Recent News
Search Options ►Repost - Black Friday!!
Site Update
This is a repost of a previous news post, now that PPP is over we wanted to remind everyone about this!
It's almost that time of year again - the Black Friday Sale! This year, the sale will run November 28th to December 3rd. While we'll have more information for you in regards to the actual sale when it's not so far away, here's some crucial information for those who would like to participate by creating sets:
You may create a set from any of the Exotic Genera (Teo, Faux, Snoodle, or Oët). A set is 5 custom pets with identical edits, all colored uniquely. If your set is accepted, you are also permitted 1 semi-unique that you can turn in at that time or at a later date. All applications must be PM'd to Mayday Marie (#11) with the following subject line: Black Friday 2019 - [email protected] - please replace the e-mail with your PayPal address. You must PM Mayday Marie (#11) with a sketch for for approval! If you send her a finished product without doing this first, we do not have to accept it. If you make more sets than the ones we approve you to do, we do not have to accept them. You must also send Mayday Marie (#11) examples of your shading and coloring, and if you have done any previous sets. Users may only submit 3 sketches at a time. If more are submitted you will be asked to choose 3 of them to be assessed. Additional sketches will not be assessed until accepted sketches are submitted as complete sets. There will be no exceptions. All sets should be between 50% - 75%. If your set is spectacular, we will accept less edits. We are allowing very few silvers! We will not be accepting a dozen Teos that only have the tails left. All PSDs must be breedable! This means separated edits, shading, highlights, etc. We will not accept pets that are unbreedable, and we will be checking PSDs. All sets must be finished and the PSDs uploaded by November 24th!
The payment options are as follows:
$50 paid after Black Friday is over. 100 GP + 5 SP paid once the set is finished. No base pay, however you are granted a 75% unique of any of the exotic genera creatable this Black Friday. (You are welcome to sell this slot as well, however you must do part of the artwork for it.) 1 Black Friday Egg for the $50 Day. If you do two sets, then you can trade both payments in for 1 Black Friday Egg for the first day!Posted by Mayday Marie
(#11) on Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:31pm
The Spookiness Continues
Events
"Hm... There seems to be more spookiness in the air tonight than usual, right? I wonder if it's because new pets have appeared in the Spooky Forest, or if they were simply drawn to it! I guess it doesn't really matter. Let's go check them out!"
Oh, where did this Arak come from? Ah! There appears to be some noise coming from Frankenstein's Lab! Perhaps that's a sign that a batch of creepy critters are ready to be brought to life with the right ingredients...
While the magical cauldron appears to be silent and empty, it seems that magic is slowly accumulating around it. If this continues, it should be boiling and bubbling next week! Don't worry, there will be a warning prior to anything stirring to life! In the meantime, it might be a good idea to stock up on the various herbs from Greenhouse.
Posted by Lacia
(#25044) on Wed Oct 16, 2019 6:18pm
Prediction Pool Party
Site Update
Friendly reminder that you have until tomorrow, October 15th at 11:59 PM AST (the clock up in the top corner of the Aywas page!) to submit your predictions for PPP perks.
Predictions that are rejected for legitimate fixes will receive 3 days from the date their breeding is rejected to resubmit with fixed predictions.
- Predictions that are submitted purposefully to be rejected (ex. like submitting a blank base without the proper add-on, or an offspring with no marking/edit mixes for LBC) will not receive an extension.
- If your prediction is rejected on 10/16, you have until 11:59 at 10/19 to upload a fixed image.
Oh, also!
If you have a Holiday Breeding Coin that needs to be processed, you must post it in the HBC Prediction Check thread! Otherwise it will not be processed!
Posted by Kita🦊
(#3988) on Mon Oct 14, 2019 10:36am
The Story Game Continues
Contests
The Story Game continues thanks to Shadowtailwc (#76876)!
The deadline for the next installment is 11:59 PM AST on Saturday, October 26th!
For those unfamiliar with the game, you can read about it here. Don't forget, you can also subscribe to the official Story Game thread or the ping group StoryGame! Not only will you be notified of updates and reminders for the game, but it is a good place to chat about the current game, or even about what you'd like to see in the future!
Remember, the story is in your hands!
Posted by Lacia
(#25044) on Sun Oct 13, 2019 2:32pm
T4T: You Matter
Items
Grab this shirt from Trash for Treasure to keep up the positive reinforcement!
It will be in stock until October 26th, so you have plenty of time to gather one for your Wardrobe.
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Sat Oct 12, 2019 10:24am
Greenhouse Maintainance
Events
People using the Magical Candy Apple may have noticed that the numbers in the Greenhouse were reacting weirdly.
While the item was working correctly, and the Greenhouse areas responding correctly, the numbers were sending some mixed signals.
We have now fixed that problem and looting the Greenhouse areas should be much easier for you to plan now!
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:51pm
Halloween Continues..?
Events
This is your first Halloween Advent item.
Eve forgot to use it on her expired brain and because of that she forgot to put it in the Advent calendar before she logged off last night.
It will however will be collectable tomorrow, and Advent will continue as normal throughout the rest of the month.
