JesusGotchi

Carry the Word. Every Day.

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✦ “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son...” — John 3:16    ✞ “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” — John 14:6    ✦ “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” — Philippians 4:13    ✞ “Be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10    ✦ “He is risen.” — Mark 16:6    ✞ “His mercies are new every morning.” — Lamentations 3:23    ✦ “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.” — John 14:27    ✞ “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” — Psalm 23:1   
✦   Ora • Lege • Porta • Medita   ✦

One Hundred Scriptures

A curated library of one hundred verses — Old and New Testament — surfaced by providence, not algorithm. Audio narrated in the King James voice of James Earl Jones.

Fifteen Holy Days

Christmas. Easter. Pentecost. Ash Wednesday. And eleven more. The device knows the liturgical calendar and speaks the appointed word on the appointed day.

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The Holy Rosary

All four mystery sets — Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, and Luminous. Eighty steps. Full prayer texts. Bead tracking. Pray the complete Rosary from a single device.

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The Selah

A five-minute prayer screen. Three crosses. Radiant light. Nothing to do but be still. It ends when you are ready, or after five minutes of silence.

✦   The Artefact   ✦

A devotional device.
Born from a Tamagotchi.

JesusGotchi runs on an ESP32 microcontroller driving a 135×240 TFT display — the same resolution used in retro handhelds. This browser emulator is pixel-perfect to the physical hardware.

Press the buttons. Try every theme. Pray the Rosary. Enter the Reliquary. Sit with the Selah timer. Personalised devices greet their owner by name on first boot.

  • → D A — Select / Next verse
  • ← A B — Back / Scroll
  • T Cycle the six colour themes
  • E Holy Day verse cycle
  • R Reboot to the boot screen

✦   The Word   ✦

What dwells inside

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
and a light unto my path.”

— Psalm 119:105

Scripture

One hundred verses drawn from across the canon — surfaced one at a time, in silence, with full audio narration for every New Testament passage.

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Six Palettes

Scripture Gold · Dead Sea Blue · Holy Fire · Desert Psalm · Garden Tomb · Sacred Ash. Each changes the shell, screen, and every shade within.

Open Source

Arduino C++ firmware for the ESP32. All schematics, code, and pixel art released freely. Build your own — the instructions are in the repository.

✦   Colour   ✦

Six palettes. One faith.

Hover to reveal. Cycle with a single tap on the device at any time. Your choice persists across power cycles.

Scripture Gold
Dead Sea Blue
Holy Fire
Desert Psalm
Garden Tomb
Sacred Ash

✦   The Liturgical Calendar   ✦

Fifteen holy days. Known by name.

The device reads the date. On each appointed day, the word appears — unprompted, unanticipated, precisely right.

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New Year's Day

Lamentations 3:22–23

Epiphany

Matthew 2:2

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Ash Wednesday

Joel 2:12–13

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Palm Sunday

Matthew 21:9

Maundy Thursday

John 13:34

Good Friday

Isaiah 53:5

Holy Saturday

Romans 6:4

Easter Sunday

John 20:16

Easter Monday

Luke 24:34

Ascension Day

Acts 1:9–11

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Pentecost Sunday

Acts 2:3–4

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Trinity Sunday

Matthew 28:19

All Saints' Day

Revelation 7:9

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Christmas Eve

Luke 2:10–11

Christmas Day

Isaiah 9:6

✦   The Holy Rosary   ✦

All four mysteries. Eighty prayers.

The complete Holy Rosary lives in the device — Opening prayers, five decades per mystery, Hail Holy Queen, and Closing Prayer. One button advances each step. Full prayer text on every screen. Bead position tracked throughout.

Joyful Mysteries Monday & Saturday
  • The Annunciation
  • The Visitation
  • The Nativity
  • The Presentation in the Temple
  • The Finding in the Temple
Sorrowful Mysteries Tuesday & Friday
  • The Agony in the Garden
  • The Scourging at the Pillar
  • The Crowning with Thorns
  • The Carrying of the Cross
  • The Crucifixion
Glorious Mysteries Wednesday & Sunday
  • The Resurrection
  • The Ascension
  • The Descent of the Holy Spirit
  • The Assumption of Mary
  • The Coronation of Mary
Luminous Mysteries Thursday
  • The Baptism of Jesus
  • The Wedding at Cana
  • The Proclamation of the Kingdom
  • The Transfiguration
  • The Institution of the Eucharist
Sign of the Cross
Apostles' Creed
Our Father
3 Hail Marys
Glory Be
5 Decades
Hail Holy Queen
Closing Prayer

80 steps · full prayer text at every step · bead position shown throughout

✦   The Reliquary   ✦

Four devotional pixel-art scenes

Each scene is unveiled from darkness through a scatter-reveal animation — pixel by pixel — before resting in contemplation.

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Praying Hands

Ora Pro Nobis

Sacred Heart

Cor Iesu Sacratissimum

Golgotha

King of Kings

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Jerusalem

Kingdom of Heaven

✦   The Vessel   ✦

Built to be held.

JesusGotchi runs on an ESP32 microcontroller — the same chip powering thousands of maker projects. The firmware is open-source Arduino C++. Flash it to your own board, wire your own display, and hold the word in your hand.

All schematics, code, and pixel art live in the GitHub repository. The browser emulator you see above runs exactly the same logic — no translation layer, no compromise.

★ View the Repository
  • MCUESP32 Dev Module
  • Display135×240 ST7789 TFT
  • LibraryTFT_eSPI (Bodmer)
  • Button AGPIO0 — Right
  • Button BGPIO35 — Left
  • ThemeGPIO14
  • BacklightGPIO4 — PWM 5 levels
  • MemoryNVS — theme persists
  • PowerUSB 5 V
  • Verses100 scripture + 15 holy days
  • Rosary80 steps · 4 mystery sets
  • Audio75 MP3 clips — browser only
  • LicenceMIT — open source

Ready to carry the Word?

Build it. Flash it. Hold it. Or simply sit with the browser demo above and let the scripture find you.

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