So since last night, I have been completely preoccupied with this ultimately addictive game released by Chillingo developed by Noritown.
Noritown is a popular Korean internet game maker. The game however was published by Chillingo, the very popular game maker behind multiple successful games for the iPhone.
Toy Factory, is a freenium, business/shop simulation game. The game is free, but certain items costs ‘ruby’ to purchase. Ruby can be acquired slowly over time as you level up. But with the help of real hard-earned money, you can acquire ruby and purchase those items without the need to wait.
I have written a little in-depth guide with loads of data to help you get started. Take a look. Check it out.
The game is well designed, planed, built and made. The goal is simple, to build a kick ass Toy Factory. You as the player, manages a toy factory building an assortment of toys, and also manage a toy shop selling the toys that you are making. The game requires little skills in both toy making or business skills.
You start the game with a barrage of tutorials to get you started. Learning the interface was a breeze. The interface is very well-built but felt a little crammed on the iPhone screen. Game play is smooth and continuous.
How to play.
You start by building a few machines used to create the materials needed to build the toy. After you build the machines and make a few material, you can use the toy maker to assemble the toy. Then take the toy and place them on the display tables in the Shop. Each doll has a time limit. Once the item runs out of time, it will disappear. The each doll will generate revenue as it sits in the shop. The more dolls the better. The better dolls the better. After you get going and make some spare cash, you can decorate your shop and factory.
But wait, that’s not all. You can also add friends and visit their shops and factories. Once you have added them into your friends list, you can exchange gifts.
Any who, take a look at some of my Tips.
Tips!
Save your ruby to buy special machinery used to make items. Do not use your ruby to speed up building. Every time you level up, you will receive one ruby. Save them until you have 10 or 15 and then get yourself a nice little machine. The machine purchased with Ruby can build 5 items at one time instead of 1. In the long run it is hellafast!
You can reposition items once you buys them. Bring up the BUILD menu. Tap on the item that you want to move. Drag them to the place where you want to place them.
You can store items in storage, if you run out of space. Bring up the build menu. Tap on the item you want to store, and select STORE. In the future you can always bring the item out of storage by going back to the BUILD menu. Items being stored has an EA # label.
Do not leave your machines unattended. If you let your machines build material and do not pick them up when they are done, the material will expire and become useless. If you are going to call it a night, just leave the machines unused.
The game can be played with or without login to Game center. But regardless, the game is stored online on the Chillingo Crystal servers. Once you have started your game, there is no way to UNDO or DELETE your game. Once you start, there is no resetting. However, if you chooses Game center when the game starts, you -can- always create another Game center account.
A word on how Crystal controls your game save.
I believe the game uses a unique UDID to create the first player save on the Crystal servers. This profile can not be deleted. Even if you delete the Crystal profile from the game, your save file is not deleted from the servers. Uninstalling and reinstalling does not change your save file.
When you use your game center to login, you are also saving your save file on the Crystal servers, but however, you are no longer using your UDID as your Crystal save file. You are now using your game center ID as your save file. If you ever choose the need to start from scratch, you would create a new game center ID, and go wild.
