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Gameplay Updates - Oct. 4, 2011

Aaand we have another round. Expect these to come out twice-weekly for now, usually on Tuesdays and Fridays. The Twitter account for more timely updates is still in the works, and I'll let you know here when that's up and running. So, let's get to down to business. Bear with me, this'll be a long one.


Want to ogle stuff? Just press "C". You're now able to pan around a small area of your location that would normally be out of view. With the new skill Eyeballery, this area will be expanded to the entire level. Another new skill, Snapshotting, will let you save PNGs of the gameplay area to your hard drive - once you've nabbed a Camera of course. 
**Update on Eyeballery: this will not work in locations where you have either no mini-map or are missing your Rock (homes being the main example). 

The Rube has changed his game up a bit, as you may have noticed. He'll now only offer 5 trades (with a warning when you're about to run out). Finally, he has become something of an agoraphobe, and *won't* come around if there are more the 8 people at your location.  

The "Legalize It" quest has been updated, and will now send players to the Bureaucratic Hall they are nearest when they accept the quest. In case you haven't seen them yet, the two new Halls can be found in Baeli Bray, Muufo and Chego Chase, Andra. 

Team mining has been adjusted so that only the first 9 people count towards the total bonus chunks received, effectively capping the maximum bonus at 30 chunks.   

Blessed were the cheesemongerers, but now the rewards for everything lactose-related have been altered. Delays have been added to the various steps involved in cheese making, and the price of Very, Very Stinky Cheese has been set at 24 currants.   

We've fiddled with 11 recipes for foods where half or more of the ingredients could (past tense) be purchased from a vendor. You may find that some require additional (or different) ingredients you'll have to harvest or make yourself - no word yet on how this'll affect your eco footprint. ;) 

Other Bits and Pieces: 

  • New arrivals at the Toy Store: the Camera, Emo Bear, Lips, Moon and Garden Gnome. 
  • Completionist achievements have been added to Salatu, Tamila, Besara and Pollokoo. 
  • Barnacles and peat in the firebog areas will now respawn at a faster rate.

Update: You can no longer set teleportation points to any streets that are behind key-locked doors, or to seam streets. 

Posted 15 months ago by Blanky Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • "and come around if there are more the 8 people at your location." Did you mean to say that he will only come around if there are more than 8 people, or he won't come around if there are more than 8?
    Posted 15 months ago by Shepherdmoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • considering Agoraphobia has to do with a fear of having a panic attack in a public situation, he probably won't show up if there are more than 8 people.
    Posted 15 months ago by Traffold Johnston Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Woot! Nice one! Instantly when I came on I started learning eyeballery. Can't wait until I get snapshotting! You devs are the best!
    Posted 15 months ago by daniel5457 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Good catch Shepherdmoon, edited. 
    Posted 15 months ago by Blanky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i am thinking she meant he WONT come around if there are 8 or more people.
    Posted 15 months ago by Innie✿, Obviously Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for the faster respawning of barnies and peat!!  That is helpful for us in the swamps!

    Like that Rube has a limit...think this is a good change to the rube-conomics...

    Noticed the recipe fiddling...not sure I'm thrilled with this...liked that we could make most things from things we had as commodities...was hoping the recipes would have gone in the other direction and had less ingredients we needed to buy and more to make. 

    Haven't had a chance to check...hope the gnome and bear + can still be found in the original vendors as well as the toys...though I never though of my gnome as a toy - more of a lawn ornament...the bear move makes sense though.

    Looking forward (pun intended) to learning the new skills...

    Awesome that we'll be seeing regular updates! :)
    Posted 15 months ago by ~Pink Flamingo~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nice that the game can be updated without downtime and such. The new skills are nice, and the fact we're getting two updates a week makes it even better :D
    Posted 15 months ago by Draron Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I know it's for the best but... BOO, I want my cubimal boxes!

    The new skills don't really interest me, but the fact that new skills are now coming out does... Woo for updates!
    Posted 15 months ago by DTC Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Agree with you on both accounts DTC.

