Shimeji: Screen Buddies

<b>Shimeji: Screen Buddies</b> are cute animated characters that live on your screen and keep you company while you use your phone. With over 35M downloads worldwide, they’re back with a big update overhaul: <b>new animation engine, character levels, and a Mushroom currency that lets you unlock everything just by playing</b>.

<b>✨ Cute screen buddies, always on top</b>
• Watch mascots walk, climb, sit, fall and play on top of your apps
• Run up to <b>10</b> characters at once for a screen full of fun
• Perfect for killing time while you wait for games to load or ads to finish
• Tap, drag and toss your Shimeji and see how they react

<b>🎮 Idle-style leveling: play and they grow</b>
• Your Shimeji earn XP while they wander around the screen
• <b>Level up</b> your favorite characters to unlock new animations and tricks
• Interact with them for bonus XP and faster progress
• Different levels can reveal new moves, poses and surprises

<b>🍄 Play to unlock 100% of features</b>
• Earn <b>Mushrooms</b> automatically while the screen is on
• Use Mushrooms to unlock characters, animations and upgrades
• Daily gifts and rewards for coming back and playing more
• Payments are <b>100% optional</b>: they only speed up progress, everything can be earned by playing

<b>🎨 Full editor: create your own mascots</b>
• Import your art and turn it into a live screen buddy
• Recolor, redraw and fix sprites with the built-in editor
• All tools are fully unlocked - no editor paywall
• Duplicate existing mascots and customize them to make them unique

<b>⚙️ Smooth, smart and distraction-free</b>
• New animation engine for smoother motion and better timing
• Optimized to be battery-friendly on modern devices
• <b>Ghost Mode</b>: let mascots stay visible but ignore your touches while you game or chat
• Simple controls for size, speed and behavior with live preview

<b>📦 Original, IP-safe content</b>
We rebuilt the library with <b>original characters</b> created by our in-house artists. We removed most fan-made IP content to <b>respect creators and copyright</b> and keep Shimeji safe for everyone.

<b>Disclaimer</b>
Shimeji: Screen Buddies is unrelated to the Simeji keyboard app.
Shimeji: Screen Buddies is an independent app and is not affiliated with any anime, game or movie IP holders. Our <b>brand name and logo, watermarked images, UI graphics and text, app source code, and curated database</b> are original works protected by copyright and trademark law. Copying our code or assets to replicate these interactions is not permitted.

<b>🆕 What’s new</b>
• New animation engine for smoother, more detailed moves
• Character XP and levels with unlockable animations
• Mushroom currency you can earn by playing to unlock all premium features
• Up to 10 mascots on screen at once
• Fully unlocked editor and many performance improvements

Turn your phone into a tiny playground with Shimeji: Screen Buddies and let your new screen pets grow while you play.