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White Eggplant Extravaganza LE Items! (Coming Soon)

8 July 2014 FarmMaster 0

Experience this summer extravaganza with a new White Eggplant crop, White Speckled Andalusian Donkeys, and more! Available for a Limited Time!

Start Date: 14/07/2014 End Date: 04/08/2014

Crop:

White Eggplant

Trees:

European Larch Tree

Heirloom European Larch Tree

Princess Persimmon Tree

Heirloom Princess Persimmon Tree

Tulip Tree

Heirloom Tulip Tree

Animals:

Child Basner Pig

Adult Basner Pig

Prized Basner Pig

Child California Gray Chicken

Adult California Gray Chicken

Prized California Gray Chicken

Child Wheaten Marsh Daisy Chicken

Adult Wheaten Marsh Daisy Chicken

Prized Wheaten Marsh Daisy Chicken

Child White Speckled Andalusian Donkey

Adult White Speckled Andalusian Donkey

Prized White Speckled Andalusian Donkey

Brand New Limited Edition Items Are Available!

7 July 2014 FarmMaster 0

There is an all-new set of Limited Edition items in the General Store! Here are this week’s additions:

Crops

Garlic Chives – 48 Coins

Trees

Heirloom Heartnut Tree – 21 Farm Bucks
Coastal Tea Tree – 12 Farm Bucks
Heirloom Coastal Tea Tree – 21 Farm Bucks
Heirloom White-Leaf Manzanita Tree – 22 Farm Bucks
White-Leaf Manzanita Tree – 13 Farm Bucks
Heartnut Tree – 12 Farm Bucks

Animals

Gray Peacock Goat – 38 Farm Bucks
Braunes Bergschaf Sheep – 34 Farm Bucks
Baby Braunes Bergschaf Sheep – 24 Farm Bucks
Baby Blue Pekin Chicken – 20 Farm Bucks
Gotland Sheep – 34 Farm Bucks
Baby Gray Peacock Goat – 21 Farm Bucks
Baby Gotland Sheep – 24 Farm Bucks
Blue Pekin Chicken – 37 Farm Bucks

Recipes

Garlic Chive Scrambled Eggs
White-Leaf Manzanita Wreath
Stir Fry Garlic Chive
Coastal Tea Centerpiece
Garlic Chive Pancakes
Heartnut Wreath

My Family Farm Is Almost Here!

3 July 2014 FarmMaster 0

On 7/3, FarmVille 2 will release My Family Farm to everyone! Soon, you’ll get to experience all-new features like the Family Farmhouse and Farming Jobs. That’s right, farmers. The wait is almost over!

Before you send your sweetheart into The Cave, we wanted to share a final bit of concept art. To do that we turned to Senior Producer Alex, who gave us some great pieces and a glimpse into the future of My Family Farm.

Take it away, Alex!

Evolution of a Loading Screen

For big new features like My Family Farm, we really like to create a new loading screen. These loading screen images require work to capture the spirit and feel of the feature, so we often start on them early in the design phase. Below you can see some early sketches for MFF that include not only your sweetheart, but kids as well.

“Some early sketches for My Family Farm..“

[As] we moved forward with designing the feature we decided to move the release of kids to a later date (but they are coming soon!) so that we could really focus on building the relationship with your sweetheart.That said, you’ll probably see some similarities in sketch 3 above to our current MFF loading screen, and in the concept below you can see an even further progression towards the final loading screen.

By this point, we had established that we wanted to show the new Family Farmhouse in the background, and include a happy couple working on learning the new Animal Care farm job by feeding pigs in the foreground.

“Similar to Sketch #3, above.”

And in the very-close-to-final screen below, you can see that a lot more detail has been added (including animals reaping the benefits of the Animal Care Farm Job), and the entire image has had a beautiful pain-over to bring it to life.

“And it makes a neat desktop, too!”

“Chill Out with Gus, Recipes & Crafts” (Coming Soon)

1 July 2014 FarmMaster 0

Kitchen Recipes:

Stir Fry Garlic Chive

Garlic Chive Pancakes

Garlic Chive Scrambled Eggs

Workshop Crafts:

Heartnut Wreath

Heirloom Heartnut Wreath

Coastal Tea Centerpiece

Heirloom Coastal Tea Centerpiece

White-Leaf Manzanita Wreath

Heirloom White-Leaf Manzanita Wreath

The Sheep Racing (Coming Soon)

1 July 2014 FarmMaster 0

Build Your Starting Gate:

An Adult Black Breasted Malay Chicken:

My Family Farm: Tip #3 (Farming Jobs Part 3)

30 June 2014 FarmMaster 0

Early Access to My Family Farm is available, and on 7/3 General Access will arrive. To get you ready, we’re tearching farmers about the Farming Jobs your sweetheart can do to help out around the farm!

