FarmVille 2

Big Harvest Sneak Peek - The Order Board!

 

Big Harvest introduces an exciting new game mechanic: Favors. In previous posts, we've mentioned that you earn Favors by helping the local Townsfolk, but we know many of you have been itching for more information. Today, we are excited to answer some of your questions with a sneak peek at one of the great new features you can expect to see when Big Harvest releases on 3/28...The Order Board!

Cornelius has decided that he wants to start a new business that will supply accomplished farmers with the upgrades they need to take their farms to the next level. That means it's time to do away with the Village Grocer sign and replace it with the new and improved Order Board (and Market Stand)! The Order Board will connect farmers directly with the Townsfolk, allowing you to fulfill their requests which will earn you Coins and Favors. Trade these Favors into Cornelius to unlock exciting new upgrades for your Farm. 

We had another opportunity to sit down with Alex, Big Harvest's Senior Producer, to discuss the creative process behind The Order Board. 

 

The Creation of The Order Board

 

"We went through many, many concept iterations for the new Order Board and Market Stand before we arrived at our final version. We actually started with the idea of not changing the original Market Stand and instead adding a separate object that would host the new Order Board, but we soon realized that they should be joined together. Conceptually they were just too similar and we loved the idea of upgrading the look of the Market Stand for everyone."

 

Below are some early Order Board explorations. Concept images like this are an important part of the creative process, as they help the team identify what direction they want to take a feature. 

"Our next challenge was to figure out how to incorporate the Order Board into a new and improved Market Stand. We also needed to address how to communicate progress on the new Stand. We really wanted to make it so the player would not have to open up the Order Board menu to see their progress for the week, but instead could just glace at their Market Stand to get a sense of where they were at. We explored different ideas around meters, flags, and scales before we arrived at the chalk board."

 

Some early ideations of the new Order Board and Market Stand.

 

"Finally, we wanted to make a special edition version of the new Market Stand that is only available to players who unlock Early Access to Big Harvest. Luckily, we already explored the idea of adding stained glass to the farm, so we incorporated that look to the new Stand."

 

The Special Edition Market Stand (only available if you unlock Early Access on 3/21)

 

What do you think of the new Order Board? Are you excited for the release of Big Harvest? How do you feel about the new Market Stand? Leave us a comment with your feedback and you'll be automatically entered into the running to win a FREE Hampshire Pig on 3/17!

Suggestion Sunday - 3/16/14

 

Hey Farmers,

We know many of you have amazing ideas for FarmVille 2, so we've introduced Suggestion Sundays for you to share them with our team! This is a great opportunity for you to let us know how you think we can improve the game to better suit your farming needs. 

 

How to Share Feedback:

If you have a great idea that you would like to share, please comment in the most current Suggestion Sunday post. If you have feedback about multiple features, please feel free to leave individual comments for each topic!

As the name implies, we will create a new Suggestion Sunday post every week. 

All eligible commenters will be automatically entered to win 100 Farm Bucks! 

 

Add Me Friday - 3/14/14

 

 

Even the most talented farmers can use a helping hand from time to time. Whether it's some extra water or another plow to harvest your crops, a great Neighbor can make all the difference when you're having a tough day on the farm. 

However, we know it can be difficult to meet folks who are just as dedicated to farming as you are, so we're lending our players a helping hand!

Every Friday, we will be creating a blog post that is designed to help you find new FarmVille 2 Neighbors! Just leave a comment below to let other players know you are looking for Neighbors and don't be shy about making some new friends. 

Before you comment, please take a moment to read some quick guidelines:

 

Commenting Rules:

• Any comment in violation of the Terms of Service will be removed. A link to the Terms of Service can be found HERE.

• When posting, please be sure to include your profile link, or people won't be able to add you! When on Facebook, look in the upper right hand corner and click on your name. This is your profile page, and the only way others can find you. Once you are on your profile page, you will need to copy the URL in the browser address bar. Then you can paste that into your comment below this post.

• We encourage you to let others know what kind of farmer you are, and what kind of Neighbors you are looking for. Not everyone plays FarmVille 2 the same, so this information can be important! 

• Please refrain from spamming the blog post with tons of "Add Me" requests. This makes it harder for people to find Neighbors and we may have to remove your comments!

