Happiness
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Happiness (known as Candiosity in Trouble in Paradise) is a metric associated with all piñatas and helpers. A happy piñata is a healthy piñata-- unhappy piñatas will get sick or even leave the garden.
Gameplay
Viva Piñata
Every piñata and helper has a happiness rating, which can be viewed by observing the icon beneath the piñata or helper when hovering over it with the cursor. The icon displays a face showing the current emotion, with the exact rating being represented by a meter encircling the face. If a piñata or helper is happy, its meter will be over 50% and show a smile. An unhappy piñata or helper will be under 50% and show a frown. Helpers and piñatas alike will always start in a perfectly neutral mood-- their meter begins at exactly 50% with a face showing no specific emotion.
Piñatas' happiness will increase after eating happy or joy sweets, or eating their favorite food. Happiness will decrease when a piñata is stuck or experiences something it dislikes (e.g. seeing its predator or being watered).
In-game testing needed. Details: Does a pinata's behavior change when happy/unhappy? Will a pinata do different animations or act more/less energetically depending on its happiness? What does it take for a pinata to leave the garden? Do unhappy pinatas get sick? What makes a pinata happy other than the usual favorite foods/happy candy? What makes them sad? Getting stuck and trampled, but what else? Same goes for helpers-- what makes them happy or sad? How much more efficiently do they work when happy? Do they quit when sad? What is the optimal tip amount to maximize helper happiness efficiently?.
Unhappy piñatas are less likely to obey orders (needs verification). Extremely unhappy piñatas will cry and, if left too unhappy for too long, permanently leave the garden.
Happy helpers work harder in the garden. A helper's mood can be improved by tipping them chocolate coins.
Changes in happiness are demonstrated with a sound effect and a small icon rising from the piñata or helper's head. When happiness increases, a sun icon appears and a short melodic ascent plays. When happiness decreases, a rain icon instead appears alongside a melodic descent.
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Pocket Paradise
Happiness works much the same in Pocket Paradise as it did in the original game. With the addition of stroking, piñatas' happiness will now improve when stroked. This is the cheapest and easiest way to improve happiness. Additionally, a hidden romance requirement for all piñatas is that they must be at a neutral happiness level or better. Romance hearts will not appear above unhappy piñatas.
Trouble in Paradise
In Trouble in Paradise, this metric has been renamed to Candiosity and refers to the amount of candy that a piñata contains. Piñata Central will only accept piñatas at maximum candiosity.
Changes in candiosity are now represented with colored Piñata Central icons rather than weather icons. Green icons mean candiosity is increasing, and red icons mean it is decreasing.