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Hello everyone, and welcome to our monthly newsletter! We have some fun things both here and on the horizon that we can’t wait to share with you all.

To start things off, we have an ongoing event called the mirage festival!

The Snekket-based event, the Mirage Festival, is now live! Enjoy a myriad of fun-filled activities like snekket based prompts, an event-only shop including exclusive items, a snekket themed discord game later this month, and more! https://play.pacapillars.com/news/42.mirage-festival-2023 

All prompts featured in the festival can be found here, and grant monet tickets! The event shop, Mirage’s Prize Stand, can be found here, and has a couple different items that can be purchased for monet tickets. The newest and most exclusive item, Hol-O’s, grants a new trait called Overlay! This trait encases the entire paca in a substance of your choosing. The trait is Mutation+, and can be obtained by applying either a Ripe Olera or the seasonal item Hol-O’s. Here's a graphic that showcases the new trait: 

We hope you enjoy playing around with the trait, and make sure you check out the shop! 

DISCORD AND GAMING PLUG

Make sure to check out the discord this month! Winners and participants in these games get various forms of leaflet rewards, but with the event season being upon us, they will also be eligible to receive Monet tickets for certain games! Our first scheduled game will be this Friday, the 4th of August, at 6pm EST for Gartic Phone! It’ll be using the plug-in discord has for the game, so there’ll be no external websites needed! Everyone who participates will get leaflets, but only those who stay for a full hour of play will win Monet Tickets!

UPCOMING SALES

The month of August will feature:

• A batch of Guest Artist designs made by Cherrysnakecat on the 15th 
• Designs by Nokkelborth. As always, Nokkel’s patreon usually gets first looks at designs and are normally eligible to make claims in advance, so if that interests you, we recommend taking a look.
• Some premade snekkets will be made for the event from various team members, type of distribution for each is subject to change so keep your eyes peeled!
• 3 Winged pacapillar designs made by Quiche, which will be featured on the Winged pacapillar guide! Prices and whatnot subject to change, so full details will be released later as part of the posts. One design is scheduled to open this Friday, the 4th of August, and the other two will be released on Sunday the 20th.
• As always, we may sneak in some surprise designs, some of which may be discord only, so watch out 👁️

CREATURE FEATURE

If you’re unaware, every month we feature a new pet in our Creature Feature corner, giving extra lore and information relative to the Pacapillar universe. The prompt related to this pet will also reward you with that pet, to share some of the love!

Speaking of, August’s creature feature is Kittar! Check out the prompt to get one today. 

CHARACTER OF THE MONTH

As you all may have noticed, there’s a new feature on our home page! Starting this month, we will begin having a Pacapillar or Snekket of the month! The winner will be chosen at random from accepted prompt submissions for the category (via the raffle function on our website). Each person will submit which character they want if chosen. For the upcoming month in which they are chosen, we will dedicate a section of our Newsletter featuring that character, and signify what bonuses you can receive by including that character in your prompts. Please make sure to read all the rules for this prompt very carefully, as there are a lot more to it than our normal prompts.  You can find the prompt here.

TH WORLD GRAND OPENING

Our toyhou.se world is now ready for you all! Feel free to join; we look forward to seeing you there! Please read through all the rules listed both on the main toyhou.se world page, as well as individual bulletin/forum post rules.

https://toyhou.se/~world/114667.pacapillars 

[!]...to be continued...[!]

It's the Mirage Festival!!

It’s a special festival that happens every year in Chrysalopolis, in a place called “Dream Cloud”, which is an errant land mass covered with clouds that once a year gets close to Chrysalopolis. Pacas anchor it to Chrysalopolis for the festivities. It’s like making a party on a shooting star!

After the success of the snekket bonding theme last year, it has been decided that snekkets will remain a key focus for the festival! You may ask what this year's theme is then if last year the love between a paca and their snekket was the focus, and we're pleased to announce that for this Mirage Festival, the theme will be pastries and baked goods! Get your sweet tooth ready for loads of nub-made goodies!.

