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Temple / Mercy System

Hey Beta Testers, the new mercy system is ready for you to see!  Check out the Temple in Town to get started.

The system works like this, if you sacrifice a particular item enough, you'll be rewarded with a very rare item and along the way some smaller rewards. This gives you a guaranteed path to get certain items you need to progress through the game.

The temple was designed to take items as you obtain them so that your inventory cap really isn't a factor. Y...

Cooking Skill in Beta

The Cooking Skill is in Beta!  Check the in-game Updates for full details and there is a new beta chat in-game for discussion/feedback also.  

Craftworks in Beta

After a very successful Alpha test of the Craftworks in the live game, the Craftworks system is now available to Beta Testers!

• The Craftworks can be added to your Workshop for 100 Gold
• Each item slot costs an increasing amount of Gold
• You can order and save sets of items as 'Saved Sets' and easily switch out what your Craftworks is running
• You can play/pause items in Craftworks if you don't want them consuming your resources
• This is a very power...
  2022-07-21 16:26:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Farm RPG's Birthday, Records Broken and What's Next

It's almost Farm RPG's 1st Birthday!
First off, can you believe Farm RPG has been online for over a year?  The "Official" 1st birthday is coming up on May 12th and we'll be holding an event to celebrate!  At the same time, we are on track to break 150,000 registered players by then, so we've got that goin' for us, which is nice.

I started on this game last April and it took about 6 weeks to launch it.  The game has sure come a long way...

What's Next - Updates & More

Hey all!  It's been a couple months since my last "roadmap" update.  A lot has changed and been added to the game since the 1st of the year.  I'm pretty happy with the progress, even though there's been a number of bumps in the road.

New Roadmap Format
For the first part of 2022, I was working on updates planned in a quarterly fashion.  Unfortunately, that isn't panning out the way I hoped.  It's not that I didn't make a TON of updates in Q1,...

World Premier - Promotional Video

This is a short promotional video I had produced for Farm RPG.  It will be used on the App Store listings for the game and shared on social networks, etc, and possibly used in ads promoting the game down the road.

I'm really happy with it overall.  It does a great job of showing off the game with some nice animations and music.  It highlights that there's no ads and you can play as much or as little as you want.  There will be more of these kind of videos made in the...

A Quick Thank You!

I just wanted to make a quick post to say thanks.  Your support has allowed me to do so much with the game, and so much is yet to come!  

• 289 days ago Farm RPG officially launched!  
• 120,000 people have tried the game since then
• Just about 10,000 people play the game each day
• February has been the best month ever for the Farm RPG Patreon with 1530+ patrons
• The Valentine's Event had the most active players ever at ...
  2022-02-25 21:11:08 +0000 UTC View Post

The Vault - Feedback [Beta]

Trying something new!  The Vault is in Beta at the moment.  Feel free to reply to this post with your feedback on it.  The max Silver winnings was lowered to 30 million Silver this morning (based on your farming level)

Objectives:

• The Vault should feel like a fun mini-game 
• The player should want to try to open the Vault daily
• The player should feel no issue in spending Ancient Coins for more moves
• A high level ...
  2022-02-04 20:24:50 +0000 UTC View Post

February Planned Updates

Hey all!  January is over if you can believe it.  It was a pretty good month for updates, but a lot more things only made it to Alpha and need to be worked on more for Beta.  I think this means February may be a very full month of updates.

Here's a high level list of what I'm hoping to get launched in February:

The Tower: This system is focused on endgame and is comprised of 3 major parts now.  There's going to be a new system that will engage ...

Game Dev Blog #3 - My Previous Games

Hey everybody!  It's been a while since my last Game Dev Blog post.  For this one, I thought it might be interesting to give you a bit of history of the "text" games I've been making since 2009.

Here we go:

2009 - HaloSphere: A Halo Themed Game

So way back in 2007 I had a big Halo website called 2022-01-26 20:07:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Trade Rep System Poll / Feedback

There's a Trade Rep System working on Alpha.  It's something that I want to add to the game, but there's been some concern about it also.  I'm putting this poll out there to see what our patrons think about a system like this.

