their account. This is why some people buy
memberships for their accounts.
New Jammers (the player) can only buy
nonmember items unless they bought a
membership for their account. So when the
player still has the username of New Jammer, Jam
Mart Furniture will have some items, that aren’t
sold there anymore such as the seasonal tree.
INTERACTIONS
O ne of the important things in Animal Jam is
chat. In fact, it is the most important because it’s
t h e i n t e r a c t i o n e v e r y p l ay e r u s e s t o
communicate. There are different types of chat
such as Bubble chat, Restricted chat, and Safe
chat. However, to be able to access these types of
chat you have to go into your parent dashboard.
Here are the different types of chat. Restricted
Bubble Chat is a chat option for Animal Jam
accounts where the player in-game can only chat
using pre-approved phrases and they can only see
what other people using Bubble Chat say. Bubble
Chat is another chat option for Animal Jam
accounts. In- game, the player cannot type in their
own messages but they have to pick from a list.
Restricted chat is another chat option for an
Animal Jam account but in-game the player can
type only words from a limited dictionary hand-
picked by workers that work at AJHQ. Safe chat
is another chat option for players, however, you
have to be a member (a person who pays
membership for their account in order to get
more access to the game.) to get it. In this chat,
players can freely type words and phrases to
others but are run through a safety filter first.
There are other things in-game involved with
chat, such as being allowed to request words for
people with restricted chat to say, However,
there’s also other stuff such as requesting new
flags to be put in the flag shop (a shop for in-
game where you get to buy flags for your den,
since their den items, items that you can put into
your den.) or asking questions that might be put
into videos by animal experts at National
Geographic.
BUBBLE CHAT AND A SUSPENSION SCREEN.
There are punishments for trying to use chat
inappropriately such as swearing. The punishment
for that is a suspension from the game for a few
days, and the player can’t log into their account
until their unsuspended. If a player gives out
personal information, or tries to they get a
warning but they can still continue to play the
game. If the persist with trying to give out
personal information, they will be suspended for
a few days. In-game if a player blocks another
player, the player can’t see what that player is
saying, but can see their emotes (another form of
chat.) unless they unblock them.
GAMES
O ne of the main thing people do in animal Jam
is play Minigames. (minigames are in-game games
in Animal Jam.) They do this in order to get gems
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