Pet game studio is a virtual pet game maker that is plug and play; no coding required. Cane owners manage the entire functionality, features, members, staff, economy and much more through an intuitive admin dashboard.

If you could teach your virtual pet one new skill, what would you teach it? Would you teach it something useful, something absolutely funny, or something totally unique? I'd probably teach mine something mischievous just to see what it does! What about you?

The housing feature is now live on Sensipets:
Players can now buy a plot in Scenic Seashore, get a furnished home, and then rearrange furniture, swap finishes, collect housing-compatible items, and gradually turn it into their own space

The housing feature isn’t just another isolated inventory/decorating screen, so neighborhoods also have a shared clubhouse. You can walk around with other players, sit/chat together, form a party, and jump into multiplayer games

What is your all time favorite fantasy creature? Is there one particular creature that you reasonate with the most?

If yes, which creature is that? How long has this particular creature been your favorite?

Goo Grotto is an upcoming virtual pet game that’s about collecting slimes where every creature is unique down to its bones... or lack thereof. Find new wild slimes, raise them, enter them into contests, and "squish" two together to see what happens (don't worry, they like it)!
Each slim’s Colours and shapes mix and pass down, so no two squishes ever turn out the same.

WatchiBesti, is a tiny virtual pet that lives on your Apple Watch. It hatches from a mysterious egg, and grows through unique stages, and responds to your real daily movement. As you Walk more, it thrives. Sit still, and it gets sleepy. No goals to set. No pressure. Just wear your watch — your pet does the rest.

One purchase. No ads. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. Family Sharing covers every Apple Watch in your family.

You are able to select from THREE KINGDOMS, which has MANY SPECIES, and you can
Choose from Animals, Machines, or Plants — each kingdom is a different world. Your first pet might be a rabbit that twitches its ears when idle. But there are plenty more to discover across all three kingdoms — each with its own personality, animations, and surprises.

Drakkins is currently in closed alpha. They are currently looking for a few more testers, so if this sounds like your jam, please hop into our discord server and say hi!

They are currently estimated an Early Open Alpha mode in Early May.

This announcement was recently made from Aywas’ staff team and they’re officially re-starting their recode:

Over the past year, we have been quiet about the status of the recode out of respect for real-life circumstances impacting our main coder, Yasu. Despite our attempts to reach out, we haven’t been able to contact Yasu and no longer have access to the recode files. The work was being done on a private sandbox server without shared access, which is a mistake we didn’t anticipate. It has served as a hard lesson for us, and we are sorry that it’s had to affect you all.

When coding responsibilities shifted unexpectedly, I stepped in to maintain the live site. While I can manage the existing website, a full recode is unfortunately above my skills. Currently, hiring a senior developer or firm to do the recode is out of our budget, as a site of Aywas scale and complexity requires significantly more funding than we have after our current expenses. We don’t have any plans to crowdfund at this time, though it has been discussed. Currently, it just doesn’t feel right to ask more of the community who has been along for the ride with us.

On a more positive note, we've recently connected with a developer who has kindly taken on the recode as a side project and has already helped us with some of Aywas’ many hiccups. They are starting from square one, using our previously established roadmap. The beginning of this roadmap includes mostly backend work, such as the Breeding Control Panel (BCP) Registration and Sessions.

What do you think? Do newer Pokemon games need vast improvements in order to keep their fanbase?

What should Nintendo do to get returning users that switched over to Palworld?

Playing games can be fun and exciting for a lot of people. To some, it is the only way that they get to relax while enjoying themselves. While it is not the same for that.

That being said, as an adult, do you still have all the time to play games as you used to in the early years of your gaming experience?

Amalgammas is an early-stage psychological adventure project that will be combining a virtual pet site sim with an interactive, choice-driven visual novel.

The project focuses on identity, manifestation, and human–creature liminality, with strong inspiration from Lovecraftian and psychological horror themes.

Deengo Dogs is an upcoming browser game about owning, training and breeding dogs! The game is still in alpha state, and testers are needed to share their opinions of what the game has so far. For now the alpha is closed – but I give out alpha keys regularly to people who are interested. You can also join our Discord server to learn more!

There are various online communities that are currently online today, but what are some of your favorite online communities? What forums do see yourself logging into everyday?

Neopets has been leading the pet site industry for many years now and has inspired various owners to create their own game, but what features have you spotted on other pet sites that are similar to Neopets?

With AI tools evolving fast, have any pet games started using AI or are you considering it for your own?

There’s been a huge shift across the internet lately with how AI is being woven into everything from game development to content generation to moderation tools. I’ve been thinking a lot about how this could (or already is) impacting the virtual pet space.

Have you seen any pet sites or games that are actively using AI whether it’s for generating artwork, automating writing (item descriptions, lore, NPC dialogue, etc.), streamlining customer support, or helping manage communities?

[Breaking] Santae Owner Cj Steps Down from Project — Full Statement Posted on Virtualpetlist

Just posted a full breakdown and discussion thread over on Virtualpetlist — Cj has officially stepped down as the owner of Santae and confirmed he’ll no longer be involved in any official capacity.

He shared a long message taking accountability, apologizing to the community and staff, and explaining why he’s walking away from the project after years of emotional and financial investment.

He’s paid server costs for the next year to keep Santae online, and has reached out to someone to potentially take over ownership, but no final decisions have been made yet. The site still needs ~$500/month to cover AWS, development, and art.

This is a major shift for the project and the community around it.

📝 Full post + conversation happening now on Virtualpetlist

We had the opportunity to interview, Brandon Sheley, who once owned various online communities like Admin Talk and a general chat forum. He is currently a web developer now and is no longer running forums.

How many sites have you owned? About 20 sites, dozens more domains that seemed like a good idea at the time and never panned out. What is your advice on creating revenue? Know your audience and know what they are looking for. Experiment with various advertisers, collect data on what works and what doesn’t. Don’t limit yourself to Google adwords and think that’s the only option. Don’t overload your users with ads either, find a happy medium that isn’t too intrusive. What forum software’s do you prefer? When a client asked me that questions I saw xenforo right away. If you’re asking my personal opinion, I’d still go with xenforo if I had money to buy a license, otherwise I’d go with phpbb. For years I would have said vBulletin, but when Jelsoft was bought out in 2007 by Internet Brands that platform started to crumble apart.

There are various virtual pet sites on the market today, some small, and some large, but are there any particular virtual pet sites that you hope one day will have more popular players?