Whyville's Sweet 16 Birthday Party Pictures

Last weekend, Whyville celebrated it's sixteenth birthday with a special party at the Sportplatz. There was the classic voting system and the wishing well, and newer games like the clam cannon, musical chairs, and gift toss. You earned points for playing these games and voting for other citizens, and if you scored 256 points or more, you could collect a special gift bag!

In this game I had to stack presents on the platforms. If you stacked sixteen (all together, not including the ones that fell off) you were rewarded with a clam shower.

 I played one of my favourite games, the Wishing Well, where you unscramble words.

Musical Chairs was not a very popular game.

I won three scions in the gift toss game!

I scored over 256 points, and got my free gift bag which included:

A face factory voucher
128 pearls
512 Clams
and
A New Limited Edition Animated Face Part, this beautiful glowing candle

 MrCowboy was quite impressed.

Wondering why the weird numbers? 256 points, 128 pearls, and 512 clams? Could it be City Hall's phone number? Is she flirting with us? Could it be a secret code or riddle? Are they just random numbers? WILL WE EVER FIND OUT?! Stay tuned and the secret may be revealed.

That's all for now. Here's to another wonderful year on Whyville, and many more birthdays to come! Happy Birthday Whyville!

Free Scions?!

No, THIS IS NOT A JOKE! All those years of petitioning for "FREE SCIONS FOR EVERYONE!!!1!!" have finally paid off. Now you can win FREE SCIONS.

As you may know, March is Whyville's birthday month, and to add to the celebration, there is a new game where you can win free scions, even the special, out-of-commission Box Scions!. All you have to do is throw a present on top of a Scion, and you win that Scion.

Sound easy right? Well... not really. These presents work like projectiles. You have to get the angle and speed right for a present to land on a Scion. Need help? Check out this article on throwing projectiles.

I've already won two! So play and get your free Scions now! You can win one per every two days in the month of March.

Here's the link to the game:

www.whyville.net/smmk/bday/scionToss

BIOlympics Tutorial

BIOlympics is one of Whyville's newer salary games. the name combines "bio" or living, with the Olympics.  In this game, you "train" your animals to see how fast they can run, how fast they can swim, and how hard they can bite, and then you compete with other animals in the BIOlympics.

First, you will need to "train" your animals. To do this, you will need to find the right components in their "biomechanics" that allow them to bite, swim, or run, like they do. Follow the hints, and move the sliders slowly until you find the correct answers, and then click "validate". For every two check marks you receive in your training log, you will earn one clam of salary.

When playing BIOlympics, you will have a random selection of animals to choose from, but you can use this guide to help figure out which is the best animal to choose for each competition.

Animals With Strongest Bite:

1. T-Rex (Bite force: 12,025 n.)
2. Great White Shark (Bite force: 8,828.4 n.)
3. Dunkleosteus (Bite force: 6,187.7 n.)
4. Crocodile (Bite force: 5,415 n.)
5. Hyena (Bite force: 2,291.4 n.)
6. Gharial (Bite force: 1,770 n.)
7. Parrot (Macaw) (Bite force: 587.1 n.)
8. Cheetah (Bite force: 495 n.)
9. Sea Turtle (Bite force: 394.7 n.)
10. Horse (Bite force: 343. 7 n.)
11. Piranha (Bite force: 275.5 n.)
12. Triggerfish (Bite force: 274.7 n.)
13. Parrot Fish (Bite force: 259.2 n.)
14. Kangaroo (Bite force: 163.6 n.)
15. Barracuda (Bite force: 88.3 n.)
16. Dolphin (Bite force: 59.3 n.)
17. Pufferfish (Bite force: 54.4 n.)
18. Penguin (Bite force: 22.7 n.)
19. Gar (Bite force: 9.8 n.)
20. Roadrunner (Bite force: 6.3 n.)
21. Tuna (Bite force: 1.2 n.)

