Recent News
Search Options ►New Furnace!
Site Update
Good afternoon citizens, I come with some good news!
Long awaited renovations to my Forge are finally complete, and I can build many of your items much faster now!
There is still a short wait, and some could not be completed faster, because all these items take time to form from their components for you.
If you've already made items with me and they are not yet complete, they will finish as planned in my old furnace.
Your order will reach you as expected, I give you my word.
With better equipment I may even be able to start adding new items to my shop!
I will let you know when I have something new to show you.
---
(To clarify for Evren, the 7,200 minute items and pets have been reduced to 720 minutes
- dropping your wait from 5 days to just 12 hours!
If you have an item already in progress it will still take the old amount of time,
but new items will take the new time frame.)
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Sat Nov 18, 2017 3:16pm
An Item Update
Site Update
As you are aware, Aywas has been making some changes - some big, some small - to some of the past elements of the site. One of the most notable changes is the NPC switch.
Despite the successful rolling out of our new cast, there are a lot of things that remain from the earlier days of the site, and while some of them are quite benign and we're happy to keep them as a curiosity, some are not things we're comfortable keeping on site.
Specifically the Handguns.
These are an extremely old item that users were told to collect for a future trade-in opportunity which... well, it never came. With staff changes and idea adjustments, this has left that suggestion and promise to the wayside as the original plan for these items was never passed on.
As Aywas and its lore continues to grow we've found that both staff and users alike don't feel that there is a place for these items on site any more. They are a symbol that reminds us of the violence and tragedies that we face every day - and it's jarring for most of us to cook up such an item while the news tells us of another mass shooting, another police incident, and so on.
We are not trying to make a political statement or a stance on gun ownership - but we are paying attention to those that tell us this makes them feel uncomfortable, and as such we are choosing to take on an old adage: make love, not war.
As I post this the four handgun items are being changed into four snapdragon items. They will come into play in an upcoming event, where we will fulfil the promise of their trade-in being beneficial to the collectors of these items.
For those wondering why we are changing these items but not other gun-based items, this is because the other items are either HA items or an extremely rare find, making them less likely to be obtained, or unobtainable, from games. At this time we have no intent to adjust them or make them unavailable, but should they become an issue we are open to discussing options.
If you have any questions, please feel free to post them below and we will try to have answers for you!
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Wed Nov 15, 2017 5:30pm
HA Colouring - Vote!
Comics
All the sets in their individual pieces:
One || Two || Three || Four || Five
Six || Seven || Eight || Nine || Ten
Poll will end Saturday 25th November. The old sets will retire, and the new ones take their place that same day.
(Also make sure to look below for Art Gallery results, and a T4T item!)
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Tue Nov 14, 2017 5:29pm
Art Gallery
Contests
The art gallery has been judged!
The theme was Stargazing and Meteor Showers* and we received some amazing entries!
Here are our featured winners:
They won:
Congratulations!
The current theme is Bonfires, Turkeys and Consumerism*!
Official Aywas stock is not permitted for this theme.
Showcase this month's theme with any medium your heart desires, just keep it Aywas-related. <3
This is also a starred (*) theme, meaning you can enter it even if you've won recently or plan on entering upcoming contests.
Good luck!
Upcoming themes:
December 2017: Aymas Dinner is Ruined - why?
January 2018: A Very Golum New Year
February 2018: Rowan and Minerva's Valentines Date
If you ever want to submit an Art Gallery theme idea, we're always taking suggestions here.
Thank you!
(Also check out below for a new T4T item!)
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Tue Nov 14, 2017 2:12pm
T4T: It's a sign!
Items
Upgrade from amateur-noun to pro-noun with this nifty sign, available from Trash for Treasure until December 14th!
Posted by Eve
(#2775) on Tue Nov 14, 2017 1:31pm
Event Inquiries
Site Update
Good afternoon folks. Staff has been watching all of the conversations regarding the latest event and how there are some mixed feelings about it.
A lot of work goes into prepping these events, and this year there were actually only about 3 glitches. However, because some things did not work in the way that some users thought they should be, they were declared a "glitch" without actually being one. While staff was quite happy with the way the event played out, there was an overwhelming amount of negativity, as there has been with all of the events that we have done recently.
