One day Farmville started to invade my wall on Facebook. Quite quick even. And although I never was into games or even browser games I have to admit that I am now taking part among those who fill up other’s walls with Farmwill messages. As Farmville is the 2nd game I am playing in my live (Yeah, ya got it right, the 2nd, the first was Patrizier II) I collected some information on the game, maybe some cheats and tips will follow…

 

FarmVille is a browser game based on Flash on Facebook, developed by Zynga. As far as I know the game is available for MySpace, too. Obviously, Farmville was inspired by Farm Town. However, the main idea is simple: get yourself signed-up, start by creating an avatar, open up your farm and grow it. This for you can do what all farmers do: Plug and plow your ground, seeding, let plants grow, harvest them and sell them afterwards on the market. Reinvest the money and a new Farmville cycle is about to start. Responsible for me to spent my time with that stuff is Alexandra ))

But Farmville is much more than this. It is a social browser game you can play with all your Facebook friends. Get your friends beeing your neighbors, support each other by sending free gifts for your farms, help each other out with work, gain experience and social reputation etc. You can even leave each other messages on your farms…

Farmville offers you plenty of assetts to invest in: among plants there are grain, rice, strawberries and soyabeans and some kinda trees. Animals are also available. The problem is: first, you need to plow and to seed, then let the plants grow. Likewise the animals need time to produce their assetts: the cow milk, the chicken eggs etc. That is kinda time consuming, especially if your farm is growing big. If ya are the kinda guy who still has to work sometimes in the (more or less) real world you might be interested in a resonable seeding-harvest cycle with an acceptable return on investment. Actually, strawberries have a great ROI, but heck, you have to harvest them already after 4 hours, if you wait too much they will wither and your investment turns out being a loss. Thus, I am currently fine with soyabeans, their ROI is not excellling but ok, and they need to be harvested/re-seeded only once a day.

Here are some eaxmples:

Plant Time until ripe Max weekly profit

Strawberry 4 hours 420
Soybeans 1 Day 231
Squash 2 days 231
Wheat 3 days ~ 150
Rice 12 hours 504
Blueberries 4 hours 1092

Currently I want to extend my farm and have to add some neighbours this for. I think I will go for rice then. 12 hours is acceptable.

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