Microgarden changelog

v 0.25   9OCT2016
ADD pumpkins! Happy Halloween and harvest season!
ADD ground cherries!
ADD white apples!
ADD resize window (zoom) button
CHG change on the appearance of cucumber plants
CHG slight change on the appearance of melon and watermelon plants (flowers size)
CHG slight change on the appearance of peanuts' flowers
FIX blueberry and apple cuttings in seed inventory would say "seeds" (now say "cuttings")

 

v 0.24   3MAR2016

-MICROGARDEN 1ST ANNIVERSARY!-

ADD 1 variety of tomatoes (blue tomatoes)

ADD 1 variety of melons (christmas melon)

ADD 1 variety of watermelon (orange watermelon)

ADD 1 variety of blueberries (pink blueberries)

ADD christmas melon and orange watermelon can be used as ingredients for Summer Days

ADD if a new version of Microgarden is available, propose to update on game startup

CHG dandelions are now smaller

FIX looks like the savegame loss on updating Microgarden on Windows 64bits was a false alarm

FIX hints wouldn't always display correctly on certain plants (cabbage/kale mostly)

FIX in seed making tutorial, hints would not always display right

FIX looks like there was no actual issue with savegames on Windows 64 bits, sorry

FIX backups didn't work anymore, no they do

FIX green cabbage would grow to be replaced by seeds floating in the air at some point

FIX the link to the Summer Days web page would still be active after the link's text disappeared on exporting harvests

FIX possible issue with the size of texts in the game on certain computers

FIX make restore backup text area disappear on clicking on another control

FIX if certain menus were open when clicking on the backup buttons, elements from the backup menu would be missing

 

v 0.23   22NOV2015

ADD apples!

ADD first big plant, occupying more than 1 tile of soil! (apple tree)

ADD analyser now tells plant's age

CHG tile selecting square is now animated when hovering a tile that's fit to sow a seed in

CHG jerusaleme artichokes now take 6 months (instead of 4) to be ripe

CHG raspberries, kan berries and blueberries now take 12 months (instead of 10) to be ripe

CHG peanuts now take 4 months (instead of 2) to be ripe

CHG forget-me-nots and lambsquarters now take 4 months (instead of 1) to make seeds

CHG slight change on the appearance of sunflowers (purple sunflower)

CHG slight change on the appearance of black tomatoes

CHG program's name (tab in taskbar would say "micro garden" instead of "Microgarden")

CHG slight change on the appearance of peas

CHG inventories hover info text now separates plant's name and quantity of seeds in two lines

CHG bushes and trees (kan berry trees and bluberry plants) now grow babies only when they're big

CHG in harvests inventory, now blue hints appear on harvests that can be turned to seeds/cuttings even if hints are turned off 

FIX possible issue with removing cuttings-plants to get cuttings

FIX issue with plants not always growing at the right speed

FIX possible issue with trees and bushes making fruits and growing too fast

FIX it was possible to move the cursor over the toolbar buttons while carrying a pack of seeds

FIX sowing a seed was canceled if a weed appeared while trying to sow

FIX possible issue where it was possible to turn certain disallowed harvests into seeds or cuttings

 

v 0.22   10SEP2015

ADD tutorials!

ADD 1 variety of cucumbers (lemon cucumbers)

ADD lamb's quarters (growing spontaneously)

ADD link to Summer Days

CHG help got replaced by tutorials (accessible by cliking on the usual help button)

CHG appearance and animation of help button

CHG appearance and colors of sunflowers, now they're a mix of yellow, red, purple and white

CHG appearance of watermelon plants

CHG appearance of cucumbers (both in plant and inventory)

CHG slight change on the appearance of raspberry plants

CHG slight change on the appearance of white strawberries

FIX dragging the cursor around after pressing to remove earth...

FIX the language button would show the current language instead of the language you switch to by clicking on it

 

v 0.21   25JUL2015

ADD strawberries (2 varieties)

ADD mint (2 varieties)

ADD blueberry (1 variety)

ADD you can now create ponds!

