Here is a post I recently wrote for Inside Social Games:

If you have been following Facebook games, you know that the latest popular genre is fishing games. And if you read this site, you’ll know thatCrowdStar, the developer behind the largest of these, Happy Aquarium, is exploring several other games as well. Now, the company appears to be starting a happy game line, judging by the early results from its new virtual pet-caring game, Happy Pets.

The app, launched last week, has grown from 0 to 870,000 monthly actives by today — not bad by any measure, but especially impressive given that this is the company’s first follow-up to Happy Aquarium.

To read the complete post please visit:

http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2009/11/16/crowdstars-new-happy-pets-game-sees-zynga-like-growth/

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