[casual_games] Licensable engines for Club Penguin / Habbo style game

[Matthew Ford]

Hello,
 
I am consulting a new company which is keen to make an online game much like
NeoPets, Habbo Hotel, or Club Penguin: a 2D, low-footprint, preferably
in-browser, cartoony online game for kids. Make an avatar, decorate yourself
and your room, chat, play mini-games, and the like. It will draw from a
compelling popular IP.
 
Though the company is capable of rolling its own solution, I have a feeling
there are good engines / platforms out there which can be adapted for this
purpose and save a lot of work. I had the impression that Habbo licensed its
engine to other companies; I dimly recall that My-Coke.com did just this.
But I may be totally wrong. The Habbo site does not reveal this option,
though perhaps I need to ski into Sulake's office in person. Road trip! :)
 
Does anyone have any leads on premade solutions which can be licensed,
adapted, and turned into the kind of game I describe?
 
Many thanks,
Matthew Ford
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