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Using MIT’s latest computer task automation software via screenshots, this post demonstrates how you can legally hack Facebook games such as Country Story, Cafeworld and others. I say legally, because there are other illegal methods, i.e. hacking into the database files and modifying the values for your account. Let’s not go there..

If you find yourself constantly struggling to gain that extra experience or surpass your friends in points or coins, everyday, day and night, because you just don’t have enough time to sit in front of Facebook 18 hours a day, then Sikuli will be your new best friend.

It really helps to have “someone” do the playing while you’re in the shower, walking the dog, taking a nap, at work, or just feel like sitting around and watching while your game automatically plays itself. It just so happens that the “someone” can be your computer itself. What a wonderfully intriguing notion!

Watch the following video demo and follow the general tips below to start automating your Facebook games.

1. Click here to download Sikuli. For Windows users, the recommended file is the .zip version. There’s no installation involved with that version, so it’s easier.

Of course, you’ll need the latest Java installed; don’t worry if you don’t have Java, it will automatically bring you to the Java download page.

Also, a list of the commands for Sikuli can be found here. Keep this handy, as it’s an invaluable reference for performing all things that Sikuli can handle.

The video demo below gives a brief intro on Sikuli. Watch it first if you want to get acquainted with Sikuli (highly recommended). The program basically allows you to program whatever mouse clicking or keyboard typing task you can think of and have it run for however long you want. In this post, we focus on Facebook games, because heck, they’re so fun! But as you can probably tell, Sikuli can be used to perform nearly any other automated task on your computer.

2. With Sikuli open, click File, Save. Then type in a name for your program file, e.g. farmville.

It’s good practice to be saving your file as you code in case your computer goes wack.

It may seem foreign and difficult to code at first, but if you watched the videos above, it’s really a bunch of copy, paste and screen capture actions.

The demo focuses on Sikuli scripts written to play Country Story by Playfish and Cafeworld by Zynga. The scripts are easily adaptable to play almost any other Facebook game.

3. As you may have noticed from the demos above, the common commands are:

click()

repeatClickAll()

doubleClickAll()

wait()

find()

type()

You’ll find yourself copying and pasting these commands more and more quickly as your build your code.

4. So let’s say you want to click a stove to buy start cooking a meal. You would simply input the following in Sikuli, where the image is input using the “capture” button.

When you click the “capture” button, the screen will dim and then you can use your mouse to drag and select and area or item that you would like to be clicked.

Note: If you want to cancel the capture, simply right-click anywhere on the screen.

6. Timing and testing makes perfection, so depending on the game you’re playing, i.e. how resource intensive it is, how laggy your internet connection is, etc, using the sleep() command could help prevent your program from skipping actions due to timing out.

If you need any help, holler at me in the comments below. Email the Joey at joey@foolchannel.com regarding this post.

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