So what is
FishVille? It’s a game where you raise a
fish, feed them and help decorate the tank which they live in. It’s
similar to many of the other games like
FarmVille,
Cafe World, and
Roller Coaster Kingdom,
however in this one you are simply taking care of a fish tank. As you
raise fish you can sell them to earn coins and experience. Honestly, it
uses a similar format to all of
Zynga’s other games which means the company could reuse a lot of
the code from their other games.
Before giving out a tip or two, what is
Fishville?
Fishville is the latest Facebook game from Zynga! After the smashing success of Farmville, a game where you create and maintain a farm, Zynga has introduced another game which has a lot of potential of being another winner.
Some say that this game is like an underwater Farmville. But in my
opinion, this game is more like Tamagochi (remember the small
pocket-size gadget kids of the 90s where crazy with??) where you need to
make sure you feed your fish every now and then.
In this game you simply grow fish, feed them, and then purchase items
for your fish tank. Then come back once in a while to see how your tank
is doing. Just like all the other games on Facebook, this one is passive
so that you can check in a couple times a day rather than sit and play
it
non-stop. While I haven’t spent a lot of time playing this game, I’m sure that Zynga is actively tracking user metrics to ensure that this game is just as sticky as their other ones.
Now on to some tips. Like in
Farmville, if you do not harvest your crops in time, they will wither and die. The same is true with
Fishville. If you do not feed your fish with food, they will die. What you need to be careful of is that
you need to know
when you need to feed your fish. There are those that takes hours
before you need to feed them and there are those that only takes
minutes. If you got some fish that needs
feeding every few minutes, then you need to be vigilant in feeding them or else they die which happened to me a lot of times.
If it turns out to be a hit (which it probably will be),
Zynga
should blow past 200 million monthly active users, far outstripping any
of the other competition on the Facebook Platform. If you want to spend
your time building a virtual fish tank, go check out FishVille. Also check out Inside Social Games who first broke the news of this application.
Another good tip
would be to
find neighbors as soon as possible. Like Farmville, you need them to
unlock some items. I haven’t fully played Fishville yet but I am sure
that your neighbors can help you take care of your fish like how you can
take care of your neighbor’s farm in Farmville.
