Club Penguin is a snow-covered virtual island where kids can play games and interact in a fun-filled, online playground that’s guided by an unwavering commitment to safety. It contains a range of online games and activities, developed by Club Penguin Entertainment . Using cartoon penguins as avatars, players waddle around, chat, play minigames and participate in other activities with one another in a snow-covered virtual world.

Club Penguin, a member of the Disney Interactive Media Group, provides one of the largest and fastest-growing virtual worlds for children. Club Penguin is free to use and enjoy, however a subscription membership provides access to additional features that enhance the play experience. The Club Penguin virtual world, which contains no third-party advertising, works to provide a fun and safe online experience through the use of filtering and live moderators. Club Penguin is headquartered in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada and maintains operations in Brighton, England, Sydney, Australia and Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Game features

Emoticons
Players can express their feelings with emoticons. There are numerous emoticons, such as a happy face, a sad face, angry, winking, etc. The emoticons appear above the avatar’s head in a speech bubble. There are also secret emoticons that may be unlocked by holding down letters on the keyboard (e.g. holding down E and I produces the igloo emoticon).

Items
Members may use the virtual coins that they collect from playing mini games to purchase various items from a wide variety of shops. Shop types include clothing, wigs, stage costumes, igloos, furniture, and sports. Members and non-members alike may also purchase new colors for their penguins.

Each player has their own penguin card, which is used to manage the player’s inventory. Players may decorate their card by purchasing new backgrounds, clothing and other items. Penguin cards can also be to display “pins” – new examples of which appear within Club Penguin every two weeks. Pins are free, but are hidden throughout the game.

Clothes are worn by penguins, which can either be bought or given out during parties. Only members can buy clothes, but those given out at parties are wearable by all penguins.

Members’ igloos can be upgraded into many different styles. Some igloo styles are themed for parties, such as the Bamboo Hut or Log Cabin. Furniture may be bought for the igloos of subscribed members and can be used to design and decorate an igloo. Flooring for an igloo is also only accessible by subscribed members.

Puffles
Puffles are small, fluffy creatures that players may have as pets. They are available from the Pet Shop in blue, green, pink, black, purple, red, and yellow. Non-members have access to the blue and red puffles only, and may have no more than two; members may adopt up to fourteen puffles. Members whose membership has expired are permitted to retain their puffles.

Puffles have health, rest, and energy bar charts to indicate their status. Puffles which are not “looked after” will run away from the player, and will need to be replaced.

There are seven official breeds of puffles, each with a different personality:

* Blue Puffles are known to be mild-tempered and content.
* Green Puffles are very energetic and playful, and “like to clown around”.
* Purple Puffles are dancers, and are described as being “usually happy”, but are finicky eaters.
* Red Puffles are known to be adventurous and enthusiastic.
* Pink Puffles are very active and cheery, and like to exercise.
* Black Puffles are described as possessing a strong and silent disposition.
* Yellow Puffles were added in November 2007. They are depicted as both artistic and spontaneous.
* White puffles arent official, there are rumors of it, at the ski hill (in the puflle party), it appears every 15 minutes in some bushes, and at the dojo courtyard every 30 minutes at some bushes.