Updates, Changes, & Fixes since Update 7.6. This journal outlines additions and changes to the Isomara Island ARPG since the previous update. You may be familiar with some of the topics below. At times, we announce new features right away in Discord, but we want to ensure the entire community knows the latest news and fixes.
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Website Updates

Updates

🛍️ Player Shops

• Players can now make their own shops to sell to and buy items from other players! At this time, only items can be stocked in shops. Later on, we will implement and allow equipment, accessories, and critters into shops.
• Once a player makes a shop, it will appear in the Player Shop Index, and a new section will appear on the player's profile.
• Each player can make up to two shops, which is great if you want to sort out items, or roleplay that certain shops are owned by certain characters.

🐈 Companion Conservation

• The Bramble Thicket is the first of the new areas that players can discover. Various NPC companions reveal these small hidden areas after gaining their favor.
• You can do a new quest for Thyme to receive Lydia's favorite treat. Once you use the treat to gain Lydia's favor, you can assist her in providing bedding and chow to abandoned Memora kits. In return, these kits may leave you gifts or may even want to join your side once they've gained their strength.

🎉 Upcoming Isomara Island 10th Anniversary

• May 10th will be the ARPG's 10-year anniversary. We plan to hold another Open Registration during this time, character raffles, adoptables, mini-events, and more. 
• Stay tuned for more information as we get closer to this date, and feel free to read up on the brief history of Isomara and the ARPG on the About page!

Changes

🟣 Special Trait Earning Requirements

• Reduced the amount of art needed to earn the Trail Special trait from 5 to 4 pieces of art
• Reduced the amount of words needed to earn the Trail Special trait from 1,600 to 1,200 words

🫧 Miscellaneous

• Mystery Candy and Ultra Mystery Candy now provide 0 hunger points (previously 2 hp and 5 hp, respectively)
• Pumpkin Drops' stat gain on consumption reduced from 12 to 8 stat gain
• Moved the Toyhouse Profile button on character pages to the profile section
  • Can only be seen if the owner of the character adds a link through the edit profile button on a character (Example: See Pacings' profile section)
• Added ArtFight Profile button on character pages to the profile section
  • Can only be seen if the owner of the character adds a link through the edit profile button on a character (Example: See Pacings' profile section)
• Added ArtFight Social link to community navbar dropdown
• Players can now link their Artfight profiles by going to user settings
• Removed Instagram socials from the website
• We hope you appreciate these updates and changes. Enter 3C0N0MY into the secret code redemption, you'll receive 50ss!

🛠️Fixes

• Fixed miscolored "Miscellaneous" Item Category text in shops on various site themes
• Minor UI cleanup and optimization at various screen sizes, including mobile sizes (Recommended to clear browser cache [CTRL+F5])
• Removed companions from dropdown selection when choosing to attach an achievement to a character, as only Isomara are intended to have achievements

🐛Known Bugs

You can find the full list of known issues here. These are issues that have been reported by players or noted by staff and have not been resolved yet, but are on our radar.
New issues on our radar:

• Item sources are removed from Items when removed from a player's shop stock
• Badge sections on player profiles will continue to display recently earned/owned badges even if the badge has since been transferred to a character

DeviantArt Group Updates

Updates

• We will no longer be cross-posting all update information on DeviantArt. There will still be status posts on both the IsomaraIndex Account and SlayersStronghold's account, which will link to the on-site update news post.
• The Update Log hosted on DeviantArt will also not be updated anymore. A new Update Log has been created on-site and is referred to in the old DeviantArt Update Log.

Two issues were brought to our attention during adoption day, and we are looking into them. Thank you for informing us and providing all the information you can.

Adoption Day Bugs:

1. Sometimes, a different currency is spent than the one selected when adopting from The Daycare
   Player Reports: 2
   
   • If you found that the incorrect currency was used and want a refund of that currency and exchange for the correct currency, please submit a claim
2. Sometimes, the error "Not enough currency to make this purchase." is thrown when attempting to adopt a character despite the player having enough of the chosen currency
   Player Reports: 3

We are looking into both of these issues and intend to resolve them before the next large adoption day. 🙇

Adoption Day is January 17th @ 12:00 PM

As of 1:15 PM, 3 Isomara and 1 Isomara Egg are left!
(One of the Isomara left, I-0390 also comes with a Memora Companion!)

