My Monster Pet Shop

If your monster suddenly got three stars when it supposed not to, and then the monster maturity bar (the small yellow line) refused to go any further, you have nothing to worry about. Your monster is actually still on two stars level but the indicator prematurely showing three stars. Keep raising your monster normally. Your maturity bar will start moving again when your monster is already reach (the real) three stars.

Things You Should Know But You Don't (SUPPORT THE GAME)

2011-10-18T05:02:00.000-07:00

Please share a few seconds to write AGREE or DISAGREE on the comment after you read this post:

Do you know if completing an egg request from your friend is rewarding? If you complete an egg request from friend, you will get some XP as your reward. The problem is, you won't notice that. You also won't know the amount of XP you will earn or have earned from completing friend's request. Also, do you know how many XP you have so far? Do you know how many XP you need to gain a level? These are the things that we are entitled to know but we don't because there is no clear indication about all of these.

So, do you agree if these are included on the next Monster Pet Shop update?

Have numerical indicator apart from the green bar indicator for level so we can track our progress.
Show how many XP we will get from completing friend's request on Friends Activity tab.

(another suggestion regarding XP from SheaberToothTiger)

Adoption history shows both purchase price and XP gained.
Amount of XP received when a monster level up and XP shoots behind it.
Much clearer information about XP gained when hatching a new unknown monster (if any).

After i receive enough responses, i will notify Beeline. Let's show them that we all love Monster Pet Shop so much. That's why we want the game to be better and better from time to time :)

Thank you all!

Habitat Experiment

2011-10-17T23:58:00.000-07:00

There are so many fancy-looking habitat designs in the game. The question is "Any particular benefit apart from looking different than your neighbours?" You will find the answer here. As always, feel free to conduct your own experiment.

EXPERIMENT #1: Basic Dirt Habitat vs Pedestal Habitat

I hatched two Horned Steve almost at the same time (only FOURTY seconds gap). I placed one Steve in the basic dirt habitat and i placed another one in the expensive looking pedestal habitat. Just before they reached maturity (four stars/age where they can make eggs), i took two screenshots and here are the results:

Basic Dirt Habitat

Pedestal Habitat

There is a difference between them but it's not significant at all. Honestly, for me, this difference is too small to be taken into account. So, my (temporary) conclusion is, habitat that available for gold coin purchase provide very small breeding benefit but makes your shop looks different. To reach full conclusion, i need to conduct one more experiment using habitat that only available for purchase using Monster Berries. It will take a while though, so you don't need to stay tune in front of your screen :D

UPDATE:

EXPERIMENT #2: Basic Habitat vs Premium Habitat
I made another experiment using two Stripey Chuffles. I placed one on the basic grass habitat and another one on the Glass Ring Habitat, a premium habitat that only available for 30 Monster Berries.

Same method as Experiment #1 and here is the result:

Basic Grass Habitat

Premium/Glass Ring Habitat

At the same time, Chuffle on premium habitat advance faster to three-stars compared with Chuffle on basic habitat. In the end, Chuffle on the premium habitat mature faster than Chuffle on the basic habitat:

Basic Grass Habitat

Premium/Glass Ring Habitat

If i recall correctly, Chuffle on premium habitat mature 15 - 20 minutes faster than the one on the basic habitat. The verdict, fancy habitat does affect your breeding time. Also, i'm pretty sure that breeding time is reduced using percentage-based calculation (example: -20% breeding time) instead of time-based calculation (example: -20 minutes breeding time). So, if you breed a lengthy monster such as Marinna or Snorker, the number of minutes you will save could be greater than just 15 - 20 minutes. To prove this, i will do the third experiment in the near future.

Shop Exterior & Interior

2011-10-16T18:53:00.000-07:00

Basic Shop / Free / Available lvl. 1

Wizard's Keep / $30 or 2 Monster Berries / Available lvl. don't remember

Gothic Chamber / $50 or 3 Monster Berries / Available lvl. 7

Dungeon Chic / $75 or 4 Monster Berries / Available lvl. don't remember

Space Case / $150 or 8 Monster Berries / Available lvl. 11

Monster Mash-Up / $250 or 12 Monster Berries / Available lvl. 13

Haunted House / $200 or 10 Monster Berries / Available at any lvl (Special Edition for Halloween)

Saloon / $300 or 14 Monster Berries / Available lvl. 15

Steampunk / $500 or 30 Monster Berries / Available lvl. 17

Co-contributor: SheaberToothTiger

Bumpkin

2011-10-15T18:50:00.000-07:00

PLEASE READ "BREEDING 101" SECTION. IT CONTAINS USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT BREEDING.