Here's a screenshot of it to help you see what I'm doing:

Feel free to leave comments also and your feedback is greatly appreciated.

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Year in Review and 2022

Hey everybody!  It's been an exciting time working on this game and watching it grow.  Daily, I am just blown away at the growth and activity the game sees.  It's been a real motivator to continue to try to make it better.  Thank you to everyone that has been a part of the success so far.

Since early May, over 100,000 accounts have been created.  Over 9,000 people play daily now and there's somewhere between 23,000 and 25,000 active players.  The retention ...

2nd Dedicated Server!

Hey all!  Just wanted to drop a quick note that I purchased a 2nd dedicated server to run the database for the game.  This will allow me to run the code/front-end on one and the database on the other, which should help with lag and growth going forward.  I'm hopeful to migrate the database to the other server before the Christmas Event starts.

The Christmas Event is getting setup still and is going to be a lot of fun, so get ready!  

I'm able to do this because...

New Workshop UI [Beta]

The updated Workshop UI is now in Beta!  Take a look at the updates in the live game for full details and check Home for "My Workshop (Beta)" to use the new UI.

Also, a quick note.  The Beta system is working really well.  The Beta for Crafting Effectiveness really made it clear how poor the old Workshop was and how much it affected game speed.  Thank you for supporting the development of this game and for your feedback.

I hope you find the new Workshop a drast...

A Path Forward (in regards to lag)

Farm RPG sure has grown in the last 6 months.  This week, with the Thanksgiving event taking place, it became apparent at just how many people are on the game at the same time clicking madly, crafting, exploring and more.  We have been seeing close to 2,000 concurrent at once with 40-50,000 database calls per second.  Some of that is poor optimization on my part (which I have been frantically fixing) and some of it is just due to the design of the game (lots of clicking/tapping...

All About Alpha Game

I'm writing this post to help explain how the "Alpha" game works and to have as a resource I can send to new patrons.  

So what is Alpha?
Alpha is a stand-alone version of Farm RPG I use for development and testing.  It is completely disconnected from the live version of the game.  It runs on its own server too.

How do I get to it?
First, be an Alpha tier Patreon supporter.  You can then get to the Alpha game in a few way...

Game Dev Blog #2 - Events of Oct 24th

If you were playing Farm RPG around 11:40pm game time on October 24th you might have noticed some issues with getting items and, in general, the entire game feeling wonky.  I'm writing this blog today to go into more detail on what happened that night.

The night of Oct 24th

First off, I was asleep.  Poor timing, but I am usually in bed by 11:15pm most nights.  I say a prayer nightly that all will be well on Farm RPG while I sleep, but in this case.....

Apple Cider [Beta]

It went from Alpha to Beta pretty fast because of how cool it is!

• Craft Apple Cider from 100 Apples, 1 Orange and 1 Glass Bottle
• Can be used to complete Auto-Crafting Jobs instantly
• Tap any running job to drink Apple Cider to use
• If the job cannot be completed due to inventory space you'll get as much as possible, but you do lose the Cider!
• There are other perks today to assist with larger Orchards as well

November's Planned Updates

October Wrap-up

October was a huge month full of content, updates and growth for Farm RPG.  Along with a pretty large Halloween event, a lot of great features and items were added to the game.  We had over 15,000 people register in October!

Here's a high level list of things that happened last month:  Haunted House and a bunch of Special Help Requests (thanks Quest team!), Whispering Creek, Feed Mill, Pig Pen, Storehouse Storage, New Fishing UI and ...

Grape Juice Update

First off, thank you!  Thank you all for the support you show me and the game.  Your support on here is incredible and allows me to keep the game ad-free and able to give out a lot of gold to all players.

To show my thanks, I've increased the amount of Grape Juices you can use daily based on your Patreon status.