Animals With Fastest Bite:

1. Gar (Bite speed: 15.6 m/s)
2. Dolphin (Bite speed: 11.6 m/s)
3. Horse (Bite speed: 11.1 m/s)
4. Dunkleosteus and Gharial (Bite speed: 8.6 m/s)
5. T-Rex (Bite speed: 7.9 m/s)
6. Tuna (Bite speed: 6.4 m/s)
7. Great White Shark (Bite speed: 6 m/s)
8. Penguin (Bite speed: 5 m/s)
9. Kangaroo (Bite speed: 4.7 m/s)
10. Cheetah (Bite speed: 3.8 m/s)
11. Parrot Fish (Bite speed: 3.7 m/s)
12. Crocodile (Bite speed: 3.5 m/s)
13. Barracuda (Bite speed: 3.6 m/s)
14. Sea Turtle (Bite speed: 2.4 m/s)
15. Hyena (Bite speed: 2.3 m/s)
16. Roadrunner (Bite speed: 1.2 m/s)
17.  Pirahna, Parrot (Macaw), Triggerfish, and Pufferfish (Bite speed: 0.7 m/s)

Animals with Fastest Cruise Speed

1. Tuna (Cruise Speed: 19.2m/s)

2. Barracuda (Cruise Speed: 12.0 m/s)

3. Great White Shark (Cruise Speed: 11.1 m/s)

4. Penguin (Cruise Speed: 11 m/s)

5. Dolphin (Cruise Speed: 10.5 m/s)

6. Sea Turtle (Cruise Speed: 9.8 m/s)

7. Pirahna (Cruise Speed: 6 m/s)

8. Gar, Crocodile, and Gharial (Cruise Speed: 1 m/s)

9. Parrot Fish (Cruise Speed: 0.8 m/s)

10. Lion Fish, Triggerfish, and Pufferfish (Cruise Speed: 0.5 m/s)

Animals with Smallest Turn Radius (Can Make the Sharpest Turns)

1. Pirahna, Triggerfish, and Pufferfish (Turn Radius: 0.1 m)

2. Lion Fish (Turn Radius: 0.3 m)

3. Parrot Fish (Turn Radius: 0.5 m)

4. Barracuda (Turn Radius: 1 m)

5. Gar, Crocodile and Gharial (Turn Radius: 1.5 m)

6. Penguin and Tuna (Turn Radius 2.0 m)

7. Sea Turtle (Turn Radius: 3 m)

8. Dolphin (Turn Radius: 6 m)

9. Great White Shark (Turn Radius: 8 m)

Animals Who Can Run the Fastest

1. Cheetah (Run Speed: 24.3 m/s)
2. Hyena (Run Speed: 16.1 m/s)
3. Hare (Run Speed: 16 m/s)
4. Kangaroo (Run Speed: 14.1 m/s)
5. Crocodile (Run Speed: 10.2 m/s)
6. Horse (Run Speed: 8.9 m/s)
7. Roadrunner (Run Speed: 7.9 m/s)
8. T-Rex (Run Speed: 6.6 m/s)

Animals With the Most Endurance (Can Run the Longest Before Tiring)

1. Roadrunner (5.7 minutes)
2. Horse and T-Rex (5 minutes)
3. Crocodile (4.4 minutes)
4. Kangaroo (3.2 minutes)
5. Hare and Hyena (2.8 minutes)
6. Cheetah (1.9 minutes)

Animals with Biggest Run Ratio (Fastest Speed Relevant to Size)

1. Hare (26.7 meters x Length/second)
2.Cheetah (16.2 meters x Length/second)
3. Roadrunner (13.2 meters x Length/second)
4. Hyena (10.2 meters x Length/second)
5. Kangaroo (9.4 meters x Length/second)
6. Horse (3.6 meters x Length/second)
7. Crocodile (2.6 meters x Length/second)
8. T-Rex (0.5 meters x Length/second)

For an average of 30 clams per game, in my humble opinion, this game is not worth it. Go ahead and train to get those precious 21 clams of salary, and maybe try your hand at it during the Triple the Clams days, but there are funner and more high-paying games out there.

Critter Care Tutorial: Part 5, Rat

Critter Care is a fun game that can earn you instant clams as well as up to 15 clams of salary. In Critter Care, you work in a lab and help take care of animals. You feed them, give them water, clean the cages, and help keep them healthy.

There are 5 animals in Critter Care you can take care of: fish, frog, pig, pigeon, and rat. In this tutorial, I will show you how to take care of the rat.

First, go to the Critter Care lobby and click on the clipboard that says "rat". Next, click on a rat cage to begin. On the right of the screen, you will see a little white piece of paper. Click on it to see the animal's history report (and I don't mean on the Civil War).

The Report will tell you when was the last time the rat had been fed, the water was filled, the cage had been cleaned, the rat's energy level, and and a scale that will help you determine whether the rat is underweight, overweight, or at a healthy weight.