    I'm keeping my fingers crossed that fishing or beekeeping will happen! Fishing would be fun and could be a game of sorts, instead of just a filling meter. And my backyard would just look so cute with a bee tower in it and my glitch head to toe in Beekeeper fashion. Not to mention it could be beneficial to both the crop growing and cooking as the crops would be pollinated and I could make honey!

    er.... or that's my pipe dream. :)
    Posted 15 months ago by Avery♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Beach Bum, that is actually the direction we went with the tweaked recipes, if I'm reading your comment correctly - those foods will now involve fewer "purchasable" items. (Updated the update to make it more clear.)
    Posted 15 months ago by Blanky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • OMG....  Updates twice a week???   LOL!   I'll never keep up!!!

    Thanks for keeping us on our toes! :)
    Posted 15 months ago by Pirate Apples Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Woot! Thank you. :-)
    Posted 15 months ago by Alissa_Sparklez Subscriber! | Permalink
  • For the new completion achievements, what if you've already completed the region? Will the game give you the achievement when you next log in? Or something else?
    Posted 15 months ago by Demetra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Okay a ? re: completionist badges: Except Pollokoo, I was told other three regions are not necessarily complete. So those aren't firing yet, right? Because I revisited streets and didn't get the achievements.
    Posted 15 months ago by RM Subscriber! | Permalink
  • With the Completitist achievements, do you have to visit every housing development as well? Because I have visited every area in Salatu, save for the housing developments, and haven't gotten the badge yet. 

    Very excited to see new developments!
    Posted 15 months ago by Folderol Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'll add my 2c too: I visited all the streets in Tamila and Besara a couple of days ago. Earlier today I finished Salutu. Do I have to go thru them again to get the badges or will they pop retroactively? I did Pollokoo about an hour ago and got the badge.
    Posted 15 months ago by GreyGoose Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yay! A camera! I wish there would be lomography cameras too too.
    Posted 15 months ago by The Black Chicken Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Avery834: I agree on all accounts. In particular I really want to be able to make my own honey...
    Posted 15 months ago by Shepherdmoon Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The Completionist achievements should be awarded to you retroactively if you've already hit all the streets in the mentioned regions. If you're positive you should have earned one, and still aren't seeing it, send us a report. 
    Posted 15 months ago by Blanky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just curious: Which recipes were fiddled?
    Posted 15 months ago by Jhennauchan Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Exactly how would you suggest filing a report? In the bugs forum?
    Posted 15 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think we need a tiny camera in the wardrobe for glitches to wear around their necks! :D
    Posted 15 months ago by Voluptua Sneezelips Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Liza: In-game, there's a bug icon next to the icon with the ? and the volume button. top of your screen. :)
    Posted 14 months ago by Piratice Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Liza yeah, gotta file a bug report... I'm doing the same thing for Salatu and Besara as I used the GM street checker with everything showing "done" yet do not have the badges either.
    Posted 14 months ago by c0mad0r Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +eleventy for a camera to hang around our necks.  Only available to Glitches who have the skill.
    Posted 14 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Are more new skills on the way?

    In the Encyclopedia is see that "Bereaucratic Arts III" is listed - is this a new skill?

    It requires "The Impossible Achievement" to unlock though, and there's no encyclopedia entry for that, so I guess its on its way? :)
    Posted 14 months ago by Lady Diamond Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I haven't met Ruby yet, and I'm 15 level. Is it ok?
    Posted 14 months ago by Winkerdal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Is Ajaya no longer being available as a teleport location a bug or a gameplay update?
    Posted 14 months ago by DTC Subscriber! | Permalink
  • DTC, This is correct, and not specific to Ajaya. I've added an update above. 
    Posted 14 months ago by Blanky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That new one just blew away two of my TP points. The only one that I still can use is to the street my house is on.

    Ouch :(
    Posted 14 months ago by Avery♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think it only makes sense to be unable to teleport to locked locations. I know a lot of people will be upset by this, but again, it makes sense.