Tomorrow at noon, all the following isomara, companions, and eggs shown will be available to adopt via The Daycare.

Daycare Adoption Details

• All adopts in The Daycare are first-come first first-served
• E-0038 will be bundled with the purchase of I-0390
• Egg prices do not reflect potential trait rarity or species breed, unlike normal adoption sale prices
• Seashells , Sand Dollars , and Queens Conch currency will be available to use to adopt from The Daycare
  • Eggs will only be available to buy with and (We seemed to have enabled to be used, whoops! If you'd like a refund of in exchange for the ss or sd submit a claim)
• If anyone has any issues buying a character from The Daycare when these adopts go live, please either:
  • Comment on this new post with 1. The currency you're trying to use & 2. Which character(s) are you attempting to buy
  • Ping or DM SlayersStronghold on Discord with 1. The currency you're trying to use & 2. Which character(s) are you attempting to buy
  • • We cannot promise to 100% reserve the character you are trying to buy if an error occurs when you try to purchase from The Daycare but will be diligent in resolving any issues or hiccups.

Black Friday Sale 2024

Please enjoy the 20% discount to all adopts and MYO Slots of $5 or more (20% off rounded to the nearest dollar).
I appreciate all of our players here and am very happy that people continue to enjoy the ARPG.

Sale Ends: December 8th at 11:59 PM

Darwin has come across a bunch of different coupons to shops in his lost and found!
Get them while they last!

Darwin's Donations

(You can only collect 1 item per every 10 minutes)

There was an issue with the coconut coupon's discount being incorrectly set to 10% off instead of 50% off. If anyone has used a coconut coupon since joining the site please submit a claim, so we may refund you half of the original purchase price that was made when the coconut was used.

• All coupon items have had their descriptions updated to include the shop and price discount
• All coupon items have been added to their own item category which you'll see in your inventory

This update includes some updates, changes, and fixes since Update 7.5. We wanted to push these changes sooner rather than waiting on Update 8.0 as these are rather important.
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Updates

Earning In-Game Currency Balancing

The In-Game Currency Guide has received a large update to rebalance currency earning through submissions including some newly added sections, and removed sections. Much of the description text for each type and section has also been improved for clarity and improved understanding with added example images. More images will be added in the future.

⬆️Seashell Rewards Increase Payout

• Level of Finish
  • Sketch from 1ss to 5ss
  • Clean Lines or Lineless from 3ss to 12ss
• Character Visibility
  
  • Half Body from 10ss to 15ss
  • Bust / Headshot from 4ss to 10ss
• Art Bonus Options
  
  • Full Color from +5ss to +10ss
  • Simple Shading from +5ss to +10ss
  • Complex Shading from +15ss to +25ss
  • Basic Background from +10ss to +15ss
  • Advanced Background from +25ss to +60ss
• Activity Bonuses
  
  • Training from +2ss to +4ss
  • Exploration from +2ss to +4ss
  • Voyaging from +2ss to +4ss

⬇️ Seashells Reward Reduced Payout

• Art Bonus Options
  
  • Partial Background from +5ss to +2ss
• Activity Bonuses
  
  • Prompt Pavilion from +5ss to +4ss
• Miscellaneous Bonuses
  
  • Isomara & Large Companion from +10ss to +8ss
  • Small Companions & Critters from 5ss to 4ss

➕ Added Seashell Payout Sections

• Character Visibility
  
  • Chibi Half Body: 10ss
  • Chibi Bust / Headshot: 5ss
• Art Bonus Options
  
  • Limited Color: +5ss
  • Intermediate Background: +30ss

➖ Removed Seashell Payout Sections

• Level of Finish
  
  • Painted: 5ss

🌠Past Work Seashell Redemption

IMPORTANT! For those players who have been around since before the website you'll likely remember the small payout of seashells in the prior 10 years which slowly increased over time. To thank the players with this rebalance we will be allowing all old work to be eligible for another seashell payout again using the new rates above as there have been many changes and improvements over the lifetime of the ARPG.

