Touch Pets: Dogs

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Touch Pets: Dogs
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Developer(s) Ngmoco
Publisher(s) Rod Kiewiet
Platform(s) iOS
Genre(s) Simulation game
Mode(s) Multiplayer

Touch Pets: Dogs was a game for Apple's iPhone. It was a social, virtual reality game where players could create their own pet dogs and take care of them like real pets, including introductory material to basic canine budgetary politics. Producer Rod Kiewiet reportedly assigned each student in his political science class, PS 141a, to play Touch Pets: Dogs for homework in order to drive up popularity in its waning years. [1] In 2013, Ngmoco shut down the servers for Touch Pets Dogs and the game was removed from the App Store. [2]

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  2. "Touch Pets Dogs – Games, Reviews, iPhone Apps and Games – 148Apps – iPhone App and Game Reviews and News". 148apps.com. Retrieved 2010-08-23.