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Site Update
Welcome to the month of April, a time of bunnies and babbies!
Take a refreshing stroll outside with one of our beautiful GP Shop pets!
Or go off the beaten path with one of our fun-loving BP Shop pets!
If you colored one of these awesome pets, please contact Kyu (#1010) for your payment!
Make sure to include your PayPal address if you are opting for the USD option.
We will also be collecting pet PSDs directly from the thread, so you no longer have to send them in. However, please make sure you keep the links active for two weeks (at least until mid-April) so we have time to snag 'em for science!
The Essence of April 2015 will randomly change your active pet into one of the colors above. Try a sip of this healthy juice and see what you get!
The premium monthly item is a Boring Egg. Congratulations.
Maybe it'll open into something useful after the holiday magic in Ay kicks in...
(read: yes, it will. XD)
Have a party, it's your birthday!
It's that time of year again, where the Aywas zodiac calendar resets and switches over to a new birthday Lunaris theme for the next twelve months.
After taking inspiration from community ideas, I am excited to announce that our new theme is... moons! (We had so many great ideas generated from the Think Tank thread, so rest assured that we'll use many of those for future yearly themes!)
The Pink Moon Lunaris you see above will be reigning over the skies through the entire month of April; a new Lunaris will take over on May 1st.
Don't forget to check out the birthday link to claim your gift from Aywas on your big day! Need to change your birthday? Click here!
The new monthly contests have been announced!
May Monthly Pets - BP Shop: Enter
May Monthly Pets - GP Shop: Enter
May Monthly Customs
Theme: Lei Day
Good luck with your entries!
The Nova custom creators have returned to their respective GP/BP shops for April and May, then will cycle back into the Premium Outlet for June.
Coding Corner
A monthly update from behind the scenes.
We have a lot of exciting things going on this month!
- In case you missed it, we just had a Mystery Ticket sale that will fund all sorts of goodies throughout April.
- Two brand new Raw pets were also announced today!
- Since we have Easter coming up, you can look forward to the return of the Easter Egg Field and some other fun seasonal festivities. :3
- We also have new hybrids coming up and some other surprises in store for you!
Cheers! <3
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Wed Apr 1, 2015 8:33pm
New Raw Pets!
Site Update
Introducing...
... Raw Fish!
Wait, what? That can't be right.
Let's try this again, shall we?
Ahem.
Introducing...
... the Horuset and the Mephis!
Click the images above to download the respective PSDs.
You might recognize these two critters as finalists from our Raw - Visual contest. Since we had such great feedback for all of the designs, we wanted to use as many of them as possible for future concept bases. :3 If you were attached to some of the Descriptive ideas, never fear! You'll see some of those appear as upcoming Raw pets as well. n_n
The Horuset and Mephis are creatable through June 1st at 11:59 p.m.
Since we haven't had a weekend coloring contest in a while, here's your chance to dazzle us with your color mastery!
Official Horuset Coloring Contest: Enter | Official Mephis Coloring Contest: Enter
Both contests end Sunday April 5th at 11:59 p.m., so be sure to get your entries in by then!
For the Raw crew that's cycling out--the Dosk, Condyl, and Trillaling--you have until April 5th at 11:59 p.m. to get any last-minute submissions in, then they will all be absorbed into the Antiquity Staves.
Enjoy!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Wed Apr 1, 2015 5:57pm
Monthly HA Contest
Contests
The winning HA sets have been placed into their respective shops!
Last month earned the following:
GP Set: 121 GP per artist
BP Set: 33,700,000 BP per artist
Premium Set: 2100 PP per artist
Want in on the action? Well, phase one - the basing contest - is open and waiting for entries!
Head here to submit your design. Fingers crossed you can all squeeze this month in!
This Month's Schedule:
Basing Thread: April 1st
Basing Vote: April 8th
Colouring Thread: April 10th
Colouring Vote: April 26th
Release: May 1st
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Wed Apr 1, 2015 10:34am
Programming incoming!
Site Update
The Mystery Ticket and PMBC sales both end tonight at 11:59 PM! If you'd like to take advantage of this sale, be sure to get your order in before then (for EU users, that'd mean sending the order e-mail).
We raised the money to hire our new coder for the month! She's already gotten a lot done in the past day:
Public Crystal Check Archive
If you want your crystal check to be in the public archive you can choose to "opt in" and allow it to be visible in there.
Custom Item Preview - allows you to preview your custom items on the HA base before you send them off to Eveglori.
"Send Funds" link on profiles. "Auctions" links on profiles.
"Private Lots" in the Trading Post
Fixed HA Contest Timer
Fixed "View All Comments" in User Profile SQL Error
Fixed Deposit Box Upgrade Search
Imagine what she'll do tomorrow...
