Sightings of the FarmVille Farmer's Market have been reported all week long, with only a lucky few who had access to this new features. Well, farmers, the wait is over. The Farmer's Market is now available to everyone.
The first mission is to open your Market, and that will require a Market Stall, which can be earned several ways: 1.) By planting and harvesting crops to get a bushel or 2.) By collecting Bushels from friends who are giving them away via their Facebook Walls. Once you have a bushel, the Market Stall will appear in your gift box. You can then place it on your farm and start learning more about how this stall will make it easier to run your farm with maximum success.
To learn more about how this new feature works, check out our FarmVille Farmer's Market: Everything You Need to Know guide.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
FarmVille Unreleased Wooden and Steel Underground Storage
Thank you to FarmVille Freak Bamooozle for finding these unreleased FarmVille Wooden and Steel Underground Storage.
Source:
FarmVille Unreleased Underground Wooden Storage – Zynga FarmVille
FarmVille Unreleased Underground Steel Storage – Zynga FarmVille
This article originally appeared on FarmVIlle Freak.
Source:
FarmVille Unreleased Underground Wooden Storage – Zynga FarmVille
FarmVille Unreleased Underground Steel Storage – Zynga FarmVille
This article originally appeared on FarmVIlle Freak.
FarmVille Feed & Publishing Post Glitches
farmville feed and post glitches
Tonight Zynga issued an error message above the FarmVille Game screen to let farmers know there are currently issues publishing FarmVille posts to the Facebook homefeed. As always, FarmVille Freak has elaborated on Zynga's instructions, making it easier for FarmVille Freaks everywhere!
Current Fix for future posts are as follows:
Go to "Account" (upper right corner of the page)
2. Click on "Edit Friends"
3. On the left hand navigation column under "Lists", click on "Friends"
4. Click on "Create List"
5. Create a new list called "Exclude"
6. IMPORTANT: DO NOT add anyone to this list
7. Click on "Create List" to finish creating the list.
8. In the upper right corner of the page, click on "Account"
9. Click on "Privacy Settings"
10. Click on "Personal Information and Posts"
11. For the "Posts By Me" setting, choose "Custom"
12. For "Make this visible to" choose the setting you want (I use "Friends Only")
13. For "Hide this from", type "Exclude" into the "These People" field.
14. Save Settings
15. You're done – you have new default settings. Your posts will again be available to the people you want to have access to them!
This article originally appeared on FarmVIlle Freak.
Tonight Zynga issued an error message above the FarmVille Game screen to let farmers know there are currently issues publishing FarmVille posts to the Facebook homefeed. As always, FarmVille Freak has elaborated on Zynga's instructions, making it easier for FarmVille Freaks everywhere!
Current Fix for future posts are as follows:
Go to "Account" (upper right corner of the page)
2. Click on "Edit Friends"
3. On the left hand navigation column under "Lists", click on "Friends"
4. Click on "Create List"
5. Create a new list called "Exclude"
6. IMPORTANT: DO NOT add anyone to this list
7. Click on "Create List" to finish creating the list.
8. In the upper right corner of the page, click on "Account"
9. Click on "Privacy Settings"
10. Click on "Personal Information and Posts"
11. For the "Posts By Me" setting, choose "Custom"
12. For "Make this visible to" choose the setting you want (I use "Friends Only")
13. For "Hide this from", type "Exclude" into the "These People" field.
14. Save Settings
15. You're done – you have new default settings. Your posts will again be available to the people you want to have access to them!
This article originally appeared on FarmVIlle Freak.
New FarmVille crop arrives in the Market - Ginger
A new permanent FarmVille crop has appeared in the Market -- Ginger. You'll have to be at least level 42 to plant the crop.
More info coming soon!
More info coming soon!
FarmVille Nursery Barn finally gets a purpose: Raising baby animals
FarmVille Nursery Barn also underwent a few changes in the May 28 update -- basically, now it's a building that does more than contain your wobbly legged livestock.
Now those doe-eyed baby calves and foals can now grow up in to adult animals. Each time you harvest the Nursery Barn, you'll have a chance that one of your animals will grow into an adult. You'll also get a baby animal that you can share with your friends.
Now those doe-eyed baby calves and foals can now grow up in to adult animals. Each time you harvest the Nursery Barn, you'll have a chance that one of your animals will grow into an adult. You'll also get a baby animal that you can share with your friends.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Wishlist: How FarmVille can take full advantage of the iPhone
Zynga's newly released iPhone version of FarmVille is a passable if flawed miniaturization of its popular PC cousin. But the move to Apple's popular mobile phone brings with it the opportunity to add some rather unique new gameplay to the familiar farming experience. Here are just a few ideas for how Zynga can take full advantage of the iPhone hardware to make a better (or at least a fresher) overall game.
Geo-location: Visiting your virtual neighbors in FarmVille is all well and good, but sometimes you want to see what's going on with your actual neighbors. With the iPhone's built-in GPS (and IP-based geo-location for iPod users), this should be easy enough to implement. Simply let players opt-in to share their locations, then let them visit other farms are being shared in a set radius (anywhere from a few feet to a few hundred miles should be available). In addition to helping people discover new FarmVille freaks in their area, this feature could also let businesses and attractions set up virtual farms that are only accessible by visiting their real-world locations.
Text message harvesting: The iPhone version of FarmVille finally brings push notification of harvesting times, a great boon for on-the-go farmers that can't keep track of their schedules. As it stands now, though, iPhone players still have to load up the game and go through the onerous process of tapping all of their crops -- a process that can take entire minutes. Who has that kind of time? This is the new millennium! Why not let people harvest all their crops with a simple text message to Zynga.
Yes, this feature would actively encourage people to neglect spending time in the game, but so do time-saving features like tractors and unwithers, and people pay good virtual money (and sometimes real money) for those features. I can just see the ads now: "Text 'harvest' to 01223 and get those pesky crops out of the ground. Texts cost 2 FV cash for the first and 1 FV cash for each additional harvest per week, plus your telephone provider's fees. Text NOW!