• If the rat's energy is low, give them an apple to snack on. Click and drag the apple onto the cage.
• If the cage is dirty, clean it. Click and drag the soap onto the cage. You may have to do this a few times until all the droppings are gone.
• If the water bucket is not full, give it some water. Click and drag the water icon onto the tank. You may have to do this a few times to fill it up.
• If the rat is a healthy weight, and it's food bowl is not full, give it some food. Give one scoop if it was fed 1 day ago, and 2 if it was fed four days ago. 
• If the rat is underweight, fill up the food bowl. If the rat is overweight, keep it half-full.

Reasons to Red Tag:

• The cage has not been cleaned in a while (at least 4 days), but there are no droppings. This means the rat is not excreting waste, and there is something wrong.
• The cage is very dirty even though it was cleaned just a day ago. This means the rat is excreting too much waste.
• The rat has not been fed in a while (at least 4 days), but the food bowl is still full.
• The water bowl has not been filled in a while (at least 4 days) but the water bowl is still full.
• The rat is underweight or overweight.
• The rat's energy level has been low more than once.
• The rat has Rat Eye Disease. See image below.
• The rat has Rat Unkempt. See image below.
• The rat is pale. See image below.

Once you have correctly tagged all four cages, click "submit lab report". You will instantly earn 15 clams. Once you have done this 3 times, correctly tagging 12 cages in all, you will receive 3 clams of salary and a total of 45 instant clams.

Good luck! I hope you enjoyed these critter care tutorials!

Critter Care Tutorial: Part 4, Pigeon

Critter Care is a fun game that can earn you instant clams as well as up to 15 clams of salary. In Critter Care, you work in a lab and help take care of animals. You feed them, give them water, clean the cages, and help keep them healthy.

There are 5 animals in Critter Care you can take care of: fish, frog, pig, pigeon, and rat. In this tutorial, I will show you how to take care of the pigeon.

First, go to the Critter Care lobby and click on the clipboard that says "pigeon". Next, click on a pigeon cage to begin. On the right of the screen, you will see a little white piece of paper. Click on it to see the animal's history report (and I don't mean on the Civil War).

The Report will tell you when was the last time the pigeon had been fed, the water was filled, the cage had been cleaned, the pigeon's energy level, and and a scale that will help you determine whether the pigeon is underweight, overweight, or at a healthy weight.

• If the pigeon's energy level is low, give it a handful of seeds. Click and drag the seeds onto the cage.
• If the water is not full, fill up the water. Click and drag the water icon onto the cage. You may have to do this a few times to fill up the water completely.
• If the cage is dirty, clean it. Click and drag the brush onto the cage. You may have to do this a few times for the cage to be completely clean.
• If the pigeon is a healthy weight, fill up the food bowl.
• If the pigeon is underweight, give it one extra scoop of food. If the pigeon is overweight, keep the bowl half-full.

Reasons to Red Tag:

• The cage has not been cleaned in a while (at least 4 days), but there are no droppings. This means the pigeon is not excreting waste, and there is something wrong.
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• The cage is very dirty even though it was cleaned just a day ago. This means the pigeon is excreting too much waste.
• The pigeon has not been fed in a while (at least 4 days), but the food bowl is still full.
• The water bowl has not been filled in a while (at least 4 days) but the water bowl is still full.
• The pigeon is underweight or overweight.
• The pigeon's energy level has been low more than once.
• The pigeon has Pigeon Eye Disease. See image below.
• The pigeon has Pigeon Unkempt. See image below.
• The pigeon is pale. See image below.
  
  
  
  
  

Once you have correctly tagged all four cages, click "submit lab report". You will instantly earn 15 clams. Once you have done this 3 times, correctly tagging 12 cages in all, you will receive 3 clams of salary and a total of 45 instant clams.

Good luck! Stay tuned for the next critter care tutorial!

Critter Care Tutorial: Part 3, Pig

Critter Care is a fun game that can earn you instant clams as well as up to 15 clams of salary. In Critter Care, you work in a lab and help take care of animals. You feed them, give them water, clean the cages, and help keep them healthy.

There are 5 animals in Critter Care you can take care of: fish, frog, pig, pigeon, and rat. In this tutorial, I will show you how to take care of the mini pig.

First, go to the Critter Care lobby and click on the clipboard that says "pig". Next, click on a pig cage to begin. On the right of the screen, you will see a little white piece of paper. Click on it to see the animal's history report (and I don't mean on the Civil War).

