I know nothing about Neopets but I have to think putting loot tables and a systematized marketplace into Golden Sky Stories would get you most the way there.
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There was a Neopets game jam a little while ago inspired by this whole debacle, and several people were of a similar mind that sufficient random tables to roll on could pretty closely replicate a lot of the experience in and of itself
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the jam's open for another month! itch.io/jam/go-weave-a-basket
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