Tilt to plow: Some of the iPhone's best games don't use the touchscreen at all, instead letting players simply tilt their phones to control everything from spaceships to tiny ball bearings to... whatever this thing is. Surely it can be used to control a virtual tractor as well, no? Just thing of the wild farm designs that could easily be created with a few deft flicks of the wrist. Of course, as it stands the game's graphics might not be responsive enough to allow for easy tilting controls, so maybe Zynga should get to work on that problem first. It's OK, we'll wait.
Personalized photo crops: The iPhone camera has revolutionized many games, from... um... well... OK, there aren't that many great games that take good advantage of the iPhone's camera yet. But Farmville could be one of the first by letting players convert their photos into personalized crop images. Why just grow ears of corn when you could instead grow a picture of your significant other, or Barack Obama, or even Bishop Desmond Tutu (cutest crop ever!). True, there would be a small risk of visiting a friend's farm and seeing dozens of pictures of their junk sprouting out of the ground, but really, if that happens, well, maybe you need to find some new friends.
Augmented reality farming: While the personalized crops discussed above could theoretically be implemented on the PC version of Farmville, this next idea would be much harder to do without a smartphone. Augmented reality, in this case, simply means point your iPhone video camera at the nearest table, book or other flat surface and seeing your farm displayed on-screen resting on top of that surface. Just picture it -- wheat growing out of your homework! Cows mooing on top of your bedspread! A grove of trees on... the carpet! Yeah, OK, this is actually starting to sound pretty lame now that we type it out. NEXT!
Audio commentary: Letting your best friend know their farming skills are "teh lamez0rs" via a signpost comment is all well and good, but just imagine how much more fun it could be to use the iPhone's built-in microphone to actively curse out their farming skills with your own voice (or we guess you could leave a nice comment too. If you really wanted to). But why stop there? Why not let players record detailed audio commentaries that take visiting friends from your elegantly designed koi pond garden to the haybale picture of Justin Beiber. Zynga could even add complex editing tools to give your virtual tour that Ken Burns effect.
That's all we've got for now, but we're sure there's iPhone farming possibilities we've left out
Geo-location: Visiting your virtual neighbors in FarmVille is all well and good, but sometimes you want to see what's going on with your actual neighbors. With the iPhone's built-in GPS (and IP-based geo-location for iPod users), this should be easy enough to implement. Simply let players opt-in to share their locations, then let them visit other farms are being shared in a set radius (anywhere from a few feet to a few hundred miles should be available). In addition to helping people discover new FarmVille freaks in their area, this feature could also let businesses and attractions set up virtual farms that are only accessible by visiting their real-world locations.
Text message harvesting: The iPhone version of FarmVille finally brings push notification of harvesting times, a great boon for on-the-go farmers that can't keep track of their schedules. As it stands now, though, iPhone players still have to load up the game and go through the onerous process of tapping all of their crops -- a process that can take entire minutes. Who has that kind of time? This is the new millennium! Why not let people harvest all their crops with a simple text message to Zynga.
Yes, this feature would actively encourage people to neglect spending time in the game, but so do time-saving features like tractors and unwithers, and people pay good virtual money (and sometimes real money) for those features. I can just see the ads now: "Text 'harvest' to 01223 and get those pesky crops out of the ground. Texts cost 2 FV cash for the first and 1 FV cash for each additional harvest per week, plus your telephone provider's fees. Text NOW!
Tilt to plow: Some of the iPhone's best games don't use the touchscreen at all, instead letting players simply tilt their phones to control everything from spaceships to tiny ball bearings to... whatever this thing is. Surely it can be used to control a virtual tractor as well, no? Just thing of the wild farm designs that could easily be created with a few deft flicks of the wrist. Of course, as it stands the game's graphics might not be responsive enough to allow for easy tilting controls, so maybe Zynga should get to work on that problem first. It's OK, we'll wait.
Personalized photo crops: The iPhone camera has revolutionized many games, from... um... well... OK, there aren't that many great games that take good advantage of the iPhone's camera yet. But Farmville could be one of the first by letting players convert their photos into personalized crop images. Why just grow ears of corn when you could instead grow a picture of your significant other, or Barack Obama, or even Bishop Desmond Tutu (cutest crop ever!). True, there would be a small risk of visiting a friend's farm and seeing dozens of pictures of their junk sprouting out of the ground, but really, if that happens, well, maybe you need to find some new friends.
Augmented reality farming: While the personalized crops discussed above could theoretically be implemented on the PC version of Farmville, this next idea would be much harder to do without a smartphone. Augmented reality, in this case, simply means point your iPhone video camera at the nearest table, book or other flat surface and seeing your farm displayed on-screen resting on top of that surface. Just picture it -- wheat growing out of your homework! Cows mooing on top of your bedspread! A grove of trees on... the carpet! Yeah, OK, this is actually starting to sound pretty lame now that we type it out. NEXT!
Audio commentary: Letting your best friend know their farming skills are "teh lamez0rs" via a signpost comment is all well and good, but just imagine how much more fun it could be to use the iPhone's built-in microphone to actively curse out their farming skills with your own voice (or we guess you could leave a nice comment too. If you really wanted to). But why stop there? Why not let players record detailed audio commentaries that take visiting friends from your elegantly designed koi pond garden to the haybale picture of Justin Beiber. Zynga could even add complex editing tools to give your virtual tour that Ken Burns effect.
That's all we've got for now, but we're sure there's iPhone farming possibilities we've left out
Thursday, February 9, 2012
FarmVille Bakery Crafting Building: How to go from farmer to master baker
FarmVille Crafting Buildings have finally made their way to the game. Farmers level 25 and up have access to three crafting buildings -- a Winery, Spa and Bakery. What's the purpose of these buildings? In addition to giving you something to do with all those bushels you've been getting from you and your friends' Farmers Market, the main motivation is fuel. That's right, make stuff in your Bakery, and you'll ultimately be rewarded with sweet fuel to power your tractor and other farming equipment.
