FarmVille is a farming simulation social network game developed by Zynga in 2009. It is similar to Happy Farm,[4] Farm Town,[5][6] and video games such as the Story of Seasons series.[7] Its gameplay involves various aspects of farm management such as plowing land, planting, growing, and harvesting crops, harvesting trees and raising livestock.[8]
A sequel, FarmVille 2, was released in September 2012.
FarmVille is available as an Adobe Flash application via the social-networking website Facebook and Microsoft's MSN Games,[9] and was available as an application ("app") for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad for a brief period in 2010. The game is free to play; however, to progress quickly within the game, players are encouraged to spend Farm Cash (in FarmVille) or Farm Bucks (in FarmVille 2), which are purchasable with real-world currency, or to "get help from their friends".
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