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On almost any Facebook game wall, you will see posts from people complaining that the latest and greatest desired item requires real money to purchase. Many players cannot fathom why a Facebook game should ever require them to pay money for digital pixels, and find themselves irate when game developers do not offer a way to obtain all items without requiring real dollars to be spent. For some players, buying items simply isn't an option because they're too young to purchase without parent's permission, they are out of the country, or they simply do not have the extra change laying around to spend on a virtual game. In this column, we'll take a look at the reasons why Facebook game developers have to charge for items in their games despite player's constant objections.
Development Costs
Creating a game costs a huge chunk of money. We're not talking thousands here - for some of the top games that you're playing such as FarmVille or Pet Society, millions of dollars have been spent even before the game launched. Games require staff such as client programmers, server programmers, game designers, producers, project managers, business developers, and executives. That doesn't even include the standard business personnel that most companies require such as a Human Resources department, lawyer consultation, office managers, and more. Social games are easier to develop than console games and standard MMORPG titles, but they still require months of time and generally dozens of employees. That's a lot of salaries, office rent, and expenses that have to be made up.
Startup Costs
Social gaming is a division of gaming that is still in its infancy. Every day, it seems that there are new developers jumping into the pool of contenders trying to make the next blowup hit. Many of these companies are startups, that are funded by venture capitalists or angel investors. This means that these companies often are given millions of dollars to create social games that are profitable for their investors. Without profit, there is not success, and venture capitalists will no longer be interested in providing seed funding to social game developers. In other words, these games have to sell items to turn their company into a success.
Live Operation Costs
Arguably even more expensive than the initial development costs for a social game, is the expense of keeping it running long term. In order to have a live game that continually provides updates, fixes bugs, releases new and exciting content, and remains a successful product for the company - there are many financial resources that have to be dedicated to it. A live game requires hosting - even though the game is on Facebook it isn't actually hosted there. The developer has to pay all operating costs to keep the client and server running smoothly and supporting the thousands (sometimes millions) of players who log in every day. This is very expensive, and without money coming in your favorite game would not even be able to remain live and running.
There are also a number of other costs that are associated with running a live game. Someone needs to be in charge of the game, designing features and choosing what themed items to release. A full Quality Assurance team is required to make sure the game is running smoothly by testing every new release that goes into the game. Customer Support staff is an essential part of making sure the players are getting help for billing and support questions. Community Managers are often used to moderate forums, relate key customer concerns to the developers and executives, and handle the wall posts and engagement with the players. There are tons of artists required to make all of the new items that are for sale. This is just the beginning!
All of these staff members require pay, as making social games is not a hobby for them - it's a full time career. Your favorite social game not only has to be able to simply pay the bills to pay for technical costs, staff salaries, and office space, but they also have to make a profit in order to continue surviving as a viable company.
While it may be frustrating to you to see that you cannot afford to pay for items in the game, remember that most games that require a development staff this large are not free. Console games require an initial purchase fee of anywhere from $40 - $70, and traditional MMO games often have a box price of $50 plus require a monthly subscription fee. Social games are expensive to operate, and it is even more challenging when everyone is allowed to play the games for free for as long as they want without spending a dime. In most Facebook games, somewhere around 1-3% of players ever actually pay - but they make up for all of the other players.
Hiển thị các bài đăng có nhãn farmville. Hiển thị tất cả bài đăng
Hiển thị các bài đăng có nhãn farmville. Hiển thị tất cả bài đăng
Thứ Tư, 15 tháng 2, 2012
FarmVille Tuscan Decorations: Tuscan Trellis, Tomato Cart & Castello Fence
farmville tomato cart farmville tuscan trellis
Tonight, June 4th, several Tuscan themed decorations were added to the FarmVIlle Market. These new items will be available for the next 14 days. Keep in mind the first round of Tuscan decorations (Umbrellas, Lawn Chairs, Bee Catcher and more) will be exiting the FarmVille Market in 7 days.
The new items include:
Tuscan Trellis – 18$FV
Tomato Cart – 12,000 coins
Castello Fence – 5,000 coins
What Tuscan decorations have you purchased?
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
Tonight, June 4th, several Tuscan themed decorations were added to the FarmVIlle Market. These new items will be available for the next 14 days. Keep in mind the first round of Tuscan decorations (Umbrellas, Lawn Chairs, Bee Catcher and more) will be exiting the FarmVille Market in 7 days.
The new items include:
Tuscan Trellis – 18$FV
Tomato Cart – 12,000 coins
Castello Fence – 5,000 coins
What Tuscan decorations have you purchased?
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
FarmVille Mansion for Level 70 Players only!
farmville level 70 mansion
The Zynga gods must be listening to us!
Recently on FarmVille Freak we have been pleading for more benefits for our Level 70 farmers and tonight's updates introduced a brand new FarmVille building, the Mansion, accessible to Level 70 players only! farmville mansion
The Mansion can be purchased for a whopping 5 million coins making it the most expensive coin item in the market. However, most Level 70 farmers have excess coins to spend and nothing to buy so it shouldn't be much of an issue for them to purchase.
Are you impressed with the Level 70 Mansion?
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
The Zynga gods must be listening to us!
Recently on FarmVille Freak we have been pleading for more benefits for our Level 70 farmers and tonight's updates introduced a brand new FarmVille building, the Mansion, accessible to Level 70 players only! farmville mansion
The Mansion can be purchased for a whopping 5 million coins making it the most expensive coin item in the market. However, most Level 70 farmers have excess coins to spend and nothing to buy so it shouldn't be much of an issue for them to purchase.
Are you impressed with the Level 70 Mansion?
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
FarmVille: New Peanut Butter and Jelly Co-op Job
farmville peanut butter and jelly
It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time! Tonight the new FarmVille Peanut Butter and Jelly Co-op job debuted. This job requires you to grow Peanut and Strawberry crops with the help of your neighbors to complete the job.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Co-Op Job Requirements:
Gold Reward: Grow 800 Peanuts and 1200 Strawberries to be grown in 1 day and 7 hours for a Gold Reward
Silver Reward: 2 days
Bronze Reward: 3 days 6 hours
farmville co op farming peanut butter and jelly
Peanut Butter and Jelly Co-op Job description:
"Piloting is hard work, I spend all day up in the air, and with no time for a proper lunch I just eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but I'm out of PB&J! Can you help?"
farmville biplane
Peanut Butter and Jelly Co-Op Job Gold Reward:
The Biplane, offered as a new vehicle tonight for 30,000 coins in Market, is the Gold Reward for this job. So, if you are saving your coins, you have another option.
Additional bonuses offered for Gold are 620 coins and 745Xp.
Will you purchase the Biplane or go for Gold instead?
