Rebel Monkey (the company that created CampFu) unveiled our multiplayer gaming platform today. It’s called Monkey Wrench, and it’s the engine that makes all of the CampFu games run. If you want to know more, check out our press release below. You can also read all about it at VentureBeat and Gamasutra.
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REBEL MONKEY™ ENABLING FUN THROUGH CASUAL, REAL-TIME MULTIPLAYER GAMING PLATFORM
Monkey Wrench Gaming Platform Provides Unprecedented Levels of Interactivity for “CampFu™” – Rebel Monkey’s Premiere Casual MMO
NEW YORK – March 17, 2009 – Rebel Monkey, a New York City entertainment company focused on the convergence of games and social media, today announced the unveiling of its Monkey Wrench real-time multiplayer gaming platform. The Monkey Wrench platform delivers unprecedented levels of real-time interactivity for casual gamers as well as persistent in-game and in-world avatars, badges and achievements, and a robust virtual goods management system.
Unlike most multiplayer platforms that only offer asynchronous or head-to-head competitive play, Monkey Wrench provides additional levels of gameplay interaction, including the unique ability to allow players to form teams and engage together in real-time co-op games. Co-op games also form the foundation for Rebel Monkey’s premier virtual world, CampFu – a browser-based Casual Massively Multiplayer Online (Casual MMO) community powered by the Monkey Wrench platform.
In CampFu’s free-to-play environment, co-op games drive players to form natural teams, fostering deeper engagement and providing greater opportunities for monetization through the sale of virtual goods. Co-op gameplay emphasizes group as well as individual achievement. The recent success of games such as Rock Band points to their popularity. The initial co-op game offerings to be played on CampFu include FunGeez, WordMob, Critter Smackdown and Veg-Out.
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