Faenaria: Myth & Magic

Artwork Completed: Kessho & Kudo
over 4 years ago – Sun, Nov 03, 2019 at 08:29:48 AM

Hello all! Ryou finished the artwork for the Kessho and Kudo pets a couple months ago and what do I do? Totally forget about them like the pro I am! In spite of my huge brain hiccup, here's the finished artwork! The team and I will be sending out the PSDs over the next couple of days, so be watching your PMs on Faenaria for the links!

At present Lyro is still working on the recode and making great progress! We still have a ways to go until it is fully complete, but rest assured that we are still working hard behind the scenes!

Until next time, take care and Happy Holidays! (do check out the site as we are about to launch a fun event in the next few weeks!)

Work in Progress: Kessho & Kudo
over 4 years ago – Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 06:52:48 PM

Hey guys and gals and everyone in between! I'm so excited to bring you this update! Not only to show you the wonderful lineart for the Kessho and Kudo pets, but also to tell you about the stretch goal we unlocked! Are you excited now too?

 Thanks to additional sales on BackerKit we have managed to bring in enough extra dough to fund a brand new bank system! I realize this puts things out of order with the stretch goal list, however, the bank feature was chosen based on the individual prices of the various goals. Plus, we felt it was something on the site that was really lacking and warranted getting pushed to the front of the line.

 With the bank system now unlocked the following features will be available along with the site upgrade:

• The ability to create multiple savings accounts to hold both DS and WS.
• Accounts can be named, renamed, and even removed per user preference.
• WS accounts will earn a small daily interest percentage based on the amount of WS deposited.
• CDs (stands for Certificate of Deposit) which will provide interest based on the amount of funds and duration of time that they are locked away. Example: 10 DS locked away for 1 month would yield 2 DS in interest. (this is just an example, actual numbers may vary)
• The ability to share bank account access with multiple members. Want to pool funds for a charity or event? Just create a bank account and give your collaborator permission to use it.
• The owner of shared accounts is the only one who can delete or rename. If an account has been shared with you, you can however delete your access to it. There will be no restrictions on withdraw/deposits made to shared accounts.
• A detailed bank log will be kept for all deposits/withdrawals per account, along with a timestamp, and the name of the person making the transaction.

In other important news, we have sent out the vast majority of all the rewards. With the exception of the Kessho and Kudo, which will be sent out as soon as Ryou is done shading them. There are still a couple people who have not finished their surveys and so rewards have not been sent to them. We will get them out, however, once the surveys are completed! If we missed something, or you have questions, please feel free to reach out to me and I'll do my best to help!

Also, if there's something you had your eye on and didn't get during the campaign, you have another chance at obtaining it. You can purchase additional add-ons via BackerKit using PayPal or a debit/credit card. Any additional funds will go toward our stretch goals! You can access the pre-order store on BackerKit by following this link!

Thanks again to all of our amazing backers and supporters! We are so happy to have made it this far with Faenaria and we are looking forward to the great things to come!

Rewards Incoming!
over 4 years ago – Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 04:49:57 PM

Hey gang! We have started to distribute the Kickstarter rewards to the best of our ability. We are still working to get everything sent, please be watching the site for a private message from myself or weezee with the last few rewards.

A couple things to note:

• There are still a few people who have not answered their surveys. If you haven't done so, please take a few minutes to get those sent in so that we can send out your rewards.
• While we have sent out the PSDs for all of the Adult stage pets, members will be unable to submit them until after the revamp is finished as the pet feature is not currently complete.
• I have distributed the correct amount of adult maker items so that when the pet system is released with the revamp you will be able to use the item to submit your designs. Inventories will be made visible along with the revamp.
• Our artists are working on the Kessho and Kudo bases. I will post a WIP of them soon. When they are completed we will distribute the PSDs via PM.

There's one last thing I'd like to share. We were working on placing the baby stage pets alongside the FA base and ran into a bit of conundrum! The staff and I couldn't quite decide on how to place the baby Crane. The overall consensus has been that the bottom placement is the most aesthetically pleasing, however, the top placement better allows for showing more than one pet. Unable to pick, we decided it was time to call in the cavalry; you guys! So what do you think? Take this simple poll and let us know!

So that's it for now. Please reach out to us if you have questions or concerns, we're happy to help! <3

Baby Nian & Crane Completed!
over 4 years ago – Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 09:53:14 AM

I knew everyone would enjoy getting to see the finished art for these guys and so I threw together a quick preview! These were done, start to finish by the amazing Ryou, one of the artists we frequently commission for artwork!

In other news, we still have a few surveys that haven't been answered. Please get this done ASAP as we are passing out as many rewards now as possible. The baby Nian and baby Crane will be sent to users via private message on Faenaria.com after all surveys have been collected.

Lyro has also been hard at work and has been sending me periodic updates and screenshots, so the coding revamp is coming along nicely! I will have a better update on the programmer later on down the road. There hasn't been anything terribly interesting done - most of the work has been foundation and systems like registration and login.

Well that's it for this update! Stay tuned, more good things are coming!

Backerkit Surveys Have Been Sent!
over 4 years ago – Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 05:30:08 PM

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