New Prompts!

As the celebrations continue, we've added a bunch of new prompts to complete. 
The celebration of Lunae is a tradition dating back to the beginning of the Lunaesi herd's historical records.

You can find all of the prompts listed under the Lunae's Festival category.

The festivities may only last a few spectacular nights in the lore, but the prompts are available to complete until February 13th! The rewards vary, some giving out items and some giving out tickets, but stay tuned to the next header to find out what the tickets are for.

Raffle tickets!

One of the big rewards for the completion of prompts during Lunae's Festival is raffle tickets! At the end of the festival, these will all be compiled and 1 grand winner will get their very own Wishing Star!

3 participants will be given Enchanted Golden Fringe's, and all remaining participants will be given a set of Shadow's Fall Fringes!

Feedback survey!

January's Feedback Survey is still active. You can find the survey listed here. It's open until January 31st!

It's anonymous, discreet, and short. We made sure to give opportunity for open-ended answers if you have more feedback, but knowing some of our members expressed that they greatly prefer multiple choice, we focused on that for this survey.

Facebook!

You asked, we heard you. We now have a Facebook page which we'll be planning to update alongside our Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr pages!

Prompt updates!

We're always looking for new ways to make things easier or more concise for our players. With this comes some ideas of how to make prompts easier to navigate. 
Coming soon we're looking at updating the prompt search feature, so that each dropdown category is a collection of prompts, to make them easier to search and easier to find.

The Wishing Fields

Our annual forum game, The Wishing Fields, is still open for your Enivi's wishes!

Check it out for more info!

Item and trait previews!

Wrapping this up with some additional previews!

Wisp-like Souls are now added! They're a facelifted take on the Classic Souls that we give to everyone for free by default. They can be purchased from Sophie's Shoppe for free, 2-each, for every member. This will allow you to grab a few of the Wisp-like Souls and then add it to an update for your Enivi designs.

We've also added a handful of new traits and backgrounds to the game! Some of these will be gained by completing prompts from Lunae's Festival, and others will be gained by checking for your daily gift or can be bought in the shops.

January 11, 2022 Update!
Sorry for the extra ping, DemonHearts made the excellent suggestion of adding wishlists as a site features.
Wishlists can be found in the veritical menu on user profiles. To edit your own wishlist, go to Wishlists under My Activity.

Thanks very much to DemonHearts for super rad suggestion!

Hey everyone!

This update is going to be a little different from our usual news posts. We'd like to take a few minutes to talk about the future!

At Keepers of Eniv, we try very hard to keep our community involved and to be transparent with our goals, so each quarter (January, April, July, and October) we'll give an update about what our goals are for the next three months, and how we feel we handled the goals in the previous quarter. It's a little "businessy", but we like to keep our community in the loop. 

Just want the current updates? There's a spot toward the bottom labeld Game Updates that you can skip to!

Our Q1 2022 Goals

Quarter 1 (Q1) consists of January, February, and March. 
During that time we've got a lot of big goals;

