Anniversary Post
Anniversary Post
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Posted 2023-10-18 03:20:06 (edited)
3 Year Anniversary!On the 19th October 2020 we opened Wolvden to the public. Today we're celebrating our 3 year anniversary.It's been another great year and we're happy to celebrate what we've released, and what's coming next! The RundownAs we'll be covering a significant amount of content in this news post, we've broken it down into sections so you can quickly scan through to find what you'd like to read first.Looking Back - an overview of updates and new features we've had over the past year. Looking Forward - plans for the future and what we have in store! The Meat - all of the stuff in today's massive update! Anniversary Gift - a bundle you can claim! Anniversary Raffles - special raffles in honour of today! Thank You - as always, we must extend our thanks to all of you. Looking BackThis year has been a bit slower, focusing mainly on trying to nail down pesky bugs and working on background processes, but we still have had some fun updates!Below are links to all the development updates we've had in the last year, including the full month events, with links to their respective news posts: The Lunar event has had monthly updates and expansions of content with dozens of new encounters and enemies, as well as shop content. This is spread out in multiple posts across the year. Event: Halloween - the mini-event that launched in 2022 Event: Coigreach - an expansion on the story Update 21: Melvin's Missions Event: The Matchmaker - brand new February event Updates to the Matchmaker - some tweaks were needed -- Our sister game Lioden celebrated its 10 year anniversary in March 2023! -- Update 22: Natural Visuals - a slew of more natural bases, decors, backgrounds and more! Update 23: Personality Interactions & Socializing Update 24: Crafting, Caribou & New Scars Event: Halloween - the expansion hit this year! We've achieved a fair amount - and we still have much more planned... Looking ForwardFor the past few years we've posted big lists of features we had planned for the year - some we've achieved, some we haven't - but they'll be added to the list for the coming year!Halloween Completion. We will complete the Halloween event with its storyline next year! Event 5. We have our fifth full event planned for release in 2024. Event 6. We have our sixth full event planned for release in 2024. Event 7. We have our seventh full event planned for release -hopefully- in 2024, but perhaps 2025. Mini games. We didn't manage to release any this year, sadly, but we'll definitely be aiming to release one very soon (see below) and one or two more in 2024! Nesting Pose. Announced previously, but it's still in the works - we're aiming for Q4 2023! Mutation and Variant. We are planning both a full body mutation and a variant for 2024. Karma. We need to have a talk about Karma with you - we've seen the highly supported suggestion topics and want to get your ideas on how Karma should be integrated, but we are still committed to introducing this aspect to the game. A new spice to Hunting! I wonder what it will be?! A focus on Quality of Life updates. Make sure to upvote your favourite QoL suggestions - or make your own if your idea hasn't been suggested yet! We will be focusing more on making the gameplay smoother in the coming months. Coming Soon: Code Breaker MinigameWe are currently developing a simple minigame which is a remake of a childhood favourite - Mastermind. We hope to be launching this in the next two weeks.High scores in the game will reward a new item - Aniseed - amongst other prizes. This item will increase the chance of the appearance of wolves in explore to claim or battle for a limited time. Coming Soon: Explore ExpansionA big explore expansion is coming very soon - we're adding nearly as many new encounters and new enemies as Wolvden launched with! Your experience should double. ;D The MeatThe main updates for this year's anniversary news post is primarily quality of life improvements as well as a LOT of new markings - including some combo markings! We also have a new mutation coming VERY soon - read on to find out more.Mass ChasePack Overview has a new sub-page: Manage Pack. From here you can easily manage your wolves' roles, and you can mass-chase them from your pack. Quality of Life ImprovementsBased on some suggestions from our community, as well as from the admins and moderators on the game, we have worked on some quality of life tweaks and added those today:Wolves & Den * Added an "Elder" stage-of-life tag to wolves that are 7 years and 3 months or older. This will display in place of where it would usually say "Adult". * Added battle statistics to lead wolves - you can now view how many battles your lead wolf has participated in, and how many they've won! Statistics only start from today as we did not store historical data for this. * We have added footnote icons - Herbalist, Scout, and Pupsitter role icons, and Friendly, Stoic, Romantic, and Aggressive personality icons. * Caves