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Halloween '24 Event Shop OPEN (+info)
Posted 4 days ago :: Last edited 1 day ago by AlienOddityHalloween event shop now live!!
The shop is now set up and ready to go! You can access it here - https://waterdogworld.com/shops/9
All raffles will be rolled on Halloween Day, and will be done via livestream with an hour heads up posted.
This shop will be open from Monday, October 28th until Saturday, November 2nd @ 11:59pm CST.
NOTE: ALL GUMMY SHARKS WILL BE REMOVED FROM YOUR ACCOUNT AFTER THE SHOP HAS OFFICIALLY CLOSED, AND WILL BE converteD INTO SAND DOLLARS INSTEAD.
PLEASE BE SURE YOU USE ALL YOUR GUMMY SHARKS BEFOREHAND!!
We apologize for any upset this causes- we want all users to be on the same page and have a clean slate during events so nobody has an unfair advantage currency-wise over anybody else during events from previous years.
Halloween event shop new item info
Now let's get right to the good stuff, shall we? This year we're introducing a handful of new things for everybody, including some highly requested items and a special, new mythical-tier trait!
We have some raffle designs and a raffle item included here as well- which will be rolled on Halloween day itself- Thursday October 31st 2024.
new items (already exisiting traits)
Crystal Growth Runestone
Mermaid / Gorgon Body Runestone
Screen Face Runestone
themed Trait Bundles
Another requested feature, trait bundles! We set up some spooky themed ones for the season, exclusively sold here at the event shop.
These bundles are a single use only item- to be applied to one character only- and each have their own set of traits included to use. While you're not required to use all the traits here, it's encouraged to try and make the most out of your bundle.
Each bundle will have a limited purchase of one per user!!
Chimera Bundle
The following traits are contained within this bundle
- Multiple Heads
- Wings
- Chimera
- Shaped Tail
- Sentient Tail
Frankenstein / Mummy Bundle
The following traits are contained within this bundle
- Stitching
- Exposed Bones
- Exposed Brain
- Detachable Limbs
ghost Bundle
The following traits are contained within this bundle
- Blank Eyes
- Mist
- Transparency
- Bioluminescent Water
- Body Segmentation
medusa Bundle
The following traits are contained within this bundle
- Sentient Tail
- Chimera (Snake Hair)
- Ice
- Color Changing Eyes
- Bioluminescent Water
spider Bundle
The following traits are contained within this bundle
- Saber Fangs
- Multiple Legs
- Multiple Eyes
- Shaped Tail
- Blank Eyes
vampire Bundle
The following traits are contained within this bundle
- Bat Wings
- Saber Teeth
- Seraph Wings
- Abnormal Wing Placement
werewolf Bundle
The following traits are contained within this bundle
- Abnormal Body (Extra Large)
- Glowing Eyes
- Saber Fangs
- Large Claws
- Multiform
New mythical trait - shapeshifting
Another highly-request trait we're adding into the mix, is shapeshifting! This will be a brand new mythical tiered trait, right along with multiform, and will allow your character 1 additional species form.
This new form can be any exisiting real world animal, or fantasty creature- and yes this does include dogs/cats/big cats! If you've ever wanted your character to have both a dog and a cat form, now you can!
The alternate form must include water on the design, they need to be reconizable as the same character, just with another species' form.
This new trait will only be availble through the event shop in a limited quanity. We will have five winners total for the shapeshifter potion, and winners will be drawn on Halloween day - Thursday October 31st 2024.
This trait can be passed down in official breeding batches from the staff team- but cannot be passed with self-breeds. Similar to multiform!
Shapeshifter's Potion
shop items preview
Shop Banner by Apollo
Gacha designs are linked to a stash file- they are preview images ONLY with the whole body silhouette, and the heads uncovered, for anybody who's curious to get a glimpse at the designs in the pool.
Pay-to-play raffle tickets for designs (10 gacha designs, and 7 Shapershifter gacha designs) - 5 Gummy Sharks per Raffle Ticket
Item Bundles: 1 per person, prices would vary between each depending on the rarity and amount of traits in each bundle.
- Vampire Bundle - 35 Gummy Sharks
- Werewolf Bundle - 50 Gummy Sharks
- Frankenstein/Mummy Bundle - 40 Gummy Sharks
- Medusa Bundle - 45 Gummy Sharks
- Ghost Bundle - 45 Gummy Sharks
- Chimera Bundle - 45 Gummy Sharks
- Spider Bundle - 40 Gummy Sharks
Legendary Runes - 20 Gummy Sharks Each (2 per user limit)
- Screen face
- Mermaid body
- Electric water
- Blank face
- Crystal growth
- Seraph wings
Rare Trait Treat - 10 Gummy Sharks Each (10 per user limit)
Win-to-Pay Shapeshifter Potion (5 winners) - 30 Gummy Sharks
PLEASE NOTE: The Shapeshifter Potion is a pay if you win item. The gummy sharks will be deducted from your account ONLY if you win! Please plan out accordingly, if you win the raffle and can't afford the item you will get re-rolled!!
