Booyah MyTown iPhone Game

I love to Time Travel in MyTown! boo-yah!

2010-03-19T17:22:00.000-07:00

Want to be like Marty McFly in Back to the Future and time travel? You can in MyTown!

Clock hack 1

Collect Rent
Set clock forward 30min in iPhone/iPod touch settings
Re-open MyTown app and collect future rent!
Repeat X times
Once you set your clock back to the present time, your properties won't earn any more rent until the time you checked in until passes. Essentially you can collect rent in advance so you don't lose any money as you sleep.

Note: Don't set your clock too far ahead as the properties will 'break' and not earn rent

Clock hack 2

If you missed some rent collections, just set your clock back to when you stopped collecting and get back that lost money!

Congrats! Now you are the Master of Space and Time!

Enjoy!

-jrk

I love to "travel" in MyTown. Here's how!

2010-03-10T22:00:00.000-08:00

Wanted to visit a city and check-in to a location you thought was cool but don't have the funds to do it in real life? You can do it in MyTown easily with just a bit of effort!

Location Hack 1

Turn GPS off
Open MyTown app
Click 'cancel' if prompted to turn on location services
Click 'Check-in'
Search for anything (ex: "taco bell")
Voila! you are prompted with a list of cities and you can be wherever you want

Note: If you check the booyah blog (http://blog.booyah.com/booyah/2010/02/mytown-contest-update.html), you'll notice a few unknown cities (Abilene, TX ?!) at the top. Obviously some people have figured it out and so the top A named cities are getting some good check-in and popularity ratings

Location Hack 2

Essentially like Location Hack 1 but using a wifi connection that was broadcast from my phone in where there was no GPS signal bypasses some steps
Turn on phone wifi signal and connect to iphone/ipod touch
Start up MyTown
Search for something to Check-in to
I could choose my city of choice w/o needing to turn my gps off!

Note: To change to another city, just restart the app and follow the same steps!

HINT: For the most popular hot spots in any one city, click the refresh icon to get the city's default list of check-in venues!

Enjoy your travels! ;)

Coming next: You've mastered Location Warping -- now it's Time Travel lessons! :)

-jrk

MyTown Virtual Store Tips

2010-03-09T10:14:00.000-08:00

Buy the five (5) instant property slots when you are able to. And when I say 'Buy,' I mean with virtual money and not your own...unless you are a spendoholic and feel like blowing a couple bucks.

If you haven't reached level 40 yet and still need points, Concert Tickets and Lobsters are a great deal!

Sci-fi theme is not worth any money. default is much much better.

Monster background though? buy it (with virtual money).

Side tip: If you are over the $9,999,999,999 mark and don't know how much money you have, no -You didn't break the game and the money is still counting. You can check your money total on the screen where you upgrade properties.

Contest Update: Winner has $100billion town!

2010-03-05T21:33:00.000-08:00

http://blog.booyah.com/booyah/2010/03/mytown-mogul-contest-winners-announced.html

Nice job to all the winners and especially Legati for a crazy $100 billion town FTW.

The highest value property was the Galaxy Salon in Las Vegas, Nevada @ $627,660,000. That's a 292 popularity property currently pulling in just over $13 million rent/30min and worth over $650 million. Holy smokes batman!

Highest Net Worth Towns:

Legati, $101,541,083,381
S. Calos, $99,423,684,699
Swimatm, $90,545,894,734
MOSES, $82,983,490,435
Mike, $77,448,616,174
Brian, $72,648,508,497
Mike 228, $69,905,058,702
?Raleighs, $57,814,945,243
Kevin, $53,783,485,674
Elif, $52,397,753,473

I wonder what fun contests are coming up next...

-jrk

Basic Strategy

2010-03-04T16:04:00.000-08:00

Some basic tips before some other strategies:

Check-ins

Wait for check-ins (~45min) to get max points
Combine with three high point modifiers (low levels will get 500% modifiers and higher levels start to get 2000% and 2500% modifiers)
Write something in the comment box (one letter is fine but a good comment is worth it and fun)
Find close locations (easy for iPhones, not so much for iPod touch.)

=huge point check-ins!

I've seen friends hit 80K points a turn with all the modifiers!

