Comments on: Farmville, Yo http://markgeller.com/2009/09/farmville-yo/ Thoughts on making stuff from an L.A. product manager and entrepreneur Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:55:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Mark Geller http://markgeller.com/2009/09/farmville-yo/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Mark Geller Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:47:41 +0000 http://markgeller.com/?p=134#comment-22 Sounds good, there could be a companion game where you pay the neighborhood kid to mow your lawn instead... then you don't have to do any work at all. Sounds good, there could be a companion game where you pay the neighborhood kid to mow your lawn instead… then you don’t have to do any work at all.

]]> By: Robert Konigsberg http://markgeller.com/2009/09/farmville-yo/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Robert Konigsberg Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:38:19 +0000 http://markgeller.com/?p=134#comment-21 While mowing my lawn this afternoon I thought about creating a parody game called lawnville where all you do is mow your lawn, every damn week, and what do you get? Not much. While mowing my lawn this afternoon I thought about creating a parody game called lawnville where all you do is mow your lawn, every damn week, and what do you get? Not much.

]]> By: Mark Geller http://markgeller.com/2009/09/farmville-yo/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Mark Geller Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:57:27 +0000 http://markgeller.com/?p=134#comment-20 Hi Robert, Funny, I am just getting to the point now where I was considering creating a system for managing the crops better. I can see where once you do that it becomes even harder to let it go. As I said, I do not have much experience playing simulation games so I do not have a basis for comparison–I thought I would be interacting with other players more directly to build something greater than a single farm. It’s not that FV is not a good game, it is a nice concept and well executed, I am just a bit surprised this is something 44 million people are actively working on. Re: leaving the game, maybe someone should make a new app called “Leaving Farmville” that makes it easier to get away from the game. Maybe a Burning Man type bonfire. That’s a bit subversive, although it could be fun. Merry New Year! Hi Robert,

Funny, I am just getting to the point now where I was considering creating a system for managing the crops better. I can see where once you do that it becomes even harder to let it go. As I said, I do not have much experience playing simulation games so I do not have a basis for comparison–I thought I would be interacting with other players more directly to build something greater than a single farm. It’s not that FV is not a good game, it is a nice concept and well executed, I am just a bit surprised this is something 44 million people are actively working on.

Re: leaving the game, maybe someone should make a new app called “Leaving Farmville” that makes it easier to get away from the game. Maybe a Burning Man type bonfire. That’s a bit subversive, although it could be fun. Merry New Year!

]]> By: Robert Konigsberg http://markgeller.com/2009/09/farmville-yo/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Robert Konigsberg Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:24:27 +0000 http://markgeller.com/?p=134#comment-18 Mark, it's interesting. I started playing Farmville last week at my brother's request. It wasn't particularly interesting to me, but now I've come to a point where I can play just once a day and manage the crops, and it's now much easier than in the past to grow crops in an organized fashion, since I've now got enough money to not have to decide between selecting crops or tilling soil. Odd, that. I keep telling friends that I'll quit just as this last crop comes in. Still, I'd like to see a little more challenge, which is both a compliment and complaint. Sure, it's easy to play with nice bits of reward, but also there's just not much ... much to it. You said this, I'm just reiterating. I'd love to find an out. Maybe when I see my brother tonight he'll convince me to quit. Happy New Year and all that. Mark, it’s interesting. I started playing Farmville last week at my brother’s request. It wasn’t particularly interesting to me, but now I’ve come to a point where I can play just once a day and manage the crops, and it’s now much easier than in the past to grow crops in an organized fashion, since I’ve now got enough money to not have to decide between selecting crops or tilling soil. Odd, that. I keep telling friends that I’ll quit just as this last crop comes in.

Still, I’d like to see a little more challenge, which is both a compliment and complaint. Sure, it’s easy to play with nice bits of reward, but also there’s just not much … much to it. You said this, I’m just reiterating.

I’d love to find an out. Maybe when I see my brother tonight he’ll convince me to quit. Happy New Year and all that.

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