Faunasphere Stole My Baby! Oh, Wait... I Meant "Free Time."

If you follow me on Twitter, Facebook, here, or are my children you've noticed that I've been a little, well, preoccupied lately. No, no, I'm not talking about my undying love for Eric Northman. (I've been very careful to hide that particular love from my husband and children. *wink*) I'm talking about a new casual game from Big Fish Games called Faunasphere.

It's one part The Sims (you play as animals that you care for and breed to get desired traits), one part Duke Nukem (you zap "viles" and pollution to make their home planet liveable), and a very VERY large part of community-driven fun. When I began playing about a week ago I was blown away by how friendly everyone was. Need food for your fauna (animal)? Just ask, you'll have three or four offers of help almost immediately. It's refreshing to be able to play a game with my 4 year old beside me and not worry about things she'll see. (She IS beginning to read, after all. I usually can't have her too close when I'm emailing. *sheepish grin*) GFP loves when I play this game, though. The fauna lay eggs when they're leveling up and you can hatch them. They don't come out carbon copies, though. The animal you end up with is a combination of factors, which is why my horse had a unicorn and my gorilla had a cat. Believe me, GFP has VERY strong ideas about what fauna we should have. I'm currently in a quest for a pink bird. Because "that would be pretty cool!"


See my pretty pretty Unicorn??


Oh, and my cat? She just "hatched" that egg.

The game is currently in beta testing but you can go to the site and sign up to be on the waitlist (I was told this takes around a week.) Or, leave me a comment stating you want an invite and I can get you one immediately courtesy of Big Fish Games. First two comments asking for an invite get one. Have fun, and if you join the "sphere" let me know! (My username on there is EmeraldRay.) I'll be running around as a black unicorn.