• Lore Updates
  We'd like to take time to flesh out the world of Eniv a bit more. We're going to give more backstory to the current world state, traditions, NPCs, and give more story to the game. Players from World of Eniv will recognize a few of those places and characters, as well as some new additions to our canon. This is currently in development.
• Trait Recolors
  As many of our players know, we've been working to provide more and more pre-created assets for use in profile images of Enivi. We'll be taking some time to make sure all our traits are recolored and usable for all our players. This is also in preparation for the upcoming Character Creator (more on this later).
• Tutorial Updates
  We're working on tutorial updates for both players and staff. You may have already noticed that we've updated the Design Guide and What is an Enivi? (Currently under World Activities, but things like this will be moved to the Encyclopedia in the future). We don't expect all our guides to be completed in Q1, but we are making a large attempt at what we felt are the most important guides. Some of these include the Design Guide, Account Creation and Activation, How to use Art Packs, How to Submit to the Gallery, and How to Submit a Prompt. 
  Currently the Design Guide update is completed and the Account Creation and Activation guide is in progress.
• Custom Content Gateways Opening
  We'd like to finally open for the long-awaited Custom Content! 
  Custom content has been something we've had players ask about quite a bit, but we didn't just want to open at the start of the game. We took some time to really listen to our community and try to find out what you all wanted, needed, and how you felt about the idea. We're starting out smaller with custom content with semi-custom content available through Wishing Stars (keep an eye out for those through the January event). Afterward, we'll re-evaluate our processes and rules to make sure things are running as cleanly as they can before we open for custom content commissions. 
  Thank you to everyone who has waited for this, and for your interest!
• Temple Questlines
  Temple Quests are a series of prompts and activities for players to complete that can earn their Enivi a place among the temple keepers of Eniv. This will grant a series of special rewards and benefits for the Enivi involved. This will also serve as another reason for your Enivi to want to be "Double-Blessed", as only Enivi under the guidance of a specific Deity will be allowed to complete the quests for that temple.
  These are currently in development.
• Shop Revisions
  We recognize that Sophie's Shoppe may have been enough in days passed, but with the amount of items, traits, and accessories currently in game (we have over 2,000 variations! ) it's not viable to keep them all in rotation in one place. In an attempt to make items intended to be common available more, we'll be opening up additional shops and moving what's available to their designated shop. 
  This should make it easier to find the traits you need, while also giving poor Sophie some much-needed rest.
  This is currently in development, and you should keep an eye out for an upcoming contest regarding the shop keepers.
• The Character Creator
  Long awaited, our character creator is something we've talked about a few times. 
  While we were working on a simple script at the beginning, we've reworked it to include more detail and to be much more user-friendly in functionality. While we can't share all the details just yet, we're very sure the outcome will be worth the longer wait, and that you'll all enjoy the upcoming changes.
  To reiterate, no one will be forced to use the character creator when it's finished. It's just another option for our writers, musicians, and honestly anyone who enjoys using their Enivi more than designing and creating them by hand or with the art packs. 
  The planning for this is entirely finished, along with the planning for the accompanying systems. Coding will begin again later this month.

We'll also be making some smaller updates along the way and, of course, hosting events and adding new accessories, traits, and markings. These are just the bigger focus points we feel will take the most time.

We Want Your Feedback!

To keep the game growing and moving in the right direction, we always want the feedback of our community. 

Of course, some people have trouble speaking in public - even online. We wanted to make sure everyone has the opportunity for their thoughts to be heard, so we created a short survey we're asking our community to fill out. 

All answers are anonymous by default, but there's a spot for you to leave contact information if you'd like us to reach out to you. That spot is entirely optional. 

Thanks for helping us improve the game!

Game Updates

• We have a 2022 Survey (just above!) that we're asking our community to participate in. We'd really appreciate your input on the direction of the game.
• The Design Guide was recently updated. Make sure to check it out! (We'll be making another for Druaesi soon)
• What Are Enivi? has been updated as well. We're still working on adding additional information, but so far we've clarified some points about Kids and updated our height chart for a more appealing look.
• The Wisp-Like Soul has been added to Sophie's Shoppe! You can get one for free for a limited time. Going forward, these will be common souls that can be used during MYO creation.
  
  
• Badger Mask, Old Farmer's Mane, Shoulder Fringe, and many other items have been officially added to the game.
• Two new items have been added for marking removal in the game. The Mud Mask and Deep Cleansing Mud Bath. You'll be able to find these in Sophie's Shoppe soon.
• Semi-Custom Content is now available on The Forums. You'll need to find a Wishing Star (which are very, very rare) to place a request for a semi-custom accessory, marking, trait, or companion. We'd suggest doing some star gazing.
• Speaking of star gazing ,the Wishing Fields are still open! Be sure to check them out and have your Enivi make a wish!

Thanks to everyone for your support! We're looking forward to a very productive 2022!

UPDATE: We realized the way to submit the prompt for The Clock Strikes 9 Part 2 was unclear, and have updated it on the top of the prompt.
To submit this prompt, submit the image to the Prompt Gallery.  The image won't be accepted until after the event, but the rewards will be given if the puzzle was completed correctly.

