June's Journey: Hidden Objects
June’s Journey tips
My tip for beginners: read the game FAQs in the game setting "help" section. Replay scenes to earn coins to buy high flower value items. Too many low-flower items will cause you to run out of island space. Establish daily bush exchanges with players so you can get compasses, diamonds, energy. Save diamonds to buy the extended energy bar if you want to play more. Make the most out of your starboxes by saving and opening them for Help Wanted tasks. To increase your chances of getting Marvelous prizes every month, save pink boxes to open next month.
The game is a challenge, where you must balance island decoration with story progression. If you run out of space, you must replay scenes to earn coins for high-flower decoration, using them to replace your low-flower decoration on your island. The higher the flower value, the further you can progress.
On flowers:
Flowers can be added to your island in several ways: moving items from storage to island, buying decoration, upgrading buildings, renovating landmarks, and sending Jack's plane on a flower delivery. When you buy decoration, the construction must be complete and the red ribbon removed, before its Flower value will count. Buying decoration of higher Flower value will get you further in the game.
On basic gameplay and game support:
Wooga game company is the developer of June’s Journey, and their website Wooga.com provides answers to many FAQs and customer game support. https://wooga.helpshift.com/a/june-s-journey/?p=web Game support can also be reached within the game by clicking on the game settings (green gear icon) then the “help” button. It is helpful to save your game ID (under the help button or bottom left when game is loading) should you need to contact support for question/ suggestion/ assistance.
On scene scores and coins earned:
Your total score is the highest when you reach the fifth star and is the sum of 4 scores:
1. Base score is 454,000 maximum, for tapping the first 8 objects in order, as written left to right.
2. Accuracy score is 40,000 max for not mis-tapping.
3. Hint score is 40,000 max for not using any hints.
4. Speed score, of course, depends on your speed.
"Perfect" rating is achieved by finding all objects before the bonus bar runs out, without hints or misses, and does not reflect order or speed, other than no lapse of the bonus bar. Highest scores are achieved by having “perfect” rating, plus speed and order (although some player’s speed can overcome the deficiency of not tapping in order). The leaderboard will show your highest score in that scene, compared to other players in your gaming group. Earning the top spot (the red hat) will not give any game bonus/advantage. The base coins you receive are based on your total score: 1 coin for every 10,000 points, so 550,000 gives 55 coins, 610,000 gives 61 coins. "Perfect" rating will give you another 10 coins. All other coins, keys, suitcase prizes (i.e. building materials, diamonds, compasses) are random. Purple suitcases generally (not always) have the most valuable items, then red, then brown.
On stars:
As you play new scenes, you fill stars, which are totaled on your main screen. Each mastered scene gives you 5 stars (25 stars per chapter). They are markers of your game progress and do not decrease in number. As more stars accumulate, more items become available in the store and (in conjunction with compasses) more land can be opened. An easy way to see if you have mastered all scenes is to make sure the star count equals your mastered scene multiplied by 5, plus any stars from unmastered scene.
On the number of hidden objects:
Each star/stage in a scene has a specific number of objects to find. Each star adds 15 more potential objects to find. When filling the first star, you must find 8 objects out of 15 potential hidden objects. When you reach the 2nd star, you must find 10 out of 30 potential objects. At the 3rd star, find 12 out of 45. At the 4th star, find 12 out of 60 objects. At the 5th star, find 12 out of 75 objects. Story clues are always incorporated in the objects to find at the start of the 1st and 4th star.
On Star boxes:
For every scene you master, you receive 4 blue star boxes (called 1-star box) and 1 pink star box (called a 5-star box). You can click on the question mark above them to see what the possibilities and the odds. It is helpful to save some Star boxes so that you have them available when the Help Wanted newspaper tasks ask for them. They also come in handy for extra energy during the Detective Needed timed challenge events to play more and get more keys. If you save pink stars to open at the next monthly collection set, then you will increase your chances of getting the prizes that only come from pink boxes. I save boxes and delay my gratification a little, but I get more benefit out of them. When players reach the developers weekly
On star boosters:
Star Boosters usually come from a 5-star box (pink star box). They have no expiration and will continue to accumulate on the bottom left of your chapter scenes page. Once you activate one, you have 30 minutes to fill your chapter stars twice the normal rate. You also get a full energy bar (either 110 or 150 if you have the extended bar) and all your plays will cost 10 energy instead of 15 (no need to watch video). To use it most efficiently, it's best to have 2-3 new scenes open, a full energy bar, and 1-2 character puzzles, since you'll need to have enough energy for 30 minutes of fast play. Alternatively, if you don’t like zipping through new scenes, just use it for the extra energy, whenever you need it (i.e. during Detectives Needed Challenge for keys or during DL team competitions). Some players like using it on the fifth star to reach the pink star box faster.
