The End of Tark'ee Trespass

With the heat rising behind you and your new genos in tow, you flee the magma into the cool air of the Obsidian Mountain... except the air is rapidly heating. The volcano, once dormant, is erupting behind you, sending rivers of lava down the mountain and showers of blistering molten rock into the air. There were hints, there were clues, but the contents of the mountain are too much to bear.

Perhaps one day, you may return to the bunkers and escavate what remains.

The truth of the Tark'ee is yet to be discovered. The scientists and explorers have much to do and many notes may be found in the future, detailing their experiences.

Thank you for joining us on this adventure!

It was certainly a lot longer than any of us expected, and I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for sticking with us through it. Future events will certainly have a shorter lifespan and will be planned out in depth before they are initialized.

All final blows on opponents are as follows:

• Magma was defeated by Tsidal.
• Dusk was defeated by Astraia.
• Hella was defeated by Wayward Station.
• Terracotta was defeated by Xione.
• Mason was defeated by Spear.
• Maddison was defeated by WhiteRaven.
• Zavros was defeated by Ulo.

The colonies that performed final blow have been sent a special reward.

Here's a list of what was released throughout this event!

• Philters to add markings to colonists.
• Injuries were revamped and an item applied to fix them.
• Hunting as a beta release. More fauna will be added to the game and may be slowly added to the hunting prompts!
• The Ocean was revealed, along with the creatures in it.
• Tradeports were opened for users to have their own shops.
• Reef Belemoid and Saltwater Tsabhua were discovered.
• Combat and the Armoury as an alpha release. This was certainly a learning experience and will require more planning, but it lends itself to future activities we have in our plans!
• And finally, The Tark'ee were released into Xiunus with their own special new subspecies names:
  • Earth Tark'ee became Common/Non-subspecies Tark'ee.
  • Wave Tark'ee became Aquatic Tark'ee.
  • Serpentine Tark'ee became Draconic Tark'ee.
  • Flight Tark'ee became Aerobic Tark'ee.
  • Rock Tark'ee became Volcanic Tark'ee.

That's a bit harder to say for certain. As we said in our last news post:

• Revisiting the Newbie Guides
• Revisiting the Design Guide
• Worldbuilding

These are three exceptionally important things that have been a bit neglected as of late, but we want the game to be fun, easy to understand despite its complexities, and remain as a way to express our (and your!) creativity for years to come.

The Event Store will have some more goodies added in the coming days!

What about all the prompts/activities/puzzles?

• All event prompts will be closed for submissions at the end of July 2025.
• The Crimson Inferno prompts have been reopened through the end of July for all opponents, including Rokk'ma! Note the adjustments: 
  • One attack submission per opponent per colony during this reopening.
  • Only one grand prize of a volcanic geno can be earned per colony. Any others will be swapped to a different prize!
  • The Steal An Egg subprompt will continue to be open until prompt closure.
• The Aerobic royalty requests will be retired... but there may be future requests!
  • Their rings may be redeemed (currently via a Submission) for a full breeding slot!
• Members have expressed interest in keeping the drone exploration activity around. The map was manually created, but I do want to look into ways to bring that back in the future, as it was a lot of fun to both make and watch users explore. No promises in either direction on this though, as it was pretty complicated to do!
• Rebel and Respect factions will be retired. They were only used for the event.

Here's a little reminder with bits from a previous questionnaire about Tark'ee migration!

How does migration work?
We will go through the previous google docs form submission for older migrations, but all future migrations should go through the on-site form. Tark'ee have their genomes adjusted into Xiunus world genetics, including mutations (known as variations in the OG Tark'ee game) and subspecies (species). These are created as genos, allowing users to either use their original artwork as grandfathered designs (made transparent for Xiunus) or updated onto the Xiunus lineart and design guidelines.

We do highly recommend using the new lineart and giving your old Tark'ee a refresher, but we understand that may be difficult for some.

What about my genos?
Conversion and migration of most tark'ee subspecies have closed, but geno conversion for Volcanic tark'ee will remain open until the end of August, 2025. Feel free to simply use the above on-site form with a note that they haven't been converted yet; we'll just take care of it in one fell swoop for your geno.

I want to redesign my Tark'ee but I don't have the means
For the first month after your Tark'ee colonist is migrated, you are welcome to submit to request your Tark'ee be redesigned by the staff onto the official lineart. This may include mutations that our official lineart doesn't have yet! For genos that have ages older than when you actually have them, that month starts at the time of this post.