January isn't just the start of a new year, it's also the Lunaesi Festival of Eyes.

Every year Lunaesi throw a grand festival to pay homage to Lunae, and to thank her for her ever-watchful eyes. 

Want to know more about Lunae? Check out the Lunaesi lore here!

The Festival begins with a large parade that leads to the Temple Observatory at the center of their main city.

You can find out more about the opening ceremonies here! Look for The Clock Strikes 9 parts 1 and 2.

What to expect this month

Stars!

Eyes!

Lunaesi!

We've got a wide array of new items and a few more magical blessings for you all. Can you appease Lunae?

The Wishing Fields

As the aurora dances above Eniv, Lunaesi (and many other Enivi) know it's time to make wishes.

Our annual forum game, The Wishing Fields, is now open for your Enivi's wishes!

Check it out for more info!

Enivi of the Month

Our Enivi of the Month for January (and the first EotM of 2022) is Fox owned by DemonHearts!

Don't forget that creating pieces of this Enivi this month will earn you extra rewards!

Congratulations Demonhearts!

Site Updates

• The new Lunaesi theme has been added to the site and is available for use all this month.
• The Design Guide has been updated to better explain how to create your first MYO. We'll be updating and adding more guides soon.
• A 2022 Roadmap will be made available for everyone soon!
• We'll be sending out a survey with the next update - keep an eye out! We want to hear your thoughts and opinions.
• We're expanding our social media presence and will be linking all of them in the next update.
• We'll be breaking down Sophie's Shoppe into a few different shops soon. Keep an eye out for some upcoming small contests revolving around this in our next update.

Cozy holiday update

As we wrap up the final week of our October event and gather the bats back into their caves, we've begun noticing a chill in the air.
The time has come for cozy and comforting things! So grab your hot drinks and warm clothes, because we're prepping for winter soon.

Here's some of our newest items from the Cozy Collection. These should all be available and onsite today for collecting. :D

We have a special Outside the Box!

In enthusiasm of the autumn sports season, we have an Outside the Box prompt with particularly special prizes this week!

It lasts until the 22nd, and can be found here.

Alongside the Rare Gachapon, you can also get a ticket to be entered into a raffle for a new item.

Enivi of the month!

For November our new Enivi of the Month is...

Congratulations to Tiernan and Sycamorre! 

A small reminder to get your entries in for December's Enivi of the Month!

We'll be picking a new EotM for December 1st, so be sure to nominate your Enivi or the Enivi of a friend. 

The qualifiers are pretty simple, just be an actively used and loved Enivi!

Upcoming charity event

Don't forget to suggest your favorite charity organizations here!

We'll be beginning our next charity event in December.

October event ends

The 8th (UTC) will be the final day for any prompts and research related to the October Event. Be sure to get your stuff in, or toss us a heads up in the Community Discord or on the Forums if you need more time due to crazy October circumstances.

The road ahead.

This has been an exciting journey so far, but we still have so far we'd love to go and to bring you all with us. 

To this end Tony and I are working hard on a year out roadmap, so we can give everyone a heads up about what we're doing and comitting to for the year 2022.

We thank you all for coming on this crazy adventure with us, and we can't wait to share what's in store.

We've got a pretty big update for everyone today as we add and refine a few features in the game! 

Let's get started with...

Site Themes!

It's the winter season, so our site has been updated to a more festive look!
The Winter Festival Theme will be available to use through January, and will then be retired for the season. 
Don't worry, it'll be back in December 2022, and will be available to Premium Members all year long (more info on Premium coming soon as well! )

Our normal theme (called Keepers of Eniv) and dark mode (Night in Eniv) will be available to all our members all year. 

To change your theme, just go to your settings and scroll down to Themes.

We're aware of some formatting issues with some of the themes. These should be resolved shortly.

We'll also be adding more themes as time goes on, so keep an eye out for them in future updates.

Earning Adoption Tokens

The Adoption Center has been updated with information on how to earn Adoption Tokens!

