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50 Tumblr Followers! - ilrak - 07-07-2015 Hooray! We've hit 50 Followers on Tumblr! Thank you both on the forums and on Tumblr for all of your support with this game! Now for the fun updates! First off, a reveal of a new, Alpha tester only apparel! Once the game opens for Alpha, testers will receive a bug net to thank them (and aid the fish in their pond) for catching bugs! After the first bug net, alpha testers can receive another net for each bug they report. Much like the alpha and beta genes, this will be retired after alpha testing (but will still exist in your inventories, so a bit of a bonus for being an alpha tester). I'm am planning out an apparel for beta testing as well (Alpha testers will be able to receive both forms of apparel and genes since they have been around since the beginning). To commemorate having 50 followers, we'll also be doing a skin contest! Right out of the gate, we're going to be doing a bit of a hard contest that might require a lot of imagination (and some lore reading). For this 50 follower milestone, the skin contest is "Mystery of the Far Bank". You will definitely need to look at some of the lore descriptions (especially in Oskar's territory post) to come up with clues to what you think your schools might think the Far Bank is like. Then, create skins for Common goldfish to decorate themselves in! Rules: You can post as many entries as you like, but there will only be two winners - one skin for males and one for females. Skins must cover at least 50% of the body and cannot go over any of the line art or the eyes. They should not be so dark that the shadow layer is not visible. Skins cannot contain copyrighted materials Skins will need to be entered as .png files at 350 x 350 px You can find the PSDs in the Skin Forum. Do not share them outside of this forum. Entries must be posted by July 31, 2015 at 11:59 pm in the Contest Submission thread. The winners will have their skins be official game skins and will have their names in the credits, as well as 500 river rocks, 50 favor, and a copy of their winning skin when the game opens. Good luck and thank you all again for your support! RE: 50 Tumblr Followers! - Faudilay - 07-08-2015 Yay! 50 Tumblr followers! I don't have a tumblr, but I'd follow if I did. I may or may not do some tumblr stalking without an account... I also love the idea of the bug nets! I do have one question about them though. You make the bug nets sound Alpha-exclusive, but what if in the future, after Alpha and Bets testing, a bug pops up and a non Alpha player reports it? Would they get a bug net too? To simplify, will the bug nets be Alpha-exclusive, or just a bonus for being Alpha? Speaking of bug nets, hopefully they'll help all of us catch the creative bug for the contest! RE: 50 Tumblr Followers! - ilrak - 07-11-2015 Thanks! I have been trying to come up with something for post testing phases. So far I've come up with an apparel that looks like a bug is perched on the nose of the fish. My mom suggested something that can be collected in the inventory - a frame with a mounted bug inside that has a scientific name made from the username of the first person to report it. I'm still sort of brainstorming that one, but luckily I have time for that haha. I hope people catch the creative bug too! I think I need to catch it today so I can work on some more breed and marking art this weekend!