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time! Tonight the new FarmVille Peanut Butter and Jelly Co-op job debuted. This job requires you to grow Peanut and Strawberry crops with the help of your neighbors to complete the job.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Co-Op Job Requirements:
Gold Reward: Grow 800 Peanuts and 1200 Strawberries to be grown in 1 day and 7 hours for a Gold Reward
Silver Reward: 2 days
Bronze Reward: 3 days 6 hours
farmville co op farming peanut butter and jelly
Peanut Butter and Jelly Co-op Job description:
"Piloting is hard work, I spend all day up in the air, and with no time for a proper lunch I just eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but I'm out of PB&J! Can you help?"
farmville biplane
Peanut Butter and Jelly Co-Op Job Gold Reward:
The Biplane, offered as a new vehicle tonight for 30,000 coins in Market, is the Gold Reward for this job. So, if you are saving your coins, you have another option.
Additional bonuses offered for Gold are 620 coins and 745Xp.
Will you purchase the Biplane or go for Gold instead?
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
FarmVille Tuscan Building: Observation Dome
farmville observation dome
Another building was added to the Tuscan theme. The Observation Dome can be purchased for 42$FV and will be available for the next 14 days. There are now 14 Tuscan buildings, all but the Wedding Tent can be purchased for $FV. farmville tuscan observation dome
farmville observation dome
What Tuscan themed building is your favorite?
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
Another building was added to the Tuscan theme. The Observation Dome can be purchased for 42$FV and will be available for the next 14 days. There are now 14 Tuscan buildings, all but the Wedding Tent can be purchased for $FV. farmville tuscan observation dome
farmville observation dome
What Tuscan themed building is your favorite?
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
Thứ Năm, 9 tháng 2, 2012
FarmVille Garage: Gearhead Ribbon
FarmVille has introduced a new achievement, the Gearhead Ribbon, today.
The Gearhead Ribbon works with the new Garage feature. Note, that not everyone has access to the Garage at this point.
The Gearhead Ribbon will reward you for upgrading your FarmVille Vehicles. You will be able to upgrade your FarmVille vehicles using the new Garage function.
FarmVille Gearhead Ribbon Achievement:
Task: Upgrade your FarmVille vehicles to earn the Ribbon.
Requirements for Gearhead Ribbon:
Yellow Ribbon: Upgrade 2 Vehicles, earn the Yellow Ribbon.
White Ribbon: Upgrade 6 Vehicles, earn the White Ribbon
Red Ribbon:
Blue Ribbon:
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
Updated (7/8) -- To get the Gearhead Yellow ribbon, you'll need to upgrade two vehicles. Once you do that, you'll be able to share a bonus with friends on your Facebook wall.
farmville gearhead ribbon
Looks like you'll need to upgrade six vehicles to get the Gearhead White Ribbon -- made the appropriate changes to the requirements above.
Check out the FarmVille Garage: Everything you need to know Guide
Do you have all of the ribbons yet? How many vehicles do you have to upgrade to get the red and blue ribbon?
The Gearhead Ribbon works with the new Garage feature. Note, that not everyone has access to the Garage at this point.
The Gearhead Ribbon will reward you for upgrading your FarmVille Vehicles. You will be able to upgrade your FarmVille vehicles using the new Garage function.
FarmVille Gearhead Ribbon Achievement:
Task: Upgrade your FarmVille vehicles to earn the Ribbon.
Requirements for Gearhead Ribbon:
Yellow Ribbon: Upgrade 2 Vehicles, earn the Yellow Ribbon.
White Ribbon: Upgrade 6 Vehicles, earn the White Ribbon
Red Ribbon:
Blue Ribbon:
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
Updated (7/8) -- To get the Gearhead Yellow ribbon, you'll need to upgrade two vehicles. Once you do that, you'll be able to share a bonus with friends on your Facebook wall.
farmville gearhead ribbon
Looks like you'll need to upgrade six vehicles to get the Gearhead White Ribbon -- made the appropriate changes to the requirements above.
Check out the FarmVille Garage: Everything you need to know Guide
Do you have all of the ribbons yet? How many vehicles do you have to upgrade to get the red and blue ribbon?
FarmVille official podcast (8/6): Garages, bushels and the White Owl's triumphant return
The next installment of the FarmVille official podcast (FOP, for short) has arrived, and this week's show is mostly focused on explaining the new Garage feature that will be slowly rolling out to farmers over the next few days -- or maybe weeks -- if previous slow roll-outs were any indication of timing. FarmVille Community Manager Lexi 'Lexilicious' Smith gives a good overview of how the garages work, though I wish she would discuss how the leveling up works if you already own a Hotrod tractor. Even so, it's still worth a listen.
Every week, the FOP highlights a few user-submitted questions, and this week's targets missing Wandering Stallions and the seeming lack of Bushels dropping in the game. Here are the answers to these questions, respectively:
1. The stallions were missing due to a bug that has since been fixed -- so those should be returning shortly.
2. As for finding fewer bushels, Lexilicious says the following: "The drop rates for bushels have not been altered since the release of Crafting Cottages. I think since bushels are in such high demand right now it may seem like you are getting less, but nothing has been changed with this feature. And since bushels are not guaranteed, it is also possible that you have just hit an unlucky spell lately. Just as a reminder, if you master your crops, you will receive additional bushels from those crop types. You can also purchase a total of 300 Bushels from your neighbors every 24 hours, so if you find that you can't produce any of your own, try visiting your Neighbors Crafting Buildings for more."
As for the best part of the FOP -- the Coming Soon segment -- the game will start recycling some popular limited edition items starting Monday, August 9. Every day, new items will be making a return trip to the game. Here's a quickie schedule:
Monday: Yukon and California limited edition items
Tuesday: French Chateau limited edition items
Wednesday: Adobe themed items
Thursday: Tuscan themed items
Friday: Island themed items
Saturday: Japanese Garden items
Sunday: UFO themed items
And for the animal lovers out there -- FarmVille will launch a new Best of Mystery Animal Game in the near future, which will include rare animals, such as the popular White Owl.
Below is the full transcript of the podcast, taken from Lexilicious' official forum post:
"FarmVille Podcast - August 6th:
Hey Farmers and welcome to this week's installment of the Official FarmVille Podcast. My name is Lexilicious and I am here to bring you all of the latest news and information from around the Farm. This week, we will be discussing our latest releases, I will be answering some questions from members of the FarmVille Community and you guys will all be getting a sneak peek of what is coming to FarmVille in the near future.
As I am sure some of you know, the new Garage feature was released today. We will be spending most of this week's podcast walking through this new feature which will provide some helpful tips for users who may still be trying to figure out the basics of our latest update.
Garages are used to store Tractors, Harvesters and Seeders. You can also use the Garage to upgrade your Vehicles so you can farm faster than ever before! If you are level 22 and above, you can purchase a Garage Frame from the Market for 50,000 Coins.
