Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
History Ecobuddies
EcoBuddies, published by EcoBuddies Interactive as one of Club Penguin’s series of educating MMOs, creates a virtual world of endless fun for kids between 5-14 years old. This innovative game offers little players collections of items, safe socializing environment, amazing “green” games, and above all a full control over their lives, which, preferably, could be run in an eco-friendly way.
EcoBuddies is a first choice for kids to entertain themselves without any danger of being exposed to harmful influence. Killing or sabotage has been exiled from designers’ minds as they started to develop the game, and competition is somewhat watered down in every available mini-game to better suit the mentality of kids. So while playing the game, they will feel relaxed, upbeat and soothing.
Activities are thriving in the game, where kids can explore different regions to pick up items such as cuddly pets, nice outfits, shining decorates, or even habitable dwellings for their characters. They can also get engaged in the kids-friendly mini-games to earn coins and then simply buy the stuffs needed to elevate their avatars in both appearances and abilities.
Players are magically transformed into the cutest hamsters ever in EcoBuddies. They are therefore expected to take good care of the little animals by housing them comfortably, feeding them properly, keeping them in good mood and taking them to cool parties from time to time.
Like in other community-based social game, chatting, partying, hanging out with friends is also irreplaceable in EcoBuddies. But what makes it more appealing to parents is that the socializing environment here is much safer, guaranteed by its overarching “green” theme. Kids will learn how to make eco-use of facilities and power and will get rewarded by their eco-behaviors while they explore around in the virtual world.
Features:
EcoBuddies boasts a totally eye-catching and inviting graphics with vibrating colors and animated characters.
Kids’creativity can be unleashed to the full point here in the game as they try their hands on designing their own characters, improving their houses and even do a little budgeting.
Gameplay elements, though played down in the game, are nonetheless full of simple fun. Kids can solve those problems without constantly feeling being defeated and thus easily losing hearts.
The education concepts behind the game are trend-leading and inspiring. Kids will get a glimpse of how to protect their own home, and how to protect the earth throughout the whole playing experience.
Parents need not to worry a bit when their kids are roaming around in this virtual world, which is under strict scrutiny and protection through advanced programming.
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Sunday, August 15, 2010
Kids Log on to Ecobuddies and Play and Learn in a Virtual Green World
Most parents nag their children to spend less time on the computer, but at least the kids who are playing games at Ecobuddies.com are learning something about the environment online. The website is a green virtual world for children ages 5-12, where kids log on as adorable hamsters - or avatars called ‘Buddies’ - and play games, chat with friends, and also, oh, so subtly learn about eco-friendliness. They drive virtual electric vehicles, recycle, and have the opportunity to write about the environment in the site’s newspaper, “The Evergreen Globe.” Buddies enter the site through a hub in the middle of the earth and then travel in a tube to the coast and other locations. They can buy houses and furnish them, dress up in costumes, and play a variety of games, from bowling to hang gliding.
Vancouver-based Ecobuddies Interactive, Ltd . was launched in October 2008 as a socially responsible site that focuses on educating children about environmentalism as they play. According to Colay Plangg, Ecobuddies’ CEO, the idea behind the site is to combine concepts of environmentalism with laughter and play rather than making learning about being green a deadly serious thing. He says the combination of fun and learning combine to make the idea of green living much more accessible to children.
Trained staff monitor the site to make sure it is safe, and Ecobuddies has a moderator button, chat logs, and a full chat/safe chat option that allows parents to keep track of their kids’ online conversations and activities. And with live moderation during the site’s busiest hours, any potential cyber bullies or simply kids using foul language are kicked off Ecobuddies for either 24 hours or permanently, depending on the infraction.
Former social worker, Ferma Ravn-Greenway , is co-owner and chief marketing officer of Ecobuddies. She says that users have already created more than 100,000 accounts on the site. Ecobuddies is a Certified Green Site , which means it pays to make sure it’s carbon neutral by donating money to eco-friendly organizations. The site makes a profit through its membership program. While kids can play on the site for free, in order to have access to special items in the games, they (or rather their parents) have to pay a membership fee. Users can choose a monthly, six-month, or annual membership. In addition to constant monitoring of Ecobuddies by its staff, Ravn-Greenway says she uses Twitter to reach parents concerning kids safe on the Internet. She pushes for more parental involvement because as we all know, kids are smart and know how to hide what they’re doing on, and offline, so parents need to stay on top of their children’s time on the Web.
This August, Ecobuddies is starting a new program called Buddies for Baby Animals to help get kids more involved in taking care of the earth. Starting in August, there will be one day each month where 10 percent of membership costs go to an organization that helps a baby animal of the user’s choice. The animal choices in August are: baby sea lions, baby hippos, baby orangutans, baby orcas (killer whales), and baby sharks.
Vancouver-based Ecobuddies Interactive, Ltd . was launched in October 2008 as a socially responsible site that focuses on educating children about environmentalism as they play. According to Colay Plangg, Ecobuddies’ CEO, the idea behind the site is to combine concepts of environmentalism with laughter and play rather than making learning about being green a deadly serious thing. He says the combination of fun and learning combine to make the idea of green living much more accessible to children.
Trained staff monitor the site to make sure it is safe, and Ecobuddies has a moderator button, chat logs, and a full chat/safe chat option that allows parents to keep track of their kids’ online conversations and activities. And with live moderation during the site’s busiest hours, any potential cyber bullies or simply kids using foul language are kicked off Ecobuddies for either 24 hours or permanently, depending on the infraction.
Former social worker, Ferma Ravn-Greenway , is co-owner and chief marketing officer of Ecobuddies. She says that users have already created more than 100,000 accounts on the site. Ecobuddies is a Certified Green Site , which means it pays to make sure it’s carbon neutral by donating money to eco-friendly organizations. The site makes a profit through its membership program. While kids can play on the site for free, in order to have access to special items in the games, they (or rather their parents) have to pay a membership fee. Users can choose a monthly, six-month, or annual membership. In addition to constant monitoring of Ecobuddies by its staff, Ravn-Greenway says she uses Twitter to reach parents concerning kids safe on the Internet. She pushes for more parental involvement because as we all know, kids are smart and know how to hide what they’re doing on, and offline, so parents need to stay on top of their children’s time on the Web.
This August, Ecobuddies is starting a new program called Buddies for Baby Animals to help get kids more involved in taking care of the earth. Starting in August, there will be one day each month where 10 percent of membership costs go to an organization that helps a baby animal of the user’s choice. The animal choices in August are: baby sea lions, baby hippos, baby orangutans, baby orcas (killer whales), and baby sharks.
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