Hay Day
| Hay Day | |
|---|---|
| Studio |
 Supercell
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| Publisher |
Supercell |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
iOS June 21, 2012 Android November 20, 2013 |
| platform | iOS , Android |
| genre | MMO - strategy game |
| Subject | Farm (Farming Game) |
| Game mode | Single player , multiplayer |
| control | Touch screen |
| system advantages preconditions |
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| medium | Download |
| language | German, 17 other languages |
| Current version |
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| information | Under the Supercell Terms of Use, anyone under the age of 14 is not allowed to create an account or use the game. |
Hay Day is a mobile game from the game developer Supercell based on the free-to-play model. The game is about running a farm, growing and harvesting fruit and crops, keeping animals, manufacturing and trading products. The game was released on June 21, 2012 for iOS and November 20, 2013 for Android, and has been downloaded over 100 million times on Google Play . In 2013, Supercell achieved an operating profit of 336 million euros with its two games Clash of Clans and Hay Day on sales of 650 million euros. That year, Hay Day was the fourth-highest revenue game.
Game content
The player's uncle is no longer able to look after his farm and so he hands over responsibility for the farm to the player. At the start of the game, a scarecrow appears , which shows the player in the form of a tutorial how to grow and harvest wheat .
The player can grow various crops or plant fruit trees on his farm. In addition, various farm animals (including chickens, cows, pigs) can be kept that provide products (such as eggs, milk and bacon).
With various production buildings (e.g. dairy, bakery), certain farm products can be processed into other products.
The individual farm products can be used or sold in different ways. In return, the player receives coins with which he can buy goods, production buildings, farm animals and pets as well as decorative objects. He also receives experience points (EP) with which higher game levels can be achieved. At higher levels, additional crops, fruit trees and bushes, crops and pets, production buildings and goods that can be produced can be unlocked.
On certain occasions such as For example, at Christmas or Halloween, appropriate events are held where the players can receive additional experience points, coins or special decorations.
Individual players can join together in so-called communities , which can consist of a maximum of thirty players. Community derbies take place weekly , in which fifteen communities compete against each other. The players are given different tasks, for which points are awarded. At the end of a derby, the top three communities move up while the three with the lowest score move down. A community can be grouped (from bottom to top) into one of the following leagues:
- Entry League
- Amateur league
- Professional league
- Expert League
- Champions League
In addition to the actual farm area, the game also offers other gaming platforms:
The town. By selecting the train connection, the player gets to his city. Various buildings can be erected there, which can be expanded in several stages. Visitors to the city who visit up to three of the city buildings and want to buy certain farm products there also come to the city via the rail connection . Get what you want, pay with coins, experience points and reputation points. The development of the city can be advanced with the reputation points. The reserve is attached to the city . Here the player can keep elephants, hippos or giraffes depending on the game progress - initially adult animals, later also young animals.
The fishing area. Depending on the game progress, up to 15 fishing spots can be activated here. Lures or nets can be produced that can be used for fishing. Caught fish provide fish fillet that can be processed into other products in the farm area. A lobster pool and a duck parlor can be set up as special buildings . After lobsters or ducks have been caught at the fishing spots with lobster or duck traps, lobster tails or duck feathers can be obtained from them using the lobster pool or the duck salon. These products can also be further processed in the farm area.
The valley. With an update on June 24, 2019, The Valley was introduced as a new game level. The valley is not always playable, but only within a season that lasts several days. All the players in a community are there together with other players in their own delivery van. You can drive on a map with different buildings. You have to complete daily quests , deliver your own goods to buildings, transport goods from building to building, repair broken down vans of other players and collect chickens. With this, blue, red and green coins can be earned, which can finally be exchanged for rewards in a valley shop until the end of the current valley season .
criticism
Brian Lufkin from gamezebo.com awarded four out of five stars, praising the graphic design and pointing out the similarities to the game FarmVille . He complained that there were no real twists and turns in the course of the game.
Pocket Gamer's Harry Slater gave the game a Bronze Award and gave it seven out of ten points.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Terms of Use . Supercell. September 1, 2015. Accessed April 9, 2017.
- ↑ Hay Day Available for Android !! ( English ) Supercell. November 20, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
- ^ Hay Day on Google Play Store, accessed April 9, 2017.
- ↑ Lucas Müller: A dwarf outclasses the giants on the games market . Stuttgart newspaper. March 26, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
- ↑ Leo Mirani: Why free games are increasingly the most profitable apps ( English ) qz.com . January 30, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
- ^ Supercell Hay Day Forum: Hay Day Update: The Valley . In English. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
- ↑ Bryan Lufkin: Hay Day Review ( English ) www.gamezebo.com. July 3, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
- ^ Harry Slater: Hay, look over here ( English ) www.pocketgamer.co.uk. July 6, 2012. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
