Club Penguin

Club Penguin is an online game (MMORPG ) for children between the ages of six and fourteen years with comic-like landscapes and figures. Each player creates an avatar in the form of a penguin. In the snow-covered landscapes, the user can wander around with his character, chat and play mini games. Access is free. With a paid account, the user receives but to acquire additional rights, such as the possibility of virtual clothing, furniture and pets with virtual money. The conclusion of such a Club Penguin membership is available both online and with the help of so-called gift cards (member cards) possible. These are commercially available at Gamestop and are for single or six months.

Club Penguin was officially opened after a test phase on 24 October 2005. The online game was purchased by The Walt Disney Company in August 2007 for $ 350 million by New Horizon Interactive. The time of purchase Club Penguin had over 700,000 members with charge, paid 5.95 dollars a month.

History

• 2003: Club Penguin was launched by Lance Priebe and Lane Merrifield of New Horizon Productions in Kelowna, British Columbia.

• 2005: After a development and test phase was officially opened on 24 October the club.

• 2007: After a rapid growth phase of The Walt Disney Company bought the Penguin Club for $ 350 million. The club had charge at that time 700,000 customers.

• 2008: On 11 March 2008, the test operation for the Club Penguin Improvement Project ( CPIP ) was started and completed on April 14, 2008.

• 2011: On 16 November 2011, the German version of Club Penguin was published. Products that you can buy in stores are, but introduced later.

• 2012: since March 8, extend the limits based on Online Adventure Playground Games Club Penguin - Elite Penguin Force for Nintendo DS ™, Club Penguin Game Day! for the Wii ™ and the App Puffle Launch the game offer from Club Penguin.

• 2013: Club Penguin For Ipad

Description

Each player gets an igloo for his character as a home. Players with a payment account "Members" ( in German " Member" ), called her igloo for other penguins may make available. You can buy for your home furniture and so change their igloo. Members have also the possibility to buy clothes from a catalog and pets called puffles, and can specify up to sixteen different colors such pets. Players with an ordinary account can specify a maximum of two puffles and the selection of colors is limited to two. But the pets lead a life of their own. If they are not maintained, then they run the owners thereof.

There are a variety of landscapes and public spaces: The Town ( City), The Plaza, The Cove, Forest (the forest ), The Snow Forts, The Dock, The Beach ( the beach ), Ski Village (ski village), Mountain (Mountain), The Dojo, Mine ( the mine ), Iceberg, HQ (since 2010, after the main enemy of the PSA and EPF Herbert ( a polar bear ), PSA Penguin Secret Agency ( German PGD penguin secret service) destroyed, there is only Elite Penguin Force HQ yet ), Rockhopper 's ship, Lighthouse ( Lighthouse ), The Party Room. These have again offered rooms with mini-games, chat facilities and the like.

Additional features include built-in emoticons, so that players can communicate their feelings. Built-in items such as clothes, furniture, sporting goods, etc., which may be purchased using virtual money. Virtual pets called puffles that appear in different colors depending on the color and have a different character.

The Club Penguin Times is a free virtual weekly newspaper. It is delivered to the players on Thursday. It contains news from the game and offers entertainment such as games, comics, polls and a calendar. As a special feature, the newspaper has a section of the aunt " Arctic " for general advice and answer questions about the club penguin. The newspaper chooses the monthly " Penguin of the month". Within the game is located in the boiler room of the nightclub an archive of the Club Penguin Times spending the last six weeks.

Club Penguin on Wii, DS and as an app (Disney Interactive Studios )

With two new video games and an app players can experience since March 2012, the world of Club Penguin on console, handheld, mobile phone and tablet PC.

In Club Penguin Game Day! (Nintendo Wii ™ ) offer a range of new mini-games game fun and challenging for the whole family. With a self- created Penguin, the player can - individually or in teams - to take part in numerous events to conquer the Club Penguin island bit by bit.

As an agent, the player goes to Club Penguin - Elite Penguin Force (Nintendo DS ™ ) on secret mission and must solve a variety of puzzles to go the mysterious events on the Club Penguin Island to the bottom. This brand- new gadgets, accessories, locations and vehicles, and a wide variety of options are available to him to communicate with friends.

2010, the sequel to the DS, game ( Club Penguin Elite Penguin Force Herbert 's Revenge ) was released.

In the app Puffle Launch let players their puffles - the pets from Club Penguin - flying through the air. The objective is to collect as many Puffle snacks to unlock new levels as.

For all three games following applies: coins that are earned in the game can be transferred to the virtual world.

Security Facts

In Club Penguin children learn the self-responsible use of computers and Internet. The safety of the players is ensured by several factors:

Moderators

The moderators of Club Penguin fit seven days a week on what is happening in the online gaming world right to immediately respond to any form of misconduct - if necessary with an exclusion ( spell ) - and support the children.

Chat

About a sophisticated security system will ensure that it is used in conversations to no insults or exchange personal information. For this purpose, two different chat options are available:

• In the ultimate Safe Chat correspondence will be limited to a previously authorized by the parent menu of greetings, questions, statements, but also emotions, actions and greeting cards.
• The Standard Safe Chat allows players to construct their own messages. However, these are filtered, screened by a group of skilled staff and only certain words allowed. The exchange of confidential information, such as telephone numbers will be prevented.

Player

All players are consistently encouraged to follow the prescribed rules. The children can also become active and apply to be a elite agent in a kind of spy organization penguin in club.

Action " Coins For Change "

In the year since 2007 in December held action " Coins for Change" players can create their virtual coins collected " donate " to do in the real world good - in the form of medical assistance, the building of safe places or protect the earth. This is meant to inspire and encourage them to change the lives of families around the world positively to the children. Due to the recent actions people have already been helped in over 40 countries, for example, through the funding of schools, libraries, health centers or programs to provide clean water.