💬│palia-discussions

[patent dust]

same

[sharp blaze]

LMAOO moomin tumblr

[queen night]

A scary place lol

[patent dust]

out of nowhere tumblr was taken over by hippo

[queen night]

A singular precious hippo lol 😂

[patent dust]

funny enough i havnt seen a single moomin post since the great p*rn exodus of tumblr 🤔

maybe they were the same communities

[sharp blaze]

there's definitely a correlation there

[queen night]

Oh no- I hope not

[void imp]

i hate what that implies

[void imp]

noooo

[patent dust]

anything is correlated if you think about it long enough

oh god i didnt think of it that way oh no

[void imp]

"there's no such thing as a coincidence"

[patent dust]

im sure it exists but i dont want to look

[void imp]

https://tenor.com/view/go-home-gif-9355939

[sharp blaze]

that's a terrifying thought 😔

poor innocent moomin

[distant oar]

Let's keep the chat SFW and on topic.

[patent dust]

SO! how bout Zeki, eh? :)

[ocean smelt]

Zeki is a cutie

[clear prism]

what is the topic?

[summer obsidian]

Zeki looks like he has a...questionable personality 😛

[patent dust]

sorry nel, didnt mean to take it that direction at all

[regal swallow]

Do you think he is more like a pirate or a bandit?

[patent dust]

zeki = belethor, no doubt

[void imp]

i hope questionable items means random silly junk

[worldly lily]

The game needs a church with a deity that you can give donations to for luck and prosperity and I am willing to volunteer to be the deity. lol😇

[regal swallow]

I wonder if he thinks he got 9 lives?

[clear prism]

Yes.

[cobalt cradle]

wonder if we'll be able to collect keys somehow

[little silo]

I have no idea what is going on, and I like anarchy. Huh?

[regal swallow]

Challenge: Steal his keys

[left pebble]

Judging by the eye, only 8 left :p

[faint dawn]

Oh no prieston would start a crusade neighborhood..

[novel plank]

just grabbed myself a cranberry ginger ale to drink while i defrost some beef that i'm gonna use to make some burritos tonight :)))

[clear prism]

Dark Knight thingie

[novel plank]

still hoping nel will add in a food channel . . . . .

[void imp]

or little road "travel" shrines, the tree ropes already have that shinto vibe

[regal swallow]

also had burritos but offtopic what do you think Zeki likes to eat?

[void imp]

take it further! i vote "show and tell" channel

[novel plank]

he looks like an herbivore

[summer obsidian]

hmmm...whatever the cook at the inn makes him 😛

[regal swallow]

A fine diner?

[worldly lily]

all this talk of food means I have to go cook supper 😦 Laters all have fun

[faint dawn]

The only food i wanna see is if someone makes a cake in the shape of a yakmoo.

[left pebble]

I figure he is good friends with Einar, free fish in exchange for spare parts :o

[novel plank]

WAIT i got a good look at Zeki

looks like he's the main snatcher and eater of chuus

[regal swallow]

Oh noes!! not that conversation

[novel plank]

didn't realize zeki looked like a cat

thought it was something else

[regal swallow]

He has 4 ears for sensitivity

means he got more ears to listen for secrets!

[cobalt cradle]

but what if the Chapaa and Grimalkin are very distantly related?

[summer obsidian]

I need to become good friends with Zeki, because I plan to buy out almost all his stock all the time, hahaha

[regal swallow]

Bahari Insitute might have the answer we seek!

[novel plank]

idk the grimalkin looks like a carnivore whereas chapaas look like herbivores

[left pebble]

Questionable wares are gossips :o

[regal swallow]

Bet he likes talking

[celest maple]

the grimalkin evolved past the chapaa and now prevent the chapaa from becoming bipedal by domesticating them

[summer obsidian]

he will probably make fun of your stories, and start telling his own

[patent dust]

zeki is why humans disappeared in the first place

[regal swallow]

Shrew smiles "My stories are for everyone to enjoy!"

