New Soup Kitchen

[Cowslips]

Perky, thanks for making me laugh! It's the first time I've laughed over HayDay for several days.

Now to get back on track and start to enjoy farming again...

[dgjohnson]

I prefer the new one. I always felt like when they made the soup kitchen they couldn't be bothered to come up with any ideas, so they just re-used the popcorn maker and threw a pot on it. This looks like they spent some time on it.

[AsYouWish]

I have mixed feelings. I loved the cast iron look of the old soup kitchen, and enjoyed the animation.
I love, love, love the animation on this one. The gas flames are too cool, and I like seeing inside the pot as the lid lifts. The pot is cute, too.

I miss the understated cast iron, very much, and am concerned about what this might portend for the other nice pieces; but I am grateful to find something really nice to enjoy about Soup Kitchen version 2.

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Sparkly, I just saw your post. I've been eyeing that turquoise Kitchen Aide mixer with wistful longing. Congratulations! I'll bet you love it!
You made me laugh when you mentioned Avocado Green appliances! My first 3 apartments were loaded with Avocado green. The last one even added Avocado green wall-to-wall carpeting and throw-up Avocado green bathroom sinks, toilets and bathtubs. Turquoise I love. Avocado Green? I'd run screaming for the hills!

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Glade, I'm so sorry Fred and Hilda lost their romantic table for two! Your picture, with little Freda looking for a treat, is among my favorite HD pictures. That one is worthy of framing.

[Mellnie]

Does anyone else think this updated soup kitchen does not fit in and looks awful?

Yes, absolutely ! Does not fit in at all and looks like an accident from Barbie mansion ! Big dislike !!

[orion10]

Does anyone else think this updated soup kitchen does not fit in and looks awful?

I do.

It doesn't fit in with the color palette for the cake oven, sauce maker or salad bar. It doesn't fit well with the Fall color palette. It looks likes a toy soup kitchen.

Sorry developers, it looks awful. Can we have the old design back?

[Vfrood]

Then again i will cast your attention on the new washing machine you can buy now. Very old school

On one hand i love the new kitchen, on the other hand.... And the seat has gone
Pasta kitchen seemes changed too.

[Sparkly888]

Then again i will cast your attention on the new washing machine you can buy now. Very old school

On one hand i love the new kitchen, on the other hand.... And the seat has gone
Pasta kitchen seemes changed too.

Perhaps the missing bench at the pasta kitchen was in response to the complaints that people thought it was too big.

[GladeMaid]

Perhaps the missing bench at the pasta kitchen was in response to the complaints that people thought it was too big.

I don't remember seeing floods of complaints about that. Nor does the footprint seem any smaller to me. The lovely table and chairs are just gone. Please bring the table and chairs back.

[MiniGardener]

The cool thing about the seats in the pasta kitchen was that they allowed you to get right up close with other items: the gnomes looked like they were sitting at the table and you could place pavers beneath them so the kitchen looked more integrated into the general landscape. I believe the footprint is still the same, the profile is just smaller. My gnomes now have to stand to eat their pasta.

[knitgal2]

If SC graphic artists are redesigning all the rustic farm machines to look like they belong in a diner, instead of on a farm, here's my suggestion for the new cake oven:

http://i.imgur.com/MbeNm55.jpg

We need a new Dairy, like this real old Braums store from Oklahoma City -- except the building should be in teal and hot pink and yellow. With sparkles and flowers and neon fireworks -- in other words, appropriate to a space-age Googie farm.

http://i.imgur.com/PZwwFbV.jpg

And new cows to go with the new dairy:

http://i.imgur.com/sVFuMJi.jpg

and new pigs too --

http://i.imgur.com/gKLv0Hl.jpg

Suuuuuure, these new things don't really match stylistically, and they don't go together in a harmonious vision, but we are OBVIOUSLY not doing THAT anymore.

What are YOUR suggestions for what should be the next redesign away from something that looks like it actually might belong on a farm?

Here's my suggestion for the next new town building -- its sleek modern design will contrast sharply with the homey cute and visually descriptive nature of the existing town buildings, begging the existential question, "WHYYYYYYYY am I here???? What is my purpose?? Why am I putting THIS thing HERE????"

http://i.imgur.com/jES4f9g.jpg

Better than that old fishing hut that we see at every private lake in the world, right? Something nice for Angus (the old fisherman)

What is it? Who knows.

Does it fit with the rustic fish camp theme? Who cares?

Can the ducks use it too? Don't be quackers.

http://i.imgur.com/57zai4N.jpg

Oh, the wonders we conceive when we free ourselves from the straitjackets of coherent visions and you know, visual environment planning and design

http://i.imgur.com/Derj67i.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nY86kIm.jpg

Sorry about your floor, Jem but that's what you get when you drink Pepsi. Disgusting stuff.

And why does it have to be "a line in the sand," Jem? Why do we have to confine ourselves to these old ways of thinking and doing, even if they make sense, visually and thematically and even metaphorically.

why can't we do this instead????

http://i.imgur.com/vrHQf6J.jpg

Don't make me draw a bull in the kitchen -- we have had a souper amount of kitchen bull today, I think, already.

Why should we accept a belching old creaky steam train in town, when we can have something new and (allegedly) spiffy just for the sake of having something new and (allegedly) spiffy, whether it enhances the game or not.

http://i.imgur.com/6JB8xRJ.jpg

*Whistles* Guys, over here! We found her! I don't know how she escaped, but now that she's been out, she'll probably put up quite a fight, so don't forget to bring the white jacket...and yes, maybe a sedative, too.

And They're coming to take me away Ha Ha
They're coming to take me away ho ho, he he, ha ha
to the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time, and I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats
and they're coming to take me away ha ha!

I like the newly-designed soup kitchen because the previous version looks too much like the popcorn machine, IMO.
Thank you game designers for the new, shiny soup kitchen.

As for you...in the Boys vs. Girls game, you are going down for taking that side...going down, I say!