    Edited to add: That being said, I think keys should respawn more frequently. I've never been to Ajaya Bliss, but I just read in the wiki that respawn rates are 2 and 3 hours. Ouch. I'm thinking I'll never get into Ajaya Bliss now. LOL
    Posted 14 months ago by Becky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The Rube sounds more socially phobic than agoraphobic, lol.
    Posted 14 months ago by Cerulean Subscriber! | Permalink
  • got 7 teleportation scripts because I had Ajaya set as a location ... what the heck do I need these for I have teleportaion IV ... and if I remember the value of these was just reduced
    Posted 14 months ago by Garowetz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I already took Ajaya out of my saved TP location so that one doesn't bother me..well actually nothing does..am off to buy a camera ...Waaahhh!! Can't wait to use it..Roll on Friday for next update  ..LOL :D x
    Posted 14 months ago by Cryztal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Not scripts, tokens.  And teleporting with a token doesn't cost energy.
    Posted 14 months ago by Fnibbit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Can pigs survive okay now in mines now with no food sources? or will there be quite a few sad piggies in Pollokoo?
    Posted 14 months ago by gimmegames Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think pressing left or right arrows (after pressing "c") takes time. Clicking on the map itself is more useful. For example, after pressing "C" I clicked map on the specific place, so that I can see the street on this specific place, without pressing left or right arrow. I hope I explained it well :)
    Posted 14 months ago by Winkerdal Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for these updates devs :)
    Posted 14 months ago by Lara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I doubt they've made piggies in mines not require feeding.  So, there are several things that could happen to pollokoo piggies.  They could starve.  Or enough passing glitchen could try to nibble them, notice they're hungry, and feed them that they survive.  Or passing glitchen could hogtie them and carry them off to areas with better forage.
    Posted 14 months ago by Fnibbit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Re: the new Completist badges.  I'm pretty sure I had already fully explored 3 of those areas but I don't have the badge.
    Posted 14 months ago by Joojoo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Bliss wasn't any good anyway, there were so many people in there, it was crazy. :) You never got much that way. I had a teleport there but seldom stayed more than a minute. I think it was a great idea to stop the teleporting. Thanks for the tokens. :)
    Posted 14 months ago by Sierra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I have walked all streets, towers and blocks in Salatu, Besara and Tamila and still do not have the badges.  I have done this at least 3 times in those areas.  I am certain I did not miss anything.
    Posted 14 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • same I visited them all before this update but I might check them all again before I send a report.
    Posted 14 months ago by Raktivist Subscriber! | Permalink
  • By the way...

    The bad new is, if you had a teleportation point in a place that requires a key, like seam streets, then it will be deleted.

    The Good news is that you get a note from Tiny Speck saying that you got 7 FREE teleportation tokens, for being affected in this.

    I, have also got this note.  :)
    Posted 14 months ago by ItsShoop Subscriber! | Permalink
  • brib:  you can check in the encyclopedia under locations to see if there are any streets in those locations that you missed.  You have to click on every one, but at least you can check.  
    Posted 14 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • About the piggies:  I feed piggies sometimes but I always wonder why I don't get mood or xp in return for feeding them.
    Posted 14 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Brib - I'm missing the same 3 - I've put in a bug report.  I'm sure that I got all areas, but you never know.
    Posted 14 months ago by Stormy Weather Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just walked all the streets in Tamila, twice and nothing. Only 2 of the streets were new-to-me streets. Is there a hidden place in that one, too?
    Posted 14 months ago by Jarhaven Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hmm, did you change the requirement for Levitation? Pretty sure I can learn it before but now it needs the "Rambler, First Class" achievement which I haven't earned. I think before it only needs the "Junior, Ok Explorer" achievement.
    Posted 14 months ago by gamecharacter Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i am really, truly saddened by the change that was made to teleporting to locked areas.  because of stupid ajaya bliss, i no longer have the ability to tp to my happy place, plexus, where i am a jellyfish.  yes, i know that i can put my tp to where the key spawns, but it is not the same thing.  this really sucks.  :(
    Posted 14 months ago by katlazam Subscriber! | Permalink
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