Playdom has apparently spotted a hit in Gardens of Time on Facebook. The hidden-object game was awarded Best Social Network Game at this year's Game Developers Choice Online Awards last week. Gardens of Time ran against strong competitors like CityVille (Zynga), Dragons of Atlantis (Kabam), FrontierVille (Zynga) and Ravenwood Fair (Lolapps).
According to Playdom, "the award honors the best game launched on a social network, judged in terms of overall depth, execution and quality." While hidden-object games certainly aren't a new genre, but they are new to Facebook, with Gardens of Time being one of the first to hit the platform and garner a healthy 11.1 million monthly players. And Playdom is celebrating.
As a token of thanks to its loyal object finders, the developer is giving all Gardens of Time players an exclusive Fireworks Wagon decoration. (Click here to receive the gift.) Gardens of Time blazed the trail for hidden-object Facebook games in April 2011 to a peak of 14 million monthly players speaking 14 languages.
Of course, the game has, well, inspired other developers to get in on the action. To combat Playdom's head start in the hidden-object sub genre on Facebook, Zynga just announced Hidden Chronicles, though no release date has been given yet. Here's to Playdom hopefully bringing more untapped genres to Facebook (like secret agents?).
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Gardens of Time celebrates Thanksgiving with three premium scenes
Gardens of Time is getting into the holiday spirit this month, as Playdom has released a new Thanksgiving chapter in the game called "Turkey Time!" Unfortunately, this chapter is premium, meaning that it's only available for Gold. However, if you are willing to shell out 76 Gold to purchase it, you'll receive 280 Gold worth of content, including three scenes as just a start.
One scene is an outdoor nature scene, with a pilgrim on horseback, another is a farmland and barn, while the third is the Thanksgiving dinner table, ready for guests. As with other scenes in the game, these can be mastered by playing them repeatedly. As you play each scene, you'll unlock specific rewards for that scene. For instance, the outdoor nature scene offers you a turkey decoration, while the Thanksgiving dinner table scene offers you a pilgrim ship. If you can complete all three scenes to the four-star mastery level, you'll receive one final prize: the Red Farm House.
With the current price of Gold in Gardens of Time, this Turkey Time chapter is an investment of around $18 US, but if you love Thanksgiving, or simply love exclusive, themed content within the game, this is a package you'll definitely want to consider. The question now remains: will we see something similar released for Christmas in the game, or will that package be even more extravagant still?
Check out the rest of our Thanksgiving-themed coverage right here.
Will you purchase the Turkey Time Thanksgiving Chapter in Gardens of Time? Would you purchase it if it cost a large amount of Silver coins instead?
One scene is an outdoor nature scene, with a pilgrim on horseback, another is a farmland and barn, while the third is the Thanksgiving dinner table, ready for guests. As with other scenes in the game, these can be mastered by playing them repeatedly. As you play each scene, you'll unlock specific rewards for that scene. For instance, the outdoor nature scene offers you a turkey decoration, while the Thanksgiving dinner table scene offers you a pilgrim ship. If you can complete all three scenes to the four-star mastery level, you'll receive one final prize: the Red Farm House.
With the current price of Gold in Gardens of Time, this Turkey Time chapter is an investment of around $18 US, but if you love Thanksgiving, or simply love exclusive, themed content within the game, this is a package you'll definitely want to consider. The question now remains: will we see something similar released for Christmas in the game, or will that package be even more extravagant still?
Check out the rest of our Thanksgiving-themed coverage right here.
Will you purchase the Turkey Time Thanksgiving Chapter in Gardens of Time? Would you purchase it if it cost a large amount of Silver coins instead?
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