She can now push her own images to the screen, and evolve her Tamagotchi at will. Listening to her story you might be able to pick up a few tricks as she takes almost every angle possible.

When you switched on the small handheld device, the screen greeted you with an egg – after 10 minutes, your little Tamagotchi was born, resembling a circular blob with eyes and a mouth.

There’s no wonder that people love to start Tamagotchi-like projects – something special happens when an electronic device invokes the same feelings that we’d get while caring for our own ...