A leader in multimedia platform, Digital Chocolate is known on Facebook as the developer of MMA Pro Fighter and Nanotowns. Recently, it released its fourth game on the social networking site, called Safari Kingdom. Diverting from the site’s gaming trends of gangsters, farms, and city-building simulations, its newest game’s theme is about wild animals within a safari setting.
A piece of land is given to the player to decorate and raise various kinds of African animals in. Similar to other zoo games on the social networking site, the player will be purchasing the animals (in eggs — even the mammals!), feed them, keep them happy, and then release them to the wild. When the animals are hungry, their growth is temporarily stopped until they are fed.
Some of the animals in the game are meerkats, red foxes, flamingoes, lions, and giraffes. These animals go through 3 growth stages: baby, teen, and adult. The player can get some coins and experience whenever an animal is released.
In addition to taking care of the animals, there are simple quests for the player to complete. These include buying decorations, picking up leaves, and caring for friends’ animals.
Although the game is new, it already has almost 19 thousand monthly active users! It also has a 4.5 rating (highest is 5.0) from 111 user reviews. Part of the reasons why it has such nice feedback is it does not keep opening a pop-up window asking players to add friends. Instead, avatars with Facebook friends’ names will appear just beyond the player’s piece of land. If the player clicks on the question mark on top of the avatar, he or she will be able to invite that Facebook friend to the game. Another reason is its beautiful graphics. The meerkat really looks nice to cuddle! (Click HERE to play.)
