Steven LoiThoughts on startups, metrics, lead generation, & social media.

Now that I’m up and running on my domain and have some free time, I should be blogging. Yet, I haven’t. No excuses.

So with that prefacing this post, I’ve been “social gaming” on Facebook. Partly because it’s FUN! and partly because I’ve been highly interested in this space lately. I want to share this conversation regarding the game, FarmVille:

Joshua: i don’t think it rots on trees If you read the help file, you can leave them on trees for as long as you want.

Me: Thanks for the tip! awesome.

Me: How sad, I’m not buying a tree until I figure out the NPV on the tree investments.

Yeah, we’re big FarmVille fans (and apparently, we’re not alone. Over 20M monthly active users on this Facebook game!) Is what is FarmVille? Well, it’s a SIM-type game where you build out your own farm. Planting crops, raising farm animals, harvesting crops to earn coins, getting your friends to play with you and be neighbors. We think this is pretty awesome game — great concept, attractive game design, fun icons, friends, achievements, and yes, math. I’ll explain the math part in my next post. Stay tuned!

Tags: Facebook, FarmVille, Social Gaming, Zynga

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