Mar
23
Playa Games will be adding a nice bonus to any mushroom purchases made this weekend in celebration of the recent patch. Players that purchase any denomination of mushrooms will see a bonus 20% already added to the order.
If you’re trying to grab some new gear, get a burst of XP or finish off that scrapbook, this weekend will allow you to do it on the cheap!
But wait, there’s more! A little time-traveling birdie informed me that a Gold Weekend Event is tagging along behind a mountain of fungus!
Mar
19
Naturally, this is my favorite item of the new epics.
Deep in the pits of an office building somewhere in Germany, the developer of :sf: has been hard at work on a new content patch. No longer complacent with a adding a single large feature, Playa Games has two all-new features in addition to new epics and other additions.
Community feedback drove the development of nearly every part of the patch. From additional mouseover information to guild announcements to a modified Weekend Event, your input was the driving force behind many of the changes.
Guild Emblems:
Guilds can now design their own emblem. Numerous aspects of the emblem are customizable, including the background, logo, shield background. Once selected, players can select different colors from the palette. Once completed, click the ‘Suggest’ button. Any player can suggest an emblem to the Guild Master to be accepted or rejected.
Currently, only one suggestion is saved at a time. It’s best to coordinate with other members and the GM before making a new suggestion.
The Guild Emblem feature is accessible from the arrow located next to the Fortress option.
Toilet of the Arcane Gods:
The Toilet of the Arcane Gods is a new feature that can be discovered after level 100. Once unlocked, players can donate one item to The Gods per day. Once the “mana” water is full, the player can flush the toilet. The character will receive a bonus aura and an item that may grant better items.
The functionality is explained further when the item is unlocked.
Other features:
Discuss the new features in the comments below or on the Official Discussion Thread of the forum.
Mar
08
Server 8 and a new quality-of-life patch recently joined the ranks of the Shakes & Fidget family. These new additions are to be followed by a large patch – details coming soon – in the near future. The continued growth of the community (and spam…) has urged the moderation team to select a new member from the community. DeadMeat, a fresher face that’s been incredibly supportive of the community, has accepted the call.
From the redundantly named moderator himself:
Hi Shakers and Fidgeters,
It is a privilege to accept the position of Voluntary Forum Moderator for such a great forum and community.A little about me hmmm…I am from the Tropical North Queensland, Australia, so I play at strange hours and and like to add a lot of ‘U’s to my words. Amongst other things in my Small Business, I make Warning Signs for Idiots…like “Keep Hands Clear of Closing Door” and my favorite for a 200T Dump Truck “Do Not Work in Wheel Well of Moving Vehicle”.
I have played with computers for a LONG time. When amber monitors were ‘Radical’ and in my ‘museum’ of dead computers I still have a 8″ floppy disk next to my ‘slightly’ leaky water cooled gaming rig. A couple of things that most people don’t know about me is I am an Aikidoka and while I have snorkeled with sharks in the ocean, I have never seen snow.
This is the first forum I thought was polite and grown up enough for me to participate in. In the relatively short time I have been here, everyone I have talked to has been helpful and entertaining, I have done my best to do the same and am excited to be able to use my new position to help the new players of Shakes & Fidget get the most out of the game.
Feb
08
You may have heard of this newfangled Web 2.0 aspect called “social media.” It includes the use of “websites” called “Facebook” and “Twitter.” There’s a lot of voodoo and black magic involved, but the point is to quickly connect with each other, and even companies, to share knowledge, experiences and photos.
I know, it was news to me too.
Playa Games is pulling the trigger and moving into a cushy space of 2009. Shakes & Fidget, the company’s original free-to-play, browser-based game will be the first title to get the special treatment. Adding to the already-launched news blog, the company has established an official Twitter account (@sfgameofficial) for North America. It will provide fast updates and instant communications to its followers. There’s also the well-established Facebook site (run by the German contingent) for the game as a whole. We suggest you ‘Like’ it.
Expect tons of information from Playa’s new Web 2.0 presence including game guides, additional contests, community highlights and so much more! Heck, the game is even mobile now!
To the future…
Jan
27
Hot on the heels of the first major patch to the Shakes & Fidget Android App, Playa Games will be releasing the crazy Mushroom vendor to the community. Starting in “the next few hours,” all players will be able to purchase their select amounts of mushrooms and receive a 20% bonus.
Act (relatively) fast, for the discount will only last until Sunday, January 29 server time.
Jan
23
The latest version of the Shakes & Fidget Android App has been pushed to the Marketplace. Players with auto-update enabled should already have the latest version of the beta client. Others will need to manually begin the download process.
The new version includes a variety of updates to the mobile application aimed at increasing stability, usability and feature parity.
For those restricted by bandwidth, Playa Games has released a secondary app to cut down on bandwidth usage. The Shakes & Fidget Graphics Pack enables player to download all of the images required for the mobile game, greatly reducing data traffic and increasing loading times for older devices.
Please feel free to report any bugs to the official Android App discussion thread (forum account required).
Don’t forget to rate the app five stars to promote its continued development and that of the iOS version!
