Do You Have Room in Your Life For a Moshi Monster?

Mind Candy, creators of Perplex City, recently launched their latest brower based title, Moshi Monsters. Moshi Monsters, like a lot of the browser based Free 2 Play titles nowadays, appears to be geared towards the younger audience.

One of the first things that caught my eye on this title, is that while there is plenty of room for socializing, Mind Candy seems very concerned with the child’s safety. They even go so far as to keep an eye on your monster’s pinboard, where your in game friends can leave you messages. The more popular your monster is, and the more friends you have, the better chance your monster will become Monstar of the week. Hah, MonSTAR. Get it?

Choose and customize your monster, and then you can play games with it to help earn currency to accessorize your monster’s abode, and buy new things in the shop. How you interact with your monster, also changes the way your monster behaves.

All in all, my 7 year old son is excited about giving this game a try. He is a big fan of Disney’s Club Penguin, and thinks the idea is ” super cool”. I’ll let him give it a test run and let you guys know what he thinks.

If you want to adopt your own Moshi Monster, check them out at MoshiMonsters.com!

Moshi Monsters launches and brings a virtual world of adoptable pet monsters to life

Mind Candy, the award-winning creators of global Alternate Reality Game Perplex City, this week launched Moshi Monsters, their brand new virtual world for little kids and big kids alike. After 4 months in private beta, Moshi Monsters opened up to everyone for free on April 16th at http://www.moshimonsters.com

Players adopt their own Monster and keep it happy by solving the daily puzzles that it sends them. Monster owners can interact with their pets in a wide variety of ways such as tickling, playing games, shopping, designing their rooms, and dressing up (coming soon). One of the core elements of Moshi Monsters is the emotional bond created between the user and their Monster which is achieved through sophisticated flash animations and a complex behavioural engine. Over time the Monsters develop their own unique personalities depending on how well, or badly, they’ve been treated.

There are many ways players can connect and communicate with others such as the Friends tree, visiting other Monster’s rooms, and leaving customised Pinboard messages. During development child safety online has been kept at the forefront of the Moshi experience.

The more attention a Monster gets from its owner and their friends, the higher its Monstar status rises. All Monsters start as Z-Listers and can rise through the ranks to become A-List Monstars.

Moshi Monsters is played in the browser and requires no download. The game is free to play, although a subscription feature for premium elements will launch in the future, as well a range of offline products.

Michael Acton Smith, CEO of Mind Candy said, “Playing games and chatting to friends are two of the most popular activities for children online. Moshi Monsters provides these experiences in a safe environment while also helping children learn through the puzzle games and educational elements”