Faunasphere goes Facebook

by Seraphina Brennan on Feb 18th 2010 5:00PM

Betas, Business models, MMO industry, News items, Free-to-play, Browser, Kids

We've received word today from the team over at Faunasphere that they're taking their game over to the land of Facebook, to show the "social gamers" what a MMO really is.

Faunsphere Facebook and Faunsphere.com will be linked together into one large world, letting users from both realms interact with one another. The game will continue to run on the same microtransaction system, where users can buy additional items for their fauna and commission scientific tests to know more about the hidden skills that lie in their favorite animals.

All we can do now is pray that this style of game catches on in Facebook, so when we ask our friends if they play any MMOs, they don't respond with, "Oh, yeah, Farmville!" Then, we won't feel the need to throttle people.

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Tags: animals, big-fish-games, facebook, facebook-apps, facebook-games, fauna, faunasphere, flash-based-mmo, flash-mmo, social-games, social-gaming

Reader Comments (3)

Farmville is a game?

A shallow look at Faunasphere reveals, at least to me, a game that seems to have quite a lot in common with the (apparently despised) FarmVille. Can someone with actual experience with both explain how Faunasphere is deserving of a deeper look?

Hey Cinnamoon,

First I want to acknowledge that I am an employee of Big Fish Games, the company that is responsible for Faunasphere. Having said that...

Faunasphere differs from Farmville in a large number of ways.

1. It is truly a multiplayer experience. You can interact with thousands of different players all in one shared virtual world. This is an MMO. When someone comes to visit your Faunasphere, you can be there to greet them, talk with them, interact with them all in real time.

2. We do have farming it's true. We also have:

a. Goals for our players to achieve including new content introduced on a
regular basis.
b. Genetics and breeding to study, understand and experiment with.
c. New Fauna to discover, you never know what you will hatch!
d. A player marketplace where 'Caretakers' can buy and sell goods on their
own, independent of the 'company' stores.
e. New worlds to discover and explore are being released on a regular
basis as well as seasonal updates.

There is more, but this is a good example of the differences between the games. Of course, I am biased, but I believe you will find that Faunaphere brings a depth to gaming on Facebook that has not yet been previously achieved.

~Solice
Community Coordinator, Faunasphere

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