Building the Garage is very similar to building a Japanese Barn. To construct your Garage, you will need to collect 10 Boards, 10 Bricks and 10 Nails.
Once you have placed your Garage Frame, click on "look inside" from the Garage's menu. Doing so will open a page that displays what you need to complete your Garage. Like any other constructible building, you can collect materials via the free gifts page, the "ask for more" button and with Farm Cash.
From the Free Gifts Page, your Neighbors will be able to send you one of the three types of building components to help you finish your Garage. When neighbors send you a building component, it works exactly like any other free gift. After you accept the gift it will appear in your gift box. After clicking the "use" button under the gift it will automatically be added to your Frame.
When viewing the interior of your unfinished Garage Frame, each component that you have not yet received 10 of has an 'Ask For More' button. When clicked, this will allow you to send Gift Requests to your friends for your chosen component.
If at any time during your construction process you decide that you'd rather simply purchase the individual items required for the Garage, you can do so by clicking the "buy" button underneath a component in the Garage's menu. Alternatively, if you do not wish to buy the parts for the Garage individually, you can click the "Complete Now" button.
Once your Garage is complete, it can be used to hold up to 20 vehicles on your Farm. Completing your Garage also unlocks the ability to upgrade your Vehicles.
Upgrading your Vehicles will increase the amount of plots they affect. The higher level your Vehicle is, the more plots it will interact with when farming. Currently, the highest you can level your Vehicles to level 4.
Upgrading your vehicles requires Vehicle Parts. Vehicle parts can be obtained from friends via the "ask for more button" and with Farm Cash, like I explained earlier. Once you have parts, you can open your Garages menu to select which vehicle you would like to apply them to. All Vehicles that are stored in your Garage can still be used as normal. At this time, you may only have one Garage on your Farm and Biplanes cannot be stored in them, due to technical limitations.
This week was also an exciting week for LE releases. More New England items made their way to the Market, along the adorable new Mini Horse. The new Mini Mystery Game has also been a huge hit with the community, featuring mini versions of all of your favorite animals, including the new Mini Stallion. If you have not yet had a chance to play this week's Mystery Game, make sure to head to the market to get some of these great animals before they disappear in a few days.
And as with all of our big features, we want to hear your feedback about this week's updates! If you have any thoughts or opinions you would like to share with the FarmVille team regarding the new Garage feature or Limited Edition items, please make sure to visit the Official FarmVille Forums or www.farmville.com.
On that note, let's go ahead and get into answering some questions from members of the FarmVille Community!
Our first question comes from 18835. "Where is the wandering stallion? If it is no longer available will you be providing a stallion for purchase?"
Late last week, we actually had a bug that was affecting the frequency of how many times the Wandering Stallion would appear. Earlier this week, we put in a fix for this bug and you should now be seeing Wandering Stallions as per normal.
Our next question comes to us from Cheshire Kitten. "Since the release of the crafting buildings, it seems like I have been getting fewer bushels when I harvest. Have the drop rates for bushels been lowered?"
The drop rates for bushels have not been altered since the release of Crafting Cottages. I think since bushels are in such high demand right now it may seem like you are getting less, but nothing has been changed with this feature. And since bushels are not guaranteed, it is also possible that you have just hit an unlucky spell lately. Just as a reminder, if you master your crops, you will receive additional bushels from those crop types. You can also purchase a total of 300 Bushels from your neighbors every 24 hours, so if you find that you can't produce any of your own, try visiting your Neighbors Crafting Buildings for more.
And last but certainly not least, its time for you guys to get a sneak peek of things coming to FarmVille in the near future.
Starting early next week, FarmVille will be bringing back some of your favorite items for a very special sale. Each day next week, look in the Market for the return of some of your most requested Limited Edition themes. But you will have to be fast farmers... each theme will only be around for 24 hours. The Yukon and California Theme will be returning on Monday, the French Chateau Theme will be returning on Tuesday, the Adobe theme will be making an appearance on Wednesday, the Tuscany theme will be back on Thursday, the island theme will be back on Friday, Saturday will be the Japanese Garden them and Sunday will herald the return of the long lost UFO theme!
We will also be releasing a new Best of Mystery Animal Game in the near future, which will include rare animals like the hugely requested old White Owl!
And on that note, it's time for me to get out of here Farmers. Again, my name is Lexi and I would like to thank all of our listeners for tuning in this week. We will be back next Friday with all of the latest news and information about FarmVille from Zynga. Happy Farming everybody"
Every week, the FOP highlights a few user-submitted questions, and this week's targets missing Wandering Stallions and the seeming lack of Bushels dropping in the game. Here are the answers to these questions, respectively:
1. The stallions were missing due to a bug that has since been fixed -- so those should be returning shortly.
2. As for finding fewer bushels, Lexilicious says the following: "The drop rates for bushels have not been altered since the release of Crafting Cottages. I think since bushels are in such high demand right now it may seem like you are getting less, but nothing has been changed with this feature. And since bushels are not guaranteed, it is also possible that you have just hit an unlucky spell lately. Just as a reminder, if you master your crops, you will receive additional bushels from those crop types. You can also purchase a total of 300 Bushels from your neighbors every 24 hours, so if you find that you can't produce any of your own, try visiting your Neighbors Crafting Buildings for more."
As for the best part of the FOP -- the Coming Soon segment -- the game will start recycling some popular limited edition items starting Monday, August 9. Every day, new items will be making a return trip to the game. Here's a quickie schedule:
Monday: Yukon and California limited edition items
Tuesday: French Chateau limited edition items
Wednesday: Adobe themed items
Thursday: Tuscan themed items
Friday: Island themed items
Saturday: Japanese Garden items
Sunday: UFO themed items
And for the animal lovers out there -- FarmVille will launch a new Best of Mystery Animal Game in the near future, which will include rare animals, such as the popular White Owl.
Below is the full transcript of the podcast, taken from Lexilicious' official forum post:
"FarmVille Podcast - August 6th:
Hey Farmers and welcome to this week's installment of the Official FarmVille Podcast. My name is Lexilicious and I am here to bring you all of the latest news and information from around the Farm. This week, we will be discussing our latest releases, I will be answering some questions from members of the FarmVille Community and you guys will all be getting a sneak peek of what is coming to FarmVille in the near future.
As I am sure some of you know, the new Garage feature was released today. We will be spending most of this week's podcast walking through this new feature which will provide some helpful tips for users who may still be trying to figure out the basics of our latest update.
Garages are used to store Tractors, Harvesters and Seeders. You can also use the Garage to upgrade your Vehicles so you can farm faster than ever before! If you are level 22 and above, you can purchase a Garage Frame from the Market for 50,000 Coins.
Building the Garage is very similar to building a Japanese Barn. To construct your Garage, you will need to collect 10 Boards, 10 Bricks and 10 Nails.
