Less than a month we wrote that Facebook had just trademarked FishVille. Weeks later the company is officially launching FishVille. Happy Aquarium, the application which FishVille is based on, is now the 5th largest application on the Facebook Platform. Given Happy Aquarium’s presence, I’d expect to see FishVille advertisements all over Facebook.
So what is FishVille? It’s a game where you raise a fish, feed them and help decorate the tank which they live in. It’s similar to many of the other games like FarmVille, Cafe World, and Roller Coaster Kingdom, however in this one you are simply taking care of a fish tank. As you raise fish you can sell them to earn coins and experience. Honestly, it uses a similar format to all of Zynga’s other games which means the company could reuse a lot of the code from their other games.
In this game you simply grow fish, feed them, and then purchase items for your fish tank. Then come back once in a while to see how your tank is doing. Just like all the other games on Facebook, this one is passive so that you can check in a couple times a day rather than sit and play it non-stop. While I haven’t spent a lot of time playing this game, I’m sure that Zynga is actively tracking user metrics to ensure that this game is just as sticky as their other ones.
If it turns out to be a hit (which it probably will be), Zynga should blow past 200 million monthly active users, far outstripping any of the other competition on the Facebook Platform. If you want to spend your time building a virtual fish tank, go check out FishVille. Also check out Inside Social Games who first broke the news of this application.
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wow, nice article i play cafe world all the time, that's really neat. I'm going to start playing fishville the next time i get on facebook.
Comment by abzzz — November 7, 2009 @ 12:05 pm
Oh snap,
"Application "FishVille" is unavailable
The application "FishVille" is temporarily unavailable due to an issue with its third-party developer. We are investigating the situation and apologize for any inconvenience."
Comment by Brad Dwyer — November 8, 2009 @ 7:55 am
I'm getting the same message. Looks like Zynga was displaying some pretty scammy mobile ads, allegedly.
Comment by Tony Webster — November 8, 2009 @ 4:15 pm
bad news guys, FishVille is suspended!
Comment by Beau — November 9, 2009 @ 1:04 am
thats sucks it wasnt a bad game
Comment by Melissa — November 9, 2009 @ 2:27 pm
its a cool game.. hope it comes back soon
Comment by Melissa Hoffmeyer — November 9, 2009 @ 2:28 pm
Fishville is a pretty fun game – funny how all of zynga's games happen to be exactly like other games on facebook that came before them but weren't promoted as well.
Comment by Joseph — November 15, 2009 @ 1:40 pm
I’ve been making some fishville stat tables!
They’re all up here
http://sites.google.com/site/fishvillestats/
Hope that's helpful
Comment by incurable hippie — November 16, 2009 @ 4:20 am
l can get my fishville work 2 days like play. we have small boys they like to see the fish but can get my to work. we friend have comple we play on at l get my to work. place can my to work
Comment by Pauline Earhart — November 17, 2009 @ 9:36 pm
hey i need neighbors my email is rokiukas12@gmail.com
Comment by rok — November 23, 2009 @ 4:14 am
i just wanted to say that i love this game cause i love fishes & fishes are faiverite animal……..by by
Comment by espernor — November 23, 2009 @ 6:38 pm
fishville is past time, i have fun feeding and harvisting it,hey im inviting neighbors.see ya!
Comment by jean otero — November 26, 2009 @ 11:06 pm
need neighbors ojean72@yahoo.com
Comment by oj — November 26, 2009 @ 11:09 pm
i'm not able to open this application at any computer. why? but other people are able to open this using that same computer..
Comment by herson — November 30, 2009 @ 8:01 am
herson, that goes for me too.. i have not opened the application since yesterday.. have also tried in my son's laptop and still can't open it.. wonder why.. hope that someone out there help me out on this..
Comment by jan — December 15, 2009 @ 9:51 am
can play the game. algae covered the tank. cannot be cleaned. anyone can tell why? tnx.
Comment by joelvaness ziv — December 20, 2009 @ 10:13 am
hiii its an awesome game i tel u….cum n hav fun guys….
Comment by Toushita Sengupta — December 21, 2009 @ 8:36 am
Please help me FishVille is frozen on me i can,t play the game i really love the game this is the 2nd time it been frozen .this time from 18.12.09. please put me back on the game i was top of the list we have a race .HELP please.
Thank You…..
Comment by Aliz Kovacs — December 21, 2009 @ 10:54 am
Just fix the game please????
Comment by Aliz Kovacs — December 21, 2009 @ 10:56 am
I can’t play fishville anymore. What is happening? All attempts made still not able to load ,play, everything not able.
WHY ?????
Comment by Alissa m Mazzei — February 11, 2010 @ 2:50 pm
Please help me to get fishville working for me PLEASE.
Comment by Alissa m Mazzei — February 11, 2010 @ 2:51 pm
I can't play fishville any more cause it won't open…..what's up????? I love the fishes….please help.
Comment by Carol — March 2, 2010 @ 3:21 pm
What's up with fishville??? All was well until I accepted a gift from a neighbor now I can't get it to load.
Comment by Denice — March 4, 2010 @ 8:29 am
We cannot get past the loading page of fishville, the odd day it will load and then days go by it wont load. When it does load the fish are dead! I have young boys who love to play it and have fish they really like, please help!??
Comment by Adele Wiles — March 8, 2010 @ 2:37 pm
Couldn't get it to load today..what's up??
Comment by Shurflo — March 9, 2010 @ 3:11 pm
I'm so upset that my poor little fish that I've acquired and look after are going to die because I can no longer access my tank. I feel like crying
Comment by Eileen Banks — March 18, 2010 @ 12:38 pm
i can't play fishville anymore cause it won"t open…. i love the fishes….pls send back to me…. help
Comment by rica — March 20, 2010 @ 3:59 am
can't get it to work says interent connection won't work was working not know…
Comment by sandy — April 12, 2010 @ 2:46 pm
when will fishville be bank on facebook i like it a lot
Comment by dave — May 21, 2010 @ 6:43 pm
when will fishville be back on facebook i like it a lot
Comment by dave — May 21, 2010 @ 6:45 pm
need neighbours for both fishville and farmville…
Comment by Swetha — July 7, 2010 @ 4:26 am
If Fishville is down A G A I N why don't y'all announance it? Farmville? What's up with one month it works and the next month it doesn't. We dedicate ourselves to do these things and all of a sudden you can't get on. Seriously….
Put a post up to all the LOYAL FANS.
Comment by Casey Eldred — July 13, 2010 @ 7:54 pm
I can't open my first tank ='( it's been 2 weeks now.. it's the only tank I can't open..
Comment by rNet — September 30, 2010 @ 8:12 am
I can't get into fishville, when I do get in there, I freeze up and 1/3 the picture disappears, I have to feed my fish, this has been going on for several days, I can't accept requests from there either, I lose them all..Please help me…5/15/11
Comment by Janey Rhoades — May 15, 2011 @ 3:59 am