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December Newsletter

Posted 1 year ago :: Last edited 1 year ago by TornPages

Hello everyone, and welcome to our monthly newsletter! This one's a really big one, so buckle up! We have some fun things both here and on the horizon that we can’t wait to share with you all!

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What's New
Big thank you to our moderator, Sweetstuff for their ongoing coding work on the site! Some of you may have noticed some of the new features they have added already, but in case you missed it, here's what's new:

  • Character Folders: You can now put your characters into custom folders! To do this, simply go to "My Characters" under the "Home" dropdown in the navigation bar and create folders, assigning your characters to them. If you wish to sort your folders, all you need to do is click and drag your characters; the folders undeneath your characters will determine which order your folders are in on your profile. Remember to hit "Save Order" at the bottom of the page to keep your progress!
  • Profile Feature: Following the folders, in the same page at the very bottom you will see a new section labeled "Selected Character". Choose one of your characters from the dropdown and hit "Submit" to have one specific paca featured on your profile next to your bank and inventory.
  • Gift Art Notifications: You can now be notified for any time someone includes your characters in a submission, and in turn, notify others when you include their characters in a piece. In the submission menu when you add a character in, if the character does not belong to you, there will be an option to "Notify User". Selecting "No" will not notify the owner of the art/writing, but selecting "Yes" will notify the owner of the character that you included them in your piece
  • Criteria Rewards: You will now get bonus leaflets for every prompt you submit! All you need to do is click on the new button in the submission page, "+ Criteria", and select the options that apply to your piece. Remember to add these to every submission! Mods can only edit filled out criteria, and we cannot add any to a submission that doesn't have any in the first place!
  • NPC Dialogues: NPCs are silent no longer! We've installed a new feature that will let you read through NPC talking, narration, and even some lore in a style similar to virtual novels!
  • Birthday Rewards: Now on the first of every month, any user who has a birthday during that month will automatically get a birthday gift delivered into their inventory. Open the box to get 2,500 1-icon.png, 3 2-icon.png, and a special super rare birthday-exclusive pet designed by our lovely Nokkelborth !
    NOTE: You must have your birth month set visible to logged in users at the minimum for the system to detect your birthday and give you your gift on rollover!

 

Major Updates
Leaflet + Shop rebalance
We've very recently had a major update regarding the balancing of the leaflet economy, as well as making things more accessable in shops to users. In this update, you will notice:
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  • User, shop, and prompt payout leaflet values have all been multiplied by 10
  • You can now get anywhere from 10 1-icon.png to 300 1-icon.png from Monet's Daily Roll!
  • Farm crops now yield 3x their original selling prices, and Coop / Barn produce now yield 4x their orignal selling prices
  • Coop and Barn animals can now be purchased at Darling's Market for 100 1-icon.png instead of 2,500  1-icon.png, making it easier to fill up your farm slots!
  • Elixirs and MYO Cores for already-owners have been added to Barrie's Berry Shop, and the Rare MYO Bundle has been removed. The already-owner MYO Core will reset once a month and isn't static to one-time-only!
  • Oleras that can be purchased with leaflets have lowered from 4 on resetting stock to 2
  • Dubious Berries, Forbidden Berries, and Olera Berries have increased slightly in price from 35,000 1-icon.png to 45,000 1-icon.png for Dubious berries, 60,000 1-icon.png to 75,000 1-icon.png for Forbidden Berries, and 14,000 1-icon.png to 25,000 1-icon.png for Olera Berries
  • Commeli Berries, Salix Berries, Minmites, and Whirs have also all been reduced in prices from 2,500 1-icon.png to 1,000 1-icon.png for Commeli Berries, 4,500 1-icon.png to 2,500 1-icon.png for Salix Berries, and 2,500 1-icon.png to 1,500 1-icon.png for Minmites and Whirs
  • Subspecies berries have been added to the Cash Shop! Dubious Berries are available for $120, and Forbidden Berries are available for $200
  • Wonderous Gifts bought from the Cash Shop now allow you to select what item you get from it!

