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 | Tiki Farm RSS feed for this section
Playdom Gaming Updates: New Social City Buildings, Tiki Farm Mother Goose Items, and Tiki Resort Wonders
Tweet Playdom has been hard at work updating their games over the last few days, and we’re here to share all of that news with you! In Social City, we see the release of new limited edition buildings in the game’s newspaper, while Tiki Farm contains a new Charm that will help you rescue you [...]
Continue reading...Thursday Throwdown: Tiki Farm or Island Paradise? You Decide
15. July 2010
Tweet Welcome to another edition of the Thursday Throwdown here on Frisky Mongoose! While last week saw us taking a break from the world of Facebook games, to offer a comparison between two of the biggest mobile phones around – the Droid X and the iPhone 4 – this week sees a return to Facebook [...]
Continue reading...New Islands Now Available in Tiki Farm
6. July 2010
Tweet If you’re tired of running around Hula Haven (the name of the default island) in Tiki Farm, you’ll be thrilled to learn that Playdom has expanded the game’s geography by two new islands – Sandy Shoals and Crescent Cove. Both are available to unlock via the game’s map, at the bottom left hand corner [...]
Continue reading...Pick Up Some Baby-Themed Items in Tiki Farm
30. June 2010
Tweet The newest item theme in Tiki Farm is a bit of a unique one, at least when compared to the game’s tropical setting, as Playdom has released a set of baby-themed items to the game. Then again, this theme seems right at home when taking into account the last item theme in the game [...]
Continue reading...Have A Summer Wedding In Tiki Farm
20. June 2010
Tweet Summer is here and you know what that means: time for a summer wedding! Tiki Farm developer Playdom has added a slew of tropical wedding themed items for players to purchase. The gifts and items are on sale now in the Tiki Farm shop. The new items include Wedding Bouquet, Newlywed Bears, Kissing Swans, [...]
Continue reading...Celebrate Playdom Pride with New Tiki Farm Items
10. June 2010
Tweet Playdom has decided to celebrate itself and its lineup of Facebook games in their island farming game Tiki Farm with the release of a “Playdom Pride” set of items, with each item in the release corresponding to a different Playdom game. Thanks to the recent changes Playdom has implemented in the Tiki Farm shop, [...]
Continue reading...Receive a Free Big Fertility Doll in Tiki Farm
10. June 2010
Tweet As a thank you to their fans, Playdom is giving away a free Big Fertility Doll to all users who visit the Tiki Farm fan page and click on a link on a post you’ll find there. For those unfamiliar with the item, the Big Fertility Doll causes one plot of land to grow [...]
Continue reading...Tiki Farm Adds Bola Stadium
5. June 2010
Tweet With the World Cup approaching in the very near future, Tiki Farm developers Playdom have released a new limited edition item for your consideration. It’s a “Bola Stadium” and will run you 130,000 coins. You must be level 25 to purchase the item. The item shares its name with Bola, a Facebook soccer game [...]
Continue reading...Tiki Farm Tips, Tricks and Strategies to Earn More XP, Gems and Shells
26. May 2010
Tweet If tropical farming is your guilty pleasure, you’ve probably taken a trip or two to Playdom’s Tiki Farm on Facebook. With nearly 3.5 million daily active users logging into Tiki Farm to build their island empires, we figure it’s due time to share some tips and tricks! Gamezebo has a full walkthrough and strategy [...]
Continue reading...It’s Another Week in Tiki Farm, and It’s Another Week of New Country Flags
24. May 2010
Tweet For the third week in a row, Tiki Farm developer Playdom has introduced a selection of 10 new country flags to their tropical farming game. Perhaps moreso than any Facebook game developer, Playdom has not shown their continued support of cultural and international diversity in their game, not only by offering flags for so [...]
Continue reading...The Circus Has Rolled Into Tiki Farm
24. May 2010
Tweet Head over to Tiki Farm and you’ll find the newest item theme that’s been released in the game, coming in the form of the Circus. The item theme itself contains more than just the typical circus decorations, as you can pick up not only a Popcorn Stand, but also a Big Waterslide, making the [...]
Continue reading...10 New Countries Are Now Represented With Flags in Tiki Farm
17. May 2010
Tweet Just last week, Playdom released a new set of country flags in Tiki Farm, allowing a growing number of users to celebrate their national heritage in the game. Now, though, that list has grown by 10 more, with the release of a new set of flags to the game’s store. The new flags represent [...]
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