[void imp]

i'm hoping he just has an offensive humour and issn't downright rude

[summer obsidian]

he probably doesn't realize his jokes are offensive, he just thinks they are funny

[faint dawn]

Cue the origional animal crossings calling you the "mental runt of the litter..." o-o

[void imp]

i'm giving him the benefit of the doubt, i feel like he's more of a cocky yet wise space pirate captain type

[patent dust]

zeki insults you like nazeem every time you come into his shop

[faint dawn]

Origional animal crossing villager dialog was spicy...

[summer obsidian]

I can't wait for the story of what happened to his eye...

[patent dust]

villagers on game cube were so mean lol

[regal swallow]

Come to the cloud district often?

[novel plank]

mmm genshin

[patent dust]

do you go to the bahari institute very often? oh what am i saying, of course you dont

[faint dawn]

Part of me kinda liked it to a degree because they were more relateable and human feeling..

[regal swallow]

So I think Zeki maybe a pirate that has no ship.

[celest maple]

never played it

[summer obsidian]

ohhh! We need to collect "Jokes Zeki would say" 😛

[faint dawn]

When i talk to the villagers.. i want drama, i want gossip, i want nemasises

[regal swallow]

hold on going to use a context clue

[faint dawn]

Zeki will be my nemasis

[regal swallow]

I think Zeki might be using puns

[faint dawn]

...

[little silo]

I almost got through an entire work day without having to lift a finger and just chill in chat here, dang it!

[faint dawn]

Then i might not fight him if he uses puns..

[little silo]

Just an hour and a half away...

[patent dust]

zeki 100% says bad puns

[summer obsidian]

"Do you like my keys? Cause you certainly aren't getting one!" (an alpha key).....

[faint dawn]

First villager to say they hate puns will be my nemasis..

[void imp]

http://twitter.com/playPalia/status/1404487956312715264

Palia (@playPalia)

@strangeliltart Zeki might not enjoy them as fully as another of our villagers. Let's just say he is a-MAIZE-ing with them.

Twitter · Jun 14, 2021, 5:16 PM

[regal swallow]

just using the clue from the last twitter feed...?

[patent dust]

wait...Zeki is just WhoaNonstop!

[regal swallow]

Ware are you going?

[patent dust]

corn 👀

[patent dust]

he makes bad puns all the time

wait

i just got it....

[languid sun]

The puns are torture ngl

[patent dust]

oh hey its steve

[ocean smelt]

steeb

[regal swallow]

Steve spent too much time in the general store

[languid sun]

esteban

[mystic vale]

Good stevening

[patent dust]

add that to the list. noun, verb, time of day

[languid sun]

Steve'd, Stevening, Stevened

[winged basalt]

Stevador

[patent dust]

chat is very quiet today, its weird

[tropic chasm]

i was just about to say that

i was expecting more messages

[reef ivy]

did all the channels just move or am i crazy 👀

[patent dust]

just now? no nothing moved

wait

[reef ivy]

weird o,o

[summer obsidian]

yeah, announcements just moved lower

[patent dust]

yeah its in its own catagory now

[reef ivy]

interesting 👀 👀 👀

[regal swallow]

👀

[patent dust]

ahhh i see what theyre doing

[reef ivy]

Glad im not goin insane ahaha

[regal swallow]

there's more!

[reef ivy]

we love organization

[summer obsidian]

always fun to see things change 😛

[regal swallow]

#📢│community-news

[deft nexus]

Organization definitely helps

[patent dust]

another channel for a lot of people to never look at ;p

[tropic chasm]

maybe we are going to see some news soon

[summer obsidian]

I ALMOST SPIT OUT MY DRINK!!! BWAHAHAHA

[regal swallow]

villager vote is in palia chat now

[mystic vale]

That's what Zeki would say

[distant oar]

Just doing some general organizing, folks.

