History

The game "CountryLife" available to all members of Facebook is in its "Beta" stage. Improvements and other changes come in from time to time.

Among likely future improvements are some way of adding value to cheese and ketchup.

Developments

(most recent first)

October 2017
8th	4 new recipes: Coleslaw, Gazpacho, Tzatziki and Guacamole.
4th	New trees: Avocado Tree and Lemon Tree. New crops: Cucumbers, Cabbage and Spinach. Cucumbers have a limit of 30 plots at a time and give 1 XP for every 3 cucmbers harvested. 3 new achievements. Wooden signs added on each side of the farm. New preloader.
September 2017
22th	Pygmy Goats added! Works like Chickens and Chicken Coop: Pygmy Goats are put into a Goat Tower Eats clover and turn it into Goat Milk Cheese Master now produces Goat Cheese New recipe in the Farm Kitchen: Crostini With Truffles and Goat Cheese Oil Press now produces Truffle Oil Players can now put various sorts of tiles in their farm, as decorations.
14th	Pantry: automation for the Farm Kitchen, each recipe uses 7 OP Possibility to remove neighbors Increased the request limit from 15 to 45, for each type: materials, help, ingredients, gifts and neighbors. 13 new recipes for the Farm Kitchen New Cheese Master products: Mozzarella and Feta Cheese Cocoa Tree added 5 new achievements
3rd	Country Life becomes Country Life Meadows. Players have to move to a new application but they don't have to start from scratch. New building added: Farm Kitchen, including 3 new quests, 23 new recipes and 7 new achievements

No updates again from April 2016 to September 2017.

April 2016
10th	"Hide Quests" button added.
8th	New Quests feature! Quests help new players to know how to play the game. More useless for older players who know how to play since a long time, but everybody can earn extra XP. "Change Log" Tab added to the Game Setting panel, in which new updates are listed.
March 2016
25th	Easter 2016 Event: New chickens added : Ameraucana, Olive Egger and Marans. Egg Dyer added, producing Easter Eggs. Special easter decorations, including the Mushroom House, giving presents to the player every 3 hours (this Mushroom House is also the reward when the player complete the Easter Eggs collection).
February 2016
25th	New planting/harvesting/fertilizing feature, with an animated guide for new players.
14th	A Montbéliarde Cow can be put in the farm when level 5 is granted. After being fed 70 times, the player can get the cow (+ 200 fertilizers) for a lower price. Dairy Expert added, producing butter, cream and yogurts. The Coffee Stand is updated and can now produce Latte and Frappé.
January 2016
16th	"The Ranch Shop is a lot more informative, providing all the info you need to play the game. Just hover the blue question mark appearing over each item. Now it's easier for people you invite to learn how to play the game! The Barn got A LOT better too! Bigger icons, bigger text, more items per page. And, best of all, you can sort by recently added, quantity, price or total value!"
10th	Distillery added, producting whiskey.
December 2015
31st	Coffee Stand added
22nd	Holiday Tree added for free: "Come back every 3 hours to collect a new round of presents! Only available during the holiday season so make the most of it!"
17th	Winter Holiday 2015 Event: special winter decorations, Holidays sweaters to collect for a chance to get the Winter Landscape!
November 2015
17th	Brewery, hops, beers and Brewmaster achievement added.
3rd	New warehouse feature.
October 2015
25th	Halloween 2015 Event: special Halloween decorations, Welsh Sheep and Halloween Sweaters.
10th	Country Life has now music and sounds! 2 new achievements added: Didn't Break a Sweater and Truffle Hunter.
2nd	Turkey, black feathers, White turkey and white feathers added! Barley and green beans added.
August 2015
7th	New "Faster Farming" feature added.
6th	Mastery crops system added.
5th	New achievements added.
July 2015
29th	New graphics for Angora Rabbits.
28th	New graphics for Merino Sheep.
25th	New graphics for chicken. They are now 3 per Chicken Coop instead of 5. Onions added.
7th	New detailed Game Settings panel added.
June 2015
12th	New graphics for the irrigation system.
9th	Oil Press, Olive Tree, Olives and Olive Oil appears! Ketchup Wiz is updated and now requires 3 tomatoes to produce a bootle of ketchup.
5th	New graphics for the Manor and the Apple Tree.
3rd	Smooth Juicer added.
May 2015
27th	New levels available.
15th	2 extra ribbons added: brown and purple. The last ribbons (red and blue) become harder to achieve and offer substantially bigger rewards.
10th	New achievements added.
8th	New graphics for cows.
4th	Expansions are split into smaller ones. For example, instead of going directly from 29x29 to 31x31 for 3,500,000 coins you now first go to 30x30 for 1,350,000 coins and then to 31x31 for 2,150,000 coins (the total is still 3.5M coins). The cost of some of the last expansions has also been reduced.
April 2015
28th	Yorkshire pig now eats Pumpkins to give Pancettas.
24th	Yorkshire pig and Bacon appear!
15th	Truffle Hog and white truffles White Grapes and White wine
9th	Country Life announced they will start updates again with new contents.

