Pet Society

Pet Society
File:PetSocietylogo.jpg The Pet Society logo used over the Halloween period.
Developer(s)	Playfish
Platform(s)	Cross-platform, Facebook, MySpace,Bebo
Genre(s)	Fantasy, Digital pet
Mode(s)	Single-player with multiplayer interaction.

Pet Society is an internet social game developed by Playfish. The game, which is launched within Facebook, has been ranked as the most popular Facebook application. New players custom design their pets, choosing genders, names, colours, and features (such as; ears, nose, mouth etc.)

There are a variety of activities with which the user can interact with the pet, including washing, brushing, petting and feeding the pet. There are also activities whereby pets can interact with the pets of those in the "friends" network. A pet can visit the pets of their friends and perform the same activities to these pets (washing, grooming, feeding, etc.). A pet can visit other pets as many times per day as it is inclined. Pets will receive coins on the first visit to each friend of the day and Paw Points on this and each subsequent visit. Ways to earn coins in Pet Society include the Daily Lottery, visiting friends, winning awards, cleaning or playing with pets, winning hurdle races or betting on the outcome of hurdle races. Ways to earn Paw Points are varied and include visiting friends, buying items and using the stadium.

On the 1st of April, 2010, there was an april fool joke in Pet Society. There was an option of selecting the game in 3D, and when the option was selected, the game would show a 'loading' bar, when, after that would finish, a message appeared, saying "April Fool!"[2].

Features

Pet Society has a thriving in-game economy and launches new purchasable items to each of the stores every week. The application attracts new users through its long continued efforts to stay updated, bringing new features such as "Recycling", "Garden", the Pet Society Photo Album feature and the Pet Society Fishing Pond. As of March 2010, Pet Society offers the following stores and places in its standard village:

• Market - A new store in which you can find here all kinds of exciting things like toys, party gear, musical items, cool gadgets and more.

• Stadium - This is where the pet can race with another pet. You can earn 30 coins by doing this. Your pet can also bet for a racer and earn coins if he/she chose the winning pet. Another option is to simply practice racing.

• Food - Here pets can find typical fruits, vegetables, meat products, drinks, etc. The Food Shop oftern offers weekly special items which sometimes reflect specific holidays or events. For example, Zongzi was sold for one week in the 2009 May 28 Dragon Boat Festival. Other holiday food items have also been offered for holidays including Halloween and Christmas.

• Furniture - This shop supplies various tables, chairs, couches, beds, shelves, cabinets and other furniture items.

• Gadget - Sells electronic items, such as TVs, radios, telephones, clocks, and laptops.

• Mystery - The Mystery Shop sells Snow White, Stone Age, Food Booth, Fairy, Fairytale and Toy "Mystery" Eggs, and Mystery boxes. A new item, the Win or Lose Mystery box, has now appeared in the Mystery Shop[3]. These boxes, when opened, reveal a gift, to be given to you. The Fairy eggs contain one of a selection of items that can be used for a themed room (such as fairy lamps, leaf carpets, fairy bed, etc.) as well as different elements of a fairy's wardrobe. Items which come out of Fairy "eggs" can be gifted to friends that play Pet Society. Both the Fairytale and Toy Mystery eggs contain either backdrop scenes (for example, a yellow brick road backdrop) or elements to place into that scene (such as the cowardly lion). While the Fairytale and Toy eggs can be gifted to Pet Society Friends, the items which come from the eggs cannot. The Mystery boxes can contain items currently in the other stores in Pet Society as well as special mystery items which are indicated by a "?". Mystery boxes come in three sizes, a small red box or "RMB" (Regular Mystery box), a medium blue box or "BMB" (Blue Mystery Box), and a gold large box or "GMB" (Gold Mystery Box). The value of the items inside of the mystery boxes can vary greatly, with a maximum resale value from the GMB being 999 coins. The "RMB" cost 50 yellow coins and the "BMB" cost 200 yellow coins and mostly, the "GMB" cost 500 yellow coins. All items which come out of a Mystery Box can be gifted to Pet Society Friends. Also there are 3 other new egg sets like the Faerie eggs, Food Booth eggs, Autumn Faerie eggs and Fortune eggs which give the player furniture and clothes to the theme which the egg is.

• Café - A more recent feature, the Café is a social bonding service where the player can visit random players' houses, meeting their pets. The player can also buy typical coffee-shop food and tea sets here.

• D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) - This place is where players can shop for wallpapers, floors, doors, Bathroom sets, Cabinets and windows.

• Clothes - Here players can buy clothes, shoes, hats and accessories for their pet to wear.

• Art - A relatively new update, the Art store allows players to shop for wall art, sculptures, and art related items.

• Stylist - Players can change the name, color and features (e.g. eyes, nose, ears and such) of their pet.

