Bubble Safari
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| Developer(s) | Zynga |
| Platform(s) | Internet |
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Facebook December 12, 2012 |
| Genre(s) | matching game, social network game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player with multiplayer interaction |
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May 9, 2012 Zynga.com
May 9, 2012
Bubble Safari is a Match 3 social network game by Zynga. The object is to help a monkey named Bubbles reconnect with his friends. Following its May 2012 release, Bubble Safari became the fastest-growing Facebook game, with 1.9 million active users for the week of July 9.PC Magazine ranked Bubble Safari as no. 5 on its Best Facebook Games list. Arcade game designer Mark Turmell, noted for such games as NBA Jam, led Bubble Safari’s development.Bubble Safari is Zynga’s first arcade game, the first Zynga game released on Zynga.com and Facebook simultaneously, and the first game from Zynga San Diego.
Bubble Safari was announced and launched on May 9, 2012
Noted arcade game designer Mark Turmell, Zynga’s senior creative director, led the development of Bubble Safari. Turmell began designing arcade game machines over 20 years ago and was the lead programmer and designer of NBA Jam, a popular 1993 basketball arcade game.
By June 12, 2012, Bubble Safari had become the fastest-growing Facebook game with 14,800,000 monthly active users, growing by 10.6 million within the prior week. As of July 9, 2012, Bubble Safari had 30 million monthly active users. The game launched with 65 levels but by June 12, 2012 had grown to 77. The game, as of January 30, 2014 has 749 levels plus up to 80 additional un-numbered levels.
Bubble Safari is the first true arcade game Zynga developed; the first game from Zynga San Diego; and the first Zynga game to launch simultaneously on Zynga.com and Facebook.
PC Magazine ranked Bubble Safari no. 5 on its Best Facebook Games list in July 2012.
On December 12, 2012, Zynga announced the launch of Bubble Safari Ocean, a version of the game with an underwater twist for Facebook in 13 languages, and a mobile version of Bubble Safari for iOS.
At last, Bubble Safari has been definitely closed on September 30, 2015, as Zynga announced in a message on Bubble Safari's Facebook page on August 10, 2015.
Bubble Safari’s storyline focuses on Bubbles, a monkey trying to reconnect with his friends, who have been captured by poachers. Bubbles sets off into the jungle to find the poachers. Players pop bubbles to supply Bubbles fruit for his journey.
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