<s>
Furcadia	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
MMOSG/MMORPG	O
or	O
graphical	O
MUD	B-Application
,	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
fantasy	B-Application
world	O
inhabited	O
by	O
magical	O
creatures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furcadia	B-Protocol
hosts	O
a	O
large	O
volunteer	O
program	O
called	O
the	O
Beekin	O
Helpers	O
,	O
allowing	O
players	O
to	O
help	O
with	O
community	O
moderation	O
,	O
welcoming	O
new	O
players	O
,	O
handling	O
in-game	B-Application
technical	B-General_Concept
support	I-General_Concept
,	O
running	O
in	O
game	O
events	O
,	O
creating	O
art	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
,	O
accessing	O
and	O
updating	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
website	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
bug	B-Error_Name
hunting	I-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furcadia	B-Protocol
holds	O
the	O
Guinness	O
World	O
Records	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
longest	O
continuously	O
running	O
social	O
MMORPG	O
and	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
games	O
to	O
heavily	O
encourage	O
modding	O
and	O
let	O
users	O
build	O
virtual	B-Application
worlds	I-Application
for	O
themselves	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
freemium	O
online	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
was	O
reported	O
as	O
having	O
over	O
60,000	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
character	O
,	O
or	O
avatar	B-Application
on	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
can	O
be	O
set	O
to	O
one	O
of	O
11	O
free	O
species	O
,	O
including	O
both	O
humans	O
,	O
insects	O
,	O
and	O
anthropomorphic	O
animals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
can	O
customize	O
their	O
avatars	B-Application
by	O
choosing	O
colors	O
from	O
a	O
palette	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
default	O
portraits	O
for	O
each	O
avatar	B-Application
,	O
however	O
,	O
players	O
may	O
upload	O
a	O
95x95	O
custom	O
portrait	O
for	O
a	O
small	O
fee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
22	O
Custom	O
avatars	B-Application
(	O
non-gendered	O
)	O
may	O
be	O
added	O
and	O
used	O
inside	O
private	O
dreams	O
,	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
players	O
choose	O
to	O
link	O
to	O
third-party	O
websites	O
to	O
extend	O
their	O
descriptions	O
beyond	O
the	O
character-limit	O
the	O
standard	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
description	O
allows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
focus	O
of	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
is	O
user-generated	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
this	O
end	O
,	O
the	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
game	O
download	O
includes	O
an	O
art	O
editor	O
,	O
a	O
map	O
creating	O
program	O
,	O
a	O
skin	B-Application
editor	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
script	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
are	O
encouraged	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
virtual	B-Application
worlds	I-Application
,	O
called	O
Dreams	O
,	O
using	O
these	O
free	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
worlds	O
can	O
be	O
uploaded	O
to	O
the	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
server	O
for	O
free	O
and	O
used	O
for	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
purposes	O
,	O
examples	O
being	O
text	O
based	O
role	B-Application
playing	I-Application
,	O
a	O
place	O
to	O
hang	O
out	O
with	O
friends	O
,	O
or	O
playing	O
multiplayer	B-Application
games	O
and	O
quests	O
with	O
other	O
users	O
,	O
etc	O
..	O
Dreams	O
remain	O
open	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
area	O
in	O
which	O
they	O
are	O
uploaded	O
,	O
so	O
long	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
inhabited	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
if	O
unoccupied	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
eventually	O
unloaded	O
automatically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furcadia	B-Protocol
hosts	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
roleplaying	O
dreams	O
,	O
ranging	O
from	O
strict-continuity	O
roleplay	O
(	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
dream	O
is	O
its	O
own	O
independent	O
world	O
)	O
to	O
persona	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
dreams	O
revolve	O
around	O
fantasy	B-Application
plots	O
and	O
themes	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
popular	O
books	O
,	O
television	O
programs	O
,	O
ancient	O
mythology	O
,	O
or	O
original	O
creations	O
of	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furcadia	B-Protocol
itself	O
is	O
basically	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
several	O
dreams	O
,	O
the	O
ones	O
made	O
by	O
its	O
users	O
and	O
the	O
main	O
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Almost	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
6,000	O
+	O
default	O
art	O
files	O
shown	O
in	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
can	O
be	O
patched	O
over	O
and	O
displayed	O
in	O
a	O
Dream	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
skin	B-Application
,	O
buttons	O
,	O
avatars	B-Application
,	O
items	O
,	O
walls	O
,	O
effects	O
,	O
lighting	O
,	O
ambience	O
,	O
portals	O
,	O
and	O
floors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dreams	O
can	O
also	O
include	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
audio	O
files	O
in	O
the	O
WMA	B-Application
,	O
Ogg	O
,	O
MOD	O
,	O
S3M	O
,	O
WAV	O
and	O
