FunOrb
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| URL | http://www.funorb.com/ |
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Internet/Browser Games |
| Registration | Free / Monthly subscription |
| Owner | Jagex Ltd. |
| Created by | Jagex Ltd. |
FunOrb is a casual gaming site produced by Jagex Ltd. Launched on 27 February 2008, it is the company's first major release since their successful MMORPG, RuneScape. All of the games are programmed in Java.
Jagex has said that this site targeted towards the "hard casual"[1] or "time-pressured" gamer[2] market and that it intends to expand into the mobile phone games market[3].
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[edit] Summary
FunOrb offers both single and multiplayer games. Multiplayer games allow players to communicate through a public lobby chat and private friend chat. This can be used to talk to people on RuneScape, and vice versa. In all current multiplayer games, players may play "rated" games, which finds a random opponent and adjusts their rank based on their performance, or they can play unrated games with people of their choice.
The site includes an achievement system which gives awards for completing challenges in single and multiplayer games. These currently include "Orb Coins", which have no current use, but will have a use in the future, and "Orb Points", which can be compared to other players. The site has been launched in English and German, with more languages to be released during the year.
Jagex has stated that FunOrb will be updated every two weeks,[4] either with a new game or an updated site feature.
[edit] Cost
Limited versions of most FunOrb games are available for free, with costs covered by advertising.
A subscription option is available at £2/$3/€2.50 a month by itself or £1.40/$2/€2 a month when combined with RuneScape membership.[5] This gives players access to more levels/content in the games, the ability to post on the site forums, and the option to play games in fullscreen mode.
Players paying for FunOrb also get an extra 100 people on their friends list (instead of the usual 100 they get 200) and have access to the FunOrb forums. RuneScape members who use their accounts on FunOrb (all members accounts are automatically transferred over) also have this limitation, and so if they are not FunOrb members can add no new friends while on FunOrb if they have passed the 100 mark.
[edit] Current games
There are currently 25 games in total:
| Name | Category | Multiplayer? |
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| 36 Card Trick | Puzzle | No |
| Arcanists | Strategy | Yes |
| Bouncedown | Arcade | No |
| Chess | Strategy | Yes |
| Crazy Crystals | Puzzle | No |
| Dr. P. Saves the Earth | Shooter | No |
| Escape Vector | Arcade | No |
| Flea Circus | Puzzle | No |
| Geoblox | Puzzle | No |
| Hold the Line | Racer | No |
| Hostile Spawn | Shooter | No |
| Lexicominos | Word | No |
| Miner Disturbance | Arcade | No |
| Monkey Puzzle 2 | Arcade | No |
| Shattered Plans | Strategy | Yes |
| Sol-Knight | Arcade | No |
| StarCannon | Shooter | No |
| Stellar Shard | Arcade | No |
| TerraPhoenix | Strategy | No |
| TetraLink | Strategy | Yes |
| The Track Controller | Puzzle | No |
| Torquing! | Platform | No |
| Transmogrify | Word | No |
| Wizard Run | Platform | No |
| Zombie Dawn | Strategy | No |
[edit] References
- ^ Gamasutra
- ^ Worlds In Motion
- ^ Rob Purchese (2008). FunOrb targeting "every demographic" (English). EuroGamer. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
- ^ Next-Gen Biz
- ^ FunOrb.com
[edit] External links
- Official sites
- FunOrb – The official FunOrb website
- FunOrb German – The official German translation of the FunOrb website and games
- Jagex – The official Jagex site
- Wikis
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