[patent dust]

well at least we know they do permissions per channel and not category lol

[distant oar]

https://tenor.com/view/fizzer1k-5597-3689-move-along-nothing-to-seehere-gif-12353147

[regal swallow]

Goods to see you!

[patent dust]

what discord is this? who are you people!

[mystic vale]

Hey everyone

[tropic chasm]

i was about to say that @distant oar was vibing and organizing

[summer obsidian]

wait...when is alpha coming out? Is there PVP?

[patent dust]

MoNeTiZaTiOn???

[regal swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-squarepants-eugene-krabs-mr-krabs-quotes-reaction-gifs-gif-14827445

^ Zeki

[patent dust]

i can already tel im gunna accidentally click villager vote instead of palia chat cause i was used to the position

[summer obsidian]

That 100% is something I could see him saying.

[reef ivy]

this game p2w? 👀

[languid sun]

No!! X monetization better than monetization Y!!

[summer obsidian]

oh no, me too! I didn't notice it had moved

[cobalt cradle]

but what about pancakes?!

[patent dust]

youre gunna kill the game before it even starts!!

[reef ivy]

idk about you guys, but imma pay $50 for a golden watering can

[regal swallow]

I Z what you did to monetization

[loud axle]

👀

[patent dust]

pay irl cash for each crop you want to grow

[regal swallow]

Micromicrotransactions oooof

[languid sun]

limit of 3 crops per 24 hours // pay additional $400 to bypass

[patent dust]

ok but what are macrotransactions?

[languid sun]

buying the game

[mystic vale]

buying money

[patent dust]

fair enough

[languid sun]

this

[loud axle]

Buying Steve.

[flint igloo]

saving these chats to know who to 👀 when it comes to fruition about crops pun intended

[magic mist]

paying developers to write a new game

[loud axle]

"Yes, hello Zeki, I'll take one Steve please."

[regal swallow]

How tall do you think player models are next to Zeki?

[void imp]

twice as tall

[cinder comet]

I'll buy 3 Steve's

[patent dust]

that reminds me, when we were looking for a house to buy up here, there was an old bank for sale thats just around the corner from us for only 750k and it was a house and shop and i wanted to buy it so bad T.T

[magic mist]

he can be bribed with rare memorabilia.

[fallen sun]

Jina's probably a good barometer

[patent dust]

imagine living in a bank! having a home office in a vault

[summer obsidian]

I'm using this as reference https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/852732832124371006/854049534611161118/unknown.png

[cinder comet]

I would love to woek from home lmao

[rose cedar]

then your three year old locks you inside

[fallen sun]

I really hope people vote for Elf David Bowie

[regal swallow]

Oh man Zeki got the fancy shoes!

[patent dust]

the newest question gives me an idea, how bout a map tease? like a crudely drawn general idea of the map, or part of it, kinda like how the map was in the trailer that ashura handed over

[summer obsidian]

I would LOVE a map!

[cinder comet]

A trailer of just fishing.

[regal swallow]

Did you notice Jina is holding a pink gem?

[patent dust]

30 minutes of just einar fishing actual gameplay footage

[left pebble]

I asked on twitter but got no reply, it really intrigues me

[languid sun]

here's a screenshot

[gritty veldt]

i kinda love the skievy little furry

[patent dust]

steve cmon lol

[left pebble]

Steve do be trolling

[gritty veldt]

also hello everyone

[patent dust]

cant tell if trolling or forgot he cant post images

[mystic vale]

lol

[left pebble]

We have the one in the trailer :)))))

[languid sun]

I actually had a pre-alpha screenshot of an in-game location which I couldn't upload 😎

[patent dust]

😔

[left pebble]

Easy to circumvent :p

[summer obsidian]

hmph, doesn't he know pre-alpha is under NDA? Steve would have to report him...oh...wait.....

[cinder comet]

oh wait

[languid sun]

Steveception?