ADD first water wild plant : cattail (1 variety)

ADD caption tool to see the name of plants

ADD export certain harvests as ingredients in the newly released game Summer Days

ADD the pack of seeds follows the cursor when you're going to sow

CHG melons images in inventories

CHG myosotis now grows small first then bigger

CHG help text about making new seeds (now explains how to grow new raspberries etc.)

CHG text in harvests inventory doesn't say how to extract seeds anymore (see help instead)

CHG when an inventory or a text is shown the tile selecter doesn't follow the cursor anymore

CHG harvests inventory text changed

CHG hints text now has french adaptation for "ON" and "OFF"

CHG backup code text area moved (it would sometimes hide part of the text)

CHG harvests inventory text now shows only when at least one harvest can be turned to seeds/cuttings

CHG flow of time text's color

CHG hints text's color

CHG slight change on the appearance of the help button

FIX possible bug with the flow of time text

FIX sometimes clicking to close texts (help, flow of time, hints, etc.) didn't work

FIX it was sometimes possible to click the link to the website even when it was invisble when a text window was shown on the screen

FIX if there were pollinating bugs around mint when it got harvested, they would remain there

 

v 0.20   2JUN2015
ADD 3 varieties of cabbage (green, red and ornamental)
ADD watermelon (2 varieties)
ADD pea (1 variety)
ADD myosotis (2 varieties) (growing spontaneously)
ADD Linux 64 bits version
CHG change on the amount of harvests produced
CHG change on the number of seeds produced
CHG no more Windows 64 bits version (32 bits version works on 64 bits systems)
CHG change on the appearance of bugs
CHG slight changes on the appearance of red kale
CHG slight change on the appearance of cantaloupe seed pack/harvest
CHG slight change on the appearance of yellow tomatoes and yellow cherry tomatoes seed pack/harvest
CHG slight change on the appearance of orange Kan berries seed pack/harvest
FIX pollinating bugs would remaing after removing a plant
FIX possible glitch with hints remaining on screen after removing a plant
FIX plants would sometimes appear above rain and hints
FIX dandelions would grow already-mature babies

 

v 0.19   24MAY2015
ADD green peppers and green long peppers (unripe)
ADD dandelions (growing spontaneously when grow babies is ON)
ADD pollinator bugs
ADD rain
ADD remembers game window's position on the screen
CHG few changes on pepper plants' appearance
FIX hints would remain on screen after removing a plant

 

v 0.18   10MAY2015
ADD peppers (10 varieties)
ADD new system for obtaining seeds for certain plants through harvested products
ADD install setup (for Windows)
ADD donation button
ADD credit/copyright and website
CHG (in-script) more retro-compatibility with previous versions from now on
CHG certain plants' names : now all names are singular
CHG terminology used for seeds now include the term "cuttings"
CHG new cuttings from raspberries and jerusalem artichokes can be obtained through removing an existing plant (thus letting plants grow babies) (this is the only way to get new raspberry cuttings)
CHG slight change on info text bubble's width to make it look better
FIX huge glitches with Kan berry trees
FIX certain plants (like jerusalem artichokes) would sometimes still show a hint after being harvested
FIX help change-page arrows would remain on screen when help closed when another button was clicked
FIX language button would always return to english on erasing garden, even if chosen language was still french
FIX hints could overlap toolbar
FIX couldn't grow more peanuts or Kan berries after using up all the seeds
FIX number of seeds a plant produces is coherent with the number of seeds sown at once

 

v 0.17.0   20APR2015

gardens saved with previous versions are not compatible with this version
ADD more instructions and help
ADD hints, and hint button (shows when plants are ripe, etc.)
ADD info text now shows toolbar buttons' names
CHG restore backup button's appearance
CHG yellow tomatoes and yellow cherry tomatoes changed position in the inventories (seeds and harvests)
CHG info text showing plant's name and seeds quantity now tells you the number is the seed quantity
CHG brought back the keyboard shortcuts (function keys)
CHG time flow button now shows the current flow of time on first click, and changes it on subsequent clicks
CHG grow babies button does no longer show an "ON/OFF" screen on click
FIX plants' names were always in english (even when the game was set to french)
FIX there was no way to get new seeds from peanuts and Kan berry trees
FIX cursor would turn to hand when hovering 'ok' and 'cancel' buttons even when they were invisible
FIX info text showing plant's name was still sometimes off-screen

