So THIS is what those admins have been busy with… Everyone loves collecting things, right? How about some new [Kongpanions](http://www.kongregate.com/kongpanions)?  Each week, there’ll be a new Kongpanion to win. Every time you earn a Badge of the Day on Kongregate, you’ll get the double points, the PowerUp Rewards points, AND the Kongpanion for the week.  And if you get five of the Badges of the Day in a week (weeks start on Monday and end on Sunday for this purpose), you’ll get a Shiny version of the Kongpanion for the week! Look at that little crown and sparkles.  You’ll see a nice calendar on your profile and on the Kongpanions page where you can see which Badges of the Day you’ve already gathered for the week, and how many more you’ll need to get the shiny version. You’ll also see how quickly you earned it, and how many people have earned it in total. There can be only one person to get it first. ;)  All of you major badge hunters out there may also notice that you can now see which badges will be the BotD for the rest of the week, so that you can start working on Saturday’s BotD ahead of time! “ **But what are they for?** ”, you might ask. Well, they’re not for anything QUITE yet, but I can tell you that our good buddy [jmtb02](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/jmtb02) is working on something for them right now, and it should be ready soon. I’ve tried it out already, and it’s pretty coooooool… In addition, we’ll be setting up a new API for you game developers to use so they can integrate your Kongpanions into their games. Instructions haven’t been posted yet, but when they are, they’ll be on our [Developers site](http://developers.kongregate.com) for you. So get out there and get collecting! Feel free to post feedback in this thread. GO! EDIT: The new Kongpanions API is live and ready to go! Learn more about it [here](http://developers.kongregate.com/docs/kongregate-apis/kongpanions-api).

For some reason, I thought of a Pokemon-type game played with the Kongpanions (they’re your pokemons, and so on, y’know…).

Awesome!

> *Originally posted by **[Bluji](/forums/1/topics/376234?page=1#posts-7693803):*** > > For some reason, I thought of a Pokemon-type game played with the Kongpanions (they’re your pokemons, and so on, y’know…). Gotta catch ’em alllll, Pokekong!

Super nice being able to see future BotD’s.

Really loved this idea. At first I thought we will use them as a pet in a game like [Kongai](http://www.kongregate.com/games/kongregate/kongai) where you use the cards won in the game. Will wait for [jmtb02’s](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/jmtb02) surprise!

Seems cool, time to hunt ’em down.

Finally a reason to hunt those BOTDs, nice addition.

One thing that bugs me about the weekly list of BotDs is that any click on the bubble will cause the page to redirect, even a right click (just odd) or a middle click (to open a new tab – instead of opening a new tab, the current window will change). Since the widget doesn’t list game titles, I have to open the links to find out what the game even is, so blocking the ability to open multiple tabs was even more frustrating. Actually, now that I’ve said that out loud, putting the game titles in there would be useful, too.

lol shit now i either have to try to get them all or none

Yay! Nice new feature! I’m waiting for the games! (And also for developer instructions. I hope this serves me as an incentive to make a decent game)

Slightly off topic: for those wondering about Cooper, he is [theresac](http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/theresac) ’s dog and visits the office pretty regularly. He was the Pope for Halloween: 

Wow nice!

Will this have project have continual motion, or, will it be somewhat similar to the Kongai card game? I suppose I really won’t know until jmtb02 finish with his project

I really really really like this new update! Great work! So cute little thing. \<3 Now if the double points were not a great motivation to earn a badge, now you get double points **and** a cute Kongpanion. \<3

> *Originally posted by **[Chatbot](/forums/1/topics/376234?page=1#posts-7693969):*** > > Will this have project have continual motion, or, will it be somewhat similar to the Kongai card game? I suppose I really won’t know until jmtb02 finish with his project What do you mean by “continual motion”? We’re planning to release new Kongpanions every week, and they’ll be usable in jmtb02’s game and other ones if developers decide to use them :)

Chatbot, it depends on what you mean by continual motion. The plan is to make a new Kongpanion every week and not repeat them… so in that sense, continual. As far as their use in games, we’re hoping a few other devs will also try incorporating them into games? Time will tell on that front— we certainly can’t force anyone to include them. Personally, I’m going to be trying to get them because I like them and want to have cute things on my profile. :-) EDIT: Dammit, ninja’d.

Coolio, no speciel bonus if am getting all 7 days badges of teh week? Or all I need is 5?

It is somewhat hard to explain I suppose, I know the question I’m asking isn’t clear, and probably not even fair to ask at this stage. I’ll just have to wait like everyone else to see how they are implemented

is this the first week for collecting Konpanion?

> *Originally posted by **[janue](/forums/1/topics/376234?page=1#posts-7694034):*** > > is this the first week for collecting Konpanion? yes

Sounds interesting and could lead to some cool stuff, however dunno about knowing the botds in advance, would that not make it too easy to unlock the Kongpanion? (Saying that I suck at getting the botd, not enough patience, and it’s good for those who don’t have free time at weekends)

I think Chatbot’s trying to ask if jmtb02’s game will be continually updated and maintained, or if it will die in a couple of years like Kongai did. > would that not make it too easy to unlock the Kongpanion? Judging by the difficulty of the weekly challenges and the old Kongai card challenges, they want it to be easy.

> *Originally posted by **[racefan12](/forums/1/topics/376234?page=1#posts-7694078):*** > > I think Chatbot’s trying to ask if jmtb02’s game will be continually updated and maintained, or if it will die in a couple of years like Kongai did. > > > would that not make it too easy to unlock the Kongpanion? > > Judging by the difficulty of the weekly challenges and the old Kongai card challenges, they want it to be easy. Well, not necessarily that we want it to be easy, but we do want everyone to have a fair chance at getting their Kongpanion! Even if they’re busy a couple of the days, they can still make up for it by picking up other badges ahead of time, and they’d still have to check in on that game’s page to get that BotD on the appropriate day :)

Hmm, it’s nice to see in advance you’ll get all 7 botd. xD