now have descriptions and can take basic HTML similar to a wolf's biography. * The notification that states your wolf may leave due to neglect has been updated to state 'Make sure to feed and play with her!' to avoid confusion with the new Socializing feature. * "Birth" notifications will now list the mother that gave birth (as well as a link to her page), and list (complete with links) each puppy born in the litter. * You can now Send Away a wolf instead of chasing it. This will have the same end result as Chasing - except that the wolf will not go into the chased pool, and so cannot be found in explore by other players. Additionally, it costs 5% energy to send a wolf away. Please remember Sending Away and Chasing are both permanent options - you won't be able to retrieve your wolf again! * As the Send Away option has been added, the chance of an adult wolf going into the chased pool when Chased has been increased significantly. * Wolves without any illness now fully restore HP on rollover. Hoard, Items, & Shops * Mass Salvage button is now yellow. * Medicine stock list on the Herbalist page now contains all medicines even if your stock is 0 - to show what is missing. * Raccoon Wares now has a handy little option available below the Trade In section: Sell All Rotting Items. In one swift click you will be able to sell all your rotting carcasses at once. This button only appears if you have at least one carcass that is due to rot fully at the next rollover. * The equipper now has a handy 'Show Wolf as Adult' checkbox for your puppies, so you can preview how decors will look as your wolf ages up! Questing * Melvin's Missions can now be refreshed for 20 SC (this is only available if you haven't completed any missions that day). * The Hunting Trophy quest has now been moved into the Difficult category only, and will only request 1 rather than 2. This will affect new quests taken after this news post, and will not affect existing quests. Travelers * All travelers will now enter their host's pack with a 24 hour cooldown before they can be recalled. The timer is in real time, not rollovers, and means that players that host travelers will be able to hold onto them a little longer before they can be recalled. * There are all two new options to set for owners when managing their travelers. You can now disable hosts from editing the traveler's bio, and prevent them from equipping or editing decor on wolves. Miscellaneous * We have added a leaderboard for Most Battles Won and Best Win Rate. * A "Supported" and "Not Supported" badge on the Game Development board has been added, so you can easily view whether you have given your vote to a suggestion. * We have reduced the notifications that are received by the reporter of a bug report and anyone who upvotes it. * The dynasty will now include notifications in your Daily Rollover Summary for wolves that are due to have their records expire in the dynasty. * The socializing cooldown has been added to the cooldowns page. * The number of acorns you have in your hoard now displays in explore when a button to offer an acorn appears. New MutationThose of you with a keen eye will have spotted our Sirenomelia teaser in the October event post - we are launching this mutation on the 27th October!New Marking ColoursNew marking colours have been added! You can expand the Spoilers to see the full list! Aspen Back Half Patch - Common Back Heavy Patch - Common Back Patch - Common Blaze - Common Bottoms - Common Cape - Common Cape Ticking - Common Carnage - Custom Cheek Fluff - Custom Dilution - Common Ear Tips- Custom Elbow Patch - Common Elbows - Common Eyebrows- Custom Gentle Unders- Custom Grizzle - Common Half Cape - Common Half Cape Ticking - Common Half Socks - Custom Heavy Husky - Custom Highlights - Custom Inner Ear - Custom Inuit Unders - RMA Inverted Agouti - Common Inverted Cross - Custom Inverted Manicou - NBW exclusive Inverted Opossum - NBW exclusive Inverted Panda - Raffle Irish - Common Light Husky - Custom Limbs - Custom Low Bottoms - Common Lupos - Raffle Marbled Unders - Custom Medium Husky - Custom Muzzle - Custom Muzzle Patch - Custom Neck - Common Neck Band - Common Patchy Unders - Custom Paws - Custom Points - NBW exclusive Predator - Custom Sallander - NBW exclusive Shoulder Patch - Common Socks - Custom Spectacles - Custom Tamaskan Unders - RMA exclusive Throat - Common Throat Patch - Common Toes - Custom Trim - Custom Tuxedo - Custom Underbelly - Common Undercoat - Custom Underfur - Common Unders - Common Undersides - Common Urajiro - Custom Back - Common Back Half Patch - Common Back Heavy Patch - Common Back Patch - Common Blaze- - Common Bottoms - Common Cape - Common Cape Ticking - Common Carnage - Custom Cheek Fluff - Custom Chest - Common Cover - Custom Dilution - Common Dorsal - Common Ear Tips - Custom Elbow Patch - Common Elbows - Common Eyebrows - Custom Gentle Unders - Custom Grizzle - Common Half Cape - Common Half Cape Ticking - Common Half Socks - Custom Heavy Husky - Custom Highlights - Custom Inner Ear - Custom Inuit Unders - RMA