#(for instance I have a royalgirl buzz! never really bothered with buzzes before then)

[vimbry]

lmao the neo clone I played over a year ago that had a toxic discord server, bot scandals, and a completely wrecked economy from day 1 has a writeup on r/hobbydrama now

#it got even worse somehow #I stopped playing once I found the 2nd bc the 1st's atmosphere sucked hard #comparing that and the one I play now is actually a fascinating study bc tl;dr the first had basically no features on launch #the main way to make NP was a very limited amount of dailies which. obviously. could only be done once a day. and you may not even win from #the next best method was restocking morphing potions. but only if you were quick enough/had the money to buy it in the first place #and the profit relied on it being a pet people would actually want #so you could easily lose money buy impulsing an unpopular species/colour combo potion you could never resell to anyone #popular combos were obviously snatched up quicker #and when I snatched I mean “all but confirmed rumours of a select few users making restocking script bots” #people had nothing to do and got bored so naturally they started fighting #that wasn't actually very tl;dr but you get the idea lmao #reminder: day ONE #the second site: added 10 daily jobs to do from the start for common restockable/junk items which could net you about 100k easy. #people actually made spreadsheets of the job items and set up shops of them in bulk for people to buy at a fair price #also a simple-if-tedious card game that pays out a cap of 50k and only costs 50np a round #you have more pet slots instead of neo's traditional 4 #which meant people could now dedicate spaces to more “unpopular” pets they'd never considered before instead of picking and choosing #(for instance I have a royalgirl buzz! never really bothered with buzzes before then) #so more morphing potions get sold