The Report will tell you when was the last time the pig had been fed, the water was filled, the cage had been cleaned, the pig's energy level, and and a scale that will help you determine whether the pig is underweight, overweight, or at a healthy weight.

• If the pig's energy is low, give them an apple to snack on. Click and drag the apple onto the cage.
• If the cage is dirty, clean it. Click and drag the hose onto the cage. You may have to do this a few times until all the droppings are gone.
• If the water bucket is not full, give it some water. Click and drag the faucet icon onto the tank. You may have to do this a few times to fill it up.
• If the pig is a healthy weight, and it's food bowl is not full, give it some food. Give one scoop if it was fed 1 day ago, and 2 if it was fed four days ago. 
• If the pig is underweight, fill up the food bowl. If the pig is overweight, keep it half-full.

Reasons to Red Tag:

The cage has not been cleaned in a while (at least 4 days), but there are no droppings. This means the pig is not excreting waste, and there is something wrong.

The cage is very dirty even though it was cleaned just a day ago. This means the pig is excreting too much waste.

The pig has not been fed in a while (at least 4 days), but the food bowl is still full.

The water bowl has not been filled in a while (at least 4 days) but the water bowl is still full.

The pig is underweight or overweight.

The pig's energy level has been low more than once.

The pig has Mini Pig Eye Disease. See image below.

The pig has Mini Pig Rash. See image below.

The pig is pale. See image below.

The pig has Mini Pig Diarrhea. See image below.

Once you have correctly tagged all four cages, click "submit lab report". You will instantly earn 15 clams. Once you have done this 3 times, correctly tagging 12 cages in all, you will receive 3 clams of salary and a total of 45 instant clams.

Good luck! Stay tuned for the next critter care tutorial!

Critter Care Game Tutorial: Part 2, Frog

Critter Care is a fun game that can earn you instant clams as well as up to 15 clams of salary. In Critter Care, you work in a lab and help take care of animals. You feed them, give them water, clean the cages, and help keep them healthy.

There are 5 animals in Critter Care you can take care of: fish, frog, pig, pigeon, and rat. In this tutorial, I will show you how to take care of the xenopus frog.

First, go to the Critter Care lobby and click on the clipboard that says "frog". Next, click on a frog tank to begin. On the right of the screen, you will see a little white piece of paper. Click on it to see the animal's history report (and I don't mean on the Civil War).

The Report will tell you when was the last time the frog had been fed, the tank had been cleaned, the filter had been changed, and a scale that will help you determine whether the frog is underweight, overweight, or at a healthy weight.

• If the filter has not been changed in a while, or if the tank looks foggy, change the filter. Simply click the filter icon and drag it onto the tank.
• If there is any green grime on the tank, clean it. Click and drag the brush onto the tank, You may have to do this multiple times until the green disappears.
• Check the frog's weight. If it is a healthy weight, and was fed 1 day ago, give it one bunch of food. If it is healthy weight and was fed four days ago, give it two bunches of food.
• If the frog is underweight, give it one extra bunch of food than you normally would; if the frog is overweight, give it one less.

Reasons to Red Tag:

The tank has not been cleaned in a while (at least 4 days), but there is no green grime. This means the frog is not excreting waste, and there is something wrong.

The tank is very dirty even though it was cleaned just a day ago. This means the frog is excreting too much waste.

The frog is overweight or underweight.

The frog has Frog Bloat. See image below.

The frog has Frog Skin Rash. See image below.

Once you have correctly tagged all four tanks, click "submit lab report". You will instantly earn 15 clams. Once you have done this 3 times, correctly tagging 12 tanks in all, you will receive 3 clams of salary and a total of 45 instant clams.

Good luck! Stay tuned for the next critter care tutorial!

Critter Care Tutorial: Part 1, Fish

Critter Care is a fun game that can earn you instant clams as well as up to 15 clams of salary. In Critter Care, you work in a lab and help take care of animals. You feed them, give them water, clean the cages, and help keep them healthy.

There are 5 animals in Critter Care you can take care of: fish, frog, pig, pigeon, and rat. In this tutorial, I will show you how to take care of the zebrafish.

First, go to the Critter Care lobby and click on the clipboard that says "fish". Next, click on a fish tank to begin. On the right of the screen, you will see a little white piece of paper. Click on it to see the animal's history report (and I don't mean on the Civil War).

