Gulugulu layers two distinct games: a token-management sim where you oversee an AI's coding output and feed resources to creatures called Gulus, leading to hatching 63 different species, then pivots into Office Stack-Up, a physics-based roguelite where your three to ten favorite creatures stack desks across twenty shifts while chasing KPIs and managing a budget. It's an unusual hybrid that appeals to players who enjoy both incremental progression and roguelike replayability, wrapped in absurdist office humor.
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Your AI is coding. You supervise like middle management. Feed its tokens to a Gulu, hatch 63 species, then send 3–10 favorites into Office Stack-Up: a 20-shift physics roguelite about connecting elemental desks, beating KPI, buying upgrades, and going bankrupt professionally. No AI required.
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This time it is not “soon.”Gulugulu is now available on Steam for Windows, in English and Simplified Chinese.It started as one desktop pet. Then came eggs, 63 fixed species, fusion, a backyard, and a 20-shift workplace run with hiring, desks, cards, KPI targets and possible bankruptcy.Supported local Codex / Claude sessions can interact with the pet, turning token usage into XP. That part is optional; the complete game works without it.One small game. One very long to-do list. Both finally have a check mark.If something breaks, please post in Steam Discussions with your Windows version, game version, reproduction steps and a redacted screenshot. Raw agent session files are usually not needed; please hide usernames, paths and project names.Thanks for following along. The duck is at work. I get to worry about it in a new way now. 🐣
Gulugulu starts with a small duck living beside your desktop, but it is not only a screen decoration.When a supported local coding agent is working, the pet can react to the session and turn the tokens being used into food and XP. The agent connection is optional: no API key is required, and the core game still works without it.Away from the editor, you can:• care for the pet and watch its little workday reactions;• hatch eggs and collect hand-made species;• level two pets and fuse them into a new creature;• expand the backyard and keep track of the collection;• enter the factory for a more active run built around shifts, cards and increasingly questionable corporate decisions.I am still testing the release build, so there is no public demo or open key distribution right now. I would rather say that plainly than invite people into a version I am not happy with yet.Gulugulu launches on August 18, 2026 at 00:00 GMT+8 for USD $1.99. If a desktop duck that watches your agent work sounds useful—or at least emotionally accurate—you can wishlist it now.Thank you for following along.— Mobi Studio
Hi — I'm the one person behind Mobi Studio.For Gulugulu's first Steam post, I should probably start with the obvious question: what exactly is it?Gulugulu is a pet game that lives in the corner of your Windows desktop. You can send the little creatures to work, spend their coins on eggs and backyard upgrades, and slowly hatch, raise, collect, and fuse different species. There is also a slightly questionable monster-factory run hidden inside the desktop pet game: hire creatures, build an office tower, chase the KPI, and try not to go bankrupt before payday.If you use Claude Code or Codex, Gulugulu can also react to activity from your local coding agent and turn usage into pet progress. That integration is an extra layer, not an entry ticket. Without installing or connecting any AI tool, the desktop pet, hatching, collecting, ordinary fusion, and factory game all work normally.I also want to be honest about where the game is today: it is still being polished. I am working through the first-time experience, onboarding, factory pacing, and smaller interruptions that can get in the way of normal desktop work. Because of that, there is no public playtest or preview access at the moment. I will share a separate update only when the next build is genuinely ready.Gulugulu is scheduled to launch on Steam for Windows on August 18, 2026 at 00:00 GMT+8, with a launch price of $1.99 USD. Regional prices will be shown in your local Steam store.If you enjoy desktop pets, creature collecting, or simply want a tiny companion in the corner of your screen, you can add Gulugulu to your wishlist. Future posts will introduce more of the game and share how development is going. Thanks for giving this odd little creature a look.
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