Halloween 2024 trophy
Thank you everyone for participating in our event this year! As usual, we have an on-site trophy for everyone to earn.
As long as you participated in this event in some form- whether doing the timed daily doors we had Week 2, the scavenger hunt, or any prompts- you will be awarded this trophy to your account.
We hope you enjoyed what we put together this year!
Halloween '24 - Week 4
Posted 1 week ago :: Last edited 6 days ago by neotabuWELCOME TO…
halloween 2024 Week four!
main Prompt
As the evening comes to an end...
With the final piece of candy is handed out and the last Tricker Treater leaves, Peabody is grinning from ear to ear.
“Wow. Really, I didn’t think I’d get to give out candy this year.”
He turns to you with a genuine smile. “I appreciate the help tonight. You made this old cat happy.” He says standing and trots back into the heart of the shop.
“Now, let’s get you right as rain. One antidote coming up.”
You follow him to the counter as he pushes a glass vial across the counter top towards you. “One sip of this and it will put you back to normal. On the house.” He says with a smile.
As you take the vial and inspect it, a thought crosses your mind. You could stay this way just by simply not drinking the liquid inside.
Do you drink the strange liquid inside?
Yes or No
[Note: You can complete both prompts!]
NOTE: Completion of the week 1 (main) prompt is REQUIRED (although it does not have to be the same character) to do this prompt! Redesigns and trait additions will also not be accepted through this prompt, as it's solely intended as a species change (and please provide whether the character is changing to a waterdog/watercat/big cat) when submitting! However, you are more than welcome to submit a design update request with any additions and the appropriate image after the prompt submission is approved.
bonus Prompt
The neccessary ingredients have finally been collected...
Marina sat on the fountain in town square. She had her fun, but Roxanne still wasn’t back and she promised to wait in town. But this was taking foreverrrrrrrr. And to some extent, she was getting a tad concerned. It was starting to get dark, Roxanne should have been back by now. Right? But as she kicked a rock away with her foot, she heard approaching footsteps. Marina turned with an excited chirp as Roxanned trotted over to her from one of the paths leading into town.
“Finally, that took way longer than I would have liked. That kooky cat had me running all over the island for these kinda ingredients. But we should have everything to turn you back now.”
The duo makes their way back to Peabody’s shop and Roxanne hands over the sack of ingredients. Peabody gets to work mixing the ingredients together. When the potion is finally made he pours it into a vial and slides it across the counter.
“Now I want to warn you, this really hasn’t had the proper time to completely absorb the ingredients, so it may have some.. Temporary side-effects.” He said before lifting his paw off the vial.
“Well, not like there’s much choice in the matter.” Roxanne said with a grunt of annoyance remembering the amount of time she spent to find all those ingredients.
Marina picked up the vial and turned it over in her paws before giving a nervous smile. “Well, down the hatch.” She says before throwing back the potion. There was an explosion of purple smoke where Marina stood, and as Roxanne fanned the air coughing she got her first glimpse of Marina.
“Well you look…. Different?”
Looks like the antidote did have some side-effects. Marina still looks the same, and yet somehow different at the same time. Go here to turn in your prompt!
Halloween '24 - Week 3
Posted 2 weeks ago :: Last edited 2 weeks ago by GREML0RDWELCOME TO…
halloween 2024 Week tHREE!
main Prompt
As we continue our story...
Art above by neotabu
With the requirements met to pay off Peabody, you rush back to the shop with a pail full of gummy sharks like asked. You plop the pail down on the counter and ring the bell a couple of times, just for good measure. Just like before, minus the blooming cloud of smoke, Peabody emerged from the curtain behind the counter.
“Oh good, you made it back.” He purred as he popped one of the gummies into his mouth.
“Mmm, I have missed these.” There was a pause as he ate, a deep rumbling purr of enjoyment coming from within Peabody.
“Hm, while I do enjoy these I wish I could share them, maybe they could become someone else’s favorite candy. But I just don’t seem to have gotten any tricker treaters at all this year. Maybe I’m still too new around here for people.”
You asked that if he wanted tricker treaters why didn’t he decorate his door?
“Well, I was going to but I’m still going through all my moving boxes to set up the shop and I haven’t found the box they’re in yet.”