This means any work from 2014 to the present day can be submitted to the site's gallery and receive seashells with the new payout changes!

• If you've already uploaded some old work to the site's galleries you may either delete them and resubmit them or submit a claim with the links to the submissions and we will recalculate the seashell earnings for them.
• Any work submitted to the site that has received seashells for it will not be eligible for this new payout redemption
• You may not resubmit the old work for any prompt or activity if it was already used for one back on the DeviantArt version of the ARPG

This is a special one-time happenstance that will only be available until January 31st, 2025. After that date, players are still welcome and encouraged to upload any and all work onto the site's galleries, but old work from before the site's existence will not be eligible for a secondary seashell payout.

If you have any questions please leave a comment in this news post.
Also, here's a secret code for reading all this! Use code 15335345H3LL5 to redeem some free seashells and a sanddollar. This code expires on February 1st, 2025!

Changes

🗨️ Wording Changes to Earning In-Game Currency Guide

• We moved the word "bust" to be included in the headshots section of character visibility as a bust is closer to the amount of headshot visibility and not a half-body
• Removed the "anatomically incorrect" wording when describing chibi proportions because while that can be used for chibi proportions a normal full body can be stylized and be anatomically incorrect and not be considered a chibi. We welcome stylized work and any art that drifts away from what one may consider to be "official" isomara anatomy and art style.

🛠️Fixes

• Fixed Accessories and Equipment not displaying their descriptions in the Index
• Fixed Companion Care Drops fail to populate at the start of the month automatically (December drops have been distributed!)
• Fixed Written work not being calculated correctly for seashell earning (We knew it was wrong and ensured players were rewarded accurately thanks to old formulas and scripts we still have)

Updates, Changes, & Fixes since Update 7.4. This journal outlines additions and changes to the Isomara Island ARPG since the previous update. You may be familiar with some of the topics below. At times we announce new features right away in the Discord, but we want to ensure the entire community knows the latest news and fixes.
View all past Update Logs

Website Updates

Updates

🐈 Memora Species Traits

• New Traits:
  • Vessel Burst Eyes

🟢 Goom Species Traits

• New Traits:
  • Fatty Tail
  • Bulbous Membrane Shape
  • Warped Membrane Shape
• Trait Changes
  • Added the missing Batty Antenna and Mandibles Body Goom traits
  • Orb tail has been changed from Rare to Uncommon rarity

📁 Character Sorting

Go to My Characters under the Accounts section/tab to create and sort your characters into groupings with assigned labels and descriptions. You can view character groups by viewing all characters on a player's profile page.

• Examples:
• • NPC Character Groupings
  • Slayer's Character Groupings
  • Solar-Prince's Character Groupings

🎁 October & November Companion Care Drops

• Memic drops have been enabled! Available items and rates can be found on the Care Drops Resources page.
• Drops have been delivered to all companions of isomara for both October and November, we apologize for the delay.
• This is a reminder that most companions can only up to 3 months' worth of drops. Companions will not be able to gather more when at max limit! Claim them before they max out.

🛍️ Shop Additions

• Fabric is now being sold at Carmen's Fabrication Station

Changes

📶 Item Price Balances in Pacings' Shop

• Clams price increase from 20ss to 54ss
• Berries, Eggshells, Feathers, Flowers, Rocks, Skrill, and Tall Grass prices increase from 2ss to 3ss
• Sand, Sticks, Snow, and Moss prices increase from 2ss to 4ss
• Ice price increase from 4ss to 5ss
• Wheat price increase from 4ss to 7ss

🫧 Miscellaneous

• Snow now has a 25% chance of curing Dehydration and 25% chance of curing Critter Bites
• Reduced stamina timer from 5 seconds to 3 seconds when playing Queen's Cache and Tide Pools
• We hope you appreciate these updates and changes. As a thank you if you enter the code MOCH1MADNESS into the secret code redemption you'll receive some free goodies!

