Birdopolis is the debut Facebook game from Massachusetts-based developer Nuukster. It showed up as the No. 1 emerging Facebook game at the end of last week.
Birdopolis sees players attempting to build a backyard that is attractive to as many different breeds of bird as possible. This is achieved through several steps: firstly, birds must be attracted to the yard by building specific structures that appeal to certain breeds; secondly, birds must be “spotted” in a simple minigame where the player must keep a pair of binoculars trained on the bird; thirdly, the player’s “friendship” level with the bird must be increased through repeatedly spotting them and, as the player’s grade of affinity with the bird increases, playing tag and taking photographs of them dancing.
Players have the option of focusing on either the Western or Eastern United States when they begin playing. This affects the types of bird that appear over the course of the game, giving the game a very light educational feel. This is supplemented by the occasional speech bubbles that appear over visiting birds — clicking on these reveals trivia about the bird in question.
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