

Tribespeople can travel to islands within a player’s friend network to help accomplish those feats. As players accomplish various feats, they level up and eventually unlock trophies and quests. Through problem solving and caring for their tribes, players unlock knowledge that allows their tribespeople to do things like create customized clothing and accessories, build shelter, provide food, and make scientific discoveries. And because gameplay is continuous – your tribe is living, learning, fishing, eating and surviving even when your computer is turned off – it’s especially important for players to check in regularly on the tribe’s progress.” They grow from child to youth to adult, learn new skills, have children of their own, and eventually become respected elders. Ryan Clark, My Tribe executive producer, provided more detail about the game: “With a player’s guidance, tribespeople develop areas of specialty – for example, construction – to help them accomplish larger tasks like building a ship or a storehouse.

Each island is unique with varying levels of natural resources and mysterious objects that are revealed through gameplay. Players begin by selecting an island from among billions of options. Your teenage tribespeople, for example, may choose to sleep or eat instead of chopping wood!” What’s cool about My Tribe is that when you’re actively playing, you govern your tribe, but while you are away, your tribespeople will take matters into their own hands.

“Social gamers are increasingly drawn to game experiences that offer greater depth of gameplay in easily accessible, social formats,” said Will O’Brien, vice president of Social Games at Big Fish Games. Now redesigned and extended to the Facebook platform by the Big Fish Vancouver studio, My Tribe offers its characteristically fun and emotionally enriching gameplay to the social gaming audience. My Tribe was first released in 2008 as a highly addictive, immersive downloadable SIM game for Mac and PC. My Tribe is the second in a series of social game initiatives that Big Fish Games is launching in 2010. Vancouver – Big Fish Games has released their latest social game title, My Tribe™ on Facebook.
