Neopets is fixing its flash games and working on a social life-sim mobile app
The Neopets Team has huge plans for the once-beloved virtual pet website in hopes that it could finally catch up with the times. In a lengthy post on Medium, the team has announced that a new Neopets website is coming on July 20th. It’ll still live on the same URL, but it’ll contain all the brand’s announcements and links to all its different games and products. The people behind the revamp are currently trying to resolve bugs and mobile browser compatibility issues. They’re also exploring the use of Ruffle, a Flash player emulator, to make old Flash-based Neopets games playable again.
The company that owned Neopets planned to create an animated show based on the once-beloved virtual pet website, but it failed to release the series before it shut down. In its announcement, the Neopets team has revealed that it’s under new leadership and has raised over $4 million in funding for its future projects. The team members definitely seem optimistic for the future of the brand.
In fact, the team doesn’t intend to stop with a revamped website. Apparently, it has decided to transition to a mobile app and to build a social …read more
