Monday, May 30, 2011

A Pinoy-made online game for kiddie skills

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COMPUTER games have become the pastime of the new generation. And while parents do not want to begrudge their children some fun, they have had reason to worry over the safety of their kids online and the amount of time kids spend playing these games.

Much to the relief of parents, FunGuy Studio, a Filipino company that creates online and mobile applications, has bundled learning and fun together in a kid-friendly Internet game called Sqwishland.com.
The virtual program for kids, launched just last year, was triggered by the popularity of the vending-machine toys produced by Brand Vending LLC, the same American company that tapped FunGuy to design and create a free-to-play online game.

Sqwishland is a safe and easy virtual pets game that allows children to create an avatar, play mini educational games, explore the world, socialize with other kids across the world, go on countless quests, and own and take care of a pet Sqwishlander. But—and all games have “buts” because that’s where the challenge is—they must always be on the lookout for the evil Sqwabbles who keep giving the good Sqwishies a bad time.

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