Thứ Tư, 15 tháng 2, 2012

YoVille offers new jobs, including ghost-busting

Welcome to YoVille Jobs
Platinum Ninja has posted on YoVille.com announcing that New Jobs to earn more coins and have more fun will be in operation very soon. There are different jobs, you can be a Party Entertainer, Pet Rescuer, Ghost Hunter, and many more! Read Platinum Ninja's Official Blog post below:

Hey Everyone,

For a long time we've received tons of feedback from all of you about a few major things.

1. You want to earn more coins.

2. You want more job options and choices surrounding how you earn coins.

3. You want earning coins to be fun.

We want you to know that we've listened to this feedback and we'll be introducing new jobs to everyone in YoVille very soon! These jobs will provide new fun things to do in YoVille, give you an option to choose how you want to earn your coins, and give you a chance to find rare items in game! The more you play jobs the more you will level up, unlock new jobs, earn more money, and earn rare items!

Overall this feature is going to bring you more items, more coins and more fun! We're adding tons of different jobs in YoVille. Come play and discover your dream job in YoVille! Become a Party Entertainer, Pet Rescuer, Ghost Hunter and many more. Try out the new Jobs Game and discover your favorite!

Let's check out how this feature is going to work. First, let's go over a few changes to your screen and icons:) You'll now have a Job Briefcase, Energy Backpack and an Energy Bar. The Briefcase will be found at the bottom, left hand side of the screen and will be your starting point for all the jobs you want to complete! Click here when you are ready to start collecting all your coins, YP and awesome rare items!
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The Energy Bar and Backpack are located at the top of the screen. The Energy Bar will keep track of your current level of energy. The Energy Backpack icon will allow you to access energy that you have collected and give you the option to use this energy or buy more.
YoVille Energy Pack
It takes Energy to complete Jobs and or work at the Widget Factory. This means that you will get to choose how you want to earn your coins. You can either complete exciting new Jobs, or if you're short on time you can still clock in at the Widget Factory.

You will need 100% energy to be able to work at the factory. Your Energy automatically replenishes to 100% every 5 hours. If you choose to work at the Widget Factory you will be able to do so every 5 hours. This is a recent change from the 6 hour wait period that you used to have at the Widget Factory.

How do I do a Job?

Click on the Briefcase icon at the bottom of the screen. You will then be given a choice of several different and exciting jobs to try. You can have fun being a Party Entertainer, Animal Rescuer, and Ghost Hunter. Give them all a try and discover you favorite! By completing Jobs and mastering Job Categories you will unlock move jobs, earn lots of coins and pick up rare items along the way!
Some days you may want to mix and match these options. If you're rushed in the morning and you just want to make sure you get some coins, head over to the Widget Factory and collect your standard pay. If you have a little time for fun, make sure you try out a new Job! On average the new Jobs will allow you to earn a lot more coins than the factory. You'll also pick up rare items that are only available in jobs, and unlock new jobs as you complete them and level up. Higher level jobs earn higher amounts of coins.

Let's check out some of the basics of the Jobs Game!
YoVille Choose Job Category
When you choose a Job you will be taken to the Job Locations. This may be in an alleyway, a YoVille Party or even a Haunted House! There will be a key mission in your job that you must complete. For example let's check out the Ghost Hunter Job – Creepy Keepsake.
YoVille Creepy Keepsake
In this job, your mission is to find all 9 statues. Once you choose to do this job, you'll be taken to a Haunted House full of ghosts! You will then need to click on all of the ghosts to bust them. Busting the ghosts will give you awesome prizes, coins and YP while you search for the statues. After you are done clicking on all of the ghosts in a room you will see footsteps that lead you to the next room full of ghosts. Once you find all 9 statues your job will be completed and you will be rewarded!

*Hint* You'll see hints along the way to help you find the statues faster. Also when you collect them all you will get an extra coin reward, so be sure to complete your jobs.
YoVille Job Finished
Tips for completing Jobs:

Clicking on ghosts is fun, but it also takes your Energy. You use 6 Energy for every ghost you bust.
YoVille Ghosts
Remember to pick up all the coins, YP and prizes that the ghosts leave behind. You'll find lots of rewards to pick up so make sure to not forget anything!
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You'll see hints along the way to help you find the statues. Follow the hints to complete the job faster.

How do I receive Energy?

YoVille ExpressoThere are multiple ways to receive energy. Your Energy Bar automatically replenishes to 100% every 5 hours. Check the timer below your Energy Bar if you want to know when to expect more.

You'll also collect Energy Drinks while completing jobs. It will be a large Energy Drink that will appear after clicking on the ghost, so make sure to click on it. Each Energy Drink will give you some extra energy so try to collect as many as you can!

If you need energy fast you can purchase 100% energy by clicking on the Energy Backpack and then Energy Refill. This will be an extra way to get that energy refill fast if you are itching to get to that next job! If you're not in a hurry, you can always wait for you energy to replenish for free.

