·4 min readfeaturebattles
The creatures you catch become the team you fight with
How Bokuju battles work, why a well-trained common can beat a lazy legendary, and where the battle system is heading.
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Dev diary, field reports, and notes from building Bokuju.
·3 min readfeaturehybrids
What happens when you combine a labradoodle with a ring-necked pheasant
Hybrids are what happen when you combine any two creatures in your collection. Here is how they work, why rarity matters, and where the world-building is heading.
Read →·4 min readfeaturebugs
The bug in your bathroom has a name
How Bokuju turns a photo of a spider into a field guide entry, why scientific names matter, and what happens when taxonomy gets complicated by domestic breeds.
Read →·3 min readfeaturewalking
Rewarding steps with XP
Bokuju rewards every step you take with creature XP. I built it because I wanted to have some fun while walking
Read →·4 min readdev diaryai
AI, artists, and how Bokuju actually works
TikTok comments say AI slop. I want to address that honestly, because I think it misses something important about what this app actually is.
Read →·4 min readfeaturedev diary
Challenging Bokudjin
Bokudjin is almost always right about what he sees. Almost. Here's why I built a way to challenge him, and what happens when you do.
Read →·4 min readfield reportzoo
Going to the Zoo with Bokuju
I spent an afternoon at the zoo with one goal: catch everything. Here's what Bokudjin made of a lioness, a mountain chicken frog, and a king cobra without its hood up.
Read →·4 min readdev diaryindie
Why I Built Bokuju
I wanted a real-life Pokédex since I was eight. Turns out the hard part isn't the AI. It's resisting the urge to over-engineer everything.
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