Farming Jobs Part 3:

In addition to the Farming Jobs that you probably recognize by now – Crop Care, Tree Care, Animal Care, Baby Animal Care, and Tree Pruning – there are new types of Farming Jobs your spouse can learn: Foraging, Pearl Diving, and Cave Exploring.

These new farming jobs give special items that are worth a lot when you craft with them. For instance, in the image below you can see that the Pearl Diving farming job gives you Pearls under the Job Benefits heading.

“Pearl Diving gives you Pearls!”

If you go to your Crafting Workshop, you’ll see a number of new items you can craft using Pearls that are worth a lot. For instance, Heirloom White Pearl Cream is worth a lot of coins!

In addition to the coin value of many of the new items you can find using the farming jobs, orders that ask for these items are worth a lot more too! For instance, in the order below that asks for Pearls from the Pearl Diving farm job and Mushrooms from the Foraging farm Job, you can see that not only is the order worth a good amount of coins, but it is worth 5 Favors. This number of favors is almost twice as much as regular orders!

“The new farm job areas will help you gain both coins and favors faster!”

Your sweetheart starts with only two Energy, but as they learn more Farming jobs they’ll gain more Energy to use. The last farm job area you unlock and teach to your sweetheart is Cave Exploring, which comes with something extra. The fourth and final Energy is earned by learning Cave Exploring.

So not only do you get more coins and favors when you unlock and use the new Farm Job areas, but you also get more energy when you learn the final Farm Job!

RSVP HERE

“Chill Out with Gus!” LE Items! (Coming Soon)

28 June 2014 FarmMaster 0

Farmville 2 is about to released a new collection limited edition items and it will be a Heating up with Summer theme.

Start Date: 07/07/2014 End Date: 28/07/2014

Crop:

Garlic Chives

Animals:

Child Blue Pekin Chicken

Adult BluePekin Chicken

Prized BluePekin Chicken

Child Braunes Bergschaf Sheep

Adult Braunes Bergschaf Sheep

Prized Braunes Bergschaf Sheep

Child Gotland Sheep

Adult Gotland Sheep

Prized Gotland Sheep

Child Gray Peacock Goat

Adult Gray Peacock Goat

Prized Gray Peacock Goat

Trees:

Coastal Tea Tree

Heirloom Coastal Tea Tree

Heartnut Tree

Heirloom Heartnut Tree

White-Leaf Manzanita Tree

Heirloom White-Leaf Manzanita Tree

Build Your Mayoral Election Button Crates! (Coming Soon)

26 June 2014 FarmMaster 0

Building the Mayoral Election Button Crates:

Final Reward:

Celebrate the Wedding: Wedding Table!

25 June 2014 FarmMaster 0

Aside from the pop-up, you can also find the Wedding Table in the Inventory.

Once the Wedding Table is placed in the Farm, build it with the following materials.

Once building is complete, it will appear like this

It’s time to celebrate!

Step 1 of 2: Crafting Time! (1 of 5 Receptions!)

Step 2 of 2: Invite Friends! (1 of 5 Receptions!)

Rewards: 1 of 5 Receptions

Step 1 of 2: Crafting Time! (2 of 5 Receptions!)

Step 2 of 2: Invite Friends! (2 of 5 Receptions!)

Rewards: 2 of 5 Receptions

Step 1 of 2: Crafting Time! (3 of 5 Receptions!)

Step 2 of 2: Invite Friends! (3 of 5 Receptions!)

Rewards: 3 of 5 Receptions

Step 1 of 2: Crafting Time! (4 of 5 Receptions!)

Step 2 of 2: Invite Friends! (4 of 5 Receptions!)

Rewards: 4 of 5 Receptions

Step 1 of 2: Crafting Time! (5 of 5 Receptions!)

Step 2 of 2: Invite Friends! (5 of 5 Receptions!)

Rewards: 5 of 5 Receptions

Once you have completed all the tasks, you will have the opportunity to repeat this.