Once you have placed your Garage Frame, click on "look inside" from the Garage's menu. Doing so will open a page that displays what you need to complete your Garage. Like any other constructible building, you can collect materials via the free gifts page, the "ask for more" button and with Farm Cash.
From the Free Gifts Page, your Neighbors will be able to send you one of the three types of building components to help you finish your Garage. When neighbors send you a building component, it works exactly like any other free gift. After you accept the gift it will appear in your gift box. After clicking the "use" button under the gift it will automatically be added to your Frame.
When viewing the interior of your unfinished Garage Frame, each component that you have not yet received 10 of has an 'Ask For More' button. When clicked, this will allow you to send Gift Requests to your friends for your chosen component.
If at any time during your construction process you decide that you'd rather simply purchase the individual items required for the Garage, you can do so by clicking the "buy" button underneath a component in the Garage's menu. Alternatively, if you do not wish to buy the parts for the Garage individually, you can click the "Complete Now" button.
Once your Garage is complete, it can be used to hold up to 20 vehicles on your Farm. Completing your Garage also unlocks the ability to upgrade your Vehicles.
Upgrading your Vehicles will increase the amount of plots they affect. The higher level your Vehicle is, the more plots it will interact with when farming. Currently, the highest you can level your Vehicles to level 4.
Upgrading your vehicles requires Vehicle Parts. Vehicle parts can be obtained from friends via the "ask for more button" and with Farm Cash, like I explained earlier. Once you have parts, you can open your Garages menu to select which vehicle you would like to apply them to. All Vehicles that are stored in your Garage can still be used as normal. At this time, you may only have one Garage on your Farm and Biplanes cannot be stored in them, due to technical limitations.
This week was also an exciting week for LE releases. More New England items made their way to the Market, along the adorable new Mini Horse. The new Mini Mystery Game has also been a huge hit with the community, featuring mini versions of all of your favorite animals, including the new Mini Stallion. If you have not yet had a chance to play this week's Mystery Game, make sure to head to the market to get some of these great animals before they disappear in a few days.
And as with all of our big features, we want to hear your feedback about this week's updates! If you have any thoughts or opinions you would like to share with the FarmVille team regarding the new Garage feature or Limited Edition items, please make sure to visit the Official FarmVille Forums or www.farmville.com.
On that note, let's go ahead and get into answering some questions from members of the FarmVille Community!
Our first question comes from 18835. "Where is the wandering stallion? If it is no longer available will you be providing a stallion for purchase?"
Late last week, we actually had a bug that was affecting the frequency of how many times the Wandering Stallion would appear. Earlier this week, we put in a fix for this bug and you should now be seeing Wandering Stallions as per normal.
Our next question comes to us from Cheshire Kitten. "Since the release of the crafting buildings, it seems like I have been getting fewer bushels when I harvest. Have the drop rates for bushels been lowered?"
The drop rates for bushels have not been altered since the release of Crafting Cottages. I think since bushels are in such high demand right now it may seem like you are getting less, but nothing has been changed with this feature. And since bushels are not guaranteed, it is also possible that you have just hit an unlucky spell lately. Just as a reminder, if you master your crops, you will receive additional bushels from those crop types. You can also purchase a total of 300 Bushels from your neighbors every 24 hours, so if you find that you can't produce any of your own, try visiting your Neighbors Crafting Buildings for more.
And last but certainly not least, its time for you guys to get a sneak peek of things coming to FarmVille in the near future.
Starting early next week, FarmVille will be bringing back some of your favorite items for a very special sale. Each day next week, look in the Market for the return of some of your most requested Limited Edition themes. But you will have to be fast farmers... each theme will only be around for 24 hours. The Yukon and California Theme will be returning on Monday, the French Chateau Theme will be returning on Tuesday, the Adobe theme will be making an appearance on Wednesday, the Tuscany theme will be back on Thursday, the island theme will be back on Friday, Saturday will be the Japanese Garden them and Sunday will herald the return of the long lost UFO theme!
We will also be releasing a new Best of Mystery Animal Game in the near future, which will include rare animals like the hugely requested old White Owl!
And on that note, it's time for me to get out of here Farmers. Again, my name is Lexi and I would like to thank all of our listeners for tuning in this week. We will be back next Friday with all of the latest news and information about FarmVille from Zynga. Happy Farming everybody"
FarmVille unreleased Beaver and Weasel spotted in the wild
Beavers and weasels have been creeping onto farms, even though these animals have not been officially released in FarmVille. Not sure if these will be part of the new Mystery Animals game discussed in this week's FarmVille official podcast (FOP, for short), or if they'll just show up as part of a some undisclosed theme (tiny mammals? adorable rodents?) in the future.
FarmVille Cheats & Tips: Garage gifting quick links
Howdy, Facefolks, It's Mr. Cheats here with the down-low on the things you shouldn't know.
Mr. Cheats has spent the better part of today finishing his new FarmVille garage, which lets him store and upgrade his tractors. Upgraded tractors is Mr. Cheats favorite thing -- it helps him plant and plow with fewer clicks. Pretty neat, right?
Anyway, to help you get your garage up and running sooner than later, Mr. Cheats has dug up these quick links for the garage. Simply click on the materials that you want to send and start delving out building supplies like you're some kind of garage whisperer.
Send supplies:
farmville garage send bricks
You can also request items from friends, and Mr. Cheats can show you how. Click in the links below, and then select friends to send the request to, and then wait for your supplies to magically appear in your game. It's that easy.
Request items from friends:
farmville garage send bricks
Check out the rest of our FarmVille Cheats & Tips right here.
Need items? Or just looking for new FarmVille neighbors?
Mr. Cheats has spent the better part of today finishing his new FarmVille garage, which lets him store and upgrade his tractors. Upgraded tractors is Mr. Cheats favorite thing -- it helps him plant and plow with fewer clicks. Pretty neat, right?
Anyway, to help you get your garage up and running sooner than later, Mr. Cheats has dug up these quick links for the garage. Simply click on the materials that you want to send and start delving out building supplies like you're some kind of garage whisperer.
Send supplies:
farmville garage send bricks
You can also request items from friends, and Mr. Cheats can show you how. Click in the links below, and then select friends to send the request to, and then wait for your supplies to magically appear in your game. It's that easy.
Request items from friends:
farmville garage send bricks
Check out the rest of our FarmVille Cheats & Tips right here.
Need items? Or just looking for new FarmVille neighbors?
Thứ Bảy, 4 tháng 2, 2012
Facebook Groups and new privacy dashboard will change how you game
Mark Zuckerberg
At a press conference held at Facebook headquarters--in a cafeteria, oddly enough--in Palo Alto, Calif., company CEO Mark Zuckerberg and a few of his team managers presented some groundbreaking changes to the platform: redesigned Facebook Groups and application privacy settings. While no mention was made at the event of how these changes would affect us gamers, the big Z just made it a lot easier for us to both collaborate and keep safe while we play.