Starting today, those with Candy Apple Baskets will be able to open them daily again!
I'm afraid we're not re-releasing them this year, but never say never and we might see them again in the future.
The Basket will cease use again at 11:59pm October 31st.
And the Birthday Party location is now CLOSED!
We hope you had fun with the area, and got enough Greenpaw Notes to get everything you want from the shop.
You still have time to use your event currency if you haven't - the shop will be open until 11:59 PM AST on October 9th (tomorrow night).
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Wed Oct 9, 2019 6:54am
Spooky Scary Skeletons...
Events
... Might be out there somewhere if you dare to venture out onto site this Halloween!
The Halloween Hub is active, which brings you:
Minerva's Greenhouse!
Collect plants from her greenhouse and gardens if you dare... You might just need them to cook up something exciting later...
Frankenstein's Lab
Is eerily empty, but keep watch - things can change in this spooky season...
Pumpkin Patch
Drop in some surprises and randomly select a pumpkin to collect some for yourself too!
Remember, any and all messages left in pumpkins must follow the Terms of Service. Additionally, the pumpkins cannot be tagged as [M]ature, so do not put anything that may need this tag into the pumpkins. If you pick up a pumpkin that violates either of these rules, please PM a staff member. Be kind, and have fun!
Trick or Treat
Trick or Treating is now live! Collect candy to be used in an ALL PET shop at the end of the month!
Here's a quick refresher on how it works for the old, as well as a helpful guide for the new!
Sending Requests
First click "Enable ToT Requests" under the Trick or Treat widget on the left side of the page.
You can visit the Trick or Treating page to start. Listed there are currently online Aywans interested in accepting Trick or Treat requests. Just click on the "Trick or Treat" button below their name to send the request. You can send requests to an Aywan every 30 minutes. This page will update itself when an Aywan's online status changes.
Processing Requests
On the side menu of the site, there's a Trick or Treat status box. As you receive requests, your visitor count will change. You can click this number (or go to My Visitors) to view your requests. From there, you'll have the option to trick or treat your visitor.
Treating visitors will cost 1,000 BP each at minimum.
Tricking visitors ALSO costs a minimum of 1,000 BP each.
You have 15 minutes to respond to a Trick or Treat request before it expires.
If trick or treating your fellow Aywans isn't for you, don't forget that you can always Trick or Treat the NPCs instead! Swing by the Site Characters page and trick or treat them when they are available.
Located on the Trick or Treat status box is a Karma Meter. As you send trick or treat requests or trick visitors, you will incur negative (orange) karma. Vise-versa, treating users will give you positive (blue) karma. Both karma levels have their benefits and risks, so experiment around!
And of course our Spooky Forest has been opened to you to collect Bootatos to use in our ALL ITEM shop at the end of the month. You can also pick up pets from Halloween past for a few days before we begin to migrate some new pets for you to collect!
Halloween Advent will begin Wednesday 9th October. We wanted to give you plenty of time to see this news post and get ready to collect even more fun items.
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Mon Oct 7, 2019 6:58pm
Welcome to October, Part 2
Site Update
The Essence of October 2019 has arrived! Remember, this item will turn your active pet into one random October pet from Part 1!
For the month of October, you may use your Jeweled items to create any previous October base! You can view the available bases in the Knowledge Base articles for the Jeweled Crystal, the Jeweled Hybrid Crystal, and the Jeweled Rare Crystal.
If you would like to be a Jeweled Custom Artist, please visit the hiring thread!
"Nightmare comes riding into town for the spookiest of months, yeehaw!"
- KiRAWRa (#11849)
The Event Shop is now open! There is an assortment of food, collectibles, and even pets for you to enjoy! If you don't have enough Greenpaw Notes to purchase everything you like, don't worry - the birthday area will be open until 11:59 PM AST on October 8th.
The shop will close the following day, so be sure to make all your purchases before 11: 59 PM AST on October 9th! We hope that everyone has enjoyed the celebration!
Are you curious about the Kangaron or Larry from the Party Favor bags? You can find them in the Special Custom Makers article!
Posted by Lacia
(#25044) on Sat Oct 5, 2019 4:14pm
Monthly HA Contest
Items
The winning HA sets have been placed into their respective shops (click the image to go there!), and will be in stock until November 14th!
The previous sets (Radiant and Astronomer) are still in stock and will leave the shops on October 31st. As such I do not have their earning statistics to share with you!
Since it's a little late to shoehorn in a Halloween contest, I would love to see anyone who has some ideas burning in their minds to consider entering them into the Halloween Event Shop thread.
If you're feeling the festive spirit already (and with so many shops starting to stock Christmas items, who can blame you!) then I have put up a basing thread which will remain open until November 24th. Your design doesn't HAVE to be themed after Aymas or another winter festival, but the final sets will be released around December 25th.
What have I missed?
A quick summary of the news posts below:
Welcome to October Part One
It's our birthday!
The Terms of Service got an update
Looking for a few good artists to serve our site
Exotic Pet Palace got a restock!
PBC got an important payment update
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Fri Oct 4, 2019 2:35am