Board Thread:Eureka Moments/@comment-26461137-20150612214217

While many of the collection items and combining elements in this game can be added to your wishlist in order to let your friends know you need them. Special items such as fireflies and ladybugs, which are necessary to play certain pictures can also been given as free gifts but cannot be added to one's wishlist.

When you want to let your friends know that you need one of these special items, some players will spend two crystals to change their username to reflect this, example "John" becomes "Johnfirefl". -Of course, this is easier to do on the operating systems/devices that allow for more than ten characters in one's username.-

A free way of letting your friends know is by changing your player's avatar image to reflect your need. This has the added benefit of your avatar being displayed in game right next to your wishlist when your friends are trying to choose what to give you as a gift.

Changing your avatar or username are also good ways of letting your friends know if you will be taking a break from the game for awhile.

Unfortunately, currently the only way to have a unique avatar in game is to connect your Facebook account to the game. Your Facebook profile picture can then be displayed as your player avatar. For those for whom connecting a Facebook account is not an option, if you are a registered participant of this wiki you might reach (some) of your friends by changing your avatar here and leaving a message on your own Message Wall about your need.

If you wish to make a unique avatar image for your game there are a few guidelines that are good to keep in mind:

(Many thanks to the posters in this thread for much of the info and tips in this post.)
 * The "Hire" button and the icon that depicts your profession cover the bottom and top right corner of your image when your friends are viewing your profile in their friends list.
 * It is also a good idea to stick to some general design rules for Facebook profile images.  Make your image 200x200px and leave a 12px border all the way around, so that it will also properly display in Facebook thumbnails.

Here are some avatars that I have made, if anyone would like to use them. -They have only been tested here on this wiki so far.- If anyone else would like to share their avatars for others to use, please, feel free to post them here as well!

 