When I took over, one of the main things I wanted to do was to make events exciting again! From all of the feedback I picked up before I became community manager, one of the most recurring issues was that users had been sick of just simple "grind, collect and buy" events. So we have been working extremely hard to come up with storylines, new exciting features for the events, game boards, etc.
Part of this change however, involves the community working together as a community. There are larger puzzles that need solved and different activities that need to be done as groups. We are always watching the threads that you guys make to try to figure out what is going on, and reading them fills us with such joy! Seeing everyone putting aside their differences in order to enjoy the event, to push forward and figure everything out, it's awesome.
However... with each event, the negativity is getting louder and louder, and it bears down on us so hard. We spend more than a month prepping for each large event, working on it despite our RL schedules while still balancing our Aywas work, and it is crushing to be told that the work we spent on these was worthless.
So now I am bringing it to you, the users of Aywas, the ones who get to enjoy the events... do you want us to continue putting in the work for these large scale events? Do you want us to continue having storylines, challenges, competitions?
Or do you want us to return to how it was, just a simple adventure area with your currency where you grind it out and then just buy what you want from the shop? Should we even have event currency any more or just allow you to grind out BP and buy things that way?
For this news post, due to the hostilities that have been happening recently, we are disabling comments from your view. Staff will be able to see all comments so if you have any feedback: please tell us. However, please be warned that the comments still follow the ToS and that you will receive a warning if your comment violates them. We are hoping for constructive criticism from you guys!
Posted by 🐼Kaiyo🐼
(#489) on Sat Nov 11, 2017 12:05pm
Welcome to November 2.0!
Site Update
If you want to be a Jeweled Custom Artist come visit the Hiring Thread
Posted by 🐼Kaiyo🐼
(#489) on Mon Nov 6, 2017 7:52pm
Halloween comes to an end!
Site Update
You’ve decided this will be your last run to Minerva’s greenhouse-maybe you’re starting to feel bad because the poor Griffin has had to deal with enough of your shenanigans, or maybe your feet are just tired of all the running you have to do to dodge her.
To your surprise, Minerva isn’t even there! Instead, you find Pablo, a bag over their shoulder half-filled with broken shards of glass, trampled plants, and candy wrappers. “Kids these days," they mutter, “destruction and trash wherever they go. Oh well. Some of these will make fine materials…"
You have a very good idea of the lecture that would come if you stuck around long enough for them to see you...so off you go.
Congratulations to Greta’s Implings on surrendering the most candy to their overlord!
And to the victors go the spoils…
Implings will receive a copy of the Greta’s Impling Vista 2017! This will be applied directly to your account-go to Settings > Edit Account > Forum Settings to use it!
For everyone else, you can find Greta's Impling Vista 2017 and Aketch's Minion Vista 2017 in the Seasonal Shop!
Top participants on each team will get a special title based on their karma! These titles are Sweet as Candy and Trickster for positive and negative karma respectively!
Everyone who participated in the event (meaning you donated something or helped with one of the sub-events) will receive the Candypocalypse 2017 Trophy!
Come spend your candy and pumpkins on all kinds of neat Halloween-themed HA items, collectables, vistas, and more! Just keep in mind that the shop closes at 11:59 PM AST on Friday!
The Seasonal Shop is now open!
Fancy a gamble? Well...
The Skull Balloon will give you one random item from the 2017 Halloween advent calendar!
This bubblicious Cauldron Potion turns your active pet into one of the shop pets and can be found in Trash for Treasure, while its creeptastic cohort, the Monster Smash Potion turns your active into a special Halloween Rare Pet!
Fancy a snack? Head on over to Claude’s Cook-A-Rama and make yourself a special Apocalypse Loaf, which will turn your active pet into one of four new Koaf colorations that honor the Apocalypse Unuses!
We have a new USD shop purchase!
The Candypocalypse Bundle is available for $10 USD and, when opened, provides you with a copy of both the Impling and Minion vistas and the Sweet as Candy and Trickster titles!
It will be available until Friday at 11:59 PM AST!
Our favorite Halloween Concoction #13 has some new linesets added to it!
The Pumpkin Patch will stop taking deposits tonight (the 5th) at 11:59pm AST!
