here is a picture of the trophy collection page from the pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/519532507033532896/
"Is it the flags I mentioned in the Forest Zone or something else I mentioned?"
i was just curious to see which flags you mentioned having colliders so i could check it further, but none of them have their own collider and thats how it should be.
"at least that I remember of when I last played when it went down in 2015"
the original game actually barely updated after 2011, only maze sets / items were added but no major content. and yeah that idea is very inspired by the Webkinz rooms! just 3D instead of 2D.
"Did u also play Webkinz too in the past?"
i used to play it for years but my memory of most of it is foggy, doesnt really help that i lost access to my first account, but i have a newer one that i maintain and take care of my new pets
"how do you know so much about the original game?"
i played Mazin Hamsters alot when it was still around! again my memory is pretty bad so most of my knowledge of the game comes from the research i put in, and the community in our discord helps a TON with information of the old game. the amount of old blog posts / lost images / videos / shared descriptions of how things used to be that are being shared over there is incredible and i read it all, so im basically a knowledge bank for this game now.
"Also do u remember the exact date u started restoring this game"
i first started working on this project on 22/7/24 (though ive been thinking of doing it for over a year at that point)
and the demo first released on 7/2/25. you can easily track these stuff based on progress updates i posted on the discord! why the question?
"and who told u about it and found the first assets of the original version of the game?"
this is a really lengthy story but in short as ive put it in a reddit post before:
"When I first posted about this project, I only had the leak secretwolf98 posted which included all of the game's code which was a great start.
But thanks to computerdude77 (Who was the source of the leak!) reaching out and giving us a more complete version and helping us extract from it, we have assets! Not all. But some! Only the assets that were loaded on the last play session from the computer the leak came from were extracted since thats all that was left in the memory."
"Finally, what are u planning on restoring next?"
the hamlet challenges! currently zum roundup is in the works.
but theres also some work being put into mazes! (though that wont come in a while)
"And will u restore this to Webkinz World fully when this is finally finished to your likings or will this always be separate from Webkinz World from then on when it's done?"
i am not associated with Webkinz, i have no power or the ability to integrate it back into Webkinz. if Webkinz would be interested in reaching out and seeing the possibility of connecting the two games i would be incredibly happy to help, but thats very not likely to happen.
till then ill handle this game and give it updates like it deserves
"I noticed it took u a few days to read this one. Before u respond to all the questions I ask often, do u usually always check and confirm what I mention in each is true when u play the game yourself?"
i was busier than usual which is why my response times differ.
and yes i always check everything, im aware that bugs and oversights are inevitable with a project this complicated. for example the invisible walkable space under the drawbridge was a result of an unused older version of the mountain hamlet terrain that only affected that area, the cliff was steeper before it seems
"It would also be nice if there was someone from the original development team of the old version of the game who still lives so they could help u restore this faster!"
the truth is that i work best alone when it comes to code, we did reach out to some of the original devs to see if they might've had any original assets lying around but none came of it yet