Fan Guide for Simpsons Tapped Out
Fan Guide for Simpsons Tapped out is a freemium city-building mobile game developed and published by EA Mobile. It was first released on March 1, 2012 for iOS and February 29, 2013 for Android, with online gameplay supported by Origin. The game is based on the animated TV series, The Simpsons and offers buildings, characters and decorations that generate in-game money in exchange for progression, quests and levels. There are two types of in-game currency – cash and donuts, with the latter being premium items that can be purchased using real-world dollars.
The game has regularly received updates to introduce new content. Some of these include new buildings and characters, while others are special event content that runs for limited periods of time. In addition, the game can be connected to the player's Origin account for social functionality – visiting friends' towns and sending them gifts generates a limited-time currency, Hearts.
A number of bugs have been reported by players affecting their experience with the game. These have included issues with loading friends' cities and the "Harp of Death", where the game would freeze on startup and continuously play a harp sound. However, many of these problems have been resolved with subsequent releases. The Cold Turkey update introduced a new character - Santa Homer - and the Mapple Store and Barney's Bowlarama building. It also added a Christmas facade to homes, which generates a limited-time currency, Santa Coins. This was followed by the Love Me, Hate Me update that started on December 3, 2023 and lasted until January 10, 2024.