YoVille top 20 Summer Designs announced

YoVille has released the top 20 pics of the summer design contest. There are the male top 10 and and the female top 10 the winners will get Yo Cash for free. You get to check out the top 20 and vote for your favorite. Based on your votes the final winner will be decided.


Voting closes @ 11:45 Pm PST on 7/18/10 so make sure to fill out this survey before it closed. Winners will be announced next week! Vote Now: http://zyn.ga/WI


If you are interested to see who made it to the top 20 check the images below. 

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YoVille Daily Login Bonus

YoVille has a daily bonus now. You will need to login everyday for the next five days to receive your daily bonus. Each day that you login you get something free on the first day you get 50 free coins and so on. The last day as keeping with the tradition we are sure YoVille will give you Yo Cash for free. As of now it is a mystery and the free gifts as yours as you login each day. remember not to break this cycle as you need to login every day for 5 consecutive day to avail all the benefits of this free giveaway.

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YoVille Morocco

Your next stop in YoVille is Morocco. To buy your very own Moroccan castle simply head over to the Realtors office. The way to do that is to click on the home icon on the lower left hand corner of your screen and then click on the visit Realtor link. Once inside his office you would need to click on the Moroccan castle and it's yours for 38 Yo Cash. This is truely an awsome home to live in and when you first enter as expected you will find it empty except for the beautiful building itself. You can then go to the store to get decorations and furniture.


YoVille has this to say about the new Moroccan palace.


 Furnish your new posh palace with these fresh rich colors at the Furniture Store. Finish your evening with the light and delicate Moroccan clothing in the Clothing store, perfect for those warm summer nights! Play YoVille: http://zyn.ga/Te <==

Please find below the list of Moroccan clothing as provided by YoVille Lounge.

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YoVille Rally Your Friends and Protect the Gulf!

The Charity Pet will be coming soon to YoVille. YoVille has teamed up with Audubon to help raise money to fund the rescue efforts in the Gulf and protect the animals fallen victim to the catastrophic oil spill. Platinum Ninja has posted an Official entry on YoVille.com. Read how you can help out after the jump.

Hey Everyone,

Help YoVille and Audubon protect the wildlife in the Gulf’s habitat!! Coming Soon! After this catastrophic oil spill, we want to team up and help raise money to fund the rescue efforts in the Gulf to protect these animals and the future of our planet. Let’s check out how YoVille and the Audubon is helping Protect the Gulf and find out how you can help out too!!

YoVille and Audubon

To help aid this disaster YoVille will be giving players an opportunity to purchase Charity Pets. 50% of all proceeds from these special creatures will support the recovery effort and help Audubon Society protect this wildlife and habitat.

The Audubon Society’s Mission: “Audubon’s mission is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats for the benefit of humanity and the earth’s biological diversity.” To check out more information about the Audubon Society please read here: http://www.audubon.org/

How You Can Help Save the Gulf!

Whether it is purchasing a Charity Pet or Rallying your friends you can help spread the word about this terrible oil spill and get involved. Wouldn’t it be awesome to help protect the Gulf’s Wildlife and habitat while playing your favorite game at the same time Well you can so let’s find out how you can help!

Charity Pet

Coming soon we’ll be releasing 4 new Charity Pets to help support the efforts to repair the damage caused to their ecosystem. There will be one new pet per week, for a total of four weeks, which will be available to purchase. Expect to see a Pelican, Sea Turtle, Otter and more! Remember, YoVille will be forking over half of all of the proceeds from these pets that will go to help protect the Gulf.

To purchase a Charity Pet you will click on the Protect the Gulf Icon in the upper right hand corner. You will then receive a dialog and preview of the pet available that week to buy. If you want to help out click “Buy Pet” and purchase this pet!

Also, after you buy this pet you will be able to let your friends know that you protected the Gulf by posting a Feed that your friends can click in on to help too. Make sure to share how you are trying to make a difference with your friends and do your part!

Rally your Friends

You can also help spread the word by Rallying your Friends. To Rally your Friends you will need to click the Protect the Gulf Icon and then click Rally your Friends. This will post a feed to your friends to let them know you are helping protect the Gulf.

