Farmville is officially in the “Break-Out” hit category with about 80 million people playing. Facebook recently claimed there are more people playing Farmville than there are using Twitter.
In case you are not one of the millions playing, Farmville is a simulation game on Facebook which allows you to take a humble homestead to the cultivated farm of your dreams. Farmville allows you to grow any number of crops from corn to carrots. Of course if you don’t tend to your crops regularly, they could die and you’d lose your profit potential.
Since it’s a Facebook game, you won’t really progress very quickly unless you rely on your social network to help you. When friends make certain achievements you’ll benefit as well. Farmville likes to keep you engaged with a variety of free giveaways and updates.
If you’re interested in playing for the first time or you need some help, read my walkthrough to get your farm up and going quickly.