FarmVille is a farm simulation game. Players take control of a novice farmer who enters the game with nothing but a small plot of land and a paltry amount of money. The gameplay consists primarily of plowing land and planting various types of seeds. Each batch of seeds costs money, but your farmer profits when he harvests (and presumably sells) the resulting crops. Furthermore, each crop requires a specific amount of time -- ranging from two hours to four days -- in order for it to grow into a u