I was wondering when someone would make a Steemit-based pet project :)
This is how I envision my pet, once I've taught him how to be a good mad scientist (just, you know... more PXLier ;) ):
I do imagine the principle behind pet distribution could be adjusted, as it can be gamed pretty easily by a small group getting together and agreeing to upvote a specific persons comment, and then distributing the pets between them, or just someone with a botnet.
But that can always be adjusted if it's obviously happening.
As for game mechanics... I think a bot could be set up to watch for comments/posts of people with a PXLpet, and then keep a leaderboard and award a small upgrade to the pet of the person who was the most active on Steemit.
Like a little Award the pet can carry with it.. that gets bigger...and bigger.. the more the person wins, until it has to leave it somewhere in the background. the award of course has the name of the user and an image of his/her pet on it at that point ;)
Haha, that would be a funny pet. Thanks for your inspiring ideas. This game is something like an experiment. Let's see if these groups getting together. Like you said that always can be adjusted. I like the idea of an leaderboard. But I have to look up some things since I never made a bot before. I also thought that the items should show the name of the owner. I will have a thought on your ideas! Maybe there will be an update in future posts. Thank you!
You can always "bribe" a seasoned steemit developer with a PXLpet or upgrade to get him to program a bot ;)
No problemo, love to help :)