If you happen to have an account with Facebook or MySpace, surely you would understand what I would be talking about for this whole article. And surely you have been a farmer, a mob, a fashionista or have already built your own carnival by just logging in to these social networking sites.

I’m sure you already know what I’m referring to because if you’re not aware of these then this would help you realize that you are missing something. These are actually some of the characters that you could portray if you are playing some of the popular games by Zynga which are YoVille, Mafia Wars, Roller Coaster Kingdom, Fashion Wars and their latest addition, FarmVille.

Zynga is a video game developer located in San Francisco, California, United States. They develop browser-based casual video games which work in conjunction with social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace.

Zynga was founded in June 2007 by Mark Pincus, Michael Luxton, Eric Schiermeyer, Justin Waldron, Andrew Trader, and Steve Schoettler. They secured USD $29 million from several venture capitalist firms in July 2008 along with bringing ex Electronic Arts Chief Creative Officer Bing Gordon on to the board. At that time, they also acquired YoVille, a large virtual world social network game. According to their own website, as of November 2009, they had 50 million daily active users.

However, it was a bit long time ago since I last checked on my YoVille pad. I haven’t been able to get some new furniture, new clothes and I wasn’t even present at work at the factory no more. I realized, I’d be richer working on my own farm at FarmVille of course.

FarmVille is a real-time farm simulation game developed by Zynga, available as an application on the social networking website Facebook. The game allows members of Facebook to manage a virtual farm by planting, growing and harvesting virtual crops, trees, and livestock. Since its launch in June 2009, FarmVille has become the most popular game application on Facebook with 63.7 million active users on November 9th, 2009.

The game is based around the market, where items can be purchased: seeds, trees, animals, buildings, decorations, vehicles, and more land using “coins,” the generic money of Farmville which is earned by selling crops, or “cash” which the player earns at a rate of one dollar per experience level. All you have to do is to Plant seeds, which grow into crops, which can be harvested to earn coins.

Animals and trees can also be purchased and can also be harvested for experience and profits. The player earns experience points (XP) by purchasing items, and regular tasks such as plowing, planting and harvesting. Earning XP increases the player’s level, unlocking more items. Most items can be bought with coins, although some must be purchased with “Cash.

Aimee works as a writer most of the time. You can learn more about Farmville.com at their favorite website about Farmville.