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''PetPet Park'' launched in October 2008 by ''Neopets'' and Nickelodeon Kids & Family Virtual Worlds Group. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220516153613/http://www.jellyneo.net/index.php?comments=3536 Announcement of the opening of the game's beta.] Retrieved 02 Apr '19</ref> and focused on the Neopets' companions, Petpets.  
''PetPet Park'' launched on October 2008 by ''Neopets'' and Nickelodeon Kids & Family Virtual Worlds Group. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220516153613/http://www.jellyneo.net/index.php?comments=3536 Announcement of the opening of the game's beta.] Retrieved 02 Apr '19</ref> and focused on the Neopets' companions, Petpets.  
The virtual pet website ''Neopets'' has had multiple spinoffs over the years, whether they were site-based minigames, or on various apps. Some of these include [[The Last Smiley (found online Neopets platform game; 2004-2006)|''The Last Smiley'']], [[Neopets Mobile (lost features of discontinued T-Mobile service; 2006-2009)|''Neopets Mobile'']] and ''PetPet Park''.  
The virtual pet website ''Neopets'' has had multiple spinoffs over the years, whether they were site-based minigames, or on various apps. Some of these include [[The Last Smiley (found online Neopets platform game; 2004-2006)|''The Last Smiley'']], [[Neopets Mobile (lost features of discontinued T-Mobile service; 2006-2009)|''Neopets Mobile'']] and ''PetPet Park''.  


Before it opened in October 2008, it started as a mini-plot in Neopets, where Neopians would go on missions to help agents "make sure any Petpets crossing over to Neopia arrive at Petpet Park safely." <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220516153613/http://www.sunnyneo.com/plots/PetpetPark/mission1.php</ref>
Before it opened in October 2008, it started as a mini plot in Neopets, where Neopians would go on missions to help agents "make sure any Petpets crossing over to Neopia arrive at Petpet Park safely." <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220516153613/http://www.sunnyneo.com/plots/PetpetPark/mission1.php</ref>


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
''Petpet Park'' was an isometric MMO, primarily focused on completing quests and character customization. Membership was an additional option for players looking to unlock more features, such as cosmetics and member-only areas.
''Petpet Park'' was an isometric MMO, primarily focused on completing quests and character customization. Membership was an additional option for players looking to unlock more features, such as cosmetics and member-only areas.


The game was somewhat similar to ''Neopets'', with players having the ability to customize and feed their virtual pets. There were of 9 species of Petpets to choose from as of 2014, but the game initially started with six pets: the Pinixy, Kassegat, Drym, Oukin, Dipni and Hifflo. The later three additional member-only Petpets were the Puxa, Mumbat, and Bandalu. <ref>[https://bookofages.jellyneo.net/history/petpet-park/ Jellyneo page summarizing Petpet Park and its features.] Retrieved 15 Dec 2022</ref>
The game was somewhat similar to ''Neopets'', with players having the ability to customize and feed their virtual pets. There were of 9 species of Petpets to choose from as of 2014, but the game initially started with six pets: the Pinixy, Kassegat, Drym, Oukin, Dipni and Hifflo. The later three additional members only Petpets were the Puxa, Mumbat, and Bandalu. <ref>[https://bookofages.jellyneo.net/history/petpet-park/ Jellyneo page summarizing Petpet Park and its features.] Retrieved 15 Dec 2022</ref>
 


==Closure==
==Closure==
In 2014, ''Neopets'' was acquired by the educational franchise JumpStart.<ref>[http://www.jellyneo.net/index.php?comments=10057 A post on a ''Neopets'' fansite about the layoff of many ''Neopets'' employees, after the acquisition by JumpStart.] Retrieved 02 Apr 2019</ref> An announcement of the game's closure was made on September 9th, 2014, and the game subsequently closed on the 18th.<ref>[http://www.neopets.com/nf.phtml?nf_date=2014-09-08 A list of news updates by Neopets in September 2014, including the announcement of Petpet Park shutting down.] Retrieved 02 Apr 2019</ref> The game is believed to have only 400 players remaining at this close due to neglect and lack of updates since 2022 and players also noted severe lag during the end as neopets itself did not manage its closure, this was done by viacom staff
In 2014, ''Neopets'' was acquired by the educational franchise JumpStart.<ref>[http://www.jellyneo.net/index.php?comments=10057 A post on a ''Neopets'' fansite about the layoff of many ''Neopets'' employees, after the acquisition by JumpStart.] Retrieved 02 Apr 2019</ref> An announcement of the game's closure was made on September 9th, 2014, and the game subsequently closed on the 18th.<ref>[http://www.neopets.com/nf.phtml?nf_date=2014-09-08 A list of news updates by Neopets in September 2014, including the announcement of Petpet Park shutting down.] Retrieved 02 Apr 2019</ref>
and jumpstart could not even announce in game it was closing or shut down nc mall sales or etc.


