Family Farm Seaside
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| Family Farm Seaside | |
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| Developer(s) | FunPlus |
| Publisher(s) | FunPlus |
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| Genre(s) | Simulation, RPG |
Family Farm Seaside, one of the top grossing mobile games developed and published by Beijing based videogame company FunPlus, is a farming game available for free on both iOS and Android platforms, and available in 18 languages.[1].
The game has received positive reception from the public, and according to CNET "it was ranked around 100 on Apple's list of highest grossing apps on the App Store, and around the 135th most downloaded free software, according to data compiled by App Annie".[2]. In 2014 Social Times also reported that "Family Farm Seaside has a DAU/MAU engagement of over 35 percent, compared to 18 percent for Farmville, and 20 percent for Farmville 2".[3].
By June 2015 Family Farm Seaside had more then 60 million active users, who play together to plant and harvest crops, take care of their animals, and grow their farms through an expansion system.[4].
Gameplay
Starting with a small farm near the beach, players need to take care of their farms through planting and harvesting crops, feeding animals, constructings buildings and machines and use them to produce items to sell for Coins, one of the game currencies. The game has more than 300 items (crops, trees, machines, buildings, decorations) from which the players can choose from to progress in their game and decorate their farms.[5].
Game Currencies
There are several currencies that players can use to play in their farms. The most used ones are Coins and RC (Ranch Cash), that players can use to buy machines, decorations, livestock and buildings. In addition there are also Mystrons that can be used to upgrade machines, Boat Tickets to buy items to upgrade the Boat, an Order System to encourage players to help their neighbors; Activity Token, a special event that let players win special decorations; Wheel Token, to spin the special Wheel to win valuable items.
Game Modes
Players can play Family Farm Seaside on 2 modes, the main farm, near the beach, and the second farm, called the Island Farm. The Island Farm has several special features that are only accessible to players once they unlock the main island, called:
the Boat previously mentioned;
the Botanic Garden, where they can tend to beautiful flowers and can take care of the Friendship Flowers with their neighbors;
the Helicopter, another order system to give to players more daily tasks;
and the Mine to get special minerals that can be used to produce other products which can be sold for Coins.
Media Presence
Family Farm Seaside has appeared on a number of countries' televisions commercial campaigns, to extend further its reach. The adverts have been released in Germany, the Netherlands, and Canada, and their localized versions can be found in the game official YouTube channel. The game was also featured on a video on YouTube made by Dutch YouTubers Alexander Spoor and Sacha Harland, where the two YouTubers let the public try pet food on the street by telling them first it is organic food and asking them feedback on what they just ate, and then telling the truth on the kind of food they just tried.[6].
External links
- "Family Farm Seaside in Google Play".
- "Family Farm Seaside in Apple Store.
- "Family Farm Seaside YouTube Channel"
References
- ^ Yahoo! Finance (18 March 2014). "FunPlus Raises $74 Million Series B Led by Orchid Asia Group". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 3 June 2016
- ^ Sherr, Ian (19 August 2014). "FunPlus strikes nearly $1B deal to sell a game subsidiary to a Chinese company". CNET. Retrieved 20 June 2016
- ^ appPicker (27 June 2015). "Family Farm Seaside app review: become a successful farmer who runs the family farm". appPicker. Retrieved 17 June 2016
- ^ Android Pit (nd). "Family Farm Seaside: the only farming simulator you'll ever need". Android Pit. Retrieved 23 June 2016
- ^ Logan, Ross (6 February 2016). "YouTube stars trick public into eating organic produce - that's actually pet food". Mirror. Retrieved 15 July 2016