
I say it all the time, “there are not enough hours in the day.” “I can’t get anything done”. “I have NO TIME!!!!!” “My day is full, where does the time go.” “I have a list a mile long.”
So when my friend Karen who is as busy if not busier than I am showed me her farm I couldn’t imagine when she would have the time to play on this farm. But really I was thinking WHY???? would you want to play on this farm. Why would you want to add something as silly as a computer game to your long to do list. To me it just didn’t make sense. That was until I got my own plot of ground in Farm Town.
Farm Town is an interactive game that your able to play if you have a Facebook account. When you signup your given a plot of ground that your able to work the land to make money to buy things like a home, a barn, animals. Things that everyone wants. The difference is you have to work to get these things. There are no credit cards to get “things” either.
Sounding silly to you? Well that was my initial reaction when Karen gave me a tour of her farm in Farm Town. Now we are neighbors and she is showing me the ropes.
The game is designed so that your able to progress to different levels not only with money but also by helping other people. I just started 3 days ago and I am already on level 9. At the moment my fields are all planted with sunflowers,tomatoes and rice. I have it planned so that at about 11am Saturday morning I will hire someone to HARVEST my entire field. Then I will have to figure out what will be the best to my advantage to plant for me with the money I have available.
I am being greedy at this stage gathering all of the money that I can for my farm that I have named, “Critter Haven Farm.” If all this sounds silly to you don’t feel bad. I thought the same things. I hate to admit it but this a very addicting game. Karen’s son and husband are both land barons just like we are. They were driving in the country and her son was looking at all of the fields that had been planted, he said, “I wonder why they planted what they did, and I wonder how much they paid for their seed? and I wonder how much money they will get for their crops when it is time for them to go to market?” Now you can’t tell me he isn’t learning something, and making him THINK too.
This game teaches work ethics, if you don’t get your crops out you will lose them… Finish what you start…timing is important. Not getting your crops out means wasted money. I have my eye on the mansion but it will be awhile before I can get that. I need a shelter for my critters and I need fencing so they don’t wander off to the neighbors. But all of this takes time, planning, money and lots of work.
I think this game could be a great teacher, about many things.
See you at the Market.
Cindy