No playable versions of the game have surfaced since then, and in May 2017, ''Neopets'' stopped paying for the domain; the site's current state is an advertising page unrelated to ''Neopets''.<ref>[http://www6.petpetpark.com/?s_token=1554256372.0729769065&searchbox=1&showDomain=1&tdfs=1 Petpet Park's current state at the moment.] Retrieved 02 Apr 2019</ref>
No playable versions of the game have surfaced since then, and in May 2017, ''Neopets'' stopped paying for the domain; the site's current state is an advertising page unrelated to ''Neopets''.<ref>[http://www6.petpetpark.com/?s_token=1554256372.0729769065&searchbox=1&showDomain=1&tdfs=1 Petpet Park's current state at the moment.] Retrieved 02 Apr 2019</ref>


==Restoration Efforts==
==Restoration Efforts==
There are currently no playable versions of this game; however, as of 2022, two groups are currently active in attempting to restore Petpet Park, those being Petpet Park Rebuild (started in 2021) and Petpet Project/Project X (started in 2018).
There are currently no playable versions of this game; however, as of 2022, two groups currently is active in attempting to restore Petpet Park,petpet project x(started in 2014) and Petpet Park Rebuild (started in 2021)  
 
A reddit user (u/neo_truths) made access to previously lost files available to both groups, ensuring that not all features of the game are totally lost. (i.e. beta content, in-game code, etc.) <ref>[https://pastebin.com/mw43Qgee neo_truths' beta assets dump] </ref>
 
the following information was found in the cache:
 
all six petpet base files in blue, yellow ,red and green . the beta pinixys are bicolored and do not match
later art styles.
two directories of clothing and superpacks
a complete reference petpet for most clothing samples
it is noted that technical knowledge is needed to see most of these examples on screen in 2022.
 
Catsarenice';s map cache<ref>http://www.neopets.com/~aishia_a21</ref>
 
contains static maps of the park from 2014, requires neopets account to view due to hosting location. 
 
 
=== total list of games in petpet park along with game status <ref>http://petpetpark.jellyneo.net/go/game_guides/</ref>: ===
Banks runemaster (2)
 
Blocktacular(2)
 
Boat Blasters(1)
 
Bonbon pickup(1)
 
Cake calamity(2)
 
Counting Cluckens(2)
 
Dead pin bowling(2)
 
Frantic Farmer(2)
 
Gem Lab(2)
 
Mystery maze(3)
 
Neeterball(1)
 
Octoball(1/2 partial files found)
 
Petpet Boogie(3)
 
Qwertimizer 5000(1)
 
Sling and Splash(2)
 
Sir Liam's Castle Defender(1)
 
Skeedaddle(2)
 
Stack Happy(1)
 
Sword of the Cyodrake King(1)
 
Three Ring Soaker(2)
 
Wardrobe Wars(3)
 
Wizard Walk(3)
 
 
Status guide
(1) found known to work possibly with errors
 
(2) no files known to exist or not working
 
(3) these games would need extensive programming to work again,generally map based games or used a petpet avatar from server or clothes
 
=== Games not in the Jellyneo park guides but known to exist : ===
 
Celestrial Springing(2)- a near direct copy of super hasee bounce on neopets
 
 
University exam(1) - based off the neopets game imperial exam
 
 
 
 
 
=== Petpet rebuild october 2022 progress<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwygTpDJeJs</ref> ===
 
 
several files were shown but source is currently not known. the group is not sharing with other file preservation sites or petpet project to be able to determine was is usable about the files or make them playable again
 
Games shown in broken condition:
 
 
counting cluckens
 
cake calamity
 
these two games would work if uploaded to flashpoint due to some coding done for neopets which this site has addressed already on loading the
 
neopets  game archive and other park games.
 
wardrobe wars
 
this game needs the game space to work and likely is not savable short of a very high understanding of petpet park coding with petpets and clothing.
 
Openspace maps<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210619173046/http://openspace-engine.com/download</ref>:
 
Two maps are known about from this video,one showing the beach area, cemetary and the icons and etc for another area,but the map was not shown.
 
these are easily viewed  using the openspace engine demo and smartfox  if the pieces are properly named using this as a guide<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.petpetpark.com/games/config/assetList.xml</ref>. and the use of a browser able to load flash in a browser.  this<ref>https://archive.org/details/basilisk-portable-with-all-plugins-from-flashpoint</ref>unless you have a very old computer, this is likely the choice for this.
 
misc icons:
 
 
icons for quests all over the park were shown from the 2009 to 2012 era
 
 
Misc Ui elements
 
 
a early beta chat dialog box is shown
 
=== Tv spots from the petpet park facebook page : ===
 
these generally ran 15 seconds during national tv spots such as spongebob, etc.
 
lost spots:
 
during the games timespan  their was spots for the egg hunt which coordinated with the neopets festival of neggs and summer their was tv spots for the beach aras
and in winter they had spots for blitz and gifts. this is not all the spots made for this game.
 