Incubates in: 24hr

Best visit every: 20hr

Toy: Drum

Habitat: Grass

Fav. food: Chompa Chews

Egg price: 16 Monster Berries

Bumpkin egg. Colour may vary.

Horned Bumpkin

Striped Bumpkin

Finned Bumpkin

Nubbed Bumpkin

Co-contributor: SheaberToothTiger, ferraripilot

IMPORTANT: New Update!

2011-10-13T23:26:00.001-07:00

New update available now (14/10/11) on iTunes! Let's hope this update will fix the crash issue when sharing eggs with friends.

Halloween ! (For Fun Post)

2011-10-11T08:05:00.000-07:00

My monsters have dressed up for Halloween party.

Let's celebrate our first My Monster Pet Shop Halloween Party!

Contribute your own photoshop'd MPS character posing as well-known character (or you posing as MPS character.. ha! i dare you!) and i will post it here. Send the pic to: mymps@rocketmail.com
Please join guys, so we can add more Halloween spirit for this game. Remember, its all just for fun ;)

Fripp

2011-10-08T17:32:00.000-07:00

PLEASE READ "BREEDING 101" SECTION. IT CONTAINS USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT BREEDING.

Incubates in: 13hr 30mnt

Best visit every: 12hr 30mnt

Toy: Snorkel

Habitat: Water

Fav. food: Soggy S'Mores

Egg price: 14 Monster Berries

Fripp egg. Colour may vary.

Tufted Fripp

Pronged Fripp

Fin-Eared Fripp

Shark-Finned Fripp

Co-contributor: ferraripilot

IMPORTANT: Crashing When Sharing Eggs With Friends?

2011-10-08T06:33:00.000-07:00

If you have updated the game software but still experience crashing when sharing eggs with friends, i can't help. Sorry for that :( The problem lies within the developers. But there is one fun part about this issue. Every time you crashed after you give an egg, your friend is ACTUALLY receive the egg! Wait i'm not done yet. The best part is, you STILL POSSESS the egg that you just gave your friend! Me and my wife have proven this.

However, crashing is sucks best like vacuum cleaner. So if you want the developers to fix this issue as soon as possible, you my beloved readers, need to write a review on iTunes about this issue and mentioned about the crash. Give them one star rating if you feel necessary (i still gave them four). The more people write about this crash, the more likely they will notice ;)

Steve

2011-10-05T18:46:00.000-07:00

PLEASE READ "BREEDING 101" SECTION. IT CONTAINS USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT BREEDING.

Incubates in: 2hr

Best visit every: 2hr

Toy: Yoyo

Habitat: Dirt

Fav. food: Monster Mashed Potato

Egg price: 10 Monster Berries

Steve egg. Colour may vary.

One-Horned Steve.

Two-Horned Steve

Stripped Steve

Spotted Steve

Co-contributors: Semaniz Enterprise, Carina, tigerecruz

Rabble

2011-10-05T18:38:00.000-07:00

PLEASE READ "BREEDING 101" SECTION. IT CONTAINS USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT BREEDING.

Incubates in: 3hr

Best visit every: 2hr

Toy: Cell Phone

Habitat: Grass

Fav. food: Chilli Chips

Egg price: 12 Monster Berries

Rabble egg. Colour may vary.

Horned Rabble

Horn-Nosed Rabble

Nubbed Rabble

Pronged Rabble

Co-contributor: ferraripilot

Moppet

2011-10-05T18:31:00.000-07:00

PLEASE READ "BREEDING 101" SECTION. IT CONTAINS USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT BREEDING.

Incubates in: 4hr

Best visit every: 3.5hr

Toy: Guitar

Habitat: Grass

Fav. food: Chili Chips

Egg price: 14 Monster Berries

Moppet egg. Colour may vary.

Round Moppet

Boxy Moppet

Pointy Moppet

Squiggly Moppet

Co-contributors: Semaniz Enterprise, tigerecruz, ferraripilot

RIP Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)

2011-10-05T18:09:00.000-07:00

Rest in peace Steve Jobs. Thank you for the iDevices that allow lovely game such as Monster Pet Shop to exist.

Crashed?

2011-10-04T19:05:00.000-07:00

Can't play the game because it keep crashing on startup? That's because you need to update your game. Check your iTunes and update the game now :D

PS: You'll know this earlier if you are on My Monster Pet Shop Twitter xD Check previous post about following MMPS on Twitter.

My Monster Pet Shop On Twitter!

2011-10-04T19:00:00.000-07:00

Hey there loyal readers! Thank you for all the love you give to this blog. Now My Monster Pet Shop (MMPS) is on Twitter due to a lot of requests from MMPS blog readers. Now you can share your MPS experiences with another players (if they are willing to follow this blog on Twitter...). So please spread the words and start making that Twitter account if you don't have one :D

Oh, if any of you wondering why Twitter not Facebook, its just because Facebook is keep changing. I don't whether its a good thing or bad thing, but now i find FB is uncomfortable. Also, privacy issues. What we want to share is MPS game experience. With Facebook, we might share a little bit more than that (pure opinion).

