Avatars let you create an online identity using customized digital characters.
The Web offers unlimited access to virtual games where you can create and dress up an avatar. Avatars offer a moderately safe way to generate an online identity that you can use to interact with others and express your personality. There are a variety of avatar-based games geared towards different ages and interests. Avatars are a staple feature of online virtual worlds, which provide a convenient environment to socialize with people from across the globe while engaging in a range of entertaining activities, including puzzles and quests.
Dizzywood
"Dizzywood" is a free Internet game designed for ages 8 to 12. Creating an avatar is one of the first steps in joining the "Dizzywood" community, but users go on to play imaginative games that encourage exploration and learning. Players have their characters go off on magical adventures with their friends, participating in mental challenges, gaining super powers, interacting with mythical creatures and working together to defeat villains. "Dizzywood" also incorporates activities for other interests, such as sports and cooking. For children who enjoy caring for virtual pets, the website offers opportunities to free trapped critters and keep them as pets.
Meez
"Meez" is a social gaming world that targets teen interests. "Meez" avatars are equipped with trendy clothes and funny animations, and can be transferred to other participating social sites and mobile devices. Players are assigned to neighborhoods where they can design a personal room or chat and share media with other players in public spaces. Forums and viewable home pages add a social networking aspect to the site, while games and contests offer users opportunities to gain "Meez" coins. Special items and privileges including pets and super powers are reserved for VIP (paying) members, but most features of the website are free.
IMVU
"IMVU" is a popular 3-dimensional world for teens and adults. It is known for its extensive options for designing and outfitting avatars, which users can modify with new items at any time. After downloading the interface, you can create your own space from a range of furniture choices, engage in 3D chat with other players or visit other spaces throughout this virtual world. "IMVU" is especially beneficial for budding fashionistas and clothing designers; a significant portion of the fashions on the website are designed and sold by users.
SmallWorlds
"SmallWorlds" is a free browser game for ages 13 and up. Players create avatars that combine standard clothing and accessories with fantasy and science fiction-inspired items, including wings, jet packs and flying carpets. Every user is given a free home space that can be decorated with furniture from the website's various themed shops. Each account can accommodate up to five avatars that users can design differently with and give individual names to. A unique feature of the site is its player-created missions, a series of tasks accompanied by a storyline and puzzles. Players can also participate in magic battles, watch videos and listen to music on special widgets or visit public hangouts to chat and make friends.
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