-LOCKED - August's Big Update #12
Posted on 2019-08-09 22:13:42
Floodpit Information
The admins discussed the issue of the Vredefort adventuring quest requiring Floodpit access to progress at one point and the entire month of August being absolutely dry. We have decided to manually open the Floodpit twice this month on August 14th and August 28th. The Floodpit will be open on these days only from 12am LDT to 11:59pm LDT.
If you'd like to roleplay it, consider it a flash flood! ;'D


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Several systems have received some much-needed TLC in today's update - let's check them out!


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Brand New Achievement System!
Achievements have been reworked from the ground up! Not only does this make it easier to add in new achievements - it also ensures that they are awarded much more reliably! Newly-earned achievements will appear at the bottom of your screen. You can click anywhere within the achievement's popup to dismiss it.

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We have added in 2 new achievements categories: Events and Games! Any event-related achievements will be under the Events category, while any game-related achievements will be under Games.

We have also added in 47 brand new achievements! Some of these new achievements are public, while others are super special and secret. Have fun earning them!

Along with this rework, several achievement-related issues have also been squashed.
* The achievements progress bar should no longer show over 100%
* Achievements for collecting a certain amount of items are now awarded at a much higher frequency than they were before
* Selling items to Monkey Business should now correctly reward their achievements

We are planning to add in a way to compare achievements between players for a fun competitive site addition - this will likely be implemented in a future update.

TL;DR: Achievements Adjustments
* 47 new achievements have been added in!
* Newly-earned achievements will pop up at the bottom of your screen and can be clicked or tapped on to dismiss
* Two NEW achievements categories have been added: Events and Games

We'd like to give a big THANK YOU to all the players who suggested these new achievements over the years!


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Brand New Title System!
Titles! Titles, too, should now be rewarded properly, as well as stay locked when you tell them to stay locked. On top of that, all titles can now be positioned before or after your king's name. Do you want to be known as "Maneater Fluffy", or "Fluffy, the Maneater"? As of today, you can now choose your title's positioning. We hope this will add to all of your fun roleplaying elements on the site.

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Some title-related bugs were fixed with this update.
* Sapphic is now properly awarded when equipping a Lab Test Frog to your king
* Maneater is now properly awarded when you visit the Savage Studs page


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Clan Activity Logs
Within each clan, there is now an activity log linked below the clan's details.

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All clan members can view these activity logs. In a future update, if you guys request it, we could implement a toggle option to make the activity logs private so only clan admins can view them.

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The activity logs work exactly like your own user logs: they are listed from newest actions to oldest, they are paginated, and you can search through them using specific keywords!

Clan activity logs record all activity for a clan up to two months into the past.

Other Clan Adjustments
* Clan hoards have now been paginated to avoid massive clan hoards crashing browsers and causing issues with lag when viewing them.


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Environmental Threats
Some time ago during a neighbourhood cleaning spree (picking up trash left by nasty people), an idea sparked in our heads to add some environmental effects caused by humans into Lioden. It is a reality we sadly live in and have to face daily - now, so do our lions. Today, we've added in eight new encounters: four are year-round, and four are August-only.

They will have some choices and various outcomes. Some will affect karma, some will give currency - we'll let you discover them and add them to the Wiki soon.


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We'll be adding in more of these from time to time. Perhaps it will inspire you to do something a little extra for our planet. <3


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New Combo Base!
A new combo base is now available to be bred during special circumstances!
Ember is a Golden Dark Countershaded Special base that can be bred from now on year-round from the following factor bases:
Factor 1: Blazing, Fiery
Factor 2: Flint, Pewter

You'll need to breed a Factor 1 base to a Factor 2 base in order to have a chance of breeding Ember. Obviously, breeding any factor base to Ember, or even breeding Ember x Ember, will also have a chance to produce Ember. Ember Ember Ember.


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August Shops Update
The following items have been added into the August shops.
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Hanging Human Skeleton
The Destroyers
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Flaming Tail
The Destroyers
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Flaming Mane
The Destroyers
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Rhim Gazelle
The Preservers


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New Serengeti Shuffle Prizes
Serengeti Shuffle has four new rewards available now within the highest prize tier, shuffling straight in from Madagascar!

