Top 10 Fascinating Insights About the Game You Should Know
- 29 October 2023
Purble Place is an educational video game developed by Oberon Games and released in 2006. It is aimed at children aged three to six and consists of three mini-games. The game has become extremely popular among children and adults alike due to its fun, easy-to-learn format and the fact that it can be played both solo and against other players. Here are 10 interesting facts about Purble Place:
- Purble Place was developed by Oberon Games, a company founded in 2002 that also produced games such as Diner Dash, Big Kahuna Reef, and Luxor.
- The game was released for Windows Vista in 2006 as part of the Windows Vista "Fun Pack" series of free games, which also included Chess Titans, Mahjong Titans, and InkBall.
- Purble Place consists of three mini-games – Comfy Cakes (a cake baking game), Purble Pairs (a matching game) and Purble Shop (a clothes-designing game).
- The characters in the game are called Purbles – they have big eyes, and small noses and wear blue cloaks with hoods.
- Purble Place was designed to help children improve their cognitive abilities, such as memory recall, logical thinking, problem-solving skills, and pattern recognition skills.
- In 2010, a sequel called Purble Place 2 was released for Windows 7, which included additional mini-games such as Purble Stairs (a staircase building game) and Purble Race (a racing car game).
- For the first time ever on a Windows operating system, players were able to save their progress after completing each mini-game so they could continue playing at a later date or pick up where they left off if interrupted during playtime.
- A mobile version of the original Purple Place was released for Android phones in 2017 with enhanced graphics and improved gameplay mechanics compared to the original version on PC/Mac computers from 2006 onwards.
- An Xbox 360 port of the original Purple Place was also released as part of the Xbox Live Arcade platform in 2011, which allowed players to compete against each other online or offline using different avatar characters from Microsoft's Avatars creation toolset on Xbox Live Arcade Marketplace.
- There is even a web browser version of the original PC/Mac version available on websites such as GameHouse, where you can play without needing to download any software onto your computer or device!