New stuff for modes arrives on its own, and your phone reminds you what matters
Before, every new model or icon meant a new version of the app. Now the game downloads that kind of thing by itself when you log in, so you'll have to update the app a lot less often. Your phone also got notifications, and the modes in the menu are in a new order.
New stuff arrives on its own
When new models, icons, pictures or sounds come out, the game downloads them when you log in. While the download runs, the Update screen shows how much is left, and next to it there's a “What's new” list. You don't have to wait: press “Play now” and the download keeps going right in the game.
What a mode needs downloads the first time you enter it: the loading screen will say “Loading mode” and show a short list of what's new in that mode. Everything you've downloaded stays with you — both in the app and in the browser — so nothing downloads a second time. If the download gets stuck, the game still lets you in with what you already have.
The app got lighter: sounds no longer sit in it all at once, they download when they're needed. In the browser all of this works right away, and on phones and computers it starts with the new version of the app.
Phone notifications
The game asks for permission not at launch, but when it's actually useful: for example, right after you set out a planter — “Want to know when the planter's ripe?”. Answer “Yes, notify me” or “Not now”.
- Hive: a planter is ripe, an expedition is back, and 10 minutes before a shared boss in Honey Harbor.
- Anarchy: a boss comes out in the dungeon, and an auction you're in is wrapping up.
Reminders come even when the game is closed. At night the game stays quiet, and in a day it sends no more than 6 boss reminders and 4 about something being ready. You can turn them off in the settings, in the Notifications line. Notifications are available on Android and iPhone.
Modes in the menu, in a new order
In the main menu the modes now go like this: Plots, Hive, Anarchy.