Pet Society

Pet Society
File:PetSocietylogo.jpg Pet Society Halloween's logo.
Developer(s)	Playfish, Electronic Arts
Designer(s)	Valentina Nohymar Lugo Balbás
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 one of the most popular Facebook applications. 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!"[1].

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 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 often 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 for a pets home.

• Mystery - The Mystery Shop sells Snow White mystery eggs, Stone Age mystery eggs, Build a Burger mystery eggs, Spring Faerie mystery eggs, Build a Plushie mystery eggs, and Dolls House mystery eggs. Mystery boxes includes: Japanese Bento boxes, Win or Lose Mystery Box, Mystery Ristorante Box. Regular mystery boxes include a small red box or "RMB" (Red Mystery box), a medium blue box or "BMB" (Blue Mystery Box), and a gold large box or "GMB" (Gold Mystery Box). These boxes, when opened, reveal a gift, to be given to you. Before, "?" used to sell eggs such as Autumn Faerie mystery eggs, Chocolate Eggs Surprise and Easter Egg mystery eggs were sold during separate Easters, Faerie mystery eggs, Fairytale mystery eggs, Food Booth mystery eggs, Fortune mystery eggs, Holiday tree ornament mystery eggs were sold during Christmas, Rose Chocolate Surprise Egg, Snowman ornament mystery eggs and Toy mystery eggs.

• 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, wigs and accessories for their pet to wear.

• Stylist - Players can change the name, gender, colour 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). 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 - Players can only get Playfish Cash (bought with real money) with a credit card or by premium text message. This in-game currency is used to buy special items found only here. Playfish cash can also be exchanged for yellow coins, the main currency in the game.

• Garden - The player can buy plants and different seeds for his or her pet's garden at the Garden store. Players can choose to buy flower, vegetable, or tree seeds. Trees occasionally bear fruit which the player can sell or feed to their pet, flowers grow into decorations that can be placed into decorative pots, and vegetables can be grown to increasingly large sizes to be sold for a large profit, but may rot before being harvested. Players can also buy decorative plants, outdoor furniture, and cash items that speed along the growing process.

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Screenshot of a pet, fishing in the pond

• 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 and used as decoration by placing them in an aquarium in the player's house. They can also be recycled or sold, but not gifted. If the bait is bought from the Boutique, they can collect special fishes relevant to the week's theme or event. Purchasing a complete set of Pro Fishing clothing items makes the player eligible to catch a rare ancient fish.

• Cooking - Players may purchase ingredients to use to cook dishes that will in turn sell for more than the original cost of the ingredients. However, if the player waits too long to retrieve the food from the oven, it will burn and the investment will be lost. This feature was introduced in December, 2009.

• Petling - Petlings are a pet for your pet, which you can enjoy and look after. There are various types of petlings like: Cat, Dog, Coyote, Lion, Tiger, Lamb, Bear, Pegasus, Leopard. More Petlings will continue to be released.

• Treasure Hunt - Players can dig for dinosaur bones as well as various treasures in themed maps. Players receive 5 free shovels a day, which they can use to dig. Shovels may also be purchased by users. The treasure maps include; Town Forest, Enchanted Forest, Ancient Egypt, Deep Ocean, The Graveyard, The Moon, Winter Fairyland and a Lost Treasures map where users can dig up discontinued items that are no longer available in the stores.

• A new way to buy items - (As of August 26, 2010) Clicking on a basket icon when visiting your friends, enables you to buy highlighted items from your friend's house. (Only Highlighed items are the ones available in Stores).

±== 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. Pet Society had undergone some major changes, including Paw Point Changes. Points were being reset after each level. Nobody was sure of how many paw points needed, as paw points were hard to earn. After many complaints, Playfish changed the paw points back. In August 2010 pet society introduced further more new levels, increasing from level 47 to level 100, which requires over 1 million paw points.

Level #	Level name	Paw Points required (Facebook)	Reward
1	Getting Started	5	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
48	Ruby All-Time Great Pet	442,000	N/A
49	Red Ruby Superstar	464,000	N/A
50	Emerald Renowned Pet	486,000	N/A
51	Emerald Superstar Pet	508,000	N/A
52	Emerald Hollywood Pet	530,000	N/A
53	Emerald Megastar Pet	552,000	N/A
54	Emerald Platinum Pet	574,000	N/A
55	Emerald Uberstar Pet	596,000	N/A
56	Emerald Ultimate Achiever Pet	618,000	N/A
57	Emerald Superb Pet	640,000	N/A
58	Emerald Heroic Pet	662,000	N/A
59	Emerald Royal Pet	684,000	N/A
60	Emerald Historic Pet	706,000	N/A
61	Emerald Super Pet	728,000	N/A
62	Emerald All-Time Great Pet	750,000	N/A
63	Green Emerald Superstar	772,000	N/A
64	Sapphire Renowned Pet	794,000	N/A
65	Sapphire Superstar Pet	816,000	N/A
66	Sapphire Hollywood Pet	838,000	N/A
67	Sapphire Megastar Pet	860,000	N/A
68	Sapphire Platinum Pet	882,000	N/A
69	Sapphire Uberstar Pet	904,000	N/A
70	Sapphire Ultimate Achiever	926,000	House with 11 rooms
71	Sapphire Superb Pet	948,000	N/A
72	Sapphire Heroic Pet	970,000	N/A
73	Sapphire Royal Pet	992,000	N/A
74	Sapphire Historic Pet	1,014,000	N/A
75	Sapphire Super Pet	1,036,000	N/A
76	Sapphire All-Time Great Pet	1,058,000	N/A
77	Blue Sapphire Superstar	1,080,000	N/A
78	Silver Renowned Pet	1,102,000	N/A
79	Silver Superstar Pet	1,124,000	N/A
80	Silver Hollywood Pet	1,146,000	N/A
81	Silver Megastar Pet	1,168,000	N/A
82	Silver Platinum Pet	1,190,000	N/A
83	Silver Uberstar Pet	1,212,000	N/A
84	Silver Ultimate Achiever Pet	1,234,000	N/A
85	Silver Superb Pet	1,256,000	N/A
86	Silver Heroic Pet	1,278,000	N/A
87	Silver Royal Pet	1,300,000	N/A
88	Silver Historic Pet	1,322,000	N/A
89	Silver Super Pet	1,344,000	N/A
90	Silver All-Time Great Pet	1,366,000	N/A
91	Shining Silver Superstar	1,388,000	N/A
92	Gold Platinum Pet	1,410,000	N/A
93	Gold Uberstar Pet	1,432,000	N/A
94	Gold Ultimate Achiever Pet	1,454,000	N/A
95	Gold Superb Pet	1,476,000	N/A
96	Gold Heroic Pet	1,498,000	N/A
97	Gold Royal Pet	1,520,000	N/A
98	Gold Historic Pet	1,542,000	N/A
99	Gold Super Pet	1,564,000	N/A
100	Gold All-Time Great Pet	1,586,000	House with 12 rooms

