Millsberry

In an earlier post I mentioned how much I love to play Millsberry :) I know that there is a lot of information out there about the game and I thought I'd share some of it with all you. You'll notice that I'll probably make a lot of posts about the game LOL

The site was created by General Mills in 20o4 as marketing tool for their products and is very kid friendly. Within the virtual community players get a Millsbuddy that allows them to interact with other players. Through games and yardsales you earn Millsbucks, which are the currency. Players can buy a wide array of items including rooms for their house, food, furniture, pets, clothes, and tons of other stuff. You can also purchase items at yardsales held by other members. Here is where you find items that aren't sold in stores in anymore such as seasonal items, trophies, no longer sold in stores, or other rare items.

Each buddy also has stats that can be built up in various ways. These are civics, fitness, health, intelligence and hunger. Most games will offer a certain amount of points for your personal stats. On many of the games you can win a trophy for getting a high score. Only one trophy can be won per account for a game. Other games offer a reward instead of a trophy.

It's really easy for someone to get in and start playing this game. It's aimed at kids so they will want to buy all their cereals, and yogurts, and other promotions. As a result there is limited interaction between players on the site. All members can send a card and/or a package to another member. You have to pick a premade card from the selection. There are no personal messages sent between players. If you're looking for player interaction you have to go to the message boards.

So far General Mills hasn't shown any desire to add increased functionality to the site. It would be nice if they could incorporate more features and events to the game that would allow the players to interact a bit more than they do know. There are some great things going on in these kind of games. Many of the long time loyal players would have tons of suggestions to help them out. If General Mills reached out they would be amazed at the community they've got going :)