Most of my fellow farmers chose the Winery (says a lot, doesn't it?), so I decided to play contrarian and pick the Bakery as my crafting building. After all, who doesn't love a nice baked good, even virtual ones? To start on your way to becoming a master baker, choose the bakery from the Crafting is Here! pop-up window. I previously chose the bakery, so I just had to click the 'Yes Place' button to set the bakery on my farm.
bakery crafting
A Tip: Make your you clear out some room for your new crafting building -- it might require a little more space than you might expect. Once the Bakery is placed, you can get to work, well, baking.
If you didn't select the bakery several weeks ago, and you want to make the switch, click 'Choose Another' and then pick the building you want. farmville bakery inside
To get a better idea at what bushels you'll need to craft items for your bakery, take a look at the recipes and bushels required to make each:
Pumpkin Bread
- 4 Pumpkin Bushels
- 4 Wheat Bushels
Strawberry Shortcake
- 4 Strawberry Bushels
- 4 Wheat Bushels
Spicy Muffins
- 3 Carrot Bushels
- 1 Pepper Bushel
- 3 Ghost Chili Bushels
Pattypan Tart
- 3 Pattypan Squash Bushels
- 2 Onion Bushels
- 3 Rice Bushels
There are several ways to get the bushels you need. You can plant and harvest crops and hope you get bushels from there; you can shop at a friend's Farmer's Market and buy bushels from them using coins or you can snag bushels for free from friends' Facebook Wall posts.
Once you have the right ingredients you can choose to make a good, and like all things in FarmVille, you'll then have to wait a certain amount of time for it to be complete.
farmville bakery
You have the option to cook multiple recipes at a time, and the more you level up your bakery, the more ovens you unlock.
Once your goods are ready, you can sell them (there's also a sales report to let you know what friends have been buying), which will help you level up your recipe.
farmville bakery goods for sale
You also have the option to trade in goods for gas (and other rewards later on). To trade in goods, click the 'Use' button (see image below).
farmville bakery use items and trade them in for fuel
Like the rest of the Crafting Buildings, the Bakery can be leveled up using Farm Cash or coins. As the Bakery gains more stars, it's appearance will start to change, and the modest Bakery that you started out with in the beginning will get more frills the higher its star rating.
farmville bakery
After you're all set, just keep on baking until you reach five stars. Best part about this Bakery? You can bake to your heart's content and won't be tempted by yummy treats.
Check out the rest of our FarmVille Cheats & Tips right here.
Most of my fellow farmers chose the Winery (says a lot, doesn't it?), so I decided to play contrarian and pick the Bakery as my crafting building. After all, who doesn't love a nice baked good, even virtual ones? To start on your way to becoming a master baker, choose the bakery from the Crafting is Here! pop-up window. I previously chose the bakery, so I just had to click the 'Yes Place' button to set the bakery on my farm.
bakery crafting
A Tip: Make your you clear out some room for your new crafting building -- it might require a little more space than you might expect. Once the Bakery is placed, you can get to work, well, baking.
If you didn't select the bakery several weeks ago, and you want to make the switch, click 'Choose Another' and then pick the building you want. farmville bakery inside
To get a better idea at what bushels you'll need to craft items for your bakery, take a look at the recipes and bushels required to make each:
Pumpkin Bread
- 4 Pumpkin Bushels
- 4 Wheat Bushels
Strawberry Shortcake
- 4 Strawberry Bushels
- 4 Wheat Bushels
Spicy Muffins
- 3 Carrot Bushels
- 1 Pepper Bushel
- 3 Ghost Chili Bushels
Pattypan Tart
- 3 Pattypan Squash Bushels
- 2 Onion Bushels
- 3 Rice Bushels
There are several ways to get the bushels you need. You can plant and harvest crops and hope you get bushels from there; you can shop at a friend's Farmer's Market and buy bushels from them using coins or you can snag bushels for free from friends' Facebook Wall posts.
Once you have the right ingredients you can choose to make a good, and like all things in FarmVille, you'll then have to wait a certain amount of time for it to be complete.
farmville bakery
You have the option to cook multiple recipes at a time, and the more you level up your bakery, the more ovens you unlock.
Once your goods are ready, you can sell them (there's also a sales report to let you know what friends have been buying), which will help you level up your recipe.
farmville bakery goods for sale
You also have the option to trade in goods for gas (and other rewards later on). To trade in goods, click the 'Use' button (see image below).
farmville bakery use items and trade them in for fuel
Like the rest of the Crafting Buildings, the Bakery can be leveled up using Farm Cash or coins. As the Bakery gains more stars, it's appearance will start to change, and the modest Bakery that you started out with in the beginning will get more frills the higher its star rating.
farmville bakery
After you're all set, just keep on baking until you reach five stars. Best part about this Bakery? You can bake to your heart's content and won't be tempted by yummy treats.
Check out the rest of our FarmVille Cheats & Tips right here.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
FarmVille Recycling coming soon
Based on these unreleased items and ribbons, it seems that FarmVille is getting set to roll out a new recycling feature.
In addition to a new cursor, recycling boxes, ribbons, and a recycling bar, one of the unreleased images is of two people sharing a blue recycling box which implies that players will be able to recycle or share gifts with their neighbors.
farmville recycling center
There are also a number of ribbons that are tied to the new recycling feature. They will probably be rewarded based on the recycling center bar above, one being awarded at each benchmark. The final ribbon, Recycle Swapper, poses more of a mystery. My guess is that it is linked to the neighbor recycling feature. The ribbons are as follows:
recycle army
Recycle
Army
farmville recycle humanitarian
Recycle
Humanitarian
farmville recycle munificent
Recycle
Munificent
farmville recycle swapper
Recycle
Swapper
Stay tuned to The Blog as we track all the news surrounding this new environmentally friendly FarmVille recycling feature.
