The game, originally created by Bolt Creative earlier this year, focuses on giving the user god-like powers over islanders known as Pygmies. Since they obey the user’s every whim, players can be benevolent and give the Pygmies food and fire or be vengeful and summon thunderstorms, hurricanes and T-Rexes.
Because of its addicting open-ended game mechanics, Pocket God was the first iOS app to reach 2 million sales. Now Bolt Creative is looking to replicate its success on iOS on the much larger Facebook () platform.
Pocket God for Facebook brings the same omnipotent gameplay to the world’s largest social network, but adds a social twist or two. Expect to be able to torment Pygmies with your friends, along with gaining the ability to share your progress and your in-game triumphs via Facebook.
Bolt Creative has turned to Canadian game development firm Frima Studio to help bring the popular mobile game to the Facebook platform. Frima Studios has built everything from Zombie Tycoon to Build-a-Bearville. It’s a smart move, considering that social gaming isn’t Bolt Creative’s core competency.
Part of the fun of Pocket God is being able to manipulate your Pygmies with iOS gestures and accelerometer movements. Without that same functionality in Facebook, the game’s creators will have to rely on social features and new game mechanics to make it stick. Still, given its loyal fanbase, we don’t think Pocket God will have a problem making waves in the social gaming space. The game opens for closed beta testing on November 30.
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