New Release -- May 9, 2010

[SueW170]

Originally Posted by Raul

Hey there,

We just released a new version with the following features/changes:

1. The Watermill (coins) is now a facility that produces Corn Flour for snacks and other future products

2. The Oil Factory (12 FC) produces Olive Oil for different snacks

3. The Snack Factory (coins) produces:

-Potato Chips
-Plantain Chips
-Nachos
-Veggie Snack Pack (carrots, broccoli, celery and grape tomatoes)
-Peanuts in the shell
-Walnuts

4. The Confectionery Factory (32 FC) produces:

- Chocolate Box
- Chocolate Bar
- Chocolate Strawberries
- Chocolate with Caramel
- Candy Apple
- Candycane Jar
- Hard Candy Jar

5. You can now catch some walleyes and northern pike on the frozen lake for those who still have it, and it's available again on the store

6. You can now ask relatives and friends on special ocasions (like mother's day ;-) to buy you farm cash items as gifts from the store using the new 'Send' button, you will receive them on your gift box directly, currently they have to be your neighbours to do it

7. The '?' icon is now also shown on the market place, to make it easier for you to determine if sell the proucts or use them to make other products

8. The realtor bug showing the 'Seeds' window for some users should be fixed now

Enjoy.

Thanks

--Raul

Nice I could wish that the corn meal could be made in the same facility as the flour, thus eliminating the space needed for the water mill, but really water mills are often used for making stone ground corn meal, so good choice there. Now some day I'll need to have a little more river (despite it's gosh awful blue color). Also some day may add one or two of the other new facilities, space permitting. A little redesigning of farm 2 may be in order.

Now not to be pushy, but how 'bout a decent looking small restaurant as an alternative to that sandwich shop, for those of us who are trying to stay with a more traditional farm/small town look?

Great job with the FT game, Raul. I continue to be impressed with the quality and functionality of the application and how well integrated the programming is.

[Meranna]

Originally Posted by PRT

I asked before about the oil for potato chips. I know sunflowers, soybeans and peanuts create oil. The peanut oil would make the most sense because of growing time between potatoes and peanuts, but will that work? I don't feel like buying and/or planting things if I need some esoteric oil!

Peanut oil makes better sense just for the taste & cooking factor. It takes the high temperature needed & has much milder 'non-descript" flavor, unlike olive oil. That should definitely not be used to make "chips"!

[Taz D]

I think they meant banana chips. Close but not quite right.

[SueW170]

I don't have a problem with occasionally spending a little real $$ for the FT application since I don't do movies, pay-for-view television (and have the least expensive cable TV package available not being much into watching television), go to concerts, and rarely buy DVD's or CD's. FT is a relatively cheep alternative to enjoy in the evenings while listening to the radio, a change of pace from reading which I also like.
However, the recent design style change does take a little away from the pleasure I have in designing FT layouts. I may not be old, but I'm not a 10 year old either so buildings that look like something out of a Disney film don't especially appeal.
Oh, well, guess if I do get some of the newer facilities I'll just have to do as I did with the garish juice factory -- disguise them with trees. A shame really since the concept of small businesses adjacent to a farm makes sense and adds interest to the game.

[Charo]

Plantains are a cousin to the banana, bigger and sweeter. They're great when fried!

[jesdreher]

Thanks for the update! I really do appreciate the work that is going into this game. My addiction has been sated for a while now. One request though. Before you come out with more facilities, please let us add a 4th farm. I can't keep up with all the crops that now have to be produced. Currently only one of my three farms is dedicated to crops and it's clearly not enough. I really hate to clear one of my other farms. A 4th farm would solve a lot.

[Charo]

I would also suggest that if you are not going to give us a 4th farm, that you boost the output of flour, tomatoes and corn, since these are multi-day crops that are heavily used (or going to be heavily used) as ingredients in other products. The flour output alone could stand to double, which would allow us to use less of our farms for growing wheat and for other items. Wheat just takes up too much space, and tomatoes are a close second.

[kathy@setuplinux.com]

I love the new production facilities! I agree that spending a little cash now and then to expand your farms is worthwhile and makes them more fun. The money ensures that they will be able to continue making the game better.

One thing I would suggest would be the ability to move things from Farm to Farm (like now I would love to be able to move trees because I need to make room for more facilities). Now you have to store them, then move them to the applicable farm. When you've reached your storage limit, it causes problems. It would be nice to "hide" your animals like you do your trees and buildings because the cows and chickens take so long to load.

Being able to use the "four times" feature when you plow for someone else would make people more willing to plow and harvest for you. With all the production facilities now, they can earn money faster going into them than harvest and plowing for someone. Human nature makes people want to make "fast cash." I know I would volunteer more often if it was faster. Thanks for the great job you guys do!! I am definitely a Farm Town addict. It helps me through my stressful day!. Good job!!

[Marri]

Thank you for the new additions, but please, please, please let us purchase a 4th farm very soon! Not even asking for more levels at the moment, just a 4th farm!

[SueW170]

Originally Posted by Alanlee

Hi, I have the confectionery, chocolate, food preserve, snack, oil, and others on my 3rd farm. Feel free to check them out.

Thanks for posting the link. I had already thought that the oil factory would not be on my list of things to acquire. Now I'm sure -- what a design LOL May however put the confectionary on my wish list even though, in the real world, candies and sweets are low, low, low on my priorities.