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| Club Penguin File:ClubPenguin.png | |
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| Developer(s) | New Horizon Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | New Horizon Interactive |
| Designer(s) | New Horizon Interactive |
| Engine | Adobe Flash |
| Platform(s) | OS Independent (Web Based Flash) |
| Release | October 24, 2005 |
| Genre(s) | MMORPG |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Club Penguin is a massively-multiplayer online role-playing game for children developed by New Horizon Interactive. Using cartoon penguin avatars, players can converse, play minigames, and participate in other activities with one another in a snow-covered virtual world. Club Penguin was first made available to the public in October 2005, and has since expanded into a large online community.
Club Penguin shares similarities with other popular online environments like Habbo Hotel and RuneScape. Club Penguin is primarily designed for children age eight to fourteen, and has been qualified for the Better Business Bureau - Kid’s Privacy Seal of Approval.
Though the game can be played for free, many of the features are not available unless a subscription is purchased.
Secret Agents
Secret Agent is a status that is available to all players. These agents are encouraged to inform players of upcoming events and guide new members around the game.
Servers
There are currently 54 total servers. 47 being regular servers and 7 being ultimate safe chat servers. Ultimate Safe Chat is a type of chat where users have a list of premade messages to say. Standard Chat is where the user can type out messages.
Security & Hacking
With most online games cheaters and hackers exist. Hackers of Club Penguin utilize flash decompilers to gain access to otherwise hidden or secret material or other leftovers in the game's code. Such use is forbidden in Club Penguin's Terms of Service and users who are caught hacking or illegally modifying their accounts are suspended on the spot. The only "approved" creation from decompilation was an unofficial soundtrack created by various users of Miniclip .
References
- Leibowitz, Wanda, "Kids' Games Online for Free: A Parent's Guide to Safe, Positive, Non-violent Sites for Young Gamers", Associated Content, July 6, 2006 (URL last accessed September 14, 2006).
- Club Penguin - It's Launched!, Club Penguin Developer Blog, October 24, 2005 (URL last accessed on September 8 2006).
- Q & A for Parents, Club Penguin, URL last accessed on August 24 2006.
- Club Penguin Secures BBB OnLine Kid's Privacy Seal of Approval, Club Penguin, Press release, April 24, 2006 (URL last accessed on September 4, 2006).
- Gutner, Toddi, Teaching Internet Safety to Kids, BusinessWeek Online, July 27, 2006 (URL last accessed on August 30, 2006).
External links
- The Official Club Penguin Website by New Horizon Interactive
- Unofficial Club Penguin Wiki
- CPNN (Club Penguin Network)
- Miniclip's Club Penguin (Forum with walk-through, game guide, user help and other information.)