New Release -- May 28, 2010

[SueW170]

Originally Posted by ScottLanter

This should make us all proud to be Farm Town players....

Farmville is listed among Time Magazine's "50 Worst Inventions". Meanwhile, you won't find Farm Town anywhere on that list. So, hats off to the devs of Farm Town.

A few weeks ago, while working I had turned the television set on to catch the news & weather and was half listening. What caught my attention was an on-air therapist talking to a woman and daughter about the woman's "addiction" to Farmville -- getting up an hour early to harvest so the "pretend crops" wouldn't "spoil," deferring doing household tasks to "farm," etc. The therapist advised the woman to quit playing any computer games altogether and interact with her real family, friends and neighbors and get back into the "real world." He was very critical, not of virtual activity games themselves, but of people who use them as a substitute for interacting with people in the real world.
However, the games took lots of criticism along the way as childish, silly, etc. The only farming game mentioned by name was FV, but I'm not sure that FT wouldn't have been on this therapist's list too. He seemed to have little tolerance for anything "virtual."
My opinion is that when one can be creative with designs, as in FT, the application moves out of the cartoonish or virtual realm of game playing and can be a fun leisure activity that stimulates imagination and creativity, as some of the quite varied layout designs here illustrate. No different from model railroading, creative needlework and many other non-computer activities people enjoy. Also, by interacting with other family members and friends (on and offline friends), the game does have a real life social aspect, just as other games do.
Oops, long comment here LOL

[c.abell]

Thank you FT guys for the fourth farm. We really needed it. So,,,,if we start now asking for a fifth farm, will we get it sooner?

[c.abell]

As a retired old man, thank God for FT. It keeps me off the streets, out of the bars, and away from shopping and spending money. I love this game.

[Ike8266]

Originally Posted by SueW170

A few weeks ago, while working I had turned the television set on to catch the news & weather and was half listening. What caught my attention was an on-air therapist talking to a woman and daughter about the woman's "addiction" to Farmville -- getting up an hour early to harvest so the "pretend crops" wouldn't "spoil," deferring doing household tasks to "farm," etc. The therapist advised the woman to quit playing any computer games altogether and interact with her real family, friends and neighbors and get back into the "real world." He was very critical, not of virtual activity games themselves, but of people who use them as a substitute for interacting with people in the real world.
However, the games took lots of criticism along the way as childish, silly, etc. The only farming game mentioned by name was FV, but I'm not sure that FT wouldn't have been on this therapist's list too. He seemed to have little tolerance for anything "virtual."
My opinion is that when one can be creative with designs, as in FT, the application moves out of the cartoonish or virtual realm of game playing and can be a fun leisure activity that stimulates imagination and creativity, as some of the quite varied layout designs here illustrate. No different from model railroading, creative needlework and many other non-computer activities people enjoy. Also, by interacting with other family members and friends (on and offline friends), the game does have a real life social aspect, just as other games do.
Oops, long comment here LOL

If the woman had such a bad habit she was ignoring everyone and everything around her, then he was right to make her quit cold turkey. But my shrink says it's perfectly all right to play the games as long as you stay in touch with the real world.

[Pisces4444]

I was just planting a harvest and it said "congratulations you just reached level 90 and can now buy farmer's mansions, etc. etc."! I can't find any new stuff yet but I suspect they are uploading as we speak

[pg tips]

wonders if I can get the last post in this thread before the new upgrade hap[pens

[prettyponies]

HEY! New Levels!!!!!!!!!!!!! And Farm Cash to boot.

Whoo hoo!!!!!!!!!

I leaped from 80 to 90 in one swoop -- but I was already over 1 million XP. Wonder what the amounts of xp are needed per each level.

[JustHikk]

Originally Posted by prettyponies

HEY! New Levels!!!!!!!!!!!!! And Farm Cash to boot.

Whoo hoo!!!!!!!!!

I leaped from 80 to 90 in one swoop -- but I was already over 1 million XP. Wonder what the amounts of xp are needed per each level.

I am wondering about the levels also. Wonder if they only added 10 because the steps were made bigger to get to new levels.

[theoxman]

I'm over 5.7 million xp's...can't wait until they have a level 250! Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[JustHikk]

New Facilities!!!!!!!!!!

Winery, Sewing Mill, wine Cellar, Textile Mill, still looking to see what else.