Development Update #13

Disclaimer: This post was intended to be made this past Friday on September 24th, hence why no Community update had been made for this week.  We deeply apologise for the delay.  Due to a series of technical issues, some related to this update, and some not, this post is much later than we had hoped for.  The feature that is being released today, while complete, is still undergoing some minor adjustments.  Over the weekend, more behind-the-scenes optimisations were made to account for performance issues that some players were experiencing across the site.

(Belated) Early Access Anniversary!

Happy anniversary to the players that joined us during early access! We can't believe it's already been a year.  We hope that we can all celebrate together for many more years to come!

To celebrate our first year anniversary for early access, we have released a new item: Meat Pie!

This is an account-bound, untradeable item that is automatically credited to your account when you rollover on your anniversary join date.  As an example, this means that if you registered on September 25th, 2020, each time you rollover on September 25th in the future (2021, 2022, 2023, etc.), you will receive a Meat Pie as an anniversary gift.  The item is awarded when you rollover on the month and day that you registered your account.

Meat Pies come with 5 uses, and each use will fill your chosen wolf's energy up to 100%!  It's basically condensed Guarana in a delicious form for your wolves. They do not expire, despite the item visuals.

Raffles!

Raffles are here! If you have a surplus of currency, items, or wolves, you can now offer these up for raffle through the fancy new Raffle Hub area!

Raffles last between 2 days and 30 days after creation, at which point they will either end and credit prizes automatically or they will cancel if requirements aren't met.  Cancelled raffles will have all ticket entries returned to participants and all prizes sent back to the raffle host.  For completed raffles, prizes are randomly chosen and have no interference from the raffle host whatsoever.  The only way to increase your odds of winning are to enter lots of tickets into a raffle, but if RNG is on your side, you can technically enter just 1 ticket and still win!

You can accept SC, GC, and non-food items as tickets for your raffle.  In return, you can offer up to 20 non-food items, 20 wolves, and 20 currency bundles for a maximum total of 60 prizes!  You don't always have to choose 60 prizes for each raffle, of course—you can create a raffle offering even just 1 prize.

There are a myriad of customisation options for your raffles, including...

• Standard mode (each prize goes to a unique participant) or Winner Takes All mode (all prizes go to one participant)
• Automatically ending raffles when they reach a total number of entries and/or a total number of participants
• Only picking a winner if there are at least X number of total entries and/or X number of total participants
• Setting specific entry amounts for each ticket option (e.g. 10 SC = 1 ticket, 5 GC = 100 tickets, 1 Acorn = 50 tickets, etc.), up to a maximum value of 1000 entries per 1 ticket (multiple tickets can still be purchased)
• Limiting the number of entries for specific ticket options (e.g. your raffle will only take a maximum of 10 Acorns as tickets, but will accept an endless amount of Blue Jay Feathers)
• Setting a maximum number of entries per person

Once a raffle is created, you as the raffle host are able to view information regarding your raffle straight on its page, including how many participants there are and the types of tickets entered into your raffle!  You can also cancel your raffle at any time, end your raffle early (so long as you have at least 5 unique participants or the same number of participants as unique prizes, whichever value is greater), and bump your raffle up to the top of the Recent Raffles page!  Upon your raffle ending, you will automatically receive all currency and items that were used as ticket entries for your raffle.

As a note, custom decorations are not currently available to be used as raffle tickets, but you can use them as prizes.  All items used as raffle tickets must also have full uses, determined by the item's base use value; however, prizes do not need to be full use, and uses can be viewed by hovering over or tapping on prizes on the raffle screen.

(Updated on Sep 28, 2021) Regarding "Placeholder" Raffles: Players are permitted to raffle off artwork, breedings to wolves, and wolves themselves using currency or item prizes as "placeholders".  Any players that host raffles using placeholders that do not follow through with promised prizes can be reported and our staff members will handle the situations accordingly.

About wolves and raffles...

• Pending a future update, wolves offered as raffle prizes cannot be bred, whether breeding via pair bonding, your breeding male, or outside studs while the raffle is ongoing (once they are awarded to winners, the breeding lock will be lifted).
• If a wolf is offered as a raffle prize and leaves a player's pack due to neglect or lack of space, or the wolf dies due to low protection, illness, or old age, the raffle will automatically cancel and all prizes will be returned to the raffle host.
• Pregnant and nursing wolves cannot be offered as raffle prizes.  Wolves must be on a 15 day breeding cooldown or lower to be placed up for raffle.
• Lead wolves and breeding males cannot be raffled off.
• Pair bonded wolves cannot be raffled off.
• Nursing puppies cannot be raffled off.  Only wolves 0 years 2½ months and older can be used as raffle prizes.
• Wolves in roles (herbalist, hunter, mentor, pupsitter, scout) cannot be raffled off.
• Wolves that are training puppies cannot be raffled off.
• Immortal wolves can be raffled off.
• Wolves cannot be used as raffle tickets.
• If you are selected to win a wolf as a raffle prize, but you do not have available territory or immortal slots when the raffle is pulled, then the wolf will be re-rolled to another potential winner.

