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Garden Changes

Putting it here because it's so cumbersome it must be a bug.
Somewhere here recently (in the last 6 hours) changes were made to the gardens, presumably to allow for keyboard shortcuts. The problem is, they're awful. They don't flow through in a logical pattern, and if you have a split garden (like in the cave houses) it's impossible to interact well with the smaller patch.

I'd rather dodge the pigs. Gardening is now more painful than it's ever been, and that includes when you could only see 3/4 of it. Any attempts at mouse interaction gums up the entire works, and the avatar periodically disappears in favor of a menu window. It's probably the least user-friendly and least intuitive effort at the gardens thus far. The last attempt was much better, despite a lack of keyboard input, but this keyboard only input is impossible. All we really needed was for you to move the patches UP in yard, this overhaul kills the enjoyment of gardening.

EDIT: The dev's busted hump big time on this one and deserve a round of kudos! The mouse AND keyboard interfaces are behaving in a logical, easy, friendly manner. The little pop up to let you know when a crop is ready is heavenly... thank you, thank you for getting this wonderful part of the game working so well.

Posted 20 months ago by Travinara Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • All of a sudden today the garden in my house has completely stopped working. I tried both firefox and internet explorer, and both yielded the same result after multiple times of trying to reload the game: I can't interact with a particular plot in the garden--the whole thing is highlighted when I pass, the only option I can get is "tend", and when I do that my avatar disappears and nothing happens to the garden. I filed a bug report in game about this, and through group chat I heard that others experienced the same thing.

    While it was working, the only thing I had a problem with is that animals would get in the way of accessing the garden.

    EDITED to add: I posted too quick: this is discussed here, and the devs are aware of it (however, my problem is bigger than just my avatar disappearing, as the garden is now inaccessible): http://beta.glitch.com/forum/bugs/2809/
    Posted 20 months ago by Shepherdmoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I've been instructed the work-around until the gardens are fixed is to hit enter on the keyboard, select the blank spot in the menu, hit T (to Tend) on your keyboard, and cycle through the plots using your arrow key... to exit hit Esc.
    Posted 20 months ago by Travinara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I've got the same "tend" menu with no other options.  I tried many times, and was occasionally able to water a plot.  I even got one plot planted with seeds.  But it's really taking way too long/
    Posted 20 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hi Folks- gardens are still being tweaked right now, so expect some adjustments soon. 

    :)
    Posted 20 months ago by kevbob Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Edited my original posting... the speed at which things went from impossible to amazing is jaw-dropping. Speaks volumes for the in-stream fix deployment! Shining example of the technology you've created. 
    Posted 20 months ago by Travinara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The new garden actions were confusing at first look but now seem to be working in some kind of intuitive way, because without trying to figure out exactly what I'm doing (all with keyboard) it's all happening. Very satisfying now and compared to last test fantastic. The garden is a bit cramped - would be nice to have a couple of extra metres of lawn to drop things on and play with your pets. Also, where are the worms???
    Posted 20 months ago by Emu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd like to suggest that the gardens be moved up a little. Once you bring animals to the house, the path the animals take block the lower portion of the garden. 
    Posted 20 months ago by roderick ordonez Subscriber! | Permalink