The Report will tell you when was the last time the fish had been fed, the tank had been cleaned, and the filter had been changed.

As you can see, this tank needs to be cleaned and filter changed. To change the filter, click and drag the filter onto the tank. To clean the tank, drag the brush onto the tank. Repeat until there is no more green grime on the glass.

Next you will need to feed the fish. It was last fed 4 days ago, so you will need to give it two bunches of food. Drag and drop the fish food onto the tank two times. If the fish is looking healthy and not showing any signs of illness (we'll get to that later) give it a green tag. Drag the green tag onto the tank, and click exit.

• If a fish has been fed 1 day ago, give it 1 bunch of food.
• If a fish has been fed 4 days ago, give it 2 bunches of food.
• Always clean the tank if you see any green grime.
• Always change the filter if the tank looks foggy.

Reasons to Red Tag:

• The tank has not been cleaned in a while (at least 4 days), but there is no green grime. This means the fish is not excreting waste, and there is something wrong.
• The tank is very dirty even though it was cleaned just a day ago. This means the fish is excreting too much waste.
• The fish is upside down. It's hard to tell, but a healthy fish will have 1 fin on top, and 2 fins on bottom. An unhealthy fish will also be slightly tilted. This means the fish has Fish Confusion. See image below.

Once you have correctly tagged all four tanks, click "submit lab report". You will instantly earn 15 clams. Once you have done this 3 times, correctly tagging 12 tanks in all, you will receive 3 clams of salary and a total of 45 instant clams.

Good luck! Stay tuned for the next critter care tutorial!

Vampire Power Tutorial

Vampire Power. Doesn't it sound like something a bunch of vampire superheroes would say as they fist-bump each other and freeze frame with big smiles on their faces? Well, that's not what I'm talking about.

Vampire Power is a real thing and we're all probably guilty of it. Also known as standby power, vampire power is when an appliance is turned off but still plugged in and using up energy. So Whyville teamed up with the National Science Foundation to create a new game in Whyville called, what else, Vampire Power.

Vampire Power can give you instant clams and also can help you earn up to 17 clams of salary.

The goal of the game is to reduce the amount of vampire power being used in Whyville by turning off and unplugging appliances. Count Ampula, the vampire, is the evilest energy waster of them all. He'll even show up and plug in appliances after you've unplugged them!

You can find appliances in the bedroom, kitchen, and living room of Vampire Manor, where Count Ampula lives as well as in many chatrooms in Whyville. Click on the appliance to measure how much energy it is using. You can measure watts, kilowatt-hours, cost, and level of carbon dioxide. The most important way to measure energy is in watts because that's what counts toward your salary.

There are three brands of appliances in Whyville: Nebula, Spark, and Apex (talk about a monopoly!). You will need to measure an appliance in it's three states: turned on (and in use), turned on but not in use (standby), and turned off but still plugged in. You will need to measure each brand of appliance in each of the three states. Once you have completed this for two appliances, you will earn one clam of salary.

For each appliance you correctly turn off, you will instantly earn five clams. If you correctly unplug the appliance, you will earn another five clams. I will go into what "correctly" exactly means later.

Think about if you were watching TV. Would you want someone to just turn it off and unplug it, when you're right in the middle of your show? No, probably not. You'd probably be mad. You wouldn't do that in Whyville either!

Do's and Don't of Vampire Power:

DO Turn off/disconnect an appliance when you see one of these phrases:

• No one is in the room
• No one is using it
• No one plans to drink it (coffee)
• No one is playing/listening
• Making the room uncomfortably warm
• Fully charged
• Appliance is in sleep mode
• For the alarm clock, if no alarm has been programmed
• It is not being used, and it is wasting energy.

DO NOT turn off/disconnect an appliance if you see any of these phrases:

• Someone is in the room
• Someone is using it
• Coffee is brewing
• Making the room comfortably warm
• Appliance is charging
• For the alarm clock, never unplug it; it won't be able to keep track of time if you do.
• For the cordless phone, never turn it off or disconnect it. Then none of the calls would get through!
• It is not wasting energy.

DO unplug an appliance if:

• It has been turned off, but it is still wasting energy.

DO NOT unplug an appliance if:

• It is not wasting any energy.

Hint: Make sure to measure all forms of energy before turning off or unplugging an appliance. For example, if it is still plugged in it may not cost anything, but it still may be using watts.

