- Sunflower Land won the Game 3 People's Choice Award.
- The award was 100% chosen by player votes, with 2 million total votes.
- The team was shortlisted alongside major games like Star Atlas, Axie Infinity, and MapleStory.
- This is the second award for the game, alongside the Australian Blockchain Startup of the Year award.
- Team member "a light" also won a Game 3 Game Changers award for his innovation in web3.
- A celebration was held in the plaza with free wearable caps for players. Grouping with 10+ Bumpkins triggers a party event.
- The award was part of the YGG Play Summit, a major crypto game conference.
- Team members Craig, Labogee, and Irons attended the event.
- The team had a positive experience, meeting many community members from the Philippines and experiencing local hospitality.
- The event is considered the best for the team to attend due to the strong local community and team presence.
- The Rarecrows mini-game beta has 13,000 active players.
- The beta chapter ends in two days.
- All "Alien" rarecrows have been found. "Goth Crows" and "Stone Golem Crows" are still available, with increased drop rates as the chapter ends to ensure all supply is distributed.
- On December 1st, the "Janesis" chapter will begin, featuring 20-25 new rarecrows.
- Player progress: Rarecrows and Gnomes are kept between chapters. Coins and Tickets will reset on December 1st, so players must spend them before the chapter ends.
- Players can burn unwanted rarecrows at the well for 100 tickets, acting as a re-roll mechanic.
- Shovels (energy) are retained between chapters. Players get a limited number of shovels per day to control the game's economy.
- Feedback from the beta is being used for daily updates and improvements.
- The game is integrating with community channels on platforms like Telegram and Discord.
- Admins can use commands to trigger daily rewards and "spotlight bonuses" for positive content.
- Upcoming changes to reduce noise: Commands will be changed to emoji-based triggers available only to admins.
- Channel leaderboards will be updated to rank based on active player engagement rather than total member count.
- The team is working to automate the sign-up process for community channels wanting to integrate the bot.
- Monthly Releases: The team will update the GitHub roadmap for December, focusing on fishing updates and potential faction reworks.
- Fishing Update: A prototype is in beta testing. The update will rework the marine marble system to be more progressive, add more utility to fish, and introduce crab pots.
- Performance Improvements: A major technology upgrade was deployed, making the game load faster and improving UI performance. Several patches have been released to fix resulting visual bugs.
- New Economy Dashboard: A new in-game analytics dashboard is available for players. It shows item supplies, holder counts, and feature engagement metrics (e.g., pet feeding). The data is currently in a testing phase and may have inaccuracies.
- Faction System Rework (League Proposal): A new proposal by Elias suggests replacing the current faction system with a league-based system. Players would be promoted or demoted through leagues weekly based on their performance. The goal is to increase engagement for new and existing players. This is currently being prototyped.
- Merkle Issue: The team is aware of an issue with Merkle and is working with them on a fix.
- Linking Accounts: Unlinking Discord/Telegram is not supported as it is a key part of the anti-botting and multi-accounting system.
- Bumpkin Levels: The team is internally discussing adding more Bumpkin levels, but nothing is announced yet.
- New Hire: A new game designer is joining the team soon.
- Raffle: The monthly raffle will be held on the next stream.
- The team is beginning work on the upcoming chapter content.
- Thanks were given to the community for the award and ongoing support.