 

Prompts 

With the addition of Criteria Rewards, our prompts have seen some big changes as well, and we still plan to improve prompts further!

  • Minmites and Whirs have retired from being add-on bonuses, and are now classified as regular pets. All existing Minmites and Whirs have been converted into boxes that you can open to get a pet version of them, name them, and attach them to your characters!
  • Shading is no longer required for submissions, but instead counts as an extra you can do!
  • All prompts (with the exception of improvement and ARPG prompts) can now be commissioned, and no longer just Self Portrait and A Lovely Gift. Just state that the piece was commissioned in your criteria by turning the "Commissioned Piece" switch on; you will not get the full bonus rewards that you would by creating a piece yourself, instead getting a portion of that amount (You will still recieve the full base-rewards of the prompt!) You may not submit artwork that you were paid (money, site currency, pets or item trades) to do. 
  • Winter Cheers, Spring Party, Beach Party, and Harvest the Best are retiring from prompts! Instead, we will now feature a new prompt similar to their simpler variants, Cup of Warmth, Spring Flowers, Heat Wave, and Autumn is Here when they are rolled over. Seasonal prompts roll over from autumn to winter on December 21st, so be sure to get any Harvest the Best submissions in before then, because next year it will be replaced!
  • We have added a new "Miscellaneous Pacapillar Submissions"  prompt that you can submit an unlimited amount of time for any pacapillar pieces that do not apply to other existing prompts.
  • Events with prompts are going to become a more regular thing. We loved seeing the love the Mirage Festival and Soulbloom Feast got, and we have no plans at stopping just there!
  • We are trying to bring more life into our beloved NPCs again, and are in the works of planning special ARPG prompts where you can interract with the NPCs and get special rewards for completion. Stay tuned for further information!

 

Soulbloom Feast Wrapup
Soulbloom Feast is now officially over for 2023. We hope everyone enjoyed this event. Be sure to stick around for next year's release in which we will strive to make it better for users. We've heard every suggestion following the event, and will work to make things better for everyone. We hear you and appiriciate your feedback!

Congratulations to JacyFox for winning the Special "Seasons Change" Monster Pacapillar raffle created by TornPages . You will be transferred the character shortly and TornPages will send you a message with the full-resolution file of your new bean! We really loved seeing everyones amazing crafts, and you guys really blew us away with your creations!

Candy collectables are now tradeable and can no longer be sold for event currency. You can now trade with other users to try and complete your collection! Were you able to get all 10?

Thymes shop will remain open for a little bit yet if you still have event currency candies you want to trade in, and will close in exactly one week and any reamining candies currency will be deleted so that more focus can be spent on the Boreal Wishes event. Thyme is here to stay however! She is a permanent NPC you can include in your pieces freely!
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Current Event
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December 1st, 2023 - January 31st, 2024
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December Prompts
  • Winter Activities [20 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55& - 25 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55&]
  • Northern Light Show [15 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55& - 20 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55&]
  • Gift Wrapping [5 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55& - 10 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55&]
  • Time to Decorate! [5 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55& - 10 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55&]
  • Songs of Joy [5 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55& - 10 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55&]
  • Snekket Little Helpers [5,000 1-icon.png + 5 2-icon.png]
January Prompts
  • New Year's Party [20 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55& - 25 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55&]
  • Blanket of Snow [15 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55& - 20 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55&]
  • Blanket Fort [5 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55& - 10 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55&]
  • Cozy Up [5 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55& - 10 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55&]
  • Paca's Best (Plush) Friend [5 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55& - 10 snow_crystals_mini.png?ex=65701537&is=655da037&hm=7aa20d758479dca04f09010570f64679ddb425898b8a94a101d6469141bc7d55&]
All-Season Prompts
  • Gift Giving [1,500 1-icon.png + 2 2-icon.png]

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Design Schedule
  • Special holiday themed designs by staff members
  • Designs by guest artists, bearwithglasses , DearRyufur , Narra , and grifforik
  • Free and site currency raffles by staff members
  • 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.
  • As always, we may sneak in some surprise designs, some of which may be discord only, so watch out 👁️
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Character of The Month
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M-1546: ASTRA

Astra is a happy-go-lucky bean that loves adventures. They seem to never get tired and always have unlimited amounts of energy!

