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ckitty Examples Gallery

A collection of example commands and their expected outputs.

Basic Examples

Simple Kitty

./ckitty_v3

Generates a random kitty without colors in a random pose.

Colorful Kitty

./ckitty_v3 -c

Same as above but with colors enabled.

Live Generation Mode

./ckitty_v3 -l -c

Watch the kitty being drawn piece by piece, similar to cbonsai's branch growth.

Advanced Examples

Specific Poses

Sitting Kitty

     /\_/\
    ( o.o )     A content kitty sitting upright
     > ^ <      with alert whiskers
    (  *  )
    |  *  |
    (_)(_)

Sleeping Kitty

    zzZ
   (^.^)      Curled up and dreaming
  (     )     with occasional z's floating up
  (_____)

Playing Kitty

      /\_/\
     ( o.o )  \     Pouncing position with
      > ^ </   \    raised paws and excited tail
    =======     @   Often appears with yarn ball
    /     \    @@@

Seed Examples

Memorable Seeds

# Fat fluffy kitty
./ckitty_v3 -c -s 42

# Thin elegant kitty
./ckitty_v3 -c -s 1337

# Hyperactive playing kitty
./ckitty_v3 -c -s 9999

# Always sleeping kitty
./ckitty_v3 -c -s 2024

Animation Examples

Rainbow Mode

./ckitty_v3 -r

Kitty cycles through all available colors.

Slow Motion

./ckitty_v3 -c -d 100000

Slower animations for a relaxed viewing experience.

Fast Motion

./ckitty_v3 -c -d 10000

Hyperactive kitty with rapid animations.

Screensaver Mode

Basic Screensaver

./ckitty_v3 -S -c

Generates new kitties continuously at random positions.

Screensaver with Custom Message

./ckitty_v3 -S -c -m "Gone fishing, back soon!"

Environmental Elements

Kitties can appear with various objects:

  • Yarn Ball: Pink ball of yarn with trailing string
  • Mouse: Small gray mouse (appears during play)
  • Birds: Flying overhead (random chance)

Terminal Compatibility

For Best Results

  1. Terminal Size: Minimum 80x24 recommended
  2. Color Support: 256 colors preferred
  3. Font: Monospace font required

Tested Terminals

  • iTerm2 (macOS) - Excellent
  • Terminal.app (macOS) - Good
  • gnome-terminal (Linux) - Excellent
  • xterm (Linux) - Good
  • Windows Terminal (Windows) - Good
  • PuTTY (Windows) - Basic

Fun Combinations

Party Mode

./ckitty_v3 -r -d 20000 -S

Zen Mode

./ckitty_v3 -c -s 2024 -d 80000

Debug Mode

./ckitty_v3 -c -s 12345

Always generates the same kitty for testing.