A removal of 'Winter holiday content' took place on Tuesday 7th January 2014. Only Christmas content was removed. More information can be found here.
Let me take you back to 3rd January 2013...
A pop-up
appears to every player on every TeamLava game, and it informs that all
holiday content from 2012 will be removed on the 7th. Chaos ensues as
players frantically try to decide what is and what isn't 'holiday
content', before invading Design mode to buy up items expected to go and
desperately trying to master seasonal recipes.
It was a
bit of a shambles in all honesty. Only four days notice of a whole raft
of unnamed items and dishes being removed with no promise of any
returning at any time in the future. So as that time approaches again, here's a
guide as to what you should do.
The definition of
'holiday content' is a dodgy one - Valentine's Day, Halloween and
Christmas clearly all fall into this bracket, but what about Summer,
Autumn, Carnival and Cruise themed items? So for the sake of taking no
chances I'm going to class anything added this year as at risk.
Monday, 30 December 2013
Saturday, 28 December 2013
Year in review 2013
As we near the close of 2013, here's a review of the goings on in Restaurant Story over the last 12 months...
We opened up with plenty of drama in January. Just as we were recovering from the New Year blues, TeamLava announced a removal of all holiday themed content from the game later that same week. There was much anger at this, with frustration both at the short notice and the lack of clarity over exactly what would be removed. My range of countdown to content removal posts in recent weeks will hopefully make the next removal less stressful!
To further anger the players, the game's developers decided to add a new set of goals which had no prizes! The winter goals were bizarre, making use of old recipes many had already mastered. A lot of people believed that it was all an attempt by TeamLava to distract from the content removal. I'll let you form your own opinions.
Things soon picked up though with the release of the Valentine's Day theme. Both iOS and Android got a shiny new app unexpectedly on a Friday, with the goal set coming on the Sunday. This, incredibly, was the last time that iOS got a seasonal edition app. The initial update included a remarkable 10 new recipes, most of which were freely available on the regular appliances.
And we were feeling the love when all of the 2012 Valentine's content was re-released shortly before Valentine's Day itself. There was a lot of stuff, however my attention was elsewhere, as it was on the same day that the Restaurant Story Adventures blog was launched!
We opened up with plenty of drama in January. Just as we were recovering from the New Year blues, TeamLava announced a removal of all holiday themed content from the game later that same week. There was much anger at this, with frustration both at the short notice and the lack of clarity over exactly what would be removed. My range of countdown to content removal posts in recent weeks will hopefully make the next removal less stressful!
To further anger the players, the game's developers decided to add a new set of goals which had no prizes! The winter goals were bizarre, making use of old recipes many had already mastered. A lot of people believed that it was all an attempt by TeamLava to distract from the content removal. I'll let you form your own opinions.
Things soon picked up though with the release of the Valentine's Day theme. Both iOS and Android got a shiny new app unexpectedly on a Friday, with the goal set coming on the Sunday. This, incredibly, was the last time that iOS got a seasonal edition app. The initial update included a remarkable 10 new recipes, most of which were freely available on the regular appliances.
And we were feeling the love when all of the 2012 Valentine's content was re-released shortly before Valentine's Day itself. There was a lot of stuff, however my attention was elsewhere, as it was on the same day that the Restaurant Story Adventures blog was launched!
Friday, 27 December 2013
Game update: 25/12/13
I hope everyone had a great Christmas! The day was capped with a late update.
I didn't expect an update on Christmas Day, and didn't actually see it myself until Boxing Day morning. Apologies for the lateness of this update post, but hey it's the holidays! Here is the full list of new additions:
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| Notification for latest Christmas update |
I didn't expect an update on Christmas Day, and didn't actually see it myself until Boxing Day morning. Apologies for the lateness of this update post, but hey it's the holidays! Here is the full list of new additions:
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