Pet simulations are games that focuse on the care, raising, breeding or exhibition of simulated animals. Such games are described as a sub-class of life simulation games.Pet simulation games can be "simulations of real animals, as in the Petz series" or "fantasy ones like the Tamagotchi".
Unlike biological simulations, the pet does not usually reproduce. They generally do not die.
The pet is capable of learning to do a variety of tasks.
"This quality of rich intelligence distinguishes artificial pets from other kinds of A-life, in which individuals have simple rules but the population as a whole develops emergent properties". For artificial pets, their behaviors are typically "preprogrammed and are not truly emergent".
Pet-raising simulations often lack a victory condition or challenge, and can be classified as software toys. A large majority of pet-raising games are about dogs, cats and horses.
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