We will be giving you an extra incentive to spread the word around this catastrophic disaster. If 10 of your Friends click in on your Help Save the Gulf Feed you will receive an Exclusive Balloon which you can carry all over YoVille. So make sure to Rally your Friends by posting these feeds and clicking in through your friend’s feeds as well to help bring awareness to this Oil Spill and get an exclusive item.

Well that’s about all folks! Stay tuned for this opportunity to help protect the gulf coming soon!! Most importantly tell your friends about this opportunity and share how easy it is to help out a habitat in need. This is your chance and ours to make a difference while playing YoVille! So let’s all rally together and help out!

- Platinum Ninja

[Via: YoVille Lounge]

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YoVille New Summer Stylings

New Summer Stylings arrive in YoVille and here's all the details from the YoVille Lounge.

Its a Hot Summer! Cool off and get decked out in the latest Summer Fashions. Cropped Tops, Headbands, Summer Shorts, Summer Sandals, Summer Floral Dress with coordinated Floral Flats and Hat for Girls. And Summer Vest, Shorts, Tanks, Slip-Ons, and Navy and Summer Hats for Guys! Head on down to the Fashion Store! See the complete selection after the jump.

This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.

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YoVille Summer 2010 Clothing Design Contest!

Platinum Ninja has shared on the official YoVille blog the rules and guidelines for the YoVille summer 2010 clothing design contest. You would need to design a YoVille summer outfit to enter the chance to win Yo Cash and have your creation showcased in the game. Please find the official release of the contest below to help you get started.

We recently gathered some of your feedback and suggestions on certain Summer Clothing that you would like to see in YoVille this Summer. Through this thread we have seen some awesome player clothing creations and decided that we wanted to give you ALL the opportunity to enter some of these designs to win some prizes and even see your outfit in game We will be allowing players to submit their best design of a Summer Girl Outfit and Summer Boy Outfit and our team will be choosing our top 20 favorites (10 Girl Outfits and 10 Boy Outfits). We’ll  then let everyone vote on their favorite Summer Girl and Boy Outfits and the entry with the highest votes will make it in game and win some awesome prizes! Let’s check out the prizes, rules and how to enter!

Prizes

1st Place Summer Girl Outfit - Will receive 50 YoCash, their entry will be put in game, and will be credited their own creation 

1st Place Summer Boy Outfit - Will receive 50 YoCash, their entry will be put in game, and will be credited their own creation 

2nd & 3rd Place Summer Girl Outfits - these runner ups will be given 25 YoCash!

2nd & 3rd Place Summer Boy Outfits - these runner ups will be given 25 YoCash!

Rules and Guidelines

1) Please place your entry on the Summer Clothing Contest Entry Threadand keep your discussions about this contest on the Summer Clothing Contest Discussion Thread. Your entry MUST be placed on the Summer Clothing Contest Entry Thread or it will not be counted.

2) Player are only able to Enter ONE Summer Girl Outfit and ONE Summer Boy Outfit. Entering more than one of each will disqualify you from this contest.

3) Spamming your entry or creating duplicate posts will not be allowed

4) All designs must be original, please do not copy and paste other player’s ideas or entries, etc. This will be an immediate disqualification.

5) Entries will be accepted from July 8th@ 12 PM PST (Pacific Standard Time) until July 12th @ 12 PM PST (Pacific Standard Time)

How to Enter

Step 1

We want to see what your outfit will look like on a Yoville avatar so the first thing you will need to do is  find an avatar to create the outfit for, this can be your own avatar or another avatar found on Yoville.com or in game. Then take a screenshot of that avatar. To take a Screenshot on a PC (Hold down CTRL, ALT, PRTSC) and on a MAC (Hold Down Command and SHIFT 3)

Step 2

Then go to Paint or PhotoShop or any type of image editing program you have installed on your computer and Paste your Screen shot. From here please use the tools provided to edit your image and design your outfit. You may have to crop to remove any unnecessary parts of your screen shot so you only have the avatar to work with. Have fun with it!! Don’t be afraid to use color or get creative! Make sure to save along the way!!

