Happy Farmer is one of the popular flash games of the VKontakte social network , published by i-Jet Media . Participants in the game in June 2010 were more than 8 million users. Also, the application was in the social network “ My World@mail.ru ”, where at the end of October 2010 about 7.9 million people were participants in the game. The game was free, but access to some features of the game (for example, to buy a dog protecting a crop) could only be obtained for “votes” on VKontakte [1] , which could be acquired by sending a paid SMS or by paying in the terminal (if this periodically had to repeat the payment) [2] . Later, the “Credit” function was also added, thanks to which it was possible to take the animal right away, but also you were given some time to pay off the loan.
| Game "Happy Farmer" | |
|---|---|
| Developer |  I-jet media |
| Date of issue | 2010 |
| Online support | Project closed October 5, 2011 |
| Genre | simulator |
| Technical details | |
| Platforms | and |
| Game mode | single user |
| Carriers | and |
| Control | Computer mouse |
On October 5, 2011, I-jet officially announced the closure of the Happy Farmer project. A categorical answer was given to all questions of the players: “There are no funds to support the project” [3] .
The game was a translation of the Chinese game Happy Harvest, developed by Elex, and was released in Russia in April 2009. The closure of the project was in particular due to the cessation of work on the project by the original Chinese developers, which had happened half a year before [4] [3] .
Content
Game Features
- To grow various vegetables , fruits , flowers .
- Increase your level of experience through planting and harvesting.
- Earn in-game currency by selling harvested (or stolen from your friends) crops.
- Raise domestic animals such as chicken , pig , cow , hare , pigeon , duck , ram , horse , goat , ostrich or donkey .
- Increase the number of beds , increasing farm productivity.
- The ability to take on-loan game items (decorations, animals, etc.).
- Journey to the mines.
Game Features
In the game “Happy Farmer” there is the opportunity to play in company with your friends, helping them take care of their farm , or vice versa, planting weeds for them, planting garden pests , and stealing part of the crop they grow. A dog can prevent theft.
Periodically, you need to monitor your farm, removing weeds and pests, watering dried soil, as these harmful factors can reduce productivity.
For lovers of beautiful scenery in the game, it is possible to purchase various background pictures for game elements for game elements, such as a landscape , a house, a doghouse, a fence, a flower garden, created for decoration. Purchasing such decorations also brings a small amount of gaming experience . Also in the game appeared Lay's Chips Factory and Fruit Factory, where the grown fruit can be converted into juice, which gives more money from the sale.
Game ratings by users and reviewers
The game received a generally positive rating from users and observers, and in the early years it was the most popular game on Vkontakte , revenue from it in 2009 amounted to $ 20 million (half of which went to the owners of VKontakte [5] under the terms of licensing API social networks [5] ) [4 ] . Thus, the reviewer of the site gamestyle.ru writes that, despite some shortcomings, “the Happy Farmer game rightfully takes the first place in the list of applications in the VKontakte social network”, paying attention to the easy-to-understand plot and the possibility of interacting with friends [6] .
The famous Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky also familiarized himself with the game, who noted the following: “A good game, right. Grow a garden, steal from a neighbor. But why can't literacy be verified? “Seed”, “confirm”, where did you learn such words? I wanted to play, but I can't stand the mistakes. Correct. And the idea is good ” [7] .
Interesting Facts
- September 4, 2009 for unknown reasons, the game crashed, which led to the loss of many users of accumulated indicators [8] .
See also
- Farm Frenzy
Notes
- ↑ The internal currency of a social network.
- ↑ Ilyinskaya O. Indus winter ripened // Newspaper “Premier”. No. 32 (619). August 25 - September 1, 2009.
- ↑ 1 2 The game "Happy Farmer" was closed by VKontakte , ferra.ru (October 18, 2011). Date of treatment October 4, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 Interview with Alexei Kostarev http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1374405
- ↑ The revenue of VKontakte exceeded one billion (Russian) , [3DNews]] (September 1, 2010). Date of treatment October 4, 2018.
- ↑ Islamov D. Happy farmer: surrounded by friends // gamestyle.ru.
- ↑ Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky. “ I wanted to play Farmer, but the mistakes made me angry ” ( HTML ) ( June 28, 2009 ). - Blog post. Date of treatment November 2, 2011. Archived on April 7, 2012.
- ↑ Nikolai Dvas The most popular application in VK has deceived millions of users // “.Rformer” Archived on October 3, 2018