🔧 UI & Layout Tweaks

• Added a sidebar to the island news and adopt sales pages
• Rearranged some of the sidebar items on player pages
• Cleaned up and altered formatting of the homepage (Recommended to clear browser cache [CTRL+F5])
• Cleaned up and altered the formatting of player profile pages
• Cleaned up and altered the formatting of the comments
• Minor mobile optimization

🛠️Fixes

• Fixed broken Twitter link in the community dropdown of the nav bar
• Fixed 500 errors upon viewing certain index pages of equipment and accessories

🐛Known Bugs

You can find the full list of known issues here. These are issues that have been reported by players or noted by staff and have not been resolved yet but are on our radar.
New issues on our radar:

• Players sometimes are unable to adopt characters from The Daycare if multiple currencies are listed
• Equipment and Accessory items in shops sometimes will list the incorrect amount of the items in the player's inventory

Hallows Extravaganza Event 2024

General Event Guidelines & Information:

• This event is being hosted on both the Isomara Island Site & on DeviantArt (DA version will launch on October 3rd)
• Art / Literature cannot be used on both the Site and DA for double the rewards. If any entry is submitted twice, rewards will only be rewarded once.
• You may use any character you own, most NPCs, or Deus in any activity, game, or prompt
  • NPCs that cannot be used in any Hallows Extravaganza Prompt are Thyme, Aycorn, and Carmen
  • You may include other player characters as long as the character permissions permit being included in gift art/writing
• Art must be full body (at least 75% of the character showing)
• Art must be colored or shaded (Carnival Game Prompts do not require color or shading!)
• Literature needs to be at least 400 words in length (Carnival game prompts only need a minimum of 200 words)

Activity #1 - Hidden Treats

Isomara all around are making tasty treats you may have a chance of being gifted some mochi if you ask around.
There are five unique fruit-filled mochi and 5 normal mochi to find across the site. Finding one will give a clue to another.

• [ENDED] Start Here - Hidden Treats Scavenger Hunt
• [ENDED] Start Here - Candy Hunt Scavenger Hunt
  • Requests additional hints in the official forum
• Trick or Treating Prompt:
     Submit a prompt with art of your characters, other player characters, or Deus dressed up in costumes collecting treats (no daily limit!)
       Prompt Rewards - x1 Random Daifuku + x3 Mochi (currency) per character included in art
       Submit Prompt Here

Hidden Treats Scavenger Hunt Ended: 25 October 2024, 23:59:59 MST (UTC-07:00)
Candy Hunt Scavenger Hunt Ended: 02 November 2024, 23:59:59 MST (UTC-07:00)
Activity #1 Prompt Closed: 31 October 2024, 23:59:59 MST (UTC-07:00)

Activity #2 - Apple Bobbing

Try your skill at bobbing for apples. 

Daily stamina has increased to 5 during this event. Players can use that stamina to bob for apples to receive mochi. Stamina remains shared between the Tide Pools, Queen's Cache, and Apple Bobbing.

Play Here - Apple Bobbing Game

Apple Bobbing Prompt:
   Submit a prompt with art about bobbing for apples to receive more rewards (no daily limit!)
     Prompt Rewards - x1 Item + x3 Mochi (currency) + 2 Stat Points
     Submit Prompt Here

Activity #2 Game & Prompt Closed: 31 October 2023, 23:59:59 MST (UTC-07:00)

Activity #3 - NPC Carnival

Updates, Changes, & Fixes since Update 7.3. This journal outlines additions and changes to the Isomara Island ARPG since the previous update. You may be familiar with some of the topics below. At times we announce new features right away in the Discord, but we want to ensure the entire community knows the latest news and fixes.
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Website Updates

Updates

🐲 Character Porting

• Since the Limited Open Registration on September 7th, we've uploaded user characters. Fetching the original hi-res images and all iterations of characters takes time and we thank everyone for their patience. At this time, all characters and items for all users on the official site have been uploaded. If you believe you are missing any characters or official image refs please submit a claim.
• If your character's official image has a background (with the inventory, companions, mouth, etc boxes) and you want it to be a transparent background please submit a claim as well. There are a small number of characters where we do not have the original image or .psd anymore but we will do our best to recreate them.
• Note that custom accessories will be ported over at a later time

✏️ Make-Your-Own (MYO) Slots

• Added a forum thread for upgrading myo slots
• Added Memora myo slots for purchase in both the MYO Slot Shop and Slay's Concessions

🖌️ Design Guide

The character design has gone through another draft wave where we have added more information, clarity, and example images. We will continue to work on this page and fill out all missing details in the following updates.