Notes:

Feel free to check-in at the same location as many times in a row as you want. There doesn't seem to be a penalty.
After you check-in you big point score, check-in at least a few more times at locations to get some more item modifiers

Rent

Collect every 30min to get max rent

Lotto

Remember there is an UNDO button which means you get a free square! Some people miss that and think they lost. Just click the undo button in the lower left and voila, free turn. Don't choose the same tile again though.
Get a free ticket every 30min, but you can't just leave MyTown on - you need to restart the app.

Enjoy!

-jrk

$40 Billion dollar town.

2010-03-02T22:47:00.000-08:00

Just in case y'all thought there aren't any good tips/advantages and strategies. There are. Lots. I'll be posting in the coming days so stay tuned!

Screenshot so you don't think I'm lying!

Feel free to send in your tips or advice as well and you can be featured!

-jrk

MyTown 2.1.1 impressions

2010-03-02T22:33:00.000-08:00

CRAZINESS! MADNESS! The game has a new life of it's own with lotto tickets with insane point values and modifiers with never before seen money/point values. It essentially was a new game for everyone.

+Updated graphics
+Upgraded gameplay which was both a good and bad thing
+More emphasis on location with the location modifier. Not helpful for ipod touch users but iphone users were hitting 80K point average check-ins.

+On a business side, the H&M integration was amazingly well done.

+ads were cleverly inserted as items with excellent in-app picture integration
-bonus item every time! overkill and made the game too easy
+branded H&M lotto was a nicely skinned idea
top of the check-in list = high traffic (but not as good as expected for an owner - ratings/popularity didn't jump although check-in stats suggest it should skyrocket)

-Super easy to level up (some will think it's a good thing but it really wasn't that difficult to level up).
-Lotto tickets, fun at first, but the amount of points attainable made it more worthwhile to get tickets than check-in. 90,000pt check ins?!
-building designs all over the place and no way to easily keep track of leveling

I hit MAX POINTS within the first day of the new version and hit level 11 buildings (max) after two or three days. What will keep me from playing after this? No social integration yet and no leaderboard information yet.

What were everyone else's thoughts?

Top Properties in the 280+ popularity:

San Francisco Apple Store

Portland Slice of Heaven

Next:
~slowly release gameplay strategies ... some of which may be considered gray. but i live in the gray.

-jrk

MyTown Mogul Contest

2010-03-02T22:20:00.000-08:00

What do you think the highest Net Worth Town will be? I'm guessing there will be some crazy towns... $100 billion + ?! How in the world would they get there. I'll post some secrets in the coming days.

Hint is in the rules:

"How is Highest Net Worth Town Determined?

Each property value in MyTown is based on the number of check-ins, the level of upgrades, the rate of check-ins, the popularity rating, buying and selling of the property, and real-world factors. Moreover, the Highest Net Worth Town value is equal to the sum of all property values you own plus all cash on hand."

I foolishly was thinking sum of all property values would be net worth until I read the rules and realized my town's worth was rising as I collected rent. Oops.

http://www.booyah.com/contest

Also, win a free t-shirt by owning a state's top property and you are eligible to win a shirt!

Contest ends tomorrow...so we'll see some scores out soon!

-jrk

Booyah Mytown iPhone Game Review!

2010-03-02T21:44:00.000-08:00

Just an FYI - my reviews and posts will be thoughts and bullet points, no need for me to be grammatically correct and write long sentences. I give you the meat and potatoes without the veggies you hate.

First impressions: Started Booyah MyTown (2.0) about a month ago and was instantly hooked. Monopoly+foursquare/location-based check-ins on crack.

+Great game for people who love to level up

level up points to get new backgrounds (though I don't quite know what it did) and more importantly to gain property slots
level up properties to get more rent money! $_$

+Fun to check in and own locations you frequent

Better than foursquare overall as nothing keeps me coming back to foursquare but some of their social features are much better

+Great when having a group of friends play to compete for most points per location and overall points and money

-Connecting via Facebook Connect allows you to see your friends points but there is no way to view your own point total! Very annoying.

-Lack of social integration

So much potential with scoreboards and leader positions but you have no idea if you are in the lead or when you lose it
Lack of messaging and friend interaction
So much Twitter potential but not utilized

-no leaderboard of any type

I didn't get to play v1.0 but I heard it was pretty bad and 2.0 was a vast improvement.

Grade: 8/10

Note: Lots of improvements could be made but still good enough to keep me collecting my rent every 20/30min!