• Bank - Allows the player to buy more yellow coins and cash here using Paypal to spend in the other shops. There are also offers which can be completed to earn coins. These may include surveys, credit card offers, or club offers (such as movie clubs or coffee clubs). The amount of coins (yellow) which can be earned varies with the offer. Reimbursement periods also vary, with some offers being instantaneous, while other offers can take a week or longer. The yellow coins can be used in all shops except for the Cash Coin Shop.

• Boutique - This is one of the newest shops. Players can only get Playfish Cash with a credit card or by premium text message. Playfish Cash cannot be earned by normal game. This in-game currency is used to buy special items found only here. Playfish cash can be exchanged for coins (5 playfish cash for 500 yellow coins, 10 playfish cash for 1000 yellow coins)

• Garden - The latest addition to the stores in the game, the player can buy plants and different seeds for his or her pet's garden here. The vegetable seeds yield vegetables that grow in size as time passes, but these can rot if not watched carefully (or ignored for too long). It has a variety of 3 seeds. Vegetables, flowers and trees. There are different variety of each. The trees bear food like cupcakes and bananas and many more kind of food every few days. Since fishing has started in the game, the player can find aquariums here. They can also buy Scarecrows, Shelters, Plants, and even Flower cases and Plant Fertilisers used to grow instant plants.

• Pond - Players can catch and collect fish (and various other items) by using any food they have as bait. Fish can be shown to friends by placing them in an aquarium. They can also be recycled or sold, but not gifted. If the Bait is bought from the Cash shops, they can collect Glow-in-the-dark fishes, Halloween Fishes, and the Holiday-season Fishes. Collecting 3 of the Pro-Fishing Clothings will be elligible for getting an ancient fish.

There are also basic tools provided in Pet Society. These tools are upgraded when the player's level gets higher.

Levels

Earning a certain number of paw points makes the pet level up, in order to gain some coins, new features and special status. When originally release there were only 34. After houses were enlarged to accommodate ten rooms, an additional 13 levels were added bringing the total to 47. Currently, Pet Society has undergone some major changes, including Paw Point Changes. Now, your points will be reset after each level. Nobody is sure of how many paw points needed right now, as paw points are hard to earn now. The prizes are still the same though..

Level #	Level name	Paw Points required (Facebook)	Reward
1	Getting Started	0	N/A
2	New Arrival	20	Basic Ball
3	Learner	50	House with two rooms, Basic Frisbee
4	Playful pet	100	Basic Skipping Rope
5	Fresh Face	250	House with three rooms, Portable TV
6	Promising Prospect	500	Better Soap
7	One To Watch	750	Better Ball
8	Growing Talent	1,000	Better Brush
9	High Achiever	1,500	Better Frisbee
10	Popular Pet	2,000	Better Skipping Rope, Second Garden
11	Influential Pet	2,500	House with four rooms, Digital TV
12	Rising Star	3,000	Super Soap
13	Established Presence	3,500	Super Ball
14	Society Stalwart	4,000	Super Brush
15	Famous Pet	4,500	Super Frisbee
16	Media Darling	5,000	Super Skipping Rope
17	High Profile Pet	6,000	House with five rooms, Plasma TV
18	VIP Pet	7,000	Lovely Soap
19	Celebrity Pet	8,000	Golden Ball
20	It Pet	9,000	Golden Brush
21	A-List Pet	10,000	Golden Frisbee
22	Renowned Pet	11,000	Golden Skipping Rope
23	Superstar Pet	12,000	House with six rooms
24	Hollywood Pet	14,000	Aqua Soap
25	Megastar Pet	18,000	Pro Ball
26	Platinum Pet	24,000	Crystal Brush
27	Uberstar Pet	32,000	Star Frisbee
28	Ultimate Achiever	42,000	Expert Skipping Rope
29	Superb Pet	54,000	House with seven rooms
30	Heroic Pet	68,000	Golden Star Soap
31	Royal Pet	84,000	Crystal Ball
32	Historic Pet	102,000	Ruby Brush
33	Super Pet	122,000	Gem Frisbee
34	All-Time Great	144,000	Star Skipping Rope
35	Ultimate Pet	166,000	House with eight rooms
36	Ruby Renowned Pet	188,000	Heart Soap
37	Ruby Superstar Pet	210,000	Ruby Ball
38	Ruby Hollywood Pet	232,000	Sapphire Brush
39	Ruby Megastar Pet	254,000	Sapphire Frisbee
40	Ruby Platinum Pet	276,000	Ruby Skipping Rope
41	Ruby Uberstar Pet	298,000	House with nine rooms
42	Ruby Ultimate Achiever Pet	310,000	Sapphire Heart Soap
43	Ruby Superb Pet	332,000	Sapphire Ball
44	Ruby Heroic Pet	354,000	Rainbow Brush
45	Ruby Royal Pet	376,000	Rainbow Frisbee
46	Ruby Historic Pet	398,000	Sapphire Skipping Rope
47	Ruby Super Pet	420,000	House with ten rooms

The Great Hideeni

Finding the Great Hideeni, a mysterious solid black animal in a costume who claims to be an expert at Hide and Seek, in your house, a friend's house or in a Shop gives the player an opportunity to send a special gift to his or her friends. In Facebook, the availability of a gift is posted to a player's news feed where his or her friends can see it and click a link to claim the gift. Gifts are available to the first three friends who click to claim them; any friends thereafter get a message telling them that all the gifts have been claimed and keep looking for another gift post soon.

