A fully functional Windows 98-inspired desktop — with a pet living on it. Nurture it, ignore it, let it idle. Then watch what it becomes.
Plant Budz '98 is a fully functional Windows 98-inspired OS. Double-clickable icons, nested folders, a Winamp-inspired music player — your pet lives on a real desktop.
Every run starts with a Plant Bud. How you interact with it determines what it becomes — six pets total, with branching evolutions shaped entirely by your playstyle.
Final evolutions don't unlock a minigame — they unlock a full game. Dash.exe, Blaster.exe, Arcade.exe, FPS.exe. Each one a different genre, each one hiding inside your desktop.
Any pet can play any game — and they each bring unique abilities, stats, and even exclusive enemies. Six pets across four games means no two runs feel the same.
Let your pet idle on the desktop while you do other things — or give it your full attention. Both are valid. The game is designed to meet you wherever you're at.
The end goal is unlocking everything — cosmetics for your pets, desktop themes, shortcuts, and secrets. No text prompts, no hand-holding. Just explore and discover.
