3 posts tagged “facebook application”
This game was developed by Playfish for Facebook. I've been playing it for at least a month now and my pet is currently at level 14. The interface is very clean and the graphics are vector-based and the colors are waaaay cute. That's what attracted me to the game in the first place. Although it's a little resource heavy, the game is interesting enough to keep you going back for more.
The Basics
You start out with creating and
naming your pet. You can go wacky with customizing the facial features
and the fur color. You can change this the next time when you get bored
by going to the stylist.
After confirming the look of your pet, the screen changes to show you
your pet's house. You start out with a few gold coins, a few food items
and a bar of soap and brush. You can start out by buying some pieces of
furniture from the furniture shops or you can also stock on food. Since
your pet will be naked at first, you can also pay a visit to the
clothes shop to dress him up.
The Gameplay
The main goal of the game is for you to level-up your pet by interacting socially with friends who have installed the app in your network. Leveling up also earns you gold coins which you can use to buy other stuff for your pet. You can also earn points and gold by entering competitions in the gymnasium.
You can interact with your friends' pets by visiting their house. This opens up a menu which will give you interactive options. You can also give gifts, write them a note or feed your friends' pets when they're hungry.
You can earn more gold coins when you visit the stadium and enter your pet into a hurdles race.
Rewards
Each time you level up, your pet is given a new title and a certain amount of gold coins, plus you also get pretty neat items like a new soccer ball, a new tv etc. Trophies are also given every time you reach the requirements for a trophy category. Like if you've bought 3 hats, you'll get a bronze hat trophy as an award. There are around 34 trophies to collect and I've only managed around half of them. I've got a long way to go.
The Verdict
This
is a pretty fun game. A way to kill time for half an hour a day. It's
worth installing to your facebook profile. I just wish the developers
would remove the level 23 cap. Well at least so far that's the highest
most of my friends have gone. Give it a try. :-)
Mousehunt is another application for Facebook from HitGrab that
currently has about a million users. It's the most popular application
in the social networking site. I got invited to install the app around
June and I've been hooked ever since. Here's the application box entry
on my profile.
The Gameplay
Much like Fish Wrangler, the game allows you to hunt for mice every 15 minutes. Being online also allows you to sound the hunter's horn and bring your friends on hunts. First you have to choose a trap and a type of cheese for bait. When you accumulate enough points and gold, you can buy better traps and cheeses. Earning enough points also improves your hunter rank. Currently I'm in the grandmaster league.
The Mice and the Traps
From the very mouse I caught to the mice I'm still catching, I'm still amused by the creativity that the dev team devoted to the art and the concept. The traps' art are really good also. When you visit the trapsmith, you get just a thumbnail view of the available traps so it's a nice surprise when you see your configuration on your profile page.
Here are some of the mice that I've caught so far.
Special Features
Although the game concept is very simple, it can get very addicting. I sometimes find myself just waiting every 15 minutes just to click on the hunting horn. It's very fun checking what mice you've caught in the log. Sometimes the mice bring special items with them, it can be extra cheese, lab research points or even special maps to get you into special places.
Because of the large number of users for the application, developers have to upgrade their server databases a lot and these can cause a lot of downtimes and error notices on Facebook. The developers found their way around this so that it won't cause any more frustration than necessary from the users, they offer special cheeses as rewards and occasional contests where you can get prize mice.
Although I may have reached a high level in the game at this time and I'm still awaiting the latest upgrade from the developers, I would still be clicking the hunting horn just the same. Facebook users won't be disappointed with this app. I highly recommend it.
Fish Wrangler is an application in Facebook that I'm currently addicted to. I've
been playing since July. Now that I think about it, well it's been 3 months now.
It's just one of the 3 applications that I regularly open everyday. Here's a
screenshot of my setup.
At first, I thought that this was just going to be another clone of another popular application in Facebook called Mousehunt. Well, in some ways it is but since I was able to play it during it's beta stages, I was able to see it distinguish itself from the other popular app.
The Gameplay
It's simple really, to start.. you have to choose a pole and a bait. That's it. If you're online, the game allows you to fish every 15 minutes. You get to rank up in a fishing class based on the number of points you accumulate. Experience points and Gold are gathered from the various fishes you catch in the islands of Favoria. There are several islands where you can fish, but you can't just go to these islands, you have to have a boat and use them to travel. When you log off, the game allows you to be online for an hour where your crew (your other friends that are online and on the same location as you) can still include you on fishing trips. After that, the game provides hourly checks where a random mate checks your net if it has caught any fish.
The Supplies
Well first your need a pole, there are several kinds available depending on the location you are in. After you've chosen your pole, you have to buy chum or bait. Again, depending on the amount of gold you are willing to spend, there are several kinds available. Of course, the more expensive the chum, the better chances you get for catching better fish and lesser instances of losing your bait. There are also skills that you need to improve on before you catch the rarer fishes. When you get a boat, you might also need to spend on fuel. Plus poles and boats are also prone to breakage, so there's also a handy repair shop in the island where you can have them repaired.
The Fishes
By default, at the start when you haven't caught any fish yet, you will only be able to see the silhouettes of the fishes when you view the fish list. As soon as you've caught one type of fish, you will be able to see the artwork that the game developers prepared for you. These are no ordinary fishes either, with names such as Miny fish, Tiger Shark fish, Ninja Fish and a whole lot more.
I've progressed quite a bit in the game and I've got a super pole and I'm on the island where you can catch the rare sharks. Here are some of the rare fishes I've caught so far...
Night Fishing
This is another feature in the game where you can join a group of friends on a pre-ordained time, and the game automatically sends you on a night fishing trip. As you may have seen on my screenshot above, I am on a night fishing mode. When you are in that mode, you have to wait for around 5 hours before you can make any changes to your game. The entire group splits the profits and points from the trip.
Special Items
These are random items caught with the fish. They can be anything from attractants of a kind of fish or a jug of rum which allows extra catches on the night fishing trip and a fuel drum, which allows you to load extra gallons of fuel on your boat.
So far, I've really enjoyed the game. I don't mind that sometimes it takes forever to get a particular pole or to accumulate enough points for a skill. The game has enough innovations to get me interested. If you have a facebook account, I'd definitely recommend this application.