exclusive Inverted Agouti - Common Inverted Cross - Custom Inverted Panda Irish - Common Light Husky - Custom Limbs - Custom Low Bottoms - Common Lupos - Raffle Mantle - Common Marbled Unders - Custom Medium Husky - Custom Muzzle Patch - Custom Neck - Common Neck Band - Common Nose Line - Common Patchy Unders - Custom Paws - Custom Points - NBW exclusive Predator - Custom Sallander - NBW exclusive Shoulder Patch - Common Snout - Custom Socks - Custom Spectacles - Custom Tail Tip - Common Tamaskan Unders - RMA exclusive Throat - Common Throat Patch - Common Toes - Custom Trim - Custom Tuxedo - Custom Underbelly - Common Undercoat - Custom Underfur - Common Unders - Common Undersides - Common Urajiro - Custom Bottoms - Common Butcher - Custom Carnage - Custom Chest - Common Cougar - Raffle Cover - Custom Cross - Custom Dilution - Common Elbows - Common Full Mask - Common Gentle Unders - Custom Grizzle - Common Half Mask - Common Heavy Husky - Custom Highlights - Custom Inuit Unders - RMA exclusive Inverted Agouti - Common Inverted Cross - Custom Irish - Common Light Husky - Custom Limbs - Custom Low Bottoms - Common Lupos - Raffle Mask - Common Medium Husky - Custom Muzzle Patch - Custom Neck Band - Common Patchy Unders - Custom Paws - Custom Points - NBW exclusive Predator - Custom Rump Patch - Custom Sallander - NBW exclusive Shaded - NBW exclusive Shoulders - Common Shoulder Patch - Common Snout - Custom Socks - Custom Stained Limbs - Custom Tamaskan Unders - RMA exclusive Throat Patch - Common Toes - Custom Trim - Custom Tuxedo - Custom Underbelly - Common Undercoat - Custom Underfur - Common Unders - Common Undersides - Common Urajiro - Custom Wings - Raffle Wings Heavy - Raffle Wings Scarce - Raffle New Combo MarkingsNew combo markings have been added! What are combo markings? Currently, you can breed a Black Agouti and Red Agouti in same slot to have a chance of getting Auburn Agouti, for example. We're adding four new combinations! Cocoa (Black x Cream) Back Half Patch Back Heavy Patch Back Patch Butcher Cape Cape Ticking Carnage Cheek Fluff Dilution Elbow Patch Eyebrows Half Cape Half Cape Ticking Inuit Unders Inverted Cross Limbs Lupos Muzzle Patch Neck Neck Band Patchy Unders Points Predator Sallander Shoulder Patch Spectacles Throat Throat Patch Trim Undercoat Unders Back Back Edge Patch Butcher Cover Dorsal Forehead Ghast Half Dorsal Half Mask Inverted Cross Lupos Mantle Mask Panda Points Sallander Smoke Smudge Smudge Heavy Undercoat Unders Wings Wings Heavy Wings Scarce Wraith Back Heavy Patch Back Patch Bottoms Cape Dilution Ear Tips Gentle Unders Grizzle Half Cape Half Socks Heavy Husky Inuit Unders Inverted Panda Light Husky Low Bottoms Marbled Unders Medium Husky Neck Band Patchy Unders Sallander Socks Tamaskan Unders Trim Tuxedo Underbelly Undercoat Underfur Unders Undersides Back Back Edge Patch Back Half Patch Back Heavy Patch Back Patch Butcher Cape Carnage Cougar Cross Dilution Dorsal Eyebrows Forehead Half Cape Half Dorsal Inuit Unders Inverted Cross Limbs Mantle Mask Neckband Patchy Unders Points Predator Shaded Shoulders Spectacles Throat Patch Trim Undercoat Unders Wings Wings Heavy Wings Scarce A total of 301 new markings have been added today! Woo! Anniversary GiftWe are releasing an Anniversary Bundle with some special Anniversary items which will be available to collect from today, the 19th October 2023 up until the 23rd October 2023. It will be one bundle per member, and the items will be bound to your account. The place to collect this will be on the main News page!- Anniversary! Festive Waterfall - Anniversary! Festive Spats - Anniversary! Festive Garters - Anniversary! Festive Fascinator - Anniversary! Festive Choker - Anniversary! Festive Tail Bow - Anniversary! Festive Confetti [Blue and Pink] Anniversary Raffles!We're launching a handful of special raffles for the Anniversary celebrations!Anniversary Raffle - GC - be in for a chance of winning some GC! Anniversary Raffle - Grove - fancy some special Grove items? Anniversary Raffle - Lunar - or how about Lunar applicators? Anniversary Raffle - Event - the site events are worth celebrating, too! Anniversary Raffle - Black Friday - the chance to win some items exclusive to Black Friday is always fun! Thank YouWe want to take a moment to express our appreciation to each and every individual who contributes tirelessly to the success and vibrancy of the game. From the creative minds of our artists and the technical expertise of our developers, to the diligent administrators and ever-watchful moderators, each one of you plays a pivotal role.And, let's not forget the heart of our game — our players. Year after year, your passion, feedback, and continuous engagement have shaped the game's journey. It's an honor to witness the dedication and camaraderie that this community consistently brings forth. We are truly blessed to be a part of such a remarkable team and community, and we eagerly look forward to the many adventures that lie ahead with all of you by our side. |
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