Adoptable sites, old and new
Posted: December 12th, 2023, 8:59:14 am
Throughout the years I have been on quite a few adoptable sites. Neopets, Dragon Cave, Dragon adopters, Unicreatures, Valenth, Project Nyoka, Wajas, Vdex project... and Magistream, of course! I have forgotten quite a few, I'm certain. My very first was Neopets, it is quite different from the other ones and I only played it when I was quite young, that's why I rarely remember to include it.
There were a couple of games I used to play that I liked, but I can't remember their names. I tried searching on google, to no avail. Does anyone know what they were called?
Both games had pixel art for their adoptables. One was a dragon adoption game, where you could earn gold by clicking on other dragons. I remember the site layout being mostly black in colour, and you could post your pets into these big click boxes of dragons, it was a good way to earn money too. I liked the description of one of the species, I believe themed after an amphithere: they mimiced songs sung by people of an ancient civilization they used to live along with, passing them on to their offspring, keeping the ancient language alive in a way. I thought it was very mysterious and interesting, no suprise considering it's rather close to my interests
The other was a fantasy themed game. Adoptable creatures I remember include a carnivorous plant that lured victims with it's cat-like appearance, an island turtle, a white flower spider with different color variations, a mechanical spider, and rarest of them all, a red cardinal that was only available to early adopters. You could join a faction, similar to how you can join a guild on magistream, only able to be a member of one. At least at the time there were only two, an artificer themed one and one more in tune with nature, the latter being more popular. There was a banner hidden underneath ads that you would see if you had an adblocker on, that every time you block an ad a pet dies. I think I still saw it even when I didn't have an adblocker!
Which sites have you been/are currently active on? I don't think there are anywhere near as many alive nowadays compared to the olden days, probably since people don't really use forums that much anymore, having moved on to social media sites. Putting your adoptables into your signature to raise them was a good way to advertise sites, after all.
There were a couple of games I used to play that I liked, but I can't remember their names. I tried searching on google, to no avail. Does anyone know what they were called?
Both games had pixel art for their adoptables. One was a dragon adoption game, where you could earn gold by clicking on other dragons. I remember the site layout being mostly black in colour, and you could post your pets into these big click boxes of dragons, it was a good way to earn money too. I liked the description of one of the species, I believe themed after an amphithere: they mimiced songs sung by people of an ancient civilization they used to live along with, passing them on to their offspring, keeping the ancient language alive in a way. I thought it was very mysterious and interesting, no suprise considering it's rather close to my interests
The other was a fantasy themed game. Adoptable creatures I remember include a carnivorous plant that lured victims with it's cat-like appearance, an island turtle, a white flower spider with different color variations, a mechanical spider, and rarest of them all, a red cardinal that was only available to early adopters. You could join a faction, similar to how you can join a guild on magistream, only able to be a member of one. At least at the time there were only two, an artificer themed one and one more in tune with nature, the latter being more popular. There was a banner hidden underneath ads that you would see if you had an adblocker on, that every time you block an ad a pet dies. I think I still saw it even when I didn't have an adblocker!
Which sites have you been/are currently active on? I don't think there are anywhere near as many alive nowadays compared to the olden days, probably since people don't really use forums that much anymore, having moved on to social media sites. Putting your adoptables into your signature to raise them was a good way to advertise sites, after all.