End of Flash Player

Timeline

Adobe announced that it would 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 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 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 download the client version of the game in order to continue playing it.