In addition to a new cursor, recycling boxes, ribbons, and a recycling bar, one of the unreleased images is of two people sharing a blue recycling box which implies that players will be able to recycle or share gifts with their neighbors.
farmville recycling center
There are also a number of ribbons that are tied to the new recycling feature. They will probably be rewarded based on the recycling center bar above, one being awarded at each benchmark. The final ribbon, Recycle Swapper, poses more of a mystery. My guess is that it is linked to the neighbor recycling feature. The ribbons are as follows:
recycle army
Recycle
Army
farmville recycle humanitarian
Recycle
Humanitarian
farmville recycle munificent
Recycle
Munificent
farmville recycle swapper
Recycle
Swapper
Stay tuned to The Blog as we track all the news surrounding this new environmentally friendly FarmVille recycling feature.
FarmVille Unreleased Modern Cottage, Train Crossing, Train Tracks, & Train Tracks v2
FarmVille Train enthusiasts will be happy to know that Train Tracks may be coming to FarmVille. We've seen FarmVille Freaks build their own roads using haybales and other creative material to give their farm some transportation infrastructure, but this will be the first time that FarmVille has offered them in the Market.
Thank you to FarmVille Freak Teresa for finding these unreleased FarmVille Modern Cottage, Train Crossing, Train Tracks, & Train Tracks v2 items!
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
Thank you to FarmVille Freak Teresa for finding these unreleased FarmVille Modern Cottage, Train Crossing, Train Tracks, & Train Tracks v2 items!
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
FarmVille iPhone App Updated v.1.05
farmville iphone update
Today Zynga released an update for its FarmVille app for iPhone.
Continue reading to see what's new.
The September 1st 2010 update, version 1.05, includes fixes for the following:
Fixed loading issues and crashes for large farms.
Fixed "Out of Sync" error when sending iPhone exclusive gifts.
Fixed crash when ignoring pending gifts.
Fixed crash when visiting multiple neighbors.
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
Have you noticed an improvement with your mobile farming with this update?
Today Zynga released an update for its FarmVille app for iPhone.
Continue reading to see what's new.
The September 1st 2010 update, version 1.05, includes fixes for the following:
Fixed loading issues and crashes for large farms.
Fixed "Out of Sync" error when sending iPhone exclusive gifts.
Fixed crash when ignoring pending gifts.
Fixed crash when visiting multiple neighbors.
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
Have you noticed an improvement with your mobile farming with this update?
Sunday, February 5, 2012
FarmVille: How to get the adoptable Himalayan cat
FarmVille Himalayan Cat
In tonight's FarmVille update, one unannounced addition is the new Himalayan Cat. Like all adoptable animals, occasionally you will be prompted to share this cat with your friends on your Facebook wall. To get your own Himalayan Cat, scour your newsfeed for a cat from your friends, and be one of the first to click on it to claim it.
The Himalayan Cat is harvestable once every day, and gives a coin bonus for clicking on it. It's an adorable little kitty cat, so you know you want one!
FarmVille Himalayan Cat
Have you received a Himalayan Cat yet from your friends?
In tonight's FarmVille update, one unannounced addition is the new Himalayan Cat. Like all adoptable animals, occasionally you will be prompted to share this cat with your friends on your Facebook wall. To get your own Himalayan Cat, scour your newsfeed for a cat from your friends, and be one of the first to click on it to claim it.
The Himalayan Cat is harvestable once every day, and gives a coin bonus for clicking on it. It's an adorable little kitty cat, so you know you want one!
FarmVille Himalayan Cat
Have you received a Himalayan Cat yet from your friends?
FarmVille Oktoberfest continues with new decor and animals
FarmVille is continuing the Oktoberfest celebration with a set of new animals, decorations, and buildings to celebrate this German holiday. With 7 FV Cash items and 2 expensive coins items, there isn't really something here for everyone. Even the little goat and big will set you back over 13 Farm Cash. If you haven't rushed to log in to the game yet to see what's new, read below for the full list of new items.
Buildings:
Festival Wheel - 38 Farm Cash
Festival Tent - 34 Farm Cash
Animals:
Alpine Goat - 14 Farm Cash
Black Pied Pig - 18 Farm Cash
Decorations:
Festival Gnome - 18 Farm Cash
Festival Pavilion - 240,000 coins
Cider Stand - 120,000 coins
Festival Carriage - 22 Farm Cash
German Gnome - 18 Farm Cash
These items are available for only 10 days, which is when we can presume the Oktoberfest event will be ending in FarmVille.
What do you think of the new Oktoberfest items? Which is your favorite?
Buildings:
Festival Wheel - 38 Farm Cash
Festival Tent - 34 Farm Cash
Animals:
Alpine Goat - 14 Farm Cash
Black Pied Pig - 18 Farm Cash
Decorations:
Festival Gnome - 18 Farm Cash
Festival Pavilion - 240,000 coins
Cider Stand - 120,000 coins
Festival Carriage - 22 Farm Cash
German Gnome - 18 Farm Cash
These items are available for only 10 days, which is when we can presume the Oktoberfest event will be ending in FarmVille.
What do you think of the new Oktoberfest items? Which is your favorite?
Thursday, February 2, 2012
FarmVille: Snow Cone and Cottoncandy Trees no longer limited time
In tonight's FarmVille update, along with the massive features comes a couple of minor changes that will make players happy. Two trees from the Country Fair theme, the Snow Cone Tree and the Cottoncandy Tree have now been made not limited time. Previously, they were set to expire before the theme ended, but now the expiration has been removed.
This is actually a huge help to players because they now have the option to finish their mastery in those trees before they are taken away. Nothing is more annoying than being so close to mastering something and having it removed just before you can finish.