This gives you an idea, you offer to decorate his door in exchange for the antidote. A grin spreads across Peabody’s face “what an interesting proposal. Alright, I’ll take you up on it. If you can decorate my door before the night is out then I’ll let you have it.”
Peabody has agreed to give you the antidote in exchange for decorating his front door so trick or-treaters know he’s open for business. He doesn’t have any of his usual halloween decorations so it’s all up to you to decide how to decorate it.
For this prompt, color-in and decorate Peabody’s door. You may make your own door or use the base provided. To turn in your prompt go here. To download the base go here.
bonus Prompt
As we make our way back to our furry feline...
While Roxanne is out running ‘errands’, Marina finds herself bored in town square. She promised Roxanne she wouldn't get into too much trouble, but maybe she can have a little fun with this situation.
What is Marina doing while Roxanne is getting the things needed for the puppy potion? In this form she could go play with Adelaide, go climb the highest tree, get into that little cave she found on the beach that she couldn’t fit in before. The options are endless! Draw/write about Marina’s mini adventure while Roxanne is away. To turn in your prompt go here.
Need an unwatermarked reference for Marina? You can find one over here.
October Breeding - Closed!
Posted 4 weeks ago :: Last edited 3 weeks ago by AlienOddity
october Breeding
Closed
Hellow everybody! We've decided to change prices again, all breeding kids are now $45 each regardless of species.
We will also be removing the cooldown, if you got one previously in August you're welcome to get another!
THIS MONTH ONLY
We are offering a mutation bonus! This is entirely free and acts similarly to the paid breeding charm. This bonus will guarantee you 3 rare traits for your batch, that the parent characters don't have. This can also stack with the paid charm option.
As always, there will be a mix of:
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Raffle-to-Pay slots (x2)
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First Time Breeding slots (x1)
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First Come First Serve slots (x1)
Breeding Information
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Breeding batches will be 3-5 designs per batch. Amount is left up to the artist’s discretion
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You can purchase a Breeding Charm for your batch upon payment
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+$15, applies to the entire batch
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Chance to get a different palette than that made from the parents
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Guaranteed 3 rare traits not present on the parents
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1 in 4 chance to get an additional legendary trait
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- This month only, we are doing a Mutation Bonus (if you choose to use it)
- Will guarantee 3 rare traits the parent designs don't have
- Entirely free
- Can stack with the paid Breeding Charm
Breeding kids have a price of $45 each (any species!)
Price is per puppy/kitten, with a max claim of two.
Our group of breeding artists for this month are
GalacticRing GODEATER Apollo BUSTERSW0RD
1: PhoenixRemixed
2: audennx
3: AlienOddity
4: PeachTea and Kimbaderp
Rules:
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Artists will be randomly assigned to batches
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If you’re uncomfortable interacting with your chosen artist you can DM a mod for reassignment. However, abuse of this rule to get the artist you want will result in blacklisting from future breeding participation
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All raffle slots will be rolled Thursday, October 3rd alongside the opening of the FCFS slots
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The FCFS slots will be given at least a 1 HR heads up announcement on the discord before opening
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If there there are not enough First Time Breeders to slots, we will reroll those slots from the regular raffle entries
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Do not reply to any comments / try to claim any slots until they are officially opened by a staff member. Any claim comments before the opening comment will not be counted.
Below is a google form for you to fill out to enter for our Raffle slots!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQ8bpofjasQKnIt89Uq4LgZsb-Ji1VpQVLnKm6MJQpJaXyvw/viewform?usp=sf_link
FCFS FORM
Please fill out the form below as a reply to the appropriate comment if you claim a slot!
(Upon being choosen, please fill this out ASAP so payment info can be sent out)
Waterdog, Watercat, Big cat Watercat or Mixed Species?:
Parent #1: (Must be a clear ref -not the masterlist entry)
Owner of parent #1:
Parent #2: (Also clear ref please - not the masterlist entry)
Owner of parent #2, if applicable: (If not you, have the second owner reply to the comment for confirmation)
Masterlist entries for both parents: (Must be linked here)
Would you prefer a Website DM or Discord DM: (Regarding payment)
Number of pups/kits/cubs: (The number you're buying! Maximum is 2)
Mutation Bonus: (Free, guarantees 3 rare traits parents don't have. Can stack with a charm.)
Charm: (Optional: +$15. 1 Charm applies to whole batch.)
Mixed Breeding Voucher: (Optional to breed two different species, ie; a dog and cat pairing. Requires 1 voucher ticket)
Absolute "don'ts": (Do not put "don't make them too similar to the parents")
Halloween '24 - Week 2
Posted 3 weeks ago :: Last edited 3 weeks ago by AlienOddityWELCOME TO…
halloween 2024 Week two!
main Prompt
As we continue our story...
