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  • Today another awe inspiring animated background has been added to the world of Flutter. Check out the WWF store to see the raw power of nature unleashed in the new “Thunder Storm” background. As always you can add it to your own grove for just 40 Facebook Credits. This is also a WWF item so remember this helps meet our target to build sustainable farming facilities in the Amazon.

    Speaking of which: 90% of the way there! That’s so close guys, cant wait for us to hit it :)

    Higher level players will find an incredibly cute new story quest awaiting them as the fruit bat looks to welcome a new addition to the family.

    We also have an exciting new announcement coming in the next week as we’ll be launching Flutter with a big player in the casual / social gaming space. Stay tuned.

  • You asked for it, you got it!

    More quests have arrived in Flutter, and not just one or two, but more than 50! We’ve built out a new system which gives you a new quest every day. That means more daily XP, and a new way to help the rainforest every day. Can’t wait till tomorrow? For just 10 Facebook Credits you can get yourself another quest straight away. This new system has taken a ton of work but now that its in there we’ll regularly be adding more and more quests to keep everyone busy in the rainforest. Got some ideas of quests for the system? Let us know!

    Get hunting for the red forest spirit to pick up your daily quest, and if you want more you can pick them up in the Power Ups tab.

    Also very importantly: we’re 78% of the way toward reaching our fund raising target to help our the Amazon! Let’s band together and help these guys out team, we’re so close to making a huge impact on this community’s life.

  • A Pygmy Marmoset monkey, a rich Heliconia (which your Hummingbird will love!) and some cheerful glow flowers have today been added to the WWF store.

    Every time you purchase one of these cute little critters – all real-life flora and fauna of the Amazon – you contribute directly to sustainable nut farming communities in Bolivia.

    Flutter is inspired by the Amazon, so we want to give back to the very environment that was our muse.

    The indigenous people of Versalles and Mategua are fighting for a sustainable Amazon by growing Brazil nuts instead of logging. But these guys are under-resourced, so they need your help to upgrade their operations and lead the way to a sustainable future.

    We’ve set a target to build 8 Payols (Brazil Nut storage barns) that will dramatically increase the productivity of these harvests by protecting nuts from spoilage.

    Every item purchased from the WWF counts and we’re over halfway there already with your contributions to date. So let’s do this together and increase the quality of life for these amazing people.

  • Next week we take the adventure deeper into the rainforest. We’ll open a new environment, introduce you to a new creature, add a new daily action, and tease the look and feel of the second main forest area. We also have some great new items coming to the WWF store and a really exciting announcement about the work we’re helping with in Bolivia.

    Stay tuned, will be an exciting week :)

  • Today we’re really excited to release some updates to the core interactions in Flutter that move us closer to a more intuitive, lightweight experience for our daily players. These updates are informed by months of quantitative analysis on player data, and qualitative feedback from both experts and everyday players. Here’s a rundown on what we’ve changed and why:

    Contextual Interactions: For new players and seasoned veterans (developers included!) we found it could be laborious and confusing to know what you should be dragging-and-dropping to keep your rainforest alive and at full productivity. To combat this we developed a system that would clearly show for each object in your world, what its state was, and what actions you could perform on it. With one click you can now expand and upgrade flower beds, feed animals and apply potions. This significantly smooths out the difficulty curve for new players, and makes the daily cycle for experienced players that much more straight forward.

    Reminder Bubbles: We needed to make it clearer where there was something in the world that needed your attention, so alongside these new menus we’ve integrated a neat little bubble that alerts you when an item or creature needs your help. No more will you aimlessly flutter about the forest wondering what to do next, the inhabitants of the Amazon will just pop up a friendly reminder.

    Daily Honeydew: One of the things that makes Flutter great is the fact you can just pop in once a day. A while ago we updated the harvesting system to take into account your local timezone and have the rainforest “recharge” overnight. This meant that no matter what time of day you found a few minutes to check in, you’d still get a full benefit of a daily harvest. We’ve now brought the pollination flowers in line with the idea, so you just have to pop them once a day to get your full 24 hours worth of Honeydew!

    These changes don’t come lightly, and for our existing player base we appreciate that change in the world that you have come to know and love can be tough. We as players love the newfound fluidity that these updates have introduced to the game, and we’re confident they will lead to a better experience for all.

    As always we are close knit with our community and appreciate all of the constructive feedback and generous support we receive from our passionate player base. As such we will continue to refine these new interactions and the game as a whole in partnership with our devoted fans.

    Thanks again for all your support as we strive to make Flutter one of the best games on the Facebook platform :)

  • We’ve released an awesome update for our higher level players today with the release of the Master Potions in the Magic Cauldron. This also includes a new “Blazing Orchid Chest” potion, opening up a new collection of 6 rare and beautiful orchids. You’ll find three new quests to complete, two based around the cauldron and the new orchids, with the third based on the new Lucky Dips. These can be brewed in the cauldron or bought with credits, and are for sharing with your friends to give them a surprise gift. What a treat!

    You’ll notice we’ve shuffled a couple of potions around also, adding a new “Honey Dust Scramble” potion to the Beginner recipes. This is one of my favorite potions, adding a new challenge for you to grab as much valuable Honeydew as possible in 20 seconds! Those faster butterflies would really help you out here.