You can now earn tokens by creating artwork of Enivi in the Adoption Center and submitting it to the Adoption Center Enivi Gallery folder. 
Each piece of work earns you one token, so they should be easy enough to collect without anyone clearing out the Adoption Center.

The rules, as well as some additional info, are located in the Gallery folder here.

Lure Reset

After alot of discussion, we've decided to reset the lures on the site. 

Lures have been free in Sophie's Shoppe while the fishing game was fixed. Now that the game has been up and running properly for about a month, we're ready to finally have it running as expected in all ways. 

We'll be removing Cheese and Fancy Lures from players' inventories. You'll be able to purchase more at Sophie's Shoppe.

Happy Fishing!

Don't forget the in-game Holiday Gift Exchange is still going on!
If you'd like to be part of it, check out our forum post here!

Available Enivi

Another small reminder that these Enivi are still available;

Toys for Tots Charity Enivi

The Toys for Tots charity raffle Enivi is still ongoing. Please give back to children in need and earn yourself a chance at this beautiful Enivi. 
Find more info on how to donate and enter here.

Create to Adopt Enivi

Earn a raffle ticket for this Enivi by creating artwork of it!
You can find more info on this here.

Legendary Enivi Auction

Finally, this Enivi is up for auction.

You can find more info on the auction here.

Happy Holidays to our Keepers of Eniv family!

To those who celebrate, we hope your winter holiday is bright and cheerful. To those who don't, we hope you have a fantastic weekend filled with joy.

We have a few updates for over the weekend;

Congrats to FireatHeart for winning the auction Enivi, and to Sycamorre for winning our Create-To-Adopt Enivi.

Our Charity Enivi raffle is still in place until the end of the month, so please remember to help out and donate!

Candy Cane Parade

It seems like whoever is putting candy canes all over the site is really going for it!
They're showing up all over the site! Be sure to collect as many as you can before the end of December.
You can also earn Candy Canes by doing this month's wintery prompts!

Last Chance To Enter The Gift Exchange

Today is the last day to enter our holiday gift exchange!
You can find all the info for it here.

A few small updates:

• We've raised the sell price for fish slightly.
• The site now has our own breeding roller, rather than doing it by hand.

Have a safe and happy winter holiday!

A special thank you from our team.

We'd like to extend some extra gratitude for everyone's patience as our site's host had some issues towards the end of November, which resulted in a few brief outages. As part of our thank you, we're giving everyone the bonus Advent Calendar prize for November.

It's a claimable Adoption Token located in Sophie's Shoppe! 

The token will be available for claiming until the 1st of January.

We hope everyone's December goes great and if you celebrate any holidays during this month, we wish you a very joyful holiday. 

It's a winter wonderland, and time for a seasonal update!

Snow is starting to fall around Eniv, and bringing with it some strange and magical happenings;

New Winter Items

We've got a wide array of new winter-themed items available for you all. 
From accessories to hooves, markings, and bases - we've got a little bit of everything coming through the season!
But, you won't find them in Sophie's Shoppe. You can find them in our...

New Winter Holiday Shop

You'll find a new link under Games for our Winter Holiday Shop! 
This shop doesn't accept Star Shards, however. It only accepts Candy Canes, so you'll need to be on the hunt for them. 
You can find Candy Canes in Seasonal Prompts, while fishing, and randomly around the site.  

You can also get them for winning the Beauty Contest!

Happy Hunting!

Winter Holiday Gift Exchange

We're also hosting our first ever Keepers of Eniv Holiday Gift Exchange.

Participants can send a gift to the Admin account to enter the exchange. On December 25th the gifts will be randomly given out along with a special gift from Keepers of Eniv. 

You can find all the information here!

Holiday Gachapon!

We've added a new Winter Holiday Gacahapon to the Gachapon Store!

As always, the prizes and odds are listed in the item's description before you buy, so make sure to check it out!

One Additional Note!

Sorry for the edit on this news post!
We nearly forgot to let you all know that through December, you'll be able to craft 5 Snowcapped Peaks Day into 1 Snowspot Marking!

x5 =

More To Come!