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Greater Vasa Parrot
Serengeti Shuffle 4444+
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Ring-Tailed Mongoose
Serengeti Shuffle 4444+
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Subantarctic Fur Seal
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Bundle of Lovebirds [Grey-Headed]
Serengeti Shuffle 4444+


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Art Updates and Art Fixes
- Dwarf Cub Stage is now fully updated - 515 files were added!
- Maneater Mane [Classic] for good pose - wrong stage file
- Maneater Mane [All] for evil pose - unintentional transparency
- Crown of Horns [Red] for cub newborn - file missing
- Body Paint: Bone for Adult Savage - lowered opacity
- Black Crested Mangabey on teen female - wrong stage file
- Bone Growth [Head] for snarky pose - file missing
- Albino Hyena Pelt for Blade, Hellraiser, Pariah, Razor, and Royal mane - mane clipping
- Body Paint: Ribbed for Regent mane - wrong mane file
- African Flower Ornaments [ALL] - incorrect clipping
- Aging Serval for Jolly pose - missing file
- Black Heron Feathers for Blade mane - missing file
- Changed Amdusias decor to be layered Above per vote polls


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Art Resources
Art Style Tutorial Thread - LINK had an update:

Flowering Umzimbeet - NEW!
Murex Shells - NEW!
Ferus Shaman Encounter - NEW!
Hen Mask - Step by Step - NEW!
Powderpuff Tree and Red Knot - NEW!
V'Kai encounter - NEW!
V'Kai story picture progress steps - NEW!
Vash fight encounter progress steps - NEW!
African Rock Python Decor - NEW!
Fighting Lions encounter - NEW!
BG - Lioness in a shade Step by Step - NEW!
Queen Sago Step by Step - NEW!
Hanging Human Skeleton - NEW!
Demiurge designs - NEW!

Whew! It's growing big :D

Brush Thread - LINK had an update:
The brush pack was updated with new environmental brushes Xy made last year.
Also, Teke (#87476) was amazing enough to prepare a Procreate version of brush pack from 2018!


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Small Reptile Roundup Update
Reptile roundup has received a nifty new Smooth Rendering option. It will not affect all players, but for anyone who has noticed that Reptile Roundup looks a bit jagged, this Smooth Rendering option should fix those pointy edges for you!

With Smooth Rendering

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Without Smooth Rendering

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Official Art Sale and Reverse Breeding System Update
The threads for these systems have been locked! We'll take some time to review everything that has been proposed and suggested. While we cannot provide an ETA, we hope to have functioning official systems for them soon. Thank you all for your amazing feedback and insight!


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Raffle Lioness


Congrats Mealz On Wheelz (#62485)! You have won last week's Sepia lady, woo!
A new Citrine lady with Tangor Rogue, Feline 3 Silky, and the tenth Mount Kilimanjaro background is up for impressing in the Special Lioness area linked here!

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Tags!
Shad has added new tags this week in the August, Breeding, and Miscellaneous categories!

Poll Results - Oh I see you really enjoy the minigame! You should play some Darude Sandstorm as you jump, totally!

NEW POLL - Would you guys like a new marking colour that's darker than Onyx? Keep in mind that the linearts on Lioden are quite light, and we can't go *too* dark without it looking odd.


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Next Update: Community Update - August 16th!
Next big Update: September 13th!!


As usual, we greatly appreciate all suggestions from the community. Thank you for helping us improve the game to make your experiences more exciting every month!



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Shad (#16848)

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Posted on
2019-08-10 02:39:53
Wow awesome news! The new achievement system is something I've been waiting for for months, and I'm thrilled to see new fun achievements being added to the game! Hopefully that becomes a common trend and we'll be receiving more new achievements once in a while! :D

The titles - it sounds like a small thing, but to me it's an excellent addition to the site. It actually sparked an idea in my mind for a brand new design of my king once the titles are more up-to-your-choice now. :o Can't wait to give this a go and play around with some fun, new title variations!

Now onto the clan activity logs... I'm not much into clan stuff, but I feel like this is a very handy tool for those who run big clans and would like to have everything under control. Very subtle, but great addition nonetheless!

Environmental threats encounters are one of the best additions in this news! Seeing a white stork with that piece of junk left by the humankind touches the heart, for me especially as white storks were always a part of my country's environment and thus they take a special place in my heart. I hope to see more of these added over time, brilliant idea!

As for the new combo base, it's sadly again not within my preferences -- it would be great if, as an "Ember" base, it would have some sort of sparkling on it. Besides, it looks a bit too red for a gold base, but I digress. I'm really glad it adds some more value to my beloved Fiery base, though! Good way of putting it into use for other players and motivating them to hoard that beautiful base once again. :)

I'm also really glad that some dwarf files were uploaded! I'd love to see art updates for muties and decor caught up with poses rather than new content sometimes, it just makes you feel satisfied in a way that it's up to date, you know? :D Keep up the good work!

As for a bit for critique -- I'm afraid I don't think the Flaming Mane decor matches the high quality of art that Lioden usually has...It's too bright, even for fire, and looks extremely sloppy on some poses and age stages. I've seen multiple instances of where it was not even blended and brush strokes are very easy to be noticed. It just looks like it's unfinished and extra blurry. Additionally, Tsavo mane, for instance, doesn't look any different from other manes while it should be more scarce, I feel like? I don't want to sound like I'm being disrespectful towards the artist that drew it, but I feel like it's a thing that could be tweaked in the future. It just looks extremely rushed and unfinished. Besides, it's good that if you don't like something, you can just avoid buying it and not using. I'll buy a copy myself in case it is something to be fixed in the future. ^^

Thank you for listening to the community, I hope my message is received well. My apologies if I came off as offending or anything - I just thought I'd give some input so that the site can stay on the same level it did for years.



