Verpets

I have been working on a new physics based game, much like one you have probably played before!

Plushie Pummel is a game where a plushie drops from the sky, and your active pet swings a fishing pole at it to see how far it can send it flying. Mind the wind, as it can be a huge help or a huge disadvantage!

I hope you enjoy it! We will likely add a custom background image and avatar reward in the future, but for now the game is fairly simple.

We have added a new feature, Weather! Weather is based on a real location (somewhere in the Netherlands actually, where I was informed by brother Google that it has a good balance of rain and sun), but not necessarily the same temperature, and snow is changed to rain. Here at Verpets we don't like it too cold! When it is a rain type of weather, the header will also have a new rain effect (immersion!).

This has an effect on Gardening, as follows:
Clear = Sunny and dry, so plants lose water noticeably faster today!
Partly Cloudy = A few clouds, so plants dry a little faster than usual!
Overcast = Gray skies, plants dry at their normal pace!
Fog = Damp and foggy, so plants stay moist for longer!
Rain = It is raining, so your plants are watered naturally!

Along with that, Gardening has received 4 new plants, and 4 new variegation versions of them. These are new rare outcomes for you to collect while Gardening!

Shops also stock less items compare to their full stock, but I think this will be a good long term change. Search around for all the new items (38 total!)

As part of a suggestion from Dex, we have added the Food Pantry! You can add food items to the Food Pantry via your Inventory or Quick Sort, this will consume the item for 66% of its food value, but store that value in the Food Pantry, where you can easily feed multiple pets at once! You can access the Food Pantry at any time from your Inventory.

We hope this helps feeding your beloved pets ❤️ Let us know how we can improve it!

Some behind-the-scenes work went out today that touches a handful of pages around the site!

You might have already noticed, but the Inventory, the Pawn Shop, and a few other spots have been cleaned up and should share a new Category strip style sorting. They should now remember which tab you had selected when you come back to the page, so you are not constantly re-clicking your way back to where you were (thanks kiki for the UI tip!)

The Trashcan has also gotten a little facelift (thanks to sludge!) and is now officially called Trash Cleanup! It has a new beach scene layout to go along with the name change. Same feature, just a bit more fitting visually.

We also added 16 new identity flag icons thanks to sludge! We hope this helps everyone express themselves a little more!

As always, let us know if anything looks off!

Welsh has made us 5 new fish to catch and chop up!



I have also tweaked the weight and length of some existing fish to better align to their species! We are also going to be testing trophies for the Heaviest Fish, Longest Fish and Top Anglers for the month, as well as resetting the leaderboard starting June 1st.

Check out the new game, Berry Match! Should be a familiar game to everyone and I am curious to how people like this kind of game!

I also have added an "Auto-Complete" button to Solitaire when all the cards are on the board and in rows you should see it pop up, you can click it to finish the game. I have also tried to align the VP per day on the limited submission games.

Good evening! Jak has made us some battle plushies, you can get these by battling your favorite opponents in the Coliseum!



The Alchemy Lab and Repair Bench have also had UI overhauls thanks to Welsh, I hope this UI is more intuitive than the last.

Tonight we finally implemented the Brewed version of potions! These are what you create at the Alchemy Table and are better versions of the oh so commercial looking potions you can buy in the potion shop (this is now back open).



There is a new Brewed only potion called the Brewed Everlasting Potion



This potion will full heal your pet if you win a battle in the Coliseum for one hour! We will see how this goes and tweak as needed in the future.

We have also added a Staff page and updated the Home page with a intro, latest news post and some statistics!

Thank you all again for helping us create something special!

Jak and Welsh have been hard at work finishing the plushie collection! You can now get all pets in all colors from Snug & Stitch, as well as Minkel's Expeditions!



Fishing has also received its revamp! Now, when you start the mini-game, you'll have to look for a "fish splash" sprite and click it to begin the classic fishing mini-game. When catching a fish, an overlay similar to Explore will pop up showing the fish and its weight! You might also notice a new treasure chest that appears while fishing. Click it to receive a bonus reward! All fishing levels and grids have been removed, but Fishing Points still remain.

Shop Seeker has also received a small update! It will now show you 10 random shops that have at least 5 unique items in them whenever you visit the page before searching for an item. Hopefully this helps bring some curious shoppers to your shop!

There is a new hidden monster that you can fight in the Coliseum called the Crystalline Golem! The Crystalline Golem drops a new Unique piece of equipment that lets you always take the first turn in the Coliseum, gives a good amount of block chance, but has no armor value. This should pair well with Sigmund's Hammer for killing monsters quickly!




Have fun finding the Crystalline Golem!

Also, the whole Lalune set of plushies is now out, get to collecting them all!