Wedding Table is available in the Market for 25,000 Farm Coins if you opt to repeat the task.

You can place more another Wedding Table in your Farm to repeat all the tasks for more rewards!

Happy Farming!

New Limited Edition Items Are Now Available! – 6/24/14

24 June 2014 FarmMaster 0

What is your farm missing? The FarmVille 2 team has added lovely new animals, crops, and trees to the General Store, but they’ll only be available for a little while! There are even new recipes available. Check out the details below!

Crops:

Red Spanish Marigold – 42 Coins

Trees:

Heirloom Fantasia Nectarine Tree – 22 Farm Bucks

Fantasia Nectarine Tree – 13 Farm Bucks

Heirloom Tanzania Sour Plum Tree – 22 Farm Bucks

Tanzania Sour Plum Tree – 13 Farm Bucks

Heirloom Hognut Tree – 21 Farm Bucks

Hognut Tree – 12 Farm Bucks

Animals:

Moura Pig – 41 Farm Bucks

Baby Dorper Sheep – 21 Farm Bucks

Black Banteng Cow – 43 Farm Bucks

White Buckskin Minihorse – 43 Farm Bucks

Baby Moura Pig – 28 Farm Bucks

Dorper Sheep – 34 Farm Bucks

Baby Black Banteng Cow – 30 Farm Bucks

Baby White Buckskin Minihorse – 30 Farm Bucks

Recipes:

Red Spanish Marigold Plate

Red Spanish Marigold Bouquet

Sour Plum Quencher Red Spanish Marigold Cup

Red Spanish Marigold Boutonniere

Fantasia Nectarine Cupcake

Red Spanish Marigold Vase

Red Spanish Marigold Doll

Hognut Pie

My Family Farm: Tip #2 (Family Jobs Pt. 2)

24 June 2014 FarmMaster 0

The FarmVille 2 team wants you to be prepared for the release of My Family Farm! We discussed Family Jobs in our previous Tips post and now we’re going to explore those a little more.

We will be sharing tips like these in the weeks leading up the release of My Family Farm on 7/3.

Family Jobs Part 2:

Last time we talked about how your sweetheart could learn to do jobs around the farm, like Crop Care, but this time we wanted to tell you a little bit about why these jobs are so great, and give you a sneak peak at what a couple of them do.

The Crop Care Family Job works a lot like what you get from Farm Hands in that you can have your sweetheart Water, Fertilize, Speed Grow, or Harvest any crops on the farm, and they won’t use any of your Water, Fertilizer or Speed Grow to help you. But the big difference is that Crop Care gives you a whole lot more help than a Farm Hand, making them really great partners on your farm!

“The first farming job your sweetheart can learn is Crop Care.”

You can help them learn other farming jobs that go way beyond what Farmhands can do, like Tree Care, where your sweetheart can water, fertilize or speed grow trees, and Baby Animal Care where they’ll be able to give Milk Bottles to raise up baby animals on your farm!

Finally there are three new farming job areas on your farm, like the Cave, where you can explore to find new rare resources to craft extremely valuable items to sell at your Market Stall or through the Big Harvest Order Board.

RSVP HERE

Market LE Items “The Growing Season” (Coming Soon)

21 June 2014 FarmMaster 0

Celebrate the Growing Season with French Yogurt Cake, Berry Goat Cheese Tarts, Moon and Stars Watermelon, Russian Orloff Chicken and more! Available for a Limited Time!

Start Date: 30/06/2014 End Date: 28/07/2014

Animals:

Baby Spotted Nigerian Dwarf Goat

Spotted Nigerian Dwarf Goat

Prized Spotted Nigerian Dwarf Goat

Baby Satin Angora Rabbit

Satin Angora Rabbit

Prized Satin Angora Rabbit

Baby Pomeranian Duck

Pomeranian Duck

Prized Pomeranian Duck

Baby Russian Orloff Chicken

Russian Orloff Chicken

Prized Russian Orloff Chicken

Trees:

Red Pine Tree

Heirloom Red Pine Tree

Custard Apple Tree

Heirloom Custard Apple Tree

Red Mombin Tree

Heirloom Red Mombin Tree

Crop:

Moon and Stars Watermelon

Recipes:

Red Mombin Butter

Heirloom Red Mombin Butter

Red Mombin Rasam

Heirloom Red Mombin Rasam

Custard Apple Ice Cream

Heirloom Custard Apple Ice Cream

Pickled Watermelon

French Yogurt Cake

Watermelon Cookies

Berry Goat Cheese Tart

Moon and Star Salad

Workshop Crafts:

Eiffel Tower Model

Heirloom Eiffel Tower Model

French Flag

Heirloom French Flag

Bastille Day Necklace

Blue French Beret

Celebrate FarmVille’s 5th Birthday with the Summer of FarmVille!

