News Archive: Week 21, 2024

Let's hope you prepared well because it's officially time for the Annual Masquerade Ball!! The dance floor is open to all those with masks until 11:59pm on June 11. The Masquerade Forums will close on June 16!

You can use the following sCode in your status and other places to have various people share a dance with you.

Want to shake things up and dance with someone completely random? Try your hand at the Mystery Dance feature. You have the chance to get more than just trinkets from these dances!

The most important thing (other than wearing comfortable shoes) is to have a mask on. After all, this is a Masquerade! You won't be able to request or accept dances without a mask. Any item with the word 'mask' counts towards this, no rarity requirements. In need of a mask? Stop by Migrating Masks to restock a few fashionable masks from previous years or try to grab a newly released mask!

How many times can we put mask in this news post?

After you accept a dance, you will receive either Steamworks Trinkets or Lounge Trinkets as a parting gift. The Lounge Trinkets can be used at the Libertine Lounge where you can take a break and fill up on delicious foods and drinks. The Steamworks Trinkets will allow you to purchase a wide range of goods from the Steamworks Menagerie.

This is the only wave of items for BOTH shops. Enjoy![/url]

Keep an eye out for the dastardly Boudewijn while dancing. If you manage to win a duel with him, he'll be forced to give you a bag of trinkets. Don't worry; he won't actually kill you in a duel or anything. Maybe slightly maim. Nothing a good drink can't fix.

[b]You need to visit the dance floor after accepting a dance to find Boudewijn.

Last but not least, there are two avatar borders you have a chance of getting while dancing. The Steamwork Masquerade avatar border comes from using the Mystery Dance feature while the Dancing Rave Style comes from dancing with anyone you choose. These are not guaranteed, so you may have to dance a lot to get one.

Who's ready to dance???

⭐ Masquerade will be starting THIS SUNDAY (May 26). ⭐ The Steamworks Menagerie and Libertine Lounge will close Saturday evening while items are added. So don't be surprised if you see an error message when viewing the shops! ⭐ You can take a peek at the new items by visiting the Item Directory, but try not to mention things outside of spoiler tags for those who want to wait until the holiday starts! ⭐ There will be one wave of items for both shops. There are a lot of goodies for those who like a more traditional dress and those ready to join a rave. ⭐ The holiday will be for a normal amount of time, and it will be going into June. The actual end date will be included in the news post starting the holiday! ⭐ Be prepared for a few items based on this month's theme ;) ⭐ There will be new masks this year!

Thanks for being patient, everyone! We're excited to see how y'all incorporate the new wearables in your avatars.

Did you make it through the crypts? Head to the treasure room to treat yourself.

One of the first items on my todo list right now is rewriting our registration flow, and bring it into the same backend system as our authentication / login. It turns out, that's the easy part! Making sure that it opens up into a good experience for the rest of the site is much harder. One of those first experiences is choosing your initial wardrobe outfit from a selection created by our artists.

Right now, when you go to the wardrobe for the first time you're greeted by this page 🥺. Even if these completed outfits weren't a broken image, they feel a little lackluster compared to what you can build in the wardrobe system today. That's where you come in!

Contest Rules

• Entry must be submitted to this thread by using the [outfit=] tag. Create the outfit in the wardrobe, save and post here using the code.
• One outfit entry per user
• Must have a top, bottom and shoes, please make sure the avatar is covered :P
• Should not cost more than 150,000sP total in user shops, meaning no custom wearables and only items that are available for purchase
• Contest ends on 5/31, so get those entries in soon

Otherwise, go wild with accessories and creativity! Remember that a theme of some kind will make it more likely to be a winner, something to stand out from the other entries but be appealing to new users seeing the wardrobe for the first time.

Contest Prizes

• Every entry gets a participation prize (Fashion Star Sticker), as long as they meet the requirements above (please submit real entries only, we have to go through and judge them 🙏)
• We will choose up to 20 outfits (and potentially have them rotate on the page in some way), each winner will get 2,500CSC

The Masquerade will start within the next 7 days! So pick the perfect mask, get your dress shoes shined, and be ready to dance the night away with a stop for food and drinks, of course.