A Fun Addiction to Have- FarmVille on Facebook
Posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2010
by Ken McCreless
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Greetings Fellow Travelers ...
As you may know I have made the jump into literary light speed and am now a full time writer. As a result I spend a lot of time at my desk typing away, or doing research, either on the internet or in books from my small library. I also spend time at the local public library about a mile or so away.
Even the most dedicated writer needs a break, a distraction, from time to time, which is how I became addicted to FarmVille, a game on Facebook. It is a lot of fun!
The situation is this. You are given a plot of land, some coins, and a place to buy stuff like seeds and equipment. Your representative, an avatar that you can personalize, goes around following your commands to plow, plant, harvest, and tend to other farming operations.
The little guy basically walks to wherever you sent him and stands there while a green bar measures and displays progress.
Harvesting brings cash and "XPs," or experience points. When your XP level reaches a certain number your experience level goes up and more items become available for purchase or gifting.
Gifting, now that is a really fun part of this game. You can send your FarmVille friends gifts, such as trees, animals or equipment, even a totem pole, and they have the option of accepting them or ignoring them. If they accept they can send you a gift back. That is how I got a lot of the trees, animals and equipment I have.
You can either use the gift or sell it.
I really enjoy the plowing, planting, and harvesting part of FarmVille. When you harvest, after the progress bar clears, you will receive coins and XPs for your crop. The same holds true for your live stock.
Milk from the cows, eggs from the chickens, and horsehair from the horses are also avenues of revenue. Every animal has something to offer.
Neighbors. Every friend you have on Facebook is eligible to be your neighbor. You can visit each others farms and help shoo away crows, foxes, or rake leaves. There is an option to fertilize the crops on your neighbors farms for XP points as well.
If your neighbor has a chicken coop you can feed them and get points and maybe even find a "Mystery Egg," which holds a prize.
A farm can have elaborate homes, barns, tractors for plowing, harvesters and hay bales. There are too many items to be named here.
When it's time to plant simply choose which type of vegetable or flower you want to grow. You plow your field, plant your seeds, then pay for them per square of plowed land. Of course, you'll make a profit when you harvest your crop.
Be sure to check it everyday, or your efforts will spoil in the field!
The trees also get harvested for coins. As with the animals and crops, harvest readiness is displayed in a percentage when the cursor is placed on the item. Click on the highlighted object and you'll get the option to move it, sell it, or harvest it.
There are many unusual and fun items for purchase or gifts, such as a statue of a mammoth, a well, a hammock strung between palm trees, and various hedges shaped like animals.
This is just a brief description of the game. It would take several much longer articles to give you all the details.
It really is a LOT of fun.
Check it out. If you are on Facebook look me up and become my FarmVille neighbor. I'll send you a banana tree!
As you may know I have made the jump into literary light speed and am now a full time writer. As a result I spend a lot of time at my desk typing away, or doing research, either on the internet or in books from my small library. I also spend time at the local public library about a mile or so away.
Even the most dedicated writer needs a break, a distraction, from time to time, which is how I became addicted to FarmVille, a game on Facebook. It is a lot of fun!
The little guy basically walks to wherever you sent him and stands there while a green bar measures and displays progress.
Harvesting brings cash and "XPs," or experience points. When your XP level reaches a certain number your experience level goes up and more items become available for purchase or gifting.
Gifting, now that is a really fun part of this game. You can send your FarmVille friends gifts, such as trees, animals or equipment, even a totem pole, and they have the option of accepting them or ignoring them. If they accept they can send you a gift back. That is how I got a lot of the trees, animals and equipment I have.
You can either use the gift or sell it.
I really enjoy the plowing, planting, and harvesting part of FarmVille. When you harvest, after the progress bar clears, you will receive coins and XPs for your crop. The same holds true for your live stock.
Milk from the cows, eggs from the chickens, and horsehair from the horses are also avenues of revenue. Every animal has something to offer.
Neighbors. Every friend you have on Facebook is eligible to be your neighbor. You can visit each others farms and help shoo away crows, foxes, or rake leaves. There is an option to fertilize the crops on your neighbors farms for XP points as well.
If your neighbor has a chicken coop you can feed them and get points and maybe even find a "Mystery Egg," which holds a prize.
A farm can have elaborate homes, barns, tractors for plowing, harvesters and hay bales. There are too many items to be named here.
When it's time to plant simply choose which type of vegetable or flower you want to grow. You plow your field, plant your seeds, then pay for them per square of plowed land. Of course, you'll make a profit when you harvest your crop.
Be sure to check it everyday, or your efforts will spoil in the field!
The trees also get harvested for coins. As with the animals and crops, harvest readiness is displayed in a percentage when the cursor is placed on the item. Click on the highlighted object and you'll get the option to move it, sell it, or harvest it.
There are many unusual and fun items for purchase or gifts, such as a statue of a mammoth, a well, a hammock strung between palm trees, and various hedges shaped like animals.
This is just a brief description of the game. It would take several much longer articles to give you all the details.
It really is a LOT of fun.
Check it out. If you are on Facebook look me up and become my FarmVille neighbor. I'll send you a banana tree!
Ken McCreless is just a guy who loves to write, and was born to do so. He is a freelance writer with several projects ongoing, including books and magazines. A huge fan of both irony and history, Ken has dedicated his life and his writing to serve the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Top-level comments on this article: (4 total)Great article, Ken, from a fellow addict. If you send me a banana tree, I'll return the favor. Good luck with the writing!Thank you!It's so good to have you for a neighbor!
I actually had a banana tree once, given as a gift. The darn thing grew, all right, but the roots almost took over the neighborhood! Nicely done. I'll have to check out Farmville soon.I hate when that happens.I hope to see you there!
Good article. I was wondering what Farmville was about. I don't go on my Facebook site very often so I am way out of touch. Now I'll have to check it out. Linda D
i love farmville :)
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