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 fun into the basic actions and events on-screen. Candymeleon, a selection by Bulkypix from the 'New ...
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 of the audience was singing along in unison with PSY who was on stage addressing ...
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 play SimCity Social for the writing.” Since I can feel your dubious smirks already, let me ...
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 locations, or localize games, or whichever approach they feel like taking. While there are some ...
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 out for Journey, which is nice, and Europa Universalis was announced for a new platform. Oh, and ...
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 his work on the Monkey Island series and Day of the Tentacle (all also LucasArts games), Full Throttle ...
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, it’s because in a fast-paced, high-tech market, it’s always true (and thus worth reiteration). It seems ...
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! You’re about to discover what geotagging and GPS-enabled mobile devices can add to gaming and ...Archive | Tiki Resort RSS feed for this section
Social City Motocross, Tiki Resort Slide & More – Playdom Gaming Updates
Tweet While no grand-scale updates have hit Playdom’s games so far this week, a few minor updates have been released, in the form of new limited edition buildings in both Social City and Tiki Resort. As limited edition, these items will only be available in both games for a short amount of time, in both [...]
Continue reading...Tiki Resort Wheel, Social City Wallace Building & More – Playdom Gaming Updates!
11. August 2010
Tweet There have been a few items released in Playdom’s games already this week, with the addition of new limited edition buildings to Social City, and the launch of a Spin to Win wheel in Tiki Resort, along with a new Charm bundle in the game that will set your wallet back a hefty sum. [...]
Continue reading...Stratosphere in Social City; Water Slide in Tiki Resort – Playdom Gaming Updates!
4. August 2010
Tweet Two of Playdom’s Facebook games have received updates recently, with Social City offering new limited edition buildings via the in-game Newspaper, and Tiki Resort offering new attractions, ready, willing, and able to please your tourists (and help you bring in the virtual cash, of course). Social City Limited Edition Buildings: Commerzbank Tower & Stratosphere [...]
Continue reading...Playdom Gaming Updates: New Social City Buildings, Tiki Farm Mother Goose Items, and Tiki Resort Wonders
26. July 2010
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...Playdom Continues the 4th of July Celebration With New Attractions
5. July 2010
Tweet If you were too busy with real world activities this weekend to celebrate the Fourth of July in Tiki Resort, you’ll be happy to know that the game’s items are still available – namely, in the form of three limited edition attractions. The attractions are the Star-Spangled BBQ, the Fireworks Shop and the Red [...]
Continue reading...The Third Island is Now Available in Tiki Resort
2. July 2010
Tweet Tiki Resort developer Playdom asked for users to click “Like” on a particular post yesterday, and if 5,000 users clicked on the button, the developer would release the hotly anticipated third island in Tiki Resort. They asked for 5,000 but they received over 21,000, and, true to their word, the developer has begun releasing [...]
Continue reading...Sign Up for Netflix, Receive 500,000 Shells in Tiki Resort
28. June 2010
Tweet Playdom has teamed up with Netflix to offer a pretty substantial reward to all Tiki Resort players who sign up for the movie rental service via a link found in-game. When you open the game, the Resort Report (the game’s newspaper) will offer you a link to sign up for Netflix. Do so, and [...]
Continue reading...Check Out the Latest Lineup of Tiki Resort Attractions
28. June 2010
Tweet If you like collecting limited edition attractions in Tiki Resort, you’ll be thrilled to know that there are currently five new options available in the game’s store, all with quantities of at least 3,000 units available. The Hollywood Hotel, Movie Sound Stage and Movie Water Tower obviously come with a theatrical theme, while the [...]
Continue reading...Tiki Resort Adds Two New Buildings
12. June 2010
Tweet In addition to adding some new decorations, Tiki Resort developer Playdom also released some new buildings earlier in the week. The buildings, a Zulu concession stand and a Princess Diamonds. The Zulu concession stand and the Princess Diamonds buildings will both set you back Facebook credits to purchase. How much, however, is unknown as [...]
Continue reading...Tiki Resort Automates Things
12. June 2010
Tweet Perhaps one of the more tedious things in most Facebook games is the amount of clicking you have to do. It appears as if Playdom recognizes this and is looking for ways to quicken the pace, at least in one of their titles. Announcing through their Facebook fan page, Playdom revealed that players can [...]
Continue reading...New Tiki Resort Attractions: Bouncy Palace & Liberty Tower
11. June 2010
Tweet There are two new attractions available in the Tiki Resort store, and luckily for us, neither is marked as limited edition, meaning that you’ll be able to take your time in deciding whether or not to make a purchase. The first is the Bouncy Castle, and it is available to purchase for 39 Facebook [...]
Continue reading...Playdom Adds Luxury Attractions to Tiki Resort
8. June 2010
Tweet Two new limited edition, luxury attractions have been added to the store in Tiki Resort, and they come in the form of a Tiki Choo Shoe’s shoe store, and The Excelsior, the “World’s tallest luxury resort tower.” As we can see from the screenshot below, both attractions can be purchased with Facebook Credits, by [...]
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