Step 3

Next you are going to have to upload your image to an Image hosting site like Tinypic or Photobucket. If you do not already have an account you will need to create one. Once that you have uploaded your picture to your account your image will be given links and codes for the image. Make sure to Copy the IMG Code provided for your image.

Step 4

Paste your IMG code into the Summer Clothing Contest Thread. Please note that this thread is ONLY for submissions. Any discussions about the contest belongs HERE . Keeping these two threads separate will help us be able to sort through entries when choosing the Top 20 entries.

Well folks that’s about all!! Make sure to stick to the rules  We’ll be announcing the top winners after the contest is completed and will be allowing you to vote as soon as our team chooses our favorites. Then expect to see these top Summer Boy and Girl Outfit winners in game shortly after! Good luck everyone!

- Platinum Ninja

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YoVille Lakefront Home Guide

The Lakefront Home has been released in the Realtor's Office for 39 YoCash. The floor plan includes 2 levels. On the first level, Living Room, Game Room, Bathroom, Kitchen, Deck, Dock, and Porch. On the second level there are 2 Bedrooms, Bathroom, Landing, and 2 Decks. This New Home has a serene and exotic view of the Lake and Valley and also access to the Lake. The Lakefront home is a wonderful place to celebrate this holiday! Take a tour of the highlights of this home after the jump.


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YoVille 4th of July Items

With July 4th approaching  get ready for some awesome items to decorate and celebrate with that are on their way to YoVille! Expect to see some fireworks, patio furniture, decorations and more!! We’ll be releasing these items very soon so you can get your house all decked out and ready for you to celebrate this upcoming holiday.

Throw a party or BBQ at your place and show off all of the Red, White and Blue  Don’t forget to get to light off those fireworks and watch them go!! Here is a little sneak peek at some of these items that are coming soon to YoVille!

Well folks that’s about all so keep your eyes out for these awesome items in store very very soon. Stay tuned and have fun!

[This post was published by Platinum Ninja on the official YoVille Blog]

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YoVille Extra Energy Boost

YoVille has just announced that you can now send your friends extra energy boost for free. You can send them a free coffee drink that gives them an extra energy boost to work jobs or in the factory from your friends ladder.


How to send extra energy boost in YoVille


To send free energy boost in YoVille all you need to do is to click on the energy button below your friends picture or on your friends ladder to help them out. 


 Send some Energy today! Play YoVille: http://zyn.ga/In


This really helps people out in YoVille and once you send your friends the extra energy boost you can then beg them to send you some. 

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YoVille Jobs Explained

This is an official post by Zynga's Platinum Ninja

1. You want to earn more coins.

2. You want more job options and choices surrounding how you earn coins.

3. You want earning coins to be fun.

We want you to know that we’ve listened to this feedback and we’ve just introduced new jobs to many players in YoVille! These jobs will provide new fun things to do in YoVille, give you an option to choose how you want to earn your coins, and give you a chance to find rare items in game! The more you play jobs the more you will level up, unlock new jobs, earn more money, and earn rare items!

Overall this feature is going to bring you more items, more coins and more fun! We’ve added tons of different jobs in YoVille. Come play and discover your dream job in YoVille! Become a Party Entertainer, Pet Rescuer, Ghost Hunter and many more. Try out the new Jobs Game and discover your favorite!

Lets check out how this feature is going to work. First, let’s go over a few changes to your screen and icons:) You’ll now have a Job Briefcase, Energy Backpack and an Energy Bar. The Briefcase will be found at the bottom, left hand side of the screen and will be your starting point for all the jobs you want to complete! Click here when you are ready to start collecting all your coins, YP and awesome rare items!

The Energy Bar and Backpack are located at the top of the screen. The Energy Bar will keep track of your current level of energy.  The Energy Backpack icon will allow you to access energy that you have collected and give you the option to use this energy or buy more.

It takes Energy to complete Jobs and or work at the Widget Factory. This means that you will get to choose how you want to earn your coins. You can either complete exciting new Jobs, or if you’re short on time you can still clock in at the Widget Factory.

You will  need 100% energy to be able to work at the factory.  Your Energy automatically replenishes to 100% every 5 hours.  If you choose to work at the Widget Factory you will be able to do so every 5 hours. This is a recent change from the 6 hour wait period that you used to have at the Widget Factory.

