A cozy pixel art cat garden inside Visual Studio Code.
Cozy Code Cats is a VS Code extension that adds a tiny animated cat garden to your Explorer sidebar. Two pixel art cats — one black and one white — live inside your coding environment, react to your actions, and enjoy a dynamic cozy world that changes with the time of day, weather, and seasons.
A long-haired programmer with glasses works on her laptop under a seasonal wooden pergola while her two cats explore their little woodland home.
✨ Features
🐈 Two cozy pixel art cats: one black cat and one white cat.
🌸 A soft, aesthetic pixel art environment inspired by cozy nature scenes.
Sixteen individually illustrated landscapes, with distinct artwork for every season and time of day.
An animated programmer who types, blinks, and watches her cats play.
Seasonal cottages and pergolas with spring flowers, summer greenery, autumn leaves, and naturally drawn winter snow.
🕰️ Dynamic backgrounds based on the time of day:
Dawn
Day
Sunset
Night
🌦️ Weather-based visual changes:
Sunny
Cloudy
Rainy
Stormy
Cold / snowy
🍂 Seasonal environments:
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
🔥 Animated campfire during night scenes.
🖤 Soot sprite interaction when playing.
🧶 Cats can play and chase the soot across the garden.
🐟 Feed, sleep, and play actions, with cats roaming naturally between interactions.
A clickable cat shelter that stays visible throughout winter, including daytime. On rainy nights or in wet weather, sheltered cats stay inside until you click again.