19 June 2014 FarmMaster 0

Today marks 5 years since FarmVille took the world by storm. To celebrate the hundreds of millions of players that have helped shape FarmVille into what it is today, we’re proud to kick off the “Summer of FarmVille”. Starting this month and throughout the summer, Zynga is rolling out special presents for players to unwrap across FarmVille, FarmVille 2 and FarmVille 2: Country Escape. Get ready to help us blow out the candles with these exciting new features across all your favorite FarmVille games:

The Dog Days of Summer in FarmVille 2: Country Escape:

Exciting new farmhands are sniffing their way into FarmVille 2: Country Escape. Later this month, you will be able to place a doghouse on your farm and use dogs such as a Border Collie and German Shepherd to retrieve premium goods as they wag their way through the farm adventures like Merryweather Mine and Pike’s Landing.

You will also soon be albe to craft delicious recipes in a summer cook-off to earn special in-game items. In celebration of the summer cook-off, and for the first time in FarmVille history, we’ll be sharing real-world recipes inspired by FarmVille 2: Country Escape. Recipes will be released on this blog starting next week, so stay tuned for more.

Love Blooms with My Family Farm in FarmVille 2

Wedding bells are ringing this summer in FarmVille 2. Starting June 26th, you can start your own family with the introduction of My Family Farm. Customize your own virtual sweetheart and use their help to collect water, baby bottles, super feed and other valuable items.

A big FarmVille thanks to all of our players! This is just the beginning of the Summer of FarmVille, so stay tuned for more exciting updates.

The Wedding Reception Table! (Coming Soon)

17 June 2014 FarmMaster 0

Build Your Wedding Reception Table:

It’s time to celebrate:

Go Cave Exploring With My Family Farm!

15 June 2014 FarmMaster 0

My Family Farm comes to FarmVille 2 on 6/26! In the upcoming addition, you’ll have family that can explore an all new area: the cave. Alex, My Family Farm’s Senior Producer, took a few minutes to explain some of the ideas behind the cave’s development.

Designing the Cave

“From early on in the development of the Family Farm concept, we decided that we wanted to have new areas for your family members to explore and find valuable and rare items to craft with. And when you think valuable and rare, probably one of the first thing you think of is precious metals, which is how we arrived at the idea of doing a cave that you could explore.

Early sketches of a cave focused on creating something that looked mysterious but not too scary, natural, and didn’t take up a lot of space on the board (as we know space is at a premium for so many players).”

“Concept #1 below, with grass growing over the cave entrance, won over the other approaches.”

“After a direction was agreed upon, we decided to tackle a location for the new area. The concept was actually pasted over a screen shot of a real farm to make sure it fit with the rest of the game and that it fit well.”

“The concept was actually pasted over a screen shot of a real farm.”

“With the look and location picked out, the concept group began to finalize the look of the exploration cave, arriving at this color concept. Right away in the color version the team realized that the natural looking cave we had hoped to get was looking a little too man-made. The rock walls looked too much like stones, making the cave look more like the entrance to an ancient ruin than a natural cave you would explore to find precious metals.”

“The cave was looking too man-made.”

“So we literally went back to the drawing board and took another pass on the cave to make it look more natural, and they succeeded with the color sketch below.”

“Put on your helmet, turn on your light, and get ready for some Cave Exploration!”

We hope you enjoyed this insight into My Family Farm. Everyone will be able to see these features for themselves on 6/26 (Early Access on 6/19). RSVP to learn more.

RSVP HERE

Market LE Items “Beauty in Variety” (Coming Soon)

14 June 2014 FarmMaster 0

Enjoy the beauty and variety of new Red Spanish Marigolds, Fantasia Nectarine Trees, Hognut Pie, White Buckskin Minihorses, and more! Available for a Limited Time!

Start Date: 23/06/2014 End Date: 14/07/2014

Crop: