Updates + Reminders!

Updates!

We have a bunch of great ideas that we've been working on this month, thank you for your patience!

Tendrils Follow-up

We are still working on a follow-up event for Tendrils - we have a bunch of great ideas but they need to be fleshed out with logistics done to get to a point we'd feel comfortable releasing!

Incoming Systems - Crafting, Immigration Centre, Gallery

I am currently working on collaborating with another coder for a Crafting system, as well as working on a system with Newt that will automate the Immigration Center in order to get that moving better!

I am also working on setting up a Gallery extension, made by one of the other coders working on Lorekeeper stuff :) This will be used in conjunction with Submissions, not instead of! RP rewards and the like will still be processed via Submissions - we are setting up a little guide on how to work with galleries, actions, and submissions.

World Expanded

If you go to World, you will see a fancy button called World Expanded - go there to check out some of the aspects of the planet you might not know about! With that in mind, we are up for any and all suggestions for flora, fauna, and landmarks - feel free to drop any in the Suggestions box or in the comments of this news post!

Also with this expansion, you may now only change your Region once every Quarter. For example, we are in the fourth quarter, which begins October 1st and ends on the 31st of December.

Some Reminders

Reminder of Story Mode Rules

We want to remind everyone (staff and user alike) that all story mode submissions require backgrounds, colour, shading, and fullbody depictions of colonists (or a researcher in the case of Arrival A2. We have been lax for this rule as of late but determined that as it has been written in the rules, we will start enforcing it from November 3rd on. 

We're giving you guys some time in case you have WIP story mode entries, so you can get them in before we start enforcing this rule.

Reminder of Design Rules

Litter designs are placeholders that may not always fit into the design standards - they are mostly to ensure that litters are actually wanted before the geno process, which is somewhat time consuming, is done. 

• Artifice does not change whether a marking is darker or lighter than the base coat. It is a hue shift modifier.
  • ie. Artifice on Inkblot still has to be significantly darker/close to the black range though it can be tinted red, etc.
• Unless a marking specifies that it can have holes in it, it has to be solid.
• Some genes such as Sabino, Underbelly, etc grow outwards from the extremities.
  • ie. You cannot have a "hole" in Underbelly to show the base coat on the foot or tail.
  • We understand this isn't made clear in the guides and will work to make this more clear.

If there are any markings/parts of the guide that are confusing, please let us know in the comments below!