More relevant than the common question asked by gamers, Do Facebook Games suck? is the question, Why do they suck so badly? The list is long and, more importantly, the topic here is not social media. BP’s lack of social media savvy left them wide open to the wildly popular parody of and their ironic “BP cares” campaign: destroying the gulf for 81 days Then, there’s Toyota. But they wouldn’t be alone, most Chief Marketing Officers from Fortune 500 companies still don’t get social media. If that’s true, game creators just don’t get it. Some say Backyard Monsters is the best game play of the Facebook games.
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And, in the case of Backyard Monsters, I’m interested in how to make this game good enough to take Paul and Dave to the top. What I’m interested in is what makes a game, good. The point being I’m not interested in giving a walk through Backyard Monsters. If you want a walk through of Backyard Monsters, there are reviews out there: IGN, Gamezebo, and others.
After gleening some of their story from here and there, I’m rooting for Paul and Dave to succeed.īecause if they can do it, maybe, just maybe… As I mentioned elsewhere, Backyard Monsters, The Casual Collective, Paul Preece and David Scott are all interesting to me because I having been dreaming about making a MMORPG for over fifteen years. The website features over a dozen, flash-based games and it is considered by some to be one of the top gaming websites out there. It’s a tower defense game from The Casual Collective – a start up founded by Paul Preece and David Scott. In my previous blog post, I give a little background on the Facebook game, Backyard Monsters. In case you missed it, you can read my previous blog post on Backyard Monsters here. Want more news on Facebook games? Like IGN GameVille on Facebook.Below, David Scott shares his peculiar sense of humor:
Check it out for yourself and let us know what you think. As it stands right now, the pacing of the game and the amount of time it takes to construct buildings feels a bit on the long side compared to other similar games, but Facebook games are never final, so we can no doubt look forward to new features and gameplay tweaks in the future. This might possibly be the prettiest game on Facebook now, with its 3D rendered art and cute monster designs. The one thing that really stands out in Backyard Monsters, is the art. Likewise, when you attack another player, the only gain is resources. Even if you do suffer damage, you can repair it fairly quickly, and the only thing you may lose upon being attacked is some of your resources. The game protects you from attacks by other players for the first couple of weeks of play, giving you time to build up your yard and its defenses, but wild monsters can attack at any time. The game offers you a variety of shooting towers, as well as blocks and traps that can be constructed to funnel attacking monsters down a specific path, so they can be taken out before they do any damage to your buildings. This is where the tower defense gameplay comes in. Besides attacking, defense is also very important, as computer-controlled "wild monsters" as well as other players can attack you. You use a building called the map room to scope out players you want to attack, then decide how many units of your monster army you want to "fling" into battle.
Once you've got the necessary buildings in place, you can begin creating your very own monster army that can be used to attack other players' yards. There's also a list of quests that will help guide you in what to do next. Every structure in the game requires one or more of four resources: twigs, pebbles, putty, or goo and takes a certain amount of time to build. How to Play Like the majority of Facebook games, Backyard Monsters walks you through the basics of setting up your yard, including building a town hall, resource gathering structures, defensive towers, and hiring workers. The tower defense element isn't surprising as the Casual Collective also made the Desktop Tower Defense Facebook game. What Is It? Backyard Monsters is a combination of city-building and desktop tower defense, where players have a "yard" in which to build contraptions and raise monsters to attack other players' yards.
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