Virtual Pets Santae

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Silverleaf
Pros: Cute pet designs
Fun mini-games: fishing, mining
Cons: Terrible customer service and support
Uses AI for the NPC artworks
Santae is a pet site that seems wholesome from the outside, but a lot of the inspiration for the art such as the NPCs comes from AI and the artists have been paid very little. The owner also previously owned Lurapets, a pet site that used art without permission from many artists.
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I am giving this negative rating because people should know the inspiration behind the designs comes from AI.
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Beta, but with a great direction
Pros: Lots of pet choice AND pet space
Cons: Beta blues: needs more things to do
Santae has absorbed my free time between work and chores. There's questing, herding, First Edition name gossiping, and fishing to do. A lot of the meta gameplay is on the beta Discord channels instead of on the site servers, but the potential is so palpable. Everyone is really positive and hoping for greatness out of this pet site. The ability to morph your pets at will with dusts (color palettes) or figurines (species AND color) grants a lot of flexibility without commitment FOMO. The collections on site do leave a bit of FOMO for figurines: need more sources for the non-magical toys that every player wants to have to 100% their profile. Beta updates are nightly, which shows the staff is determined to meet their roadmap that was laid out in the Kickstarter demands.
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Absolutely in love with Santae
Pros: Great user interface, amazing and vibrant art, intuitive to explore, lots of fun customization, fun foraging and fishing mechanics, dedicated development team constantly adding new content and updates
Cons: Still in development, needs more mini games
I am an alpha and beta tester of Santae, and wanted to share my thoughts
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As someone who grew up constantly on neopets and marapets, I was so excited to join the alpha and beta testing of their spiritual successor of Santae. It is so incredibly nostalgic, with many nods to earlier pet sites, but also has its own unique identity and features. While it’s still relatively early in development (currently in beta as of October 2024), it is robust and has many features. I really hope to see more mini games added, since at the moment it is a bit limited. I have really enjoyed the collecting and foraging of items, and absolutely love the character design and customization Santae offers. If you grew up on Neopets, you are sure to love Santae!
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phalen
Pros: Frequent events, lots of mature and fun community engagement, dedicated development team constantly adding new content and updates. Kickstarter goal successful in under 30mins.
Cons: Its still in development, but updates and new features are constant and frequent
Review: I grew up on neopets, and very much disliked what it became. I love the frequent events, i love hoarding items for the events, because they make sure that you will use almost all features on the site for the events , i love gift-criming peeps (we send items to random ppl and call it a crime!), i love collecting items for my pets and my collections, and most of all, i love reading the stories that they write for the events. its gorgeous!
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