Submit The Prompt!

Creature Feature
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Flox

Said to have evolved from a long-forgotten, surface dwelling forager species of animal, the Flox now populates dense forests and snowy peaks in the floating Pacapillar Colony. They communicate with bell-like chimes produced from their decorated mane, and scavenge for long lost trinkets and baubles to add to it! This wily pet flaunts its collection with pride. They may just leave you a trinket of your own, if they wish for you to join their pack!

Submit The Prompt!

 

Patreon
Did you know that by pledging to Nokkelborth 's Patreon for as little as $5 a month, you can gain access to exclusive Pacapillar rewards? By pledging, you can look forward to rewards such as: lushiehewwo.png
  • Surprise capsules containing new pets created that month
  • Gold Berries you can use on-site in the Alley Shop
  • Access to exclusive commissions and customs done by Nokkelborth
  • Early access to viewing and claiming adopts before the public
And rewards only get better at higher tiers!

 

 

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

Soulbloom Feast

Posted 1 year ago :: Last edited 1 year ago by TornPages

It’s time for the Soulbloom Feast!

Deep into the forest, Pacas from all over Chrysalopolis are gathering together to partake in the festivities. As you are running around the grounds of the event, soaking in all the possible fun activities you can do, someone from one of the booths calls to you...

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   A soft, oddly large, pastel pink and green paca with a purple hat smiles as she successfully caught your attention, notioning for you to come on over. You decide to go speak with her, figuring why not? You are here to have fun after all, and the booths are half of that!

     “Well hello, small friend~ I don’t recall seeing you attend the Soulbloom Feast last year. Perhaps I missed you?” Her voice is soft and soothing, while her body has flowers growing off of it, giving off a scent that makes you feel comfortable around her. Upon shaking your head ‘no’, that you weren’t at the event the year prior, the paca seemingly beams in excitement. “Oh joy! Then are you aware of the folklore behind this event and why we celebrate?”

    Awaiting your reply eagerly, she can’t help but allow herself to make a soft ‘squee’ sound as she found her next victim to tell a story to. “That’s perfect! Allow me to tell you!” She cleared her throat before letting her tone turn more serious, almost as though she was narrating straight from a book.

    “These woods are thought to be the home for those who are corrupt and have fallen from magic. Monsters and Poisons lurk within the shadows, hiding away from the common world of Chrysalopolis. Now the age-old question arises; Chrysalopolis is built up on magic, and only those who hold magic within themselves can be held within our little floating civilization we have in the clouds here, but Monsters who have little to no magic are still able to remain here without falling through to the earth below. How are they able to do this is a question that has baffled many for decades, if not centuries. Well legend has it that Monsters built a web, think like a spider web, that hangs beneath Chrysalopolis. In this web, it’s said that Monsters built their own city of sorts down there. A place where they can escape to, and a place where they are safe and not seen as a threat. That city of webs is said to be directly beneath this forest, leading many to believe that is the reason these woods have so many beings of corruption here.”