Art above by G0DSYNDR0M3
As you’re getting accustomed to this new form of yours, a thought crosses your mind.
“I bet you’re wondering how you’re gonna get back to your old self. Yeah yeah, it was written all over your face kid.” Peabody had an amused look on his face as he looked you over. “Tell 'yah what, I’ll break you a deal kiddo. I love Halloween, and usually go collect candy, but I guess I’m gettin’ a little too old for the tradition. Gummy sharks are my favorite, if you can bring me a pail of them- I’ll call it even on the missing product there.” He said gesturing to the now empty potion bottle. There was a pause as you waited for more but he only raised an eyebrow at your inquisitive look. “What...? Oh, you thought I was going to throw the antidote in with that? Let’s focus on what you owe first, and then we’ll talk. Now off you pop. You got some doors to go knocking on.”
Before you can return to your normal form you must make due on what you owe. Well, as Peabody said, guess it's time to start knocking on some doors.
Head over to dailies for a new door to knock on each day during the week.
Items will be collectable once per door, but all doors will remain availble until Sunday October 13th. There will be a total of 5 doors set up during this time over the week!
bonus Prompt
As for Marina and Roxanne, let's see where they left off...
"MARINA! YOU'RE A... CAT!" Roxanne took a step back in disbelief as Marina went in circles to get a good look at herself.
"Well, I guess this is a purrrredicament isn't it? Wouldn't it be fun to go prank some of our friends?"
"Honestly Marina, I'd really like to get you back to normal. Let's go see the shop keep about a reversal potion." Roxanne said as she herded Marina to the counter. The front door was swinging shut as they approached the counter. Peabody turned his gaze to them from where he perched on the countertop and he scowled.
"Great, another one? Do you folks around here just automatically put things in your mouths?" He grumbled in frustration. "Look, I only got one antidote left and it's for my other customer. If you want one as well you're gonna have to go get the ingredients for me." Grabbing a piece of receipt paper and pen, he quickly jots down a list. "Here. Bring these back, and you can buy both potions." And with that he slides the piece of paper across the counter before jumping down, and with tail up, heads back behind the curtain behind the counter.
Looks like it's up to Roxanne to solve this, she can cover more ground. Even so, may she could use some help? Draw or write in 500 words about helping Roxanne collect the needed ingredients. You can turn in your prompt here!
Need an unwatermarked reference for Roxanne? You can find one over here!
https://waterdogworld.com/character/CAP-1502
Oct. News + Halloween '24 Week 1
Posted 4 weeks ago :: Last edited 3 weeks ago by Apollooctober newsletter
Hello everybody, and happy October! We've got several exciting things to share with you today, as well as the information for week 1 of our Halloween Event this month in the second half of this post.
First things first..!
staff promotions
We'd like to congratulate the following staff members on their promotions into being out of training, and being made into full mods. With this, they'll have more responsibilty around the site and in our discord server, please give them a congratulations as it's well earned! <3
BUSTERSW0RD faileh GODEATER jennie LobCorp neotabu Sa-turn
That said, we have had some staff members leave us over time and as always, we wish them well on their endeavors.
New traits
To kick off the spooky season, we have a couple of new traits to introduce this month for everyone!
Glowing Eyes (rare)
Glowing eyes can be stylized, but cannot appear too much like mist coming from the eyes. Eyes glow permanently, and do not have to include a glow trail.
Will-o-wisps (rare)
Will-O-Wisps permanently follow and float around the character. Does not require the mist trait- but can be paired with it. They can be stylized.
object head (legendary)
The head of your character is replaced with an inamate object!
These traits will have their items officially released at the end of the month in our event shop!
However, you can still add these traits to any characters with the appropiate rare or legendary treats if desired beforehand.
Any tide pool design submissions for the month can use Glowing Eyes or Will-O-Wisps as their rare traits as well.
Any characters currently on site that have these traits will be edited to reflect them as we find them / get brought to our attention. Thank you so much for your patience!
banner contest winners
Following our recent banner contest for our site's new Autumn theme, here's the results!
First Place Winner - Flnch-face
Second Place Winner - valechaos
Third Place Winner - N30N-UMBR30N
We'd also like to extend honorable mentions to our other entries!
NoxyBoi
Buckyb00
Everyone did a fantastic job, and we're excited to host more contests like this in the future!! <3
We will be contacting everyone soon regarding prizes, no need to reach out to us!
The new autumn theme is now live for everyone to enjoy!
draw-to-enter raffle design
This month we're hosting a DTE raffle event for the following watercat design!
https://waterdogworld.com/character/MOD-7855
https://toyhou.se/29498093.halloween-2024-watercat-dte
Rules
- Maxiumum of 3 entries (normally)
- You can include this character in any of our event prompts this month for an extra entry (beyond the normal entries)
- Entries must be at least a flat colored, fullbody drawing of the character. Clean sketches are acceptable!