Unhelpful Actions:

If you do any of the "do nots" listed, it will count as an "unhelpful action". You can only do three unhelpful actions in one day. You can still earn instant clams playing vampire power, but it will not count towards your salary or the weekly contest. To do this, you will have to be in "explore mode". To turn on explore mode, go to your Vampire Power Journal and check the box that says "explore mode".

Did you know?

Count Ampula will sometimes show up in chat rooms and turn on and plug in appliances and counteract your energy-saving good deeds. To stop him, you can throw garlic projectiles at him. Everybody knows vampires hate garlic! You can buy your own or get 10 free garlic projectiles from

Igor.

Don't know how to throw projectiles? Check out my article here:

http://whyvilleinsider.blogspot.com/2014/10/how-to-throw-projectiles.html

How to Throw Projectiles

Many newbies have asked me "How do I throw projectiles?" over the years. You'll need to know how to throw projectiles to complete the WASA Zero Gravity Game and if you ever want to throw stuff at your Whyville friends, enemies, or, dare I say, "frenemies".

So let's begin on our projectile launching adventure. First, you'll need some projectiles. There are various ways to obtain them. A friend can send them to you, if you buy pearls and buy a pet with those pearls, you can train your pet to "dig" and they may find projectiles for you, you can get free projectiles at Whyville's famous annual Halloween parties, or, the simplest way, you can just buy them at Ye Olde Projectile Shoppe.

So now that you you have some, you'll need to know how to throw them. In your satchel, go to the projectiles section and familiarize yourself with the projectiles you have. There is now a handy feature that tells you what to say to throw each projectile.

For example, let's say you were feeling festive and wanted to throw some tangled-up Christmas lights at someone. Your first instict is to say "throw christmas lights", right? Wrong. You would say "throw lights". This confusion can be avoided by looking at your projectiles and their descriptions in your satchel.

There are two ways to throw projectiles. You can throw one at a specific person in a chatroom, or in a specific direction. You can also leave projectiles around a chatroom for others to use. Just say "drop (projectile)" in a chatroom.

To throw a projectile at a person, chat "throw (projectile) (username). So if you wanted to throw a pie at me, you would say "throw pie jelloroks".

This technique, however, is not foolproof. If your intended victim moves the projectile will miss them. If someone crosses their path, you will have just throw a pie at an innocent person. Shame on you.

To throw a projectile in a specific direction, you will need to type "throw (projectile) (angle).
Refer to the chart below as to which angle to say for the direction you want the projectile to go. With practice, you won't need the chart, and you'll just have it memorized, like me. ;)

So You Want to Earn Clams?

Originally posted on: Wednesday, March 21st, 2011

As a y-mail helper, I'm frequently asked the question 'How do I earn clams?'. Well, it's actually pretty simple. I'm here to give you some tips that you may or may not have known of on how to earn clams in Whyville.

First off, clams are virtual currency in Whyville. This is our money that we use to buy face parts, blocks, furniture, projectiles, etc.

1. A great way to start earning clams is by starting a salary. To get to your salary ledger (the place where all salary games are found) click the black icon at the top of your screen. A salary is an amount of clams you've earned that you will receive once every day you log onto your Whyville account. *Note: You will not receive that amount of clams until the next day. However, some salary games give you clams on the spot for playing.*

Some easy salary games are:

Skater Game
Spin Game
WhyPower Green Build
Getty Art Sets
Spitzer Spectrum
House of Illusions
Dance Creation
GeoDig Levels
PlaneWorks CAD
Raven Island Fire Starters Game
Reef Food Web
Reef Simulations
Reef Species ID
Critter Care
*EDIT*
Wellness Center
Vampire Power
BIOlymics
Career Quest
Scion Driving School
Wilson City Rescue Tutorial
Wilson City Rescue Outdoor
Wilson City Rescue House
Wilson City Rescue Car

Tips and Hints:

Skater Game:
Experiment with different ways to put it's limbs and you'll eventually find the right one.

Spin Game:
Experiment with different shapes and positions and you'll eventually find the right one.

WhyPower Green Build:
Stay away from things that are too expensive, while keeping in mind energy efficiency.

Getty Art Sets:
In this game, all you have to do is take the tutorial, which is not hard. You only earn two clams of salary.

House of Illusions:
In this game, all you have to do is walk through the rooms. You can check out the pictures if you like. Some are pretty interesting.

Dance Creation:
You'll actually have to pay to make your dance depending on how many steps it has, but you'll earn that money back in just a few days. You get ten clams of salary from this game!

