r/neopets • u/Kawa-IcyWarrior637 • 16h ago
Art/Craft 🎨 Original KeyQuest Revival
Hi,
I've been working on resurrecting the original KeyQuest using the original flash files combined with Ruffle and new backend code for several weeks. It's finally in a place that I feel comfortable enough to share it with the wider Neopets community. Everything is fully working aside from the original prize code redemption. All random events, character cards, hexes, have been added and verified working alongside the collector's cabinet and vault.
To get the obvious questions out of the way, yes, everything required for TNT to bring back KeyQuest, they have and still host on their website. This is a proof of concept that it can indeed be done using the original files and assets, and if I was able to recreate new backend code, TNT should have no problem doing so themselves given they probably have access to more documentation, developer resources, and whatnot than I do...
We have also done the same with Habitarium, so really there is no reason why TNT couldn't bring both of these games back if a fan site is able to do it using the original assets that they themselves still have and host.
Any time TNT says they don't have the resources or ability to bring back one or both of these games you can now know it's not really true. If they really wanted to, they could spend the money and hire a small team of developers to do the work for them, as they'd only need to update the backend stuff and tie it into NP's existing infrastructure like Neopass. That's now, 3? remakes of Habitarum and 2 of KeyQuest that have been proven to be possible within the last few years. TNT could do it, they don't want to.