- Entries will be submitted with their own special prompt here!
- We have an on-site gallery you can submit your entries to as well, found here!
starfish raffle design
https://waterdogworld.com/character/MOD-7869
For 25 starfish each, you can buy a ticket to enter into a raffle for this lovely new friend!
You can buy them in the shop here under the Raffle Tickets tab, and instructions to how to open the ticket and enter are in the item's description.
TICKETS DO NOT ROLL OVER TO THE NEXT MONTH AND ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.
Plese make sure you want to enter before spending your starfish and make sure to open your ticket(s) before the month is over as all October raffle tickets will be deleted once the raffle is rolled!
The winner of last months's starfish raffle design for https://waterdogworld.com/character/MOD-7728 is...
slug congratulations! We'll be sending them over to your account.
https://waterdogworld.com/raffles/view/59
monthly prompt
Our monthly prompt for October is here!
This month, draw or write about your character getting ready for the spooky season. Are they decorating their houses? Hosting a horror movie marathon with friends?
If your character doesn't celebrate Halloween, draw or write about what they spend their time doing during the fall season.
You can find the monthly prompt here!
WELCOME TO…
halloween 2024 Week one!
event Prompts
Like every year, we have a special event currency assosicated with the month. In years past, we had Candy Corn for our Halloween events. The candy corn has since been retired, and replaced by our new Halloween currency... Gummy Sharks!
You can earn gummy sharks only by submitting to the event prompts. We will not be having event currency dropping in the daily boxes this time to make a more balanced and fair event for everyone involved.
Above artwork by G0DSYNDR0M3
Main Prompt Story
You’d found out about a new shop in town that might help with some good ol Halloween pranks this year. Once inside, despite being new, the shop felt old. A musty scent hangs in the air mixed with the smell of herbs and something.. Smoking? A large Maine Coon cat bursts out from the curtain behind the counter, coughing as a billowing cloud of smoke follows close behind him.
“Sorry! *Cough* Didn’t know anyone was here. Welcome to Peabody’s Potions, home of the finest potions and spells this side of the Island. What can I do for you today? Hmm? Looking for something to prank the pranksters with this Halloween? Something truly horrifying you say? Well you’re in luck, I’ve got just the thing for- WAIT DON’T DRINK THAT!”
In your hast you grabbed one of the closest potions on his counter and chugged it down in one big swig. A cloud of purple smoke fills your vision. As it clears you find yourself at a new field of vision.
“Well now you’ve done it. I was going to suggest one of my monster brews, but you’ve just drank a different species potion.”
In your hast, you’ve accidentally turned yourself into another WD species (cat, dog, big cat.) Draw or write your character's reaction to this new form. Turn in your prompt submission here!
Bonus Prompt Story
Somewhere else within the shop Marina and Roxanne are checking out the new store in hopes to find something to aid in their Halloween spirit, unaware of the events happening at the front counter.
“Roxanne! Look at this one! ‘With a new pair of eyes like these, you’ll see in the dark better than you’ve ever before’. Sounds promising, I bet we can collect all kinds of candy with something like this!”
Roxanne looked hesitantly at the bottle, “yeahhh, but these side effects sound atrocious? What kinda side effect is hairballs?”
Marina snorted, “you worry too much! Besides, most don’t even get one of those side effects that’s on these things. That’s just a precaution at best.”
Roxanne was about to disagree and suggest they find something else, but Marina was already downing the bottle before the words could even leave her mouth. In a flash of purple smoke, what stood before Roxanne could only be described as a catified version of her fiance.
“Wow! These peepers sure do brighten this place up a whole lot! This place sure does need a good dusting. Hey, when did you get so big?”
Well, it looks like you weren’t the only one to drink something before checking the label. Looks like Marina has gone and catified herself. Turn in your prompt submission here!
As always, be sure to follow along with the prompt rules! Prompts will be open all throughout the month, so you will have plenty of time to complete them.
pleased to meet you, peabody!
We're introducing a new NPC to our cast this month to go along with our story events.
Peabody is new in town, opening up his own shop after being inspired by letters from his friends Archie and Avery. He's a friendly guy, who likes to play pranks, create puzzles and riddles for people to solve (he likes to appear more mysterious.) He has an affinity for creating potions and forming bonds with animals.
However, he is a little bit lazy, and while he's glad to help you out, you'll need to gather up the items for him first...
While his shop isn't currently open to us as players (he will have his own page in the future!!) he's here in our story this month to serve as his introduction and the gateway to shenangians for the event.
