Friend Notifications (posted 14:45)

From today, when a friend connects to Grophland, you'll see a little pop up notification in the bottom left corner of the screen. It will go away again after a few seconds. If you don't want to see these simply go to the Friends page (under the Grophnet menu) and uncheck the checkbox.

We've also had some requests for people to be hidden so that they don't appear in notifications and probably also in the active user's menu. We will likely add this to the user preferences in the fairly near future.

Skill search (posted 8:24)

Searching the grophlopedia for a skill, e.g. 'skill gardening', now shows all items that provide that skill. In addition clicking a skill name on an item description gives a listing of what provides that skill, along with the amount provided.

More decoration (posted 5:35)

Add some more color to your Dollshouse.

Blade of Mars and Venus (posted 5:49)

New at the Battle Tower for your delectation!

Zethac Tutor (posted 7:56)

Feel like learning Zethac? Alice the Sage can help! Visit her in the forest and try out her Zethac Tutor to practice.

Small updates (posted 6:19)

A few small updates today

• Green Secrets can now be placed in potion cases
• Containers such as Dollshouses and Fish Tanks now have empty buttons.
• Recipes on Minions (e.g. Chef) no longer incorrectly show tooltips for the Minion
• When typing a forum or Grophmail post you'll see a live preview of your message
• The Gardener will no longer ask for Cherry Blossoms

Cherry Blossom Festival Over (posted 3:27)

Here so quick and gone as quick, the Cherry Blossom Festival is over for the year it seems.

Recognizing a lack of magical blossoms your Mayor, Amadeus, has obtained a rare supply and placed it in his shop. Buy quickly!

Patchwork (posted 13:43)

New look for the spring?

Cherry Blossom Festival (posted 2:49)

Spring is here and the Cherry trees are in bloom, covering the Main Island with blossom. Better appreciate it while you can though, it only lasts till the blossoms fall.

Features Forum Open (posted 8:41)

The Features forum is open to see if anyone is up to the challenge of designing a new Theme!

Random Messages (posted 16:10)

Okay, maybe that last message was a little bit premature. We are seeing a lot of site errors in the random event system and in a large number of games. These are related but not easily fixed. We may well have to turn off the random events altogether till it's fixed.

Random Messages (posted 12:28)

The bugs should be fixed now. No more non-existent item drops etc.

Parlay Over! (posted 14:15)

And it's done! The brave parlay party has struck a deal with the cruel Pirate Captain ... the return of all the pillaged Grophs and items in return for a new Pirate port to be built on the Jungle shore.

Well done all!

Pirate Parlay Party Picked (posted 2:20)

The mainland is ablaze, the pirates are pillaging everything, and Captain Qat is out of control. Something needs to be done! Luckily it looks like we have our brave party of volunteers chosen to go and Parlay with the Captain! The winners have been announced and the crowds demand immediate action!

The winners are Blinky, Love Mist, Queen of Clubs, Twinkle and Qatsson. Remember that the winners also get cash prizes (thanks to Elmo) to spend on Paid accounts, cash store items and upgrades! Congratulations all!

Pirates out of Control! (posted 0:30)

Oh no! It looks like Captain Qat is out of control! The whole of Grophland has been pillaged! Where is out Parlay party when we need them!

New Places (posted 5:18)

Four new areas have been added to Grophland today, just little places you might enjoy hunting for and finding. One of them is not secret, but the other three are, so don't expect them to be in obvious places.

Good hunting!

Felt Hat (posted 14:38)

Looks comfortable ... keeps the rain off ... and you can roll it up and put it in your pocket too.

Grophmail improvements (posted 14:31)

The Grophmail screen has had a bit of a face lift, you should be able to see the new format on all your mail (force a refresh if you don't). Also you can now switch mailboxes directly from the view Grophmail screen. Also you can now send a message when you send an item to another player, so if you want to give a gift you can now say why.

Pirate Parlay! (posted 8:28)

Seems Captain Qat has been going mad, pillaging accounts and stealing their Grophs. Looks like somebody needs to go and talk her into giving them back (or bribe her ... or something).

The Captain has agreed to the parlay, but we need to send the right people. To help us pick Elmo is holding a contest. The winners get to speak with Qat and maybe save the pillaged players. That's not all though ... Elmo has sweetened the deal with over $30 in cash prizes (not to mention the avatars that are likely to go with the winning slots!). Right now, though, we need more people!

Yep that's $30 prizes!

Avatars (posted 3:33)

You can now click on avatars in the Grophlopedia to see a brief description (if they have one) and a list of who has the Avatar.