At first I missed the snail & mushroom games as it was kind of fun to win diamonds, gold & etc.. But with the changes that Mike made I do not really miss them at all & always enjoy still playing even though I am unable to play a lot anymore.  Thank you Mike for making a game for people to enjoy, & am really sorry for all the grief that you have received for the changes you've made♥

I do miss the games. 

I also appreciate the  work that goes into making the game, having it run smoothly, and that it is ad free.

I also understand that the changes were made to keep the game a profitable venture.  A lot of people had dropped out of regular play and were maintaining gardens just enough to supply wilted plants for their old friends.

Mike and Bug
21 hours, 50 minutes ago
Hi,
I'm wary of a situation where a small number of people are demanding something that is not the preference of the majority of players, so I just want to clarify before going ahead.

So the change I made was to remove snail racing and instead compensate the prizes that could occasionally be won with more generous gold purchase amounts and free food/sprinkle amounts. But the feedback received is that players still want to race snails every time they water a plant anyway, mostly because they like naming their snails (and reading the names in other gardens), and just for the fun/excitement of the race itself.

A few things to note:

1. There won't be any prizes, as these have already been compensated by free food/sprinkles, increased gold purchase amounts etc.
I guess an alternative would be to reduce the purchase gold amounts / free sprinkles etc back down again, and put them into snail racing as free sprinkle prizes instead. However that does feel a bit pointless as the net effect will just be the same. My preference is just to give more up-front, so players who find snail racing tedious still get the benefits without having to water snail racing gardens.

2. To ensure that people genuinely want snail racing, I will make it mandatory to race the snails and wait for them to finish before watering again, and it will also not be possible to automate the process with scripts (previously, I observed that a significant number of people found snail racing so tedious that they resorted to automating it with a script, so I'm wary that putting it back will just end up frustrating more players than it pleases.)

3. Putting snail races back obviously restricts what I can do in future development, as only one thing can happen after watering. Please confirm that you definitely want that one thing to be watching a snail race every time you water.

As long as there are not too many objections to the above and it seems like a large majority of players genuinely want this, then I am willing to put it back in as described above. However I should emphasize that it is not how I personally wanted the game to develop...

Thanks!
Post by Fairyland Developer

Given what Mike has said about the games (above), I see no future at all with the games returning.

I'd much prefer to see what new and exciting things he has in mind for us and also love the fact that we don't have to endure pop-up ads...lol

Keep up the good work Mike :D