 

Community Neighbors:

In addition to our weekly "Finding Neighbors: Add Me" event, we also offer the Community Neighbors feature! The Community Neighbors feature allows you to add Neighbors to your farm who are not your Facebook friends. That way, even if your Facebook friends don’t play FarmVille 2, you can still get in on the fun! Visit the guide for all of the details: Community Neighbors.

 

 

We hope everyone finds lots of new friends and Neighbors. Come back to visit us often!

 

 

 

The Great Swan Migration, Stage 4!

 

 

The final week of the Great Swan Migration is now available. Assist Gus with his tasks and you will earn the exclusive baby Speckled Black Swan!

If you are looking for more details about the second week of The Great Swan Migration, check out our official guide HERE. 

 

The Floral Cart Is Here!

Spring is here, which means Barbara needs Wildflowers to decorate her Inn before all of the tourists arrive! Collect Wildflowers by harvesting crops and you can earn some fantastic prizes, including the Lemon Frizzled Pekin Chicken! 

If you are level 12 or higher, you will see the following pop-up. Click on the “Place Floral Cart!” button to get started.

 

 

Building the Floral Cart:

Your first step is building your Floral Cart.

Note: You no longer have to invite friends over to your farm to complete the building! You will notice a builder which will finish your Floral Cart in a certain amount of time. By posting and asking for parts, you will finish the Floral Cart faster. 

 

 

You will need the following items to fasten the construction:

• Floral Pots
• Floral Metal Sheets
• Floral Wood Boards
• Floral Saws

 

To collect Floral Pots and Floral Metal Sheets, click on the “Post” button to post to your Facebook wall; you will get the parts when your Friends click on it, or when you click on a similar newsfeed post. 

Click on the “Ask” button to send requests for Floral Wood Boards and Floral Saws to your Neighbors. If you do not wish to wait for your Friends, you can skip any of these tasks for Farm Bucks.

 

  

Note: You can post and send requests for materials to your Friends every 18 hours.

Once you have collected all required items, the building is ready for you to use.

 

 

 

Using the Floral Cart: 

Click on the Floral Cart to open the main menu. 

 

 

This menu shows how many Wildflowers you have collected and what prizes you are currently eligible to redeem. 

A – The total amount of Wildflowers  you have collected. As you redeem prizes, this number decreases.

B – If you want to send requests to your Friends for Wildflower Seed Packets, which are used for crafting 2 Wildflowers, press this button. Note: You can have a maximum of 12 Wildflower Seed Packets at any given time.

C – If you want to ask your Friends for Wildflower Seed Jars, which are used for crafting 3 Wildflowers, press this button and a feed will be automatically posted to your wall. Note: You can have a maximum of 12 Wildflower Seed Jars at any given time.

D – If you want to purchase Ice Cubes for Farm Bucks.
E – The button to use when you want to collect Wildflowers by crafting in the Workshop. 

F – The button to use when you want to redeem a prize. Once you have enough Wildflowers, this button will turn turquoise.
G – The number of Farm Bucks required to purchase the prize.

 

Collecting Wildflowers: 

You can find more likely Wildflowers by harvesting the following crops:

• Hibiscus Packet
• Honeysuckle Packet
• Sunflower
• White Lily
• Lavender
• Agave
• Pink Rose
• Tea Plant

You can also find Wildflowers by harvesting other crops. They will appear on your farm in a similar fashion to Prize Goods.

 

 

 

When a Wildflower appears on your farm after harvesting, click on it and you will see the following pop-up:

 

   

  

Click on the turquoise “Share” button to post a feed to your wall. Your Friends will be able click on this feed to claim some free Wildflowers for themselves too! Once you have clicked on the Wild Flower, it will be automatically added to your Floral Cart. 

 

Crafting: You can craft your very own Wildflowers via the Crafting Workshop. From Floral Cart menu, click on the “Craft” button to open the Workshop. The two Recipes for Wildflowers are as follows:

  

• 2 Wildflowers: To craft 2 Wildflowers, you will need Wildflower Seed Packets and Pieces of Wood. Click on the “Ask” button to send requests for Wildflower Seed Packets to your Friends. If you do not wish to wait for your Friends, you can skip any of these tasks for Farm Bucks. Note: To get Pieces of Wood, harvest for example Pine Trees and White Willow Trees (harvesting Heirloom Trees are count and gives you the chance to craft heirloom Wildflowers).