Follow on Twitter: @monsterpetshops

or

Click this link to follow MMPS on Twitter!

Chuffle

2011-10-03T18:01:00.000-07:00

PLEASE READ "BREEDING 101" SECTION. IT CONTAINS USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT BREEDING.

Incubates in: 2hr

Best visit every: 1hr 30 mnt

Toy: Ball

Habitat: Grass

Fav. food: Tofu Treats

Egg price: 100 Monster Berries

Chuffle egg. Colour may vary.

Stripey Chuffle

Horned Chuffle

Mouse-Earred Chuffle

Pronged Chuffle

Co-contributor: ferraripilot

Egglet

2011-10-02T18:02:00.000-07:00

PLEASE READ "BREEDING 101" SECTION. IT CONTAINS USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT BREEDING.

Incubates in: 16hr 40mnt

Best visit every: 14hr

Toy: Bubble Bottles

Habitat: Grass

Fav. food: Gummy Drops

Egg price: 60 Monster Berries

Egglet egg. Colour may vary.

Fuzzy Egglet

Bumpy Egglet

Spiky Egglet

Nubbed Egglet

Co-contributor: Semaniz Enterprise, zac.kee, ferraripilot

Wump

2011-09-30T06:47:00.000-07:00

PLEASE READ "BREEDING 101" SECTION. IT CONTAINS USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT BREEDING.

Incubates in: 24hr

Best visit every: 20hr

Toy: Monster Mask

Habitat: Dirt

Fav. food: Salt Rock Licks

Egg price: 60 Monster Berries

Wump egg. Colour may vary.

Stripped Wump

Spiky Wump

Horned Wump

Button-Nosed Wump

Co-contributor: Semaniz Enterprise.

Marinna

2011-09-30T06:41:00.000-07:00

PLEASE READ "BREEDING 101" SECTION. IT CONTAINS USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT BREEDING.

Incubates in: 24hr

Best visit every: 20hr

Toy: Mermaid Statue

Habitat: Water

Fav. food: Yummy Worms

Egg price: 14 Monster Berries

Marinna egg. Colour may vary.

Curly Pronged Marinna

Nubbed Marina

Knobby-Pronged Marinna

Fin-Earred Marinna

Pet Me Here

Fuzzle

2011-09-28T16:42:00.000-07:00

PLEASE READ "BREEDING 101" SECTION. IT CONTAINS USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT BREEDING.

Incubates in: 8hr

Best visit every: 6hr

Toy: Pair of Sun Glasses

Habitat: Grass

Fav. food: Gummy Drops

Egg price: 16 Monster Berries

Fuzzle egg. Colour may vary.

Horned Fuzzle

Mouse-Eared Fuzzle

Stripey Fuzzle

Pronged Fuzzle

Co-contributors: lightbulbb & tigerecruz

Polygol

2011-09-26T23:32:00.000-07:00

PLEASE READ "BREEDING 101" SECTION. IT CONTAINS USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT BREEDING.

Incubates in: 1hr

Best visit every: 1hr

Toy: Energy Drink

Habitat: Water

Fav. food: Algae Bits

Egg price: 60 Monster Berries

Polygol egg. Colour may vary.

Bowed Polygol

Squiggly Polygol

Truffle Polygol

Pointy Polygol

Co-contributor: Semaniz Enterprise

Slugabug

2011-09-25T18:37:00.000-07:00

PLEASE READ "BREEDING 101" SECTION. IT CONTAINS USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT BREEDING.

Incubates in: 10hr

Best visit every: 8hr

Toy: Stereo

Habitat: Dirt

Fav. food: Cookie Crumbs

Egg price: 20 Monster Berries

Slugabug egg. Colour may vary.

Pronged Slugabug

Tiny-Eared Slugabug

Spiky Slugabug

Horned Slugabug

Co-contributors: tigerecruz & SheaberToothTiger

Terrabear

2011-09-25T00:40:00.000-07:00

PLEASE READ "BREEDING 101" SECTION. IT CONTAINS USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT BREEDING.

Incubates in: 10hr

Best visit every: 8hr

Toy: Mirror

Habitat: Dirt

Fav. food: Spaghetti Confetti

Egg price: 80 Monster Berries

Terrabear Egg. Colour may vary.

Horned Terrabear

Pronged Terrabear

Fuzzy Terrabear

Nubbed Terrabear

Co-contributor: SheaberToothTiger & ferraripilot