Sunday, September 18, 2011

'Press A for Adventure' without wasting materials!

Posted by Jasmine | Sunday, September 18, 2011 | Category and Labels: , | 0 comments

For the last part of the quest, you'll be given a buildable arcade machine (step 1 checked) but the second step requires you to play a machine too. So what do you do? Collect and use materials to build the machine? Spend SimCash to skip this step?
Ignore the 'helpful' instructions in the quest dialog. If you're anything like me, you'd rather have your cake and eat it too!
Go play on a friend's arcade machine.
That's it--because all you have to do is 'play on [any] arcade machine once.'
It's so simple, it's ridiculous.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

9.3 MILLION active users--and counting!

Posted by Jasmine | Sunday, September 11, 2011 | Category and Labels: , | 0 comments

Guess which game has now become the second most popular game on Facebook?
The Sims Social has attained the (dubious) honor of replacing Farmville, by getting 9.3 million daily users. According to Gamasutra, EA's CFO Eric Brown had this to say: "What has made [The Sims Social] a success so far is the Playfish expertise... combined with the creative excellence of the core Sims team. Those teams work together exceptionally well."

Saturday, September 10, 2011

What's your sim's personality?

Posted by Jasmine | Saturday, September 10, 2011 | Category and Labels: , | 0 comments

The Sims Social gives you a variety of personalities to choose from. Which one did you pick? Do you think sims' personalities have an impact on the game?

Thursday, September 8, 2011

The Illustrated Guide to Bug Reporting (for beginners)

Posted by Jasmine | Thursday, September 8, 2011 | Category and Labels: , | 0 comments

The Sims Social is one of the most widely played games on Facebook but also one of the buggiest, probably because its developers hadn't anticipated such an instantaneous rise in popularity. Here's how to report a problem when you run into one (and you will almost certainly run into one at some point):-

Step 1: As soon as the glitch appears, take a screenshot! This is one of the most helpful things you can include in a bug report, so do this before anything else.
  • DO take a shot that shows the error clearly.
  • DON'T include any personal information--neither yours nor your friends'. This includes names, display pictures, etc. The tech team will be able to pinpoint your account without any of that, so respect your and your friends' privacy. (Note the erased display picture.)
  • All you need to take a screenshot is the 'Print Screen' (or ALT+Print Scrn) key* on your keyboard and any simple graphics software such as MS Paint.

Step 2: From the menu bar at the top of the game, click the 'Help' button. This will take you to the Main forum for TSS.