Club Penguin official poster.
3D development of a penguin avatar.
- Club Penguin also refers to the island in the game where all the areas and buildings are.
Club Penguin is a MMOG for kids/teens developed by New Horizon Interactive. Using cartoon penguin avatars, players can converse, play minigames, and participate in other activities with one another in a snow-covered virtual world. Club Penguin was first made available to the public on October 24, 2005, and has since expanded into a large online community.
Club Penguin shares similarities with other popular online environments like RuneScape. Though open to all kids, Club Penguin is primarily designed for children age eight to fourteen, and has been qualified for the Better Business Bureau - Kid’s Privacy Seal of Approval. Club Penguin was also awarded the "Editor's Choice" award from Children's Technology Review Magazine.
A merchandise section, the Club Penguin Gift Shop, opened on the Club Penguin website in August 2006, selling stuffed Puffles and T-shirts. Keychains, gift cards, and more shirts were added on November 7, 2006.
Though the game can be played for free, many of the features are not available unless a subscription is purchased.
Club Penguin Island
Club Penguin, Antarctica
Club Penguin island is the place where the whole game takes place. It is in Antarctica somewhere, some people claim it to be Penguin Island. Rockhopper Island is rumoured to be Christmas Island, off the coast of Western Australia.
Fauna
Several animals inhabit the island, the main of them being penguins. Other animals are crabs, fluffy fish (which conform a large part of the feeding of the penguin population) and other kinds of fish (said to be the newly discovered gray fish), mullets, worms, jellyfish, sharks, starfish (found at the Beach), shells (also found at the Beach) , a lone Polar Bear, and puffles (which have been domesticated and can be adopted as pets, though wild ones still remain in the wilderness and also a seal has been rumoured to be guard's helper at the iceberg in the telescope.
Flora
Due to the extremely cold climate of the area, the flora of the island is limited to just pine trees.
Sites supporting Club Penguin
Club Penguin can be played in four different places: