Learn to build and play CityVille to its full potential! You don’t have to move to the city?just build one! Free to play, CityVille is a real-time simulation game that is available on Facebook and is the latest online game craze. As the only how-to beginner guide for new and current players, this helpful book walks you through the process of building a city from the ground up while acting as the city leader. You’ll learn how to clear land, assemble roads, construct buildings, ship and import goods, trade with others, interact with the city’s residents, and visit neighboring cities. Vibrant full-color images throughout portray the game graphics and help to accurately display the differences between the various elements of the player’s city. * Serves as an ideal introduction to the popular online game, CityVille * Walks you through customizing your city leader avatar, clearing land for your city, and constructing roads * Demonstrates how to erect buildings and restaurants, run sales at your businesses, and expand your city to include doctors, police officers, firefighters, and business owners * Addresses importing and exporting from other countries, planting and harvesting crops to keep restaurants stocked, interacting with neighboring cities, and more * Zeroes in on dealing with technical issues Even if you’re a country mouse at heart, this guide to CityVille will take you on an entertaining urban journey!
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Join the fun! Explore creative options and make new friends in CityVille
Ever dream of becoming mayor of your own city? You can, in CityVille! Here’s how to get started with this free Internetgame, build your own virtual city and make it prosper, discover creative ways to design and beautify your community, and interact with other CityVille players around the world. Some folks find it’s like taking a virtual vacation!
A city is born access the CityVille app via your Facebook account, invite your friends to join, and navigate CityVille
Choose your goals decide whether you want to play for competition, creative expression, social interaction, escape, or some other reason
Begin building add housing and businesses to generate population and income for your city
Make some Cash even virtual cities need funding; earn City Coins from farm crops and goods from your shipping operations
Be neighborly find and add neighbors, visit neighboring cities, and open franchise businesses
Open the book and find:
Suggestions for planning your game time
How to earn City Coins and Cash
City decorating tips
How to manage Energy
Advice on choosing crops and buildings
What to do when things go wrong
How to sidestep CityVille scams
Tips for becoming an effective Mayor
Learn to:
Access CityVille from Facebook
Complete quests and interact with neighboring cities
Build roads and buildings, run businesses, and expand your city
IN FULL COLOR!
About the Author
Kyle Orland is a contributing news editor for premiere game development community Gamasutra and a freelance journalist. A gaming expert, he is also coauthor of FarmVille For Dummies. Michelle Oxman is a copywriter and consultant who helps businesses maximize ROI through social media marketing.
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