On decoration construction time:
The time it takes for each decoration to complete construction is written on the face card in the store. Flower value of each item is given after construction is complete. A common misunderstanding is the designation “old” in the construction time, either on the card or on the timer once the item is placed. It is not “old” but “zero one day” in abbreviation (0 1 day), which means 24 hours.
On compasses:
Compass release is paced by the developers. You have little control over getting them (unless you buy them during special limited-time sales). Instead, focus on advancing your game. Replay mastered scenes and save your coins to buy decor with the greatest number of flowers to progress further in the story. The more you advance the game, the more star boxes and possibly more compasses you’ll get. No room? Place a few things in storage and replace with high flower décor. With this strategy, you should find more space and flexibility on your island.
releases, pink boxes are limited to 5 per week (not counting what is earned through Detectives Needed newspaper tasks or special events).
On selling:
You need to be careful when you sell; sell too much and you'll get into too much flower debt. Be aware you'll only get half the coins back that you paid for it. It's better to store and just replace it with an item with high flower value. But if you are too impatient, like me, this is how I sell. I set my sights on what I want to buy (usually the item with the most possible flowers), say it costs 10,000 coins. I replay until I get at least half those coins, better to be a couple thousand more, 7000 in this example Then I sell items of low-flower value until I meet my goal of 10,000. Then you won't have sold off more flowers than you will get, and you will free up some island space.
On coin/energy production:
The Estate produces 1 coin every 10 minutes, reaching max of 60 after 10 hours. That means 7.5 hours to get 45 coins, minimum of 16.7 hours to get 100, minimum of 36.7 hours to get 220. All other buildings produce 1 coin every 40 minutes, reaching max of 15 after 10 hours. All completed landmarks produce 1 energy every 40 minutes, reaching max of 15 after 10 hours.
On diamonds:
Diamonds (purple gems) are the rarest currency in the game, so save and use them wisely. Some decoration can only be purchased with diamonds. You can also use them to speed up construction, to buy energy, to gift special bushes, to open land when you lack compasses, or to buy the extended energy bar. I recommend that players buy the extended energy bar if they want to play more for the long term. Best ways to earn diamonds are by removing rocks and dead trees from newly opened land plots and by daily exchanging bushes with other players.
On Landmarks (Lighthouse, Chapel, Pirate Ship, Mountain Chateau, and Aviary):
Landmarks are the larger projects on your island that you must renovate (fill the bars) regularly and in return receive flowers. The goal is to encourage players to visit their island daily. The Lighthouse becomes available to renovate on chapter 3. Each landmark has 19 levels to complete, although levels contain more renovation bars with each subsequent landmark. Once you reach 20, you can start renovation on the next landmark immediately (no need to wait 1 day). One landmark must be complete before starting the next. The progression of the landmarks is not related to your progress in the game, but to your daily visit and renovation. If you fill 2 bars daily (by also watching the video), then lighthouse will take about 140 days (4.7 months), chapel 170 days (5.7 months), pirate ship 190 (6.3 months), chateau 228 (5.7 months), aviary 60 days (2.0 months) . You can renovate faster by renovating every 20 hours. At the completion of each landmark, it will start producing energy at the rate of 1 energy every 40 minutes, reaching maximum of 15 in 10 hours. After the aviary is complete, players can continue to earn flowers by hatching birds (starling, seagull, parrot, and goose), which you can name when the bird first hatches, by tapping on the pencil next to the default name. Mr. Talbot has great antics for all the landmarks, and I encourage players to read the renovation tasks for a good chuckle.
On The Chapter Book:
When you go to your scenes list, go to the far left, and look at the brown book That is your chapter book, and shows chapter number and chapter name. When you open that book, you'll see your list of clues from each scene, which will replay the dialogue when you click on them. When your chapter book is open, you can travel very quickly from chapter to chapter, using the numbers and arrow below it (much faster than outside the book).
On the extended energy bar:
It is NOT unlimited energy. Energy can be used up and will still recharge at the same rate of 1 energy every 2 minutes.
You get 450 energy to start, energy that refills to 150 every 5 hours (instead of 110 in 3hr 20 min), and 150 energy (instead of 110) for every character puzzle you complete and every star booster you activate. The extended energy bar costs 799 diamonds and can be found by tapping the plus sign next to your energy count. It will remain a permanent feature of your game. Highly recommended for those who want to play more or need more plays during Detectives Needed Key Challenges or Team Competitions.
