Lovely, lovely surprise to get 2 games in development at 80% completion. When Virtual Families was first announced, I didn't think I would like it, but I now play it again and again and again.

This is the beauty of LDW games ... they are replayable with new goals and new characters.

Thanks you, guys ...

Now .... I'm predicting at 80%, with past experience, maybe we will have this by the end of the summer?

Keep up the good work!

Umm, whose summer?? It is the last month of summer here in Aussieland!!

I was so excited I missed 'Lonely Pets' first time around. They say that it is a revamp of a classic LDW game. Has anyone else ever heard of it or played it?? Can't wait to see that one.

It's a 21st century remake of Little Pocket Pet, which was available for Palm OS devices of the 90s and early 00s.

My favorite pet in that game was a "mutant" pet named Carla (really, that was the name that the game assigned to 'her'). I'll try to dig up a screen shot of her (she was pink and white, if I remember right), and post her here.

Well while I was hoping for a totally new game not another chapter to an existing game...which is what mystery game implied to me....I totally look forward to VF 2....I am running out of games to play as yesterday I finished vv5 for the 6th time...and my families are still going...although when I have all the upgrades and collections and trophies complete I do start that family over...so I have families in generation one up to generation 31...am looking forward to this game doing my happy dance....Not so sure about lonely pets although I will give it a try because I just love all the LDW games and want my collection to be complete....Hopefully we can get a sneak peek with some screenies soon it has been such a long wait....Love You All at LDW.

I'm looking forward to playing VF2 as well, but am a little dubious about Lonely Pets, though. It doesn't really sound like my kind of thing.

Thank you Barbara - that game sounds charming. I'm sure Lexie won't mind my having another pet!! And I love the sound of Carla - pink is my favourite colour.

I think I am going to love Lonely Pets. The little pet on the Previews Page looks like a mousecat.

The one thing I'm wondering about though - why is it called Lonely Pets? Were they all alone before and now we have to take care of them or something? :P

I would just like to say sorry to LDW for complaining for not making their games quick enough. You have TWO games being made at once! wow

Can't wait fot the new games.Thanks for the update!

You're in luck, Jen! I found the screen shots of "Carla" from the summer of 2005, and here "she" is!! (Of course, these are old Palm OS images and very primitive graphics by today's standards!) The reason that this kind of pet is called a mutant is that all of the body parts are supposed to "match" each other, but occasionally the game puts together totally random body parts, creating a mutant.

P.S. If you open the image in another browser tab, you'll be able to see it in its original size, for full appreciation of Carla's attributes!