• Added definitions for MYO and custom characters
• Added a new redesign info section for adopts made by SlayersStronghold and other guest artists
• Added an Allowed and Not Allowed section to the redesign portion of the design guide
• Mentioned a variety of items that can be used to change or alter character designs

🐈 Memora Species Traits

We've gone and updated the rarities of Memora traits along with added new traits. All uploaded Memora have been updated accordingly.

• New Traits:
  • Special Hydra Stinger
  • Special Transparent Boa
  • Uncommon Dolphin Tail
  • Uncommon Moth Tail
  • Rare Plucked Tail
  • Rare Sprout Tail
  • Rare Eyebrow Quills
  • Rare Spinal Quills
  • Added Quill Amount Trait Category:
    • Each Quill type can have an amount of one to three quills in varying rarity. There is also a special fourth spine and tail quill amount
  • All Memora trait art has been completed. View the Memora Visual Trait Index

🟢 Goom Species Traits

• New Traits:
  • Special Scarred Membrane

🌟 New Isomara Achievements

• Delightfully Dwarf
  • Awarded when consuming a Super Height Changer and unlocking Dwarfism. Grants the height range 3'0" (cm) to 3'11" (cm)
• Gracefully Giant
  • Awarded when consuming a Super Height Changer and unlocking Gigantism. Grants the height range 7'0" (cm) to 7'11" (cm)

📶 Isomara Heights

• Players can change an isomara's height freely by selecting the "Edit Profile" button in the profile section of an isomara's master list page. By default available heights will be from 4'6" (137cm) to 6'11" (210cm). By consuming two Super Height Changer an isomara can unlock both Dwarfism and Gigantism. These in turn unlock additional heights for your isomara to choose from.
• All isomara who previously had Dwarfism or Gigantism have been granted the corresponding achievement to unlock those height ranges.

🎁 September Companion Care Drops

• Drops have been delivered to all companions of isomara
• A reminder that most companions can only up to 3 months' worth of drops. Companions will not be able to gather more when at max limit! Claim them before they max out.
• Thank you for your patience on this month's drops as we wanted to wait till all new players had their characters ported over from DeviantArt first before doling out the drops (we are still investigating the issue where drops are not populating automatically on the 1st of the month).

Changes

🫧 Miscellaneous

• Rewrote and added more information on all types in-game currency in the first portion of the In-Game Currency Guide. Also, added more links to called out other mechanics and features.
• Added myo slot info and design guides to the Resources dropdown of the nav bar
• Added additional identifying icons to some items in these dropdown lists of the nav bar
• Clarified that eye drops can be used to change the color of scleras of Isomara with the black sclera special trait
• Added artwork to Eye Drops Item

🛠️Fixes

• Fixed table containers and images in Design Guide from flowing off the page
• Fixed the inability to click on the navigation bar when using smaller window sizes and mobile devices
• Improved home page layout on mobile devices
  • Note that there still may be issues on some mobile devices. Full mobile optimization is scheduled for much later in development. Please continue to send in bug reports listing the model of phone/tablet you use along with the issue, so we can thoroughly cover and test when optimizing.
• Frio's icon no longer shows up when Carmen is asking for a fetch quest
• Fixed broken Bluesky social image in footer
• Fixed broken Rainbow Cloud Hopper image

🐛Known Bugs

You can find the full list of known issues here. These are issues that have been reported by players or noted by staff and have not been resolved yet but are on our radar.
New issues on our radar:

• 500 error upon viewing certain index pages pertaining to equipment and accessories

The items inside the Hallows Gift Bundle will be changing on October 1st. We strongly recommend grabbing the item from Slay's Concessions and opening the bundle before October 1st as the items received when opening this bundle will change.

