How to Play CityVille

How to Play CityVille

Zynga's latest Facebook game, CityVille, is
growing in users rapidly; indeed, it is thought
that it might soon overtake the number of monthly
users of FarmVille. In this game, players have to
create and maintain a city where they'll be in
charge of opening shops, houses, community
buildings, farming crops, and financial work in
the hope of becoming the Mayor. Read on for a
step-to-step guide to get started on CityVille.

!! Steps !!

Open the Cityville Application on Facebook.
You'll find it at:
http://apps.facebook.com/cityville [1]. Click
the 'Play' button to begin.

* If the link doesn't work, make sure you're logged into Facebook
[2] and search for the CityVille app.

!! Building A House !!

* If this is your first time playing Cityville, you will be brought
to a near-empty piece of land. Instructions on how to begin will
appear on-screen asking you to create your first building.

* The build buttonTo do this, click open the Building menu by
selecting the 'Build' button located in the bottom-right corner of
the screen. Click this. The Building menu will appear in place of
the Neighbors list, and a list of the houses you have unlocked so
far (at the beginning of the game there is only one).
BuildingSelect the building, then drop it onto the desired
location. (Note: The house must be connected to a road or a
path.) The price of the house in CityVille coins will be
deducted automatically. The house will appear unbuilt. To build
the house, click on the building and one energy will be deducted
for building. Depending on the building, this step may need to
be repeated.

* Your new house and villagers!Your new villagers will move in
and you will earn City Coins and XP (experience) for building a
new house.

!! Farming Crops !!

* In CityVille, harvesting crops [3] provides you with goods which
can be used to supply any shops or businesses you open in your new
city, so obviously this is a vital part in running your town.

* Four farm plotsTo plant crops, you will have to lay down some
farm plot to grow your crops on. This will cost you 100 city
coins.
Crop selectionOpen the 'Build' menu again, but this time click
the 'Farming' tab. A list of available crops will appear. Click
your preferred crop, and drop it on the empty farm plot. The
cost of the crop will be deducted from your City Coins balance.

* Note: The amount of goods the crops produce and the length of time
the crop takes to grow depends on the crop. Strawberries [4] take
five minutes to grow and produce 15 goods, whilst eggplant takes
one hour to grow and produces 30 goods.

* Once the crops have grown, click on the crop
to harvest. You will get your goods and some experience stars
(XP). One energy will be required to harvest each crop.

!! Businesses And Community Buildings !!

* Community buildingsIn the \'Build\' menu, you have the option
to build businesses [5] such as shops and community buildings such
as City Halls. Doing this can act as a money source and allow you
to build more homes and increase the population limit.

* Open the 'Build' menu and select either the 'Businesses' or
'Community Buildings' tab.

* Building a ShopSelect the building you'd like to build and
drop it where you'd like it to appear. The cost of the building
will be deducted from your City Coin balance. Construct the
building as described in previous steps. This will require energy.

* A completed bakery shopYou will be rewarded with some City
Coins and Experience stars (XP). If your building is a business,
you\'ll be asked to name your shop [6] and supply your shop with
goods.

!! Completing Goals !!

* As you progress in the game, you will start to notice 'Goals'
appearing on the left side of your game screen. These are tasks
you must complete in order to unlock special items and help your
town progress.

* A GoalTo view a goal, click a goal's icon on the left hand
side of your game screen. A small instruction window will open
telling you what you are required to do.

* Some items require a certain goal to be completedFollow the
instructions. Completing the task will give you rewards such as
unlocking items, experience stars (XP), city coins or cash, energy
or items.

!! Neighbors !!

* An item that requires a certain number of neighborsYou will
need neighbors in Cityville to give you certain gifts [7],
complete certain goals, fill staff roles in community buildings,
unlock items and to help around town.

* An 'Add Friend' iconGo to the Neighbor menu down the bottom of
the game screen and find a 'Add Friend' icon.

* Click this icon [8] and you'll be brought to your friend list.
Select friends whom you either know already play Cityville or
those you'd like to start playing. An invitation will be sent to
these people.

!! Video !!

!! Tips !!

* There are plenty of guides on the internet that provide some
helpful hints on Cityville already for any further tips.

* If none of your friends are already playing CityVille, you can
always look on some forums to find other players wanting
neighbors.

* Log in daily. Try and collect as much rent as possible to earn
more coins and XP stars (experience). This way, you can unlock
more items, level up and earn more money quicker!

* Keep an eye on how much energy you have left. Try and avoid from
running out by spacing out your jobs. You earn one more energy
every four minutes. If you do end up running low, ask your friend
to send you an energy boost gift or buy it with City Cash at the
store. Your energy also increases my ten every time you level up.

* Keep growing crops. They earn you supplies, which are needed to
run the stores. Try growing lots of corn.

* Note the time the crop finishes to grow. If you do not harvest
them once they are ready, they will soon wither and you will not
earn any supplies.

* Use the train. Once you have a certain number of neighbors, you
will be able to exchange money for goods via the train service.
Click the train station to see how many neighbors you need until
it is unlocked, or to view what train services are on offer for
you to buy or sell goods.

* Shipping is a service that you will need to unlock. Much like the
train services, you exchange city coins for supplies. Many goals
require shipping to be completed.

!! Warnings !!

* If you add someone who you do not know for the purpose of being
neighbors on CityVille, please note this means they have access to
your profile as any other friend on Facebook would. You might
consider setting-up another Facebook profile just for playing
social games. Facebook frowns on this practice. Be careful.

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[1] http://apps.facebook.com/cityville
[2] http://www.wikihow.com/Join-Facebook
[3] http://www.wikihow.com/Harvest-New-Potatoes
[4] http://www.wikihow.com/Grow-Strawberries
[5] http://www.wikihow.com/Image:Community-Buildings-Cityville.jpg
[6] http://www.wikihow.com/Image:Bakery-Cityville.jpg
[7] http://www.wikihow.com/Image:Requires-neighbors-cityville.png
[8] http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Windows-Icon