Thursday Appdate: Candymeleon
Recently on Gamasutra, BitMonster's Lee Perry wrote a very insightful blog on an often intangible facet of game design: player feedback, that bit of game "feel" that makes a game not just fun, but injects ...
Waiting for Superman: The Beauty of Virality
One day in October 2012, I happened across this YouTube video with a top-down view of PSY’s concert in Seoul. Over 80,000 people were in attendance, with the crowd spanning entire city blocks. Every member ...
I Play SimCity Social for the Writing
“SimCity Social?” they ask me. “Sure, it’s got the SimCity branding and all, but isn’t it just another click-and-wait Facebook game?” Though I know the look of skepticism it will produce, my reply is, “Oh, I ...
User-Generated Content and Generating Contented Users
We at Frisky Mongoose like to play a lot of location-based games; it’s kind of our thing. There have been a lot of them over the years, as designers and developers have tried to gamify ...
Nothing Unusual at All is Happening Today
Just another regular day in the games industry! Dogfighting game War Thunder has a new set of combatants, there's a new contender in the console field, and SEGA's got a new sound engine. New DLC is ...
Goodbye, LucasArts, and Thank You
This is my Corley Motors keychain. Corley Motors is a fictional motorcycle manufacturer that the player, as gang leader Ben, must save from a hostile takeover in the classic LucasArts adventure Full Throttle. Together with Grim Fandango and ...
8 Reasons I Quit Playing Facebook Games
Two years ago, I ranted about the need for more challenge and chance in social games. Since then, the entire gaming industry has drastically changed. If I sound like a broken record on that note, ...
How Not to Play Location-based Games like an Idiot
Welcome to the wonderful world of location-based games! I see you’ve just downloaded a copy of Traveler’s Quest, or Dokobots, or CodeRunner, or perhaps you’ve got yourself on foursquare for the first time. That’s great! ...Archive | Gangster City RSS feed for this section
Earn Free Playfish Cash in Restaurant City, Hotel City, & More!
Tweet While developers like Zynga or CrowdStar have the “free premium currency” systems down to what seems to be a science, either rewarding users as they level up in games, or even offering extra opportunities like Lotto Tickets in Cafe World or the PetVille Genie Gems game, Playfish is the odd man out, with Playfish [...]
Continue reading...Thursday Throwdown: Mafia Wars or Gangster City? You Decide
22. July 2010
Tweet Happy Thursday everyone! Welcome to another edition of the Thursday Throwdown here on Frisky Mongoose. Last week, we took a look at tropical farming by having a Throwdown between Tiki Farm and Island Paradise. The results of last week’s poll are in, and it turns out that there really was no contest between the [...]
Continue reading...Tell Playfish What You Think in Gangster City Survey
25. April 2010
Tweet ‘Tis the season for surveys on Facebook! Playfish is now offering you a chance to help make Gangster City more awesome by filling out a simple 6 question survey. Your feedback will be used to help Playfish determine what new features, items and content should be added to the game in the near future. [...]
Continue reading...Here Are Some Gangster City Developer Tips
23. April 2010
Tweet Are you having trouble with Playfish’s Gangster City? Wish there was someone there to help you every step of the way? Depending on your thinking, there now is, as a series of Gangster City Developer Tips have been posted over on IGN for your reading pleasure. There are ten tips in all, concerning all [...]
Continue reading...Playfish Cash Cards Now On Sale in Walgreens
18. April 2010
Tweet That’s right, the next time you are in a Walgreens store, check the games section or near the checkout for Playfish cash cards. They come in blue and pink, in denominations of $10 and $25. If you are in the UK, cash cards are available at Sainsbury’s and WHSmith. The cards can be redeemed [...]
Continue reading...Skip Mission Animations in Gangster City, Get Tougher Faster
13. February 2010
Tweet Pay attention gangsters because this just might save your life (says PlayFish)… You can now skip mission animations in Gangster City when you repeat the same mission, which means you get tougher, faster. You’ll still be limited by the amount of Energy you have, but skipping the battle mission animations sure saves a lot [...]
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