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Asparagus, Quince Tree and Mulberry Tree are here! Be sure to check our Fan Page for more details, and where a cool (and VERY useful) gift also awaits you inside the post text, as a Coupon Code you can claim from inside the game. And, don’t forget to LIKE and SHARE if you like asparagus, quinces, and mulberries, and for more gifts!

Asparagus

A first in our game, the Asparagus has 10 little plants for each Crop Field, each one with 8 individual and unique stages (cases), and probably is the most accurate to real-life perennial crop in the game.

The Asparagus Photoshop file was a test of will, and during developing it was a lot of “I don’t think we’re gonna pull this one off”. But we believe we did – the tiny Asparagus patch you create will allow incredible variety, it will look very similar to a real-life one, and hearing those Asparagus Spears popping up and snipping them (with click locking) can be fun and addictive.

All about Asparagus here: https://clm.beetree.games/help/general-gameplay/asparagus/

There’s even an Achievement for it – Spearfect.

Asparagus is Farm only (limited seeds, you could move them to Bellflower or start directly there, or plant some in Farm some in Bellflower and it would get buggy and confusing really fast, with 4-8 cases where it could break). So, better to keep it simple, for now.

Plant details

To everyone who wrote to us about plant details, thank you! We’re very impressed by how attentive you are. Some of you pointed out inconsistencies you noticed in our classification of the plants. Surprisingly, a few of you also wrote to say that you were glad to see tropical plants moved to Emerald Beach and Mediterranean plants moved to a more appropriate Mediterranean climate. This was unexpected, as we were only expecting backlash over the move.

We hope the new Asparagus crop, along with some new features we will release this year, shows that botanical accuracy and thoughtful plant classification are things we care about. As you know, we have short paragraphs describing most of our plants, something games don’t usually bother to include. We like to think this gives the game an educational aspect as well. We mix light humor with interesting facts about plants, and perhaps young players read them, grow passionate about plants, and eat more veggies. 🙂

Of course, please keep in mind that this is still a game, and sometimes we need to adapt certain things to meet technical and gameplay requirements.

Quince Tree and Mulberry Tree

Two semi-classic Trees to compliment your temperate-continental farm landscape. Active in Farm and Bellflower Meadow.

Fixes and Improvements

• About 10 more Cat fixes and improvements.

• Fixed Joe only respawning at exit points to other Areas. Now, if his chair was nearest at game closing, he respawns near the chair on refresh.

New My Account section (WIP)

For our existing Facebook players, as part of our preparation for Instant Games, we’ve added the ability to upload your own Profile Photo and choose your own display name.

We have now confirmed that, for Instant Games, Facebook discourages games from retrieving a player’s Facebook Profile Photo and Name across games. This is, we believe, so they can let you play the game immediately, no permissions required. So instead, we created our own profile system, giving you full control over what you share and with whom.

For Facebook players, this section will run in parallel with the current system, until we transition to Instant Games.

We created this feature specifically based on feedback from our veteran players, many of whom told us that you’ve been accustomed to seeing the same friends in your Neighbors bar for years. So, if your old friends choose to upload their Profile Photo, nothing will change for you. You’ll continue to see them just as you always have.

You can choose to share your Profile Photo and Name only with your Neighbors, only with Facebook Players, with both, or with neither. You’re in full control of your privacy settings.

Your uploaded photo will be saved at 100 × 100 px, which is the maximum resolution we need in the game. We won’t store a larger version than necessary.

There’s also a practical benefit: the Neighbors bar and other lists involving Neighbors will load faster and run much more smoothly.

And yes, this feature is also available on the Web Portal.