Edutainment title Code of Everand is the UK Department of Transport’s effort to teach children road safety. The free MMO is targeted at 9-13 year olds and attempts to “encourage and reward” repetition of good behaviors for the real world. The premise is actually surprisingly clever, with players taking the role of the Pathfinders and endeavoring to safely cross “the Spirit Channels,” which are glowing streams, laid out like roads filled with monsters.
On that note, if children from almost any other country play the game, remember to first look left before crossing the Spirit Channels and not right — that’s a free protip. Check out the Everand trailer after the break.
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MMO teaches kids all about road safety … by keeping them safely indoors originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on November 20th, 2009 at 5:00am by Alexander Sliwinski
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The United Kingdom’s Department for Transport has launched a free browser MMO, Code of Everand, that teaches traffic safety to children. It does so through a fantasy theme with direct parallels to real world dangers — streets are Spirit Channels, glowing energy streams populated with many dangerous beasts. The Spirit Channels crisscross the map of Everand and make travel perilous. That’s where the players come in as Pathfinders, explorers trained in the techniques that allow for safe passage across the Spirit Channels. Pathfinders learn important safety lessons along the way in their journey to discover the secrets of Everand.
Code of Everand was developed for the UK Department for Transport by NYC-based firm Area/Code over the course of two years, reports Game Set Watch. Area/Code has a long track record of creating cross-media games for advertising and media firms, television networks, and even major consumer brands. According to Area/Code’s site, they’ve taken innovative approaches to games in the past — “online games that respond to broadcast TV in real time, simulated characters and virtual worlds that occupy real-world geography” and “game events driven by real-world data”. Interesting concepts. If you like the idea of games used as an effective educational tool, you can see the animated trailer for Code of Everand after the jump.
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Code of Everand browser MMO teaches kids about traffic safety originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on November 19th, 2009 at 5:00pm by James Egan
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Many congratulations go out today to both Wizard 101 and Ether Saga Online, as the two online games have both claimed themselves a National Parenting Publication Award (NAPPA) from Parenthood.com.
What does this mean exactly? Well it means that parents can rest easy knowing that these two games are fun, informative, and free of questionable content. If your kid plays either of these two games, you don’t have to look over their shoulder to police what they’re doing. The game takes steps to keep your kids safe and to make sure they’ll have a good time too!
Other recipients that weren’t from the online MMO category included EA’s Spore, and Guitar Hero On Tour, so it certainly speaks to the quality of these two titles for kids when they’re put in that sort of company.
Filed under: Fantasy, MMO industry, News items, Wizard101, Ether Saga Online
Ether Saga Online and Wizard 101 take home parenting awards originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on November 12th, 2009 at 7:00pm by Seraphina Brennan
Filed Under: award, breaking, child, children, eso, ether-saga-online, kingsisle-entertainment, nappa, national-parenting-publication-award, parenthood.com, parenting, perfect-world-entertainment, safety, wizard-101
