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 | Treasure Isle RSS feed for this section
Voyages Are Now Available in Treasure Isle!
Tweet If you’ve been waiting for the time when Voyages would open up in Treasure Isle, well wait no more! Zynga has officially unveiled the system of voyages, with three voyages available thus far (and we’re sure more to come in the future). Before we talk about the voyages themselves, however, let’s make one thing [...]
Continue reading...Storage Locker, Japanese Decorations – Treasure Isle Updates!
21. September 2010
Tweet With all of the decorative items (both those that are purchased from the store and won from digging), lost animals and (especially recently) new building objects being available in Treasure Isle, it can be pretty easy to find your Home Island overflowing with items – crowded and disorganized with no signs of relief! That [...]
Continue reading...Secret Japan Map, New Pointer Interface – Treasure Isle Updates!
16. September 2010
Tweet We’ve seen quite a few updates come in the world of Zynga’s Facebook games this week, with Treasure Isle being no exception. This week, we’ve seen the launch of a new set of “Secret Japan” maps in the ever expanding Asian Isles setting, and we’ve also seen a revamp of the game’s pointer system, [...]
Continue reading...Zynga 8 Game Challenge – $24,000 Giveaway in 24 Hours!
13. September 2010
Tweet Do you want to win $1,000? Of course you do! And wouldn’t you know it – Zynga wants you to as well! For today, and today only, Zynga is holding the 8 Game Challenge, rewarding $24,000 over today’s 24 hour period. While the promotion officially began at 12:01 AM this morning, you have until [...]
Continue reading...Treasure Isle Whales, YoVille Romantic Home – Zynga Gaming Updates!
8. September 2010
Tweet Zynga has been hard at work updating their Facebook apps this week, as both Treasure Isle and YoVille have been updated to include new items. In Treasure Isle, we see the release of whales that will add to your maximum energy, while in YoVille, we see the release of a new home to go [...]
Continue reading...Dragon Sailboat, New Asian Isles – Treasure Isle Updates!
6. September 2010
Tweet If your Treasure Isle “to do” list isn’t already overflowing with building projects, you’ll be happy to know that Zynga has added another item to the list. Before we get to that, however, let’s take a look at some of the new islands you can now explore and collect treasure from. Travel Through Mythical [...]
Continue reading...Make A Wish in a Wishing Well, Review Your Treasure Isle Collections
30. August 2010
Tweet Yet another building project has launched in Treasure Isle in the form of a Wishing Well, which will give you a chance to win Island Cash, coins or even Mangoes once completed. Before we get to that though, let’s take a look at the new treasure screen revamp, which will have you looking at [...]
Continue reading...Bambi Available In PetVille; Asian Isles in Treasure Isle – Zynga Updates!
27. August 2010
Tweet Zynga has been busy updating their games this week, as both PetVille and Treasure Isle are offering new items to users. In Treasure Isle, we see the release of a completely new set of islands, ready to be searched and explored, and in PetVille, we see the release a new limited edition, Enchanted Kingdom [...]
Continue reading...Build a Poseidon Relic, Earn Free Energy Points in Treasure Isle
23. August 2010
Tweet Zynga’s Treasure Isle updated quite a bit over the last few days, seeing the addition of not only a new building project, but also a tweak to the way we earn energy in the game (energy being the almighty power that allows us to keep digging for treasure, the entire name of the game). [...]
Continue reading...Hot Air Balloons, Gem Mine – Treasure Isle Updates!
16. August 2010
Tweet Two new features have been added to Treasure Isle, one of which will allow you to earn some of the game’s most coveted gems, while the other will allow you to hold more items in your backpack at once. The Gem Mine is just that – a mine that can be searched for gems, [...]
Continue reading...Build A Relic, Apes of the Ages Maps, Giftable Gems – Treasure Isle Updates!
9. August 2010
Tweet Zynga has been busy updating Treasure Isle this weekend, with not one, not two, but three updates worth note in the game. Not only are there new maps to explore, but you can more easily do so thanks to the addition of Gems to the game’s free gifts page. Finally, you can start the [...]
Continue reading...Fire Shovel, Monkey Dance Off – Dig Into Treasure Isle Updates!
5. August 2010
Tweet Since the release of Monkey Palace in Treasure Isle, a few other updates, both primate and not, have been released by Zynga. The updates comes in the form of new items available in the game’s shop, and in the release of the Fire Shovel, a handy new tool that will make digging a much [...]
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