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Mon Mar 30, 2015 1:22pm
Art Gallery
Contests
The art gallery has been judged!
The theme was Hybrid Hybrids and we received so many amazing entries! The Nimbus was quite the popular fellow, too.
Here are our featured winners:
They won:
Congratulations!
The current theme is Easter*!
Any medium is acceptable, just make sure it's Aywas-related as always. <3
As a starred (*) theme, you can enter this even if you've won recently or plan on entering upcoming contests.
Official Aywas stock is not permitted for this theme.
Good luck!
Some new themes have also been added!
March 29th - April 4th: Easter*
April 5th - April 11th: Lunaris*
April 12th - April 18th: Spring and/or Autumn
April 19th - April 25th: Baby Pets*
April 26th - May 2nd: HA Wardrobe
Remember, if you have an idea for an Art Gallery theme, please share it with us here! This thread in the Think Tank is always open, and I reference it frequently when creating new themes. :)
Thank you!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sun Mar 29, 2015 6:22pm
Pet Shop Stock Will Change Soon!
Pets
Hello everyone! I wanted to give you a bit of a heads up that I'll be changing the stock in my shop come April 6th! So if you want to own any of these pretty pets I currently am selling, you should buy them before April 6th. On April 6th they will be permanently retired and new pets will take their place!
Posted by Kyu & Mauri
(#1010) on Sun Mar 29, 2015 4:56pm
Oekaki Board + Programming!
Site Update
We have a brand new feature for everyone to enjoy! The new Oekaki Art Boards are available for users to draw on. If you are familiar with oekaki boards, go right ahead and enjoy!
In case you didn't know, an oekaki board is a java applet that allows you to draw right on your web browser and upload the picture to the Aywas Oekaki Galleries. There, other players can enjoy and comment on your artwork. Be sure to read the Knowledge Base on the Oekaki Boards to help you configure Java to use the boards, as well as read over the rules.
A new forum board has been created to discuss the oekaki boards, as well as help troubleshoot issues with Java and your browser if you are having difficult accessing the boards.
The Mystery Box is open again, funding a month's work time from this new coder!
We really like this new coder (one of our community members, Rems (#26), so you might know them if you joined Aywas early on). They set up the applet and its gallery/board feature within a day, which is very impressive. This coder has April off university to work on Aywas and gave us a flat rate for her time, so let's see if we can hire her on.
Mystery Box Tickets come free with every purchase of $5 in GP or USD Items. This lasts for roughly 24 hours, same as last time. Yes, the PMBC sale is stacking with it! As always, if you decide to go the USD Items route, send me a message with your total when you are done.
Assuming we are able to hire her on for the month, stop by the Suggestions forum and post any ideas you have for her to make, so we can make the most of our month. New features, additions or upgrades to old features, post support on ideas you like, etc. (Please note we likely won't be editing Adventure because we're currently in the process of working on it with another programmer.)
On another note, we are currently five SCC bases away from running another BP Sink Event, so if you're an SCC artist and want to make a base for that event, contact me! It'd be nice to start off April with one like we did with March.
Enjoy the oekaki boards, looking forward to seeing what everyone draws!
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:21pm
T4T: The Second Coming
Items
Owlcatpup (#5638) is back with a sequel to the first HA item they put into Trash for Treasure,
which will be available until 11:59pm April 28th.
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Sat Mar 28, 2015 4:11pm
HA Colouring - Vote!
Contests
Please select your vote.
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Apologies this is late, no excuses - I just literally lost track of the date ;;
Things will run as usual as this still leaves 5-6 days for voting =)
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Thu Mar 26, 2015 2:58am
Trivia & Weekly Raffle!
Site Update
This week's raffle winner is:
FelixRivers (#65889)
Who had 8 crystals out of 12,314 total and won a Mineral Crystal!
Congratulations!
Next week's winner will receive...
A Breeding Coin!
Set a reminder to snag those crystals!
Trivia
The trivia has been updated!
Last week's questions and answers revealed!
The 2015 St. Patrick's Day Chiro is named...
Under the Rainbow
Uh oh! I don't think that belongs to you...
Gold Snatcher Condyl
The Shamrock Muffin restores __ points of hunger.
10
This item contains five Random Breeding Addons.
Random Breeding Addon Chest
Which of the following is NOT an openable goodie bag?
Bag of Treats
What was the first item on Aywas with the word "green" in it?
Green Sphere
How many HA items can be found in the Spring Trunk?
10
The legendary ___ regenerates every month and allows you to change your pet into any site coloration.
Glittering Skull
If you want to use a PLBC to breed a Teo, you need to also use a...
Painted Gold
This custom maker will allow you to make a colored (not edited) SCC from the Billion BP Challenge.
Mineral Crystal
How many questions will you get correct this week?
Good luck!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Wed Mar 25, 2015 10:10pm