Happy New Years, Strudel Cafe!
As per usual, please check out our Winner’s Showcase to see last month’s winners.
We thank you all for spending another year with us, and to our newcomers, we hope you enjoy your time with us this year. 2023 will be a bit different in terms of updates and events. In order to keep everyone on the same page, we’ll be going over what you can expect from this year.
Due to limited resources, we will be cutting down on some of the activities we offer. These activities were popular at our species’ inception, however, as we have grown over the past few years, we’ve seen a drastic decrease in participation. Activities such as Part-Timing and Random Contest will be discontinued until further notice. Next month, the Monthly Prompt will be replaced with a monthly user gallery that will operate similarly to Behr’s Beauty Contest. Members can submit their proudest works, and the winner will be voted on! The winner will be one of the Midveilers of the Month, with the second being rolled from the previous Midveiler of the Month entrants as happens now. Homeroom, Great Pet Rescue, Lottie’s Luck, and Crabby Chef will remain unchanged.
Though we are saying goodbye to some activities this year, they will be replaced by some exciting new additions to our site mechanics. This month, we are releasing an extension of the crafting area: the Workbench! In this area, you can turn crafting materials found in the foraging area into weapons and armors. Six levels are being released to start, and will follow with more advanced recipes later on. More projects are in the works, and will be periodically released throughout the year. You will need to have completed 100 Crafted Items to unlock the Workbench. To upgrade or check how many crafted items you have completed, simply visit your unlocked Crafting Workshop.
Events this year will include our annual events such as Enlightened, Shipwrecked, Halloween, and the Advent. We will not be introducing any new events this year. Our efforts will be placed into continuing to improve and add to gameplay. Growth will be slow but steady this year.
We will rebalance the site as necessary over the next few months by observing patterns in crumb earnings. Treats will also be repurposed into new areas.
Some additional notes for this month:
- Several new crafting ingredients for the Workbench have been added to Foraging. For a limited time they be purchasable in the General Store with unlimited quantity (for the same price they can be re-sold to the Farmer's Market) until there are more in rotation.
- When foraging you can now obtain a higher quantity of the items you find! Most items will drop 2-3, while pets will remain 1.
- The higher level Workbench recipes will be released in the near future. We are ensuring there is balance in the recipes before releasing them all. As such, the Rough-Edged Sword, Flimsy Bow, and Basic Bomb will be temporarily un-craftable until the higher levels are released.
- The Crafting: Workbench Collection has been released!
- Don't forget, the Advent Prize Shop is still open and you can now discard your extra tokens!
All activities have been rolled over and are ready for the new month!
Featured Midveilers to be added once we hear back from this month’s winners
