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zilloween

I know there's a date set for it, but a few days before counts too and it's hard to tell when it ends. I don't want to give out extra candy / miss days I could be giving out candy too much. It would be cool if there was like a little zille-o-lantern or something on the game clock when it's a holiday, so that we can tell for sure.

Posted 13 months ago by Horakely Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Really nice idea... a little icon that appears on-screen to indicate that specific seasonal rules are in effect... maybe clicking on the icon takes you to the forum post explaining about them. Then we could have different icons appearing there during different festivals.

    It's nice to be vague & fuzzy about these things sometimes but I think not knowing when the rules are in effect just confuses a lot of people, especially as you can still eat the candy etc - it just doesn't count towards the achievements.

    As a rough-and-ready indicator for Zilloween, I think you could carry a packet of pumpkin seeds around with you. When the "lament" action appears on the seeds then that would mean that Zilloween was over.

    (And yeah, the end of Zilloween caught me out a little too - I was hoping it might stretch a day beyond the calendar end)
    Posted 13 months ago by Snazzlefrazz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Exactly, thanks for the pumpkin seed tip that's a good idea. I will do that when it's around that time of year and I'm not sure. I think little calendar icons would be really cool, especially as I'm sure they will add more holidays.
    Posted 13 months ago by Horakely Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 to holiday notification. The little icon next to the clock is a great idea. Another game I play announces when it's a holiday on the first page you see when you log in, which is wonderful because otherwise I'd miss them all. 
    Posted 13 months ago by Meridian Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 to this idea.  It's very frustrating to be uncertain of when Zilloween achievements and items are available.  We also need to know exactly when the zille-o-lanterns will disintegrate, since no mechanism has been provided to make sure we get our pies.
    Posted 13 months ago by Lucille Ball Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +11 to this one!  The second Zilloween has passed and understanding of how it works will only get more vague to users.  Some effect in the calendar or clock (as suggest above) would be super helpful and avoid questions to the live help chat.

    Thanks for considering the change!
    Posted 13 months ago by Piña Colada Subscriber! | Permalink