Some days you may want to mix and match these options. If you’re rushed in the morning and you just want to make sure you get some coins, head over to the Widget Factory and collect your standard pay. If you have a little time for fun, make sure you try out a new Job!  On average the new Jobs will allow you to earn a lot more coins than the factory. You’ll also pick up rare items that are only available in jobs, and unlock new jobs as you complete them and level up. Higher level jobs earn higher amounts of coins.

Let’s check out some of the basics of the Jobs Game!

How do I do  a Job?

Click on the Briefcase icon at the bottom of the screen. You will then be given a choice of several different and exciting jobs to try.  You can have fun being a Party Entertainer, Animal Rescuer, and Ghost Hunter. Give them all a try and discover you favorite! By completing Jobs and mastering Job Categories  you will unlock move jobs, earn lots of coins and pick up rare items along the way!

When you choose a Job you will be taken to the Job Locations. This may be in an alleyway, a YoVille Party or even a Haunted House! There will be a key mission in your job that you must complete. For example let’s check out the Ghost Hunter Job - Creepy Keepsake.

In this  Job your mission is to find all 9 statues. Once you choose to do this job, you’ll be taken to a Haunted House full of ghosts! You will then need to click on all of the ghosts to bust them. Busting the ghosts will give you awesome prizes, coins and YP while you search for the statues. After you are done clicking on all of the ghosts in a room you will see footsteps that lead you to the next room full of ghosts. Once you find all 9 statues your job will be completed and you will be rewarded!

*Hint* You’ll see hints along the way to help you find the statues faster.  Also when you collect them all you will get an extra coin reward, so be sure to complete your jobs.

Tips for completing Jobs:

Clicking on ghosts is fun, but it also takes your Energy. You use 6 Energy for every ghost you bust.

Remember to pick up all the coins, YP and prizes that the ghosts leave behind. You’ll find lots of rewards to pick up so make sure to not forget anything!

You’ll see hints along the way to help you find the statues. Follow the hints to complete the job faster.

How do I receive Energy?

There are multiple ways  to receive energy. Your Energy Bar automatically replenishes to 100% every 5 hours.  Check the timer below your Energy Bar if you want to know when to expect more.

You’ll also collect Energy Drinks while completing jobs. It will be a large Energy Drink that will appear after clicking on the ghost, so make sure to click on it.  Each Energy Drink will give you some extra energy so try to collect as many as you can!

If you need energy fast you can purchase 100% energy by clicking on the Energy Backpack and then Energy Refill. This will be an extra way to get that energy refill fast if you are itching to get to that next job! If you’re not in a hurry, you can always wait for you energy to replenish for free.

You can now receive and share energy through Feeds and Free Gifts. We’ll have two separate feeds that you can post depending on if you are out of energy or if you just found some energy and want to share with friends. So whether you are out of energy or feeling generous make sure to “share” or ask for help and help each other out!

Don’t forget you’ll also be able to send your friends these new Free Gift energy drink as well so ask your friends to send you some energy drinks and send some back in return.

Energy Free Gifts

Energy Feed #1 - After you have found a bucket of energy drinks during YoVille Jobs and want to share them with your friends

Energy Feed #2 - Will allow you to ask your friends for more energy when you run out

*Please note that if you do not have jobs yet but are seeing the Energy Drink feeds that you can still click in on the Feeds to receive Energy and we will store them for you until you receive this feature. However until you receive this feature it they will not  be viewable yet. Once you do receive the feature you can find them in your inventory under “Special”. Also, if you do not have the feature yet and receive the Energy Free Gifts you will receive coins instead until you receive this feature :)*

For the Jobs FAQ please visit the following link:http://www.yoville.com/jobsfaq/

Well that’s about all folks! Congrats to all of the Party House Contest Winners again! Many of you will be seeing your homes showcased in the Jobs Game under the Party Entertainer. =)

We also want to say a huge thank you to the small team of players who have already helped test the new Jobs. They’ve spent a lot of time testing, sending feedback, and reporting bugs so that our team could make fixes before we release this. You guys have been awesome and we appreciate your help!

Thanks,

Platinum Ninja

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