Catch creatures by focusing.
The Animal Crossing of productivity.
Set a timer. Focus. Earn Pokéballs in real time. When the timer ends, Safari Mode opens — a screen full of the creatures that spawned during your session. Throw your balls. Catch them all.
Focus → Spawn → Catch → Brag. That's the whole game.
Pick a duration. Hit start. Notchy starts your session. Every 5 minutes of focus = one Pokéball. Longer sessions earn rarer ball tiers.
Creatures spawn quietly during your session — shaped by time of day, the app you're in, the weather, your streak. Some only appear during a real eclipse.
Timer ends → Safari Mode opens. Spawned creatures float on screen. Tap → ball arcs → wobble x3 → ✨ caught ✨.
Battle friends. Trade share codes. Co-op raids. Year-end Wrapped. Your Pokédex is your year of work.
Longer sessions cash out in rarer balls.
The base unit. Earn a few per session. Catches common creatures.
Classic pomodoro. Better catch rates. Unlocks uncommon types.
Deep work. Where the rare and shiny live. Some legendaries refuse anything less.
A full focused day. Catches anything. The Dex bends to your will.
Three lines. Pick one, stick with it the whole year.
Awarded to those who first focus in a code editor. A mint-glow spirit, eyes blink like a text cursor. Evolves into Codetitan.
For writers. An octopus-quill, body is a fluid ink droplet, one pearl eye. Evolves into Inkdragoon.
For designers. A paintbrush-fairy with color-swatch wings. Leaves fading trails of pigment. Evolves into Maestrix.
What you do shapes what shows up.
Dawn types at sunrise. Insomniacs only between 2–5am.
Xcode spawns Code-types. Figma spawns Art-types. Terminal hides rare Glitch-types.
Storm-types when it's raining at your location.
Dream-types delivered while you sleep. Apple Health integrated.
Meeting-types from real events. Skipped meetings = rebel-types.
Food-types only between 11–1pm. Caffeine line at coffee shops.
Regional exclusives. Tokyo-only. SF-only. Travel to catch them all.
Solar eclipses, meteor showers, supermoons — once-a-decade Legendaries.
Week-long streak = guaranteed Shiny. 365 days = mythical.
Doomscroll too long? Brain Rot creatures appear. Charming. Cursed. Yours forever.
Halloween-only ghosts. Birthday creatures only YOU ever see.
Co-focus with friends → bonus creatures. Trade for regional exclusives.
Every entry has the date caught and the project you were focused on. The Dex is the diary.
Your Professor Oak. Hands you your starter. Cheers when you finish a long session. Glances at you with concern when you bail.
The MacBook notch was always supposed to be a window into another world. Now it is.
FocusDex is in development. Star the repo to get notified when v1.0 drops.