Zapak.com, India’s leading online gaming portal which already had aFacebook appthrough which users could play their homegrown games, has now introduced its first Facebook-based game called “Zapak Tambola“.
The game which is based on the traditionalTambola, also known as Bingo in the UK, takes advantage of all the social features Facebook provides and allows users to invite their friends, chat with them, send virtual gifts and earn virtual money and experience points.
Upon accepting the required permissions for the game, you are given an amount of virtual currency after playing a tutorial, which you can spend buying tambola tickets to start playing, or spend on virtual goodies such as gifts and dresses.
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If you run out of virtual cash, you can also pay through multiple options such as SMS, credit card, a netbanking account andZongwith integration to Facebook Credits coming soon.
You can also customize your avatar with different costumes, modify your gender, hair, face and skin color, and share it on your Facebook profile.
Finally, as with most social games, there is a scoreboard which displays the highest scorer daily, weekly, monthly or all time. However it could have been made more interesting had they included a Friend tab, which could rank my score against the scores of friends who are playing this specific game.
Story byVikas SN
Vikas SN is the Indian Editor at The Next Web and is based out of Bangalore, India. He is extremely interested in Indian startups and shiny(show all)Vikas SNis the Indian Editor at The Next Web and is based out of Bangalore, India. He is extremely interested in Indian startups andshiny gadgets. You can follow him onTwitter,Google+or contact him via email at vikas@thenextweb.com
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