Farmville – A Bumper Crop of Fun

Farmville is a real-time farm simulation game and one of the most played applications on the social networking website Facebook. With over 70 million players, it currently ranks first each month on the list of Top Facebook Games. I recently wondered to myself, what is Farmville, and why is it so popular? Then I decided to play and became hooked!

It is a highly addictive game and fun to play! The idea is to maintain a virtual farm that most of us can only dream about in real life. You cultivate and harvest virtual crops, feed virtual animals and gather what they produce. You click to shear angora wool, sheep wool or horse hair, and imagine having a penguin on your farm! Lo and behold, what do you get from them? Ice cubes! To get a better feel for the game and for some good tips, check out the forum for FarmVille.

The best thing about the game is sharing your farm work with friends. You’ll be feeding chickens, collecting eggs, stocking up your warehouse and sharing gifts with neighboring friends. You can visit their farms, help out with their crops and get rewarded for it. Getting more neighbors will help you in this venture. You can also share bonus ribbons with your neighbors. Make sure you know what ribbons your neighbors have earned!

There are two types of money in Farmville. Farmville coins are used to make experience points and to purchase things for the farm. Every time you harvest crops or collect wool, milk or eggs, you are rewarded with these coins. Most of the items you require in Farmville can be bought with Farmville coins. For certain special items or to upgrade your farm, you need the second type of money, Farmville cash.

To buy exclusive good and premium virtual items in the game, you need Facebook credits – a virtual currency. Until recently, credits could only be purchased with major credit cards, debit cards, PayPal or mobile phones, but now monetization solutions are another option, like PlaySpan. Using its UltimatePay global payment processing service, PlaySpan allows you to buy Facebook credits with popular regional methods, like prepaid cards.

Pretty cool, isn’t it? Enjoy FarmVille and good luck beating your friends!