 
 
Fashion disaster<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBAuaj2eL7g</ref> :
 
pink kassegat and oukin disagree about clothing choices
 
cardcasters<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fit5LAAmWU</ref>:
 
demo of cardcasters game
Treasure Hunt<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVmk6FOHwh0</ref>:
 
tv spot for the treasure hunt quest
Odd Plant<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8d4l72RNFs</ref>:
video for the new swamp area at, shows oukin being eaten by plant and pink petpet walking away un conserned.
 
Extended game demo<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n2razJMsOY</ref>: 
meant to show the petpet park experience
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


A reddit user (u/neo_truths) made access to previously lost files available to ensure that not all features of the game are totally lost. (i.e., beta content, in-game code, etc.)<ref>[https://pastebin.com/mw43Qgee neo_truths' beta assets dump] </ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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==See Also==
*[[Jelly World Practice Team (partially lost original images of Neopets characters; 2006)]]
*[[Neopets Mobile (found features of discontinued T-Mobile service; 2006-2009)]]
*[[Neopets Movie (partially found production material for unproduced CGI animated film; 2006)]]
*[[Neopets: The Darkest Faerie (lost build of unreleased original PlayStation version of Playstation 2 action-adventure game; 2003)]]
*[[Tales of Neopia (unreleased MMO game based on Neopets; 2008-2010)]]
*[[The Last Smiley (found online Neopets platform game; 2004-2006)]]


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 05:21, 22 July 2024

Petpetpark.png

The game's logo.

Status: Partially Lost/Found

PetPet Park launched in October 2008 by Neopets and Nickelodeon Kids & Family Virtual Worlds Group. [1] and focused on the Neopets' companions, Petpets. The virtual pet website Neopets has had multiple spinoffs over the years, whether they were site-based minigames, or on various apps. Some of these include The Last Smiley, Neopets Mobile and PetPet Park.

Before it opened in October 2008, it started as a mini plot in Neopets, where Neopians would go on missions to help agents "make sure any Petpets crossing over to Neopia arrive at Petpet Park safely." [2]

Gameplay

Petpet Park was an isometric MMO, primarily focused on completing quests and character customization. Membership was an additional option for players looking to unlock more features, such as cosmetics and member-only areas.

The game was somewhat similar to Neopets, with players having the ability to customize and feed their virtual pets. There were of 9 species of Petpets to choose from as of 2014, but the game initially started with six pets: the Pinixy, Kassegat, Drym, Oukin, Dipni and Hifflo. The later three additional members only Petpets were the Puxa, Mumbat, and Bandalu. [3]

Closure

In 2014, Neopets was acquired by the educational franchise JumpStart.[4] An announcement of the game's closure was made on September 9th, 2014, and the game subsequently closed on the 18th.[5]

No playable versions of the game have surfaced since then, and in May 2017, Neopets stopped paying for the domain; the site's current state is an advertising page unrelated to Neopets.[6]

Restoration Efforts

There are currently no playable versions of this game; however, as of 2022, two groups currently is active in attempting to restore Petpet Park,petpet project x(started in 2014) and Petpet Park Rebuild (started in 2021)

A reddit user (u/neo_truths) made access to previously lost files available to ensure that not all features of the game are totally lost. (i.e., beta content, in-game code, etc.)[7]

Gallery

Official game trailer

Short animated advertisement

Beta Petpet Park gameplay

Post-beta Petpet Park tutorial gameplay

See Also

References

  1. ↑ Announcement of the opening of the game's beta. Retrieved 02 Apr '19
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220516153613/http://www.sunnyneo.com/plots/PetpetPark/mission1.php
  3. ↑ Jellyneo page summarizing Petpet Park and its features. Retrieved 15 Dec 2022
  4. ↑ A post on a Neopets fansite about the layoff of many Neopets employees, after the acquisition by JumpStart. Retrieved 02 Apr 2019
  5. ↑ A list of news updates by Neopets in September 2014, including the announcement of Petpet Park shutting down. Retrieved 02 Apr 2019
  6. ↑ Petpet Park's current state at the moment. Retrieved 02 Apr 2019
  7. ↑ neo_truths' beta assets dump
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