My Horse (if you're interested...or skip)
Apr. 5th, 2012 11:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vanillafluffyAs I mentioned recently, J got me hooked on an app called "My Horse". You have a CGI horse that you care for and compete with in shows. I got up to Level 26 and had a catastrophe a week ago---did an upgrade and because it wasn't logged into Game Center, I lost it all.
Thankfully, when I went back to J's the next night, as soon as I synched to her wi-fi, an earlier version came up. I popped backup to Level 13, which was irritating, but better than starting over. I'm now up to Level 33, and I've figured a few things out:
If you're on the Home screen, and your horse is just ditty-bopping around the pasture, you can make him/her rear or buck by tapping it three or four times. Same while giving Treats. Also, you may occasionally see a ring of light in the grass. If you tap the circle, sometimes you can get your horse to trot through it, which will give you more XP, which is what raises your levels.
I set as many tasks as I can, both for Coins, and for Health and Love. Because I have time to play, I tend to do one- and two-hour tasks, although I may set some eight-hour tasks if I'm getting ready to head off to bed or know for sure I won't be active for a while.
Hint---You don't actually need to spend anything on food OR treats if you complete enough Love and Health tasks and or Care tasks like Mucking the Stall or Grooming.
Competition has three combined scores: Performance, Happiness (how much your horse loves you) and Presentation. Hint---it is well worth it to invest coinage in Presentation. Thanks to some numbermancing with my show tack and riding gear, my Presentation score is currently 551, which gives me an edge in whatever I enter by a ridiculous margin. We're stylish, too!
At this point, I'm doing the sixth competition repeatedly and training for the seventh. Hint---They only deduct the Health entry fee the first time you enter, not every single time you compete.
Training consists of riding exercises that have to be completed before they unlock the next level of competition. That drains energy. Unlike health and love, which lose points if ignored for too long, energy rises during dormant periods. Still, it's taken quite a while to get all the skills needed for the seventh competition, and I'm probably still a day away. Hint---do training, then a competition: Competition doesn't cost energy points, and while you're competing, your energy can build back up. Do take a moment to make sure you're at full Happiness/Love before you compete, though, as that matters, too.
Umm...I'm probably leaving things out, sorry. If you have any questions, I'll do what I can to answer, although I suspect the odds of fellow players on my f'list are slim. Meanwhile, it's a fun little diversion, and satisfies my Horse Crazy After All These Years aspect, even if it is forty years late. (Ouch!)
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Thankfully, when I went back to J's the next night, as soon as I synched to her wi-fi, an earlier version came up. I popped backup to Level 13, which was irritating, but better than starting over. I'm now up to Level 33, and I've figured a few things out:
If you're on the Home screen, and your horse is just ditty-bopping around the pasture, you can make him/her rear or buck by tapping it three or four times. Same while giving Treats. Also, you may occasionally see a ring of light in the grass. If you tap the circle, sometimes you can get your horse to trot through it, which will give you more XP, which is what raises your levels.
I set as many tasks as I can, both for Coins, and for Health and Love. Because I have time to play, I tend to do one- and two-hour tasks, although I may set some eight-hour tasks if I'm getting ready to head off to bed or know for sure I won't be active for a while.
Hint---You don't actually need to spend anything on food OR treats if you complete enough Love and Health tasks and or Care tasks like Mucking the Stall or Grooming.
Competition has three combined scores: Performance, Happiness (how much your horse loves you) and Presentation. Hint---it is well worth it to invest coinage in Presentation. Thanks to some numbermancing with my show tack and riding gear, my Presentation score is currently 551, which gives me an edge in whatever I enter by a ridiculous margin. We're stylish, too!
At this point, I'm doing the sixth competition repeatedly and training for the seventh. Hint---They only deduct the Health entry fee the first time you enter, not every single time you compete.
Training consists of riding exercises that have to be completed before they unlock the next level of competition. That drains energy. Unlike health and love, which lose points if ignored for too long, energy rises during dormant periods. Still, it's taken quite a while to get all the skills needed for the seventh competition, and I'm probably still a day away. Hint---do training, then a competition: Competition doesn't cost energy points, and while you're competing, your energy can build back up. Do take a moment to make sure you're at full Happiness/Love before you compete, though, as that matters, too.
Umm...I'm probably leaving things out, sorry. If you have any questions, I'll do what I can to answer, although I suspect the odds of fellow players on my f'list are slim. Meanwhile, it's a fun little diversion, and satisfies my Horse Crazy After All These Years aspect, even if it is forty years late. (Ouch!)
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