Additionally, the Bubble Gum Tree has now been made an addition to the store. This expensive 30 Farm Cash tree was only available as a seedling from having Cottoncandy or Snow Cone trees in your orchard. You can now buy this tree outright, which is great because it definitely stands out from all other trees.
This is actually a huge help to players because they now have the option to finish their mastery in those trees before they are taken away. Nothing is more annoying than being so close to mastering something and having it removed just before you can finish.
Additionally, the Bubble Gum Tree has now been made an addition to the store. This expensive 30 Farm Cash tree was only available as a seedling from having Cottoncandy or Snow Cone trees in your orchard. You can now buy this tree outright, which is great because it definitely stands out from all other trees.
FarmVille Mystery Game offers "Best Of" items this week
This week's Mystery Game in FarmVille is a bit of a throwback, being comprised of a "Best of" theme of items - those items that are apparently some of users' favorites, which have made a quick, week-long comeback to the game.
The prizes for this week's Mystery Game are the Antique Home, Red Squirrel, Backyard Pool, Raccoon, Pied Peacock, and Panther Cub. These items, as usual, range in rarity from Common to Rare, and you'll have to pay 16 Farm Cash per go at the game to get any of these items that you want.
This "Best Of" Mystery Game will only be available until next Tuesday night, when another round of the game, filled with different (perhaps even new) items will take its place, so play fast if you want a chance at collecting all six of this week's items.
The prizes for this week's Mystery Game are the Antique Home, Red Squirrel, Backyard Pool, Raccoon, Pied Peacock, and Panther Cub. These items, as usual, range in rarity from Common to Rare, and you'll have to pay 16 Farm Cash per go at the game to get any of these items that you want.
This "Best Of" Mystery Game will only be available until next Tuesday night, when another round of the game, filled with different (perhaps even new) items will take its place, so play fast if you want a chance at collecting all six of this week's items.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
FarmVille Bunny Slope: Best item ever?
Released last night alongside other Holiday items, was the FarmVille Bunny Slope. Many immediately passed the Bunny Slope off as merely another boring Farm Cash item. However, not only is the Bunny Slope a clever joke (because a bunny is riding the Bunny Slope), it is also potentially the best FarmVille item ever (in my opinion of course).
farmville bunny slope
farmville bunny slope best itemOnce placed on your farm, a bunny rabbit with an orange sled continually climbs up the Bunny Slope and then slides back down. Could it get any cuter? Many FarmVille players don't think so. Some have even lined up their other cute animals at the bottom of the hill, waiting their turn to ride the FarmVille Bunny Slope (though of course, they can't actually ride it). I might even keep my farm holiday themed all year around, just so I can display my favorite FarmVille item: the Bunny Slope.
Unfortunately, the FarmVille Bunny Slope costs a massive 28 Farm Cash. But for one of the best FarmVille items ever, it might be worth it.
Check out the rest of our Holiday 2010 coverage right here.
What is your favorite FarmVille item? What item are you most proud of?
farmville bunny slope
farmville bunny slope best itemOnce placed on your farm, a bunny rabbit with an orange sled continually climbs up the Bunny Slope and then slides back down. Could it get any cuter? Many FarmVille players don't think so. Some have even lined up their other cute animals at the bottom of the hill, waiting their turn to ride the FarmVille Bunny Slope (though of course, they can't actually ride it). I might even keep my farm holiday themed all year around, just so I can display my favorite FarmVille item: the Bunny Slope.
Unfortunately, the FarmVille Bunny Slope costs a massive 28 Farm Cash. But for one of the best FarmVille items ever, it might be worth it.
Check out the rest of our Holiday 2010 coverage right here.
What is your favorite FarmVille item? What item are you most proud of?
CityVille Cheats and Tips: A Goods Management Guide
CityVille Goods
Now that you've expanded your Franchise empire along with the boundaries of your booming town in CityVille, it's time to get those Goods in line. I don't know about you, but I often find myself maxed out on Goods upon logging into the game. In fact, it's gotten to the point where, at times, I can't even harvest my crops before somehow getting rid of my gobs of Goods. However, there are a few ways to optimize your Goods management so that you don't run into the same problem.
1. The Right Crops for the Right Time
The number one way to control the amount of Goods you produce is planting smart. This isn't FarmVille anymore where the motto normally goes, "The more crops, the better!" Remember to be sure of the yield of each crop and its harvest time before planting. Now, you don't have to break out the calculator or anything (well, unless you're that intent on efficiency), but an idea of how many Goods are waiting for you in a few hours or days is good to keep in mind. For instance, I would strongly recommend against planting a field full of corn when you already have half of your Goods limit in storage.
Jump behind the break for four more tips on how effectively manage your Goods.
CityVille Storage
2. You're Gonna' Need a Bigger Boat
Or in this case, a bigger barn. There are currently only four storage solutions in the game and they're as follows:
-Silo: 250 coins; 100 Storage
-Red Barn: 1,000 coins; 415 Storage
-Sticks: 1,125 coins; 485 Storage
-Cargo Shed: 10 City Cash; 1,000 Storage
While it is mighty tempting to just say, "Forget it," and put up for the Cargo Shed, smart buys and even smarter positioning can help you avoid paying real dollars just to keep your Goods in safe keeping. While Silos are the cheapest solution to Storage, they're not exactly efficient. A much better strategy, although more expensive, would be to line up multiple Barns and Sticks adjacent to one another facing your farmland. In fact, the best way to build in CityVille is in a grid format similar to this, though it's not 100 percent necessary. The bottom line here is that if you place Barns and Sticks intelligently along the borders of your farmland or city, letting Silos fill in any unavoidable blanks, you should be fine when it comes to Storage.
