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Fill in the metadata, copy the JSON, drop it next to a spritesheet, and your homie is ready to ship. The form does the naming, slug, and shape — you bring the vibes.

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Hatch Issa Rae into the codex.

Issa Rae is on the planned roster — description, vibes, and visual details are pre-filled. Drop a reference photo if you wanna refine it, or copy the /hatch prompt as-is.

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Claiming Issa Rae

Submitting a homie under this name fills the planned issa slot in the codex. First one to ship wins it.

Reference photo

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Name the legend

slug · issa-rae

One line on who they are

Lead with what you'd see, not the biography. Eight to twenty-five words.

Your /hatch package

/hatch Issa Rae — A tiny insecure-but-iconic showrunner in a hoodie, mid-mirror-monologue.

Visual reference: natural curls, oversized hoodie, laptop in lap, mid-monologue mouth shape.

Unique traits: idle: rehearsing in the mirror; wave: awkward half-smile; review: full bathroom-mirror dramatic moment.

Style: 192×208 chibi pixel art, classic Pokemon DS sprite, transparent background, big head small body, clean readable silhouette. Retain Issa Rae's iconic visual identifiers from the reference above.
Kind: character
Vibes: playful, melancholic

Save as ~/.codex/pets/issa-rae/ (pet.json + spritesheet.webp).