Geodig Levels:
Three words, trial and error.

PlaneWorks CAD:
In this game, you just have to put the planes together by connecting the dots. Save each plane, and you'll earn four clams of salary.

Raven Island Fire Starters Game:
Choose the right thing you should do. Like calling an adult instead of joining in.

Reef Food Web:
Usually, larger animals are at the top of the food chain (but in this case it would actually be at the bottom, sorry if I'm being confusing) and smaller animals and plants are at the bottom. If you don't place a plant or animal in the right spot, it will tell you it's wrong and you can just try again.

Reef Identification:
Some animals are harder to find than others. For example the dolphin, turtles, sharks, octopus, jellyfish, and moray eel. When you're diving, click those first.

Critter Care:
Need help caring for the fish? Click here. Frog tutorial. Pig tutorial.

*EDIT*
Wellness Center: Go both outside the Wellness Center to what I like to call the "General Stress Room" and the Social Anxiety Room. Ask questions and give pieces of good advice to the distressed avatars and you will eventually find all the pieces of advice and increase your salary. Avoid harsh or judgmental sounding envelopes like "Get over it" or "Don't think about it". They will not help the distressed avatars and will not count towards your salary.

Vampire Power: Click here for a tutorial!

BIOLympics: *BIOLYMPICS TUTORIAL COMING SOON*

Career Quest: Try to join as many quests as you can. Follow the "hot and cold" clues and eventually you will have found careers in all of the career clusters and sub-clusters.


Random Tip: When you're in your ledger, try sorting them by clams left to earn or maximum clams.

Follow these tips and you can have a high salary in no time! (My salary is 227!) *EDIT* (My salary is 304.)

2. Play games on Whyville! But you should be aware that some games will not give you clams. To see a list of lots of games click the green 'Play' button on your screen.

Games that give clams are:

Recycle Game (You will need someone to help you with this. You can't do it by yourself.)
Scion RaceTrack
Critter Care Habitat Builder
Critter Care AALAS Solitaire
Microbe Wars
Food Sort Game
Love/Hate Game
Dude! Where's my shark? Game
Whack-a-Virus Game

Tips and Hints:

Recycle Game:
Like I said, you will need someone to help you with this game. Your avatar also moves faster when you have less face parts on.

Scion RaceTrack:
When building your car, certain updates will help you overcome obstacles.

Microbe Wars:
You can play with a friend or with Sonya by saying 'summon sonya'. EARN DOUBLE CLAMS! You must collect all the Microbe cards that pop up in chat. This is a great game to earn clams. In one game, I once won over 300 clams!

Love/Hate Game:
You will need at least two other eligible people to play this game with you.

3. Participate in Contests. They're everywhere! Participate in BC's (Beauty Contests), Raffles, and other contests. There are always contests going on in the BBS and sometimes in the Whyville Times. You will usually see people promoting BC's in chat. Don't forget special contests like the Scion Car Rallies.

4. Miscellaneous. You can find easy ways to earn clams all over Whyville.

Take the chat test! You'll automatically earn 150 clams.

Whyville-Wise your parents and earn 80 clams. Just go to *Parent Ed Bonus in the bus menu, print the certificate, have them sign it, you sign it also, and fax it to Whyville.

Build a scion for the Scion Race Track. It's not too hard, and you'll earn 50 clams for the first one you build.

Create a Love/Hate List. Once you select 20 items, you'll get 40 clams.

Collect Dell Parts. They randomly pop up in Whyville chat rooms and for each one you cash in, you get one clam. I know it's not a lot, but trust me, it adds up.

Teach your pet to dig. You can buy a pet with pearls and teach them to dig. Take them into a Whyville chatroom, and say 'pet dig'. They may dig up a clam, projectile, SDV (Scion Decal Voucher) or even pearls. It's still not much but it adds up.

Join WhyEat. For each day you stay healthy on WhyEat, you'll get 25 clams. But I should warn you, this game is not easy.

5. Start your own business. You can sell face parts in Akbar's face mall or create songs in the Scion Music Jukebox. For this it takes clams, to earn clams, but it's worth it.

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6. Apply for a Whyville Job. You can be a stylist, performance artist, doctor, clam coach, chef, and more! Once you apply for and accept a job, you will be given a halo to wear on your avatar stating your job title. Simply wear it on your avatar and type "work" while in a chatroom to offer your service to others. If you offer to help 20 people in one day, you will earn 50 clams.

