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Loafing Around
Ugh, it’s been so dreary and rainy lately. This weather has certainly made my walks around town a lot more unpleasant. I shouldn’t complain - at least the heat wave hasn’t started yet. Still, when it’s so bleak outside, it’s hard not to feel a little cloudy myself. But my mom taught me a trick for this kind of gloom. When all you want to do is loaf around inside the house, you should! More specifically, you should bake up some fresh bread.
The General Store will now be stocking a few new tasty Loaf Pan recipes alongside the Molasses you might end up needing. Just be careful about making a mess with it; not only is it highly sticky, molasses also has a very distinct smell.
I know White Bread isn’t for everyone, either because it isn’t the healthiest for you or because it tastes kind of boring. So to change things up a bit, I now have Wheat Bread to add some variety to your next sandwich. And if you really want to get adventurous, you should try out the Pumpernickel Bread. Instant coffee in bread might seem a little overboard, but honestly it’s there for looks more than anything; a sort of “eating with your eyes” kind of thing.
If savory bread isn’t your style, what about the sweet and spicy Raisin Bread? It can be the perfect walking fast breakfast if you didn’t have time to make anything else the night before. Just toast it with a little butter and you are set! And if that isn’t sweet enough for you there’s always Pumpkin Bread. While this recipe uses honey instead of sugar, I’ve still been able to use it to easily lure Lycus out of that hole he calls a Lab. Consider yourself warned if you don’t want something more on the pastry end of baked goods.
Either way, if you prefer savory, sweet, or enjoy them both, I hope everyone can try out these new recipes and fill up their home with the smell of freshly baked bread. Nothing beats back the rainy season blues better!
May 2017 Site Contest Closed
This month's Site Contest is closed! Thank you to everyone who participated, as an entrant or a Cheering fan. We've collected the data on the entries and will be verifying the winners and deciding any ties over the next few days, so expect to see the winner announced at the start of the month on Thursday.
Get your entries ready for the following categories coming soon:
-Avatar
-Kith
-Game
-Writing
Bug Fix: This Little Piggy
Yawn... It's unusually late for an update, but sometimes you gotta take whatever time you can get! I've added a few bug fixes for This Little Piggy, detailed below. Hoof It also had a minor bug that was preventing it from recognizing when a Kith's attributes were over 400, but that should also be fixed.
Added a keyboard shortcut to the Game Over screen so that hitting "Enter"/"Return" will replay.
Set the speech ballon showing the Difficulty level to remain the same in the Menu screen. So now if you leave the difficulty on "High", the balloon will still show "High" when you return to the Menu screen.
Fixed the incorrect "https://tatteredweave.com" URL on the "Return to TW" button in the Menu screen to go to "https://beta.tatteredweave.com" instead.
Reduced the spawn area of red apples, so they shouldn't appear so dangerously close to the edges anymore.
Attempted to fix the issue where your piggy might collect points but not remove the graphic of whatever it ate. I've tested it a few times and haven't been able to replicate the problem anymore, so hopefully that bug is squashed!
Set a delay when replaying the game so that bonus items do not spawn immediately when you play again.
Added more water droplets to the piggy so that its invincibility is more visible. The water droplets reduce for 2 seconds before the invincibility turns off again.
Fixed the issue where hitting a wet lawn mower repeatedly would earn tons of extra points.
Please note that it may take up to an hour to see these changes show up for your account!
EDIT 5/28/17 23:30CHT: Another update is here! I have attempted another fix for the graphics issue, displaying the correct Kith ability reward, and the "return to TW" button on the Game Over screen. It may take up to an hour for you to see these changes.
May Event: High Score!
Whoa, what's that in the Arcade? A NEW GAME! A DAILY HIGH SCORE!
That's right! I've totally outdone myself this time, bringing you a brand-new feature for this month's special event! Every game now has a daily high score that earns the winner 1 Gem!
Mom is helping me put together a record book for the history of all high scores, but that's going on something called a "landing page" that's still in "development" I guess? I dunno. Some shy rabbit-eared lady named Steph is in charge of that stuff, and Dad said she's super busy working on summer vacation this month. I'm not sure how you "work" on a vacation but... maybe she has like, a ton of party guests...?
Anyway, for this first week only, the user who earns the most daily high scores per game will get an extra-special award - the chance to design a toy for my Arcade! Wowza!! How's that for a grand prize? In the event of a tie, the user with the highest single score wins.
My shiny new addition to our list of games is This Little Piggy. I got the idea from watching Robin's cute new Oinkrometz from the Enchanted Forest! It's such a hungry li'l thing, gobbling up other plants and tripping over its own stem. Now you can sate your own piggy hunger by racing around a walled-in garden full of apples, sprouts, watering cans, and vicious lawn mowers! VROOM!! I've also included a little secret power for your piggy~ based off true events!
Oh! Oh, and, keyboard controls are available for This Little Piggy, but unsupported - so you can use the arrow keys to navigate and the spacebar to pause, but it may have the occasional little twitchy bug. Sorry! Keyboards don't always interact perfectly with the mouse & touch events that we use to support mobile gaming.
You might also notice a lovely little picture of our favorite Kith-keeper, Iris! Andre finally had time to sit down and sketch her likeness for the games, so now I can stopped using that photo of her in Stumped and This Little Piggy. Isn't she cute?
I've made some changes to the game payouts, so that now every game permanently pays out a little more than normal, but a little less than the x2 event. This will require some tweaking as we go! Please direct your thoughts to the Game Update thread here (such as if one game seems to have a way lower payout than others, in Shards or Kith ability points), and please report any problems (such as not receiving Shards) to the Technical Support thread here.
Most importantly... HAVE FUN!! Let the games begin!
New Toys: Enchanted Outdoors!
Sticks And Stones Can Be Fun Too
Ahhhhh, it’s been soooooo nice out! TheNesting Playce gets this great updraft so no matter how sunny it is I never get too hot! Piper’s been sending me letters saying that Hope is rainy, rainy, RAINY! That probably isn’t so bad since she has the Arcade to play in, but right now is the perfect time to play outside before the summer heat hits the Enchanted Forest. And thus, I have made some fun new toys for everyone to play with! Um, if you break anything playing with this stuff it’s not my fault by the way. You can’t blame me okay? I mean it! That’d be a lame prank!
Would you like to try the ever-useful Climbing Vine instead? It’s perfect for making your own shortcuts around the forest if you don’t fly like me or Burnie. I’ve also got the Forest-famous Paper Avoreal Glider! I know all the pros make their own for the big yearly competition but these are great for beginners looking to get into the sport of flight. The Slingshot is a personal favorite of mine, but please don’t aim it at people, even if you are loading it with rotten berries. Trust me, the trouble isn’t worth it. What is worth it is setting up a Climbing Bridge to your own secret hideout! You can even set it up at an angle if you’re clever, and use it like a semi-slide. Burnie likes to roll down them for some reason.
On the pricey end, I have the Toy Bow and Arrow Set for all you budding hunters. The draw on it is easy no matter how little you might be, and it can be a lot of fun to set up targets and take turns shooting with your friends. Just uh, maybe don’t play with it around Othidar...I think he’s still mad about when I was testing them out... Eyes of Rose, however, makes everyone happy! Who doesn’t love flower vision? Just be careful around any beehive logs. The bees can get pretty confused as to why their flowers are running away.
Once Hope stops being so soggy, you guys can even play with these back there! Getting up and outside is important even if you have super fun awesome video games to play. Most importantly, remember, even if you bought this stuff from me, I’m not responsible for anything you break with it!!
