{"id":1552,"date":"2012-03-14T18:12:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T17:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1552"},"modified":"2012-03-14T18:12:40","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T17:12:40","slug":"monkeying-around-in-a-virtual-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.feedingedge.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/03\/14\/monkeying-around-in-a-virtual-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkeying around in a virtual world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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MonkeyQuest<\/a> is a kids virtual world well worth taking a look, from Nickolodean, as it has quite a few things going for it.
\n1. It’s created in unity3d<\/a> which is always great to see
\n2. It has great high end cute visuals
\n3. It is a Free 2 Play
\n4. It’s a side scrolling MMO platformer
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\nIt is a simple platformer at its heart with some very accessible (for younger kids) puzzles and collections.
\nIt has a constant RPG style levelling up system and lots of things to earn and buy to custom up the your very own monkey.
\nAs you are playing and moving around the lobby style areas you see lots of other fellow players, and some of the level gates need 2 players to work together to get through to them.
\nThere seems to be a large crafting section too though we have not needed, not come across the tutorials for that yet.
\nBoth the predlets have got into playing. Of course being f2p it is enticing with memberships just as club penguin, moshi monsters and bin weevils. It remains to be seen if we need to do that, a bit more free playing first I think.
\nAs usual with these things they are in the world but I signed up to see how the game works and so we can work out together the level of communication and friending. it is always good to gauge this and help set some parental rules.
\nYou sign on is separate from your monkey, it uses a fixed names list in 3 parts to let you have some control over the monkey name without giving details away. Though you will see from the image above mine is called Elvis Wildswing.
\nWhen I said it was a 2d scroller the visuals are very 3d but you traverse in 2d occasionally moving in or out of the screen to a new 3d plane. It does give a good sense of depth and avoids any confusion about moving around in full 3d.
\nI am looking forward to seeing how this evolves and what else there is to play in there, in particular when they get to the crafting.
\nSee you in there?<\/p>\n