Flight Rising

Flight Rising is a browser-based virtual pet game. Users can breed, fight, and decorate their own elemental clan of dragons. There are also collectables and mini games to participate in. Due to the strain on the site’s servers, Flight Rising has registration windows during which new users may join. The game is run by independent developer Stormlight Workshop, LLC.
History
The concept for Flight Rising started to develop in 2005 when codesmith Darren Hill and artist Jessica Peffer began collaborating. After eight years and the addition of illustrator Dana Pull and programmer Brandon Williamson to the team the game was beta tested. Flight Rising launched a Kickstarter campaign on March 9, 2013 to upgrade their servers in order to support hundreds of users online at the same time. As of March 2014, the site had an estimated 40,000 users. Users can breed any two dragons in their clan as long as they are a male and female pair, have the energy to breed, and are not related within five generations. Genes are passed from the parents to the offspring, allowing for different combinations of colors and traits.
The two main currencies of Flight Rising are treasure and gems. Treasure is earned through exalting or selling dragons, selling items, bonding with familiars, opening chests, and playing mini games.<ref namesiteoverview /><ref nameAequorin /> Users may also get treasure from answering trivia in Tomo’s Trivia Tablet and collecting specific items for Crim’s Collection Cart, both of which are found on the Trading Post page. Treasure is used to buy more slots for the number of dragons allowed in a player’s clan, more nests for breeding, and items in either the Marketplace or Auction House. Gems are a premium currency and can be gained through chests, selling items or dragons in the Auction House, and participation in contests. However, unlike treasure, they may also be bought with real-world money through Paypal. Gems are used to purchase more exclusive items in the Marketplace such as skins and accents to decorate dragons, change username or flight, and any gem-specific items in the Auction House.<ref name=Aequorin />

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