Neopets Producer Chat - New Video released!

[Nyanobyte]

(you need an account to see links) has just dropped a new video!




TL;DR from (you need an account to see links)

Altador Cup Updates:
• Dates are changing, everything is moving up a week.
Sign ups on the 1st, and games start on the 7th. So no lost game play due to sign ups being pushed up a week.
• All games will be Flash-free and mobile friendly.
• The Neocash tie-in will also be mobile friendly.
• 2022 Altador Cup will be entirely in the new layout. Some sections of the Altador Cup this year will not be in the new layout.

New Layout + NC Mall Updates:
• Updates slowed down a bit due to the Festival of Neggs and Altador Cup.
• After the AC finishes, the team will be swinging back to the site redesign.
• Next big release will be a big customization app fix. (Noted the issues with people loading the closet and items.)
• After that, the NC Mall will be getting a revamp, and included will be UC Neopets! (Price, and exact details not mentioned)
• Aiming to keep UC pets still valuable, but far more accessible.
• Pet Slots will also be purchasable in the NC Mall in the update. (Again, exact details, price, limits, etc. not announced.)

Community News:
• They are looking to hire a dedicated Neopets Community Manager.
(So that familiar faces like Gutterfoot and van Doodle can focus on their actual day job and not have community interaction be as big a priority for them.)
• The official Neopets Merch Store (at NeopetsShop.com) has launched, as you may have seen.
• A pride-themed collection is coming to the Merch Store soon, and portions of those sales will be donated to charity.
• Early July, the first line of plushies are coming to the Merch Store. Neopets and Petpets are included.



The Q&A Video will be released in the near future with the questions from this (you need an account to see links)

[glittery]

wow, UCs in the NC mall within the next few site updates?? honestly amazing, I didn't expect that whatsoever lol

[My name is Yoshikage Kira]

Kinda gross to make the UC's a NC mall item but I guess it's better than nothing
Also not cool to see pet slots be a NC item

Just a straight up cash grab at this point



Yea the more I think on this the more bitter I am that the only shit they are working on is paid stuff (merch too)

[mixednuts]

im 10000% not surprised its an NC item for UC's and watch it be like a "random pet" you can adopt from a random UC bundle and thats why they are adding more pet slots to keep the pet random, and im pretty sure you prob gotta create it at least thats how i see that working


edit: a proceed of their pride sales will go to charity?
bitch they should ALL go to charity you literally spent 20 years not allowing users to be themselves then they quickly roll out the merch after they allow it? miss me with that

edit: also WHAT CHARITY?? the more and more think about this the more I get mad. at least answer to what charity(s) and how much of the proceeds??

[ZeroTwo]

So the AC cup joining is at 1st or 7th of June?
And NC item to get an UC; Finally I can get my dream UC

[Hashbrown]

im 10000% not surprised its an NC item for UC's and watch it be like a "random pet" you can adopt from a random UC bundle and thats why they are adding more pet slots to keep the pet random, and im pretty sure you prob gotta create it at least thats how i see that working

if it’s a gacha system i guess there’s gonna be a ton of uc mutants overloading accounts

[fledderjon]

really interested in how they're going to make UCs available through the nc mall
and also really annoyed that they're releasing pride merch lol. this just left me feeling bitter

[Trash Panda]

I’m wondering how is this gonna affect UC trading. Will this make OG UCs more or less sought after?

[Erik.]

Ugh I had hoped to automatically get a new pet slot this year again. Why else do I pay for Premium?

[mixednuts]

im also sad that they stuffed UC news and Pride in the same video so everyone can ignore the whole pride merch issue and go straight to being excited about UCs. i cant help but feel that was incredibly intentional and everyones going for the bait sigh