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The Casual Collective

File:CasualCollectiveLogo.png
Type of site	Flash gaming
Available in	English
Owner	Casual Collective Inc.
Created by	Paul Preece and David Scott
URL	http://www.casualcollective.com
Registration	Optional

The Casual Collective (often abbreviated CC by its users) is a Flash gaming website created by Paul Preece and David Scott, game developers who are known for Desktop Tower Defense and Flash Element TD, respectively. It currently hosts several games, including newer versions of Desktop Tower Defense and Flash Element TD, the flash game Minions, and other games developed by Preece, Scott, and hired game developers. In addition to games, the Casual Collective also has social networking features, such as user profiles, status updates, private messages, and public forums. The site focuses on showcasing only a few high quality games rather than many small games, and on building a strong social community. It has almost half a million members and has been featured in several news articles.

History

The Casual Collective was launched in July 2007. At this time, the site was in beta mode, and registration on the site was by invite only. In December 2007, the site was launched to the public. In November 2008, the Casual Collective received $1 million in seed funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners , and the site was redesigned.

Background Information

The Casual Collective is a rapidly growing website, with tens of thousands of members and numerous flash games, such as Desktop Tower Defense or Flash Element Tower Defense. It has been featured in several discussions on addicting and popular gaming websites.

The Casual Collective offers a social community, with its multiplayer games and active forums and clubs. It is widely considered to be one of the top gaming websites nowadays by those who encounter it; however, as it is relatively new, it is still not very well known.

Games

The Casual Collective currently has fourteen released games, six of which support a multiplayer mode. The Casual Collective features the games Desktop Tower Defense, Flash Element Tower Defense 2, Buggle Stars, Buggle Connect, Attack of the Buggles, Minions, Minions on Ice, Push, Splitter 2, Desktop Armada, The Space Game and The Space Game: Missions; Desktop Defender and Backyard Monsters are available on Facebook. The Pirate Game is currently in development, and will also be published on Facebook.

Features

Besides games, the Casual Collective has numerous other features including an online radio, discussion boards, a wiki, and user profiles.

Casual Collective Radio

The Casual Collective radio is a live broadcast service provided by Live365. The radio is streamed live, and is controlled by a DJ. The DJs are volunteer users of the Casual Collective who have been approved to broadcast.

CC Wiki

The Casual Collective also has its own piece of crap , which contains information on various topics related to the site.

Social Networking

The Casual Collective offers social networking features. These include clubs, which interested users can create and join. It also offers moderated forums and chat rooms provided by Meebo. Chat is also enabled in all of the six multiplayer games. In addition, all user profiles and clubs contain shoutboxes.