Dizzywood
2.77
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.: Style
Dizzywood is a new type of BBMMO released in November of 2007 for children to play simple games, dress up their character, and quite simply to explore a virtual world. In my opinion the site seems to be based more toward the 10 and under age group, as the site does not keep one’s interest for very long.
The customization of your character seems to be the focal point of the entire site, and the creators of the game have taken great strides in the development of creating a character. You have the option of face shape, skin tones, eyebrows, hairstyle, eye color, eye shape, and also your clothing.
There is also a feature where you can take pictures of your character, if you can find the camera first. The graphics seem to be substandard based on the graphics of other sites with ultimately the same idea, such as Millsberry. .: Plot
With Dizzywood, there really isn’t much of a plot. Granted, there are several small quests such as planting trees, finding lost tools, and capturing bugs, but with all the quests you only win more of the site currency, simply called coins. Coins can be spent on furniture for your Dizzywood Room or and clothing for your character.
This again shows that your character is the only real activity on the site. There is also a story you can read about a unicorn named Moonpebble, though as of now I cannot see its purpose. .: Safety
When first signing up for Dizzywood you are not even given the option of signing up yourself. You go to create an account and then you are told to “Please go get a parent to continue.” Your parent is to make up their child’s username and password, and also specify gender, again, to create your character. After giving this information, you are then asked for your parent’s email address, the verification link is sent, and then you get to play the site. I know this is meant to create a safer environment for Dizzywood, but there is no real way for them to verify who is actually signing up; parent or child.
There is an option during game play that you can report a user, but other than that there is no way to have things taken care of. Dizzywood blocks all numbers posted in the chat to avoid giving out phone numbers and street addresses, and also blocks curse words. But some users still find their way around cursing by simply adding spaces to the words. .: Gameplay
The games on Dizzywood are decent, though they are far from being called “original.”
They have spoofs of many common games such as Hangman, Tetris, and Memory Cards. Though the images are different, they are still the same games as we have all known and loved. Some people may like having the games they know how to play, but personally I think virtual sites need more originality with their games. The amount of tokens given for playing the game is based on your score. .: Community
You can walk around Dizzywood and talk to other users via the real-time chat box. The chat box was rarely used, and the few times it was used were to ask someone’s age and email address. You have to option of blocking users and adding them as buddies.
The only thing on Dizzywood that would seem to be slightly multiplayer is the quest that you must push rocks in order to uncover a missing skull. You are told to have buddies help you with the task, yet myself and another user could not seem to figure the quest out. You can give each other new hairstyles and also take pictures of each other’s character.
3.00
The customization of your character seems to be the focal point of the entire site, and the creators of the game have taken great strides in the development of creating a character. You have the option of face shape, skin tones, eyebrows, hairstyle, eye color, eye shape, and also your clothing.
There is also a feature where you can take pictures of your character, if you can find the camera first. The graphics seem to be substandard based on the graphics of other sites with ultimately the same idea, such as Millsberry. .: Plot
1.00
This again shows that your character is the only real activity on the site. There is also a story you can read about a unicorn named Moonpebble, though as of now I cannot see its purpose. .: Safety
3.00
There is an option during game play that you can report a user, but other than that there is no way to have things taken care of. Dizzywood blocks all numbers posted in the chat to avoid giving out phone numbers and street addresses, and also blocks curse words. But some users still find their way around cursing by simply adding spaces to the words. .: Gameplay
2.00
They have spoofs of many common games such as Hangman, Tetris, and Memory Cards. Though the images are different, they are still the same games as we have all known and loved. Some people may like having the games they know how to play, but personally I think virtual sites need more originality with their games. The amount of tokens given for playing the game is based on your score. .: Community
2.00
The only thing on Dizzywood that would seem to be slightly multiplayer is the quest that you must push rocks in order to uncover a missing skull. You are told to have buddies help you with the task, yet myself and another user could not seem to figure the quest out. You can give each other new hairstyles and also take pictures of each other’s character.
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