See the changes and what they might mean to you after the break.
Groups Beat Clans
Facebook GroupsMost likely the biggest change to the platform since Places for smartphones, Facebook Groups allows users to create groups for any occasion (it's all in the name) that are private by default. What's more interesting is that these groups look a lot like your standard Facebook wall with most of the normal features included like photos, news feeds and most importantly, chat. For the first time, people can chat with multiple users at once, but only when in a Group.
When it comes to games, Groups is going to make collaboration that much easier. No more chatting within different programs or creating silly pages for your new FarmVille Crafting Co-Ops or Cafe World Catering Orders. This can all happen within a group tailored specifically to that game or even that task. Want to make sure your catering crew is cooking the right stuff for the 1 Year Anniversary Party? Just make a Group in a separate Facebook browser tab and chat live with your friends about who's baking what. Finishing timed missions in Mafia Wars like the new Social Missions will be a cinch now that you can collaborate live within a Facebook Group. And to think that players used forums before.
Stop Sending Me E-mails!
Ever signed up for e-mail updates from a Facebook game to get that sweet bonus only to find to your inbox filled to the brim within days from notifications of how many friends want to chop your trees down? You can now change how each of your applications, including games, accesses your account with the revamped "Applications and Websites" page in your account privacy settings. Say you want to know the last time a game accessed your information and decide that you don't it to post to your wall at all. This is where you can find that detailed information and shut out the game from doing so.
Facebook Applications
Now that Facebook gamers can tweak how games access their information, perhaps more players will be open to sharing their progress than before. I can't imagine how many gamers hit the "Skip" button constantly while they play to avoid sharing their information.
All things considered, these changes could shrink social gaming communities down to small groups of friends and family from the legions of social gaming communities who in most cases know nothing about one another. What will make or break this change for me is whether developers give players the option to publish their accomplishments and requests to Groups rather than News Feeds. Whether that cheapens or strengthens the primary function of social games is up for debate, but if I'm going to create a group with my close friends for a specific game, I want to be in the know. Regardless of what side you take, taking on the more daunting, hardcore tasks with your friends just got a helluva lot easier.
At a press conference held at Facebook headquarters--in a cafeteria, oddly enough--in Palo Alto, Calif., company CEO Mark Zuckerberg and a few of his team managers presented some groundbreaking changes to the platform: redesigned Facebook Groups and application privacy settings. While no mention was made at the event of how these changes would affect us gamers, the big Z just made it a lot easier for us to both collaborate and keep safe while we play.
See the changes and what they might mean to you after the break.
Groups Beat Clans
Facebook GroupsMost likely the biggest change to the platform since Places for smartphones, Facebook Groups allows users to create groups for any occasion (it's all in the name) that are private by default. What's more interesting is that these groups look a lot like your standard Facebook wall with most of the normal features included like photos, news feeds and most importantly, chat. For the first time, people can chat with multiple users at once, but only when in a Group.
When it comes to games, Groups is going to make collaboration that much easier. No more chatting within different programs or creating silly pages for your new FarmVille Crafting Co-Ops or Cafe World Catering Orders. This can all happen within a group tailored specifically to that game or even that task. Want to make sure your catering crew is cooking the right stuff for the 1 Year Anniversary Party? Just make a Group in a separate Facebook browser tab and chat live with your friends about who's baking what. Finishing timed missions in Mafia Wars like the new Social Missions will be a cinch now that you can collaborate live within a Facebook Group. And to think that players used forums before.
Stop Sending Me E-mails!
Ever signed up for e-mail updates from a Facebook game to get that sweet bonus only to find to your inbox filled to the brim within days from notifications of how many friends want to chop your trees down? You can now change how each of your applications, including games, accesses your account with the revamped "Applications and Websites" page in your account privacy settings. Say you want to know the last time a game accessed your information and decide that you don't it to post to your wall at all. This is where you can find that detailed information and shut out the game from doing so.
Facebook Applications
Now that Facebook gamers can tweak how games access their information, perhaps more players will be open to sharing their progress than before. I can't imagine how many gamers hit the "Skip" button constantly while they play to avoid sharing their information.
All things considered, these changes could shrink social gaming communities down to small groups of friends and family from the legions of social gaming communities who in most cases know nothing about one another. What will make or break this change for me is whether developers give players the option to publish their accomplishments and requests to Groups rather than News Feeds. Whether that cheapens or strengthens the primary function of social games is up for debate, but if I'm going to create a group with my close friends for a specific game, I want to be in the know. Regardless of what side you take, taking on the more daunting, hardcore tasks with your friends just got a helluva lot easier.
FarmVille McDonalds promotion is a glorified ad #notlovinit
The FarmVille McDonalds promotion has launched and, well, it's nothing we expected. Instead of turning out to be something like the Zynga 7-Eleven promotion from earlier this year, it's a glorified ad created to look like a FarmVille farm.
farmville mcdonalds farm
Here's how it works: If you look in your neighbor bar, you will see a McDonalds farm -- click on it to visit. Once you arrive on the farm, you will be instructed to use Insta-Grow on the McDonald's crops. If you're wondering how the heck to get Insta-Grow -- don't bother. A crop duster shows up and automatically fertilizes the seeded field and, then, suddenly the Golden Arches appear in crop form. You don't have to lift a finger.
farmville mcdonalds is here
As payment for your time, you receive a free McDonald's I'm Lovin' It hot air balloon and a McCafe coffee cup (a consumable which makes your farmer works 2x the speed) which are supposed to appear in your gift box. That wasn't the case for me, however -- so I'm waiting to see if this is a glitch and if so, when it will be fixed. Update (6 a.m.): Woke up and found the McCafe and Hot Air Balloon waiting for me in my gift box.
farmville mcdonalds promotion
The FarmVille-McDonalds promotion is creative from an advertising standpoint, though I think many farmers expected something a little more grandiose considering how much this 'event' was teased over the past few weeks.
farmville mcdonalds farm
Here's how it works: If you look in your neighbor bar, you will see a McDonalds farm -- click on it to visit. Once you arrive on the farm, you will be instructed to use Insta-Grow on the McDonald's crops. If you're wondering how the heck to get Insta-Grow -- don't bother. A crop duster shows up and automatically fertilizes the seeded field and, then, suddenly the Golden Arches appear in crop form. You don't have to lift a finger.
farmville mcdonalds is here
As payment for your time, you receive a free McDonald's I'm Lovin' It hot air balloon and a McCafe coffee cup (a consumable which makes your farmer works 2x the speed) which are supposed to appear in your gift box. That wasn't the case for me, however -- so I'm waiting to see if this is a glitch and if so, when it will be fixed. Update (6 a.m.): Woke up and found the McCafe and Hot Air Balloon waiting for me in my gift box.
farmville mcdonalds promotion
The FarmVille-McDonalds promotion is creative from an advertising standpoint, though I think many farmers expected something a little more grandiose considering how much this 'event' was teased over the past few weeks.