MIDI	O
(	O
.mid	O
)	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DragonSpeak	O
commands	O
may	O
be	O
triggered	B-Application
by	O
in-game	B-Application
actions	O
or	O
by	O
custom	O
buttons	O
displayed	O
over	O
the	O
game	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
custom	O
scripting	O
tools	O
include	O
PhoenixSpeak	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
store	O
information	O
to	O
a	O
permanent	O
database	B-Application
,	O
and	O
an	O
animation	O
scripting	O
language	O
called	O
KitterSpeak	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
scripting	O
languages	O
enable	O
players	O
to	O
script	O
actions	O
ranging	O
from	O
the	O
simple	O
,	O
like	O
opening	O
a	O
door	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
more	O
complex	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
complete	O
game	O
of	O
chess	B-Application
or	O
laser-tag	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dream	O
owners	O
are	O
allowed	O
to	O
make	O
and	O
use	O
bots	B-Protocol
to	O
accomplish	O
things	O
that	O
DragonSpeak	O
cannot	O
,	O
but	O
these	O
are	O
not	O
officially	O
supported	O
by	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
itself	O
is	O
unrated	O
,	O
individual	O
dreams	O
may	O
specify	O
a	O
standard	O
which	O
details	O
what	O
kind	O
of	O
behavior	O
,	O
language	O
,	O
and	O
content	O
may	O
be	O
allowed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
March	O
2007	O
,	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
used	O
a	O
rating	O
system	O
akin	O
to	O
the	O
MPAA	O
film	O
rating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
March	O
2007	O
,	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
uses	O
its	O
own	O
Dream	O
standards	O
system	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
define	O
exactly	O
what	O
kind	O
of	O
behavior	O
should	O
be	O
allowed	O
on	O
a	O
per-dream	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Shapiro	O
(	O
AKA	O
Dr.	O
Cat	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
employee	O
of	O
Origin	O
Systems	O
,	O
launched	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Internet	O
's	O
first	O
graphics-based	O
multi-user	B-Application
dungeons	I-Application
(	O
MUDs	B-Application
)	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
remade	O
the	O
title	O
as	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
opened	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
on	O
December	O
16	O
,	O
1996	O
,	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
is	O
developed	O
by	O
Dragon	O
's	O
Eye	O
Productions	O
,	O
Inc	O
(	O
DEP	O
)	O
and	O
later	O
,	O
Catnip	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
its	O
public	O
release	O
,	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
featured	O
a	O
graphical	O
improvement	O
:	O
art	O
with	O
a	O
256	O
color	O
VGA	B-Protocol
palette	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
was	O
never	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
exclusively	O
'	O
furry	O
 '	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
support	O
for	O
24-bit	O
non-remappable	O
portraits	O
(	O
the	O
first	O
art	O
to	O
extend	O
beyond	O
256	O
colors	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
support	O
were	O
implemented	O
in	O
the	O
April	O
6	O
,	O
2007	O
"	O
Kitterwing	O
Edition.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
16	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
became	O
the	O
first-ever	O
MMORPG	O
to	O
celebrate	O
ten	O
years	O
of	O
continual	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furcadia	B-Protocol
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
and	O
programmed	O
by	O
David	O
Shapiro	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Dr.	O
Cat	O
,	O
or	O
Felorin	O
in-game	B-Application
)	O
and	O
'	B-Protocol
Manda	I-Protocol
(	O
known	O
as	O
Talzhemir	B-Protocol
in-game	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
people	O
have	O
since	O
been	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
owners	O
for	O
their	O
work	O
:	O
game	O
executive	O
producer	O
Emerald	O
Kaiten	O
Catz	O
(	O
known	O
as	O
Emerald	O
Flame	O
)	O
,	O
who	O
coordinates	O
new	O
development	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
who	O
developed	O
(	O
and	O
still	O
coordinates	O
)	O
the	O
Beekin	O
volunteers	O
project	O
,	O
Aleksi	B-Protocol
Asikainen	I-Protocol
(	O
known	O
as	O
Fox	O
,	O
or	O
sanctimonious	O
)	O
,	O
who	O
created	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
editors	O
and	O
was	O
involved	O
in	O
coding	O
the	O
client	O
/	O
server	O
,	O
though	O
he	O
no	O
longer	O
works	O
for	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
,	O
Ben	O
Jans	O
(	O
known	O
as	O
Gar	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
design	O
director	O
,	O
and	O
Michael	O
Vondung	O
(	O
known	O
as	O
Cironir	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
who	O
manages	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
launched	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
to	O
renovate	O
the	O
entire	O
game	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
updates	O
called	O
The	O
Second	O
Dreaming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Furcadia	B-Protocol
released	O
"	O
The	O
Second	O
Dreaming	O
Part	O
1	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
added	O
new	O
32bit	O
world	O
building	O
tools	O
,	O
character	O
enhancements	O
,	O
a	O
web	O
based	O
character	O
creator	O
and	O
editor	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
massive	O
updates	O
to	O
the	O
graphics	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