How does it work?

We have made a variety of prompts that award Monet Tickets! You can use them to get various rewards from the Mirage Prize Stand, including a brand new Mutation+ item that grants the Overlay trait!
Monet Tickets are valid from today and until September 30, 2023. All unused tickets after that day will disappear.

Prompts for this event end on September 16, 2023.

Additionally, we will be opening our Toyhou.se world very soon along with a general guide. More news soon ♥ 

Hello everyone, and welcome to our second ever monthly newsletter! We have some fun things both here and on the horizon that we can’t wait to share with you all.

To start things off, we have a new host for our newsletter, Chikara!

I'm  still a little bit shocked I got the job, but I'm ready to bring you all the news you’ve been dying to hear. Although I may be an intern (for now), I look forward to working with the team going forward!

A little bit about me? Well, I'm actually part Kitsune! So the more I explore and learn, and the more I share with you guys, the stronger I grow. Yearly community events are especially great for my growth; who knows, I may even acquire a couple new tails and impart some of my knowledge on weary travelers! Stay tuned for more!

WHAT’S NEW

The month of June is going to be a bit on the quiet side when it comes to events, but we are projecting for some of our guides to be released during this time period. Many are in a fairly finished state, but need some tweaking before they’re ready for release. Thank you all for being so patient with us!

We also plan to start up discord games regularly, so definitely head on over there to check it out! Currently, we plan to host at least one game this upcoming weekend, and may do more as time permits. Winners and participants in these games get various forms of leaflet rewards, so make sure to be there! 

Joining our team is JacyFox  and Deertale! Jacy will be helping with design related duties, and Deertale will be working on prompt related duties. 

UPCOMING SALES

The month of June will feature:

• A batch of Guest Artist designs made by Yasta on the 20th! Be on the watch for some cute little fellas by them. 
• A DTE by Nokkelborth scheduled for release around the 4th-10th! The timeline and full details will be released as a single post both on the discord and on our sales tab. 
• Designs made by @DandyNokkel! Prices and amount of designs are subject to change, so full details will be released later. As always, Nokkel’s patreon usually gets first looks at designs and are normally eligible to make claims in advance, so if that interests you, we recommend taking a look.
• A free raffle pacapillar and OTA pacapillar by JacyFox late June! Full details will be listed in the sale listing.
• As always, we may sneak in some surprise designs, some of which may be discord only, so watch out 👁️

NEW PROMPTS

Although all of our old monthly prompts are remaining the same, we have a couple of prompts that will be dropping this month! First of all is a Snekket flash prompt which will drop mid-month, where you all will be able to outfit your Snekket in a quirky costume. We really do love giving the spotlight to Snekkets, and hope you all enjoy it as much as we do! Our second prompt is going to be a new recurring monthly prompt, the Creature Feature!

CREATURE FEATURE

As you all may know, we have a lot of pets. A certified hoard of pets. Quite possibly an unreasonable amount of pets. But that’s okay! We love our pets, and want you all to know more about them! Every month we will feature a new pet in our Creature Feature corner, giving extra lore and information relative to the Pacapillar universe. The prompt related to this pet will also reward you with that pet, to share some of the love!

Speaking of, June’s creature feature is Nyandere! Check out the prompt to get one today. 

CHARACTER OF THE MONTH

Starting in a month or so, we will begin having a Pacapillar or Snekket of the month! The winner will be chosen at random from accepted prompt submissions for the category (via the raffle function on our website). Each person will submit which character they want if chosen. For the upcoming month in which they are chosen, we will dedicate a section of our Newsletter featuring that character, and signify what bonuses you can receive by including that character in your prompts. More information will be available when the feature goes live, so look out for future newsletters!

THE WORLD BELOW

As many of you may know, Pacapillars live on giant, floating clusters that are tethered together. The surface of the world that lays below them has always been a daunting mystery for most, and a source of fear for others. But perhaps the time is almost upon you all to pack your things, and gaze upon a world you haven’t connected with in many, many years.

