Tiny Critter is a Home Screen module: a small pixel-art character with a speech bubble that comments on your reading.
It can greet you for the time of day and talk about your streak, the books you finished this year, your goals and milestones. Tap it to hear something else.
| Feature | Behaviour |
|---|---|
| Speech bubble | Fixed size, so the critter and the decorations never move |
| Critter side | You choose which side of the bubble the critter stands on |
| Decorations | Up to two on each side, in the order they stand on the screen (left out when they do not fit) |
| Alignment | The whole group can be aligned to the left, centre or right of the row on wide screens |
| Your name | Set Your name and some phrases will use it |
| Default state | Off by default — add it from Arrange Modules |
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Critter | Which critter appears (bundled or your own) |
| Side | Which side of the speech bubble the critter stands on |
| Decorations | Up to two on each side of the bubble, in screen order |
| Topics | What the critter talks about (streak, books, goals, milestones…) |
| Phrases | Where the phrases come from (see section 6) |
| Your name | A name that phrases can use with {name} |
Seven critters come with SimpleUI:
| Critter | Description |
|---|---|
| Suey (default) | A cat |
| Chonk | A cat with heart-shaped sunglasses and a tiara |
| Tulu | A tiny winged, tentacle-faced sea monster |
| Frankie | A stitched-together patchwork monster |
| Vlad | A pale, pointy-eared little vampire in a red-lined cape |
| Sholmes | A deerstalker-wearing detective in a long brown coat |
| Argos | A loyal, floppy-eared dog with a red collar |
Each critter has twelve moods. These are the names you use for your own image files in section 4:
neutral |
happy |
party |
sleepy |
cheer |
love |
sad |
surprised |
curious |
grumpy |
shy |
playful |