mondoro

Mondoro

A self-contained focus RPG in Flutter/Flame, evolved from an earlier Unity/Android prototype (PomMon).

In progress

2026

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Why

Most Pomodoro apps are timers: a checkmark and a streak counter, and the reward fades fast. I wanted the next play session to be the reward. Real focus sessions fuel a creature collection worth growing.

The first version was PomMon, built in Unity for Android. It proved the loop was fun, but Unity's edit-compile-deploy cycle was slow for a game that depends on a tight focus-session feedback loop, and Android-only limited where the idea could actually be used day to day. Flame is 2D-first, which suits sprite-based battles better than a general-purpose 3D engine.

Mondoro rebuilds the same core idea in Flutter: hot reload keeps iteration fast, and one codebase runs on phone, web, and desktop without a separate build pipeline per platform.

How it’s built

A Flutter app with a pure-Dart game core (roster, battle, progression, encounters, quests, save) kept separate from rendering, so game logic is testable without touching Flutter widgets. Flame drives the battle board, with creature artwork and custom Flutter rendering supporting collection and reward flows.

A sibling Dart/Shelf backend, mondoro-server, supports bearer-token registration, published trainer profiles, match recording, and a leaderboard. It stores data in a transactional SQLite database; legacy JSON data can be migrated once, and no separate database service is required.

Pure-Dart game core kept separate from Flutter widgets, so roster/battle/progression logic is unit-testable in isolation
Flame-driven battle board plus a custom CustomPaint "Living Scene" renderer for art-locked creatures
98-creature roster with bundled creature art and animation in the development build
Local-first save via shared_preferences; no account required to play solo
Sibling Dart/Shelf multiplayer server: bearer-token auth, published profiles, match history, leaderboard
Evolved from an earlier Unity/Android prototype after outgrowing its iteration speed and platform reach
Static splash page and animated ad built only from approved app sprites and habitat animations

Demo

Episode 1, The Breakout. Cartoon promo: a distraction, the sandglass, a card reveal and the Mondoro breaking out0:33 runtime

Screenshots

Mondoro splash page hero with the line “Focus is the grind. Monsters are the proof.” above three animated starter cards for Zapplet Coil, Droplet and Pebblore, each stepping through its evolution line — Splash v2: living starter cards, live at mondoro-splash.vercel.app

Mondoro partner selection with Zapplet’s partner card and the three starters — 1 · Choose one partner. It grows only through your focus

Mondoro goal planner turning “Read 12 books this year” into chapters, focus sessions and milestones — 2 · Plan a real goal: the free local planner builds a quest map

Mondoro focus session timer with the partner focusing alongside and Focus Points accruing — 3 · Focus: a real Pomodoro session, with your partner beside you

Mondoro focus result banking Focus Points and XP against the goal progress — 4 · Banked: the session pays out Focus Points and XP

Mondoro Focus Lock boss battle grid with moves and targeting — 5 · Boss battle: spend what focus earned on the tactical board

Mondoro evolution screen revealing the Zapplet Coil card — 6 · Evolution: Zapplet becomes Zapplet Coil

Mondoro Rift Rip booster pack revealing a shiny Puddlump card — 7 · Rift Rip packs: earned with Focus Points, never gameplay power

Mondoro Living Binder with 13 of 98 creatures bound and a grid of discovered and unknown cards — 8 · Living Binder: the collection records the focus behind it

Mondoro world map showing the current goal as an expedition through chapters and habitats — 9 · World map: each goal chapter opens a new habitat

Splash v2 on mobile

Mondoro splash planner demo drafting “Read 12 books this year” into four quests beside the same draft in the app — Splash v2: a keyless planner demo, drafted in the browser

Mondoro splash binder section with three flip cards for Zapplet Coil, Puddlump and Pebblore Crag with roster stats — Splash v2: binder cards using real roster stats

Mondoro splash shiny section with one holographic Droplet Current card at EVO 1, level 12, with a SHINY pill beside its name, next to the shiny odds — Splash v2: one holographic shiny card and the odds behind it

Mondoro splash world-map section with ten habitat tiles and their names — Splash v2: the ten habitats of the world map

Still from the Mondoro animated ad: a focus timer above Zapplet with “Real focus is the fuel.” — Animated ad: a 23.4-second loop at mondoro-splash.vercel.app/ad

Animated ad: the end card with the animated logo

Links

Unreleased Flutter/Flame game in active development, verified September 2026. Staging artwork review and release preparation are separate from publication. App screenshots show a web build of the unreleased app; the splash page and animated ad are a live marketing preview. No app-store release is claimed.

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