    Last but certainly not least: You can now take screenshots and post them to your Facebook albums through the game! Not only can you capture the screen you can see, but in the grove you can take a picture of the whole thing in one frame. So get snapping by using the camera (screenshot) and photo (grove shot) icons in the bottom right next to your friends. This is something players have been asking for for a while so we’re thrilled to release it, and will be running a competition here on the blog to see who can create the best grove. Stay tuned for details.

    Next week we have some new decorations for you, and we’ll be putting a lot of work into streamlining the core gameplay to make the game a little more accessible to the widest range of players. This will lay the foundation for some exciting new expansions to the world which we can’t wait to show you.

  • The update this week brings a beautiful new vista to your grove through the New Dawn background. We’ve also added a new HD butterfly for our higher level players to collect (the Snowflake) along with some new premium flowers and HD flowers. Check out all the new stuff in the Feature Store or on the Grow panel in your grove.

    Speaking of panels and tabs, we’ve made some interface updates as well to make managing your items a little easier. Firstly, you can now expand the side panel view to show 4 items across by clicking ‘more’ at the top of the tabs. Want it smaller again so you can fly round with it open? Just click ‘less’ to switch back to the 2-wide option. There is now a “My Stuff” tab as well (looks like a little crate) which will just show you all the items in that category (Grow or Consumables) that you own (good for recycling lots of stuff to save for a high price item). Final change is breaking up the Consumables tab into Food, and Power Ups, as it was getting a little busy with only one tab!

    So the last couple of weeks have been spent busily bug-fixing and optimising the game. The exciting news? We have new features on the way which now we can really sink our teeth into. That means next week we’ll have some new quests to release! Can’t wait :)

  • The palette of the rain forest’s mood and lighting expands again today with the release of the Nighttime decoration set and background. The deep blue and twinkling stars set an awesome scene for arranging bright flowers that seem to glow in the moonlight. Jump into the feature store to see the background, or grab one for your grove on the ‘Special’ tab. You’ll also find new matching foliage and premium flowers to complete the set!

    Also released today is a set of items that have been requested for a while: Fruit Tree style foliage. Now you can make your whole grove environment flow together with the style of your fruit tree, pasting tree leaves all around your grove. You can find them in the normal foliage panel.

    Boy have we had some long design meetings this week! We’ve been very busy prioritising whats next for the game, balancing refinements to the existing experience with new content for our dedicated players. We now have a plan for the next few months and are busily working towards a couple of big upgrades we’ll be able to sink our teeth into. Will be able to share more with you soon.

    See you in the rainforest!

  • Say hello to the Feature Store, a new space in the rainforest you can go to check out neat premium items in the flesh. We’ve packed it full of new goodies including a very special golden epic flower (10,000HD a day for you and your friends!), the Blue Doctor Butterfly, and decorative flowers. We’ve also added an area for Potion Packs, so with one quick purchase you can stock up on insta-brews or insta-grows to speed your way through the game. You even get 2 potions for free when buying a pack of 10!

    We’re working really hard to line up some great new quest progression content for you all, so if you’re a high level hang tight cause theres some brilliant new exploration coming for you soon! We’ll also bring a new background and decoration set next week. I wonder what it could be? :)

    Thank you all for your wonderful support, we hope you enjoy looking around the store, and remember the revenue from all your Facebook Credits purchases is coming back to the developers so we can make more, bigger, better adventures for you to experience in the rain forest.

  • Introducing the Sunset background and premium item set! Warm up your home grove with this stunning background of a sunset in the Amazon, and match it with beautiful new premium item flowers. You grove sure will stand out amongst the crowd. We’ve also added three new “Bright Tropical” flowers which you can buy just with Honeydew.

    We’ve been wanting to get more variety in the lighting and environments in Flutter for a while so it’s great to get this live. It’s incredible how much of a change that background lighting makes, transforming the grove into even more of a calming, sleepy vista.

    So the users keep on climbing! Half a million is a lot huh? We’re so appreciative of all your feedback, it helps a lot in making the game better. Another feature we’ve added today is extra help for the “to-dos” on your quest list. These will steer you in the right direction if you’re a little lost as to where to go next.

    Keep the feedback coming, and we hope you have fun playing around with the new items!

  • You guys asked for it, so here it is, a new way to get more of those elusive fungi you need for your quests and potions!

    The Fungi Generator is a new functional item that sits in your grove, and will produce one of the 4 fungi a day for 5 days before recycling into a seed chest (the fungi is chosen randomly, remember to trade with friends!). We’ve also added a special version that produces Super Fungi (double XP when feeding to the beetle) and turns into a rare chest after 5 days. This super version is 20 Facebook Credits, but you can get the regular version for just 20,000 HD.

    You may also notice we’ve updated our top bar and hint system. Remember to click “Like” to keep up to date, and it’s always great for us to get positive reviews from our fans.

    What an exciting week! We’ve passed 300,000 users and are working on some very exciting new things for you to all play with. Thanks again to everyone for being so supportive :)

  • The latest greatest addition to the rainforest has arrived today with the release of the Magic Cauldron area, accessible to those Lv 14 and higher from the main forest. In this creepy new corner of the forest players can brew super-items like:

    • Potions to shrink, grow, and speed up your butterflies
    • Rare food for your animals that gives double XP
    • Exclusive super decorations

    There are also two new quests to complete as you figure out all the recipes. This first level of “Apprentice” concoctions will be followed up in a couple of weeks with more recipes.

    Have fun and mix up a storm!

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