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''[http://skyrates.net/index.php Skyrates]'' is a [[Adobe Flash|Flash]]-based [[MMORPG]], set in the world of [[World in the Sky|Skytopia]]. This world consists of 30 something [[Floating Continent|Skylands]] which the player fly to and from in search of profit. Although it is a MMORPG, it is unusual in a couple ways. The only way to influence other peoples is economically, depriving them of trade routes and messing up the supply and demand of a specific Skyland. Another difference is the presence of "Sporadic Play" game design. This game design has allows the player to ignore the game at lengths of time, your character following a route that you have planned beforehand. With specific builds of planes, this sporadic play concept can get to almost absurd levels, people having queued up to 1600 hours in a single run.
''[http://skyrates.net/index.php Skyrates]'' is a [[Adobe Flash|Flash]]-based [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]], set in the world of [[World in the Sky|Skytopia]]. This world consists of 30 something [[Floating Continent|Skylands]] which the player fly to and from in search of profit. Although it is a MMORPG, it is unusual in a couple ways. The only way to influence other peoples is economically, depriving them of trade routes and messing up the supply and demand of a specific Skyland. Another difference is the presence of "Sporadic Play" game design. This game design has allows the player to ignore the game at lengths of time, your character following a route that you have planned beforehand. With specific builds of planes, this sporadic play concept can get to almost absurd levels, people having queued up to 1600 hours in a single run.


The game is notable to having a small, if largely involved Fan community. The developers have utilized the fanbase for the creation of a [[Skyrates Roleplay|strong Roleplaying aspect of the game,]] and the fanbase maintains a wiki and forum.
The game is notable to having a small, if largely involved Fan community. The developers have utilized the fanbase for the creation of a [[Skyrates Roleplay|strong Roleplaying aspect of the game,]] and the fanbase maintains a wiki and forum.