[!]...to be continued...[!]

HAPPY ALMOST HOLIDAYS Pacanation!

The holiday season is slowly approaching and we are happy to announce that sign ups for our Secret Santa #event are now live! 

If you don't know what a "Secret Santa" is, then here's a conveniently placed explanation:

Secret Santa is a Christmas tradition in which members of a group are randomly assigned other members to whom they anonymously give a gift. In this case, the gift will be art, writing, or a craft! 
It's a simple and fun way to celebrate the holidays and spread cheer all around! The gifts themselves do not have to be strictly Christmas themed, so even if you do not celebrate Christmas, we encourage you to participate if you'd like!

LIKE ANY EVENT, THERE ARE SOME RULES THAT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED:

• Be respectful!
• No explicit or rude behavior.
• All gifts must be kept PG-13 (no gore, inappropriate language, or other explicit content) 
• You must have a Pacapillar or Snekket to participate in this event. 
  • Both are available to be used for this gifting event (so anywhere it specifies a Paca, you can replace that with a Snekket if you want!).
• This event will primarily be run through Discord, so you must have an account to sign up and receive your assignments! 
  • The link to the group discord join link is:  https://discord.com/invite/VaSDuap 
• You must have a Play.Pacapillars.com account to participate in this event.
  • Accounts are free! Go join now if you haven't already. It's a great place to keep track of your in-game currency and chubby worm and noodle babies! 
• Allowed art parameters: 
  • Drawn artworks must be visibly shaded fullbodies.
  • If you are not the drawing type you may write a short story as a gift! The story must be at least 500 words long. 
  • If you are feeling adventurous and want to try your hand at a craft (such as papercraft, sculpting, etc.) all we ask is that there is visible effort on the part of the gifter! Feel free to reach out to a moderator to ask whether a certain piece you’re making would be acceptable. 
• Once you are assigned to a user you may not change or "trade" who you are gifting. If you have a legitimate problem with the user chosen, please let a mod know. 
• Please try to avoid signing up with a Pacapillar you are iffy on. If you trade a Pacapillar that has already joined the event (via the form) we are unable to make any changes or update your gifter about this change. 
  • If this happens please know that the new owner of the Pacapillar may receive the gift art instead of you. 
  • It is preferred that you only sign up with Pacapillars you know you love and use! 
  • You are still required to complete your half of the gift even if you trade your Pacapillar.
• Gifts should not be revealed until December 25th! This also means that you shouldn’t post wips of your work, as much as we’re excited to see them </3
  • As we get closer to the posting date, we will let you all know the specific place to post to, so don’t worry about it not popping up or not knowing where it is!

PRIZES ✨

• We will be giving away 250 Leaflets to every person who completes a gift!
  • Be sure to submit your gift to the correct spot (which will be revealed on December 25th) on Play.Pacapillars.com to receive your Leaflets!
• We will be entering all entrants into a raffle, so make sure you get your piece in on time!
  • Any user who gets their piece in on time on December 25th will be qualified to enter! If you are going to be late, you MUST ask for an extension; approved extensions UP UNTIL January 1st will still be entered into the raffle, but only if they are approved first! 
• Those who complete additional pieces pinch hitting for drop-outs will receive a 300 leaflet bonus!

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

• Fill out the Google Form below before the deadline (11/19/2022).
• The Mod team will assign all Santas randomly. We will DM you on Discord letting you know who you will be gifting!
• Once you review your "Giftee" from us you may start the event!
• Be sure to keep your gift a secret until Christmas Day (12/25/2022)

IMPORTANT DATES:

• Sign ups will begin today, November 12th
• The deadline for the form entry will be November 19th
• Users will receive their assignments by November 20th
• Gifts must be posted to the correct spot on the website on Christmas Day, December 25th, not before! 
• All late/approved extension gifts must be given/revealed before January 1st, if for some reason you are going to be later, please reach out to a Mod! 

