Well, I completed the game yesterday, and only had like... 4
levels that I hadn't gotten expert on, and I went back and
got those ones this morning - just completed it now,
actually. Ah the joys of rain when you live in the mountains
and don't like driving in rain, gives you time to play
games!
Anywat... here's some of my
observations.
~ When you get your cheese maker,
just leave your cheese sit until the very end. It's good for
chaining bonuses at the end when you're picking up your
stock. Nearly everytime, it's that cheese that got me
expert.
~ Your sheep are going to ask for water
first, so sometimes, you can time it that you'll give mash
and hay to the cows, chickens and goats, and then you can
start giving the water to the sheep, by that time, you
should be able to chain the water with the other animals and
the plant beds.
~ Fertilizing your
plants/planting seed works as a "workshop" chain, so if
possible, try to chain it with the cleaning of the cows and
sheep.
~ As someone who is coming from
Diner Dash, it was hard to get
around the fact that here, you want to double/triple click
on one thing to get all of your working family members to do
the same thing - I know my problem was thinking that it was
like
Diner Dash and it would
do two different things, at least at first. Get over it.
It's instant chains.
~ As soon as you see that
your hay maker is out - or even just one side is out - go
make more. Time it with your chains if you have to, because
I haven't figured out if it broke a chain or not to send
someone over to do that.
~ On the last farm,
anytime Ethan runs out with the phone, sometimes he can be
obscured by the sheep, or by a character standing by the
sheep. But just keep at it, you'll get him eventually, and
Flo pays big, especially on the last two levels, so you want
to answer that phone.
~ Your biggest moneymakers
are wool and cheese, so keep your sheep and goats happy, so
you get maximum output of wool and goats milk.
~
I mentioned this on another thread, but it bears repeating.
That wool is a pain in the tuckus when you're picking up
your stuff. It blends in very easily with the ground, so
always double check.
~ Chaining your produce is
easy. I just count each time the animals go back to sleep as
a "round" and go around, gather everything - including
produce - and then take it all when everyone's gone back to
sleep. Do your goats milk either very first or very last,
because it doesn't chain with the others, since it goes to
the cheese maker instead of the barn. By the time you get
done, you'll probably be ready to start feeding again. Don't
forget the hay maker!
~ If you're getting close
to the end of the day, make sure that you get as many of
your animals milked, eggs gathered, sheep shorn, whichever
it is, ASAP before the rooster crows. The goats milk will
still go to the cheese maker, so you can take care of that,
then go around and pick up your other goods, and then go
back and start getting your cheese.
This is all
pretty basic stuff, but if anyone has anything to add, by
god, feel free to chime in, these were just my own
observations.
Enjoy!!
