Emotes

Full-screen animated emotes: laughing King, crying, GG, fire, 100, rage quit…

At a glance

OutputBaked loopRendered once into a GIF that the panel loops with its own firmware: perfectly smooth, no Bluetooth traffic.

Settings7every one editable live in the studio, or by an agent with update_app_settings

Sourceemotes.pysrc/deskdot/apps/emotes.py

Settings

Settings
Setting	Type	Default	Options / range
Emote`emote`	choice	Laughing	LaughingCryingAngryThumbs upHeart eyesWowCoolWinkSleepyThinkingSkullOn fireGGPartyClap100Rage quit
Face`style`	choice	Smiley	SmileyArena KingGoblinCat
Cycle through all emotes`cycle`	on/off	Off	on / off
Background`background`	choice	Sun rays	BlackSun raysBurstHearts
Skin`skin`Overrides the face colour	colour	#ffc800	any colour (#rrggbb)
Use custom skin`custom_skin`	on/off	Off	on / off
Speed`speed`	number	1.0	0.25 – 3.0

Try it

render a frame to PNG (no panel needed)

$ uv run deskdot preview emotes --settings '{"emote":"cry"}' --out emotes.png

show it on your panel (engine running)

$ curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/apps/emotes/activate

Or ask your agent: “Show Emotes on my panel”. It calls show_app with "emotes". New here? Set up DeskDot first.

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