DROPPING OUT | EXTENSIONS | PINCH HITTERS:

• The deadline for dropping out without penalty is December 18th, but we prefer that users drop out earlier to give pinch hitters more time to work.
  • Please note that dropping out means you forfeit all event rewards and you will not be entered into the raffle. 
  • If dropping out beyond this point without an approved extenuating circumstance, you will be barred from participating in the next event we hold.
• You may ask for an extension to be extended until January 1st, but please be aware that if you need an extension for after this date, you will not be entered into the raffle!
  • If you do not ask for an extension, but post after December 25th (but before January 2nd), you will not be entered into the raffle! So please let us know if you will not be able to post on the due date, so we can accomodate you.
• To ask for an extension past January 1st (until January 8th), you must reach out to a moderator before or on that date! Otherwise, we will count you as a no-show, and allow a pinch-hitter to complete the assignment. 
  • No-shows receive the same penalty as those that drop out beyond the check in point, except they will not be allowed to participate in the next two events instead of just one, regardless of what those events are. 
• Users who sign up and check that they would be okay with being pinch hitters will receive a small bonus for any extra completed works they do as a thank you for picking up the slack <3 
  • Due dates for pinch hitters are 2 weeks from the initial image reveal date, on January 8th
  • If you check that you’d like to be a pinch hitter, but end up not being able to when we reach out to you, that is perfectly fine! We understand that plans and how busy you are can change!

Read through everything? Here's the link to sign ups!

Please be sure to read through all the rules first!

https://forms.gle/gFvAbL9qRQokpNdK6

Fall is in the air...

Hello Pacammunity, and welcome to August's #general Monthly Newsletter! Presented by your's truly, Knife (ʘ‿ʘ✿) Only for this month, though! A special newscaster will be joining us as our Pacapillar host next month to help present our latest and greatest news to our wonderful community. We will have a newsletter at the beginning of every month, now, so that users can keep up to date on our latest news, see teasers for things to come, and become more involved in the group in general :) 

Design Approvals

This was announced in our discord, but as a response to the overwhelming amount of recent suggestions to halt approvals in order to focus on guides and making sure everything is up to date, we have decided to halt our design approval system for up to two months. This includes everything from myo submissions, to design updates, to our discord's design help channel. We may take less time than two months, but this is the general time period we've given for us to get all of our materials together. Having a specified time for guide making will give us more time to focus on creating and updating new and old guides, some of which were in dire need of a brand new look. The information presented in these guides will help both old and new users, and we hope they're helpful for the community! From revamped MYO and trait guides to new guides for each subspecies, we (and our lovely mod, Chura, especially) have been hard at work compiling these for you all!

Some new friendly faces!

I'd love to welcome our new mods to the team! We've been training them up this past month, and they're all here and ready to help out for the sake of the community :) The new mods, Arrow, Pon, Echo, Ryker, 2004005, and Bweepy have been studying away, and have been a great source of inspiration for the rest of the team! Pon and Greeny are primarily going to be seen moderating the discord, Ryker and Echo have been learning a ton about designs and how to interpret them (with an added bonus of being able to help out in multiple areas), and Bweepy and Arrow will be helping out with a lot of our event related moderation! Also, as a special announcement, Sketch has been promoted to Admin, and while Niv is still taking a mod vacation, they're still in our hearts <3

Speaking of the discord...

Now that our discord-related mods have been trained on all of the basics, we'll be hosting more discord games again! We'll even be having a Frankenpaca game today, at 1pm EST (courtesy of our mod, Ryker)! We plan to host at least one game per week within the discord, so make sure to head on over there in order to participate! All games will give varying amounts of currency, and the Frankenpaca that is made this week will later be available for users to offer in-game currency on :) Go on, get in there! (Only if you want to, of course.)