On the photo album:
When you open your photo album, there is a green grid-like button at the bottom which will display all the photos in the album. Flip through the pages using left and right side-arrows to see the photos you have completed and the ones that are waiting to be completed, indicated by 7/7 meaning you have collected 7 of the 7 cards. If you have multiple completed sets, you can click on any of those to complete in any order. If you are currently collecting a set, it is highlighted in green and beneath it shows how many cards you already have (i.e. 3/7 means you have 3 of the 7 cards). Photos with a lock mean a photo is available, but you lack the cards to unlock it, yet. Photos with a question mark mean a photo is beyond your level or has not been created/released by the game developers. When you complete a photo puzzle, you will receive a full bar of energy (110 for the original bar or 150 for the extended energy bar) on top of any energy you already have.
On the Storage Ship:
The storage ship becomes available after chapter 5 and storage is unlimited. When items are placed in storage, their flower value will be subtracted from your flower total, such that you will need more flowers to progress. But your level will not fall, meaning you can place storage items on the island to satisfy the flower requirements, level up by exiting storage, and then immediately replace the item into storage without losing progress. This is helpful when you only want to level up one at a time to satisfy the newspaper task. Storage is also very useful when rearranging your island. You can access it by 3 ways: by tapping on the ship, by tapping on any item and selecting the yellow button (icon is an arrow pointing down into a box), and by holding down anywhere on your island until the arrow fills up. You cannot store buildings that generate coins, bushes received as gifts, or obstacles from newly cleared land.
On collecting the seasonal set:
Game beginners start with an introductory set, the Garden Soiree Set. At the beginning of each month, a different set will be available.
On Detectives Needed Challenges (DNC or Key Challenges):
Collect enough keys in the given time by playing scenes and/or completing newspaper cases. After you complete chapter 4, the challenge appears every few days and will appear as a stopwatch on the left hand side of your island to indicate number of keys needed, your progress, the prizes, and whether scenes and/or cases will provide keys. While some, especially advanced players can complete these challenged through normal play, others find it useful to save Star boxes, character puzzles, or starboosters for extra energy and for completion of Help Wanted cases.
Can’t proceed, “See Storage” or “Decorate”
It means you need more Flowers added to your island to proceed. How many more you need is indicated on the main island screen, top right, next to the Flower icon. If you lack enough Flowers in storage items, you can acquire Flowers by buying decoration, renovating a landmark, upgrading a 3x3 building, or sending Jack's plane on a Flower delivery. If you buy decoration, the Flowers will not count until after construction is complete and the red ribbon is removed.
How to stockpile energy for DL competitions:
Energy will only automatically refill up to the 110-energy ceiling, unless you buy the extended energy bar for 799 diamonds, which moves the ceiling to 150 energy. You can always add energy above the energy ceiling by collecting bonus energy when your energy bar is full. Bonus energy can come from star boxes, star boosters, sharing coffee in the lounge, character photo puzzles, and completed landmarks (i.e. lighthouse, chapel, pirate ship, mountain chateau, aviary).
Tips from the lounge can be spent on the tips shop (shopping bag icon bottom left of the cafe). You can use them to buy pink star boxes, upgrade the energy of your drinks, fancy drinks, and characters for your avatar. Star box is only for yourself. Upgrading the drink energy will benefit you and all your teammates who drink your cup. Fancy drinks are just cosmetic and have no game benefit. Avatar character will change your game avatar picture as seen by non-FB friends (FB friends will still see your FB profile picture, unless you specify otherwise in the game settings.) Best game strategy is to upgrade you energy drinks until you reach max of 15, then buy star boxes.
In the lounge café, tap on the shopping bag icon in the lower left corner to enter the tips store, where you can by the following:
Competition hints can be bought singly or in a pack of 5 for convenience of purchase. Each hint can be used for a single hint during Time Rush and Spot the Difference competitions. The advantage is you will not lose time during competition, which may help your score.
Energy upgrades will increase the value of your drink every time you serve and when others accept your drink. Upgrades can only be bought one at a time.
9 to 10 = 10 tips
10 to 11 = 500 tips
11 to 12 = 1,400 tips
12 to 13 = 3,600 tips
13 to 14 = 6,600 tips
14 to 15 = 12,200 tips
This is the best way to help your team.
Fancy drinks can be purchased for cosmetic appearance only. They do not have any game advantage and provide the same energy as your coffee.
Avatar portraits can be purchased to change your profile picture and do not have any game advantage. Once purchased, look for them in your list of avatars by tapping on your profile picture and then the pencil next to your picture. Unless you specify otherwise, FB friends will continue to see your FB profile instead.
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I don’t know what you saw here, but I know some players hoard the packs until near the end. Some think the game doesn’t have all snippets available as soon as the event begins so some snippets aren’t released until many weeks in.
Some players keep packs until they need to open for the 2-3 Fairground Fortunes we get with Memoirs tasks. Plus many of us now get Help Wanted jobs for opening packs.
I’ve seen some people say they do their best to just ignore those packs until near the end because of the frustration they feel with getting déjà vu tokens.
My response is assuming “Déjà Vu” packs is a reference to Memoirs packs though. If you’re done with the album, I have different information. :-)
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Changes were probably made to make Memoirs and Help Wanted more difficult, so that players would have to spend diamonds and/or real money. Send feedback to [email protected]
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If your team actively played the first 4 weeks of the current Detective League (DL) with the reasonable expectation that you would be allowed to compete to the end of this 6-week tournament, only to then be selectively saddled with Memoirs Help Wanted (HW) cases at Week 5, you are a victim of both FRAUD & EXTORTION under U.S. cyber laws. The Memoirs HW tasks can only be completed in a TIMELY MANNER, a key requirement to succeed in the DL, by PAYING REAL MONEY to Wooga/Playtika. If you spent time, in-game resources, &/or actual money to compete in the DL over the past 4 weeks, but have now been hit with this extortion scam, DO file a complaint with the Federal Bureau of Investigation Cyber Division:1-202-324-3000 (or toll-free at 1-800-225-5324) or online at fbi.gov or tips.fbi.gov. Additionally, file a complaint online at ic3.gov, the Internet Crime Complaint Center, which specifically investigates Internet fraud.
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I sent a comment to WOOGA, I also posted it on Facebook, if anyone else wants to reply and protest against the new "help Wanted" tasks, this is what I sent: I am very DISAPPOINTED with the game and ready to uninstall it from my computer and cell phone and recommend everyone to do the same! The "HELP WANTED" task notes are JUST A WAY FOR WOOGA TO FORCE THE PLAYER TO SPEND REAL MONEY ON THE GAME, it is disrespectful to the simple player who has been playing for years and the leagues that are not as competitive and will be impacted by those that have players those who have greater financial conditions to purchase "packages". Not to mention the BORING that transformed the game, because when the goals become almost impossible, you lose interest in playing. I want to remember that the majority of JJ players are women, over 30/40 years old, not necessarily super competitive and if they face too many obstacles they will simply give up on the game, just like me. I know there are many young people who command several leagues with high scores, but these are professional players and they ARE NOT JJ'S CAPTIVE AUDIENCE, think about that. I ASK YOU TO REMOVE THESE NEW TASKS FROM THE GAME AND RETURN TO THE OLD SYSTEM. Please guys, send your comments of disappointment to WOOGA and ask them to remove the new tasks from HELP WANTED at this link here These tasks are in testing currently. Send feedback to [email protected]
The tasks are currently in testing. Send comments to [email protected] Por favor pessoal, enviem seus comentários de desapontamento para a WOOGA e peçam para retirarem as novas tarefas do HELP WANTED nesse link aqui These tasks are in testing currently. Send feedback to [email protected]
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Alguém por favor sabe dizer quais são os novos "HELP WANTED" agora para o mês de fevereiro de 2024? Não gostei nada das alterações feitas e acho que os jogadores devem reclamar junto a WOOGA, POIS ESSA É SÓ MAIS MANEIRA DE FORÇAR O JOGADOR A GASTAR DINHEIRO REAL NO JOGO. Eu já recebi o de "GASTE 20 DEJAVUS".
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You can replay any scene and you will complete Help Wanted rewards as usual.
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Denise, replay your scenes and collect your Help wanted rewards.
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And it's the same with Help Wanted?? Seriously? I love this game but this is very disappointing if it stays that way. :-(
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I have had the freezing issue with both Club Mysteries and Secrets, stealing badges/energy (CM/Secrets) and progress multiplier (Secrets). Not sure if it is purposeful or simply unstable code, (or both). Either way, it happens way to often and Wooga tech support is absolutely useless. They will blame you, your connection, etc. even if other household members are playing at the same time, and not experiencing any connection difficulties. They also are anti-helpful in terms of compensation for your loss of energy etc, or additional diamonds used because now your sector is “locked”, or resetting your Secrets multiplier.
I do think Wooga has some control knobs - as I have definitely noticed that when I get Help Wanted tasks for “find materials” or “find compasses”, that those items become much scarcer. For instance, probability of getting a compass from a butterfly bush is about 30%. This seems true, on average, unless you have a Help Wanted task to find compasses, then it clearly drops to closer to 10%. I am basing this on my years of observations.
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