Digital Pomegranate launches online playground for Armenian kids

PanARMENIAN.Net - Digital Pomegranate, in cooperation with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, released Playland Armenia, the first ever online playground for Armenian kids all around the world.

PlayLand Armenia is a virtual world for children to play, learn and interact with each other in an exciting digital playground.

Children of any language skill, aged 5-10, now have a unique opportunity to explore the world of Armenian language and culture. By becoming members of this large community, they can make friends with Armenian children from the U.S., Canada, Russia, France, Lebanon, South America, Australia, and elsewhere. The App allows children to communicate with each other in their own languages.

Located at Gyumri Technology Center, Digital Pomegranate has endeavored great efforts to ensure the greatest security levels. The children are not allowed to publish any personal information, photos, and the chat function is controlled.

Instead, they are presented as Gadoos – little cats – that have their houses. They can "purchase" clothes, decorate the house, send postcards and invite friends to play together. But they first need to earn coins by playing games and learning Armenian.

The alpha version of Playland Armenia was unveiled to public in October, 2015 during Digitec Expo annual tech event. Then the game won Best 2D Game and Best Design categories at Open Game Championship 2015.

This year the game is available for Mac, Windows computers, Android and iOS tablets.