MoodPet 🐾

MoodPet is a mental health and self-care app that helps users build positive habits by taking care of a virtual pet.

Instead of overwhelming users with complex systems, MoodPet turns small daily actions into meaningful progress through emotional connection, gamification, and personalized interaction.

• Log how you’re feeling using a wide range of emotions
• Encourages self-awareness and reflection

• Complete simple, realistic self-care tasks (e.g., drink water, go outside)
• Earn gems 💎 as rewards

• Start with a pet and unlock more as you progress
• Each pet represents a new journey and fresh start

• Pets respond to your mood and actions
• Suggest tasks and provide encouragement
• Creates a sense of companionship rather than just tracking habits

• Each pet has its own task experience and history
• Switching pets allows users to start fresh while preserving past progress

Mental health tools can often feel overwhelming or impersonal. MoodPet was designed to make self-care feel approachable, engaging, and even comforting.

By creating a bond between the user and their pet, the app encourages consistency through small, meaningful actions.

• React
• LocalStorage (for persistence)
• Kiro (AI-powered development environment)

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/moodpet.git
cd moodpet

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Start the development server:

npm start

4. Open your browser and go to:

[http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000 (this is the default address used by most React development servers; if the port is already in use, the terminal will show a different URL to open))

• Home Tab

  • View and complete daily recommended tasks
  • Earn gems 💎 for completing tasks

• Mood Tab

  • Select how you’re feeling from a variety of emotions
  • Helps personalize your experience

• Tasks Tab

  • View your current and completed tasks
  • Tasks are tracked per pet

• Pets Tab

  • View and switch between your pets
  • Unlock new pets as you earn more gems

• Interact Tab

  • Chat with your pet
  • Receive task suggestions based on your mood
  • Watch your pet react as you complete tasks

• Expanded pet personalities and interactions
• More dynamic task recommendations
• Pet customization (food, accessories, etc.)
• Mobile app version
• Optional AI-powered conversations

MoodPet aims to support students and individuals who may not engage with traditional mental health tools by making self-care feel natural, rewarding, and emotionally engaging.

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Built for the AWS Reachback Hackathon 2026 using Kiro.