^ Interview with Panfu co-founder Kay Kühne.In 2013, a lifetime Gold Panda-offer was made, which was originally intended to be limited only to the spring of that year, but instead ended up remaining until the game was closed. "Gold Panda" gave players the opportunity to decorate their treehouse, purchase clothes, adopt a pet and visit the "Underwater School". Some features in Panfu required players to purchase a membership known as "Gold Panda" in order to be used. Players could tell which pandas were sheriffs by the star-badge they had on their profiles. This worked only a few times, after which the sheriffs had to bring another sheriff or a moderator to help. They could mute other players for 30 minutes or freeze them, so they could not do anything for a minute. In July 2009, the first Panda sheriffs were introduced to help the moderators keep Panfu safe. It allowed the child to select chats from a menu of premade greetings, questions, phrases, feelings, and options for action. Parents could also opt-in to allow their child to only see the high security-chat. The chat was also under strict observation by moderators, who acted as safeguarders for players on the site. A word filter prevented verbal attacks and warned players when they didn't follow the rules. The chat was closed from 3 AM to 8 AM on weekdays, and from 8 PM to 11 AM on weekends. Security in Panfu Īccording to the creators, security was the biggest priority in Panfu. Instead of shutting Panfu down completely, the creators decided to let the game remain open until the domain expired, and thus never properly announced that they were closing. In January 2015 Goodbeans filed for bankruptcy, after Panfu had not been updated since December 2014. The last team-members were laid off in December 2014, and in February 2015 there were only two employees left. With the new focus on mobile-only, their focus slowly drifted away from Panfu. In April 2012, Young Internet was renamed to Goodbeans and shifted their focus to mobile gaming. The number of users eventually grew to over 15 million, and the game was translated into 12 different languages. The servers were taken offline in November 2016 after Goodbeans GmbH filed for bankruptcy in 2015. Panfu was made available to the general public on Decem– after a beta testing-phase which lasted a month. According to the creators, about 15,000 players registered daily on the German Panfu. Players were able to complete quests, play mini-games and chat with other pandas. Panfu was a massively multiplayer online game for children aged between 6 and 14, involving a virtual world where players could create their own panda and explore the island of Panfu. Merge & Decor Slice Them All! 3D Holeminator Fish Story 2 Bottle Flip Bubble Shooter Free 2 Protect My Dog 2 Wood Block Tap Away My Craft: Craft Adventure Jungle Jewels Connect Football 3D Bubble Shooter Online Uphill Rush 12 Cat Runner Stack Colors Alien The Way Of Love Revolution OffRoad Solitaire 15in1 Collection For Honor Warriors io Hidden Magic OG Rainbow But Its Alphabet Lore Candy Match 3 Slap and Run Butterfly Shimai Valentines Matching Outfits Mahjong Kitchen Bubbles & Hungry Dragon Mob Control Instadiva Kylie Dress Up Dig This World Puzzle Noob vs Pro Stick War Burnin Rubber Multiplayer Slice It All Mahjong 3D Candy Super Droid Adventure Color Tunnel FM Spin Master Unload the Fridge Emilys Home Sweet Home Bounce and Collect Doc Darling Bone Surgery Toy Match 2 Unblock Cube 3D Solitaire Mahjong Juicy Death Race Monster Arena Dream Life Pyramid Solitaire Blue Beaver's Block Color Road Skydom Reforged Real Football Challenge Uphill Rush 11 Mahjong 3D Connect Count Speed 3D Cookie Crush Christmas 2 Car Parking City Duel Slope Ball Ludibubbles The Smurfs: Cooking Break Many Bricks Archery Freecell Solitaire Blue Doc Darling Santa Surgery Kitchen Bazar Cook and Match: Sara's Adventure World Cup Fever Bubble Shooter Arcade 2 Yummy Candy Factory SmileyWorld Match Vortex 9 Gold Tower Defense Instadiva Nikki Dress up Tutorial Football Brawl Solitaire Mahjong Farm Paper Flight Paddington Ocean Bubble Shooter Pirates Path of the Buccaneer Tom Clancy's Shootout Dynamons 4 Bubble Shooter Pop It Now! TicToc Catwalk Fashion Dog Puzzle Story 2 Racing Horizon Black Friday Mahjong Monopoly Poker Penalty Champs 22 New Daily Sudoku Goalkeeper Wiz TicToc Paris Fashion Traffic Tour Geometry Jump Fairyland Merge & Magic Tallman Run Idle Miner Space Rush Bubble Shooter Soccer 2 Hidden Objects: Brain Teaser Siberian Strike TicToc Nightlife Fashion Vex 7 Pool Party 2 State.Panfu Website at the Wayback Machine (archived October 29, 2016)
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