FunOrb
FunOrb logo
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Type of site
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Internet games |
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| Available in | English, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese |
| Owner | Jagex |
| Created by | Jagex |
| Slogan(s) | The best in free online games |
| Website | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional (compulsory for multi-player games) |
| Launched | 27 February 2008 |
| Current status | Online |
FunOrb is a casual gaming site created by Jagex. Launched on 27 February 2008, it was the company's first major release after their successful MMORPG, RuneScape. All of the games are programmed in Java.
Jagex has announced that this site is targeted towards the "hard casual", "deep casual" or "time-pressured" gamer market and that it intends to expand into the mobile phone games market. On 3 December 2009, Jagex released its first mobile phone game, Bouncedown, for the iPhone and iPod touch, followed by StarCannon on 15 April 2010, Miner Disturbance on 8 June 2010, and Undercroft on 16 September 2010.
FunOrb offers single-player and multiplayer games. Multiplayer games allow players to communicate with each other through a public lobby, game chat, which can be used while playing in a game, or through private chat, which can be used to talk to people on RuneScape, and vice versa. In all current multiplayer games, players receive a separate rating for each game, which symbolises their experience with the games and can rise or fall based on their rated game performance. In all current multiplayer games, with the exception of the persistent-world game, Dungeon Assault, players may play "rated" games, which finds random opponents and adjusts their rating based on their performance, or they can play unrated games with people of their choice, which have no effect on their rating.
The site includes an achievement system which gives awards for completing challenges in single-player and multiplayer games. These include "Orb Coins", which players are able to spend on a variety of game content including desktop wallpapers, music, icons, and more. Also awarded are "Orb Points", which can be compared to those of other players. The site has been launched in English, German, French and Brazilian Portuguese, with more languages planned.
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