You can find Peabody's masterlist and reference sheet below, as well as his toyhouse page!
https://waterdogworld.com/character/NPC-0007
https://toyhou.se/29506469.peabody
Announcement + Autumn Banner Contest
Posted 2 months ago :: Last edited 1 month ago by GlassAce
Hello everyone, this is just a small announcement letting you all know that there will be a lot of visual changes on the website coming up (not right away.) This includes the background images, some items, a couple of the site banners and some other assets- including the site's logo and watermark.
These were changes requested upon by the artist who created them, and asked of us that they get replaced when we are able to, but we don't want to alarm or catch anybody off guard by making large, sudden visual changes like these without informing everyone first. This will be a process that will take us quite some time to complete, but it is something we are working on out of respect of the person who's requested it, and ask that their privacy also gets respected.
With that being said, we'd like to host a contest for a new autumn site theme.
This contest will last for one month, ending on the end of the day, September 28th, 23:59:59pm site time
We have an on site gallery for you to submit entries to - https://waterdogworld.com/gallery/12
As well as a special event prompt for submissions - https://waterdogworld.com/prompts/97
Please read all the rules below carefully!
Rules for site banner!
- Must be autumn themed in some way!!
- Please do not make it Halloween themed, as the site currently has a theme for Halloween!
- The banner size must be 200x1920 pixels in order to properly fit the site.
- No animated banners will be allowed, they must be static images.
- Must feature our site mascots, Marina or Roxanne, or any of our NPC's! We will not be accepting entries with personal characters.
- You can view their references here - https://toyhou.se/~world/155872.waterdog-world/characters/folder:5622640
- If you win, you must be comfortable with sending us an unwatermarked version to use for the website, you will be credited for your work on our credits page!
First Place Winner
- Custom Design by one of our staff members (will have a list of artists to chose from, TBD)
5,000 sanddollars
Second Place Winner
- First choice in a batch of pre-made mod designs (What's not picked goes into the tide pool)
- 3,000 sanddolllars
Third Place Winner
- Second choice in a batch of pre-made mod designs (What's not picked goes into the tide pool)
- 1,000 sanddolllars
All Entries
- Will receive a 500 sanddollars bonus, on top of whatever amount you'd get from the normal sand bank prompt
September '24 Newsletter
Posted 1 month ago :: Last edited 1 month ago by AlienOddityHello everyone! Happy September!
We hope you all have been doing well! Here's some news for you all!
AUGUST MONTHLY PROMPT
Our September prompt is now live! For this prompt you will be drawing/writing about how your waterdog, a friend’s, or one of our NPCs welcomes in fall, or what autumn activities they engage in. Do they go outside to observe the changing weather? Or do they huddle inside with warm apple cider and enjoy the scent of pumpkin spice everywere?
Turn it in here for a 300 SD bonus: Autumn Arrival- September Prompt
This prompt will end at the end of the month on September 30th, where it will no longer be able to be submitted for the bonus but still can be submitted to the regular Sand Bank following regular Sand Bank rules.
STARFISH raffle
What's this? A new friend?
This month we're introducing a new feature to give you all something fun to do with your starfish! For 25 starfish each, you can buy a ticket to enter into a raffle for this lovely new friend!
You can buy them in the shop here under the Raffle Tickets tab, and instructions to how to open the ticket and enter are in the item's description.
TICKETS DO NOT ROLL OVER TO THE NEXT MONTH AND ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.
Plese make sure you want to enter before spending your starfish and make sure to open your ticket(s) before the month is over as all September raffle tickets will be deleted once the raffle is rolled!
Breedings
Our breedings will go back to being every other month due to both staff availability and community interest, and so September will be a down month. Our next breeding will be the month of October so look out for it then!
Trait COmpensation
We will be officially beginning to hand out trait compensation now that it's September. This will be a slower process as we do have to go through the entire ML and manually grant the compensation so we appreciate your patience with it all and hopefully the process can be smooth.
Blacklist Rule Update
We've also updated our blacklist, adding more details about blacklisted user's participation in the species, clarifying that any art or designs made by a blacklisted user since their blacklist is NOT allowed in the species space. This only applies to designs or art made AFTER their blacklist. Pre-existing designs and art will not be revoked.
This is because users on the blacklist are there for more extreme reasons and we want to protect the comfort and safety of those in the community and understand many users would be uncomfortable seeing blacklisted user's art or design in waterdog spaces again as well as allowing such would just go against the spirit of a blacklist inherently.
AUTUMN BANNER CONTEST
Our autumn banner contest is still open: HERE giving people about two more weeks to enter it for a chance to have their art displayed as the site's official banner for a new autumn theme!
SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM GOALS
Like last time, here's the list of goals that we have set for ourselves and our progress towards them!
