GOAL: Flavorful Friendsmas - 2023 Nov. 28 (14 Days)

[AnnirasSweets]

14 Day Goal - Flavorful Friendsmas
Lv. 12+
*Goal should end 2023 Dec. 11*
(22:00 UTC / 5pm EST / 2pm PST)

Goal 1: Flavorful Friendsmas
Buy 8 Holiday Donuts (16g to skip)

- Wallpaper

- $8,000 each

- ANY wallpaper will count
Buy 14 Peppermint Bark Tiles (24g to skip)

- Floor Tiles

- $9,000 each

- ANY tile will count
*Rewards: $2,620, 70 xp, UNLOCKS - HOHOHOliday Oven Appliance* *Side Goal Opens*

Goal 2: Try Pie
Build 3 HOHOHOliday Oven (4g to skip)

- 1 Fully Built for Free

- $35,000 each

- 28 Holiday Candy Bolt + 12 Holiday Candy Bolt 2
Serve 27 Holiday Pie Board (27g to skip)

- HOHOHOliday Oven

- 2 Hours
*Rewards: $2,650, 70 xp, UNLOCKS - Holiday Puppy Chow Recipe*

Goal 3: Snowy Snack
Serve 16 Holiday Puppy Chows (48g to skip)

- HOHOHOliday Oven

- 3 Hours
Buy 3 Crocheted Stockings (6g to skip)

- Wall Deco

- $22,000 each
*Rewards: $2,700, 75 xp, UNLOCKS - Holiday Puff Pas-Tree Recipe*

Goal 4: Sweet Tree-ts
Serve 20 Holiday Puff Pas-Trees (64g to skip)

- HOHOHOliday Oven

- 5 Hours
Buy ANY 1 floor decoration (can't skip)

- Must be new purchase

- Table/Chair/Counter will count
*Rewards: $2,770, 75 xp, UNLOCKS - HOHOHOliday Stove Appliance*

Goal 5: Tis the Season-ing
Build 3 HOHOHOliday Stoves (4g to skip)

- 1 Fully Built for Free

- $39,000 each

- 40 Holiday Candy Bolt 3 + 32 Holiday Candy Bolt 4
Serve 34 Holiday Punches (48g to skip)

- HOHOHOliday Stove

- 2 Hours
*Rewards: $2,880, 80 xp, UNLOCKS - Pumpkin Pie Latte Recipe*

Goal 6: Jingling Mingling
Visit 12 Community Members (12g to skip)

- Neighbors do not count
Leave 12 Tips (12g to skip)

- Tipping any other bakery counts
Have 2 Xmas Ornament Counters (4g to skip)

- Counter

- $15,000 each
*Rewards: $3,000, 85 xp, UNLOCKS - Seasonal Selfie Floor Deco*

Goal 7: Elfie Selfie
Serve 25 Pumpkin Pie Lattes (63g to skip)

- HOHOHOliday Stove

- 7 Hours
Have 2 Seasonal Selfies (4g to skip)

- 2x1 Floor Deco

- $20,000 each
*Rewards: $3,300, 90 xp, UNLOCKS - Festive Fizz Recipe*

Goal 8: Seasonal Seating
Have 4 HOHOHOliday Tables (8g to skip)

- Table

- $14,000 each
Have 6 HOHOHOliday Chairs (12g to skip)

- Chair

- $16,000 each
*Rewards: $3,470, 95 xp, UNLOCKS - Holiday Cheer Pong Floor Deco*

Goal 9: Cool Yule
Serve 40 Festive Fizzs (99g to skip) *typo - Fizzs = Fizzes*

- HOHOHOliday Stove

- 10 Hours
Have 2 Holiday Cheer Pongs (4g to skip)

- 3x3 Floor Deco

- $32,000 each
*Rewards: $3,700, 100 xp, 1 Free Holiday Twists Floor Deco*

Final Goal Prize:
Holiday Twists, 4x4, 65 Gems
72066

SIDE GOAL:
Lv. 12+


SG NOTES:
*Recipes moved to Basic Oven for SG Duration
*Recipes will return to original locations when finished with final task of last goal
*If skipping SG, recipes will return to original location at end of goal timer
*Timer banners on recipes are just to help players find them during the goal
*Notes based on past goal behavior*

North Pole Express Part One:
Serve 30 Santa Hat Brownies (99g to skip)

- Basic Oven

- Moved from Santa's Shop Oven

- 2 Hours *under COOKIES tab*
Serve 35 Gingerfriend Cakes (99g to skip)

- Basic Oven

- Originally on Wrapped Oven

- 3 Hours *under CAKE tab*
Rewards: $1,800, 53 xp

North Pole Express Part Two:
Serve 38 Santa Hat Brownies (99g to skip)

- Basic Oven

- 2 Hours *under COOKIES tab*
Serve 40 Gingerfriend Cakes (99g to skip)

- Basic Oven

- 3 Hours *under CAKE tab*
Rewards: $1,800, 53 xp

North Pole Express Part Three:
Serve 40 Santa Hat Brownies (99g to skip)

- Basic Oven

- 2 Hours *under COOKIES tab*
Serve 45 Gingerfriend Cakes (99g to skip)

- Basic Oven

- 3 Hours *under CAKE tab*
Rewards: $1,800, 53 xp, 1 Free North Pole Express

Final Side Goal Prize:
North Pole Express, 4x4, 24 Gem Value (Originally released 2012 Dec. 20 as 1st Prize in Holiday Present.)
72064
*Deco placed, click for larger image/greater detail:
72065
*Ice Cube Floor tiles under decos to show footprint

BONUS GOAL: Complete Flavorful Friendsmas!
*Must complete all tasks of the current Main Goal in order to access this goal

BG NOTES:

*GOAL EXPIRES ALONG WITH MAIN GOAL

*If you want to unlock the recipe, be sure to allow yourself a bit of extra time on the final day

*Loretta's Oven is the bonus appliance again, but a new recipe is added.

*Only new recipe will unlock with this goal, other recipes will remain locked if you skipped previous bonus goals
*Using 99 gems to skip the first task will only unlock the NEWEST Loretta's Oven recipe

*You WILL NOT get any goal locked recipes or decos from main goal if you use gems to skip any BG tasks

Goal 1:
Unlock the Holiday Twists (99g to skip goal)

- task auto-completes by winning final goal prize from the Main Goal
Rewards: $2,620, 70 xp, UNLOCKS - Loretta's Oven Appliance

Goal 2:
Have the Loretta's Oven (99g to skip goal)

- $35,000

- Comes Fully Built

- task auto-completes if you've already purchased the oven
Rewards: $2,650, 70 xp, UNLOCKS - Red Velvet Peppermint Cake Recipe

Goal 3:
Serve Red Velvet Peppermint Cake 10 times! (20g to skip goal)

- Loretta's Oven

- 2 Hours
Rewards: $5,400, 150 xp


Main Goal Images:

https://i.imgur.com/mjqICoih.png

Side Goal Recipes Images:

https://i.imgur.com/FmF2LwBh.png

Bonus Goal Recipes Images:

https://i.imgur.com/wquLzcDh.png

iOS Value Pack Offer:

Breakfast Buffet - 4x2 - Actual Value Unknown
Originally released 2011 Jul. 08 (https://forums.storm8.com/showthread.php?14438) as Free Gift with Gem Purchase (later listed in sales for 14-70 gems)
https://i.imgur.com/4GOkJHtl.png
*Inventory Image:
72101
*Deco placed, click for larger image/greater detail:
72102
*Ice Cube Floor tiles under deco to show footprint







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[AnnirasSweets]

NOTE: The Gingerfriend Cake can be mastered on the Basic Oven even if you've mastered it on the original Wrapped Oven

[ayubling]

Side goal part 1 Gingerfriend Cake 35 servings

[AnnirasSweets]

Side goal part 1 Gingerfriend Cake 35 servings

LOL, thanks for the heads up, I fixed the typo. Seems I have to update my template - it's been a looooonnnng time since we had such low numbers in the side goals ;D

Holiday Pie Board:
72068

[35sweets]

Thank you for all your help.
Side goal is hard to complete. You can barely do both main goal & side goal. You spend a lot of resources. When the Wednesday goal drops, You would have to stop one of the Tuesday goals in order to complete the Wednesday one.
I'm already getting complaints.

