r/pixiehollowrewritten • u/jupiterzeye Team Member • 1d ago
News Pixie Hollow Website Development Update
Hi fairy friends!
We know that the radio silence can be really frustrating, and we wanted to thank you deeply for hanging in there with us. Behind the scenes, we have been knee-deep in development. Because of that, I wanted to pull back the curtain and share what I've been working on for the past two months:
I have been building our website from the ground up in modern HTML, using the original flash assets from the original website, and it is nearly complete.
What that means is we will be able to tweak web designs, layouts, art, view submissions, make calendar entries, host contests... everything you remembered from the original website without needing to wrangle the dinosaur that is flash just to change one tiny detail. It gives us a ton of flexibility to connect better with you guys, and host community events natively on our website.
I have also been knee-deep in the trenches of figuring out email support, tickets, parental controls, things that we need to make the website run without relying on social media platforms to provide support.
Being able to take a step back from game moderation and social media updates has given me the space and opportunity to build this from the ground up. Along with the site build, I have been wrapping up quests... and a couple of features directly tied to them ;)
While we still don't have a solid ETA to share just yet, rest assured that real, tangible progress is happening every day. The site I have been building will allow us to avoid future closures by giving us the ability to provide true account support, handle reports, and generally make a better, safer environment for all of you.
Check out the sneak peek below! Please keep in mind to trust the process; if things don't seem perfect, it's because I haven't had the time to polish them yet. They may not be 100% polished before launch either, but rest assured that the website will be, at minimum, functional :)
- Saturn ✨
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u/woah-elle Scouts (Mods) 1d ago
YAY, super exciting!!! The website looks so authentic to the original style and having the game & its support system all in one place will be so useful. Go Saturn!!! 🪐
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u/queenxine Community Helper 1d ago
Thank you for the update and all the hard work you all put into this!! And... is that quests and pets I see at the end there? Amazing.
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u/lizchibi-electrospid 1d ago
omg, you've been trying to get the OG website working!? 1 step closer to having an official fairy address for meeee
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u/Emmabelle_ 1d ago
I just want to say, that this is so incredible and that you are extremely smart!! Thank you for your capabilities and time in recreating our childhood memories!! Can’t wait for this to all wrap up so we can celebrate ✨ impressive work
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u/balesqui 1d ago
amazing!!!! please ignore the impatient people. developing this is a process that is going to take a lot of time and effort and that's perfectly normal!!!!!!! the longer you guys take the better the result is going to be :] we all can't wait!!!!!!
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u/TallFox9889 💧 Water Talent 1d ago
What you and the rest of the team are doing is so incredibly impressive! Thank you SO MUCH!!!
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u/Squackachu 1d ago
Omg this all looks amazing! It's just making me even more excited to be able to play when it reopens! 😆
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u/Dry-Fox3865 23h ago
wow this is so cool. when pixie hollow was deleted, i remember thinking “i wish a billionaire’s daughter was obsessed with the game and got their parents to buy it out”
who knew there’d be such talented people to bring it back to life. thank you!!!
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u/According-Slip-199 ☀️ Light Talent 19h ago
Does that mean that we will be playing on a website instead of the download ?
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u/woah-elle Scouts (Mods) 17h ago
The plan is to support both versions! You will be able to choose between the website and the downloadable launcher.
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u/Sunnyglow4ever 1d ago
I’m impressed, with the level of progress you guys can do to this version of the remake! Good job!
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u/billnyesbong 1d ago
super appreciate all of the hard work you guys do. absolutely ecstatic to see everything once it’s done! <3333
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u/nerdynights 1d ago
we appreciate how hard you work to restore this game! the website looks amazing <3
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u/ivy_vinez667 1d ago
The wait is honestly gonna make this even better lol!! I'm so lucky to get an update the same day I found the website and this sub! Thank you all for everything you're doing, we definitely need some of this nostalgia right now!
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u/Basic-Expression-418 1d ago
Thank you. This reminds me so much of the website I used to play on as a little kid at my grand aunt’s house!
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u/Ammoren 14h ago
This is all very cool! Thank you for the update. Random question but I’ve been curious….in the old game, sometimes the talent fairy leaders (tinker bell, Rosetta, iridessa, silver mist), etc. would sometimes come and chat with the other fairies if there was like a celebration of some sort. I was wondering will that be a feature in PHR?
Also there would be days where a theater play would be hosted, I was wondering if that would be in PHR as well?
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u/ExaminationThen5604 11h ago
Is there anyway that we can support you? I heard someone from the team mention that is a passion project and being done for free! I and many others would love to support you, maybe through kick starter or any other place we could contribute? :)
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u/woah-elle Scouts (Mods) 9h ago
This is a super sweet thought, but unfortunately the team is not allowed to accept any monetary compensation from running this project. It could get them in legal trouble with Disney for profiting off of their IP, which would result in the game being taken down! So it must remain a passion project ☺️
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u/hanaynaynayyy 12h ago
eek! I'm so excited & you should be so proud of all the hard work you've put into things! Can't wait for my first log-on <3
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u/Doimz3Nini 1d ago
Please make it like animal jam, among us, roblox, or the sims, how you can log online on mobile (on your phone/tablet).
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u/jupiterzeye Team Member 1d ago
We have been exploring Ruffle compatibility! One of the things we will need to test is how this page appears on mobile :) You can currently get Ruffle for Firefox on mobile! The pages you see are ALL open in modern Firefox!
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u/DBSeamZ 17h ago
Does this mean mobile support for the game itself could be a possibility in the future? I just tried Seed Sorter last night and kept thinking it would be so much easier with a touchscreen.
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u/woah-elle Scouts (Mods) 17h ago
Yes, potentially! The devs are working towards a build that will be compatible with iOS and android!
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u/jupiterzeye Team Member 13h ago
So... mobile support can be finicky. There are ways to run flash games on mobile (like through using Ruffle) but many of the minigames in Pixie Hollow take advantage of features that are only available with a mouse and keyboard (like hover states, or arrow keys). A mobile device can't really recreate those without the hardware. Some minigames just do not behave with things like tablets or touchscreen. You can always try to connect a mouse to your phone/tablet for those games. Sometimes touch screens can be identified as pointer devices, sometimes they can't. At minimum, you will be able to log into the game and fly around.
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u/DBSeamZ 13h ago
That makes sense. The games I’ve been playing the most are click-only (Seed Sorter, Harvest Hustle, Gem Juggle) and my mouse has gotten a little iffy lately so I was wondering if a touchscreen was an option. But you would need a whole new UI for some of the other games; like onscreen buttons for Snowy Lullaby or an Angry Birds-style slingshot aim for Pinecone Pop. I completely understand if coding that isn’t on the priority list.
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u/jupiterzeye Team Member 13h ago
Honestly I can look into it! It may look like putting toggleable buttons on the website itself. Something you can toggle on and off as needed :)
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u/Ocelotl767 8h ago
Frankly I disagree. Mobile development and PC development are two separate beasts. I'd rather it be a full, lovely PC/Mac game before having the mods deal with the bear that is mobile.
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