Recent News
Tutorial TutorialBug 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!!
New Items: Noses!
You can pick your friends...
Happy Friday everyone! Have you all been well? I know the rain has been practically nonstop, which is making Robin’s flowers sing a happy tune but has left poor little Fray a bit... waterlogged. Thankfully we had enough of a reprieve that I was able to get up on the roof and patch all of those leaks in Tailored Fashions. There was kind of an incident that got me thinking - right now we have such a limited choice of our nasal features, don’t we? Well have no fear, I have brought you all six new options with no need to accidentally take a hammer to the face!
You’ll now be able to find the Sharp Nose, Noble Nose, Large Rounded Nose, Large Downward Nose, Hooked Nose, and Button Nose all as common items at my Salon! And don’t worry about the damage inside Tailored Fashions. Now that the roof is fixed, I can come back soon to help Andre work on that expansion he sketched up…
Code Update: 5/18/17
Lots of changes are going on around the site today! We are implementing a lot of updates to the backend, so you may notice some technical difficulties for a short while. If any of your problems persist after about an hour and after clearing your cache, please let us know in the Technical Support Forum!
One major change is the way our User Cheers work, so for all of today, you may not be able to Cheer another user. This should reset to the new system tomorrow, when Cheers are usually reset.
Lycus' experiments were not showing the yellow "Completed" ribbon to differentiate them from normal donated items. This should be fixed with the next experiment!
We've added a "Trade" button to the User Profile page so that you can trade a little easier now!
The Change of Heart will be changing later today to fix an Achievement bug and to remove the Accomplished Personality from any Kith who have used a Change of Heart. Now when you pick a Personality, it will stick permanently! We will be creating an additional "blank slate" item for users who want to have fun restarting their Kith's Personality over and over. This change will go into effect by the end of the day. Please wait until tomorrow if you want to ensure you get one of the fixed Change of Heart items. Anyone who has purchased a Change of Heart previously and wishes to take advantage of this change can Message me with the details (please include the Kith ID and desired Personality).
The Kith image in Stumped should now be working in all major browsers (though there may be some lag when first starting the game based on your network speed). I'll be testing this more throughout the weekend for bugs.
The "Decline" button has been added to Quest pop-ups even when you have all the requirements to complete the Quest.
The [Code] button on the Forums wasn't working, so we've removed it for the time being. We hope to get it back soon, but we don't have an estimated time for its return yet.
The timestamp on Messages has now been changed to reflect CHT, Current Hope Time, based on the site clock in the sidebar. Since this change means we don't really have anything timezone-specific, we've removed that option from the Settings page for the time being.
And finally, a tiny change that brings some big foreshadowing... you now have two additional item categories to help sort through your Inventory, Trades, and Marketplace: Recipes and Patterns. Don't expect that Patterns tab to stay empty for too much longer! ;)
