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<s>''[[FarmvilleThe Pioneer Trail]]</s>'' (originally called '''''FrontierVille''''') iswas a [[Web Games|Flash-based game]] by Zynga Inc., available through [[Facebook]]. You play a farmer, with a single <s>farm</s> homestead that consists of isometric tiles. You plow land, plant crops and trees, buy animals, and harvest them at regular intervals. You may also buy buildings, decorations, vehicles and various other items, many of which are cosmetic rather than functional. The primary currency is "coins", which are earned through harvesting, completing achievements ("ribbons"), and assisting your neighbors. There is also a secondary currency called "<s>Farm Cash</s> Horseshoes" which is primarily purchased with real money, and is necessary to [[Bribing Your Way to Victory|buy most of the really good stuff]]. Through working on your <s>farm</s> homestead and buying items, you earn experience, which in turn unlocks better items as you gain levels.
 
The game promotespromoted socializing and sharing. Your ability to expand your <s>farm</s> homestead is dependent on how many neighbors you have, so if you have Facebook friends who play <s>[[Farmville]]</s> ''FrontierVilleThe Pioneer Trail'', you will probably be getting a lot of neighbor requests from them. Other than that, there are many items that can only be obtained by having someone send them to you as a gift, and you can earn extra coins and experience by visiting other <s>farms</s> frontiers and fertilizing their crops, pulling weeds or scaring off <s>crows</s> snakes, coyotes and bears.
 
The game supportssupported many play styles. You can go for maximum coin earnings or maximum experience gain, become a collector, design your <s>farm</s> homestead around any theme you can imagine, or compete in the weekly contests for best-looking <s>farm</s> homestead. Play is allowed in any desired intervals, mainly through having a variety of crops that harvest at different rates, from two hours to five days.
 
The game was shut down on April 30, 2015.
 
A sequel, ''CityVille 2'', was released in November 2012. It was closed down on March 7, 2013.
 
It is a sister game to ''[[Pet VillePetVille]]'', ''[[Fish Ville]]'' and ''[[FarmvilleFarmVille]]''.▼
 
▲It is a sister game to ''[[Pet Ville]]'', ''[[Fish Ville]]'' and ''[[Farmville]]''.
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* [[Adam Smith Hates Your Guts]]: Even though you can [[Bribing Your Way to Victory|bribe your way]] to get through the game, the cost of horseshoes with different items/quests/etc. '''WILL''' make you curse and swear.
* [[Amazing Technicolor Wildlife]]
* [[Anti-Poopsocking]]: While you can sit there and obsessively <s>farm</s> homestead <s>berries</s> clovers if you really want to, most crops ripen and most events occur in daily intervals.
* [[Arcadia]]: Considering that the only places you see in the entire game are <s>farms</s> homesteads, pastures and orchards, and everyone is an adorable little farmer in overalls...
* [[Bribing Your Way to Victory]]: The game may be played entirely for free and is fully functional, but there are a whole host of cool items, shortcuts and time savers available for those who shell out real money for <s>Farm Cash</s> HorseshoeHorseshoes, which otherwise trickles in at the rate of one per level earned. Needless to say, this has earned the game a substantial [[Hatedom]].
** More to the point, the programmers must have hired [[Adam Smith Hates Your Guts|Adam Smith]], which make the hate very, '''very''', '''''VERY''''' understandable.
* [[But Thou Must!]]: There's a woman over there with a broken wagon, and I absolutely will not let you click on anything else until you answer the letter she just sent you. Every day. You physically can't ignore her.
* [[Cosmetic Award]]: Nearly every building and decoration, save a handful of functional ones, is there simply to make your <s>farm</s> homestead look pretty.
* [[Desert Skull]]: These keep popping up on disused parts of your homestead.
* [[Determined Homesteader]]: More so than in ''[[FarmvilleFarmVille]]'', where the country is already tamed.
* [[Determined Homesteader's Wife|Determined Homesteader's Spouse]]: Can be earned by completing certain goals.
* [[Determined Homesteader's Children]]: And once you have a spouse, more goals to add to your family.
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* [[Shop Keeper]]: Hank, manager of the general store. Known for a supply of bad jokes.
* [[Shout-Out]]: A rather brilliant one, actually. There's an angel statue available in the market. The description? [[Doctor Who|Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you are dead.]]
* [[X Meets Y]]: The game is pretty much identical to ''[[FarmvilleFarmVille]]'' only with [[Mafia Wars]]' energy mechanic.
** And missions.
 
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