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New In Town: Starters Guide And Game Review

February 8, 2012

New In Town, is the latest Facebook game from social game developer Digital Chocolate. It is a life simulation game that challenges players to take another shot at their life – at least virtually.

Here is a short tutorial-cum-review, which hopefully will be of some help to you. Well, the tutorial is bit lengthy. So, only thumbnails are provided for the screenshots. Click on them to enlarge the thumbnails.

Fresh out of college, it’s time to get into real life virtually … oh i liked the sound of that. Finding jobs, acquiring new skills, keeping your stomach stuff and making sure you have good rest, soicalizing, working hard and making sure you chill out a times, and paying rent are some of the things you will be doing often in the game.

New In Town map New In Town: Starters Guide And Game Review

Game Basics: Time
Everything you do in the game require a specific amount of time, which is of course limited. You are free to do anything you want as long as you have the time. Once your time runs out, you have to call quits for the day and get a good night rest.

Here are few factors that affect the amount of time you have per game day, called as time units.
- At the beginning of the game, the highest number of time you have per day is 1,000 units.
- Ending the day with an empty stomach or with an unhappy life will result in deduction of time units the next day. Going hungry will deduct 100 time units, while having your happiness meter rating below 750 point threshold will also deduct time according to the number of happiness units below the threshold level.
- If you go to bed with some time to spare, you get an “early bed bonus” and receive 50 extra time units the next day.
- Any action you perform, apart from buying things, cost you 100 time units. Working, taking class, and watching movie are some examples.
- Travelling also needs time, and the amount of time deducted will depend on the distance you travel.
- Visiting friends and performing actions at your friend’s house will not eat up you time. Performing tasks at your friends place with earn you happiness points instead.

New In Town day summary 150x150 New In Town: Starters Guide And Game ReviewQuick Tip: You can still perform one action even if you have less than 100 time units, but more than 0. It is always good to go to bed with few time units remaining for the “early bed bonus”. Once you start progressing and the gym is unlocked, enroll for classes as soon as you can. This is where you can increase the maximum time units.

Types of Days
The game has two types of days – working days and leisure days.
Normally, you can have a maximum of four working days. One working day will be deducted when you start a new day, a working day is recharged over a period of 30 minutes, real time. When you level up, your maximum working day will increase by 1.

When you run out of working days, your time unit’s bar will change from green to purple, indicating that it’s leisure day. As the name suggest, during leisure days, you can check out the city but will not be able to perform jobs like working, taking classes, or go looking for jobs.

Commuting
Commuting can be real pain and time consuming. So, be sure to get a cheap roller or skateboard early in the game. It will help you decrease your travel time, giving you more time to perform other actions. Hover over a location and the amount of time units required to reach that location from your present location will be displayed.

Work and Skills
New In Town courses 150x150 New In Town: Starters Guide And Game ReviewIf you are to succeed in the game and reach your dreams, you will need a job to support yourself. Head over to the city hall, where you will find different types of jobs. Hovering over a job will provide you further information on the job. You can apply and accept jobs at the city hall. Once you have accepted a job, go to your town view and look for a dollar sign on a building. Go there, and click on the character with a dollar sign above them. Click on the work button to perform a job.

Working on a job will increase your proficiency at that job. Your skill proficiency at that is shown at the bottom left corner of your work window. When you become an expert at that job, you will receive $1 expert bonus plus your standard wage. Becoming an expert at a job will help you in getting the higher level jobs.

New In Town character stats 150x150 New In Town: Starters Guide And Game ReviewThere are three main character skills that will affect the your eligibility for applying to various jobs. You can improve your character skills by completing various course at the college. Remember that you can improve your charisma by your outfit also. Charisma will also determine the number of friends you have.

Challenges/Missions
New In Town game challenges 150x150 New In Town: Starters Guide And Game ReviewHow you play the game and at what pace you progress depends on you. But, you will receive healthy challenges from NPCs making you rush at times But, the many rewards that include cash, happiness points, and even extra working day awaits you if you win the challenges. These challenges/missions will also serve as a tutorial for you. So, don’t ignore them.

