History VideoGame / CityVille

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The game features many characters living in the city with their own stories and questlines. Your main guide, Samantha, is the neighboring mayor from the next town over who often gives you advice and suggestions (usually in the form of erecting more structures) for your growing town.

As of 2011, [=CityVille=] is known to be the biggest game on Facebook with 84.2 million active users. Like its sister game, ''VideoGame/FarmVille'', it can get rather spammy due to the many different unique items, often not useable in other structures, the player has to request from their friends in order to complete goals.

Had a {{sequel}}, which launched in November 2012 but [[EpicFail failed spectacularly]], closing down in March 2013.

* {{Bizarrchitecture}}

* UsefulNotes/MeltingPot: Monsters included.
* {{Premiseville}}

!!Character tropes include:
* ArtEvolution: The most notable example is Samantha, who goes from a hydrocephalic middle-aged woman in the game's infancy to a slightly more proportionate character with rather [[HotterAndSexier notable assets.]]
* BigBad[=/=]{{Crossover}}: Captain Krunsch from ''Empires and Allies''
* TheCameo: Music/MichaelBuble and Music/EnriqueIglesias. (Twice, even.)
* FunnyForeigner: Chef Andre.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Quite a few of these appear in the quest art, which makes you wonder why some pretty random characters are hanging out together, doing seemingly random things around town. Then again, most Cityville characters are {{Flat Character}}s.
* {{Stepford Smiler}}s: Even the criminals are a little ''too'' happy when caught. Expressions rarely vary among the many characters ranging from "sort of happy" to "irrationally exuberant," but rarely frowning or neutral. Must be something in the water.

* FreemiumTimer: The game requires "energy" to interact with buildings and collect their outputs. Generally in such games energy regenerates over time, and the maximum increases with level, but when you run low, it's guaranteed that a popup will appear recommending you to buy more.

As of 2011, [=CityVille=] is known to be the biggest game on Facebook with 84.2 million active users. Like its sister game, FarmVille, it can get rather spammy due to the many different unique items, often not useable in other structures, the player has to request from their friends in order to complete goals.

* LostForever: Game sunsetted 30 April 2015.

* ALittleHelpFromMyFriends: You can't get anywhere in the game without this unless you...
** ...[[BribingYourWayToVictory Bribe your way to the top like a true politician]]. With real money, of course.

* TheCameo: MichaelBuble and EnriqueIglesias. (Twice, even.)

Had a {{sequel}}, which launched in November 2012 but [[EpicFail failed spectacularly]], closing down in March 2013!

''City Ville'' is a [[{{WebGames}} flash-based]] city builder sim game, similar to ''VideoGame/SimCity'', by Zynga Inc., available through Website/{{Facebook}} and Website/GooglePlus. You act as mayor of your own city, with the goal to grow and expand your town with the help of your friends. Build houses to increase the population, erect civic buildings to expand your population cap, and grow crops and run factories to obtain goods to fuel your businesses. Like many time-management Facebook games, the player consumes energy for every action in the game. City Cash is used to buy premium items, bypass quests and requirements, and gain bonuses.

As of 2011, CityVille is known to be the biggest game on Facebook with 84.2 million active users. Like its sister game, {{Farmville}}, it can get rather spammy due to the many different unique items, often not useable in other structures, the player has to request from their friends in order to complete goals.

Now has a {{sequel}}.

''CityVille'' is a [[{{WebGames}} flash-based]] city builder sim game, similar to ''VideoGame/SimCity'', by Zynga Inc., available through Website/{{Facebook}} and Website/GooglePlus. You act as mayor of your own city, with the goal to grow and expand your town with the help of your friends. Build houses to increase the population, erect civic buildings to expand your population cap, and grow crops and run factories to obtain goods to fuel your businesses. Like many time-management Facebook games, the player consumes energy for every action in the game. City Cash is used to buy premium items, bypass quests and requirements, and gain bonuses.

{{CityVille}} is a [[{{WebGames}} flash-based]] city builder sim game, similar to VideoGame/SimCity, by Zynga Inc., available through Facebook and Google+. You act as mayor of your own city, with the goal to grow and expand your town with the help of your friends. Build houses to increase the population, erect civic buildings to expand your population cap, and grow crops and run factories to obtain goods to fuel your businesses. Like many time-management Facebook games, the player consumes energy for every action in the game. City Cash is used to buy premium items, bypass quests and requirements, and gain bonuses.