In October of 2009, The Great Hideeni donned a yellow chicken costume and gave out Cute Puppy Plushies. At the start of Thanksgiving, he changed into a turkey costume and gave out Cute Squirrel Plushies. In December, he kept the same costume from Thanksgiving, but now gave out Cute Reindeer Plushies. During the Valentine's season of 2010, he gave Long Stem Roses, available in 12 different colors (dark purple, light purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, peach, pink, red, deep fuchsia, white and black), while wearing a pink tiger costume. Now he is dressed as the easter bunny and is giving out some eggs. There are 14 eggs in total and the rainbow, mosaic and golden eggs are supposedly the rarest.

• Hideeni, with a chicken costume, as seen on October 2009
  Hideeni, with a chicken costume, as seen on October 2009
• Hideeni, with a turkey costume, as seen on November 2009
  Hideeni, with a turkey costume, as seen on November 2009
• Hideeni, with a tiger costume, as seen on February 2010
  Hideeni, with a tiger costume, as seen on February 2010
• Hideeni, with a bunny costume, as seen on March 2010
  Hideeni, with a bunny costume, as seen on March 2010
• The different eggs gifted by Hideeni, during easter and March 2010
  The different eggs gifted by Hideeni, during easter and March 2010

Petlings

The first update of February, 2010, brought a new feature to players: petlings. Petlings are small bundles of fluff that grow up to become either cats or dogs. Kittens are first available at level 5 and cost 1,000 coins; puppies are available at level 10 and cost 1,200 coins. You can only raise one petling (from fluff-stage to adulthood) at a time, and they need to be fed daily. Once you purchase a petling from the Garden Center, it goes into your inventory; at home, you can pull your petling out of your inventory and release it into any room of your house. A box will come up, asking you to name your new petling; names cannot be changed once they're entered as of this time.

Petlings come in several different colors (black, white, blue, grey, light brown, brown, dark brown and pink), with a variety of different appendages to make each petling almost unique. Eyes, ears, tails and legs can all vary from petling to petling. The second update of February introduced colored biscuits (which cost 2 PF cash) that you could feed your petling to change its color, with each biscuit colored to correspond to the color your petling would become upon eating. Currently, there's no way to customize your petling's appearance otherwise.

Cats and dogs eat different things--cats will request either Salami (20 coins), Ebi Sushi (30 coins), Milk (75 coins) or Strawberry Milk (45 coins), while dogs request a Tamago Sushi (20 coins), Rare Steak (30 coins), Sandwich (20 coins) or Bone (100 coins). When your petling is hungry, a bubble will appear over its head, featuring one of the foods it eats. You can feed the petling any food item in your inventory, but only the food the petling is requesting will satisfy it. If your petling goes for three days without food, it will run away. Once your petling has run away, you can either pay a coin fee to have it retrieved, or post a status update to your Facebook feed to have your friends find it for you. Putting your petling into your inventory does not prevent it from running away.

Once your petling has grown into adulthood, you're then able to buy another petling. As of this writing, you're limited to owning five petlings at any given time, regardless of species. Once a petling has reached adulthood, you have the option of selling it for 333 coins. Petlings are not recyclable.

The third update of February introduced a third variety of petling: a tiger. The tiger petling could be purchased from either the Garden Center or the Cash Shop for 25 PF cash, and was raised in much the same way as the cat and dog petlings. (10% of the purchase price of PF cash items in the WWF collection, including the tiger petling, went to benefit the WWF.) The tiger petling eats Ebi Sushi (30 coins), Rare Steak (30 coins), Chicken Drumstick (100 coins) and Lamb Shank (20 coins). Included in this update was a seventh color-changing biscuit: orange.

The update of February brought a fourth petling breed: a coyote. The coyote petling could be purchased in the Garden Center for 2,000 coins, and had the same diet as the tiger. This update also introduced petling beds--baskets for your petlings to sleep in. Petlings largely ignored these baskets, but they were nice decorations.

On March 8th, Playfish released lion petlings that cost 2,500 coins. The lion ate the same things as coyote and tiger. Updates included random fur and eye colors now for the lion, coyote and the tiger.

The last update of March gave players a chance to buy a baby lamb for 20 PF Cash.

Pictures

• A green pet. Pets can be in all types of colours.
  A green pet. Pets can be in all types of colours.
• A blue pet.
  A blue pet.

• A pet laughing with a dyed wig
  A pet laughing with a dyed wig

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See also

• Playfish

External links

• Official website
• Official blog
• Official page on playfish
• Official forum