Game have been settled down from January 2011 to April 2015; no updates on FB during this period.

January 2011
5th	"Pumpkin Pie and 5 more Water Well upgrades! All pies can now be gifted and exchanged for OPs (different amounts for each pie). Have fun!"
4th	"There are now 3 more expansions and 2 more yards available to accomodate more of your crops and gear. Enjoy!" "Many people asked for new levels after 75. So here they are!"
December 2010
24th	"Achievements! Get big bonuses when earning achievements and share them with your friends for even more XP and OPs!" "Make pie! Oh my!! Been pilin' on those apples and berries? Pour them in this machine with flour and honey for delicious holiday pies!
July 2010
12th (?)	Players are greeted with this notice: "Work more plots at once! Seeding and harvesting are now easier than ever! Select the number of plots to work on the Multi Tool. This requires 1 OP per plot." A diagram is at bottom right, and a screenshot is at top left.
June 2010
30th	"Many players didn't like our last changes to the gifting system and requested the old system to be reinstated. Guess what? It's done! And don't worry, we're going to maintain and develop Country Life continously even if we launched a lite version. By the way, you shoud check that out! ; )"
26th	"We updated the sharing of materials on the feed, just share materials and your friends will pick what they need, no need to look on everyone's profiles. Also each player can gift one material for each building each day and these change daily so you'll be able to gift different stuff each day." Players see this on screen: "Building materials update! Share building materials on your FEED (profile) and neighbors will be able to pick what they need."
24th	Belated explanation of the removal of OPs from the gift list (which was not announced on FB): "Some people are concerned about the removal of the 25 OP gift and we've seen comments stating we removed it in order to get more money from OP sales. If you take a moment to look at the Gift Box you'll notice all gifts can be traded for exactly 25 OP with the exception of construction materials which trade for 10 OP. Our intention was to get more OP to more people for FREE. Hopefully this helps clarify the situation." Players see on screen "Trade gifts for OPs! Receiving many unwanted gifts? Just trade them in for OPs right from your Gift Box!" Detailed explanation on Facebook: "Building materials are no longer sent like regular gifts. Instead, just post a request for materials and your friends will be able to send them right from your profile and pick exactly the type of material you need. And if you do get some unwanted gifts they can all be traded for OPs right from your gift box. That's right, trade any gift for OPs!! Is that sweet or what? : )"
2nd	"Pack your veggies, folks! Use the new COOL PACKER to wrap your Carrots, Potatoes, Lettuce and Peppers and increase their sale price! We also updated the Barn so that items no longer move when you sell something (many people requested this and it was long overdue, sorry for the delay). Enjoy!"
April 2010
18th	"Irrigation is now available! You will need to build a Water Well and install sprinklers on the plots you want to water. The well is upgradable, each level allowing for more crops to be irrigated. There are also 4 new crops and before you mention it, they will have a purpose soon! Have fun! : )"
10th	"You can now buy presents for your friends! This is a feature that many players requested so here it is. You can use the SEND button in the Store to purchase presents. Your neighbors will surely appreciate it!"
March 2010
21st	Houses; and "Grind faster with the Brick Mill!" (which also produces Cornmeal) - and new possible gifts include materials for building that mill.
19th	Greenhouses: "Grow crops faster in a Greenhouse! Greenhouses require pipes and glass to build, so ask your friends to send you some materials!"
February 2010
26th	"You can now gift automatic operations (OP)! For a limited time you can send 25 OP daily to each of your friends who are likely to return the favor. Enjoy! : )"
21st	"New special expansions available! The small, medium and large YARDS accomodate all your stuff except for crops. So you can move animals, machinery and decorations to the yard and keep the rest of your ranch for crops. And yes, we know you want homes... They are coming and they're beautiful! : )"
18th	"New decorations are now available! Check out the new colored fences, woodpile, fire pit, birdbath, bell, lamp post, wagon wheels..."
January 2010
22nd	New fruits: blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries, which produce fruit for jam, and Banana Trees, which do not.
December 2009
19th	New machine: Weaver.
18th	Automation
13th	Baker; and reduction in size of Cheese Master.
8th	Ranch size now allowed up to 29x29.
4th	Jam'r - and 1,000,000 daily players.
November 2009
29th	Camera
25th	Cherry Tree, Orange Tree; cows
15th	First tree, the Apple Tree.
13th	Reduced prices and neighbor numbers for expansions.
10th	Beehive
3rd	Winemaker
2nd	Smaller-size animals and gear; fertilizers; some time reductions and profit increases - and 200,000 daily players.
1st	Sheep
October 2009
26th	Updates to selling system.
24th	Angora Rabbits
12th (approx.)	Game starts, using crops and some gear.

External links

• Application's Facebook page listing developments

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