Happiness
New In Town food 150x150 New In Town: Starters Guide And Game ReviewHappiness will influence a lot on your game progress. So, balancing your work and leisure time will be difficult at times but necessary.
Working costs you 60 happiness points for every work action you perform, which you can balance out through several ways that include eating, buying items, taking care of your pets and plants, helping friends, and hanging out with friends.

Watching movies or going for a pizza with your friends (NPCs and neighbors) are, as I found out, the quickest way to increase your happiness at the beginning of the game. Remember, that if you retire for the day with your happiness level below the threshold (750 points), time units will be deducted the next day.

Social factor/Friends
What is a social game without friends? Socializing with friends is a great way to become a happier person in New In Town. The game offers several ways to socialize like hanging out with friends, throwing parties, and dating and all the things that follows.

New In Town socializing 150x150 New In Town: Starters Guide And Game ReviewYou also have the usual gifting, bonus sharing, visiting and helping elements in the game to help you progress faster.

New In Town, as a life simulation game, comes with a different spin compared to most social games. The game is easy to learn but hard to master. Game graphics are nice and easy on the eyes. Game menus and icons are pretty self-explanatory and easy to access.

Game challenges can really challenge a player and hook them to the game. The game is addictive. One of the best things about life simulation game is the many, many options/ways available for gameplay, progress and ending … if it ever ends. Just taking another shot at life, even if it is virtually, lure me into playing it and so far I love this game.

I hope you have found this guide and review useful. Do share your thoughts or any tips you have with our other readers. Game on!

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“New In Town” Game Gives Players A Second Shot At Life

February 7, 2012

Digital Chocolate has unveiled its newest Facebook game, New In Town, giving players the opportunity to pursue their dreams and aspirations virtually.

New In Town Game Gives Players A Second Shot At LifeNew In Town is a life simulation game that allows players to take another shot at life after high school, choosing a career, falling in love, building a home, and establishing themselves in a fictional city.

“New In Town gives users the opportunity to pursue their virtual dreams and aspirations … We’re bringing a different spin on life simulation games, and the possibilities are endless,” said Marc Metis, President of Digital Chocolate.

In the game, players begin their journey fresh out of high school and new in town.

Like in most life simulation games, you will have to improve your skills by taking classes and using that towards getting a better career and making your dreams come true. But, as the old saying goes, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” there are many fun and social activities that can be perform in your virtual life – having espressos at cafes, shopping at boutiques, apparel and home customization – are some of the other elements that will influence your success in the game. You will also be challenged to complete missions (quests) faster than other NPCs in friendly competition.

New In Town has good graphics and the in-game tutorial is enough to get you started. What’s interesting about life simulation games is, there are so many ways to progress through the game and so many different ending depending on how you play the game.

The game is in beta now and available to play for free on Facebook. Digital Chocolate will be updating the game in the coming weeks that will include more neighborhoods and content including ways to interact with friends.

You can head over to New In Town game to start over your life, virtually. Don’t forget to check back later for a game review.

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Millionaire Boss Facebook Game Review

July 13, 2011

fb millionaireboss logo 300x235 Millionaire Boss Facebook Game ReviewMillionaire Boss is the latest simulation game from Digital Chocolate. This game puts you in the shoe of a budding office tycoon striving to become a millionaire after being booted from another multi-million company.

You begin the game as the CEO of your start-up company, tackling the chores of office life and all the while competing with Lootco, the company from where you have been fired.

In order to become a millionaire boss, you will have to oversee everything – right from recruiting employees, assigning works, interior decoration, and perks, to meeting different goals in the form of quests.

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As soon as you procure the necessary items like a working desk, you will be able to hire an employee by selecting anyone from your real-world Facebook friends. Do not worry, they don’t have to confirm/play the game.

Some planning regarding the distribution of your human resources is required, so that your workforce is evenly distributed among all the necessary departments. Having none or too less in a particular department will result in taking too much time in completing department-specific goals/quests. Moreover, there is a limit to the maximum number of employees you can have.

You can always increase your maximum workforce by providing different kinds of perks like break room, treats, and indoor sports.