* {{A Little Help From My Friends}}: You can't get anywhere in the game without this unless you...
* ...[[{{Bribing Your Way To Victory}} Bribe your way to the top like a true politician]]. With real money, of course.

* {{City of Everywhere}}: The Swiss Museum, British Palace, and Grand Canyon- all in one convenient location!
* {{Double Entendre}}: While less in number and lighter in implication than {{CastleVille}} and its more notorious sister, VideoGame/FrontierVille, they exist.[[note]]One wallpost reads: ''Player Name is really looking forward to visiting the Darling District in their city. But not as much as they're looking forward to visiting the Red Light District.''[[/note]]
* {{Melting Pot}}: Monsters included.

* {{Where The Hell Is Springfield}}: Cityville's truckers are perfectly capable of driving to Atlanta '''and''' Frankfurt in the same day.

* {{Art Evolution}}: The most notable example is Samantha, who goes from a hydrocephalic middle-aged woman in the game's infancy to a slightly more proportionate character with rather [[{{Hotter And Sexier}} notable assets.]]
* {{Big Bad}} / {{Crossover}}: Captain Krunsch from ''Empires and Allies''
* {{The Cameo}}: Michael Buble and Enrique Iglesias (Twice, even.) so far.
* {{Funny Foreigner}}: Chef Andre
* {{Out Of Character Moment}}: Quite a few of these appear in the quest art, which makes you wonder why some pretty random characters are hanging out together, doing seemingly random things around town. Then again, most Cityville characters are [[{{Flat Character}} Flat Characters]].
* [[{{StepfordSmiler}} Stepford Smilers]]: Even the criminals are a little ''too'' happy when caught. Expressions rarely vary among the many characters ranging from "sort of happy" to "irrationally exuberant," but rarely frowning or neutral. Must be something in the water.

* {{Double Entendre}}: While less in number and lighter in implication than {{CastleVille}} and its more notorious sister, {{FrontierVille}}, they exist.[[note]]One wallpost reads: ''Player Name is really looking forward to visiting the Darling District in their city. But not as much as they're looking forward to visiting the Red Light District.''[[/note]]

* {{Double Entendre}}: While less in number and lighter in implication than {{CastleVille}} and its more notorious sister, {{FrontierVille}}, they exist.[[hottip:*: One wallpost reads: ''Player Name is really looking forward to visiting the Darling District in their city. But not as much as they're looking forward to visiting the Red Light District.'']]

* {{StepfordSmiler}}: Even the criminals are a little ''too'' happy when caught. Expressions rarely vary among the many characters ranging from "sort of happy" to "irrationally exuberant," but rarely frowning or neutral.

* {{Out Of Character Moment}}: Quite a few of these appear in the quest art, which makes you wonder why some pretty random characters are hanging out together, doing seemingly random things around town. Then again, most Cityville characters are [[{{Flat Character}} Flat Characters]].

{{CityVille}} is a [[{{WebGames}} flash-based]] city builder sim game, similar to {{Sim City}}, by Zynga Inc., available through Facebook and Google+. You act as mayor of your own city, with the goal to grow and expand your town with the help of your friends. Build houses to increase the population, erect civic buildings to expand your population cap, and grow crops and run factories to obtain goods to fuel your businesses. Like many time-management Facebook games, the player consumes energy for every action in the game. City Cash is used to buy premium items, bypass quests and requirements, and gain bonuses.

As if 2011, CityVille is known to be the biggest game on Facebook with 84.2 million active users. Like its sister game, {{Farmville}}, it can get rather spammy due to the many different unique items, often not useable in other structures, the player has to request from their friends in order to complete goals.

{{CityVille}} is a flash-based Citybuilder game by Zynga Inc., available through Facebook and Google+. You act as mayor of your own city, with the goal to grow and expand your town with the help of Facebook friends. Build houses to increase the population, erect civic buildings to expand your population cap, and grow crops and run factories to obtain goods to fuel your businesses. Like many time-management Facebook games, the player consumes energy for every action in the game. City Cash is used to buy premium items, bypass quests and requirements, and gain bonuses.

As if 2011, CityVille is known to be the biggest game on Facebook with 84.2 million active users. Like its sister game, {{Farmville}}, it can get rather spammy due to the many different unique items, often not overlapping, the player has to request from their friends in order to complete goals.

* {{Art Evolution}}: Samantha goes from a hydrocephalic middle-aged woman in the game's infancy to a slightly more proportionate character with more [[{{hotterandsexier}} notable]] assets.

(!)Tropes of the game include:

(!)Character tropes include: