Community Update #63

Community Update Day!

Just as a reminder, these updates are smaller and are more focused on the community.  Whereas Development updates are centralised on adding in new features, expanding upon or adjusting existing features, and implementing new artwork and coding, Community updates are meant to introduce weekly raffles, new weekly raffle studs, new polls, and showcase some minor changes and bug fixes that have been made in the past week.

Official Wolvden Raffle!

Our latest weekly raffle is out!  Each person can purchase 1 ticket at maximum to have a chance at winning a neat prize for the amazing price of 5 SC per ticket! Good luck!  You can find the official raffle here!
This raffle will automatically end on 2022-10-21 at 00:30.

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 were the Brown Cougar, Brown Wings, and Cream Lupos markings!

Our newest weekly raffle stud has been released!  His special attributes are the Black Merle Patches, Black Wings Scarce, and Henna Cougar markings!  Enter for a chance to win a breeding with him by clicking here!

Custom Decor Announcement

Due to last week's poll results, custom decor rules will now be more relaxed.

We will still require artists to follow the requirements of trying to match Wolvden's art style: soft yet defined lineart, shading, depth, texture, contact shadows, etc.  We will still require the artwork to not be pixellated, jagged, or very blurry.  We will still require animals to not be stylised, but done as realistic as possible.

However, we often rejected custom decors, even multiple times, for not having enough shading, not having realistic detail (such as wrinkles or shine), not having enough depth for the perspective something was drawn in, or to ask for more refined textures, despite there being some existing texture on the custom decor.

This extra tight process will be gone now.  We strived to have deep visual immersion, but it's up to our own artists to achieve that with in-game artwork.  The community should create what you love the most, without worrying about nitpicky rejections because of something very small, despite it being realistic enough.  You loved it enough to submit it.

We want to address one very important bit of feedback:
The most common reason for a rejection is pixellated effects (jagged edges and sharpness), and we consider this to be due to available programs not having enough softness in their tools, or mobile screens condensing the pixellated outcome that is very visible on other screens.  It might seem confusing if you do not see pixellation and your custom decor is rejected for it.  Please check your custom decor on a different screen if possible, or try to work in a bigger, original format before sizing down.

Poll Results!

Thank you all for voting on last week's poll!

For our new poll: Which marking shape released through Lunar event marking applicators is your favourite?  Please cast your vote by clicking here!

Bug Fix

* Bug fix confirmed for Site notices are not cleared after 3 months.
* Bug fix confirmed for Tundra appearing undiscovered on the map.
* Bug fix confirmed for Bug marked as "Not a bug" still shows up in "Pending bugs" list.
* Bug fix confirmed for Cannot confirm bug report as fixed.
* Bug fix confirmed for Custom Decor "Paw Print on Shoulder" #27 Relaxed Pose Alb/Mel Wrong Place.
* Bug fix confirmed for New Bugs showing as "N/A".
* Bug fix confirmed for Dead puppy got wrong stage.
* Bug fix confirmed for Cannot accept pending lodge members' requests.
* Bug fix confirmed for "I'm still experiencing this bug" button broken.
* Bug fix confirmed for I kicked an admin from a group I don't belong to.
* Bug fix confirmed for Can't remove breeding male early.