Quick Introduction To Fashion And Barbie Games

A dress up game is a kind of computer game played generally by girls. Its popularity began growing when it replaced dolls. Also called “Fashion games”, this type of games is extremely appreciated in many countries and cultures and it is played not by young girls only, but also by adult women, particularly if it involves creative fashion.

The doll type of online games is not a new type of games. Actually, it was popular since the invention of paper. You may ask yourself what paper has to do with games for girls; well, it seems that they were making dolls using paper in Japan for rituals. This practice was known more than a thousand years ago, in 900 A.D. Generally they weren’t used for playing, those paper dolls usually looked 3-dimensional and not at all like the usual paper dolls we all are familiar with, which are usually flat.

The usual paper doll undergone great changes throughout the years, it went from magazines to comics and, today, it managed to become something greater. An interesting fact is that the invention of Barbie dolls and its huge popularity led to the decline of paper dolls, however, Barbie actually grew in popularity because of the existence of paper dolls, just because girls recognized them by comparison with the dolls.

The web dress games were initially presented in the nineties, different gaming websites created a browser-based games where the user could dress the Bratz doll choosing from several dresses and styles. Of course that their usability and popularity increased, and fashion games became much better, especially when it came to graphics and other multimedia features. Nowadays you don’t even need to install a game to your PC, you can simply play it from any browser and all you need to have is the Flash platform from Macromedia installed.

Most of fashion game developers live in China and Japan and are often inspired by Japanese manga or anime. Although that style is related to Japan, it became famous throughout the world. Some developers create a more realistic style, and usually their art resembles fashion and all the new trends. It seems like usual dolls are still very popular, just because they are available as online games in the web.

Evgheni Klinton, creator of popular dress up games for girls