In this how to play Sunshine Ranch on Facebook page, you can learn to play Sunshine Ranch, another Facebook social games by Rekoo.com. The game’s purpose according to the developer is to raise green awareness about global warming.http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=57001576911#/apps/application.php?v=info&id=57001576911
'Sunshine Ranch' is a game similar to 'Farmville', 'Country Life', 'Barn Buddy', and 'Happy Farm', in which you can own a virtual farm where you grow crops and take care of animals. You make money by selling harvest and produce. The game’s purpose according to the developer is to raise green awareness about global warming. http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=57001576911#/apps/application.php?v=info&id=57001576911
There are many kinds of seeds for vegetables and flowers you can plant and also different animals to raise. You can get the seeds and animal by Daily prize, Wheel of Fortune, or by buying them at the Shop. Aside from 'Sunshine Ranch’s' gold, there are also K-coins to buy some items which you can purchase with Paypal or credit cards.
Different seeds and animals will have different time to grow. There are several stages of growth for the plants. While waiting for them to mature, you need to water them and kill pests to take care of them. You can reduce the time needed for your plants to grow with fertilizer which you can buy at the shop.
Like 'Barn Buddy' and 'Happy Farm', you can steal your neighbor’s crops and sell them for money and experience. In fact, at the start of the game, the game developer encourages you to steal crops by saying that you shouldn’t feel guilty and that it was the fun part of the game.
Getting Started Tutorial
- Choose a theme. There are 3 kinds of themes for your game's background: Wild West, Classic Farm, or Island Paradise. Choose whichever theme you like most. You can change your theme later in the decoration section of your Parcel window.
- After you choose the theme, a window will pop up to instruct you about the game.
- First the instruction will tell you to go to the Shop to purchase a seed. Click “next” to continue.
- The game will teach you how to plant your seed by picking up the seed and putting it in the hole.
- The next thing is to kill off any pests and water your seed until it matures. Once they have matured, you can harvest them.
- Your harvest will be stored in the Warehouse where you can sell your produce for gold coins.
- Your friend list is at the side of the game window. You can click their names to check out their farms.
- Kiill pest and water their plants when you are at your friends’ ranches to gain experience. If you send pests to their ranches, they will get experience.
- You can also steal their harvests to level up and to gain money. The game tells you not to feel bad as stealing is a fun part of the game.
- According to the documentation, the more you steal, the more your friends will help you kill pests and water plants.
Growing Crops
- Take a look at your farm. You will have 6 mature plants. The 6 spots these plants occupy are your lands for growing harvest. You can buy more land after you reach level 4.
- You also start gameplay with some complimentary gifts from the game developer. Click the gift box icon at the left side of the game screen to open your gift.
- Click the hand icon at the bottom menu and click the mature plants to harvest them.
- Click on the trowel icon, and click on the wilted plants to dig up your fallow plants to make new spaces for new plants.
- Click on the parcel icon to open your inventory window. The game will provide you with 3 seeds you can use to plant your lands. You can buy more at the shop, but for now, click a seed and click an empty land to plant it.
- You will see the timer above each seed which shows you how long it takes for each seed to sprout.
- Go to the shop to buy more seeds. The shop icon is at the top right corner of the game screen. You can see that you can buy limited kind of seeds until you level up. There are some seeds which require K-points. Buy the seeds you want. Close the Shop window, go to the parcel and plant your seeds.
- When some lands turn yellowish in color, it’s time to water your plants. Click the watering can icon and click the lands to water them. You cannot water plants which don’t need to be watered.
- When you see a worm near your plants, click on the kill pest icon to kill the pest.
- Use fertilizer to speed up the growing process of each crop. You can buy the fertilizer or get it from the daily prize.
- Go to the Warehouse by clicking the warehouse icon at the top right of the game screen. Click the sell all button to sell your harvest. You will gain money and experience by selling your harvest.
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How to Grow Plants on Sunshine Ranch
Growing plants on 'Sunshine Ranch' game allows you to make money and gain experience. In this video, you can learn step by step how to grow plants so you can harvest the crop and sell them for money and experience. First of all, dig up fallow plants to make space for new plants. Then, click your parcel icon to choose the seed to plant. Each kind of plant has different growing time and it goes through several stages before they are ripe for harvesting. Water the dry plants and kill the pests. Use fertilizer to speed up the process if you want. Harvest the crops. Go to the warehouse where your harvest is stored and sell the crops to gain money and experience.
Wheel of Fortune
You can play Wheel of Fortune to gain some rewards. First, you will be given a chance to play for free, then you can play with Sunshine Ranch gold twice. After that you need to buy K-coins to be able to play Wheel of Fortune.
Click the Wheel of the Fortune icon at the top right of the game screen. You can look at the list of prizes around the Wheel. If you don’t like them, you can change the rewards by clicking the change reward button, but it’ll cost you some money.
Click spin to start the game and click stop. You will need to click the Rewards button to claim your prize. If you don’t claim your prize within 7 days, it will be gone.
Taking Care of Animals
After you reach level 6, you can take care of some animals aside from planting and growing crops. Until then, you cannot go to your Ranch or place the animals in your inventory to the ranch. You will get baby animals every time you buy the animal from the shop or get it as gifts.
Each animal needs certain time to grow. You can speed up their growing process by using the animal feed you get from daily prize or you can purchase it with K-coins at the Shop.
Playing ''Sunshine Ranch'' with Friends
Sunshine Farm encourages you to invite your friends to play this game. You will get 100 Reward points for every friend who accepts your invitation to play Sunshine Ranch.
Continue to interact with your friends. Visit their farm and help them out by killing the pests and water the plants. You will get exp points if you visit your friends and help them out. If their crops have matured but haven’t been harvested yet, you can steal their crops and sell them. You cannot visit your friends’ farm if they haven’t taken care of their farm within 5 days.
If you are looking for more friends as neighbors in Sunshine Ranch, you can use the Add me button. You can add yourself to the list so people who are looking for a friend in the Sunshine Farm game can add you to their Facebook friend list and be your neighbor. You can also choose a name from the list to add them as your Facebook friend, and they will be your neighbors in the game.