Short Term Goals
These should hopefully be completed within the next few months.
- Trait compensation:
- Trait compensation is officially in action now as outlined above! Hopefully this can be wrapped up within the month
- Site clean up:
- This should be mostly completed now! There's a few pages where information might be outdated but we have tried to change and update all that we could find with outdated information . Do you know of any pages that have outdate information or people? Feel free to message us or comment and we will change it right away!
- Site theme updates
- We would like to update the graphics and themes on the site too, including making a more neutral themed dark mode and aim to try and update a lot of these within the next few months.
- Fix starfish economy
- We realize that we have an issue with starfish and the Tidepool availability and we'd like to find ways to help make this more balanced again. We're open to hear about any ideas you guys might have. Some ideas we have seen are raising the price of characters in the Tidepool or lowering the amount gained from selling items or locking that ability during nonevent times (both ideas given by community members in the discord). We hope to introduce new features to spend starfish on too such as the above raffle.
- Revamp shops:
- Looking into giving Archie’s Emporium, The Tidal Parlor, and the Sand Shop+Sand Bank an update to functionality, item prices, submission payouts, and layout. This is a soft short term goal that’s teetering towards long term.
Long Term Goals
These are what we are hoping to implement, but are still very much in early development as we hammer out the finer details. These have not changed from last time.
- Crafting and Pets
- New Traits/Condensing Current Traits
- Character Leveling (we’re considering using this as a way to regain SB slots for WDs)
- Coding for Tide Pool monthly user purchase limit
- This one comes from some of the concerns we’ve heard regarding designs being gone almost immediately upon dropping in the Tide Pool, leaving others unable to decide if they’d even connect to a design at all before it’s gone. This goal will take some time, as it will most likely require entirely custom coding from scratch. We’re hoping by that point the ‘newness’ of the shop will have died off and it will have evened itself out without the need of the coding, but as of right now we’d like to implement this to make sure everyone can enjoy the Tide Pool.
And that's the latest news here at Waterdog World!
Thank you all for sticking with us for so long; We really appreciate you all more than we can express!
As always, we value community input and if you have thoughts regarding this species or how things are run we'd love to hear them so feel free to share them! We're still working towards all the goals outlined in the last newsletter and we'd love to hear any thoughts you guys have to share regarding them or any new features or ideas you'd like to see us try implementing!
Trait Compensation + Seabreeze Salon + Website Status
Posted 2 months ago :: Last edited 2 months ago by G0DSYNDR0M3Hi everyone!
Just a small announcement for you all regarding some recent news about trait compensation, the Seabreeze Salon, and the website outage that happened a few days ago.
Firstly, we apologize for the website outage recently. We recently renewed the site's domain and the certificate that indicates to devices connecting to it if the site was safe or not did not update synchronously and so a lot of devices didn't connect to the site as it couldn't verify that it was safe (this varied by device and provider, hence why some people still could connect). This is not an unheard occurance of for Dreamhose sites and under their support's reccomendation to give it some time, resolved itself eventually.
Though this wasn't anything we really anticipated nor obviously could announce on site once it did happen, we do apologize for any inconvience or stress caused by the outage. In events like this, there will always be updates in our discord server found at the bottom menu of the site, and we will also be trying to utilize our toyhou.se world more so that those not comfortable or don't have discord can stay up to date. Again, apologies for any inconvience the outage caused.
Furthermore, in September, we will be begining to hand out trait compensation for recent traits that have been downgraded.
Alongside that, we have opened a form for those who wish to opt out on receiving compensation for trait downgrades as we understand its not something that everyone want to receive for whatever reasons.
This form is available here: [link] and will be open until the end of month, August 31st. Afterwards, we will start going through the ML and handing out compensation.
Lastly, we'd like to announce that the Sea Breeze Salon is officially back in business again!
Though the page is under construction and not everyone's shop is set up yet, there's a few pages up already and a couple of our artists are open to taking them currently so feel free to check them out here: [link] or under "SHOPS" in the menubar, found in the tab "Sea Breeze Salon"
August '24 Breeding Opening + Other Announcements
Posted 2 months ago :: Last edited 2 months ago by G0DSYNDR0M3Hello Everyone!
We're back with some more updates and announcements for everyone. We hope you're all as excited as we are about it! This month will see the return of Breedings as well as an update to the Tidal Parlor. Read further to find out more!
August Breeding
FCFS slots are now open!
We're very excited to be opening up breedings for the month of August! We understand this is a long time coming (our last breeding month was back in Feburary!!) This month we'll be opening 8 slots, as an apology for the extra long wait, as well as resetting everyone’s breeding cooldowns!
