ok - i've completed the easy level of difficulty but can't for the life of me get through the normal level. can anyone lend any pointers other the than ones provided for the easy level?

any hints are appreciated (especially by my wrist!)

happy gaming! j

Easter Eggs pop up in this difficulty level (see this topic); other than that the day limit changes. Are the enemies more difficult? If the bomber bird appears in Pemberly Keep, I would just stay at Rosewood Manor.

i love the easter eggs that make the pets lay more eggs! i seem to have a problem getting enough money fast enough. i have yet to even get to pemberly keep before day 70. maybe i have a pet management problem? :-)

Well you can always do what I do (which is a bit cheating, but meh XD) for a 100% hatch rate: save after each successful hatch, and load after each unsuccessful hatch. After all, pets sell for more than eggs.

I don't worry about Pemberly Keep anymore. The bomber bird ruins a good game for me.

Playing on Normal and Insane modes, the easter eggs are helpful enough that you can cope with more pets. These days, I'll aim for about 20 pets in each hatchery - more when I get Petriwood and the tractor. I have played with 30 or 40 pets in each hatchery on Insane mode but have found 20 lets me complete the game quite easily in the allowed time. I don't worry about hatching eggs anymore, unless it's to get green dragons or ruby gryphons. I'm too impatient to continually save and load , and you have to hatch about 1 in 5 to make the same selling pets as you do selling eggs.

Also, pets sell for different amounts in the different modes. You buy a green dragonfly for 10 gold, and I think in easy you can sell it for 7 or 8, but in insane it only sells for about 5 gold. Other pets are similar.

meh, your reflexes must be pretty fast then, shaz, because 10 pets per farm is the limit for me ^_^

Bombers are pretty annoying, they drop bombs and, your pets sometimes stay at the top of the map and get blown up immediately.

If you don't get the last hatchery, you have to keep a lot of Ruby Gryphons, I think.