 

v 0.16.0   8APR2015
ADD welcome text
ADD Microgarden now in french! (+language button to switch between english and french)
ADD backup file feature
ADD sunflower (1 variety)
ADD Kan berries (4 varieties)
ADD window border (making it easier to drag and move the game window)
CHG save data change (garden saved with previous versions can't be played using this version)
CHG plants grow babies less often (was 50% chances, now 25%)
CHG appearance of packs of seeds and seeds inventory button
CHG slight change on appearance of raspberries (inventory)
CHG number of portions jerusalem artichokes produce (was 100, now 50)
CHG startup text doesn't reappear after erasing the garden
FIX baby plants would appear over the help/info text
FIX sowing seeds would only sow one seed per ground tile for every plant (now the number of seeds sown at once is different from a plant to another)
FIX when starting the game the "time flow" and "grow babies" buttons wouldn't reflect their settings
FIX there was no longer a mention of how to prepare the soil to allow sowing seeds
FIX when raspberry plants grew babies, the babies used to appear fully grown
FIX cursor now turns to hand when hovering 'ok' and 'cancel' (check mark and red X) buttons

 

v 0.15   31MAR2015

ADD toolbar and buttons

ADD seeds inventory (+ harvesting seeds)

ADD your garden now keeps growing when you minimize the game window or switch tab in the browser

ADD canary (yellow) melons

CHG harvest records

CHG (programmer-only) the way plants are created (script)

FIX window could not be dragged/moved anymore (now it can be moved by dragging the new toolbar)

FIX plant name wasn't always visible when the cursor was close to the egde of the window

FIX canceling sowing a seed would also alter the square of land under the cursor (right-click)

FIX cursor would not always show the right image (hand or arrow)

 

v 0.14   8MAR2015

ADD spotted lettuce

ADD peanuts (1 variety)

ADD 'X' (close) button

ADD cursor changes to hand when a plant is ripe

ADD application icon

CHG slight change on the color of tomato plants

CHG cancel sowing a seed on right-click

CHG removed window caption in executable version (replaced by white bar with 'X' button)

 

v 0.13   6MAR2015

ADD control over the flow of time (1 month = 1 min, 10 min, or 1 hour)

ADD earth *gradually* regrows grass

ADD yellow/orange tomatoes and yellow/orange cherry tomatoes

CHG help and harvest texts are now easier to read

CHG help text changed

CHG slight change on the appearance of jerusalem artichokes

CHG appearance of red tomatoes and red cherry tomatoes

CHG appearance of black tomatoes and black cherry tomatoes

CHG appearance of white tomatoes and white cherry tomatoes

FIX plants took longer to grow if the game was closed then started again

 

 v 0.12   5MAR2015

ADD cucumbers (1 variety)

ADD turn on/off plants growing babies

CHG appearance of grass

CHG appearance of straw

CHG appearance of earth

CHG appearance of tomatoes

CHG tomatoes now grow flowers

CHG appearance of jerusalem artichokes

CHG melons now have protofruits phase

CHG jerusalem artichokes now grow flowers then dry out

CHG lettuces now grow flowers and seeds

CHG kale now grows flowers and seeds

CHG right-click now removes plant, then straw

 

 v 0.11   4MAR2015

ADD shows which tile of soil is under the mouse

ADD plants are at a random angle (0, 90, 180 or 270)

ADD stores the harvests

ADD plants grow babies

ADD melons (2 varieties)

CHG appearance of lettuces

CHG appearance of kale

CHG appearance of jerusalem artichokes

CHG color of grass

CHG the way the plants of the garden are saved

FIX removing plants wasn't saved

 

v 0.1   3MAR2015

tomatoes (6 varieties)

lettuces (2 varieties)

jerusalem artichokes (1 variety)

kale (2 varieties)

raspberries (3 varieties)

grass

earth

straw

earth regrows grass after a time