Post by Morreion on May 14, 2010 5:52:43 GMT -5
FarmVille official site
FarmVille (Wikipedia)
FarmVille is a real-time farm simulation game developed by Zynga, available as an application on the social-networking website Facebook. The game allows members of Facebook to manage a virtual farm by planting, growing and harvesting virtual crops and trees, and raising livestock. Since its launch in June 2009, FarmVille has become the most popular game application on Facebook, with over 82.4 million active users and over 23.9 million Facebook application fans in May 2010. The total FarmVille users are over 20% of the users of Facebook and over 1% of the population of the world. Despite this, Farmville is still classed by Zynga as being in Beta testing stage, with "all of [their] players ... currently considered Testers." They state that, "Things will go wrong. Bugs will occur." FarmVille started as a clone of the popular Farm Town on Facebook.
On February 4, 2010, Microsoft's MSN Games has also launched Farmville on its website, requiring a Facebook account but not a Windows Live ID in order to play the game.
On February 4, 2010, Microsoft's MSN Games has also launched Farmville on its website, requiring a Facebook account but not a Windows Live ID in order to play the game.
The FarmVille Diaries (Eurogamer)
Tuesday 23rd March
Having made the decision not to get involved with micro-transactions, which would feel like cheating, I have realised I need to maximise revenue opportunities elsewhere. So far this has involved fertilising the crops of every FarmVille player on my Friends list, and asking virtually all of them to be my Neighbour.
Having Neighbours is like having a Friends list within FarmVille. You need a certain number of them to get access to certain items. Even after I'd sent Neighbour requests to all the FarmVille players, I still didn't have enough to qualify for a Dairy Farm.
I asked my friend Kim, who doesn't currently play, to join the game. She was reluctant but agreed after I explained it'll only take a few minutes to sign up, and she doesn't have to keep playing the game once she's accepted my Neighbour invitation.
'The FarmVille Diaries' Screenshot 5
Um. Here's those chillies again.
Wednesday 24th March
Email from Kim: "I hate FarmVille. It has taken over my every waking moment. WHY?"
I have become a drug pusher.
Having made the decision not to get involved with micro-transactions, which would feel like cheating, I have realised I need to maximise revenue opportunities elsewhere. So far this has involved fertilising the crops of every FarmVille player on my Friends list, and asking virtually all of them to be my Neighbour.
Having Neighbours is like having a Friends list within FarmVille. You need a certain number of them to get access to certain items. Even after I'd sent Neighbour requests to all the FarmVille players, I still didn't have enough to qualify for a Dairy Farm.
I asked my friend Kim, who doesn't currently play, to join the game. She was reluctant but agreed after I explained it'll only take a few minutes to sign up, and she doesn't have to keep playing the game once she's accepted my Neighbour invitation.
'The FarmVille Diaries' Screenshot 5
Um. Here's those chillies again.
Wednesday 24th March
Email from Kim: "I hate FarmVille. It has taken over my every waking moment. WHY?"
I have become a drug pusher.
A hilarious look at the game!
