet.
It learns you
It clocks when you usually feed it, gets bored of the same dinner and works out how to beat you at its little games. Predictable humans lose.
It has a ticklish spot
Somewhere on it. Tap around. Hold to give a treat, and reward the cute things it does until they become tricks. Don't poke too fast; it remembers that too.
No guilt, honestly
No streaks, no nagging, no "your pet misses you!!" pings. Away for a while? It curls up and rests. It'll be fine. Possibly a bit smug.
Every life gets a page
A life lasts a couple of weeks. When it ends, it goes in your keepsake book: its name, its best friend, the things it loved. Then there's a new egg.
Growing up
It becomes whoever you raised.
There are six grown-ups, and which one you get depends on how it lived. None of them are worse. They're just different, like people, but toastier.
CRUMPETplayed a lot
BRIOCHEhad friends over
BAGELpoked at everything
MUFFINearly nights, big blanket
TOASTIEa bit of everything
CRUSThad it a bit rough
Friends
Friends, not followers.
Swap a code with someone and your creatures can visit each other. After that they stay in touch: wandering over on their own, swapping little treasures, having playdates when you're both around. Close friends can even help hatch each other's next egg.
What it isn't
- A chatbot. It doesn't talk. It beeps, sings badly and sulks.
- A social network. No usernames, no chat, no follower counts.
- A slot machine. No loot boxes, no paid shortcuts, no ads.
- A productivity app wearing a costume.
- Watching you. It lives on your phone and stays there.
Questions
Reasonable questions.
Is it AI?
It's clever the way a cat is clever: memory, habits, moods and a small engine choosing what to do next. There's no chatbot and no cloud brain. It runs on your phone, offline.
Will it die?
Eventually, gently, of old age after a couple of weeks. Sooner if it's properly neglected, but being away isn't neglect: it rests while you're gone. Every life gets a page in your book, and there's always another egg.
Does it need the internet?
No. Only friends need a connection, and those messages are end-to-end encrypted between your two phones.
What will it cost?
We'll say before it's in a store. Whatever happens, there won't be loot boxes, ads or paying to skip the good bits.
What happens to my data?
Your creature lives on your phone. We don't have accounts, we don't track you and we can't read your friends' messages. The privacy page has the details, and it's short.
When can I get it?
iPhone and Android apps are on the way. Want a nudge when they land? Email hello@tickletoast.com.
It's warming up.
The apps are coming soon. In the meantime, the egg is fine. Eggs are very patient.
Coming sooniPhone
Coming soonAndroid
hello@tickletoast.com