3. Time is Money (and Goods)
Say it with me: Collect from and supply businesses as often as possible. Actually, collecting from Businesses should hold a much higher priority than collecting rent, taxes and free from residential buildings. Here's a scenario: if you only have a few Energy left, yet both your Businesses and Housing are ready to be collected from, which would spend your remaining Energy on? If your answer was cutting down Trees, you're are not even close to getting it. All kidding aside, just collect from the Businesses. This way, you'll get both coins and will be able to supply those Businesses, which costs nothing but Goods--and that's exactly what we want to get rid of.
Franchise Supply
4. Meet Expanding Demand with Expanding Supply
Franchises are a funnel for Goods. Every day, you'll be able to supply a huge portion of your Goods to your Businesses in other cities. And it only gets better with the more places your Businesses pop up. As soon as you're able to, open another Franchise as soon as possible. (Second and third Franchise opportunities open up at Levels 10 and 20.) With two Franchises running Businesses in multiple cities you could easily unload 75 percent of your Goods the moment you log in and click the "Supply" button a few times.
5. All Aboard!
While we've touched on Shipping before, we didn't exactly touch its importance when it comes to Goods management. And the reason why it's at the end of this list is because, frankly, it's a last resort. But don't think it's not equally as important. To put it into perspective, shipping Goods via Train can rid you of up to 700 Goods in an instant. While many of us haven't expanded to a local waterway to give international shipping a go, surely that will provide an even better way of dumping excess Goods elsewhere while making some money in the process. So, when you're at a loss of where to put the rest of those Goods after everything else has been taken care of, send them off on a train and make a few friends happy.
Check out the rest of our CityVille Cheats & Tips right here.
Now that you've expanded your Franchise empire along with the boundaries of your booming town in CityVille, it's time to get those Goods in line. I don't know about you, but I often find myself maxed out on Goods upon logging into the game. In fact, it's gotten to the point where, at times, I can't even harvest my crops before somehow getting rid of my gobs of Goods. However, there are a few ways to optimize your Goods management so that you don't run into the same problem.
1. The Right Crops for the Right Time
The number one way to control the amount of Goods you produce is planting smart. This isn't FarmVille anymore where the motto normally goes, "The more crops, the better!" Remember to be sure of the yield of each crop and its harvest time before planting. Now, you don't have to break out the calculator or anything (well, unless you're that intent on efficiency), but an idea of how many Goods are waiting for you in a few hours or days is good to keep in mind. For instance, I would strongly recommend against planting a field full of corn when you already have half of your Goods limit in storage.
Jump behind the break for four more tips on how effectively manage your Goods.
CityVille Storage
2. You're Gonna' Need a Bigger Boat
Or in this case, a bigger barn. There are currently only four storage solutions in the game and they're as follows:
-Silo: 250 coins; 100 Storage
-Red Barn: 1,000 coins; 415 Storage
-Sticks: 1,125 coins; 485 Storage
-Cargo Shed: 10 City Cash; 1,000 Storage
While it is mighty tempting to just say, "Forget it," and put up for the Cargo Shed, smart buys and even smarter positioning can help you avoid paying real dollars just to keep your Goods in safe keeping. While Silos are the cheapest solution to Storage, they're not exactly efficient. A much better strategy, although more expensive, would be to line up multiple Barns and Sticks adjacent to one another facing your farmland. In fact, the best way to build in CityVille is in a grid format similar to this, though it's not 100 percent necessary. The bottom line here is that if you place Barns and Sticks intelligently along the borders of your farmland or city, letting Silos fill in any unavoidable blanks, you should be fine when it comes to Storage.
3. Time is Money (and Goods)
Say it with me: Collect from and supply businesses as often as possible. Actually, collecting from Businesses should hold a much higher priority than collecting rent, taxes and free from residential buildings. Here's a scenario: if you only have a few Energy left, yet both your Businesses and Housing are ready to be collected from, which would spend your remaining Energy on? If your answer was cutting down Trees, you're are not even close to getting it. All kidding aside, just collect from the Businesses. This way, you'll get both coins and will be able to supply those Businesses, which costs nothing but Goods--and that's exactly what we want to get rid of.
Franchise Supply
4. Meet Expanding Demand with Expanding Supply
Franchises are a funnel for Goods. Every day, you'll be able to supply a huge portion of your Goods to your Businesses in other cities. And it only gets better with the more places your Businesses pop up. As soon as you're able to, open another Franchise as soon as possible. (Second and third Franchise opportunities open up at Levels 10 and 20.) With two Franchises running Businesses in multiple cities you could easily unload 75 percent of your Goods the moment you log in and click the "Supply" button a few times.
5. All Aboard!
While we've touched on Shipping before, we didn't exactly touch its importance when it comes to Goods management. And the reason why it's at the end of this list is because, frankly, it's a last resort. But don't think it's not equally as important. To put it into perspective, shipping Goods via Train can rid you of up to 700 Goods in an instant. While many of us haven't expanded to a local waterway to give international shipping a go, surely that will provide an even better way of dumping excess Goods elsewhere while making some money in the process. So, when you're at a loss of where to put the rest of those Goods after everything else has been taken care of, send them off on a train and make a few friends happy.
Check out the rest of our CityVille Cheats & Tips right here.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
FarmVille Valentines Mailbox: Everything you need to know
In a late night update this evening, Zynga has launched the Valentines Mailbox in FarmVille. As we've been speculating for some time now, this mailbox functions in much the same way as the Mailbox from last year, in that you'll be able to collect various Valentine-themed collectible objects with the help of your friends, with these items being redeemable for prizes in the game.
This year's Mailbox sees a re-release of five of the six prizes included inside, which may make quite a few veteran farmers more than a bit upset. After all, if you played the game during February of last year, you'll likely have these five items (at least four of them - one was only available in a Mystery Box) on your farm, giving you very little in the way of new incentive to work towards. It's possible (and in fact very likely) that this first set of six rewards might be just the first of many items added (like with the Winter Holiday event), as the most expensive prize right now costs 50 Valentines, and the meter goes to 300+. Either way, whether you start collecting Valentines now or later is up to you.