Certain site bugs 🐛

There is currently a bug that bars us from recycling the exclusive item limits, which will hopefully get resolved in the near future; we promise you'll be able to get more forbidden berries soon <3 Certain outstanding bugs (such as the character linking feature) are bugs we wish to hammer out, but require a much more thorough investigation. Currently, our main coder is a bit on and off in regards to availability, so certain smaller feature bugs that don't break main features of the website are being de-prioritized in favor of ones we can currently tackle while the coder is away. Thank you all for being understanding!

New monthly event on the horizon...

Starting in September, we will have a pacapillar or snekket of the month! Stay tuned for more news in the next monthly newsletter, but the monthly character will have certain incentives if they are included in your submissions, and there will be certain prizes for having your kid included.

current ongoing snekket event 

Just a small reminder that our snekket-based event, the Mirage Festival, is still ongoing, and ends on September 30th! Go here to learn more about the event, participate, and buy some cool items using the exclusive event currency, Monet Tickets! It's our introduction to snekket mutations, and you can even buy your very own snekket mutation using the tickets, so we'd love to see you all participate while the event is ongoing!

And that's a wrap! I look forward to bringing you more monthly newsletters, and can't wait for all the works you all will make this month <3

It's the Mirage Festival!!

It’s a special festival that happens every year in Chrysalopolis, in a place called “Dream Cloud”, which is an errant land mass covered with clouds that once a year gets close to Chrysalopolis. Pacas anchor it to Chrysalopolis for the festivities. It’s like making a party on a shooting star!
This year, we are having a snekket-themed celebration, to celebrate the special bond between Pacapillars and Snekkets!
Snekket-themed decorations and Snekket-friendly attractions are quite prominent this year! Don't have a Snekket? No problem! You can always bring a friend's.

How does it work?

We have made a variety of prompts that award Monet Tickets! You can use them to get various rewards from the Mirage Prize Stand
Monet Tickets are valid from today and until September 30, 2022. All unused tickets after that day will disappear.

Prompts for this event end on September 15, 2022.

Transfer System Changes:

Shop Changes/Item Changes:

Mod Applications:

Timezone Quiz:

This DTE runs from October 5th through October 31st!
Participate for a chance to win this design!

New Pets added to the Halloween prompt reward pool! These new pets can be obtained by participating in the Halloween prompts! 
Last year's pets also are making a return, each prompt awards you a random pet!

As usual, the pets above are also available as a reward for pledging to Nokkel's Patreon

Draw-To-Enter!

A new Draw-To-Enter event will start on October 5th. Here is a teaser for the featured design!

Discord Event!

We are holding a participation-based event on our Discord, we will be hosting games periodically where you can win prizes for on-site currency and items!

Advent Calendar!

and of course, we are holding a design advent calendar this year, with some wonderful guest artists participating ♥

Oct 11-Oct 24: Standard and Natural Subspecies Pacapillars will be sold. 

Oct. 30-31: Unnatural Subspecies auctions!

Farm update is live!
We have entirely revamped the system in order to integrate it better to our website functionality.
Notable changes:
- Watering/feeding is now only done once every 24hr per crop/animal, so you don't need to be checking every 4 hours anymore
- Feeding/watering requirements have been adjusted for the change above, you shouldn't see any significant difference on how long it takes to harvest something.
- Slight adjustment to harvest amounts for some items
- Added a very rare chance of getting 1 gb instead of crops on all seed items
- All harvested items can now be seen in your inventory and sold directly from your inventory. This also means crops/produce are now tradeable <:
- Plot upgrade cost has been reduced
- Watering/feeding upgrades have been removed

Due to the nature of the changes, the following has also happened:
- All previous crops/produce from the previous farm have been sold automatically, leaflets should be in your account.  You can find the total received from your crops on the currency log in your profile!
- Any seeds currently grown should have been refunded and in your inventory
- Animals in the coop and barn were returned to your inventory
- Unlocked plots should be intact \ There has been a mistake in the number of plots people have vs the number they had, we are looking into this issue,