On the occasions that you visit the site, I appreciate how thoroughly you think about its current status and offer an honest critique. I'm really sorry to hear that you're leaving. You brought a lot of life to the forums whenever you were around. I can't claim to read minds, but I like to think that anyone who takes the time to write a post like yours is someone who cares enough about the site to say something. So thank you.

Regarding your comment about me carrying the site, I can understand why it appears that way since I'm the most vocal staff member and I've picked up a lot of Cherche's duties related to community management. It's also really flattering to see a player acknowledge my dedication to the site, so I appreciate that. However, I can assure you that I don't carry the site; the art team contributes a lot during the cooler months (summer months are difficult for all of us, admittedly) and Cherche still uploads new pixpets, which is a surprisingly complex task. Totodile still runs the Discord which I'm very thankful for. I've also become less engaged with the site over the past couple years because I decided to start taking college classes, so even I'm not around as much. I think it's also important to mention that Pixpet is an indie game that was carried by one person for a long time before he decided to hire anybody, so I consider us lucky to have any sort of team even if it's small.

I completely understand how depressing it can be to come back to a site and see that the community isn't as talkative as it used to be, especially for those of us who enjoy the forum aspect of browser games. I consider it partially my fault because I don't host events as often as I'd like to. However what I'll say is the forums and Discord aren't necessarily a good indicator of our active playerbase. Many players just play the game without ever using the forums or Discord. This isn't to say that we have a massive playerbase hiding in the shadows, but the gameplay is a mostly solo experience that doesn't promote forum use, so it's hard to know how many people are actually playing the game regularly. I wish I had access to the internal analytics so I could offer more insight, but unfortunately I don't.


I'm a little surprised by some of the stuff you've said here since a couple of these are old issues that have been fixed, like the max length of hoards and how long it takes to get a nice house. You can get a Riverside Mansion in about 10 days if you just play Baluna's Biscuits everyday. Max length of hoards is 1d 9h 20m; if that sounds long then I'm not sure what to say. Pixpet is an idle game after all. What I can agree with is how hard it's become to find specific decor, which is due to the decor pool getting so big that every item becomes rarer. At one point we were working on a decor shop (for the arcade) to help with this, but it was put on hold. Otherwise I'm not sure how to fix it since we have to make new decor no matter what. We're open to suggestions. Another thing I can agree with is the difficulty of evolving pets, although I'm thinking more of newer evobars with new ingredients. It's been a long time since I've had a completed pixdex thanks to the large ingredient quantities needed for newer evobars. At the same time I understand Cherche's logic for doing this; endgame players are more likely to have a lot of resources piled up and we want evolutions to feel like an accomplishment, not too easy to get. Older evobars I don't see as an issue since you can bypass the whole process you mentioned by just buying them from usershops. Personally I like the process of waiting for plants to grow and hoards to return, but it's another subjective thing, idle games yada yada.


I'm glad to hear you like the adventure mode and I agree with most of what you said. For me it's the level grinding that makes replaying the adventure difficult. I just don't have time to sit down and do that, which is unfortunate because it means I'll never see certain parts of the game. However I have to remind myself that the adventure system was a big undertaking by a tiny indie team (again) and I think it's amazing that they even considered replayable elements at all and then implemented them.


I'd argue that a game is only dead when it shuts down, but I understand where you're coming from. I've always believed that Pixpet being a browser game is what has kept it from success. Granted, if it was remade as a mobile or Steam game, it would probably need a major glow-up, like animated sprites, better customization for pets, maybe a fancier-looking UI, etc. But just having it on a platform where it's easier for people to discover would be beneficial in general.

Thank you again for voicing your concerns!