At NYU's Stupid Hackathon, participants create outrageous inventions, and one that stood out was the Vape a Gotchi, a vape with a Tamagotchi inside. Created by Rebecca Xun and Lucia Camacho, the idea was Earlier this year, artists Rebecca Xun and Lucia Camacho created a Vape o Gotchi. It has a Tamagotchi trapped inside that dies if you stop vaping. The Vape o Gotchi: When Play Meets Health The Prindle Institute for Ethics In 2025, NYU's Stupid Hackathon invited students to build deliberately useless or absurd projects. One of the ideas was a Tamagotchi placed inside a vape, created by Rebecca Xun and Lucia Camacho.