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Tilly the Calico Cat

Tilly is a detailed long-haired calico cat with orange, black, and white markings, a full chest ruff, green-yellow eyes, and a raised fluffy tail. The atlas moves between composed seated portraits, low running poses, a paw-up wave, and visibly subdued failure frames.

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Tilly live preview

Switch animation rows, tune scale, and test floating behavior before installing this Codex pet locally.

Floating mode uses viewport bounds.

What makes Tilly distinct?

Use these visible package traits to decide whether this pet fits your desktop before you install it.

Detailed calico markings

The orange forehead blaze, dark face patches, white muzzle, and full white chest remain consistent across front-facing and side-facing frames.

Readable feline movement

Running frames lower and lengthen the body while the tail stays high, separating locomotion from Tilly's upright idle and review poses.

Soft desktop presence

Rounded fur edges and mostly natural coat colors give Tilly a quieter visual profile than the catalog's pixel mascots and fantasy creatures.

How Tilly's states read

These observations come from the original package spritesheet, not a generic species description.

Idle and waiting

Idle frames use small eye and head changes around a stable seated silhouette. Waiting lowers the body and softens the expression without changing the recognizable calico face pattern.

Running and jumping

The running rows use a side profile with stretched forelegs and a raised tail. Jumping returns to a front view and lifts one paw, so the action does not look like another run frame.

Failed and review

Failed frames move from a worried sit into a curled, head-down posture. Review restores the upright body and uses smaller face and paw changes for a focused look.

Related Codex pets

Calico

Compare another calico interpretation with a shorter coat and a more compact pixel-like silhouette.

Mochi

Compare a softer chibi cat whose rounded body and simpler markings create a more stylized desktop companion.

Boxcat

Compare a cat concept built around a prop and cozy theme instead of natural coat detail.

Package visuals reviewed from the original spritesheet on .

See every Codex pet state at once.

Use the grid to check whether the shared 8 by 9 atlas has complete idle, movement, waiting, failed, and review animation rows.

Idle
Run right
Run left
Waving
Jumping
Failed
Waiting
Running
Review

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Install Tilly

Download the zip package, or copy a community CLI or curl command that installs this Codex pet into $HOME/.codex/pets/tilly. Then enable it with /pet or Settings -> Appearance -> Pets.

Download package
npx @eyichan/codexpets add tilly

Manifest

Save this file as pet.json inside the local package folder for this Codex pet.

{
  "id": "tilly",
  "displayName": "Tilly",
  "description": "A fluffy long-haired calico kitty with a white chest ruff, pink nose, green-yellow eyes, and calm curious expression.",
  "spritesheetPath": "spritesheet.webp"
}

Spritesheet contract

1536 x 1872 px8 columns x 9 rows192 x 208 px cells72 frames

Use the preview controls above to check idle, movement, waiting, failed, and review rows before installing.

Local install snippet
# After downloading tilly-codex-pet.zip
mkdir -p "$HOME/.codex/pets/tilly"
unzip -o "./tilly-codex-pet.zip" -d "$HOME/.codex/pets/tilly"

# In Codex
/pet

# Or manually
Settings -> Appearance -> Pets -> choose tilly

Download the package zip first, then run this command from the folder that contains the zip file. After installation, use /pet or open Settings, choose Appearance, then Pets. Use Refresh custom pets if the package does not appear immediately.

How to use Tilly

  1. 01

    Review every state

    Scan the 9-state preview grid to confirm the spritesheet covers idle, movement, waving, failed, waiting, and review states.

  2. 02

    Download the package files

    Download the package zip, or save spritesheet.webp and pet.json into a folder named after this pet id.

  3. 03

    Install locally

    Copy both files into ~/.codex/pets/<pet-id>/ so Codex can discover the custom pet package.

  4. 04

    Open it in Codex

    Use /pet inside Codex, or open Settings -> Appearance -> Pets and choose this installed pet. Refresh custom pets if it is not listed yet.