To become successful, you will have to rely of strategic planning and try to get the most out of your company’s assets. Decors and arrangements will also greatly increase the productivity of your employees. Recruit managers to keep your employees in line and to increase their overall productivity, but the recruiting process of managers is harder.

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To add a little bit of difficulty to the game as well as to adhere to the traditional social element of social games, you will need different items in different parts of the game to complete various tasks like recruiting managers or providing perks. You can get the items as daily gifts from your friend. You can also ask them. You can also visit and motivate each other’s employees to increase their productivity.

There is also a “Dream Mansion” section with a coming soon tag. But the screen shot below provides enough information about what we can expect, and it certainly looks interesting.

fb millionaireboss mansion Millionaire Boss Facebook Game Review

Leaving aside a few goals,  most of the quests in the beginning are easy to achieve making it easy for players to progress through the game. Most of the time you will be assigning tasks to your employees and collecting the reward, making the gameplay mundane.

Millionaire Boss is fun and easy game to play, but lacks competition. Game graphics are acceptable and gameplay is breeze. All in all, Millionaire Boss, lacks the elements that make players come back again and again. If you are a fan of tycoon games, you might like this game.

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Safari Kingdom: Digital Chocolate’s Newly-released Game on Facebook

March 29, 2010

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.)

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NanoTowns: Your Very Own City on Facebook

March 2, 2010

Tired of the usual role-playing games in Facebook where you play as a farmer that plows farmlands, plants, and harvests crops or as a chef that decorates his own restaurant and cooks recipes for customers? Digital Chocolate, a publisher of over 80 social games in various media such as those in Facebook, smartphones, and Xbox, introduces its latest Facebook game, NanoTowns.

NanoTowns NanoTowns: Your Very Own City on Facebook

NanoTowns is similar to other city-building games like Domisuto’s TinyTown and Broken Bulb’s MyTown. While some of the city-building games earn money by leaving it standing for some time, in NanoTowns the player will have to take on missions to take care of the people living in apartments or working in stores. For example, if the crew of the hamburger store wants to drink coffee, the drink must be made in the coffee shop and delivered to the hamburger store.

To help, the game lets the player hire friends in order to decrease the production time, thus producing more goods. In addition, the production of goods as well as the construction time of buildings can be made instantaneous by paying more Town-Coins. These goods can also be bought in the market so that the player will not need to construct buildings that produce those goods.

Similar to other Facebook games, certain NanoTowns items can only be bought using DC-cash. At the beginning, the player only has 1 DC-cash. However, more can be bought using credit cards, PayPal, or Boku.

NanoTowns also lets players send gifts and various items to their friends which are useful in jazzing up a city’s design. So, play NanoTowns (click HERE) and see whose city looks the best!

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RPG MMA Pro Fighter on Facebook

December 27, 2009

Fresh from the oven of Digital Chocolate, MMA Pro Fighter has been integrated on Facebook, one of the most popular social networks on the World Wide Web. The game is quite different from most of the online games we see on Facebook. First of all, it is more of a one-on-one interaction with another gamer’s avatar rather than interacting with multiple players. Secondly, the avatars were created in a very detailed way — amazing 3D with rippling muscles and all! It will make you feel like you are really in the zone!

MMA Pro Fighter is a mixed martial arts role playing game. Like any other game in Facebook, a player needs to use his Facebook username and password to login to MMA Pro Fighter. To start, the player has to choose a “class”. The class consists of three divisions that would generate more money, health, or stamina. The game has two categories of mixed martial arts style and six sub-categories for each. The player may select one of each discipline.

After a player chooses his class and his fighting style, he can customize his avatar with items available for purchase in the shop.

The goal of the game is to win against other players’ avatars and move up in the ranks. The basis for winning the bout is the avatar’s stamina and cardio. To develop these two, the character must undergo training, missions, or quests. While training and undergoing quests earn players money, the amount earned would gradually lessen as the player progresses in the game.  What’s interesting is that a player can purchase items (with real money) required to increase the stamina, or items needed in a fight.

The developer Digital Chocolate has partnered with Offerpal and is planning to have this game on iPhone via Facebook.

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