The weather has taken a turn for the worst in Farmville! Suddenly there’s snow!
As my farm loaded, I could see this picture, which shows a farm with a blanket of snow. But in Farmville, snow isn’t free.
To get a blanket of snow, I’d have to spend 1000 coins! But even more than that, wouldn’t snow be quite problematic on my farm? I always assumed that my farm was in a rather tropical (or at least sub-tropical) climate – after all, I have date palms, passion fruit and banana trees! Crops grow quickly (and all year round), and everything is lush and green. So a layer of snow on the ground would surely kill some of my crops! I don’t think that this is really the case (since in Farmville snow is associated with happiness and a White Christmas….not with destruction of citrus harvests).
So I guess my question is whether Farmville will ever include any repercussions for poor decisions that players make. If you let it snow on your orange trees, perhaps the orange crop should get ruined, at least for that year. If you don’t provide a trough of water for your horses, perhaps they should die of thirst?….etc. etc. So far the only negative repercussion is that your crops will wither if you don’t harvest them.
I decided it would be too strange to have it snow over my whole farm (especially my banana trees), but I was unable to resist the temptation for a bit of decorative snow. So I decided to create a small winter microclimate in the corner of my farm. So take a look at my little bit of winter!
Finally, on an unrelated note, here is a snapshot of my friend Paul’s farm. He told me to take a look at his farm, since he said it was looking quite pretty. I agree! It is nice and colorful in this picture, and lots of crops are ready to harvest! I also like how his farm isn’t too grid-like. There’s a mix of trees and crops, haphazardly placed around the farm.
Nicely done Paul!
Tags: anthropology, anthropology of food, Christmas in Farmville, Farmville, harvest, snow, snow cover, snow in Farmville
