Developer(s) Joe and Miranda Durbin Mode Single-player video game | Initial release date May 2007 Platform Adobe Flash Player | |
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Genre Massively multiplayer online role-playing game Similar Howrse, Webosaurs, Herotopia, Horseland, Monkey Quest | ||
Horse Isle is a browser-based MMORPG first released in 2007. The game is developed and published independently by Joe and Miranda Durbin. In May 2010, a second version of the game was released with completely different gameplay and graphics: Horse Isle: Legend of the Esrohs.
Horse Isle is set in a fictional world that centers on horses. The focus is on individual player's capture and care of horses, mini games, arena competitions and the dozens of horse breeds the game offers. The game is geared to include gamers of all ages so it has parental filters in place. In 2010, the game had a player base of around 10,000. One of the biggest features of the game is that it is completely browser based, but is a fully graphical online RPG. The artwork in Horse Isle has a 2D style with hand drawn images.
The Horse Isle series uses educational elements involved in progressing through the games. These focus around reading comprehension, spelling, mathematics, science, and problem solving.
Life Cycle
Horse Isle also introduced a new version of Legend of the Esrohs called Life Cycle in 2012. The game has the same virtual world but the focus is now on breeding. In Life Cycle your horses can age, breed and die. This is the only difference between the two servers.