Soon you will be able to collect Energy Drinks from your friends through Special Energy Feeds! We're also working on adding Energy Drinks as Free Gifts to send to your friends and ask your friends to send to you.

Well that's about all folks! We'll be testing this with some players before releasing it to everyone, so if you don't have it yet you will be getting it very soon. Congrats to all of the Party House Contest Winners again! Many of you will be seeing your homes showcased in the Jobs Game under the Party Entertainer. =)

We also want to say a huge thank you to the small team of players who have already helped test the new Jobs. They've spent a lot of time testing, sending feedback, and reporting bugs so that our team could make fixes before we release this. You guys have been awesome and we appreciate your help!

Thanks,

Platinum Ninja

This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.

FarmVille: Unreleased Tiki Hot Pink Flamingo, Orange Azelea, Pink Azelea, & Floral Container

Perhaps, these could be some future Island themed FarmVille decorations. What do you think?

Thank you to FarmVille Freak Martijn for finding these unreleased FarmVille Orange Azelea & Pink Azelea.

Sources:

    FarmVille Unreleased Tiki Hot Pink Flamingo – Zynga FarmVille
    FarmVille Unreleased Orange Azelea – Zynga FarmVille
    FarmVille Unreleased Pink Azelea – Zynga FarmVille
    FarmVille Unreleased Floral Container – Zynga FarmVille



This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

Oh noes! FrontierVille riddled with stability problems post-launch

FrontierVille is, arguably, one of the most ambitious Zynga games to date and after the Wild West-themed game's launch yesterday, it's been suffering some serious setbacks. For the past 12 hours, we've essentially been locked out of the game -- either it won't load at all or we get stuck on the loading screen.

We've contacted Zynga to get an update on when the pioneering game will be back in action, and in the meantime, we'll just have to kick back in the chuck wagon with a jug of moonshine.

Have you had problems playing FrontierVille since launch?

FarmVille Rotatable Buildings Coming Soon?

FarmVille Tuscany Villa rotated
FarmVille Freak Martijn shared with us some exciting news concerning the ability to rotate buildings in FarmVille. One of the most common complaints about decorations and buildings is that they are "as is" and you cannot rotate them to fit your farm's design.

The good news is that Zynga already announced via an official Podcast that more rotations would be "coming soon". We all know that "coming soon" could mean days, weeks, or months in FarmVille, but FarmVille Freak Martijn may have found some proof of upcoming rotation improvements supporting that it may be very soon indeed.

FarmVille Freak Martijn has been a long-time FarmVille Freak and started his own FaceBook fan page that is dedicated to finding unreleased FarmVille items and features. You can check him out on FaceBook here: FarmVille Code Hunters aka The Men Who Stare at Codes
FarmVille Tuscany Castle and Tiki Giant Hut rotated

    "One of the most anticipated features still to come in Farmville is on it's way! Just recently Lexilicious mentioned in a podcast that we will soon have the ability to rotate our buildings.

    Today we found proof that the artistic development team made some progress towards this feature. Recent additions to the long list of buildings have all been now equipped with a left and a right side view. A Little disappointment here, they're not really rotated, but rather mirrored.

    We've taken the liberty to extract these images from the server files to show you some proof. So far, the first release of Tiki buildings and the last release of Tuscany buildings were found to have a left and right side view. No animated buildings that have this ability have been found yet.

    Look closely to the shadows on most of the buildings to see that these are really all seperate images. (The Tuscany church is the only one that shows no difference at all but there are indeed two images hidden in the gamefiles and the Tikibar still only has one viewing angle)

    There is no telling at this point when this feature will be available in the game. The artistic team has a long way ahead of itself, seeing that there are a lot of buildings already available in the game." – FarmVille Freak Martijn

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

Playdom localizing games for four European languages

In my limited experience traveling around Europe, I've found most everyone knew at least some English. Then again, I've mostly stuck to the tourist areas of Barcelona and Paris thus far, so the preference for English as an international lingua franca is perhaps not that surprising.

Anyway, social gaming mega-publisher Playdom is no longer content shutting out the billions of potential non-English-speaking players that I assume exist outside the touristy parts of Europe. Today, the company behind Social City, Tiki Resort and Wild Ones announced they'll be translating their "top social games" into French, Italian, German and Spanish.

The first game to get the translation treatment will be soccer management sim Bola, which is already finding some success in its English-only Facebook beta test. This seems like a no-brainer with interest in the World Cup reaching a fever pitch around the world -- even the parts that don't speak English... wherever they are.

Thứ Bảy, 11 tháng 2, 2012

YoVille pool party kitchen appliances are now available!

Head on to the YoVille Furniture Store and brighten up your house with the NEW Pool Party Kitchen Appliances in Summery Raspberry, Orange, White, and Lime. Items include Islands, Counter Tops, Stoves, Cabinets, Refrigerators, and much more. Get your kitchen ready for Fun under the Sun Summer Parties! View the complete assortment with prices after the jump.
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This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.