FarmVille increases Bushels to 200!
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FarmVille has given farmers a secret gift tonight by increasing the capacity of stored Bushels to 200!
You can now store up to 200 Bushels in your Crafting Building. The previous limit was 100.
Note: Reports are coming in that the new upgrade is not sticking, so there may be some technical issues going on as. Also, not all farmers are experiencing this capacity upgrade yet.
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
FarmVille has given farmers a secret gift tonight by increasing the capacity of stored Bushels to 200!
You can now store up to 200 Bushels in your Crafting Building. The previous limit was 100.
Note: Reports are coming in that the new upgrade is not sticking, so there may be some technical issues going on as. Also, not all farmers are experiencing this capacity upgrade yet.
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
Thứ Năm, 2 tháng 2, 2012
Lunchtime Poll: FarmVille Halloween decor - save it or sell it?
I have admit -- I'm always a little sad during the first few days of November. That's when I usually have to take the winter coat out of mothballs and put away the Halloween decorations. That means two things -- winter weather is officially here, and my favorite holiday of the year has already come and gone.
That sadness was magnified this year when I logged into FarmVille and my other Facebook games, each one decorated in a spooky theme, and I realized I had to figure out what to do with my virtual Halloween decorations as well. Do I store my Halloween items? Sell them? Or let them hang around a little longer?
I decided I'm going to try and store as much of this stuff as possible so I can reuse it again next year -- just like I do in real life. FarmVille rolled out a huge storage cellar a few months ago, which will hold my Haunted House, Spooky Trees and other goodies, and most of the other Facebook games I play have plentiful storage as well.
The stuff I don't have room to store? Guess it's going to get sold back for a fraction of the price. Who knew virtual decoration disassembling could be just as tedious it is in real life?
What do you plan to do with your slew of Halloween-themed items in FarmVille and other Facebook games? Vote in the Games.com Blog Lunchtime Poll below:
That sadness was magnified this year when I logged into FarmVille and my other Facebook games, each one decorated in a spooky theme, and I realized I had to figure out what to do with my virtual Halloween decorations as well. Do I store my Halloween items? Sell them? Or let them hang around a little longer?
I decided I'm going to try and store as much of this stuff as possible so I can reuse it again next year -- just like I do in real life. FarmVille rolled out a huge storage cellar a few months ago, which will hold my Haunted House, Spooky Trees and other goodies, and most of the other Facebook games I play have plentiful storage as well.
The stuff I don't have room to store? Guess it's going to get sold back for a fraction of the price. Who knew virtual decoration disassembling could be just as tedious it is in real life?
What do you plan to do with your slew of Halloween-themed items in FarmVille and other Facebook games? Vote in the Games.com Blog Lunchtime Poll below:
Thứ Tư, 1 tháng 2, 2012
New FarmVille Thanksgiving Animals: Silkie Chicken & Autumn Cow
In a late update this evening, Zynga has added two new Thanksgiving animals to FarmVille. The animals come in the form of Silkie Chicken, and the Autumn Cow, which we brought you a sneak peek of last week.
To start, the Silkie Chicken, which is definitely one of the cutest animals we've seen released in the game, goes for 20 Farm Cash. It can be harvested every day for 64 coins, and we're assuming it can be placed inside your Chicken Coop to add a bit of feathery fluff to the building.
Next, the Autumn Cow goes for 22 Farm Cash. It also can be harvested everyday, and can be placed inside your Dairy Barn, where it can produce an Autumn Calf (with a matching brown leaf pattern on its body), so long as the Autumn Cow is placed inside a Dairy Barn that also contains a Bull.
Both of these items will be around for the next 13 days, so be sure to pick up the items you're interested in fast, before the Thanksgiving theme of items says goodbye to the store for another year.
To start, the Silkie Chicken, which is definitely one of the cutest animals we've seen released in the game, goes for 20 Farm Cash. It can be harvested every day for 64 coins, and we're assuming it can be placed inside your Chicken Coop to add a bit of feathery fluff to the building.
Next, the Autumn Cow goes for 22 Farm Cash. It also can be harvested everyday, and can be placed inside your Dairy Barn, where it can produce an Autumn Calf (with a matching brown leaf pattern on its body), so long as the Autumn Cow is placed inside a Dairy Barn that also contains a Bull.
Both of these items will be around for the next 13 days, so be sure to pick up the items you're interested in fast, before the Thanksgiving theme of items says goodbye to the store for another year.
FarmVille Thanksgiving Items: Squash Home, Pilgrim Carriage, Turkey Balloon, & More
Tonight's FarmVille update brought yet another round of Thanksgiving items into the store. This time, we see the release of one new building, and a few new decorative items, some of which we brought you news of in a FarmVille Sneak Peek posted last week. Even if this is the first time you're seeing these new items, let's get right into our look at what's now available.
The first item is a building in the form of a Squash Home. It costs 200,000 coins to purchase, and will reward you with 2,000 experience points as a reward for making such a large purchase.
Along with this new building comes new decorative items in the form of a Pilgrim Carriage, a Pumpkin Planter, a Pilgrim Girl gnome, and a Turkey Balloon. The items are split evenly between those available for Farm Cash and for regular coins, with the Pilgrim Carriage and the Pilgrim Girl gnome costing 15 and 12 Farm Cash, respectively. The Turkey Balloon, then costs 50,000 coins, while the Pumpkin Planter costs just 8,000 coins.
All of these items come with a 13 day time limit. As this was quite a small update to the overall Thanksgiving theme, it makes us wonder if this could be the last set of Thanksgiving items we see released in the game. Could that be the case? Only time will tell at this point, but we'll be sure to let you know if/when more items are released.
The first item is a building in the form of a Squash Home. It costs 200,000 coins to purchase, and will reward you with 2,000 experience points as a reward for making such a large purchase.
Along with this new building comes new decorative items in the form of a Pilgrim Carriage, a Pumpkin Planter, a Pilgrim Girl gnome, and a Turkey Balloon. The items are split evenly between those available for Farm Cash and for regular coins, with the Pilgrim Carriage and the Pilgrim Girl gnome costing 15 and 12 Farm Cash, respectively. The Turkey Balloon, then costs 50,000 coins, while the Pumpkin Planter costs just 8,000 coins.
All of these items come with a 13 day time limit. As this was quite a small update to the overall Thanksgiving theme, it makes us wonder if this could be the last set of Thanksgiving items we see released in the game. Could that be the case? Only time will tell at this point, but we'll be sure to let you know if/when more items are released.