[fluffyfoot]

I love the side goal! It will take awhile because 2 and 3 hour recipes are hard to do when I work all day. I don’t like the main goal prize at all(or the holiday cheer pong) but I am hoping for some good recipes. The first one could be cute but it is so small and flat. Hope recipes get better as we go.

[DawnLovesDD]

Whoever provides the names of the recipes in the second oven must have the photos of them. Can whoever it is please provide pictures of recipes in the second oven. This will help people like me who don't like the first oven recipes and want to see the second ovens recipes before deciding to do the goal. This would be so helpful. You can send to Anniras so she can post or post directly in here.

[AnnirasSweets]

Whoever provides the names of the recipes in the second oven must have the photos of them. Can whoever it is please provide pictures of recipes in the second oven. This will help people like me who don't like the first oven recipes and want to see the second ovens recipes before deciding to do the goal. This would be so helpful. You can send to Anniras so she can post or post directly in here.

I do get images of the recipe names/info but for some reason the image of the actual recipe doesn't show. *shrugs* It's always been this way and I never could figure out why it's like that but I do post all the images/info I get from others as soon as I get them. Usually a forum user posts the second appliance recipes well before I get them though.

[Burntdinner]

Perhaps it is just me, but the goal prize seems underwhelming for Christmas (sigh). Maybe the mini goals will be better.

[pcabral03]

Holiday Puppy Chow (HoHoHoliday Oven/Second recipe)
https://i.imgur.com/wVD6dFd.jpeg

Holiday Puff Pas-Tree (HoHoHoliday Oven/Third recipe)
https://i.imgur.com/UQb6Nzv.jpeg

Holiday Punch (HoHoHoliday Stove/First recipe)
https://i.imgur.com/0YmLYvf.jpeg

Pumpkin Pie Latte (HoHoHoliday Stove/Second recipe)
https://i.imgur.com/nTxCJiP.jpeg

Festive Fizz (HoHoHoliday Stove/Third recipe)
https://i.imgur.com/7FcdfIi.jpeg

Red Velvet Peppermint Cake (Loretta's Oven/Bonus recipe)
https://i.imgur.com/i8is8Ux.jpeg

[DawnLovesDD]

My neighbor had all these recipes in her bakery. I dont like any recipes in either oven. I am doing this goal just to get the 1st prize. Please stop with all the browns. We have been asking for years. There are so many beautiful winter possibilities with beautiful vibrant or pastel colors. Please do items with snowflakes, snowman, bears, penguins, snowglobes, elves/pixies, polar bears, snow, holly, gingerbread men, christmas coffees that are starbucks looking (no brown), peppermint/candy canes, huskies, ice skating, hockey, trees, reindeer, etc. Maybe take a look at Baskin Robbins ice cream cakes for inspiration. I would also love to see counter presentation pics because that makes a difference if we do the goal. I would love to be able to see pictures of what is in the second ovens but that affects many of our decisions if we don't like the prizes.

72086 Holiday Punch
7208772088 Pumpkin Pie Latte
72089 Festive Fizz
72141 Loretta Recipe

[stripesbakery1]

I have a problem with the Gingerfriend Cake. I baked them already before the side goal started on the original oven. Now the baked ones on the easy oven are on an extra counter and doesn't count up to the already baked cakes.

I need two counters for the same cake. Can someone please fix this bug.

[AnnirasSweets]

I have a problem with the Gingerfriend Cake. I baked them already before the side goal started on the original oven. Now the baked ones on the easy oven are on an extra counter and doesn't count up to the already baked cakes.

I need two counters for the same cake. Can someone please fix this bug.

It's not a bug, as noted on page 1 they are two distinct and separate recipes despite having the same name/image.

Usually they do use the original recipe and move it to the basic oven from its original appliance but on occasion they appear to use the echo version of the recipe. You'll be able to tell when this happens as the recipe will remain where it always was despite it showing in the basic oven.