The Great Hideeni

Finding the Great Hideeni, a mysterious black animal in a costume, 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 five 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 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, blood, deep fuchsia, white and black), while wearing a pink tiger costume. He was also dressed as the easter bunny and gave out some eggs. There were 14 eggs in total and the rainbow, mosaic and human eggs were supposedly the rarest. He has also appeared in a white spacesuit, giving out galaxy themed items. He sported a new look in honor of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and is giving out 15 flags of countries participating. The flags are being offered as long as the teams remain in the competition, although all 32 nations in the World Cup weren’t included in this group of flags.

In July 2010 he went on a short vacation. On July 30 Hideeni came back wearing an Octopus costume, giving out 15 different seashells. On September 9, Hideeni was dressed as a pink pineapple giving 12 new fruit plushies. Once you've collected all plushies you would get a yellow pineapple costume. On October 14, as part of the Halloween Special, Hideeni was dressed as a pink pumpkin, giving out 12 new Halloween candy plushies. Once you've collected all plushies you would get a pumpkin costume. On November 5 Hideeni was dressed as a pink monkey giving 12 different colored gems. Once you've collected all the gems you would get a brown monkey costume as a reward. For the 2010 winter holiday season, Hideeni could be seen wearing a giant snowball costume with wings and hands out 12 snowflakes which spin when stuck to your wall. Once you collected all of the snowflakes, you received a giant snowball costume much like Hideeni's, but without the wings and ears.

Petlings

The first update of February, 2010, brought a new feature to players: Petlings. Petlings are small bundles of fun that grow up to become any range of cute little animal "pets" for your Pet Society pet, the first petlings introduced being cats and 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, besides colored biscuits and a new petling "makeover" potion. The 4 PF cash potion will change everything about your petling except for its color.

Cats and dogs eat different things; cats will request either salami, ebi sushi, milk or strawberry milk, while dogs request a tamago sushi, rare steak, sandwich or bone. When your petling is hungry it becomes restless and teary-eyed, and 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 news 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 ten petlings at any given time, regardless of species. Once a petling has reached adulthood, you have the option of selling it for a third of its original price in 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, rare steak, chicken drumstick and lamb shank. 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 has the same diet as the tiger. This update also introduced petling beds: Baskets for your petlings to sleep in. Petlings largely ignore these baskets, but they are nice decorations.

On March 8, 2010 Playfish released lion petlings that cost 2,500 coins. The lion eats the same things as the coyote and tiger. Updates included random fur and eye colors now for the lion, coyote and the tiger. Also in March, Playfish gave players a chance to buy a baby lamb for 20 PF Cash. The lamb eats cauliflower, milk, broccoli, and leek.

For one month (May 21 until June 20, 2010), Playfish offered a bear petling for 23 PF cash. It could be bought individually or as part of the WWF Bear Bundle. The bear eats banana, bone, lamb shank and rare steak.

At the end of July 2010, Playfish released leopard petlings that cost 3,200 coins. These petlings eat the same foods as the lion, coyote, or tiger petlings. Random fur and eye color is available.

The Summer 2010 updates also introduced the Petling Resort and Petling Mansions, which are premium room items that can house up to three petlings at a time and keep them fed/happy without having to worry about them running away from starvation. The resort and the two mansions can be purchased for 45 PF cash apiece from the Garden Center. The resort is a rock and waterfall structure, and the mansions resemble fancy pet houses (one white and the other purple).

On September 3, 2010 Playfish released a bunny petling for 22 PF cash. The bunny eats carrot, leek, cauliflower and broccoli (and is likely the least expensive petling to feed).

Later on December 20, 2010 Playfish introduced Reindeer Petlings together with other christmas themed items. It sold for 22 PF cash and consumed waffles, biscotti, tiramisu and golden chocolate coin.

See also

• Playfish

External links

• Official website
• Official blog
• Official page on playfish
• Official forum
• Everything Pet Society - Everything about Pet Society & More!
• Pet Society Chat and Trade - Fan forum