Posts Tagged ‘SlashKey’

Farm Town Weekly Season II Episode 7

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

On November 20th, Slashkey, the developers of Farm Town released the biggest update of the games history. There are new crops, trees, and items in nearly every category of the store. What’s more, we now have new levels up to level 60. Happy Farming indeed!

We were thrilled to have Virginia “Whats Her Name” Johnson come and guest host the show this evening. What happens with two old friends get together after so long? Well, for one thing we end up recording the longest episode to date. We did take a brief moment to honor Virginia as we officially welcome her to her seat here on our Farm Town Weekly Board of Directors. Please enjoy this episode by clicking the play button on the player below. You may want to open a new tab first so you can Farm and play on Facebook while you listen. Happy Thanksgiving!!!

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Farm Town Weekly Episode Sixteen

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Farm Town Weekly Season Finale!

After a few technical difficulties getting the show started, we all enjoyed a great chat with neighbors both on the call and in the live chat room. A few jokes and a lot of community, I think you will enjoy listening to the last show of Season One. Be sure and join us this Monday to help kick off Season Two.

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New Farm Town Gift Item for Your Neighbors

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

I am so pleased with SlashKey for adding new Gift items to Farm Town. Some of my favorite Farm Town items are those that can only be received as gifts rather than be purchased at the Farm Store.

Jethro Hill not included :-)

Jethro Hill not included (^_^)

The instant I noticed the new items in the gift list, I had to wonder if the Red Crocus flower had been unlocked or released. I scrolled down to the bottom of the list to find that it was still locked and unavailable to give as a gift. I guess this is good news because it might infer that there is still more to unlock which typically would require reaching a new level or achievement.

September has been a great month in Farm Town with the variety of new items that were made available. My only disappointment is that there is still no Milk Can. It would seem to me that this would have been added by now but I will just keep on farming and hoping one will eventually become available in the Farm Store.

Have fun sending and receiving the new items and until next time, Happy Farming!!!

Farm Town Weekly Episode Fourteen

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

How do you feel about the new Farm Cash program whereas certain items require real money in order to purchase them for your farm. Jethro reads some of the thread on this topic from the official Farm Town/Slashkey forum and offers his own opinions on the topic. This was another great Monday evening spent with the gang and we hope you enjoy listening.

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Farm Town Weekly Episode Eleven

Monday, September 7th, 2009

Our Labor Day Special! A big group of our favorite neighbors new and old came to visit us during the live recording of this episode. Mountain Mamma, Ms Kelly, and I chatted a while about the new Farm Town items and features released over the weekend.

Also, we revealed our Labor Day Surprise which was a special interview/fireside chat with Jacques Lemon who is the creative talent behind “Farm Town – The Movie.” The interview was of course pre-recorded as Episode Twelve and ready for release immediately following the live recording of this Episode Eleven.

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Farm Town Adds New Rotate Feature to Structures

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

Chronically addicted Farm Town farmers will have already discovered that Farm Town has just received a ton of new items and has new features for us all to enjoy. If it has been a while since you tended to your crops, then I think this upgrade deserves your attention.

Of course not every upgrade will please every farmer, but one new feature is certain to please everyone that has a farm in need of a new look and feel. The new feature of which I am speaking is the “Rotate” feature found in the context menu when you click on pretty much any of the wide variety of structures found on your farm.

It has been a consistent complain since I started Farm Town farming that the direction in which our farm houses, barns, and even mailbox point is the direction around which we must design our entire farm. Until yesterday, Farm Town farmers had no ability to turn or “rotate” a structures direction. On behalf of all of us that have filed this complaint in forums, in chats with fellow farmers, and of course here on Farm Town Weekly, we all want to thank Slashkey for finally answering our call for this much needed new “rotate” feature.

This image illustrates the new rotate feature

This image illustrates the new "rotate" feature being applied to a barn. This works on all or most other structures on your Farm Town farm including the mailbox. Just click on an item and select "Rotate" from the drop-down context menu to change the direction of any structure where this feature has been enabled.

I would like to remind all of our loyal listeners and new farm town friends that we will be doing a Labor Day show on Monday, September 7th at 7:30 PM Central time and let you know that we have a real treat for those that join us LIVE. Listen while we stream live over the net, text chat with fellow farmers, and of course as always you are welcome to call in and talk with Mountain Mamma and I.

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Farm Town Weekly Episode Five

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

In my own humble opinion, this was the best episode so far because we had a ton of farmers in the LIVE CHAT and on the COMMUNITY CALL. What was really great is that all three of our newest Farm Town Weekly Board of Directors members were on the call with me. You may want to open this in a new window before clicking the arrow on the player below. This way, you can farm, facebook, and listen at the same time.

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On behalf of Jethro Hill (Talent and Janitorial), Kelly “Kelly Lynn” Paul (Chairperson), Michael “Big Mike” Mee, Jamie “TATER HEAD” Hodges, and Carolyn “Clara Belle” Lloyd McCoy (current Board Members); We welcome Deborah “Mountain Mamma” Escue, Mark “Mayor Mark” Gray, and Nancy “Nankamo” Lueck, our newest members of the Board of Directors here at Farm Town Weekly.

Farm Town Improves Plow Tool with Latest Update

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Farm Town Farmers are noticing that SlashKey has added a few of the most frequently requested improvements to help make life on the farm a little easier. Among the most notably and conspicuous was the upgraded plow tool.

In the last major upgrade, SlashKey added the ability for farmers to hire fellow farmers (employees) to plow their fields for them rather than have to do it themselves. Since then we have learned that a farmer must have 10 neighbors (facebook friends) on our My Neighbours list to unlock this feature.

New Multi-Plot Plow Tool

New Multi-Plot Plow Tool

The last release has been a big hit and provoked many Farm Town farmers to seeking out new facebook friends in order to add enough neighbors to unlock the “Hire to Plow” feature. I think having others plow for you and being able to plow for your neighbors was a great idea because it sparked more community into the game. I was also of the opinion that the ability to hire others to plow for us would reduce or possibly eliminate the call for a tool that would allow one to plow multiple plots or fields with a single click.

The idea for a multi-plot plow tool has been suggested by many visitors to the SlashKey/Farm Town forums since well before I started my farm. However, I have seen much less talk about such a tool this since the last upgrade. Nevertheless, SlashKey has delivered this feature to the delight of many of the neighbors with which I visited this evening after discovering it in my tools menu.

Farm Town Weekly Episode Four

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Jethro offers some information to help his Farm Town friends and neighbors with avoiding or otherwise disinfecting a virus infected computer. Recommended resources discussed on the program are listed below the player in post.

Farm Town Weekly welcomes Carolyn “Clara Belle” Lloyd McCoy to her seat on our Board of Directors. Jet requests listeners to send in their photos of things in real life that remind them of Farm Town. Shout-outs, Good Neighbor of the Week, and the name of Jets bull are all here in this episode of Farm Town Weekly.

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Farm Town Weekly Episode Two

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

A quick review of our first Farm Town Weekly Poll, name suggestions for Jet’s Farm Town bull, and a few new ideas on this episode of Farm Town Weekly. Also, Jethro gives a shout-out to his choice for neighbor of the week.

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