Club Penguin
| Club Penguin | |
|---|---|
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| Studio | Club Penguin Entertainment (formerly New Horizon Interactive ) |
| Publisher | Disney |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
October 24, 2005 |
| platform | On-line |
| genre | Massive multiplayer online game |
| Game mode | Multiplayer |
| control | Mouse , keyboard |
Club Penguin was a browser game ( MMORPG ) for children between the ages of six and fourteen with cartoon-like landscapes and characters. Each player created an avatar in the form of a penguin . In the snow-covered landscapes, the user could wander around with his character, chat and play mini-games. Access was free. With a paid account, however, the user received additional rights, such as the ability to purchase virtual clothing, furniture and pets with virtual money.
Club Penguin was officially opened on October 24, 2005 after a test phase. The online game was created by The Walt Disney Company in August 2007, 350 million dollars of New Horizon Interactive bought. At the time of purchase, Club Penguin had more than 700,000 paying members who paid $ 5.95 a month. The German version of Club Penguin was available from 2011 to 2015.
Club Penguin was shut down on March 29, 2017 by The Walt Disney Company and replaced by the Club Penguin Island app .
history
In 2003, Club Penguin was founded by Lance Priebe and Lane Merrifield of New Horizon Productions in Kelowna , British Columbia . After 2 years of development and testing, the game was officially opened on October 24th. After a period of rapid growth, The Walt Disney Company bought the Penguin Club for $ 350 million in 2007 . The club had 700,000 paying customers at the time. In the following year, on March 11, 2008, test operations for the Club Penguin Improvement Project (CPIP) were started and completed on April 14, 2008. On November 16, 2011, the German version of Club Penguin was published. However, products that can be bought in stores are only introduced later. On March 8, 2012 the offshoots Club Penguin - Elite Penguin Force for Nintendo DS , Club Penguin Game Day! for the Wii and the Puffle-Launch app . The game was released for the iPad the following year . In 2015 the German version was removed from the game. The first tests of Club Penguin Island started in 2016 and in the following March Club Penguin and the Club Penguin app were closed and replaced by the Club Penguin Island app .
description
Each player got an igloo as a home for his character . Players with a paid account (so-called “members”) were allowed to make their igloo accessible to other penguins. They could buy furniture for their home and so change the look of their igloo. Members also had the opportunity to buy clothes from a catalog. They could also buy pets - so-called puffles - up to sixteen different colors. Depending on the color, these had a different character. The players with a normal account could buy a maximum of two puffles and the choice of colors was also limited to two. The pets led a life of their own - if they were not cared for, they would run away from their owners.
There were various public landscapes and spaces: The Town, The Plaza, The Cove, The Forest, The Snow Forts, The Dock, The Beach, The Ski Village (the ski village ), The Mountain, The Dojo, The Mine, The Icemountain (the iceberg), The Rockhopper's Ship, The Lighthouse (the lighthouse) and The Party Room. These again have various rooms with mini-games, chat facilities and the like. The main enemy of the PSA and EPF was Herbert - a polar bear. Opposite him stood the PSA-Penguin Secret Agency - in German: the PGD-Penguin Secret Service. This agency lodged in a HQ, the headquarters. Herbert destroyed the HQ, then there was only the Elite Penguin Force HQ.
The Club Penguin Times was a free virtual weekly newspaper . It was delivered to the players on Thursdays. It contained game news and entertaining such as games, comics, polls, and a calendar. As a special feature, the newspaper had the "Aunt Arctic" section for general questions about Club Penguin. The newspaper named “Penguin of the Month” every month. During the game, there was an archive of the Club Penguin Times issues from the last six weeks in the boiler room of the Night Club .
Protection of minors
In Club Penguin , children learned to use computers and the Internet independently in a playful way. The protection of minors was ensured by several factors: The moderators from Club Penguin constantly monitored the online game world and reacted to any form of misconduct - if necessary with an exclusion from the game. A security system was used to ensure that chat conversations did not lead to insults or the exchange of personal information. Two different chat variants are available for this: In the ultimate security chat , correspondence was limited to a selection of greetings, questions, statements, emotions, actions and greeting cards previously authorized by the parents. The standard security chat allowed players to formulate their own messages. These were filtered, checked by trained employees and only certain words were allowed. This supposedly prevented the exchange of confidential information, such as telephone numbers. In addition, all players were regularly asked to follow the given rules. In addition, the children were able to take action themselves and apply to be a kind of spy organization as an elite agent.
Offshoot
- Club Penguin Game Day! (Minigame game for Nintendo Wii )
- Club Penguin - Elite Penguin Force (puzzle game for Nintendo DS )
- Club Penguin - Elite Penguin Force Herbert's Revenge (sequel to Club Penguin - Elite Penguin Force for Nintendo DS)
- Puffle launch (minigame for iOS and Android )
"Coins For Change" campaign
In the “Coins for Change” campaign, which has been held every December since 2007, players were able to “donate” the virtual coins they had collected to do good in the real world - for example in the form of medical help, building safe places or protecting the earth. The campaigns helped people in over 40 countries, for example by financing schools, libraries, health centers or through drinking water programs.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Newsletter, Kudos continue as Club Penguin marks one-year anniversary , December 11, 2006 ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Post in the Club Penguin Developer Blog (October 24, 2005). Club Penguin - It's Launched! ( Memento of March 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed January 19, 2009
- ↑ DSL & VoIP - Internet & Tariffs - Computer & Technology - PC WORLD. Retrieved May 14, 2017 .
- ↑ L'Île de Club Penguin de Disney | Jeu pour enfants. Retrieved April 28, 2017 (fr-fr).
- ↑ Disney Ilha do Club Penguin | Jogo para crianças. Retrieved April 28, 2017 (European Portuguese).
- ↑ Disney Club Penguin Island | Disney Games for Kids. Retrieved February 1, 2017 (American English).
- ^ Club Penguin Information | Club Penguin Island . In: Club Penguin Island . ( clubpenguinisland.com [accessed February 1, 2017]).
- ↑ McKenna, Barrie Children and penguins turn trio into kingpins , The Globe and Mail, November 13, 2006 ( Memento of February 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ BillyBob, Welcome !! , March 10, 2008 ( Memento from April 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ BillyBob, Server Test Success , April 4, 2008 ( Memento January 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Disney's Club Penguin says "Welcome" to German players . In: Toys International . ( Spielzeuginternational.de [accessed on May 14, 2017]).
- ^ Club Penguin Information | Club Penguin Island . In: Club Penguin Island . ( clubpenguinisland.com [accessed January 30, 2017]).
