Event Update

The event shops have new backgrounds.

Burning Plains can be found in The Destroyers!

Oasis Spring can be found in The Preservers!

New Serengeti Shuffle Rewards

Serengeti Shuffle's prize pool received some new backgrounds and decors today!

Masoala National Park	Hook-Billed Vanga	Troubled Malagasy Civet	Crocodile Chameleon
Madagascar Emperor Moth	Madagascar Ragwort	White-Headed Lemur	Carnivorous Drosera Plant

New RMA-Exclusive Marking!

A new marking pattern called Dinictis is available in Random Marking Applicators and Total Shuffles, starting as of the release of this news post! It comes in the following colours:
* Almond
* Auburn
* Black
* Blue
* Briar
* Brown
* Chocolate
* Cimmerian
* Cinnabar
* Clay
* Dark Brown
* Doubloon
* Gold
* Henna
* Noctis
* Onyx
* Red
* Saffron
* Scoria
* Seal
* Silver
* White

Note: There are a few mutations left to upload, we'll do that after a good sleep. :D

New Combo Base!

Basalt is a new combo base that we are implementing from this suggestion topic. Thank you, Verridith [g1 stellar/cross] (#407)!

Per the suggestion, it is a recolour of Meteorite that we feel complements the neat pattern of the base very well! This base can be bred year-round and is not limited by time of day or season.

Genetics: Black Medium Solid Special, tied to Gray skin.
Factor 1: Meteorite
Factor 2: Flint, Opal, Sterling

Other Updates

* Background item frames now look different from decoration item frames, as per the winning vote from a recent poll.
* Descriptions have been added for the following beetle species within the Battle Beetle Book: Augosoma centaurus, Bolbaffer princeps, and Copris dracunculus
* We want to make a note that we will be releasing a breed-only base pack in late autumn and will limit new bases to events only for a few months!
- Clarity Edit 08/13: We have noticed there are imbalances regarding Uncommon and Breed Only bases, and we'd like to release a pack of bases to fill up those gaps.
* We have started manually adding sources for where to find items outside of main shops within the Item Catalogue. This will not display in the Item Catalogue list, but once you click on an item to view its page, you will see the source list. We will add sources to a few dozen items weekly until all items are covered!

Art Bugs

Decors
* Adjusted the Expression: Smirk decor to no longer have pupils - due to the new eye style, its built-in pupils were colliding with artwork
* Fixed African Common Toad not showing up on Cub Young
* Fixed an issue where Moth Wings - Blue and Purple [Top] were showing wrong files for some stages
* Fixed an issue where Prismveil Wings [Bottom] were not showing up properly
* Fixed Barbarian Armor [Head] clipping issue with Barbary Mane
* Fixed Barbarian Armor [Legs] clipping with any Mane Shape on Adult Male
* Fixed Behdet Wings [Horus] not showing up on Evil pose
* Fixed Brown Mesite covering face on Jolly pose
* Fixed Comet Glow [Paws] not showing up on Teen Males
* Fixed Fishbone Earrings [Yellow & Purple] not showing up due to a typo
* Fixed Muddy Live Rat clipping issue on Cub Newborn
* Fixed Rabbit Pelt Leg Wraps clipping issues on Lioness

Lion Files
* Added more strokes and shading to Dwarf Male lineart so to have less pixel bleed on manes
* Fixed a green dot on Citron base on Ferus (Citron markings updated as well)
* Fixed all Patches for Evil pose pixel bleed on paw pads
* Fixed clipping issues with newer skins for Overgrown Fur and Mane Fuzzy
* Fixed consistency issues with Sunrise base and the white areas for Evil, Kind and Jolly pose (Sunrise markings updated as well)
* Fixed Inverted Zebra marking having extra coloured area on ears on Dwarf Female
* Fixed issue with Alabaster base having visible white gradient on Kind pose
* Fixed Luster marking shape appearing unfinished on Good pose ( it was indeed unfinished :( )
* Fixed mane bases missing for Dorsal Fur Male: Atlas, Hibiscus, and Nacre
* Fixed missing eyebrows on Locust base on Evil pose
* Fixed paw blending on Under White 6 (and all recolours) for Cub, and all mutations based on Cub stage
* Fixed Piebald (Subtle) missing toe spots on Good pose
* Fixed Proteles Heavy marking not having an eye colour patch for Evil pose
* Fixed Tigon Male clipping issues with Inverted Blemish marking
* Fixed Vitiligo 2 for Evil pose - it was too low compared to other poses
* Updated eyes for Lionesses portraits as it seems old Draconid eyes were showing up for some reason

It's quite exciting to possibly see a cleared out Art Bugs forum sometime soon!

Raffle Lioness

Congrats to the winner of last week's raffle lioness!
A new Wine lady with Feline 2 Lilac, Noctis Burmese (NEW!), and the second Ashlands of Dabbahu Volcano background is up for impressing in the Special Lioness area linked here!

Marking Note: Black Burmese is now possible to apply via RMAs/Total Shuffle!

Tags!
Woohoo, tags are back! Shad has added 140 new tags this month in the Appreciation, Beetles, Breeding, Doodles, Event ➜ January, Event ➜ April, Event ➜ May, Event ➜ June, Event ➜ July, Miscellaneous ➜ Lions, and Miscellaneous ➜ NPCs categories!

Poll Results - Thank you all for voting on last week's poll! It looks like the preference is for a new base applicator and new eye applicator during September's event.

NEW POLL - Your preference for a new Gorilla Enclave and Referral Shop marking applicator set? We might pick the top two winners. Let us know in this week's poll!

Next Update: Community Update - August 18th!
Next Development Update: September 8th!!



Where's the official raffle and Friday comic?
Community raffles and Friday doodles are only released on community updates. This is a development update, so no raffle or doodle will be released this week, sorry!