User:Albinosauen/Hundeparken

Hundeparken is an online chat-game for teens from the age of 13 and older. Most of the users that plays daily are 15 years and older. Hundeparken 2 opened in 2009 and was closed in 2020. The game is run by volunteers and committed users of the park, and owned by Iria, Ellie and Køter K.

Hundeparken 2 closed 16th May 2020. Hundeparken 3 was released Friday 13th November 2020.

Hundeparken
Basically, the game is about having your own little pixel dog who can chat online with friends, collect karmapoints, learn special traits, collect bones (Hundeparken's currency) from digging or minigames and participate in competitions in the game or on Instagram/discord. The contests are arranged by admins/moderators, Festkomiteen and sometimes by users of the park.

Hundeparken is active on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Rank
To rank up, you have to answer questions correctly at Visdomsberget (the mountain of wisdom), which works as a quiz. One right answer gives levelpoints. It costs 15 karmapoints to visit Visdomsberget, and you can collect up to 50 karmapoints every day.

When you rank up, you get more abilities to use in the park such as swimming.

Earlier versions
Hundeparken was an online-game in Norway that was closed January 2011, Sweden (closed 20th January 2008) and Denmark (closed 14th December 2012). The game was developed by the Danish company shockwaved.

Hundeparken was given to the users, and was no longer ran by NRK and DR. Hundeparken moved to a new server in Paris 14th December 2012.

In 2004 Hundeparken won a european prize, Prix Italia, in the 56th international competition for radio-, TV- and webproductions in the Sicilian city Catania. DR Ung received the prize for Hundeparken in the category «digital communication» and was praised for «it's good example, and for how the full potetial of digital media is being used when the youth play, explore and experiment with social interaction.»

Moderators
The moderators in the park are there to make sure that the rules are followed. They can punish users that do not follow the rules. The punishments are usually that the dog gets impaled (spiddet) or banned. The duration of the ban is up to the moderator, and depends on how serious the violation is.

The moderators have some characteristics that make them easy to recognize. They have a beta color, which lights up the shadow of the dog, so that they are easier to spot. They also have a moderator hat and an icon near their rank.

Administrators
The administrators (admin) were previously employed by the community that owned Hundeparken (run by volunteers). The administrators now own the park, and are no longer employed by a «higher board».