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Release Announcement

Discord Message Link: https://discord.com/channels/226045346399256576/1134739197618569357/1134739197618569357
Author: GM Wyrom
Date: 07/29/2023

The GIFTBOX item that will be offered from 7/28/2023 until 8/4/2023 is a brand new item that I designed, inspired by Hollow Knight. It's also something I planned due to silver bugs at the auction in March 2023. So what better than a bug-related item that deals with silvers!

a crystallized silvery fossil charm

This is a small charm-like item that houses a swarm of insects. When rubbed, it will seek out silver on the ground in the room you use it in. If the silvers weren't dropped by someone, it will gather them up and add them directly to you. The larger the sum, the longer it can take, but anything under 100,000 silver will not take any time at all.

The bugs inside can be changed out with a gemmed bug, commonly called a "bugs-on-parade" item. A talented merchant could also alter the bug inside, but this may be a very uncommon service. You can LOOK at the charm to see a bunch of useful information.

The charm reacts to WEAR, REMOVE, RUB, HOLD, and SHAKE. It can be freely altered but should remain charm-like.

Inside a crystallized silvery fossil charm are a swarm of long-necked weevils awaiting to serve you. They have been summoned 0 times and gathered 0 silvers.

The bug is randomly picked from a group of over 20 to get you started after you WEAR, LOOK, or ANALYZE it for the first time.


Some quirks with silvers on the ground. If you drop 10,000 silver or more, the silvers know who they belong to. Only one pile of silvers can exist on the ground in a specific room. If there is a pile already there of 10,000 coins or more that belong to someone else, and you drop any silvers, it does not update the tracking. This is very uncommon behavior though, but given that these items might change behaviors, I wanted to put out a warning so that you don't think the charm is broken. The ground is still not a safe place, so playing around with this charm with millions/billions of silvers is a good way to lose a lot of silver.

Inspiration

Discord Message Link: https://discord.com/channels/226045346399256576/1134739197618569357/1134748972989288569
Author: GM Wyrom
Date: 07/20/2023

For those unfamiliar with Hollow Knight, this is where I drew my inspiration.

https://hollowknight.fandom.com/wiki/Gathering_Swarm

This is one of my favorite Metroidvania games. It has a steep learning curve and feels very unforgiving, but once you get through a little bit, it's smooth sailing until you want to do the optional content at the end.

Second Charm Availability

Discord Message Link: https://discord.com/channels/226045346399256576/796618391262986241/1137124292442730597
Author: GM Wyrom
Date: 07/20/2023

[Downtime Rewards] Advantageous August

Due to all the downtime so far from the office move and possible future downtime, we're going to fire up Advantageous August (thanks for the title, @Tsalinx). It will be +20% exp boost for the rest of August, similar to what we did back in February. This will be live after our downtime today for you all to take advantage of!

For GIFTBOX and EVENT BOX, the plan was to start a new one today until August 11th. The new plan is to reset the current ones for the weekend. This means you'll be able to get a second fossil charm and spider if you wish one (as well as the orbs). On Monday or Tuesday (depending on everything), I will be pushing the final GIFTBOX and EVENT BOX out. That will run a week and then we'll push out the Duskruin GIFTBOX and EVENT BOX. This will get us all caught up!