Millsberry
| Millsberry | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | General Mills |
| Publisher(s) | General Mills |
| Release |  August 2004 |
| Genre(s) | Online game |
| Mode(s) | Single Player |
Millsberry is an advergame, created by General Mills in August 2004 as a marketing tool. It has shops, homes, special events, arcades, and a newspaper called the Millsberry Gazette, which tells you happenings in Millsberry; and new features are frequently added. General Mills often uses product placement on Millsberry. It's a web site targeted at elementary and middle school students, though it can be played by everyone. You must sign up to be able to fully access Millsberry.
Stats
Your stats tell you what condition your buddy is in. These change regularly.
| Fitness | Civics | Health | Intelligence | Hunger |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raise fitness stats by playing games that relate to fitness. | Raise civics stats by playing games that relate to civics, donate, or interact with the community, or play with your pet. | Raise health stats by grooming your buddy, or eat a balanced diet according to the Health Pyramid. | Raise intelligence stats by playing games that relate to it, or interact with Millsberry Academy (for example, do the Science Test) | Raise hunger stats by eating. Eat right so you could also add health stats. (see above) |
Downtown
Most shops are located in Downtown Millsberry. These include clothing stores, furniture store, clothing store, as well as many others. There are other places you could visit too like a trip to the Colhurst tunnels visit the new Gazette building and the red lion manor in Ravenwood.
Pets
Domesticated creatures can be bought at the pet shop, but you will be required to buy food with which to feed them for them every two weeks. You can also buy toys for them and books about them. They may range from the average dog to the exotic chinchilla.
Post Office
You can communicate with other users through the post office. YOU can also send packages through it. There is a little icon that shows if you have any mail. You will automatically be able to get mail and packages as soon as you sign up.
Characters
When you sign up, you get a buddy, or character. This is a virtual person. You can buy clothes for them, you can change their hairstyles, and even change how their mouth and eyes look (Sad, Angry, Happy, etc.) However, you cannot change their name, skin color, or nose style. This person has the stats listed above, and their stats need to be kept up with. The clothing store and hair salon, and grocery store sell items for your character. You can also get items for your character through special promotions. Of course there has to be something for the holidays. Costumes, rare clothes and other rare items. Not just for the holidays there are special events.
Food
Your character needs to eat food to gain health and stop being hungry. Food can be purchased at the Grocery Store, a shop in the downtown district. Food goes to your fridge or pantry, depending on whether or not it needs to stay cold.From there, you can eat it, or throw it away. After a certain amount of time food gets rotten, so beware!The Grocery store has categories of food: Breakfast, Produce, Dairy, Canned Goods, Deli, Bakery, Drinks, Snacks, Toiletries, Meat and Fish, and Frozen Foods. You also get food at the Snack Bar, by fishing, and in the Academy Cafeteria.
Special items
During holidays like the 4th of July, Halloween, New Year's, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah,Valentine's Day, and Christmas, Millsberry will release special holiday decorations and sometimes clothing. These are only available during the time near the holiday. They have had many special promotions where you got special items, like the Snowflake Token Contest, White Elephant Gift Exchange, Berry Lucky Charms Contest,Valentine Chocolates and more.
Homes
When you sign up, you can also get a free home. You can decorate it with furniture to fit your tastes. You buy furniture at the Furniture Store, electronics at the Home Entertainmet Superstore, and toys at Tricks, Toys, & Games. You can also get furniture through special promos. Some games have presents that will earn you furniture, food, etc.If you go to the hardware store, you can add rooms, buy paint, change the way your exterior looks, and more. Whatever furniture objects you have but you don't put in your home will be displayed in your inventory. You can visit other members' homes by going to the Address Book and typing the buddy's name or member's username of the house you want to visit. You can live in one of 5 neighborhoods. These neighborhoods are Golden Valley, Lakeview, Metro Park, Ravenwood, and Westridge.
Yard sales
After you build a yard, you can hold a yard sale, and sell at the non-food items you have but don't want or use. You can sell things in your inventory, basement, bookshelf, or closet you are not using. You can't sell pets, pet letters, or food. To get people to come to your yard sale, you have to pay for advertising in classified section of the Millsberry Gazette. You can also visit other people's yard sales by going to the classified ad section of the Millsberry Gazette. Any item that is bought at your yard sale will instantly be added onto your Millsbucks. You also get to choose the price of the item,with the limit of $9,999,999,999
Colhurst tunnels
You have to have very good health, a shovel and a ticket. The benefits of the tunnels are that you can find neat objects or clothing. The losses of it are your health points and it takes a while to get them back up. All you need is to have the right food to eat from the grocery store to raise your health points. To get a shovel if you don't have one, you need to go to the hardware store and there you will find a shovel. To get a ticket click below your character where it says you can dig for treasure. Then click the cashier and buy the ticket for 500 milbucks.