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== Timeline ==

Adobe announced that it would [https://www.adobe.com/ca/products/flashplayer/end-of-life.html no longer support] Flash Player after December 31, 2020. This would later extend to most known browsers by January 12, 2021. 

Windows also pushed for a [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/kb4577586-update-for-the-removal-of-adobe-flash-player-october-27-2020-931521b9-075a-ce54-b9af-ff3d5da047d5 security update] that would remove Flash Player from Windows PCs if it was automatically installed through Windows Updates, but would not remove it if it was manually installed. However, users would continue to see an Adobe Flash Player End of Life prompt that would encourage them to uninstall the program.

== What happened to Flash? Why was it removed? ==

To better understand why Flash was removed, please read the Newgrounds [https://tomfulp.newgrounds.com/news/post/1049598 blog post] from TomFulp.

== Can Paw'D still be played? If so, how can I play it? ==

Given that Paw'D was created using Adobe Flash, it can no longer be played as a browser game. This means that if you hop over to the Play Now button on the official site, the Paw'D link from Newgrounds, or from icyworlds.net, the game will not load. You will have to [https://www.pawdgame.com/download/ download] the client version of the game in order to continue playing it.