omgpop

OMGPOP (formerly i’minlikewithyou or iilwy) is a casual online multiplayer gaming website built entirely in Flash. OMGPOP states on its homepage that it is “a place to hang out, play free online multiplayer games, chat and make friends”.

The OMGPOP team is based in Soho, in New York City. The site was founded by Charles Forman. Dan Porter is the CEO and E.J. Mablekos is the CTO. OMGPOP is funded by Spark Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Baseline Ventures and Betaworks, as well as angel investors including Ron Conway, Kevin Rose and Marc Andreessen.

OMGPOP is on TIME Magazine’s 50 Best Websites of 2009.


OMGPOP Arcade/Community
OMGPOP currently has fourteen games (available to people without star access): Blockles, Dinglepop, Draw My Thing, Gemmers, Hamster Battle, Jigsawce, Balloono, Putt Putt Penguin, Letterblox, Ballracer, HamsterJet, Hover Kart, Tracism, Hit Machine and more coming.

All games can be visited through the main site but also through shortcut pages (www.balloono.com, www.blockles.com and so on, the exception being Hit Machine, which is www.hitmachine.fm).

Community
Because OMGPOP is also marketed as a social networking site, it offers features in which users can interact with each other to discover friends such as customizable profiles and chat. In mid June 2009, the site launched live group chat. Users must be level 5 or above to chat and there are multiple live chat rooms at any time. Voice chat is also available for STAR members.

LINK : www.OMGPOP.com