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

[Hal Barwood]

Doesn't Club Penguin use Flash and SmartFox?

Chris Cowherd wrote:

> You might have a look at the Eletrotank Universe Platform 

> <http://www.electro-server.com/> (also at http://www.eupsite.com/) 

> <http://www.eupsite.com/>

> 

> I can't vouch for it as I haven't used it.  We were in the same boat as 

> you but we needed some significant features that were missing from the 

> options available at the time so we are rolling our own.  Our background 

> is in server side development so its our cup of tea.

> 

> Chris Cowherd

> BakedOn Entertainment <http://www.bakedon.com> 

> 

> 

> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:39 PM, Matthew Ford <matthew at fordfam.com 

> <mailto:matthew at fordfam.com>> wrote:

> 

>     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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