 

     The oddly comforting paca paused to take a sip of her drink before continuing. “That may leave you wondering, why do we come here then to celebrate if it’s so potentially dangerous to pacas who haven’t fallen to corruption? Well, little bean shape, that all boils down to the enormous tree you see before us.” She pointed in the direction of the huge, strangely smooth, tree at the centre of the grounds with her long, flower-like tails. “This tree is said to hold the souls of the past. Come nightfall, you will see why that is, but I won’t spoil the surprise for you~”

 

     She couldn’t help but chuckle as you looked up at the tree, raising an eyebrow in confusion as you laid eyes on what seemed to be… Candy? growing from the branches. “The Sweet Berries don’t have anything to do with that, no. That is a neat little thing to consider though! Only around this time of year, the tree sprouts fruits that resemble candies we enjoy any other time regularly outside of the forest. Why we actually gather here though, is when the tree sheds its bark and becomes smooth, those who have passed, in legend, are able to walk the land of Chrysalopolis alongside us. We celebrate here so that we can connect with those we lost, and celebrate our own lives.” What seemed to be a rather large opal or moonstone sparkled slightly beneath her long fur, but you paid no mind to it aside from it probably being a really heavy pendant. You are brought back to attention as the paca begins to speak once more.

    “In honor of the souls within the tree, we have a feast. We cook, serve, and eat to both embrace the lives lost and the ones we live. So every year when this threshold is crossed between the afterlife and those who breathe, we celebrate.” She started moving to come out from behind her stand, but not quite fully yet. “Now with that out of the way, go enjoy yourself, tiny friend~ If you end up getting any extra candy around the grounds, feel free to bring them over to me, and I can give you goodies in return, think of it like an arcade prize stand! Do stay safe, however. You never know when a Monster paca is around the corner…” She winked, coming out from behind her stand fully, placing a ‘be back in 10 minutes’ sign on it, but to you, it was revealed that her pendant was, in fact, not a pendant, but a core. The soft paca had alarmingly large pincers that shone in the autumn lighting as a soft rose gold in color. “By the way, my name's Thyme. I do hope to see more of you soon~”

We hope you join us in this brand-new event!

There's brand-new prompts  that award Candies, the event currency, and a special crafting challenge with extra special rewards, including a raffle ticket for a very special paca!

This time around we have a new NPC, Thyme! She is currently hosting the event shop, Creeping Thyme Stall. 
In this shop, you'll find new mutation items, brand-new pets, a capsule to obtain older halloween pets, and more!

 


The Candy Bag item contains 4 random candy items, which can be collected or sold for 1 candy each!  Keep your eye out for the rare Candy Berry, which is worth 2 candies!

 

Patreon supporters will also get a bonus 5 Candies for tiers below $35, and a bonus 10 Candies for tiers at $35 or above!

We hope this new event is enjoyable to you, and that you stay tuned for more events in the future; thank you for your continued support, and enjoy the Feast!!

 

The event runs from today to November 30th! There will be a one more prompt in November to get some more candy!

August Newsletter

Posted 1 year ago :: Last edited 1 year ago by Quiche
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! 

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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

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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...[!]

 

Mirage Festival 2023!

Posted 1 year ago :: Last edited 1 year ago by Nokkelborth

It's the Mirage Festival!!

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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 ♥ 

June Newsletter

Posted 1 year ago :: Last edited 1 year ago by Quiche
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!

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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

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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...[!]

 

Secret Santa Sign Ups + Info [2022]

Posted 2 years ago :: Last edited 2 years ago by Echoklang

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! 
  • 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

august newsletter

Posted 2 years ago :: Last edited 2 years ago by Quiche

Fall is in the air...

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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

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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...

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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

Mirage Festival Start!

Posted 2 years ago :: Last edited 2 years ago by Nokkelborth

It's the Mirage Festival!!

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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.

Announcements

Posted 3 years ago :: Last edited 3 years ago by Quiche
Hello Pacammunity! We have some announcements for you regarding a couple different important updates in features and beyond! 
 
 
Transfer System Changes:
All trades now have an Approval System! This means that when you transfer a paca or snekket, you must mention if it's a trade or sale. The character is then pending trade on site, and will be approved by a mod for transfer. We're hoping this will help combat the confusion on resale status for pacas/snekkets. As a reminder, characters that were traded to you cannot be sold, unless you yourself have spent money on it; the "sale value" listed on site is a legacy identifier, and does not necessarily reflect the current sale value, even if the character can currently be sold. Pacas/snekkets traded or gifted on site will lose their "can be sold" tag. Transfers are checked daily, so this shouldn't slow down user transfers beyond a couple hours, give or take!  
 
