Comments on: Home Farm/Moon

By: RiverCreek

RiverCreek — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 23:39:46 +0000

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I was so addicted to Farmville on Facebook before I came to Home. I had one of the top farms and over 100 neighbors.

When I seen the advertisment for Avalon on Home, I immediately thought of “Ravenville” on Facebook. Then I seen the advertisment for Tycoon City and immediately thought of “Cityville” on Facebook. Then I thought, “Wow, is Home getting some ideas from Facebook? What a great idea for Home!”

Now that I have been on Home, I can’t stand Facebook and no longer have an account with them. I know everyone wants to make a profit but Facebook Games are really….(how can I put this?)…. money hungry.

It is so much better to play these types of games in PlayStation Home with really friends and socialization.

I am excited about what Home has coming out for us in the future. See ya Facebook… Goodbye.

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:15:52 +0000

I’ve been wondering the same thing myself for a while now. I suppose in a way we have similar things, I mean, micro-transactions are what they are, right! But I think there’s something that’s inherently “more-ish” about growing and cultivating something for most people. For me, it’s a case of amusement Vs time; if it takes too long to make things happen, I just get bored and go somewhere else.

Saying that, I’m STILL collecting orbs! But then, it’s a pretty tasty carrot that nDreams are dangling there. And that’s the thing for me, it needs an end-goal, a final thing, a grand prize. If that’s good enough, I’ll still go back and play the game now and then too. Like Animal Crossing, I think I spent a whole YEAR playing that game until I got bored of it, but one of the things that had me coming back often was the events within it tied to the real-world-clock. If Home devs can get something like this down and properly implemented into Home, they’ll never need to make virtual furniture again!

By: Dr_Do-Little

Dr_Do-Little — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 11:28:20 +0000

Gin wanted to quickly show me what it look like (farmville) yesterday. She spent 2 hours on it! Yep, definitively a must have on home. lol

By: keara22hi

keara22hi — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 05:42:40 +0000

It’s been a busy day since this came out. Comments in here and even more comments from friends in person. Looks like this is the proverbial ‘idea whose time has come’. But, before we have a dozen different developers heading to the drawing board to put one of these together, one of you developer chaps needs to publicly put “dibs” on this and then run with it. (To heck with the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.) The first one on the market with a good playable farm/game space is going to make some serious money. But a half dozen of them within a few months of each other would glut the market.

By: Bayern_1867

Bayern_1867 — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 23:49:31 +0000

Avalon Keep has more than one area where a garden could be planted. I wonder whether that’s one of the additions that are hinted at …. mmm … Tropical Escape, Bonk, and what about hydroponic gardens for some of the spaces? Heaven knows, there’s more than enough room in several of the newer places. Perhaps have “climate” or technological limitations for different spaces and let people do a system like DCUO’s sales system using in game currency.

By: Gideon

Gideon — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 23:09:35 +0000

I really wish more items would have “interactive” capabilities. A Farm minigame would totally work with Home. Well done article. would love to see more like this.

By: Kid Fleetfoot

Kid Fleetfoot — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 22:52:16 +0000

Interesting ideas.
I want to built a farm of some sort on the Blueprint space but with no grass? Perhaps I could build a sci-fi future farm with one of the add-ons. We shall see.
Too much concrete on Blueprint and not enough grass.

BONZO suggests inviting friends to harvest.
Perhaps a club instead?
What what would the owner pay.

By: Kassadee Marie

Kassadee Marie — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 22:34:52 +0000

I was pretty excited about the MuiMui farm, too. Then I saw it and I was laughing so hard I thought I would cry. I want a “real” farm or flower plot so much.

By: BONZO

BONZO — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:28:36 +0000

Another sweet feature would be a friends list of up to like 10 people that you could allow to visit your farm and harvest for you. Social harvesting was a major draw of the social feature of farmville games, I like that Home Tycoon is set to allow friends to visit your city, that was also a cool feature of Animal crossing.

By: Dr_Do-Little

Dr_Do-Little — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:30:04 +0000

Good point and nicely written.
I agree the “home spender” demographic is right on target for that type of game.
I’m not a farm game fan myself. But I would play that rather than another shooter. After Bootleger and NML it look like someone is trying to lure the AAA gamer into home. It’s not a bad idea by itself but i’m not sure they are the best target.
Again Burbie, I would love to have a small garden to grow… This could be a great add on mini game to a new private place.

By: BONZO

BONZO — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:01:57 +0000

You know when I saw the mui mui farm was the next item to unlock on the island, I got excited because I hadn’t seen it before and I didn’t know what it looked like. I was a bit disappointed when i saw how small it was. But it was still kinda cool to have something to go back to and check. The mui mui island remains one of my favorite spaces because of the interaction with inhabitants. The fact that you can unlock upgrades to the island, and the population can grow. But there seems to be a template there already. Very small scale but there are elements there that could be expanded upon into something bigger.

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 11:42:01 +0000

Love this idea and you are right on the mark with this Granny. I would love to see something like this come out in Home. It would be fun to also be able to grow a flower garden as a mini game in even a regular little “homey” cottage set in a beautiful countryside setting. You could have a variety of seeds to choose from like your farm game and where you plant them could result in a huge disparity in the gardens that result.
There are a lot of people who come into Home that live in an apartment or a big city environment like I do that would love this sort of thing because they haven’t got the ability to grow things in real life. It is like you said, a huge untapped market.
It is human nature to want to produce and nurture things, even males have this need though they might not admit it so readily. Great article.

By: Kassadee Marie

Kassadee Marie — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 08:17:21 +0000

This article has so many great ideas, imo. Dominos? Yes! Farming/ranching? Oh, yes! Decorating a farmhouse? Yes, PLEASE! Here’s the perfect place for that bacon companion that’s coming out soon, too.