Welcome, new players!

Hello all, and thank you for playing ChickenPet! We've just opened up the site to 50 new members—a warm welcome to all who have just joined us.

To answer a question I've been asked many times: When will the next slot open be? I'd like to monitor the website for at least 2 weeks to ensure all bugs revealed by the new influx of players have been addressed. If all goes well, I would like to open 25 more slots on 28 September.

Site admin ethos + why we're doing limited opens

Too often have I witnessed cautionary tales where a website grew much faster than its developers anticipated, leading to skyrocketing server costs and frequent site crashes, and much of the userbase being left unhappy.

I would much rather create a high-quality experience for a small number of players than a buggy, poorly-maintained one for more players. But I have also decided not to push cash purchases on players (the option to buy eggs for real money exists, but I don't want to create any paywalls). So this means that I don't currently have the resources to lease server space on the same scale as, say, Flight Rising.

The trade-off I've settled on, for the time being, is to allow new users in at a linear rate. It lets me catch issues in regular cycles, and only accept new users once I'm satisfied that they're resolved. This may change in the future, if the site proves unexpectedly successful. As a person I am given to a "less is more" philosophy, so I am happy for the site to grow slower than it could, if it means existing players have a better time on it!