KadoKado
Creator: Motion Twin
Subscription Scheme: Free to play; player can pay for additional tokens
Interaction Emphasis: Indirect Player vs Player (scoreboard competition)
Basis: Browser based
KadoKado is a casual MMO created by Motion Twin which is very peculiar. You see, most MMOs are just one game. KadoKado is an MMO based on the whole premise of having many minigames available to play. You compete with other people online to get the highest score in each game. So, in a sense, it's more like a global arcade than a normal MMO.
You sign up with the usual credentials, and are taken to a screen that will pretty much be blank and say something along the lines of "start earning stars now". As of the time of this writing, there are over 60 minigames on the KadoKado website, which means that you'll eventually find the ones that are best for you. Each time you play a game (except the very first time you play a certain game; called a test run) you have to pay one Token. You get 4 free Green Tokens daily, and can pay cash for a number of Orange Tokens. Green Tokens must be used on the day you get them or they vanish, while Orange Tokens can be stockpiled for as long as you wish, to be used at your convenience.
You get Kado Points (KadoKado's official currency) by completing certain milestones in each game and by completing special contracts. The contracts themselves are given to you after you click to start a game, but before the game itself starts, and are formatted like so: xxxx - yP where the series of x equals the score you must achieve to complete the contract and the y equals the amount of
Kado Points awarded for said completion. Both values are random, and you may see exceedingly low scores tied to a juicy Kado Point reward, but you may also see a horridly high score tied to a pathetic reward. For this reason, the most effective way to make Kado Points is to complete the aforementioned milestones.
Every two weeks marks the beginning of a new game period. At the end of each period, the servers are brought down to award players for their completed milestones. During each period, if you can meet certain score requirements (these change each period based on the score of the best players and also are different for each game), you are awarded a Star. Green Stars are easiest to get, but only give you 10 Points. Orange Stars are harder to get, but net you 50 Points. Red Stars are the pinnacle of excellence, and are really hard to obtain, but net you a juicy 100 Kado Points. So, you need to find the games you're good at and maximize your Point gains by getting the best stars.
There is also a separate milestone for promotion. There are several ranks (these ranks are the same for all games), and you start at the lowest one. By meeting the score milestone for promotion, you qualify to move up to the next rank for that game...provided enough other players can't top your score. If they do, you need to increase your score or you won't qualify to advance in that period. Even if that happens though, you shouldn't worry since you can't be demoted. Once you reach a certain rank in a game, it's yours forever. :)
This is pretty much all I can write as a general overview. To start talking about each minigame would be deserving of its own article. So, until the next time, take care and have fun!
- Winterfate
July 12, 2009
Subscription Scheme: Free to play; player can pay for additional tokens
Interaction Emphasis: Indirect Player vs Player (scoreboard competition)
Basis: Browser based
KadoKado is a casual MMO created by Motion Twin which is very peculiar. You see, most MMOs are just one game. KadoKado is an MMO based on the whole premise of having many minigames available to play. You compete with other people online to get the highest score in each game. So, in a sense, it's more like a global arcade than a normal MMO.
You sign up with the usual credentials, and are taken to a screen that will pretty much be blank and say something along the lines of "start earning stars now". As of the time of this writing, there are over 60 minigames on the KadoKado website, which means that you'll eventually find the ones that are best for you. Each time you play a game (except the very first time you play a certain game; called a test run) you have to pay one Token. You get 4 free Green Tokens daily, and can pay cash for a number of Orange Tokens. Green Tokens must be used on the day you get them or they vanish, while Orange Tokens can be stockpiled for as long as you wish, to be used at your convenience.
You get Kado Points (KadoKado's official currency) by completing certain milestones in each game and by completing special contracts. The contracts themselves are given to you after you click to start a game, but before the game itself starts, and are formatted like so: xxxx - yP where the series of x equals the score you must achieve to complete the contract and the y equals the amount of
Every two weeks marks the beginning of a new game period. At the end of each period, the servers are brought down to award players for their completed milestones. During each period, if you can meet certain score requirements (these change each period based on the score of the best players and also are different for each game), you are awarded a Star. Green Stars are easiest to get, but only give you 10 Points. Orange Stars are harder to get, but net you 50 Points. Red Stars are the pinnacle of excellence, and are really hard to obtain, but net you a juicy 100 Kado Points. So, you need to find the games you're good at and maximize your Point gains by getting the best stars.
There is also a separate milestone for promotion. There are several ranks (these ranks are the same for all games), and you start at the lowest one. By meeting the score milestone for promotion, you qualify to move up to the next rank for that game...provided enough other players can't top your score. If they do, you need to increase your score or you won't qualify to advance in that period. Even if that happens though, you shouldn't worry since you can't be demoted. Once you reach a certain rank in a game, it's yours forever. :)
This is pretty much all I can write as a general overview. To start talking about each minigame would be deserving of its own article. So, until the next time, take care and have fun!
- Winterfate
July 12, 2009
Tags & Keywords : KadoKado, Motion Twin, MMO, casual, minigames, videogames