FrontierVille

FrontierVille is a farming simulation in the vein of other Zynga titles. The player is tasked with setting up a farming community, this time in a Wild West setting. The core mechanic is planting crops which take from five minutes to four days to mature. They must be harvested in time or they whither as a retention mechanic. Harvesting yields XP, money and food. Food converts into energy which was required to do any action in the game. Aside from planting and harvesting there are many other activities such as constructing buildings, taking care of animal pests, taking care of livestock, chopping down trees to make room for the expanding village. Energy automatically regenerates over time or can be purchased with horse shoes, food or by performing daily tasks on villages from befriended players. Horse shoes are purchased as micro-transactions with actual money. Actions also reward collectible items, when completing a set of items the player would be rewarded with food, XP, energy, etc. To complete collections players could ask their friends on Facebook to gift the required items.