Supermarket Village - Farm Town
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By Erin Brereton , based on child development research. How do we rate?
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Supermarket Village - Farm Town
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What’s It About?
Kids stock and manage a store in SUPERMARKET VILLAGE - FARM TOWN. They'll plant and harvest crops, feed animals, and build bread and other factories -- and add farmland with other items to expand their business. The game also involves filling online orders and establishing a bakery and other departments in the store. Some actions require gems, which are doled out sparingly. Others, such as building construction, cost dollars, earned by serving customers and other tasks. Most actions have a time delay that spending gems will speed up.
Is It Any Good?
Small tasks will keep kids fairly busy -- but notable advancement in the game doesn't happen very fast. Kids can earn money fairly easily through a variety of tasks in Supermarket Village - Farm Town, such as completing orders, so they should be able to purchase buildings when prompted. Constructing them will take some time -- like many things in the game, it involves a wait. Upgrades, though, can be another story. Because your warehouse gets full fairly easily, expanding it is key. You otherwise may try to harvest crops and find there's nowhere to put them, which can slow or halt the availability of feed, in turn stopping cows from producing milk, and may affect other actions, eventually impacting product availability and profits.
You need to have tools on hand, such as a hammer -- sometimes more than one -- to make building upgrades. Those items cost a hefty amount of gems, though, which can be hard to come by. Kids may find they're short on them before the tutorial is even over. They may be able to get some tools another random way, such as by successfully playing one of the mini-games that occasionally pop up -- including a pinball challenge where you shoot a hamster instead of a ball. But that may not amass the required amount you need, and the process of earning enough gems will still likely be a slow climb -- which can significantly delay unlocking new items and moving on in the game. Because building construction, food production, and even food placement can involve a waiting period, kids may find themselves wasting time unless they pay gems to accelerate things. The gameplay starts to seem pretty repetitive, and watching how slowly gems accumulate can be frustrating. It can start to feel like you have to buy additional packages of them from the in-app store to experience Supermarket Village - Farm Town in a decent timeframe -- or remain stuck doing busywork, which isn't very interesting for long.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how to handle responsibilities in Supermarket Village - Farm Town. Do the tasks in the game seem reasonable?
Does your child feel overwhelmed when there's a lot to do? Discuss some ways to handle stress positively.
Talk about a goal your child would like to reach. How can you break a larger task down to make completing it easier?
App Details
- Devices: iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Mac , Android
- Pricing structure: Free
- Release date: December 22, 2022
- Category: Simulation Games
- Topics: Horses and Farm Animals
- Publisher: Codigames
- Version: 1.3
- Minimum software requirements: Requires iOS 11.0 or later, macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with an Apple M1 chip or later, or Android 5.0 and up.
- Last updated: January 24, 2023
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