( CNN ) -- Amazon is getting into the game-making game . The Seattle-based company announced its first major social-game title , `` Living Classics , '' on Monday . The free Facebook game is the first from its Amazon Game Studios , a new department at the e-commerce giant that was also unveiled Monday . `` Amazon Game Studios is exactly what it sounds like : a new team at Amazon that 's focused on creating innovative , fun and well-crafted games , '' said the company in a blog post on the new games.amazon.com site . The department is currently hiring , but few other details are given . The social-gaming field is still dominated by Zynga , maker of addictive games such as Farmville and Words With Friends and their various spin-offs . But the company has been struggling since going public in December ; Zynga 's stock closed at $ 2.94 a share on Monday . Yet another social game is n't much of a threat to Zynga , but Amazon has the firepower necessary to become a legitimate competitor , thanks to its large network of customers with active accounts . Amazon can also target any games it does build to users of its popular Kindle tablets . Amazon is n't revealing much about its motivation for entering the game market , saying only , `` We know that many Amazon customers enjoy playing games -- including free-to-play social games -- and thanks to Amazon 's know-how , we believe we can deliver a great , accessible gaming experience that gamers and our customers can play any time . '' The first game is a simple literature-themed puzzle game . Players are presented with busy illustrations of scenes loosely based on classic books . To get points called cash and coins , they must quickly spot and click moving objects on the screen . Levels include takes on `` Alice in Wonderland , '' `` Wizard of Oz , '' `` King Arthur '' and more generic themes such as pirates and haunted houses . ( `` Classics '' could mean more than just books -- one of the illustrations on the official Living Classics Facebook fan page show two X-Files type characters . ) Since this is a Facebook game , there are plenty of opportunities to play the game with friends . And since games are big business , there are options to spend real money on in-app purchases . Players can stock up on game currency -- a dollar buys you five units of `` cash '' currency , and $ 100 gets you 660 . However the feature does n't appear to be working at this time .
Amazon launches its first social game for Facebook . A new Amazon game department could be competition for Zynga . `` Living Classics '' is a literature-based game where you click on moving objects .