 

 

 

• 3 Wildflowers: To craft 3 Wildflowers, you will need Wildflower Seed Jars and Mud. To collect Wildflower Seed Jars, click on the “Post” button to post to your Facebook wall – you will get the parts when your Friends click on it, or when you click on a similar newsfeed post.

 

 

Note: Individual Wildflowers can also be purchased with Farm Bucks from the Floral Cart menu.

 

Redeeming Wildflowers for Prizes: 

Once you have collected enough Wildflowers, you can redeem them for some beautiful prizes. Click on your Floral Cart to open up your progress menu. 

At the bottom of this menu, there are a total of four prizes that you can redeem for Ice Cubes: 

• Tricycle Planter (23 Wildflowers)
• Pack of 3 Wildflower Pavors (41 Wildflowers)
• Balsa Tree (72 Wildflowers)
• Wildflower Gazebo (90 Wildflowers)

All four of these prizes can be redeemed as many times as you like, as long as you have enough Wildflowers. Once you have collected all four of the above prizes, you will earn the a Lemon Frizzled Pekin Chicken!

 

 

Note: The Lemon Frizzled Pekin Chicken can be redeemed for Wildflowers or Farm Bucks more than once.

Click on the “Redeem & Share” button to post a reward feed for your Friends. Make sure to feed your little a Lemon Frizzled Pekin Chicken so she will grow into an Adult a Lemon Frizzled Pekin Chicken that you can harvest for Eggs! Note: Eggs are an Ingredient used in Crafting Kitchen Recipes.

 

Additional Information:

• You have 21 days to collect the Floral Cart prizes. If you do not collect them all, the prizes will disappear and you will be unable to claim them.
• If you do not wish to use the Floral Cart feature, it can be sold or stored in your Inventory.
• You can only get Wildflowers when harvesting on your own farm. You will not get Wildflowers from Neighbor visits.
• If you want to see how much time you have left to claim the Floral Cart prizes, hover your cursor over the Floral Cart.
• You are limited to one Floral Cart per farm.

 

 

We hope you enjoy our latest release and we would love your feedback. Share your feedback below and be automatically entered to win 100 Farm Bucks!

 

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Big Harvest Sneak Peek - Fields!

 

We know everyone is anxious for more information about our upcoming release, Big Harvest. Today, we are excited to show you a sneak peek of one of the great new features you can expect to see when Big Harvest releases on 3/28...Fields!

Big Harvest is all about allowing you to explore the limitations of your Farming creativity. In order to really unlock your full farming potential, we recognize that many of you need more space. Our answer to this problem is Fields. Fields will allow you to plant more crops, master your crops faster, get more prized crops, and save space!

This week, we had the opportunity to sit down with Alex, Big Harvest's Senior Producer, to discuss the creative process behind Fields. 

 

The Creation of Fields

 

"Originally, Fields were inspired by the desire to make farms even more bountiful. We wanted to make "Super Plots" that were the same size as a regular plot, only better. Unfortunately, we strugged with how to differentiate a Super Plot from a regular plot, until we were inspired to try making them larger. Once we did this, we realized that the crops in a Field should also look more impressive, since Fields produce more than regular plots. Naming them Fields was the next natural step after that."

 

Below are various early concepts for Fields when they were the size of one plot. 

 

Below is a screenshot of  some initial tests that were done when determining the appearance of Fields.

 

 

"Big Harvest is all about upgrades, so naturally, you will be able to upgrade your Fields. Once we had decided how our Fields would function, we spent a lot of time exploring different borders to put on Fields to communicate their levels."

 

Below are various early concepts for Field borders. 

 

 

"We really wanted to convey a sense of progress from Field 1 to 2 to 3, etc., and felt that we were making good progress towards that goal. Unfortunately, when we put the new Field art in the game, we realized we had a problem; with both having wooden borders, Level 2 Fields didn't feel aspiration-ally better than Level 1 fields. So it was literally back to the drawing board until someone on the team visited a real farm and spotted a rope border around a field. Once we saw that, we realized that we finally had our perfect Level one Field."

 

 The final version of Big Harvest's new Fields. 

 

 

What do you think of the new Fields? Are you excited for the release of Big Harvest? What other upgrades would you like to see? Leave us a comment with your feedback and you'll be automatically entered into the running to win a FREE Hampshire Pig on 3/17!

