It's time to fear, it's time to fright;
It's Spookyween this unhallowed night;
So all you scaredy cats, your time draws near;
You can run but you cannot hide, my dear...

Catch us TOMORROW 10/19 at the Oregon Convention Center for Portland's Retro Gaming Expo!

We'll be showing off the game, handing out some swag, and generally digging the vibe.

You'll find our booth with the other indies, near the Retrocade. Hope to see you there!

While we close the loop on a few of the larger features under development for v0.49.0, we thought you might enjoy a sample of what's to come. Check out what's new in v0.48.5.

-Weather Update: Rain effects have been enabled. Uncovered plants will collect water, depending on how intense the storm is.
-Weather Update: Heat waves have been added as a random event. Your plants will lose water faster over time when exposed to higher temperatures. Consider sprinklers and buckets if a heat wave strikes.
-New: Waterproof Tarps: Place waterproof tarps to protect your plants from a stormy downpour. Plants under the tarp will receive less exposure to sunlight as well.
- Spider Mites have been re-balanced and re-released back into the game. Beware, these creepy crawlies can spread from plant-to-plant by hitching a ride on your crew members and growing webs...gross!

- Fixed a bug that caused Investigations to end before they should.

Hi Cash Croppers,

Your favorite farm is about 2 weeks out from it's next update. As part of the next round of developments we had to break out our digital backhoe and do some heavy lifting.

We'll see you in a couple weeks with the next patch and some exciting announcements!

Did you know that some strains of cannabis can grow as high as 16 feet (5 meters)? Imagine plants as tall as a house. Sound groovy? This update is for you.

-Overgrown! Given the proper care and enough room, plants may become Overgrown. This growing technique encourages your crop to become very large, requiring significantly more water and nutrients before harvest, but yielding many times more bud.

To maximize your chance of achieving wild growth, plant four identical strains in a 2x2 pattern, leaving a buffer of at least one empty tile away from any other plants. As below.

Keep your plants healthy, stress free, and with a little luck they'll merge into a tree of inspirational proportions.

Once overgrown, the buffer is no longer needed and you can safely lay new seeds around the base of the overgrown plant.

-The ‘remove plant’ tool is fully functional once again. You can find it in the Seeds menu, in your Toolbar next to 'New Field'.
-Overgrown plants will receive a “!” at the end of their name, signifying their difference from the rest of your harvest. For example “Snicklefritz #1!”.

- The Harvest view may become temporarily confused when overgrown plants die under varying circumstances. This has no gameplay effect.
- Overgrown plant's sprites may temporarily "pop". This has no gameplay effect.
- Starting a new game may fail if you attempt to start it immediately after having started a new game. While we work on the next patch, simply restart Cash Crop if you run into this problem.
-There is no tutorial for Overgrown planting yet.


Enjoy!

Better than a stack of fresh flapjacks - we've got another patch for you. This update tackles some quality of life issues and streamlines gameplay. Enjoy!

- Plant details have been re-enabled in the Harvest Menu. Simply mouse over the plant's icon for more details about its health and yield.
- Updated the Stash to display your current totals for each strain, this was previously behind a tool-tip.
- Updated the Stash to display units in both imperial and metric.
- Pausing the game reduces music volume slightly.
- Some other GUI touch-ups.

- Fixed several issues with some contracts that would cause them to appear empty or unavailable when clicked on.
- Corrected a bug that emptied available wholesale inventory after making any purchase.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Harvest Menu to not update properly after DEA raids.
- Fixed another edge case crow caw'n bug.
- Fixed a bug which caused Crew to get confused when a plant they are watering with a sprinkler dies.
- Fixed an animation bug that caused police dogs to walk backwards.

Hotfix 0.47.1 is live and by fan request we’ve released it as quickly as possible. Thanks Pika!

- Crows have more complicated behavior and several new sound effects.
- Plants now have unique, sequential names (“Dutch Treat #1”,“Snicklefritz #12”). Soon you’ll be able to tag a plant to customize it’s name.

- Fixed a bug which caused crows to keep squawking even after they’ve left the farm (https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/662910/discussions/0/1729828401668704875/)
- Corrected a jitter in one of Summer’s idle animations.

- The Field view may get confused when the DEA confiscates plants.

Part 1 of our Stores & Street Dealers update is live! We've rolled out an epic update so you can start your summer right - with a cloud of smoke and piles of cash!

- Street Dealing. Send your crew to Seattle to sling bud on the streets.
Use your cellphone to dispatch up to two crew members to Seattle - generating passive income for your farm. The longer they've been working, the more they earn but be careful - their risk of getting busted accumulates week to week - so call them back to the farm (or line up a Fall Guy) before they get arrested!.
- Spectator Mode has been updated to accommodate for Dealers.
- Reputation system has had some work done under the hood.
- Text messages now display the senders name before their message.
- Text message notification when Dealers are out of bud to sell.
- Seeds panel UI now shows bud icons next to each seed type.

- Fixed a bug which caused the camera to detach from your crew member.

- The Field view may get confused when the DEA confiscates plants.

We squashed some bugs over the weekend, thanks again to our diligent players for helping us out :)

This hotfix address an issue with your crew's sprinkler AI, tweaks passive alerts and warning, changes crows to be more harmful to plants, as well as some small GUI adjustments.

We hope you enjoy the changes - we'll check in with you later this week!

-The Cash Crop Team