[Missprestigious]

My neighbor had all these recipes in her bakery. I dont like any recipes in either oven. I am doing this goal just to get the 1st prize. Please stop with all the browns. We have been asking for years. There are so many beautiful winter possibilities with beautiful vibrant or pastel colors. Please do items with snowflakes, snowman, bears, penguins, snowglobes, elves/pixies, polar bears, snow, holly, gingerbread men, christmas coffees that are starbucks looking (no brown), peppermint/candy canes, huskies, ice skating, hockey, trees, reindeer, etc. Maybe take a look at Baskin Robbins ice cream cakes for inspiration. I would also love to see counter presentation pics because that makes a difference if we do the goal. I would love to be able to see pictures of what is in the second ovens but that affects many of our decisions if we don't like the prizes.

72086 Holiday Punch
7208772088 Pumpkin Pie Latte
72089 Festive Fizz

Okay ✋🏻 I kinda like the first recipe and im glad we will having another batch of drinks but not exciting at all, I love holiday themed so i was hoping that next goal will be more Christmassy vibrant color 🤩 I really want more CAKES in a pedestal please 😩💝

[shanelle1234]

Dont like anything with the main or side goal. The chairs are foldable chairs.. really? Recipes (side goal) are in ugly bowls. Prize for each are meh.

Edit: Although I do want to shout out how awesome it is that recipe suggestions have been put into the game! Wish the green drink would have fallen under a St. Patty?s Day goal though. I also really love the tray that the puff pastries are on. Very pretty and what we have been pining for!

[pcabral03]

I still like the goal prizes in main goal, but more so for nostalgic reasons than Christmas 😊❤️



Holiday Cheer Pong 3x3, Seasonal Selfie 2x1, Holiday Twists 4x4
https://i.imgur.com/gxN52N9.jpeg

[SweetHeart1002]

I was expecting something more "Christmassy" as well, but I have to say these two recipes look fine anyway to me :) so thank you for these new drinks!

72210 72211

I'm sure I'll reuse them even after having mastered them (?) :)

If the Pumpkin Pie Lattes were displayed like the Festive Fizz I would've liked them a bit better too, I really like when drinks are displayed on simple grey trays, it makes them stand out (sorry if I'm being repetitive XD lol)

[AnnirasSweets]

Now that the goal is over I thought I'd give my opinions and feedback....

Pros:
- Drink recipes are always great and the punch was my favorite on the counter
- Bonus recipe was cute as a button!
- The wall deco and the counter were adorable
- Floor tile was both original and makes a cohesive pattern when placed which is a huge plus :)
- They tried to go outside of the holiday box. This wasn't just a standard 'Red + Green + Santa = Christmas' which is an idea that has potential...

Cons:
- Parts all having the same name!

- Not only is it confusing and unimaginative but the names don't fit in the boxes of our inventory. This naming issue makes it difficult to navigate the parts easily. Especially for anyone that has any level of visual issues.
- Tables and Chairs:

- The actual pattern on the tables and chairs might've been cute but the folding table/chair design was off-putting. Would anyone actually want to frequent an establishment that used those? Maybe if this was for a home design game they could work but for a game that's meant to represent a business they just don't fit.
-Recipes displays were mostly on flat trays.

- Said trays didn't match so the recipes all seem to be random and not connected in any way. I think most prefer it when all the recipes are part of a clearly defined set with a common theme/display.
- The decos seemed to be a bit too juvenile and generic.

- I understand holidays being about family which involves children but it would've been nice to have something that didn't look like a preschool holiday party. Which, unfortunately, was the overall vibe of the goal for me.
- It was cute but nothing I'd want to spend the time hunting through my inventory for next year. We already have a twister-type deco so the final prize was a huge let down in that it wasn't even an original piece. And the 'holiday' part of the decos seemed to be slapping reindeer headbands on one person per deco which seems like they just repurposed a random deco to fit the theme. Disappointing to say the least.
- There are SO MANY different countries that celebrate this holiday that the list of possible deco ideas is nearly endless. Not only would players get unique pieces but it would be a great way to put the spotlight on different cultures, spread the knowledge of their customs and get others interested in said cultures!

I think that covers the main points for now. I don't want to seem ungrateful, I absolutely appreciate the new goal and understand how much work goes into them. That said, if you're going to try and pass something off as a holiday event, it should feel a bit more intentional, I think. This just didn't feel like they sat down and planned out every aspect or created each element specifically for this exact goal. Rather, it felt like they went through a folder of finished items and bundled together items and forced them to fit the theme.

I love this game but I have to say this was a let down and I really hope we see better before the year is out.