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A Massively Multiplayer Online Game With a Social MessageThe brainchild of husband and wife team, Wade and Caryn Teman, Herotopia is a massively multiplayer online game where kids learn kindness, good behavior, how to deal with bullies and global responsibility by simply playing this mission-filled game. These lofty goals are met because this is a carefully thought out online world for kids ages 6 to 12.
The game's advisor, Dr. Joel Haber, aka 'The Bully Coach,' even writes a Bully Blog that is featured on the site.In Herotopia, kids enter the world by designing a Superhero avatar. Kids can make their superheroes look like them, or they can design one that is radically different. All the heroes or heroines are kids, and they hide their secret identity by using costumes, capes, and masks. How Kids PlayIn this online community, kids travel the world while carrying out a series of missions.
This online world resembles the real world, and it is filled with other Superheroes who are real kids from around the world. Children can talk to others from inside this virtual world, using a drop down text menu of pre-approved phrases.The missions send kids teleporting around the earth to find clues and solve problems caused by a gang of kids called the Bully Bunch. In one mission, the Bully Bunch is planning a prank to deface the Statue of Liberty by painting the crown. Luckily, the bullies leave clues and riddles for you to find. In this mission, you must deduce where to go from riddles that mention a Forbidden City (to China), a famous art museum (to the Louvre in France), and a statue of Prometheus (to New York City's Rockefeller Center skating rink). Upon arriving in those locations, kids must look carefully to find hidden objects. Both Missions and GamesIn addition to going on missions, kids can also play 25 games and many educational puzzles.
The games vary greatly, but some are platforming puzzle games, while others might involve using your memory or sorting skills. In one, you will sort trash by what is recyclable and what is not.While playing in this world, kids earn coins (Topia Tokens) to purchase cool stuff for their hero or heroine and to customize their personal hideout. They also acquire experience points, which are used to give their hero more superpowers and can unlock cool super-vehicles to ride.
Cleverly, this world ties earning experience points into doing good things like erasing graffiti off a side of a building, turning off a leaking water hydrant, or sending a virtual gift to another player. Analysis Herotopia is a rare find in the crowded kids' online gaming space. It is exciting to play, gorgeous to look at, filled with positive social messages that get internalized because they are baked into the gameplay (i.e., send friends positive messages or pick up garbage to earn points), empowers kids to fight back against the hijinks of bullies and teaches them about the geography of the world they live in.Another well-thought out aspect of this game is that it doesn't try to suck kids into playing for too long.
Kids can only do one mission a day. Each one will take about 20-30 minutes (longer if they stop to play games at each location). It is helpful to parents to have this game regulate the amount of time their children play online.Since a portion of this game can be played for free, families can check out Herotopia to see if it is worth investing $5.95 for a one month All Access Pass, $29.95 for six months or $57.95 for a year.
Right now, kids can play the first 6 missions for free, but the rest require a paid-for All Access Pass. This Pass also gives kids the ability to adopt an endangered orangutan as a pet, and to earn more superpowers and super-vehicles. There are 15 missions as of the date of this writing, but nine more are coming in August and ten in September as Herotopia expands each month. Even if your kids only explore the free version, it will get them thinking about bullying and may provide you with a wealth of conversation-starters on what can be a difficult topic to discuss.
Kids can learn about geography as they chase a group of bullies around the world to thwart their villainous pranks. When arriving in a new country, kids visit famous landmarks, read Fun Facts about the location and the culture of the country, and learn some popular phrases in foreign languages. Additional learning comes from playing mini-games that cover spelling, math, and logic.
Kids are encouraged to do good things for the community, including eco-friendly tasks. By working with others, kids learn to outfox the bullies.
As superheroes, kids outwit bullies, learn geography, and practice good global citizenship. Parents need to know that Herotopia is a browser-based, massively multiplayer online game (MMO) that is kid safe and friendly. Chat is locked down to drop down text only, even for friends.
Kids can sign up and play immediately, but if parents confirm the parental email that is entered at sign up, kids will receive tokens for in-game purchases. The free game provides a ton of content and mini-games that can be enjoyed, but a subscription at $5.95 a month will open up a member's area for play and other premium features like the ability to level up your character and to own a pet. Although not ESRB rated, the game has COPPA Safe Harbor Certification. In Herotopia, kids choose to be a girl, boy, or even a baby.
They then go on daily missions to help one of the Hero characters (in game characters) deal with the trouble-making Bully Bunch. With countless mini-games that range from car racing to spelling bees, there is plenty to do in this colorful online world. Kids get a small amount of tokens each day that they play and tokens are also earned by playing mini-games.
With tokens, they can buy clothing for their characters, items for their house, and gifts to send their friends.Part of the fun of playing in an online world like this one is that it's always changing and evolving as new areas of the world, missions, and games are added to it. The free part of the game still provides large amount of content to play and families can check it out before committing to a membership. Platforms:,. Subjects:: cultural understanding, exploration, geography: arithmetic: reading, spelling. Skills:: developing resilience, empathy, moving beyond obstacles: following codes of conduct, honoring the community, respect for others: decision-making, logic, solving puzzles. Price: Free or $5.95 monthly subscription.
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Topics:. ESRB rating: NR for Not Rated. Last updated: January 12, 2020.