MONji
A virtual companion that lives on your desktop and shares your clock. MONjis grow in real time, from an egg to a grown-up adult shaped by time-based events and small choices. Explore new places, loot parts and craft unique visual mods for your device to show your personality. MONji grows on you !
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8 itemsAbout the Game
A DESKTOP VIRTUAL COMPANION
Place your MONji device in the corner of your screen and let it live alongside you while you work, watch videos, draw, or play.
In a world built around fast and endless stimulation, MONji is a slower experience.
A small creature growing over time, simply sharing your space.
RANDOM EVENTS AND STYLES
Your MONji grows from what it experiences.
Random events will happen to your MONji, and if you decide to interact with them, they will gain Style Points (SP) based on the nature of the situation.
There are 5 different styles:
Cheerful
Cool
Cute
Wise
Shy
These styles shape your MONji’s personality and will determine their future evolutions !
EVENTS BASED ON TIME, PLACE, AND LIFE STAGE
A peaceful sunrise.
A strange encounter late at night.
A childhood memory that returns years later.
Your MONji experiences different events depending on the time of day, the places it visits, and its stage of evolution.
As it grows, its world grows with it !
A COMPANION THAT REMEMBERS
Your MONji remembers the moments it shared with you.
Certain memories, locations, or past encounters may unlock rare future events once your MONji becomes older.
The way you raise it quietly shapes the creature it becomes.
EXPLORE THE MONji WORLD
While you’re busy, your MONji isn’t.
Send it on explorations to discover new places, encounter unique events, and collect rare parts.
Every area contains different loot just for you to be discovered...
CRAFT AND CUSTOMISE
Use what it finds to craft a wide range of visual mods for your MONji device.
Mix styles, materials, and aesthetics to shape your device into something that feels right for you.
Or strange. Both work !
TAKE CARE
Feed it.
Let it rest.
Keep it somewhat clean.
Neglect your MONji for too long and it may become sick… or disappear entirely.
But no worry — just start over, that's the privilege of being digital.
CHROMA MONjis (THEY EXIST!)
Some MONjis hatch… differently.
Brighter colors.
Little sparkles.
Slightly suspicious aura.
They’re rare and possibly special, no one’s completely sure...