Thứ Hai, 30 tháng 1, 2012
FarmVille: Reindeer now available through Feed Trough
For those of you that like collecting Animal Feed for your Animal Feed Trough in FarmVille, you'll appreciate the fact that Zynga has now added a new animal to the list of those available animals that will randomly walk into your small barn. The animal is the Reindeer, which has been released a free gift earlier this year, but was first seen as a full animal release in FarmVille during last year's Winter Holiday celebration.
As the Reindeer is currently unavailable to purchase in the store, and you weren't playing the game last year, you'll want to make sure to take advantage of this opportunity. You'll need to collect 20 bundles of Animal Feed to activate your Trough to draw an animal in, and you can earn feed by having your friends send it to you through gift requests, or by earning it through clicking on friends' wall posts.
Since this is a Holiday related animal, it is possible that the Reindeer will only be available to find in the Trough for a limited time. Yes, the Turkey from Thanksgiving is still available, but do you really want to take the chance of losing out on a Reindeer just because you waited too long to collect Animal Feed? No, I wouldn't either.
Make sure to fill that Animal Trough and good luck finding a Reindeer on your own farm!
As the Reindeer is currently unavailable to purchase in the store, and you weren't playing the game last year, you'll want to make sure to take advantage of this opportunity. You'll need to collect 20 bundles of Animal Feed to activate your Trough to draw an animal in, and you can earn feed by having your friends send it to you through gift requests, or by earning it through clicking on friends' wall posts.
Since this is a Holiday related animal, it is possible that the Reindeer will only be available to find in the Trough for a limited time. Yes, the Turkey from Thanksgiving is still available, but do you really want to take the chance of losing out on a Reindeer just because you waited too long to collect Animal Feed? No, I wouldn't either.
Make sure to fill that Animal Trough and good luck finding a Reindeer on your own farm!
FarmVille Snowman / Snowball Fight: Everything you need to know
Recently, we showed you some leaked images from FarmVille's as-of-then unreleased Snowman and Snowball Fight activities that would be coming to FarmVille this holiday season. Well, the time is now for these features to go live, as the Snowman and Snowball Fight features have now begun rolling out to users across the game.
You'll know that this feature has launched in your game when you visit your farm and see the large pop-up like the one above. This lets you know the basics of the feature - you'll be able to visit your friends' farms and start a snowball fight with them. When your friend retaliates (throws a snowball back), those snowballs will start to form enough of a mound for you to build your own Magical Snowman.
For all of the details concerning this new event, meet us behind the break. To start, simply click on the "Okay" button on the pop-up at the top of this post, and then wait for your game to switch into Placement mode. This allows you to place a very small pile of snow on your Farm. Think of this pile of snow as the beginnings of a wonderful Snowman, or as the base for any one of the previously released "Buildables" in the game. From there, you'll be able to share the news that you're building a Snowman with friends.
Your Snowman will need to be constructed using various building materials. In the first step of the construction (there seem to be four stages of completion in all), you'll need to collect 10 Piles of Snow, and a single Snowman Scarf. You can collect these items by clicking on the "Ask for more" button associated with that particular item.
From there, you'll see a window like the one below, where you can post on individual users walls (the available list of users is randomly generated by the game) with a request to send you either Snow or a Scarf. Unfortunately, this will limit your progress, as you can't choose the individual friends that you'd like to ask, and out of the three people I personally could choose from, only one actually plays the game. It's presumable that many users will end up with the same sort of situation in their own games.
Luckily, there is another aspect to this feature, which comes from the actual Snowball Fight portion of this event. Once you have the Snowman on your farm, you can visit your neighbors' farms to see a new window appear asking you if you'd like to throw a snowball at that friend. This is done by simply clicking on the "Share" button, watching the animation of the flying snowball, and then posting a news item to that friend's wall alerting them that you've hit them with a Snowball.
Your friends can then retaliate, creating a true snowball fight - nay, war, sending snowballs back and forth amongst friends for the duration of the event.
As you collect snowballs, your Snowman will grow through four stages of completion: He will start as a Pile or Snow, and then move into Smiling Snowman, Dapper Snowman, and eventually Dancing Snowman stages. Once completed, it's assumed that the Snowman will actually dance, just like Frosty the Snowman from the classic children's story.
So what are you waiting for? Don't you want a Dancing Snowman on your farm? Start throwing Snowballs at your friends and build your very own Snowman while you can!
Check out the rest of our Holiday 2010 coverage right here.
Find the rest of our FarmVille Cheats & Tips right here.
What do you think of the Snowman and Snowball Fight events in FarmVille? Will you build your Snowman, or do you already have enough Winter goodies on your farm?
You'll know that this feature has launched in your game when you visit your farm and see the large pop-up like the one above. This lets you know the basics of the feature - you'll be able to visit your friends' farms and start a snowball fight with them. When your friend retaliates (throws a snowball back), those snowballs will start to form enough of a mound for you to build your own Magical Snowman.
For all of the details concerning this new event, meet us behind the break. To start, simply click on the "Okay" button on the pop-up at the top of this post, and then wait for your game to switch into Placement mode. This allows you to place a very small pile of snow on your Farm. Think of this pile of snow as the beginnings of a wonderful Snowman, or as the base for any one of the previously released "Buildables" in the game. From there, you'll be able to share the news that you're building a Snowman with friends.
Your Snowman will need to be constructed using various building materials. In the first step of the construction (there seem to be four stages of completion in all), you'll need to collect 10 Piles of Snow, and a single Snowman Scarf. You can collect these items by clicking on the "Ask for more" button associated with that particular item.
From there, you'll see a window like the one below, where you can post on individual users walls (the available list of users is randomly generated by the game) with a request to send you either Snow or a Scarf. Unfortunately, this will limit your progress, as you can't choose the individual friends that you'd like to ask, and out of the three people I personally could choose from, only one actually plays the game. It's presumable that many users will end up with the same sort of situation in their own games.
Luckily, there is another aspect to this feature, which comes from the actual Snowball Fight portion of this event. Once you have the Snowman on your farm, you can visit your neighbors' farms to see a new window appear asking you if you'd like to throw a snowball at that friend. This is done by simply clicking on the "Share" button, watching the animation of the flying snowball, and then posting a news item to that friend's wall alerting them that you've hit them with a Snowball.
Your friends can then retaliate, creating a true snowball fight - nay, war, sending snowballs back and forth amongst friends for the duration of the event.
As you collect snowballs, your Snowman will grow through four stages of completion: He will start as a Pile or Snow, and then move into Smiling Snowman, Dapper Snowman, and eventually Dancing Snowman stages. Once completed, it's assumed that the Snowman will actually dance, just like Frosty the Snowman from the classic children's story.
So what are you waiting for? Don't you want a Dancing Snowman on your farm? Start throwing Snowballs at your friends and build your very own Snowman while you can!
Check out the rest of our Holiday 2010 coverage right here.
Find the rest of our FarmVille Cheats & Tips right here.
