Pokey! is the Big Dog of Pet Games
Pokey!, despite its ambiguous name, is one of the big pet-themed games on Facebook. Developers should pay particular attention to Pokey! (created by Bonehead Labs) because they do a great deal right.
On the game play side, you get to adopt an adorable puppy, name it, feed it, water it, and play with it. Simple flash animations render your puppy adorably true-to-life. Depending on your feelings on puppies, that’s a good thing.
Your heart will melt when your puppy dutifully brings back the frisbee you toss it or grins when you pet it. But if you neglect your puppy for a period of time, the social elements of the game kick in. There are many ways to earn “bones” the currency of the game, and one of the most ingenious ways is to pet other people’s dogs (don’t worry, they won’t bite) and feed other hungry dogs. You get rewarded for your kindness with bones, and this helps makes the game more community based. It’s like having your neighbors puppy-sit while you’re gone.
You can also earn bones through partnerships and invites. These bones can be used to purchase dog food for your own dog so it doesn’t starve. Though I doubt the dogs will die if neglected (I’ve tried, no luck), your score on the game will depend on how responsive, loving, and selfless you are as an owner.
The game is still growing, however. The instructions, interface, and animation are all in place to create a solid start, but the app needs more ways to interact with your dog, and more breeds (there are less than ten now). Social gamers will enjoy it for how it creates contexts for fun interactions with your friends. It still needs to add some social elements between dogs (like say dog shows or play pens), but the outline is there to make a dog-gone great app. Hooray for dog puns.
Gameplay: 7
Development: 7
Adorable-level: 9
i really want to play Pokey
ha ha ha ha ha if u want to go on pokey go to face book then applinces
u stole this site from foopets.com cause itz exactly the same and trhey had it first and u cood get kicked of the web 4 that
how I can play thet game????????Can somebody teel me thet on croatian?????????????
i think pokey looks like a great game and i really really really really want to play it i am obsessed with dogs
I went online they dont have pokeys anymore there retired there’s only foopets
Pokey is now foopets but the original pokeys are still there! You can breed them, enter them in fashion shows, groom them, play games, and there are tons of breeds to choose from (the newest is the Dachsund and mini pincher!)
what is this game about
is this game fun to play
pokey pets is no longer pokey :( now it is foopets.com
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Pokeys need to come back! I want a pokey for 0fds or 20fds! and I want 5 LLs and 100000 fds and fgs! my account it doggydude213
looking for the following people who went over to foopets from pokey in the early days and no longer appear on site : blackdahlia, Matea95, Kim-16802127, Wolfepack3, JosefineG …i wish to speak to them concerning their pets still active on Foo. any of you, plesae email me or leave a message here – thanks!
i wish they still had the pokeys on foopets.y did they take thm off anyway?
I wanted to share my story with you guys about my puppy. The morning my puppy was born it died because of premature birth. It was a sad afternoon and effectively i couldnt even give her a name. Very sad day for me.