Frenzoo. Games with Style.

Getting ready to battle...

Exciting times, this Wednesday is our public unveiling of our first mobile game, the first in a series of 3d fashion & lifestyle apps we'll be bringing to market over coming months.

We'll be participating in the "Battle of the Apps 2" event, held in Bisous in LKF, Hong Kong.  Each startup has 8 minutes to present their app, the winner is chosen by the crowd and with over 10 entrants the competition is bound to be intense.  

We'll be showing our game as well as the awesome feedback we're getting through our beta.

If you're in Hong Kong, come join us: registration is here

Mobile addiction problem, anyone?

Device to people ratio disturbingly high at Frenzoo HQ...

Banging the gong!

Quite literally:

 

Banging the gong for our first $USD 99.99 user payments received on our new mobile game beta.

Next objective: make lots of noise and often :)

Demo of new mobile games at GDC China

To industry friends,

Frenzoo will be at GDC China in Shanghai demonstrating its two unannounced mobile games (now in beta on Android and iOS)

• A pioneering 3d style game
• A beautiful 3d dress up app

Screenshot:

For a private demo contact:

Simon Newstead
mobile@frenzoo.com
Skype simon-hk
Twitter simonhk
Phone: +852 6277 1812

Internet Outage Resolved

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Best regards,

Frenzoo Team

Alpha Testers Needed for Upcoming Game

 

We are at it again! Our engineers are in the middle of developing a new feature for Frenzoo.

I can't tell you much about it, as it is a top secret project -- sort of. I can tell you that it will be our first ever social gaming system. Yep, an actual game on Frenzoo, made by Frenzoo.

Exciting, isn't it?

We are going to launch the project for testing at the end of next week. We will need alpha testers to help give us feedback and catch any bugs lingering around.

Right now we are asking for 10 alpha testers for the initial test launch. That means 10 lucky people will have a glimpse into this new and exciting upcoming feature.

So far, 4 of our Frenzoo members have volunteered to help out. 6 slots are left. Interested?

Here are the requirements for volunteering:

-Be able to log on for a few minutes daily for 3-4 days starting at the end of next week
-Have experience playing games like FarmVille, Happy Aquarium, Zoo World, Petville, or similar games
-Be able to give great feedback and input
-Be a Frenzoo member for at least 1 month

Still interested? You can volunteer here.

New Updates - Notification System

We launched our new Notification system last week and the reviews are in!

If you haven't heard about the new notification system, here are the details:

You can find the new notification on the lower right hand corner of your window:



Click on the highlighted icon to see the notifications:



You will receive a notification when:

1. Someone posts on your profile wall
2. Someone posts on your club wall
3. Someone posts on your shop item wall
4. Someone posts on your item template wall (i.e. templates in the create tool)
5. Someone comments on your contest wall
6. You wins a contest
7. Someone wins your contest
8. Someone buys your shop item
9. Someone adds you as a friend

So far the feedback is really good, but we are always hoping for new ways to improve. Check out the new notification system and let us know what you think here.

Easter Updates

Hello world!

If you've been keeping up in the forums, you may have noticed a lot of news updates popping up lately. If not, well that's why we have a blog!

A lot has been going on for the last two weeks. Here's a summary of the new features we have added.

1.) Change Names

You asked for it and here it is! You can finally change your Frenzoo username, in case you are bored with the one you have already.




2.) Novice Badge

Have you noticed the "novice" badge and name before some users name? What about users who have frames around their profile picture on the meet people page?

It's easy to remove the novice name and get your own picture frame. You can read here for more information.

3.) Advertisements

It's time to pay those pesky electricity bills! We added advertisements to different parts of the site to help build up our revenue. Don't like the ads? Check out how to remove them here.

4.) Easter Specials

Yep! Easter is right around the corner. In honor of Easter, we have a few Easter specials available. Just keep an eye out in the Shop and Gold Coins pages for hidden eggs and packages.

5.) Broadcasting

Our newest feature! You can now broadcast your thoughts to the Frenzoo world! Be sure to try it out!

Phew, that's a lot of updates, and there's more to come. Keep an eye out for future updates!

And please let us know what you think of the new features!

Avatar Style On The Go - Frenzoo shares Mobile and HTML 5 direction

 Coming support will let users enjoy Frenzoo on iPhone, iPad, Android and other devices.

 
HONG KONG, April 8, 2011 - Today, Frenzoo, the web 3D style experience announces plans for "Avatar Style on the Go".  "If you look at our users whether girls, teens and adults, mobile is a big part of their life." said CEO and Co-Founder Simon Newstead. "It's makes a lot of sense to take our web service beyond Windows and OSX and out to mobile platforms."

In the short run, Frenzoo will leverage its existing 3D engine, Unity as the core for native iOS and Android apps. And with Unity to support the coming Flash “Molehill” release, this enables another option for Android and other flash capable mobile browsers.  Longer term, Frenzoo views HTML5 and WebGL as essential for growth and unification, and is tracking of the evolution of specifications and platform implementations.  

1) Native iOS and Android apps

Frenzoo.com uses the Unity 3D engine, which already supports native hardware acceleration on iOS and Android.  As a leading 3D engine on those platforms, it is a straightforward project to port a native Frenzoo app.  With a streamlined interface and feature set, this would serve both as an "on-the-go" extension for Frenzoo web users as well as a standalone offering for new users.

2) Native Flash support

Later this year, Adobe will release its Flash Player with 3D acceleration support ("Molehill"). With the Unity feature to export to Flash announced and now in development, it means Frenzoo.com can run in browsers that support Flash.  For web users, this means no additional plugin to download, and will enable a mobile “full web” experience for platforms such as Android. We look forward to see increasing support for accelerated 3d in Flash on mobile hardware.

3) HTML5 - WebGL support

WebGL as part of the HTML5 set of specifications shows great promise to unify the experience across multiple platforms.  Frenzoo has been designed in a modular, abstracted manner that allows new 3D technologies to be integrated. Whilst not all modern browsers today support WebGL, we believe in the future they will, and we will be ready for that by integrating a WebGL 3d layer and also migrating all the user interface over to HTML5.

The first phase of mobile support will begin in Q3 of this year.

About Frenzoo

In development since 2008, Frenzoo Ltd. (www.frenzoo.com), is the first browser-based 3d style experience with user generated content.  The destination allows users to create an avatar, meet people and virtual chat in animated 3d scenes, express their style and create fashion and content and play, all in their Internet browser.

Press Contacts

Simon Newstead, Co-Founder & CEO
Email: simon@frenzoo.com
Skype: simon-hk

New Premium Option: Larger HTML Box

The F-Team has been working so hard that we already have a new feature to announce!

Drum roll pleeeease....

Introducing a new premium option to upgrade to a larger HTML box.

You can finally fit all of your pictures, videos, backgrounds, and give your profile page that extra awesome factor.

BAM! Kick it up a notch!

 

If you want to see the HTML box live and in action, check out Simon Frenzoo's profile.

How do you upgrade your HTML box?

It's pretty easy.  First you need 250 gold coins for the upgrade. Then, just go to your Account & Settings page and click on upgrade. But remember, you can't revert back to the old HTML box. If you decide to upgrade, it's a permanent change. If you prefer your HTML box as it is now, it's better to keep it that way.

 

Loving this new premium option? Not so happy with it? We always love to hear your feedback. Tell us about it here.