That’s right, you will no longer be able to deposit things into pumpkins after tonight! You’ll still be able to grab a pumpkin once every ten minutes until they’re all gone, though.
Trick or Treating and Minerva’s Greenhouse will close tomorrow night (the 6th) at 11:59pm AST, along with Frankenstein’s Lab and Rowan’s Potion Brewing!
After tomorrow night, you will no longer be able to Trick or Treat or harvest plants! You will also no longer be able to cook up pets or potions, so be sure to finish up your mad science experiments soon!
Please note that this is different timing from the Pumpkin Patch!
Rowan looks around the garden, wincing a little at the mess that had been left behind; Halloween always seemed to come with a lot more destruction than anticipated. Her hands grip her broom a little tighter as she looks around, planning where to start when a voice calls out to her.
"Rowan, is that you?"
The Quetzal shifter broke into a grin as she heard Minerva's voice, looking around again to try and find where it came from.
"Minerva?" she giggled. "Where are you?"
"Follow my voice. You'll find me."
Rowan gave a puzzled but amused look as she hops on her broom and starts to look for her. "You know, it helps if you keep talking if I'm meant to follow your voice."
"I thought you said you'd know where I was anywhere in the world?"
"I apparently thought I was a better witch than I am," she grinned, honing in on her voice and flying faster in that direction.
The deeper into the garden she flew, the darker it became - until all of a sudden there was a faint glow. Curious she pressed onwards, hopping off the broom as she comes to a pathway lit with black and red candles.
"Minerva..?"
"Follow the path." The voice seemed slightly exasperated - apparently she wasn't following some very pointedly laid out directions.
Rowan slowly walks up the path, looking around her to make sure this wasn't one her elaborate Halloween tricks, ready to thwack her with her broom if this was another jump-scare like last year.
The path eventually opens up to a clearing, candles hanging from lanterns on the tree branches, a sea of red and gold snapdragons etching out the shape of a heart. Minerva stood at the centre, looking a little pleased with herself, and more than a little nervous.
"I managed to save them... it was hard to stop those little b- people from ruining everything." She smiled and ducked her head a little, not quite sure how to take Rowan's silence. "So I... erm. I know how special today is for you, and... Well I'm hoping I'm not about to ruin it." She coughs a little, fidgeting nervously. "I mean, we've been together a while now, and I... well, you know. I care about you. A lot. And I want to keep caring about you, and for you... and, well..."
She holds up a ring with a sheepish smile.
Rowan stands perfectly still, staring at her silently.
Minerva palms the ring with an embarrassed flush. "But obviously not. Forget it, forget I said anything, I sh-"
She doesn't get to finish the sentence as Rowan flings herself at her with a squeal. "Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes - give me that ring, you stupid woman, how could you ever think I'd say no?!"
Minerva flushes even redder as she slips the ring onto Rowan's finger, kissing her hand with a smile. "I love you."
Rowan gently takes Minerva's face into her hands and kisses her softly. "And I love you. This is the best Halloween present ever."
Back at Rowan and Minerva's cottage everyone was waiting in anticipation of the good news... all except two conspicuously missing persons...
No one really missed that Aketch wasn't there - they usually were asleep. But Greta? Greta never missed an opportunity to sour any good occasion - and yet was nowhere to be seen…
Rowan and Minerva, at the very least, seem to have their happy ending! But what will become of Greta and Aketch? Tune in next time to find out!
The Jeweled and Rock custom bases will be coming tomorrow!
Posted by 🐼Kaiyo🐼
(#489) on Sun Nov 5, 2017 6:52pm
Raffle #203 has ended
Items
Congratulations
Shooting Star
Ori the War Lapras (#6762) is the winner of the raffle and won the item Shooting Star!
Ori the War Lapras (#6762) brought 1 tickets, spending 1 Star Ticket!
Posted by Chelle & MIA
(#7310) on Sun Nov 5, 2017 1:09pm
Raffle #204 has ended
Items
Congratulations
Earth and Moon Macarons
🌸 SG 🍬 (#36207) is the winner of the raffle and won the item Earth and Moon Macarons!
🌸 SG 🍬 (#36207) brought 1 tickets, spending 1 Star Ticket!
Posted by Chelle & MIA
(#7310) on Sun Nov 5, 2017 1:09pm