 

RSVP for Big Harvest HERE!

 

Sealpoint Dwarf Rabbit Winners - 3/10

 

Hey Farmers,

Here are this week’s Sealpoint Dwarf Rabbit Winners! 

We want to thank everyone for sharing their thoughts about Big Harvest and we wish you all the best of luck in next week's giveaway. Keep those comments coming, we love to hear from you!

If you haven’t signed up for Big Harvest, head on over to our Fan Page and RSVP to the most exciting launch in the history of FarmVille 2!

 

Sealpoint Dwarf Rabbit Winners - 3/10 

Laurence Guindet
Janette Sloan Charboneau
Mark Munday
Dante Jones
Land-Low Debbie
Kathy Hein
Kelsey Doodlebug
Anna Papa
Michelle Pearson
Linda Wade

 

All winners will have their prizes credited to them by Friday, 3/14. Congratulations!

 

 

New Limited Edition "Wildflower Power" Items Are Available!

 

 

New “Wildflower Power" limited edition items are available in the General Store! Check out the details below.

 

New Limited Edition Decorations (Unlocks – Level 3):

• Sunflower Garden Fence - 4 Farm Bucks
• Lantern Planter – 10 Farm Bucks
• Lovely Wildflower Bouquet  - 2 Farm Bucks
• Sunshine Wildflower Bouquet – 2 Farm Bucks
• Whimsical Wildflower Bouquet – 2 Farm Bucks
• Garden Pinwheel – 12500 coin
• Wash Bin Planter – 12 Farm Bucks

 

New Limited Edition Trees (Unlocks – Level 7):

• Pink Dawn Viburnum Tree – 12 Farm Bucks; 21 Farm Bucks Heirloom
• Sanguinello Blood Orange Tree – 13 Farm Bucks; 22 Farm Bucks Heirloom
• Sunburst Witch Hazel Tree – 12 Farm Bucks; 21 Farm Bucks Heirloom

 

New Limited Edition Animals (Unlocks – Level 6):

• Brown Painted Mustang Horse – 30 Farm Bucks; Adult 43 Farm Bucks
• Brown Shorthair Goat – 21 Farm Bucks; Adult 38 Farm Bucks
• Buckeye Chicken – 19 Farm Bucks; Adult 36 Farm Bucks
• Wheaten Lynx Rabbit – 19 Farm Bucks; Adult 35 Farm Bucks

 

New Limited Edition Crop:

• Pink Perfection Camellia – 48 coin
• [Reissue] Crimean Iris – 30 coin
• [Reissue] Red Tulip – 40 Coin

 

Share your feedback below and be automatically entered to win 100 Farm Bucks! What is your favorite new addition?

Suggestion Sunday - 3/9/14

 

Hey Farmers,

We know many of you have some amazing ideas for FarmVille 2, so we've introduced Suggestion Sundays for you to share them with our team! This is a great opportunity for you to let us know how you think we can improve the game to better suit your farming needs. 

 

How to Share Feedback:

If you have a great idea that you would like to share, please visit the Blog and comment in the most current Suggestion Sunday post. If you have feedback about multiple features, please feel free to leave individual comments for each topic!

As the name implies, we will create a new Suggestion Sunday post every week. 

All eligible commenters will be automatically entered to win 100 Farm Bucks! 

 

Happy Commenting!

 

 

 

Big Harvest Is Coming!

 

 

Now that you have restored your family farm to its former glory, it’s time to take it to new heights of productivity! Inspired by your accomplishments, Cornelius has decided to start a new business that will supply accomplished farmers like yourself with upgrades that you can use to make your farm more bountiful than ever.

Cornelius believes you are ready to deal directly with the local townsfolk, so he’s giving you a new Order Board that you can use to earn Favors. Trade these Favors into Cornelius and unlock exciting new upgrades that will allow you to increase production and save space. Explore the limits of your farming creativity with the latest release from FarmVille 2, Big Harvest!

Early access to Big Harvest will be available on 3/21, and General Access will be available on 3/28. Be sure to tell your friends, and RSVP to the most exciting launch in the history of FarmVille 2!

 

What upgrades would you most like to see? Leave your answer in the comment section below and you'll be entered into the running to win a FREE Sealpoint Dwarf Rabbit on 3/10!