Since the advent of the social gaming company Zynga (creator of Mafia Wars, FarmVille and many other titles), Facebook games have become a surefire way to reach people online in a viral way. In fact social games tend to encourage users to share their gaming experience with their friends, which in turn allow these games to spread rapidly on Facebook. This article intends to show you how to create your very own Facebook game.
The first step to create your Facebook game is to sit down with a good old fashioned pen and start putting down ideas on paper. In fact if you want your social game to be successful, you will need to be able to provide your users with an endless quest (see FarmVille for instance) so that players never reach the "end" of the game: this way users that like your game will spend countless hours on it.
Once you have a couple of ideas down, such as a name and a theme, you can start sketching a blueprint which will detail the steps the users need to take to win points, coins, rewards, etc. Imagine one hour of game play, and write down all the steps.
The next step will be to get a team together to realize your game. In fact, unless you are a talented designer and a programmer at the same time, you will need these two skills to bring your project to reality. Submit your sketches to your designer and ask him to produce some quality graphics for you. Then explain your project and the game user interface to your programmer so that he/she can bring it all together. If you are not sure where to find a programmer and a designer, you can try outsourcing sites such as Elance or Odesk.
You got your game together? Almost there! Now all you have to do is to submit your app to Facebook and start promoting it. You can promote your game offline by distributing flyers in universities (students are the largest population on Facebook) or online through Facebook ads. At this point you should be careful to monitor your revenues (usually obtained through in-game credits) and your server space (Facebook does not host games).
Now that you have got all the tools required to start a Facebook game, do not wait and get your idea on paper right now. In less than 3 years, Zynga went from 0 to millions of gamers: you could be the next one!
Lisa Mary has been writing articles online for nearly 2 years now. Not only does this author specialize in travel, diet and fitness, you can also check out her latest website at http://lenovodockingstation.com/ which reviews and lists the best Lenovo Docking Station.
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