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Posted on
2019-08-10 02:51:16
awww sWEET



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teague (#146366)

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Posted on
2019-08-10 03:04:50
this is a great update !! thanks guys !!!



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ShinagawaKunn (#159146)

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Posted on
2019-08-10 03:20:35
Dude! This update is super awesome!



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chamomille. (#124122)

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Posted on
2019-08-10 03:37:19
I love the new base!! and the title changes are just :'0 woah



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sprite's fury
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Posted on
2019-08-10 03:38:14
ahhh an achievement update!!!



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Mots - RP Loved🏒 (#5378)

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Posted on
2019-08-10 04:10:25
Loving the new shuffle decors and the combo base. Finally Flint is useful for something combo base wise.



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Shortaaay6 (#137152)

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Posted on
2019-08-10 04:17:41
This is so cool!



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That1Idiot (#171947)

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Posted on
2019-08-10 04:36:27
Yay! News!



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Agryo [Quitting] (#70050)


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Posted on
2019-08-10 04:38:50
So... I'm not quite sure how this is giving Gold more love?

It's not actually golden, or golden brown, or brown and gold, and even if it was I'm fairly certain the grey 'highlights' and bright orange stripe would be a turnoff to anyone who would otherwise like the base. Like me- it's got pretty nice colors so long as I ignore the really desaturated and over-saturated bits.

And in that vein, every design I've seen with the base looks better with Brimstone, one of the cheapest Specials out there and readily available. Why break your back breeding for a Combo when you can get the same exact look, but better, after tossing a few Shards of Evil around? There's no incentive to breed for the base for its looks or its (eventual) value.

(Also that's not what embers look like, embers aren't brown with dull greys, the name implies heat and life and this is, at best, some shade of wood or a strong drink.)

Morever, how would this actually get people to breed Golds? All the components are Black or Red. I'd almost say it's an attempt at tricking Black and Red breeders into giving it a try when they get the combo, see the cubs and don't mind it- but, if anything, I almost feel they'd do their best to distance themselves from it to avoid Gold fails and their breeders becoming useless.

It doesn't feel like the 'we got you fam' Gold needs right now, it feels slapped on to 'satisfy' people rightfully miffed their group has been left behind. It's not satisfying- it's a slap to the face. They asked for natural Goldens that look gold- more bases in the likes of Maziwa, for instance. Better fails so breeders who try Golden don't instantly kill half the cubs because they look like highlighters. This is red, reddish-brown, topped with a dorsal band from a Red base- I doubt it will appeal to any existing Gold breeders or draw in new ones.

Look. I'm sorry this update, namely this base, is facing a lot of critique- but it's not what anyone wanted or will want and, frankly, is beneath Lioden's standards. The speckling and blending was too difficult? Interstellar didn't fall from the sky, though it did in the lore lmao, but I digress- a base doesn't need sparkles to look good, but well-picked colors that will mesh well with existing markings. Is it too much to ask?

It looks rushed, and if this is considered a fully-fledged base, I sincerely hope you guys can lighten your workload and design bases to love them too, not churn them out on schedule. <3 I know we've been making a fuss about Goldens, but surely a 'hi! Sorry for the wait, we had a lot planned this week and chose to delay the new Gold base/s a bit' would be more respectful and understanding than... Ember. Now it's just made the people speaking out more hurt and angry.

On a lighter not, thanks for the Achievement overhaul snd the 'flash floods'! I was trying to guess what update could possibly require lots of files to work together, and I gotta say I'm pleasently surprised! <3 This is a lot more in line with the Lioden I log in to play and support!



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Edited on 10/08/19 @ 05:49:14 by Agryo [Main] (#70050)

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Posted on
2019-08-10 04:45:49
loool my achievement bar was at 85% and now it's at 47% not that I'm complaining tho I love completing achievements



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Swyfte [Ember RLC] (#27926)


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Posted on
2019-08-10 04:49:35
The achievements overhaul is great... but that is not golden. That's red. Really feels like you guys decided to stick it in the Gold category just to say you HAVE brought out a new Gold base and appease everyone who's been asking for one. Even the factor bases don't seem to relate to Gold.



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LionnoiL
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Posted on
2019-08-10 04:59:08
Confused at the gold base, but really liking the new achievements! 😊



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Worry donut :D (#182307)

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Posted on
2019-08-10 05:14:50
Very cool update!



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Posted on
2019-08-10 05:21:41
Awesome!! Love the new combo base! <3



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