Mazumi Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 So I've been out of the loop for a while now from virtual pet games and just browser based games in general. How are they doing? I used to regularly check online member count on some of the larger pet sites (Marapets, Neopets, Subeta, Lioden, Flight Rising, etc) so I recently checked, and it doesn't seem any have grown much. So is there still a market in virtual pet games? Is it just the same few that have been around for years? I'm interested in hearing your thoughts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xEJx Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 PRH (Pine Ridge Herding) died about 6 months after I sold it, it was pretty popular and super active. The onyl games I know about are Asmundr(my new game), Lioden, Neopets, Lucky Lapine and Flight Rising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onyx Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 My game, Khimeros is still doing fine. We are a small niche site but have been around for 8 years. And I will be launching a new site soon called Aethria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazumi Posted September 1, 2017 Author Share Posted September 1, 2017 I remember you @Onyx. You owned Aluriya as well? I know a few individual websites are doing well. But I guess my question is how is the community as a whole doing? Is it dying, stagnant, or growing? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onyx Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Yes, I owned Aluriya as well. Aluriya is coming back in a "lite" form as part of Aethria. Aethria has several "realms" which are each like mini-sites with their own gameplay, maps, pets, and lore. I think petsites are not doing too badly, actually. It's just that there does't seem to be a central place to hear about them anymore. With VPL gone, and this place not seeming to have caught people's attention (yet?), it's kind of whatever you stumble over. I know I haven't been posting anything about Aethria here really because the few times I did post, I didn't get any response. There are some games like furvilla that seem to be doing well but you don't really hear about. Dappervolk just made out like bandits with their kickstarter, but again you aren't likely to hear about it unless you happen to know someone who knows something because there just isn't a central hub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elding Posted September 3, 2017 Share Posted September 3, 2017 Every now and then a new game comes along proving the industry is alive. Dappervolk for example is currently running a kickstarter. Asked for 20.000 CA$, they now have 25 days left to go and have already gotten 60.000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazumi Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 Dappervolk looks interesting! I'll look into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noromtigel Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 I’m prepping for three launches over 2018-2020, hopefully. Overall the industry is doing alright, but smaller games have gone down left and right lately. I’ve seen the following highly active ones die since 2013: dragonadopters, unicreatures 1/2, and another whose name I cannot seem to remember, it had horses. It seems like it is just getting harder to find new games, not that the industry is failing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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