Goodville: Farm Game Adventure

I’ve been playing this game for about a week now and I can say I enjoy playing the game quite a bit. I love the daily talks you can have to help improve your emotional well-being. It’s very easy to grow crops if you have the right amount of coins and there is even a building that you can make energy with (although it’s harder to get all the resources for the higher energy boosts). Production of goods is super fast about 10 seconds per item. However there are some downsides, I’ve noticed recently the game keeps telling me to take a test but when i click on the heart it won’t let me take any tests only shows me the basics, with that I have an annoying blue bar above one of the building that if there is something behind i want to get rid of it’s hard to reach because of the bar telling me to take a test i can’t take. The energy is also very poorly done most obstacles take 20+ energy and you only have 50 it runs out way too fast. It’s hard to enjoy the game while you’re constantly trying to gain more energy. I love the game but it frustrates me that i can’t take the tests when it is telling me to and how difficult it is to gain energy.

I’ve been playing this game since February and it was a nice escape from every thing going on in the world. I even subscribed to the weekly gem/Ruby subscription. Then Tuesday 7/11 came and they updated the game, essentially breaking an easy way to get more energy - which is what you need in the game to actually play. There is an order board that would count down to the hour and if you waited till five or so minutes before the top of the hour you could use hourglasses earned in the game to refresh the board until you got orders you wanted to complete and or orders that gave you energy or gems. This was not a cheat, it was just a helpful part of the game that the developers knew about and with their update on 7/11 they took this helpful part of tut game away. They know how upset it made us and made up an excuse for why they did it. That’s when I cancelled my subscription as clearly they want us to spend more real money to buy more hourglasses as it now takes many more hourglasses to refresh the board than it did before the update which reinforces why they did it in the first place. I didn’t mind supporting this game because they seemed like a small reputable company. I didn’t mind clicking on ads whenever they were available and getting my friends to play, but now it’s not the same. I don’t even want to think about what they will break next so don’t bother getting attached to this game like I did as they will just disappoint you with the next update.

This is a very well thought game and it is very engaging especially with the story lines and all the things you can be doing in the game. But be warned that this is an energy system game. This means that for you to expand your land access in the game you need energy to clear rocks, stones, trees etc. one thing I am extremely liking is the fact that this game does not have levels. Most games have the level 1,2,3 and so forth. This game is about expanding land and that’s how you judge your growth, which I didn’t previously know I liked. A strong note of warning, the energy within the game is designed to run out and have find ways to replenish or wait till you get energy restored. The game is set to stop at 50 energy points and you can get in-game rewards or food to increase the 50. The game also has a farming component to it and also order board delivery which don’t need energy points. This is where strategy comes in. When you run out of energy and it will take a while to replenish then you farm and make money until you can explore for a short time and go farm for more time than you can explore. All games have a point where it slows down and each level up requires a longer time to accomplish. It’s that way so that you can play for a long time to come. All in all I love this game but it’s because I am accepting of drudgery that comes with it. It’s an okay trade off to play it.