Family Farm Seaside, one of the top grossing mobile games developed and published by the
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-based videogame company
FunPlus
FunPlus is a video game developer and publisher headquartered in Switzerland, with operations in China, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, and the United States. The company has developed the following mobile games: State of Survival, King of ...
, is a farming game available for free on both
iOS
iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple Inc. exclusively for its hardware. It is the operating system that powers many of the company's mobile devices, including the iPhone; the term also includes ...
and
Android platforms, and available in 18 languages.
[Yahoo! Finance (18 March 2014)]
"FunPlus Raises $74 Million Series B Led by Orchid Asia Group"
Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 3 June 2016
The game has received positive reception from the public, and according to CNET "it was ranked around 100 on Apple's list of highest grossing apps on the App Store, and around the 135th most downloaded free software, according to data compiled by App Annie".
In 2014 Social Times also reported that "Family Farm Seaside has a DAU/MAU engagement of over 35 percent, compared to 18 percent for Farmville, and 20 percent for Farmville 2".
[Zhang, Mona (21 March 2014)]
"DataPoint: Is Family Farm the Next Farmville?"
Social Times. Retrieved 3 June 2016
By June 2015 Family Farm Seaside had more than 60 million active users.
[appPicker (27 June 2015)]
"Family Farm Seaside app review: become a successful farmer who runs the family farm"
appPicker. Retrieved 17 June 2016
Gameplay
Starting with a small
farm
A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used fo ...
near a beach, players need to take care of their farms through planting and harvesting
crop
A crop is a plant that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence. When the plants of the same kind are cultivated at one place on a large scale, it is called a crop. Most crops are cultivated in agriculture or hydroponic ...
s, feeding
animals
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in ...
, and constructing buildings and machines. In-game items may be sold for "Coins", a
virtual currency
Virtual currency, or virtual money, is a digital currency that is largely unregulated and issued and usually controlled by its developers and used and accepted electronically among the members of a specific virtual community. In 2014, the Europe ...
.
[Android Pit (nd)]
"Family Farm Seaside: the only farming simulator you'll ever need"
Android Pit. Retrieved 23 June 2016
External links
Official site
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