Bigpoint.com launches “FARMERAMA”: Farm-tastic solidarity on the Internet’s craziest farm ever

  • Browser strategy game with humorous game worlds in an authentic farm setting

Hamburg, March 17th, 2010 – A pig wallowing in the mud, a frog hopping around the pond, trees, meadows, cornfields: That’s Bigpoint’s new browser game “FARMERAMA” (http://www.bigpoint.com/ games/farmerama)! Pure game fun with everything that country life has to offer; Hobby farmers plant crops, cultivate fields, raise animals and trade goods. Alone, with friends, and always as a part of the huge FARMERAMA community: Out in the country, solidarity is a way of life!

When the harvest is ready, wannabe farmers store it in their own silos or grind it into animal feed in their mill. A short trip into the neighboring town is a welcome change of pace in the grueling day-to-day life of a farmer. This is where they can meet up with their neighbors, trade with them, and stop by the country store to pick up new seeds and building materials. Whoever trades especially well can earn Mosspennies, the currency in the game, and soon reach the next level.

FARMERAMA boasts loads of social community features
Of course, farmers in FARMERAMA don’t have to go it alone, because just like in real life, they belong to a large village community. In the farmer chat, they can chew the fat with their fellow farmers. Neighborly farmers send each other e-cards; bitter rivals can sabotage their enemies’ farms. In the town, every country bumpkin can grow a family flower and, with the help of other farmers, let it grow to be even larger and more attractive.

The community platform “Farm Herald” appears in the form of a real digital newspaper in which the users present their prize-winning animal breeds and tell funny stories to beat the band. In addition, they can submit photos, classifieds and personal ads, read up on the best farmer jokes and browse through the current topics of the game.

Farm-tastic graphics and authentic barn sounds lend a whole new dimension of fun to the game
FARMERAMA is programmed using a combination of Flash AS3 and PHP, and due to the game structure can offer lifelike animated game elements. Players can literally watch their plants and animals grow and flourish.

For this multiplayer online game, no complicated hardware or software is needed, nor are there any special system requirements. The game can be played from any household PC with an Internet connection, and it is even scalable for low-performance machines. FARMERAMA is a game for every age group, and is suitable for greenhorns and old farmhands alike.