 
Shop Changes/Item Changes:
Another very important announcement: The availability of items within the shops and their tradability have been altered. The affected berries are the seasonal item, Olera berries, Dubious berry, and Forbidden berry. All three berry types have been changed to a limited amount that only restocks around twice per year, but the restocks are tied to your personal bank, and the stock is not shared by everyone on the site. Our hope is to make players feel like they can work for exclusive items without the fear of not being able to get one when our shop restocks, while balancing the rarity of certain items.
 
These changes have been decided based on your feedback and our team discussion. We have realized that mutations are much more common than we had anticipated, to the point it seems they are perceived as a needed feature in a design, while at the same time competing with other users to get mutation items felt unfair and detrimental for people that really wanted to obtain mutations. We want to encourage people to purchase items they really want to use and give everyone a fair chance to obtain those items, rather than it being a rush to get one, especially for those unable to stay online at that time.
 
This also applies to subspecies berries, but a bit differently: we have observed there are some people getting these berries with the intent to use them as trading fodder. These berries are intended to be a reward for our long time players, to give them an opportunity to make the paca of their dreams by participating in our group, instead of having it being used as a bargaining token. However, this is not meant as any sort of punishment or penalty for users who have used the system in these ways, as it is our responsibility to manage and correct the system if we see any faults with it. Thus, these changes are ones we think will actively help out the community to make things both more fair, and more positively rewarding for those who wish to engage with the ARPG (as well as balance out some rarity tiers within the tier system to be more in line with our current vision).
 
Worried that you will purchase an item and figure out you don't need it? Users are encouraged to utilize our #design_check channel on the discord, as well as the design update and myo submission sections on our website to ensure that their designs fit the standards needed in order to warrant the use of a berry. You are allowed to submit a myo or design update without attaching all the necessary berries, so please don't feel like you need to purchase something with the worry that you might not use it (and then get stuck with it as they are untradable). Also, although users can no longer trade certain berries, we still encourage users to trade for the currency necessary to purchase these items as part of trades, commissions, etc! 
 
 
Mod Applications:
As a small announcement, sometime in the future we will be putting out applications for new moderator positions! We are currently understaffed in certain areas, and apologize for the slowdown in activity the past couple months, but we hope to remedy this with the training of new staff!  
 
 
Timezone Quiz:
Lastly, we're trying to determine what the best time is for announcements, and other various time-related things; if you feel comfortable, please indicate what timezone you are in by using the quiz link below! Feel free to specify a specific timeframe within your timezone.
http://take.quiz-maker.com/Q9711WU5F

DTE - Gamer Fuel

Posted 3 years ago :: Last edited 3 years ago by Nokkelborth

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

 

 

Gamer Fuel

Electrified Monster Pacapillar. A Real Gamer.

GENERAL GUIDELINES
  • Draw the design featured above! Your entry must be at least a shaded fullbody.

  • Submit your entry to this gallery (DTE - Gamer Fuel). If you do not submit your entry to this folder, it will NOT be counted for MYO prize.

  • Additionally, submit your entry to This Prompt ( Gamer Fuel). You will get 50 leaflets and one raffle ticket for the event.  This step is important to actually be entered into the raffle.

  • You may enter up to TWO times . Any additional entries will result in disqualification from the event.
  • You MUST be okay with the winner using your art in the event you do not win. 
DRAWING REQUIREMENTS
  • Fullbody
  • Colored
  • Shaded
WRITING REQUIREMENTS
Not applicable for this event
PRIZES
  • ONE winner will be randomly chosen from all the entries to win the above design!
  • Additionally, the staff will select their two favorite entries that will earn a Snekket MYO Slot!