Of course, whether you already have these items or not, the only way you'll be able to afford them now is by gathering Valentines, and there are many methods (as usual) of going about that task.
First and foremost, you'll be able to earn Valentines mostly from your friends. You'll be given you Valentines Mailbox for free upon entering the game. Once placed on your farm, you'll have access to the trade-in window, where you'll see the standard meter that keeps track of your progress and the prizes that you can earn. It's here that you can click on the "Ask for More" button to be sent to a reverse of the game's free gifts page, where you can send individual requests to your neighbors, asking them to send you a valentine.
Your friends can also initiate this process entirely by heading to the FarmVille Free Gifts page and choosing one of the five items that are available to send to. These items are the Rose Vase, Baby's Breath (flowers), Valentine Chocolates, Stuffed Cow, and Love Letters.
You can purchase Valentines from the store at a rate of 5 Valentines per 5 Farm Cash. It doesn't appear as though there's a way to purchase an individual Valentine, so you'll need to spend 5 Farm Cash, or none at all. Finally, remember that if you have built your Cupid's Castle, that Valentines will now spawn from this item daily (so long as you collect from it once everyday), and you'll be able to receive up to three Valentines every day, depending on how far you've gone in the construction of the castle.
As you start to accumulate Valentines, you'll be able to trade them in for the following rewards (the first five are re-releases from last year):
Red Heart Hay - 1 Valentine
Yellow Rose Stand - 3 Valentines
Fancy Carriage (formerly a Mystery Box item) - 10 Valentines
Luv Ewe - 20 Valentines
Giant Teddy - 30 Valentines
Valentine Ram - 50 Valentines
Again, it seems as though Zynga will likely add more items to the prize list in the future, as we doubt they would allow users to accumulate over 300 Valentines and only leave the most expensive item at a cost of 50.
In addition to all of these methods of Valentine collection, remember that you'll frequently be asked to share free Valentines on your wall, and that your friends will be posting the same, so keep an eye out for free Valentines on your news feed to really boost your total.
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This year's Mailbox sees a re-release of five of the six prizes included inside, which may make quite a few veteran farmers more than a bit upset. After all, if you played the game during February of last year, you'll likely have these five items (at least four of them - one was only available in a Mystery Box) on your farm, giving you very little in the way of new incentive to work towards. It's possible (and in fact very likely) that this first set of six rewards might be just the first of many items added (like with the Winter Holiday event), as the most expensive prize right now costs 50 Valentines, and the meter goes to 300+. Either way, whether you start collecting Valentines now or later is up to you.
Of course, whether you already have these items or not, the only way you'll be able to afford them now is by gathering Valentines, and there are many methods (as usual) of going about that task.
First and foremost, you'll be able to earn Valentines mostly from your friends. You'll be given you Valentines Mailbox for free upon entering the game. Once placed on your farm, you'll have access to the trade-in window, where you'll see the standard meter that keeps track of your progress and the prizes that you can earn. It's here that you can click on the "Ask for More" button to be sent to a reverse of the game's free gifts page, where you can send individual requests to your neighbors, asking them to send you a valentine.
Your friends can also initiate this process entirely by heading to the FarmVille Free Gifts page and choosing one of the five items that are available to send to. These items are the Rose Vase, Baby's Breath (flowers), Valentine Chocolates, Stuffed Cow, and Love Letters.
You can purchase Valentines from the store at a rate of 5 Valentines per 5 Farm Cash. It doesn't appear as though there's a way to purchase an individual Valentine, so you'll need to spend 5 Farm Cash, or none at all. Finally, remember that if you have built your Cupid's Castle, that Valentines will now spawn from this item daily (so long as you collect from it once everyday), and you'll be able to receive up to three Valentines every day, depending on how far you've gone in the construction of the castle.
As you start to accumulate Valentines, you'll be able to trade them in for the following rewards (the first five are re-releases from last year):
Red Heart Hay - 1 Valentine
Yellow Rose Stand - 3 Valentines
Fancy Carriage (formerly a Mystery Box item) - 10 Valentines
Luv Ewe - 20 Valentines
Giant Teddy - 30 Valentines
Valentine Ram - 50 Valentines
Again, it seems as though Zynga will likely add more items to the prize list in the future, as we doubt they would allow users to accumulate over 300 Valentines and only leave the most expensive item at a cost of 50.
In addition to all of these methods of Valentine collection, remember that you'll frequently be asked to share free Valentines on your wall, and that your friends will be posting the same, so keep an eye out for free Valentines on your news feed to really boost your total.
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FarmVille Unwither Rings return for Valentine's Day
Unwither Ring in the MarketAs if you didn't already have every jeweler in the country telling you that diamonds are the ultimate Valentine's gift, now FarmVille has caught the fever too. Unwither Rings have returned to the Market for just 17 more days and, yes, they still cost 250 Farm Cash. In case you were wondering, that's just under $50.
Unwither Rings have been the subject of nearly limitless scrutiny and criticism. The fact that players can simply purchase unlimited wither protection just makes some farmers' skin crawl. Though, if you find it a worthwhile purchase, then by all means buy it. I'm not here to judge, but I never said anything about jealousy, bitterness or outright envy.
Unwither Rings have been the subject of nearly limitless scrutiny and criticism. The fact that players can simply purchase unlimited wither protection just makes some farmers' skin crawl. Though, if you find it a worthwhile purchase, then by all means buy it. I'm not here to judge, but I never said anything about jealousy, bitterness or outright envy.
Friday, January 6, 2012
LOLapps' Ravenwood Fair nears 11M monthly players, but how?
LOLapps is not afraid to display its methods of success. In fact, it flaunts them in adorable infographics involving flagship game, Ravenwood Fair. This time around, the company is done educating the masses and shows that since Jan. 2011, the forests of Ravenwood have exploded with over 10 million monthly players and over 1 million daily players. However, the LOLapps may have unintentionally revealed how it achieved this milestone.
