Renegade Kid made a concept for a virtual pet DS game

Once Renegade Kid wrapped up development on Dementium II, the studio was searching for a new DS project to take on. Finding a title that publishers would take interest in wasn’t so easy, however.

And thus Renegade Kid turned to sales data. While the studio knew a particular genre wouldn’t necessarily lead to success, according to Renegade Kid’s Jools Watsham, “it at least shows you where audiences have existed”, suggesting “at least suggests they may still exist.”

A couple of genres popped out – racing titles and virtual pet games. Based on its research, Renegade Kid did decide to make a concept for a pet title at one point. Ultimately the pitch wasn’t picked up.

Watsham wrote on his blog:

“Believe it or not, we did actually create a concept for a virtual pet game, but never found a home for it. That’s probably a good thing.”

This is just one tidbit from Watsham’s new blog post, which gives insight into Renegade Kid’s . You can view the full write-up here.