As of November 18th, it has 3,111,049 monthly active and 716,088 daily active users on Facebook, and is the 89th biggest application on Facebook in terms of monthly active members and the 55th biggest application in terms of daily active members. The game was relatively unnoticed for the first few weeks of its being public but a few months after its launch hit the mainstream and met increasing growth rates, and soared in popularity receiving an average rating of 4.8 over 175,000 reviews. On the end of March, the game was set to public alpha/beta. Each time an entry code was given, that could be used only by a limited number of people.
Passes were handed out at CC Forums, Facebook and Twitter. First this was done to beta testers, later to a broader public. After having been distributed to all alphas, Critters started to distribute a limited number of access keys each day this time, based on first come, first served. Normally this is done by alpha and beta testers only. The CC community responded with a huge list of new name suggestions and the game was renamed to 'Backyard Monsters' in Feb 2010.Īs always, a new game needs testing. On Tuesday, December 29, 2009, Critters posted a news item saying that he was interested in having the game renamed, because unlike the name, the game had nothing to do with a desktop. Critters argued that they had been wanting to go isometric for some time, but had never gotten around to it. Some testers disagreed and thought that it should revert back. This led to a lot of protest, to which Critters reacted with a parodic YouTube video, showing Adolf Hitler getting angry for this move.Īfter the graphics initially had a different style, Critters decided to make the game look isometric.
Early 2010, it was decided that Backyard Monsters would (initially) only be released to Facebook. BM was a big project for the Casual Collective.
Development started in the first half of 2009, under the name 'Desktop Creatures'.
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