FrontierVille: Decorate for Valentine's Day and win up to 750 Horseshoes

After the release of a slew of Valentine's Day themed decorations in the FrontierVille market, Zynga has decided to give users some major incentive to actually purchase them by launching a Valentine's Day decorating contest. Don't get worried though - you won't need to rush out and shop before February 14 in order to enter, as you'll have a full week after the holiday has come and gone - until February 21 to be exact.


So what exactly does this contest entail? It's simple really - just decorate your homestead in a way that screams of Valentine's Day decorating and celebratin' and then post up to three images of the same homestead (that is, if your decorated plot is larger than a single screenshot can contain) and then post them on the official FrontierVille forums. The top ten homestead designs will be chosen by the FrontierVille team, and then users will have a chance to vote for their favorites of the ten in a poll.

The top choice will win 750 Horseshoes, but two other players will win 500 Horseshoes and 300 Horseshoes, respectively. That's a whole lot of premium currency for doing something that you might likely be doing anyhow - that being decorating your land for Valentine's Day. Wouldn't you like to receive something out of it in return?

[Image credit: Forums user Agathavanny]

Check out the rest of our Valentine's Day coverage right here.

Will you enter the FrontierVille Valentine's Day decorating contest?

FrontierVille Design Your Horse Contest: Draw up the next Horse on the homestead

If you've ever wanted to be a super famous game designer, Zynga is giving FrontierVille fans a sliver of that chance. In the brand new Design Your Horse Contest, players can draw up what they think should be the next Horse to hit the homestead. Submit your artwork by May 27, because after that, the Zynga community team will decide on 10 finalists for the community to then vote upon. To choose the winner, players will soon have to answer a poll in which they narrow down their top three choices. Based on that information, we'll have our design champion soon enough.

According to the official rules, the grand prize winner will have his Horse design incorporated into the game and win both a FrontierVille t-shirt and 500 Horseshoes. The second and third place winners will each score 100 Horseshoes--still not too shabby for throwing a sketch together and scanning it.

You can use pen, pencil, markers, crayons, and even software to mold your very own Horse out of the outline provided by Zynga (pictured right). Modifying the outline in any way is grounds for disqualification, so just follow the rules. That means no unicorns, got it?

[Image Credit: Zynga]

Are you entering the Horse Design Contest? What do you think the judges are expecting from submissions?