What do you think of the Snowman and Snowball Fight events in FarmVille? Will you build your Snowman, or do you already have enough Winter goodies on your farm?
Earn 2 free FarmVille Farm Cash from Coca-Cola promotion
Keeping the tradition of free Farm Cash in FarmVille going, Zynga has launched a new cross-promotional activity with Coca-Cola, that can be found underneath the FarmVille gameplay area. This isn't the first time we've seen Zynga partner with Coca-Cola, as a Cafe World promotion was launched back in October.
At any rate, this newest FarmVille promotion will see users earning 2 free Farm Cash for completing a short activity. To begin, simply click on the Sponsored Link window, as seen at the right of this post (here is the link of the activity, if it never loads on your own game - if it doesn't work for you, then you'll need to wait for the activity to appear on your own account).
A new window will load, where you'll see a short trailer for this activity - you'll see six locked bottles of Coca-Cola, and when you click on them, you'll see game tips about FarmVille (basic tips concerning game elements like upgrading vehicles or visiting neighbors), and you'll then be allowed to submit your progress and are offered a free coupon that you can send to your friends via the official Coca-Cola Facebook fan page.
You must click on the button within the promotion to launch the fan page in order to finally earn your 2 free Farm Cash, which will then be added to your account in the game (if it doesn't show up automatically, a simple game refresh should force it to appear.
At any rate, this newest FarmVille promotion will see users earning 2 free Farm Cash for completing a short activity. To begin, simply click on the Sponsored Link window, as seen at the right of this post (here is the link of the activity, if it never loads on your own game - if it doesn't work for you, then you'll need to wait for the activity to appear on your own account).
A new window will load, where you'll see a short trailer for this activity - you'll see six locked bottles of Coca-Cola, and when you click on them, you'll see game tips about FarmVille (basic tips concerning game elements like upgrading vehicles or visiting neighbors), and you'll then be allowed to submit your progress and are offered a free coupon that you can send to your friends via the official Coca-Cola Facebook fan page.
You must click on the button within the promotion to launch the fan page in order to finally earn your 2 free Farm Cash, which will then be added to your account in the game (if it doesn't show up automatically, a simple game refresh should force it to appear.
Official FarmVille Podcast (12/17/10): Pig Pen Expansions, Winter Countdown details
In this week's official FarmVille podcast, FarmVille Community Manager Lexilicious gave users a sneak peek at some of the upcoming features that will be launching in FarmVille in the coming days and weeks. Here's a recap of this week's details.
First, Zynga will soon be launching a Greeting Card contest. Similar to the Baking Contest, this Greeting Card contest will ask aspiring artists to create a FarmVille themed card (either in the real world, or through Microsoft Paint, Photoshop, or another photo editing program). The prizes for this contest will be 1,000 Farm Cash, 1 million coins and any limited edition FarmVille item of your choice. We'll be sure to give you all of the details of this contest as soon as it launches (presumably on the forums).
Another upcoming feature will be the introduction of Pig Pen expansions. These expansions will allow you to upgrade the capacity of your Pig Pen from 20 to 40 pigs. As a result, you'll be able to hold more slop, and send more pigs truffle hunting at once.
The New Year's Party feature that we gave you a sneak peek of last week has also been officially confirmed. This will be a social event, with the more friends you get to attend resulting in better rewards. Some of these rewards include new crops, new clothes for your avatar, and a new pony.
Sometime after December 25, a Winter Countdown will begin. Each day you login, you'll be able to ask for and give an item from FarmVille's old Winter Holiday theme to/from friends. If you unlock all 12 of these items (that is, login each and every day and participate for that 12 day time period), you'll receive a special, apparently exclusive animal as a prize.
Finally, Lexi confirmed that the FarmVille team is hoping to add the coin purchasing option for the 28x28 land expansion to the game sometime after the new year. There was no announcement as to how much it would cost, but she did confirm that the team was working on it.
For those that love listening to the FarmVille Podcast in full, you can check it out at the top of this post. The next FarmVille podcast is scheduled for release on January 7, and we'll make sure to bring you all of the details therein after it is released.
First, Zynga will soon be launching a Greeting Card contest. Similar to the Baking Contest, this Greeting Card contest will ask aspiring artists to create a FarmVille themed card (either in the real world, or through Microsoft Paint, Photoshop, or another photo editing program). The prizes for this contest will be 1,000 Farm Cash, 1 million coins and any limited edition FarmVille item of your choice. We'll be sure to give you all of the details of this contest as soon as it launches (presumably on the forums).
Another upcoming feature will be the introduction of Pig Pen expansions. These expansions will allow you to upgrade the capacity of your Pig Pen from 20 to 40 pigs. As a result, you'll be able to hold more slop, and send more pigs truffle hunting at once.
The New Year's Party feature that we gave you a sneak peek of last week has also been officially confirmed. This will be a social event, with the more friends you get to attend resulting in better rewards. Some of these rewards include new crops, new clothes for your avatar, and a new pony.
Sometime after December 25, a Winter Countdown will begin. Each day you login, you'll be able to ask for and give an item from FarmVille's old Winter Holiday theme to/from friends. If you unlock all 12 of these items (that is, login each and every day and participate for that 12 day time period), you'll receive a special, apparently exclusive animal as a prize.
Finally, Lexi confirmed that the FarmVille team is hoping to add the coin purchasing option for the 28x28 land expansion to the game sometime after the new year. There was no announcement as to how much it would cost, but she did confirm that the team was working on it.
For those that love listening to the FarmVille Podcast in full, you can check it out at the top of this post. The next FarmVille podcast is scheduled for release on January 7, and we'll make sure to bring you all of the details therein after it is released.
Thứ Năm, 12 tháng 1, 2012
FarmVille Winter Wonderland Theme Showcase: The farm goes skiing
In the most recent edition of the FarmVille Showcase by Zynga, the Winter Wonderland Theme is put on display for us. And surprisingly, we can gather quite a lot from 13 seconds of video. In fact, just about all of these items have already been released in the game like the Caribou, Totem Pole, Ski Shop, and Winter Fire Pit. Also released last night was the new animated Ski Jump. Watch in awe as this brave little man performs a back flip from atop the hill only to do it all over again. And again.
Also included in the video are the Fiorland Penguin, which has already been released in the game, what looks to be a black bear cub, a Koala and a giant Panda Bear. For good measure, Zynga threw in a B0V1NE-09 and a Gold Gnome--no farm is complete without them, really. Stay tuned for when the rest of these items go live in-game.
Also included in the video are the Fiorland Penguin, which has already been released in the game, what looks to be a black bear cub, a Koala and a giant Panda Bear. For good measure, Zynga threw in a B0V1NE-09 and a Gold Gnome--no farm is complete without them, really. Stay tuned for when the rest of these items go live in-game.
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