• Everyone will be able to grab the new bundle on October 1st
• You may miss out on goodies from the first version of the bundle if you wait to open the bundle once Oct. 1st rolls around
• Opening bundles can be done through your inventory by selecting the item (Be sure to check the box when selecting items)
  
  

Updates, Changes, & Fixes since Update 7.2. This journal outlines additions and changes to the Isomara Island ARPG since the previous update. You may be familiar with some of the topics below. At times we announce new features right away in the Discord, but we want to ensure the entire community knows the latest news and fixes.
View all past Update Logs

Website Updates

Updates

✏️ Make-Your-Own (MYO) Slots

MYO slots have been added to the site and are fully functional. Players can purchase MYO slots from either the MYO Shop (for in-real-life currency) or Slay's Concessions (for ).

• Notes:
  • MYO slots have been successfully ported from DeviantArt to here (only if the owner has an account on-site). Please submit a claim if you are still missing a MYO slot from the ones listed here.
  • If you had owned a MYO slot with any +# Uncommon/Rare traits your MYO slot was upgraded to an ultra slot.
  • If you had owned a MYO slot with any +# Special traits you were given that number of Chosen Special Trait items.
  • Upgrading MYO slots is not available at this time. This will be added in the next update.
  • Memora MYO slots are not available at this time. This will be added in the next update.
• Changes:
  • MYO slots will not expire. Previously on DeviantArt MYO Slots would expire after 6 months - 1 year. We haven't enforced this for years and renewed all slots, and we want to make players fully aware of this.
  • Ultra Uncommon Standard Isomara MYO slot has increased from $10 (2000) to $12 (2,400)
  • UItra Rare Standard Iso MYO slot has increased from $15 (3,000) to $16 (3,200)
  • Common Deustrum MYO slot has increased from $7 (1,400) to $8 (1,600)
  • Uncommon Deustrum MYO slot has increased from $10 (2,000) to $12 (2,400)
  • Rare Deustrum MYO slot has increased from $15 (3,000) to $16 (3,200)
  • Chosen Special Trait add-on price reduced from $5 (1,000) to $3 (600)
  • Removed: "Patreon Pledgers get 50% off all MYOs whether buying with Points, PayPal, or Seashells!" - This is just for MYO slot purchases, and will remain on normal adopt sales

⚙️ Account Settings

• Online Visibility - We've implemented an online / last-seen player functionality that will allow others to see when you are online.
  
  • For players who want to be a little mysterious, they can set themselves to invisible through the player account settings page. Setting yourself to invisible no longer displays whether you are online or your last online status. 

💝 Referral Rewards

• When registering for an account there is now a referred by field that upcoming players can use to list a current player. Players will receive rewards when they are referred. You can see the list of referral rewards here.

Changes

🏝️Home Page UI
The homepage has received a slight uplift for both logged-in and guest users.

• Added more quick link buttons for useful information such as island inhabitants, in-game currency, MYO info, and more.
• Embedded our Bluesky social feed
• Moved the navigation bar to the top of the screen and froze it. This allows players constant visibility on currency balances on every page.

🦤 Species Traits

• Previously Bleppers with spikes/horns were listed to have the Spikes body trait which is a trait meant for only goom and was listed with a rare rarity. This was inaccurate as spikes/horns on bleppers are uncommon. We have made a proper new body trait for bleppers called horns with an uncommon rarity. All bleppers with the spikes body trait now have the correct horns body trait.
• Renamed Blepper Horns crest trait to Plumicorns crest trait to avoid confusion with the new blepper horns trait

🫧 Miscellaneous

• Added a description to Adopts & Sales page along with links to related shops
• Added ability to link a Bluesky social in player account settings
• Added Custom Wardrobe Item
• Added artwork for numerous traits
• Added artwork to Goom Orb
• Added Ramen as a cure for frostbite

🛠️Fixes

• Users will no longer see a report user button on their own profile pages
• Birthday Publicity can now be updated in a player account Settings
• Rainbow site theme bled into the Dark Mode theme
• Fixed a broken link on the team page
• Tweaked FAQ and Beginner's Guide MYO links and information

🐛Known Bugs

You can find the full list of known issues here. These are issues that have been reported by players or noted by staff and have not been resolved yet but are on our radar.
New issues on our radar:

• The nav bar will be unresponsive on smaller window screens including mobile