• Supporters get +1 extra Grape Juice use daily
• Beta Testers get +2 extra Grape Juice use daily
• Alpha Testers get +3 extra Grape Juice use ...
  2021-10-28 14:58:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Game Dev Blog #1 - How Farm RPG Works

So far, most of my posts here have been to let Patrons know about alpha or beta changes or to present ideas, features or additions to the game.  I've had a number of people reach out and suggest that I also post more behind-the-scenes related content and share how I'm doing some of the things I do.  So this is my first attempt at this kind of post and it might be technical, so just be forewarned!

One of the most common questions I get is how is Farm RPG setup, what's it writte...

Pig Pen [Beta]

PIG PEN IN BETA!

• Pig Pen is available to add to your farm now.  You must be Farming Level 70
• Pigs work like cows in that you can buy them for pretty cheap and level them up.  To do this, you have to give them feed though (from your Feed Mill)
• Pigs don't produce anything, and exist solely to be fattened up and sent to the slaughterhouse for Bacon
• Feed-O-Matic I in Farm Supply to feed all pigs at once
• You can name pigs t...
  2021-10-11 14:13:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Patreon Tier Changes

All tiers of support for Farm RPG have had their monthly Gold amounts increased!  There is nothing you need to do and the extra gold for this month has been added to your account.  This is a permanent change going forward as well.

• Supporter: 100 Gold monthly (up from 50)
• Beta: 200 Gold monthly (up from 100)
• Alpha: 500 Gold monthly (up from 250)
• Likes: 2500 Gold monthly (up from 1000)

Thank you for the continued support!

September Wrap-up and October's Planned Updates

Hey everybody! 

I don't know about you, but September absolutely flew by for me.  I think it was a great month for Farm RPG, both in terms of growth and new features/content. Over 15,000 people registered during the month of September!

Unfortunately, I did NOT finish every update I wanted to get done in September, but I did get quite a few things finished and some other things really close to ...

500 Patrons

Hit a pretty big milestone today at 500 patrons! I added a great special help request to the game today to celebrate.

Thanks for all of the support and I can’t wait to get more content and gameplay added this fall.

Locksmith [Beta]

Ok, the Locksmith is open to Beta + higher players in Town.  Here, you can bring certain items to be opened and get stuff from them.  It's basically a big loot system with a lot of options for use, especially for contests and events.

Also, everybody supporting the game on Patreon received a Gift Basket today you can open at the Locksmith.

In game, there's Grab Bags, Small Chests and Medium Chest out there to be found.  The Chests require Keys to open, so be on the l...

Wishing Well [Beta]

The Wishing Well is now available to Beta Testers.  You can get to this from Town.  

You can toss in certain items into the Well for the chance to get something better.  You get 3 tosses for free each day and then it will cost Gold for each toss after 3. The Gold cost goes up during the day but will reset nightly.

Huge Thanks and planned September updates!

First off, thank you to all my patrons that are both new and those that continue to support my work on Farm RPG!  Your support means so much and has allowed the game to flourish in a very short amount of time! (nearly 50k registered!)

Next, here's a high level list of things I would love to get done and out this month:

Wishing Well
This is ready to go on Alpha and will enter Beta soon (days).  You'll be able to toss in certain items each day for the c...

Book System (Concept)

Today, the books in the game were renamed to better fit my nearly finalized plan for what books are going to do.  Here's the concept:

Bookshelf would be accessible somewhere, probably from your Farmhouse.

You could "read" up to 2 books (3 with a perk) per day.  This would force you to decide what is the most important to you during that time.  "Reading" a book would activate the book's effect and each book would have a different amount of time the effect is for. &nb...

250 Patrons!

Thank you!!!

It's quite a milestone that I never expected to reach.  The support has been incredible and I probably sound like a broken record, but thank you!  Patreon has allowed me to upgrade my server, cloudflare and do a lot of things I didn't imagine being able to do with this game.  There's a lot of life ahead for Farm RPG.