Good luck earning clams!

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Want a free scion decal voucher? The first three people to comment on this post with their Whyville Usernames will get one! *EDIT**sorry this contest is no longer running*

Game Review: Career Quest

Originally posted on: Monday, March 25th, 2013

You may have played the new game, Career Quest, or... you may have not. Well, I'm here to give my two-cents on the new game. Not that my opinion matters.

How to Play:

You begin by joining a quest at the ACT career center. You will be given a description of a career and approximately 120 seconds to find out what the career is, and where it is in the room. There are six career clusters to choose from. The career only fits into one. You will be given "hot or cold" clues until you are in the correct room. In that room there will be several sub-categories of the cluster. When you choose the right one, it will say "correct area". From there you will see a list of careers. Find the correct one that matches the description and click on it. If you get it wrong, don't worry if you still have time you can try again. If you found the right career, you win and earn 3-6 clams depending on your speed. After that you can join another quest.

The Verdict:

2 out of 5 stars
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In my opinion, this game isn't worth your time. With a payout of only a few clams? I say, play it to get your salary up, and then move on to a different game. However, I do think it is a good tool for kids and teens to learn more about careers that might interest them or even discover ones they've never heard of. If you want to do that, then don't join the quests so you can work at your own pace. Remember, 120 seconds is not enough time to make a major life decision, so don't jump to conclusions!

AALAS Solitaire Game Revamped and Game Guide

Originally posted on: Sunday January 8th, 2012

The AALAS Solitaire game has been updated, and I find it easier to use, faster to play, and more fun. Win up to 40 clams a game in a short amount of time.Confused on how to play? I'm here to help!

The object of the game is to learn more about diseases that affect us. A random card will be drawn at the start of the game. It will tell you the name of the disease and give you a little information about it. You must choose one orange "impact" card, one green "experiment" card, and one purple "vehicle" card. The cards must correspond with each other and the disease card.

Click on the cards you think go along with the disease card. When you click on a card, it will turn yellow. If you click on two cards in the same category (impact, experiment, vehicle) the first card in that category you clicked on will turn to normal colour.

If you matched all three cards to the disease, they will get a purple check mark on them and move to the bottom.

If a card does not match at all, a purple "x" will appear over it and you will lose three clams for each incorrect card. For example, chickenpox does not cause cervical cancer in women.

If two-three cards do not match with each other, the cards will have a purple dash (-) appear over them. You will lose two clams for each pair of incorrect cards. For example, your vehicle can't be animals if your experiment is to make a model. The cards must correspond with each other. Computer: model, animal:animal, etc.

This game is fairly simple and my best tip I can give you is to use your context clues! (I know you aren't too thrilled to talk about English on your snow days!) If the experiment mentions animals, the vehicle must be animals. If the disease affects the muscles, than the impact should probably say something about muscles. Good luck. :D

Dreidel: Game Guide

Originally posted on: Friday, September 16th, 2011

Are all those Yiddish words confusing you? Is Chaim talking to fast for your pace? Or maybe you're just a beginner? Well, I have a great guide on how to play the dreidel game in Whyville. Fear no more!

This game is simple. It's all about luck and chance.

Begin by having at least two players in the room. At least two people need to play. To play say "ante" when a new game begins. If others in the room don't want to play, come back another time.

When you say "ante" you are in the game and five clams are automatically deducted from your account. These clams are then put in the "pot". The amount of clams in the pot at this time will depend on how many people play. For example, if three people play, 15 clams are in the pot.

When it's your turn, Chaim will advise you to "spin" the dreidel. To spin it, simply say "spin". The dreidel will spin and randomly land on a symbol. These are Hey, Nun, Shin, and Gimmel. Confused yet? I was at first also. Don't worry, Chaim will tell you what it lands on.

If the dreidel lands on:

Nun: Nothing happens.
Shin: The player is deducted five clams, and then those clams are placed in the pot.
Hey: The player gets half of the clams in the pot. If the number of clams is odd, half of that is rounded up. Example: 15 clams, half=8 clams
Gimmel: You win! You rake in all the dough in the pot, and the game is over. You can play over and over as long as you have the clams to do it.

When a player lands on Gimmel, the game is over. Hey, you win some you lose some. (No pun intended.) It's all random, there's nothing you can do to increase your chances of winning.

I hope this helped you learned how to play the dreidel game, enjoy it before it's gone!