:::: Diana Postigo ::::
A World of Animals
(And Fun and games.)
Y ou arrive in a world full of animals. On your
way to the town, you stumble across a party. You
stay at the party for a bit, then head off to go to
the town. Eventually you get to the town. There
are tons of other animals there, talking and
buying things. You set off to find your house. You
finally get there realizing it’s empty. You buy
furniture, chat with friends, play and learn more
about other animals. This is the world of Jamaa, in
the game of Animal Jam.
GETTING STARTED
W hen a player first joins Animal Jam, they have
to go through a tutorial to know how to play the
game. In the tutorial, there’s a pink and purple
bunny called Peck. In the tutorial, Peck, teaches
the player how to use emoticons and change
their animals color. She then gives the player
1,500 gems, (gems are one of Animal Jam’s online
currency.) and leads them into a party for New
Jammers (the username they’re given until the
one that they used in the account creation, is
approved.) (account creation is how they joined
the game.) only. Then, a menu pops up that will
redirect the player to different places.
If the player chooses, “Go to your den!” (where
they live in the game.) a tutorial, starts with peck
again, but she’s in a speech bubble. She teaches
the player how to buy items from Jam Mart
Furniture (where you use gems to buy furniture.)
But while the player is a New Jammer, the shop
has exclusive items that can’t be bought in the
real version. It contains the seasonal tree, mat, sky
wallpaper, pillow and the welcome mat. During
the tutorial, she awards the player 150 gems
twice. If the player chooses, “Play Adventures!”
They are redirected to the tutorial adventure
where they learn how to play them. If the player
chooses “Buy Items!” They are redirected to Jam
Mart Clothing, (where you buy clothing items)
and they can buy what they want except for the
items that have a member ribbon on the icon to
buy them unless they bought a membership for
THE ANIMAL JAM LOGO, AND THE ARCTIC WOLF, AN ANIMAL YOU CAN GET IN-GAME WITH DIAMONDS, THE SECOND IN-GAME
CURRENCY.
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