spinavatar

Let your friend SPIN beside you while you code.

SpinAvatar adds a bouncy, spinning avatar to your VS Code Explorer panel — a tiny companion that bounces around the screen and spins faster when you grab it.

✨ Features

• 🔄 Always Spinning — Your avatar rotates continuously while you work
• 🏓 Bounces Around — It moves and bounces off the edges of the panel
• 🖱️ Draggable — Grab it and throw it — it flies off with a random velocity
• 💡 Zero Distraction — Lives quietly in the Explorer sidebar, out of your way

📸 Preview

(Your spinning avatar lives right here in the Explorer panel)

(Normal view)

(How it looks when users drag the avatar)

Explorer
└── 📁 Your Project
└── 🌀 Spin Avatar   ← your little buddy is here

🚀 Getting Started

1. Install the extension
2. Open the Explorer sidebar (Ctrl+Shift+E)
3. Scroll down to find the Spin Avatar panel
4. Watch your buddy spin 🎉

🖼️ Customization

Want to use your own image?

1. Press ctrl + shift + P to open Command Palette
2. Find Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON)
3. Add this line "spinavatar.imagePath": "<PICTURE_DIRECTORY>"
4. Open Command Palette and Find Developer: Reload Window

📦 Extension Details

🛣️ Roadmap

• Custom image picker from settings
• Speed control
• Multiple avatars
• Sound effects (optional, of course)

🐛 Known Issues

• The avatar panel must be visible/expanded in Explorer to render
• Very small panel sizes may clip the avatar

📝 Release Notes

0.0.1

• Initial release
• Spinning, bouncing, draggable avatar in Explorer panel

Upcoming

• Sound effect when users drag the avatar
• Glitch screen effect when avatar hits the edges

💙 Contributing

PRs and issues welcome. If you have a fun avatar idea or feature request, open an issue!

Made with ☕ and a little too much free time.