Keep an eye out for more winter-themed fun as the month goes on. 

Our Charity Raffle will go up Monday, December 6th, along with our Create-To-Adopt and buyable Enivi.

We're looking forward to celebrating the holidays with everyone!

A Question For Our Players;

What is your favorite winter-related activity? 

We've got a handful of small updates and reminders for you all!

First, don't forget to enter for our first Create to Adopt Enivi!

The drawing is tomorrow at 8PM PST, so you still have time to get your stories, paintings, etc in for this legendary Enivi.

You can find more info about them here.

General (But Important!) Updates;

• The Code Cleanup has been completed!
  Our Code Cleanup has finally come to an end (until next time ;) ). The site should be maintained more smoothly now and in preparation of us adding the Character Creator (which is obviously very image intensive). This isn't something you'll likely notice as a user, but it's set us up for a solid future going forward, and we're happy to have the solid foundation to build on.
• Captcha has been added to registration.
  We've added Captcha to registration to help us let in users and keep out bots. Don't worry, you and your friends won't have to jump through hoops like trying to identify a "bus" that is actually a boat, bike, or who knows what else. The code is in our back-end system, so you'll hardly notice it's there.
  Unless you're a bot.
• We're still in Open Registration (invite your friends!)
  Captcha being added has made all our lives easier. We'll be keeping Open Registration open for the time being, and your friends will no longer need an invite code to join. Our plan is to keep the site open until we hit a limit where adding more players could complicate things as far as needing more staff, finding unexpected bugs, or needing to re-evaluate server space.
• The Timezone and roll-overs are being updated.
  Our timezone has been updated from UTC to PST, and our roll-overs will begin to reset at 12am PST rather than UTC.
• PSD Requests and Masterlist Error Reports have been moved from our Discord Server to our Forums.
  If you're looking for a PSD or have an error to report for your Enivi's masterlist entry, you can now do that on the forums instead of on our Discord server.
  You'll find both these sections pinned under "Help".
  If you already have a request in either of these on the Discord server, you don't need to put in a new one. We'll be finishing those up before retiring the channels.
• Fishing has been lowered from 5 tries per day to 3, and the lures are now usable!
  This is in preparation of some new features we'll be adding soon, and also an attempt to balance out our economy.
• Fishing Prices have been lowered.
  Like above, this is an attempt to balance out the economy. There's just too many fish!
• Some New Items Not Sellable
  One final heads up, we're taking some time this weekend to double-check our economy. We've hit a threshold for some users having an abnormal amount of SS, and we want to make sure we're keeping tabs on that.
  The new seasonal items are currently not sellable (to the site, you can still sell to other users! ) because we're working on maintaining balance ( as all things should be). 

Our Current Work List

We're still ironing out a few things, but these are our goals for the rest of the month that you can keep an eye out for;

• Adding new items, accessories, and traits.
• Working on the Character Creator.
  Note: This likely will not be finished this month, but we're working hard on it.
• Creating new tutorials.
• Working on new, optional site-themes.
  Note: This likely will not be finished this month, but again, we're working very hard!
• Give more purpose to the fish you catch.

Finally, a question for our community!

We were talking about having a monthly Community Discussion, where the staff would be in VC and you could ask us questions in text. 
They could be questions about the game, the lore, you could voice concerns, or suggest features you'd like to see in the future. You know we love to hear your thoughts.

Would this be something you'd be interested in, and if it is, would you rather it be;

• A weekday evening (7PM PST)
• A weekend evening (5PM PST)
• A weekend day (11AM PST)
• Other? (We couldn't do weekday mornings or earlier on weekdays)

This is a much smaller news post than usual, but we didn't want anyone to miss out!

We've added the End of Autumn Legendary Trait, and are hosting our first Create-to-Adopt!

A Create-to-Adopt raffle is where users enter by creating a piece of artwork (painting, writing, song, food, etc) that features the Enivi up for raffle.

As always, the only skill level you need to match is your own! 

All the details for this can be found by clicking on the lovely Enivi below;

Good Luck, Everyone!