As always, there will be a mix of:
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Raffle-to-Pay slots (x2)
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First Time Breeding slots (x2)
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First Come First Serve slots (x4)
We've also made a slight update to the function of breedings as well:
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Breeding batches will be 3-5 designs per batch. Amount is left up to the artist’s discretion
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You can now purchase a Breeding Charm for your batch upon payment
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+$15, applies to the entire batch
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Chance to get a different palette than that made from the parents
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Guaranteed 3 rare traits not present on the parents
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1 in 4 chance to get an additional legendary trait
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Breeding prices have also been lowered, and are now as follows
Dogs: $45
Cats: $60
Big Cats: $75
Prices are per puppy/kitten, with a max claim of two.
Our group of breeding artists for this month are
AlienOddity, Digimon, GalacticRing, GlassAce, GREML0RD, LobCorp, Sa-turn, Yesterdale
1: Raffle to Pay - PeachTea
2: Raffle to Pay - G0DSYNDR0M3
3: First Time Breeding - epoxyoxen
4: First Time Breeding - sunflwrseeds
5: binturongtherainwing
6: zelestials
7: Superior
8: faileh
Rules:
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Artists will be randomly assigned to batches
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If you’re uncomfortable interacting with your chosen artist you can DM a mod for reassignment. However, abuse of this rule to get the artist you want will result in blacklisting from future breeding participation
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All raffle slots will be rolled Saturday August 10th alongside the opening of the FCFS slots
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The FCFS slots will be given a 1 HR heads up announcement on the discord before opening
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If there there are not enough First Time Breeders to slots, we will reroll those slots from the regular raffle entries
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Do not reply to any comments / try to claim any slots until they are officially opened by a staff member. Any claim comments before the opening comment will not be counted
Below is a google form for you to fill out to enter for our Raffle slots!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3CAt8Aizf4AfVLh93EdzLIQxRU06OY23Fh9T2nWgd04ETcA/viewform?usp=sf_link
FCFS FORM
Please fill out the form below as a reply to the appropriate comment if you claim a slot!
(Upon being choosen, please fill this out ASAP so payment info can be sent out)
Waterdog, Watercat, Big cat Watercat or Mixed Species?:
Parent #1: (Must be a clear ref -not the masterlist entry)
Owner of parent #1:
Parent #2: (Also clear ref please - not the masterlist entry)
Owner of parent #2, if applicable: (If not you, have the second owner reply to the comment for confirmation)
Masterlist entries for both parents: (Must be linked here)
Would you prefer a Website DM or Discord DM: (Regarding payment)
Number of pups/kits/cubs: (The number you're buying! Maximum is 2)
Charm: (Optional: +$15. 1 Charm applies to whole batch.)
Mixed Breeding Voucher: (Optional to breed two different species, ie; a dog and cat pairing. Requires 1 voucher ticket)
Absolute "don'ts": (Do not put "don't make them too similar to the parents")
Tidal Parlor --> SEA Breeze salon Update
With the opening of breedings this month, we're also going to be taking the time to rework The Tidal Parlor, seeing as it's been largely inactive for so long and this seemed like a great opportunity to do so.
First things first, we have changed the shop name to differenciate it from The Tide Pool, and has been rebranded into The Sea Breeze Salon! This name change is also a nod to the previous way the shop worked, by naming it after the sea breeze tidal tier type.
Over the next coming days, we'll be editing the shop page and updating all the information over there.
As a quick rundown, here's how it'll be run:
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All staff members are allowed to take tidals, including in-training staff. Everyone will be on rotation, anybody not doing a breeding this month is welcome to take bookings at their Salon Shop!
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Mergeing of tiers 1 and 2, and will just have an overall tier for redesigns and trait additions.
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Tier 3 will still work in the same way (just now will be renamed to Tier 2) where you turn in a character and it'll be either donated to the Tide Pool shop and you'll get a new design in exchange. These tidals may sometimes open for alternative payments such as characters or items in which case staff would recieve that instead of monetary payment.
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The new Tiers can have items provided by the user, (ie; legendary treats, runes, potions) added to the booking from your inventory; rather than being strictly limited to the traits on the design you turned in. This is up to artist's discretion.
Overall prices will be up to each individual artist, but roughly will be similar to the pricing of breeding slots as a base price.
Sand Shop update
There's just a couple of quality of life things for this one!
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All shop items have been resized to be 200x200 pixels, making them more readable (if they are not showing at 200x200 the site on your browser may need a hard refresh. To hard refresh do CTRL+F5)
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Two new trait tickets have been added, Dragon Whiskers and the new Large Claws trait! (These new tickets have been added to the dailies pool as well.)
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Some item descriptions have been fixed to reflect current rules
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Added a description into the shop page