Then again, it could have been 100 percent intentional. Toward the end of the infographic, the company shows that the game has launched on three other platforms than Facebook: StudiVZ, Orkut and Imvu. Not to mention that Ravenwood Fair will soon launch on Mixi. (You mean other social networks exist?) Developers have a hard time getting close to even Zynga's worst-performing games. So, how does a game that suffered controversy and even a shut down short after its launch just explode in an instant? Alright, maybe not an instant, but it sure feels that way in social games at times.
All kidding aside, players from these networks could have easily migrated from their native social networks to Facebook, where the game was originally developed and released. Perhaps payments are complicated on these networks, as opposed to the simplified Facebook Credits method. Perhaps the game simply runs more smoothly on Facebook. Most importantly, perhaps there are more players already on Facebook. Granted, this is all conjecture, but let's be honest here: How many Ravenwood Fair players could there be on Orkut when compared to Facebook?
Social games require friends to succeed. It's plain and simple, and social gamers are privy to that. Is it possible that LOLapps intentionally released the game on other platforms to increase its player base inversely on Facebook? Perhaps this is too tin-foil-hat for some, and it could just as easily have been a pleasant mistake. But will this same thing happen again to the Mixi players? LOLapps said it themselves: A large reason why Ravenwood Fair and social gaming work is because of the nature of friend networks. Why do you think FarmVille isn't popular on its own website? Because that's not where the friends are, silly. You'll see if we're right in a few months.
Do you think this could be the reason for Ravenwood's rapid growth, intentional or otherwise? How long do Aside from being a well- designed game, how else do you think LOLapps achieved this success? Sound off in the comments. 5 Comments
Full infographic
Then again, it could have been 100 percent intentional. Toward the end of the infographic, the company shows that the game has launched on three other platforms than Facebook: StudiVZ, Orkut and Imvu. Not to mention that Ravenwood Fair will soon launch on Mixi. (You mean other social networks exist?) Developers have a hard time getting close to even Zynga's worst-performing games. So, how does a game that suffered controversy and even a shut down short after its launch just explode in an instant? Alright, maybe not an instant, but it sure feels that way in social games at times.
All kidding aside, players from these networks could have easily migrated from their native social networks to Facebook, where the game was originally developed and released. Perhaps payments are complicated on these networks, as opposed to the simplified Facebook Credits method. Perhaps the game simply runs more smoothly on Facebook. Most importantly, perhaps there are more players already on Facebook. Granted, this is all conjecture, but let's be honest here: How many Ravenwood Fair players could there be on Orkut when compared to Facebook?
Social games require friends to succeed. It's plain and simple, and social gamers are privy to that. Is it possible that LOLapps intentionally released the game on other platforms to increase its player base inversely on Facebook? Perhaps this is too tin-foil-hat for some, and it could just as easily have been a pleasant mistake. But will this same thing happen again to the Mixi players? LOLapps said it themselves: A large reason why Ravenwood Fair and social gaming work is because of the nature of friend networks. Why do you think FarmVille isn't popular on its own website? Because that's not where the friends are, silly. You'll see if we're right in a few months.
Do you think this could be the reason for Ravenwood's rapid growth, intentional or otherwise? How long do Aside from being a well- designed game, how else do you think LOLapps achieved this success? Sound off in the comments. 5 Comments
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FarmVille Cheats & Tips: Leprechaun Cottage gifting links
Hello Farm-folks, It's Mr. Cheats here with the down-low on the things you shouldn't know.
Today's gifting links are for the FarmVille Leprechaun Cottage. This mighty St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun Cottage tree fort is going to require a ton of nails, bricks, and wooden boards so you best get started using my Leprechaun Cottage gifting links below to get a head start on construction. To use the Leprechaun Cottage part links, simply click on the image to open up the gifting page, then select the friends you'd like to send the Leprechaun Cottage part to.
To complete each stage of the Leprechaun Cottage you will need:
Level 1 - 12 parts total: 4 Wooden Boards, 4 Nails and 4 Bricks
Level 2 – 48 parts total: 16 Wooden Boards, 16 Nails and 16 Bricks
Level 3 – 90 parts total: 20 Wooden Boards, 20 Nails and 20 Bricks
So what are you waiting for? Get started using my FarmVille Leprechaun Cottage gifting links to send the parts to your neighbors, then link them to this page so they can return the favor. Using these gifting links, you'll finish your castle in no time.
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Click on an image to send the part as a gift to your friends.
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Check out our St. Patrick's Day coverage right here.
Were you able to finish Cupid's Castle before Valentine's Day?
Today's gifting links are for the FarmVille Leprechaun Cottage. This mighty St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun Cottage tree fort is going to require a ton of nails, bricks, and wooden boards so you best get started using my Leprechaun Cottage gifting links below to get a head start on construction. To use the Leprechaun Cottage part links, simply click on the image to open up the gifting page, then select the friends you'd like to send the Leprechaun Cottage part to.
To complete each stage of the Leprechaun Cottage you will need:
Level 1 - 12 parts total: 4 Wooden Boards, 4 Nails and 4 Bricks
Level 2 – 48 parts total: 16 Wooden Boards, 16 Nails and 16 Bricks
Level 3 – 90 parts total: 20 Wooden Boards, 20 Nails and 20 Bricks
So what are you waiting for? Get started using my FarmVille Leprechaun Cottage gifting links to send the parts to your neighbors, then link them to this page so they can return the favor. Using these gifting links, you'll finish your castle in no time.
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Click on an image to send the part as a gift to your friends.
Need to know more about the Leprechaun Cottage? Find out everything you need to know.
Check out our St. Patrick's Day coverage right here.
Were you able to finish Cupid's Castle before Valentine's Day?
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