I’m a roll this week with video games. This time I’ve been playing Ubisoft’s Funky Barn 3D for the Nintendo 3DS console. First I tried to pawn the game off on my husband, but he’d rather play sports and action games. Once I pried the Nintendo 3DS out of his grubby hands, I started my own farm.
Farmer Kim’s Cajun Farm. Sounds a bit hilly billy but I did grow up in rural Louisiana. I started my farm with chickens. Those chickens were demanding too. They wanted a water and food trough. Then they had the nerve to ask for a fence, some plants and a chicken coop! I think chickens are the gateway farm animals. After I raised my little chicks into hens and sold their eggs, I wanted more farm animals.
After I got the hang of raising chickens, the Funky Barn stork brought me some sheep. Well, a little lamb, but they grew up to be big, fluffy sheep. By then, my daughter joined in on my farming shenanigans. She got a kick out of our sheep shearing. We bought a Shear-O-Matic to help out. We dropped our cute little sheep into the machine to do all the work for us. Once the little sheep was naked, the Shear-)-Matic spit it out. Sophia giggled every time.
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| Here she is collecting apples from our tree. Very intense work! |
Together we worked on our farm: collecting eggs, shaking apples off the tree, and shearing sheep. Now we have cows! The cute little cows get fat when they need to be milked. Sophia and I are having a good time with Cajun Farm. Just be careful you get your chickens what they need or else, well, let’s just say may Silkie the chicken rest in peace.
As you can see, Sophia and I have become invested in our little farm. She’s already asked when we can play together again.
I did find the game’s interface awkward at first. You use the bottom touchpad to move around but all the action happens in the top screen. So your touch screen looks kid of like a view from a night vision camera. Once I got the hang of it, it was really fun. I’d rather have a bigger view of my farm on both screens than this interface though.Since Sophia is under 7, we only played the game in 2D. Nintendo recommends the 3D setting for ages 7 and up. Funky Barn 3D is for the Nintendo 3DS system and retails for $30.
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