A strange announcement from space?!
Testing, testing, 1 2 3!
Hi again! This announcement comes after one that was posted in the discord (but not here to avoid bulletin spam) - the initial website updates have been given an ALL CLEAR! You may now log in to the Poffinsworld website again and check everything out!
Now that we've gone over the big hump, there's going to be lots of rapid-fire changes now that the rest of the staff has access to the new infrastructure that was previously on the local build only!
Here are the current, most impactful changes (AS OF THE INITIAL PUSH, SEPTEMBER 6TH 2023):
✦ The layout has been redone! Currently there's only light mode available, but dark mode will be added as a priority!
✦ New features! Or... at least the frameworks for them? Data has to be created for them to be usable, so the staff team is going to be busy getting these up and working! But you'll notice some additions to your poff's profile pages, hinting at these! But among these include outfit slots, alternate forms, gear, weapons, pets, stats, genetics... oh boy!
✦ TOYHOUSE SIGNUP AND LOGIN! I hope. It should be working >>;
✦ The species currency (Star tears / ST) has been recalculated!
✦ The traits list has been cut to a generalized, manageable size! But that doesn't mean your poff's 'microtraits' have exactly gone away...
Ok, cool. How does this impact me, and do I need to do anything?
Because of the previous amount of traits and all the math involved with ST recalculation, there's no easy way to automatically replace these. That's where you come in!
If you submit a claim onsite and follow the instructions here, staff can make sure everything is updated for you!
You'll get a nifty profile badge out of it, as thanks for your continued support!
Also, the bug hunt is here! If you'd like something to do.
Why the update now if it's not complete?
There's two major components to the website - the backend, which is a bunch of code edited directly; and the frontend, which can be edited by any of the staff and is generally less of a pain. This 'big push' makes a lot of the backend changes live, which allow for staff to even make new frontend changes.
We'll be running to finish things up now that this foundation is in place, but to keep things accessible and assist with squashing bugs, regular users will be able to still access the website.
Where can I get status updates?
A weekly changelog will be published on the website, but for live status updates and fixes, you can join our Discord!
Thank you again for bearing with us, and we hope to bring a full exciting relaunch soon!
Psst... one more thing...
A little butterfly told me there's chances for one-off commission work for site assets, like deco art of the mascot(s) and backgrounds!
And that you should totally PM zinnia if that kind of thing interests you!
...But you didn't hear it from me.
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