Areae
- The word 'areae' is also the Latin plural of 'area'.
Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Video Games |
Founded | San Diego (2006) |
Headquarters | San Diego, California |
Key people | Raph Koster, John Donham |
Products | Metaplace |
Parent | Playdom |
Website | www.metaplace.com |
Areae is an American computer technology corporation located in San Diego, California, that was established in July 2006 by Raph Koster. Areae has been officially changed to Metaplace, Inc. to avoid confusion. Funded by Charles River Ventures and Crescendo Ventures, Areae develops the Metaplace software platform that democratizes the development of virtual worlds.[1]
History
In January 2010, the company pivoted towards using its virtual worlds platform to build social games on Facebook. It released two successful games on Facebook using its platform, Island Life and My Vineyard, after which the company was acquired by Playdom.[2]
References
External links
- Metaplace (official website)
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Multi-user dungeons (MUDs)
codebases, libraries
terminology
- Alternate character
- Avatar
- Bartle taxonomy of player types
- Cybersex
- God
- Griefer
- Grinding
- Hack and slash
- Healer
- Immortal
- Kill stealing
- Loot
- Mob, Monster
- Non-player character
- Online wedding
- Persistent world
- Player character
- Player versus environment
- Player versus player, Playerkilling
- Quest
- Spawning
- Tank
- Twinking
- Virtual goods
- Video game bot
- Wizard
- Zone, Area
- Designing Virtual Worlds
- "A Rape in Cyberspace"
- Terra Nova
organizations
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