Weekly Community updates posted on Fridays will now include official site raffles with a variety of fun prizes!

Come join our first official site raffle here!

Raccoon Wares Update

New biome-exclusive backgrounds have been added to Raccoon Wares!

Night Time in the Mountains All biomes	[USA] North Dakota - T. Roosevelt National Park Grasslands	[USA] Florida - Gulf Coast Grasslands	[Canada] Prince Edward Island - Argyle Shore Grasslands
Autumn Fog Deciduous Forest	Green Ravine Deciduous Forest	Muddy Spring Trail Deciduous Forest	[USA] New York - Letchworth State Park Riparian Woodland
[USA] Wisconsin - Dells of the Wisconsin River Riparian Woodland	[USA] Ohio - Hocking Hills Riparian Woodland	Chaparral Shrubland Prairie	Ash Meadows Prairie
[USA] Iowa - Broken Kettle Grasslands Prairie	[USA] Montana - Glacier National Park Mountains	[USA] Washington - North Cascades Mountains	[Middle America] El Salvador - Santa Ana Volcano Mountains
Malpaís Desert	Dust Devil Desert	[Middle America] Mexico - Sierra de Órganos Desert	[Middle America] Honduras - Jeannette Kawas Park Rainforest
[Middle America] Nicaragua - Lake Nicaragua Rainforest	[Middle America] Belize - Cockscomb Basin Rainforest	Dead Stream Swamp Swamp	Great Swamp Refuge Swamp
Big Thicket Swamp	Salt Point State Park Coniferous Forest	Night in the Forest Coniferous Forest	Meadow in the Thicket Coniferous Forest
Migrating Caribou Taiga	[Canada] British Columbia - Kootenay National Park Taiga	[Canada] Northwest Territories - Nahanni Taiga	Kazan River Tundra
Hudson Bay Tundra	Serpentine Tors Tundra	Columbia Icefield Glacier	Auyuittuq National Park Glacier
Inuksuk Glacier

Feedback Appreciation!

We have been paying very close attention to the feedback provided regarding the feeding/caring system changes as well as what you would like to see for the impending Clans system.  We hope to make these changes in due time!  You are all still welcome to continue commenting on our Discussion topics in the meantime—we are subscribed and while we may not always comment, we are taking this feedback to heart.

Raffle Stud Winners and New Raffle Stud!

Congratulations to the players that won a breeding with last week's raffle stud!  You'll know if you won, as you'll have received a Game Notification in your inbox informing you of such! As a reminder, the previous raffle stud's exclusive attributes was the Black Wings Scarce marking!  Black Wings Scarce is now able to be applied via Random Marking Applicators and Total Shuffles.

Our newest weekly raffle stud has been released!  His special attributes are Storm eyes and the new White Wings marking!  Enter for a chance to win a breeding with him by clicking here!

New Poll!

Should we add seasonal, biome-exclusive decorations in Raccoon Wares?  As an example, "Falling Leaves", which would only be available during Autumn.  Please cast your vote by clicking here!

Minor Change

* The spam prevention to forum threads has been adjusted to be time based only.

Bug Fix

* Bug fix confirmed for Item Catalogue Typo - Recipe: Flickinger Meadow.
* Bug fix confirmed for New Nightglow Applicator Not in the Lunar Shoppe.
* Bug fix confirmed for Variant listed but not visible in dynasty.
* Bug fix confirmed for Enemy name inconsistency.
* Bug fix confirmed for Dynasty Wolf not Displaying Sentinel Pose.
* Bug fix confirmed for Wrong accounts allowed in Privacy.
* Bug fix confirmed for it's possible to change a pup trainer's role while they're training pups.
* Bug fix confirmed for Osha not working on brachy pup.
* Bug fix confirmed for card view shows wolf's front legs instead of face.
* Bug fix confirmed for Sentinel pose Variant Still Not Fixed In Dynasty.
* Bug fix confirmed for Pup Training Borked.
* Bug fix confirmed for Fishing Game Font Change.
* Bug fix confirmed for Hoard page won't load items.
* Bug fix confirmed for Each click has a box?.
* Bug fix confirmed for Slots not working.
* Bug fix confirmed for Puppies not viewable.
* Bug fix confirmed for deceased wolf not showing varient/Sentinel pose.