Neopets End of Flash Update with Gutterfoot

[Nyanobyte]

Neopets has released a new Youtube video with Gutterfoot detailing the end of Flash on Neopets!
You can check that out here:



TLDR from JN, thanks @(you need an account to see links) !

Before the end of 2020, the ability to switch between "Classic" and "Beta" will be removed. You will only be able to see the newly redesigned versions of pages (such as the homepage, Neopian Bank, etc.). Any pages not converted to the new design yet will remain in Classic.

Games�even the converted ones�will have their Flash Classic versions remain available for the time being.

More games will be converted to HTML5 in 2021. Some may be updated to be freshened up (think Destruct-O-Match II and III). Some, which are not played at all, will not be converted. Outside contractors are helping TNT here to speed up the process.

Game score submissions will return in the final 2020 update.

About 75% of wearables have been converted from Flash, and they're hoping to be close to 100% by the end of 2020. (Most are converted via an automatic script, but some are troublesome that need to be completely redone from scratch and fixed by hand by artists.)

The Customisation app is slated for more updates and bug fixes in early 2021.

Any world maps that haven't been converted yet (most of them still), will have quick links added underneath. "Hidden" links won't be included, like the Hidden Tower in Faerieland. You will need to find these on your own in the meantime. Converting the rest of the maps are still TBD.

The Neopian Pound doors (adopt, disown, transfer) will be updated to be links instead of a Flash animation.
Later on, the Neopian Pound will also receive QoL updates and a redesign.

Any dailies based on Flash will be brought over throughout 2021.

Some things may be retired, but for the most part everything will come back.
Neohomes�both Classic and 2.0�will probably be retired, and come back instead as a completely new "Neohomes 3.0" version. All the existing furniture items are hoping to remain usable in whatever the new Neohomes look like.

The focus is always on pages/features/things that users use the most day to day.

They also want to balance adding in some new features and content. Including "possibly some new plots" in 2021. (Lutari Island was also name dropped.)

A redesigned Trading Post is ready for development resources to tackle in an upcoming update.

Also, please reference (you need an account to see links) for all your Flash end of life concerns.
Everything is covered there from CK specific things to information on your browser.

[philolivetti]

TL;DW from Jellyneo:

(you need an account to see links)

Before the end of 2020, the ability to switch between "Classic" and "Beta" will be removed. You will only be able to see the newly redesigned versions of pages (such as the homepage, Neopian Bank, etc.). Any pages not converted to the new design yet will remain in Classic.

Games—even the converted ones—will have their Flash Classic versions remain available for the time being.

More games will be converted to HTML5 in 2021. Some may be updated to be freshened up (think Destruct-O-Match II and III). Some, which are not played at all, will not be converted. Outside contractors are helping TNT here to speed up the process.

Game score submissions will return in the final 2020 update.

About 75% of wearables have been converted from Flash, and they're hoping to be close to 100% by the end of 2020. (Most are converted via an automatic script, but some are troublesome that need to be completely redone from scratch and fixed by hand by artists.)

The Customisation app is slated for more updates and bug fixes in early 2021.

Any world maps that haven't been converted yet (most of them still), will have quick links added underneath. "Hidden" links won't be included, like the Hidden Tower in Faerieland. You will need to find these on your own in the meantime. Converting the rest of the maps are still TBD.

The Neopian Pound doors (adopt, disown, transfer) will be updated to be links instead of a Flash animation.
Later on, the Neopian Pound will also receive QoL updates and a redesign.

Any dailies based on Flash will be brought over throughout 2021.

Some things may be retired, but for the most part everything will come back.
Neohomes—both Classic and 2.0—will probably be retired, and come back instead as a completely new "Neohomes 3.0" version. All the existing furniture items are hoping to remain usable in whatever the new Neohomes look like.

The focus is always on pages/features/things that users use the most day to day.

They also want to balance adding in some new features and content. Including "possibly some new plots" in 2021. (Lutari Island was also name dropped.)

A redesigned Trading Post is ready for development resources to tackle in an upcoming update.

Some of these are a Yikes (tm) from me.

[Sakuras]

i'm nervous.

[mixednuts]

oof this sounds like its gonna be a rough transition.

[kittyray]

I can't watch the video right now, so I appreciate the cliff notes. Also feeling a bit nervous, but haven't lost hope.

[Nyanobyte]

Any world maps that haven't been converted yet (most of them still), will have quick links added underneath. "Hidden" links won't be included, like the Hidden Tower in Faerieland. You will need to find these on your own in the meantime. Converting the rest of the maps are still TBD.

Before the end of 2020, the ability to switch between "Classic" and "Beta" will be removed.

Some things may be retired, but for the most part everything will come back.

All the existing furniture items are hoping to remain usable in whatever the new Neohomes look like.

These are kinda yikes for me.

All that aside, hopefull for the other updates. Redoing the mall, pound and getting games updated will be great! Hopefully.

[Aero]

Before the end of 2020, the ability to switch between "Classic" and "Beta" will be removed. You will only be able to see the newly redesigned versions of pages (such as the homepage, Neopian Bank, etc.). Any pages not converted to the new design yet will remain in Classic.

I don't really get this decision... but maybe I just really don't like the new layout and I'm biased.

[Rinna]

I'm starting to feel like this might be the start of the end for neopets and I've never had that feeling before. I really hope I'm wrong.

[Buizel]

I don't think it helps much that they've been talking about this transition for years and it's STILL this rough in the making.

[mixednuts]

yeah im not confident about it specially when they waited to the very last second to announce changes, which shows they arent ready at all..idk