Facebook has been going now for what seems like a life time…. actually thinking about it in computing terms it probably is a life time!  Opening the API to allow people to program “applications” for facebook was an imspired decision, there is now thousands upon thousands of “applications”.  The downside that among those thousands of applications there is probably only a handful or two that a useful and only another handful or two that are fun to play.

Farm Town is the new gaming application on the sence, I join in yesterday and I think I might be an addict already!!! Its on the same par as Scabulous (that is if you were any good at scrabble of course).  So whats it all about, when the application is installed the user is given a “plot” of land to use as a farm to plow, grow, harvest and sell the crops.  Whats the aim of the game well to be better than everyone else isn’t that the point of most games :-) .  The graphics are fantastically done and as my other half reminded her of transport tycoon probably the best game that was ever made for the PC.

Its also possible to plant fruit trees and also to have animals living on the farm, since I’ve not been on the game long enough I do not have that good screen shots.  But looking through all the things that can be brought if you become a serious player is Houses, ponds, rivers, larger farms the list is endless.  Currently the game is in beta so I’m sure this list will grow over time.

Here is a couple of screen shots for those of you who are not quite hooked yet….

FarmTown

This screenshot is of my farm but as you can see its not that large yet, but if you save up your pennies or if you have more money then sense if you ask me you can pay money by using paypal.

FarmTown2This is a friends farm who has been playing a couple of weeks now and so has a HUGE farm.  Its great that you can wonder around other peoples farms and look what people have done.  Its also possible to get jobs working for others if your farm isnt satisfying the addition.

http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=56748925791

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