Between building and defending a village, and working together to attack other villages for resources, students eagerly take part in what seems like it could be a geography class project. But this project has nothing to do with school. It’s the Clash of Clans, a popular app that can be found on many students’ phones on campus.

This game has been adopted by a group of students who have banded together and created their own clan: FalconPunch.

“When you’re playing with your friends you can show each other your cool raids or you can donate some troops and help them out,” senior Alex Hamilton said. “It’s just more fun.”

Other members of his clan agree that being able to work together with people they know is a great aspect of the game.

“Recently we had a trophy push where we all tried to get as many trophies as possible to raise our clan rank,” senior Abby Hughey said. “It was a lot of fun and we went up a ton of spots!”

It’s a game that needs to be played regularly in order to maintain status and ranking.  If neglected for too long, the player’s village is more vulnerable and easier to be attacked and stolen from.

“Your trophy count will go down because you’ll be attacked by random enemies,” senior Sam Aminzadah said.

Keeping up with the app so that the user’s village stays intact and they can support other villages means spending time playing every day.

“I play about an hour to two hours a day,” Hamilton said.

The game has been around for a while, but while some members of FalconPunch have been playing it for a long time, others only recently joined. Some, like Hughey, got recruited to join.

“In the beginning of our relationship, Ryan Ford used to play it all the time and would constantly ask me to get it,” Hughey said. “Finally he just went ahead and downloaded it onto my phone for me. Now we’re both addicted and most of our dates include a Clash of Clans session along with bragging about the new upgrades we made to our town and army.”