YoVille Room Contests Icon replaces Events Icon!

Platinum Ninja has posted on YoVille.com explaining the new Room Contest Game Feature. With this new feature you will be able to show off your YoVille room designs, compete, and win prizes!

Read her Official Blog after the jump.

Hey Guys,

Wanted to prepare you all for Room Contests that will be coming soon to YoVille! Let's go over how to be a part of this awesome feature before it goes live in game so you can get started on your rooms entries today! Just a heads up the theme of the next Room Contest is going to be "Best Pool Party". With this new feature you will be able to show off your coolest rooms, compete and win prizes, browse and vote for the Best Rooms in YoVille!

New Icon Changes
yoville room contest
yoville room contestBefore we dive into how to enter and browse other entries let's first go over the adjustments that have been made to our in game icons.You'll notice a brand new Room Contests Icon, that will replace the Events Icon, which will take you to the main Room Contest Page. Also, now that the Events Icon has been replaced we have moved the Events Icon to the right side of the page in between the Buddy List Icon and the Chat Icon.

To access the YoVille Contests Page click on theRibbon Room Contest Icon and the following YoVille Contests Page will appear. From here you will be able to see past winners, check out the current and upcoming contests, enter and browse entries. This icon will be your lifeline to YoVille Contests!! So make sure to check it out and investigate it when it is in game.
yoville room contest
*Please note these dates are subject to change and are for screenshot purposes only. We will usually give around a week per contest to collect entries*

How to Submit an Entry

Ready to be YoFamous and show off your rooms or win some prizes?? Of course!! That's what I thought!! Get working on your "Best Pool Party Room" today to get prepared for our first in game YoVille Room Contest.

Now that we have covered how to navigate let's check out how to submit an entry. Once you have designed your room to perfection go to the room that you want to enter then click on the Room Contests Ribbon Icon *You must be in the room that you want to enter while submitting* You will then be prompted with the main YoVille Contests page. Click "Enter" and you will be taken to the Rules and Prizes Page Please review the rules to make sure that your entry does not break any of the rules listed below. Once you have reviewed the rules and are ready to enter click "Submit Room"
yoville room contest
You'll then be shown a preview of your room to have you verify and confirm this is the correct room you want to enter. If so, go ahead and click "Yes"
yoville room contest
Yay!! Your submission was successful!! Make sure to check back daily to check out the success of your entry.

How to Check on Your Entry

After you have entered your room when you click on the Room Contest Ribbon Icon you will be presented with the main YoVille Contests Page.
yoville room contest
Click on the "Check Votes Button" and the following will appear and show you all of your comments, # of votes on your entry, and your next goal!
yoville room contest
How to Vote and Browse Entries

Want to get inspired or rate the best of YoVille? To browse entries click on the Room Contests Icon and you will be taken to the YoVille Contests Page and then click Browse Entries. From here you will be able to scroll through as many entries as you like and even vote for your favorites! Check out what is possible and you be the judge! While browsing you will also be able to vote for your favorites, comment on other entries,and report abuse.
yoville room contest
To vote for an entry simply click "Cast Vote" button on the entry. You will also be able to vote for your friends by keeping an eye out of "Vote for Me" Feeds. After you see a friend asking for more votes you can click "Check it Out" and you will be taken you to your friend's room. Remember that you only have 20 Votes per Day so make sure to make them count!! So use them sparingly and vote for the ones that best match the theme and catch your eye! *Please note that there be an option to gain some bonus votes the longer you play in game. We'll be rewarding you more votes the more time you stick around in YoVille*

Also, to check out the rooms that you have voted for click "Review Your Favorites" Tab while browsing other entries.
yoville room contest
How to Share Entry with Friends

After you submit an entry you can click "Check Your Room". From here you will receive the option and button to "Ask for Votes" which will allow you to post a Feed to your Friends that will direct them to vote for your specific room. Make sure to share to get your friends to come and vote for you!! Posting these feeds will be very helpful in getting more votes and showing off your room!
yoville room contest
Prizes

Now the part everyone has been waiting for! Here is a breakdown of the prizes the top winners will receive: 1st Place will receive 50 YoCash, 2nd Place will receive 40 YoCash and 3rd Place will receive 25 YoCash. Those top 3 players will also receive trophies for being a winner! We will be implementing Ribbons for players that reach certain Vote Goal as well in the near future. For instance if a player reaches X # Of Votes they will receive a X Ribbon. *However the first contest will not include these ribbons as we want to gauge the average votes for contests before releasing this part of the feature in game:)*

Well that's about all folks, make sure to get your rooms ready for entry as this feature will be kicking off very soon! Show off how cool your pool is and get your room in tip top shape.

Good Luck!

- Platinum Ninja

This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.