[regal swallow]

Report further up

[patent dust]

'i am the manager' vibes

[cinder comet]

My favorite part of working is when people ask for the manager, and I am the manager. 👀😂

[patent dust]

my favorite part of working is having absolutely nobody above me in any way cause im self-employed :D

[summer obsidian]

https://tenor.com/view/when-a-customer-asks-to-speak-to-a-manager-and-youare-a-manager-kevin-spacey-manager-asks-speak-gif-10111533

[cinder comet]

😂😂

[summer obsidian]

I'm not a manager or self-employed...but I am still working from home (for now)...so there's that 😛

[cinder comet]

I an debating leaving my industry

Would love to get into gaming

[summer obsidian]

You could get a job at Zeki's

[mystic vale]

I'd love to work for Zika

[cinder comet]

😂

[summer obsidian]

find out what's he dealing under the table

[fallen sun]

catnip

[regal swallow]

I was told his home is a Wareshouse

[summer obsidian]

maybe he peddles pebbles

[cinder comet]

I threw my resume at a few companies. We will see what happens

Professional online angler. Someone sponsor me.

[ocean smelt]

God bless and good luck, juliet

[summer obsidian]

Good luck! It's always scary making big moves

[left pebble]

Oh?

[oak spoke]

I'm trying to get into streaming but my pc can't take it 😫

[plush delta]

MY MOM'S HOME FROM A TRIP WITH HER BOYFRIEND AND HE GOT ME A BUNNY PLUSHIE

[cinder comet]

Ooo!!! Streaming would be cool

[vague ridge]

Aloha all

[cinder comet]

I am debating streaming palia

[vague ridge]

Pics of Bunny please

[left pebble]

YOOOO

that totally qualifies as #🐾│pet-pics tho

We want them pics

[vague ridge]

^^^^^

[cinder comet]

Is #📢│community-news new or am I crazy

[cobalt cradle]

I believe a sneaky admin decided to organise a little

[cinder comet]

Okay, so it is new?

😂

[cobalt cradle]

think it was added a couple days ago, yush

[summer obsidian]

no, it was just added about 15 minutes ago, bwahaha

[cobalt cradle]

[summer obsidian]

the server announcements

[cobalt cradle]

thought it existed already in the "welcome" section before being moved - I feel bamboozled

[left pebble]

Ooo yeah they moved a ton of stuff

[summer obsidian]

it used to just be announcements. Then 15 minutes ago got split into game and server and moved down

[cinder comet]

Everyone now trying to figure it out

[left pebble]

#📮│public-polls is now under palia chat

[cinder comet]

@summer obsidian how do you know the time ?

@left pebble yeah I saw that too!

[summer obsidian]

I saw it move live, and we commented about it and Nel came in here and flashy thinged us

[cinder comet]

Ahhhh

[cobalt cradle]

it's simply my brain derping then no real surprise

[cinder comet]

Wonder if that means we are getting a server announcement soon.

[fallen sun]

Time to consult the bones

[left pebble]

I guess the community has a name now too, "villagers"

[summer obsidian]

hello villager Disturbo, How fare thee this eve?

[cinder comet]

[regal swallow]

Hello Fellow Village Pals

[left pebble]

T'is a fine day today! Sun shines and the wind is calm, how about yourself?

[fallen sun]

👋 It's too hot and I wish for death!

[summer obsidian]

I caught naught while fishing this morn. So now I shall cook up lentils and see if Zeki has a good deal on any fruit today.

[cinder comet]

It is so nice chatting in here now lol

The chat isn't moving 100 mph

[ocean smelt]

Agreed

[regal lagoon]

never wish for something like this.. you wish will be granted 🧚‍♂️

[arctic onyx]

proximity voice chat would be sick

[cinder comet]

I agree

[modest sedge]

Woah, #📮│public-polls is closer to us now.

[arctic onyx]

and if people don't like it, they could just turn it off

[lilac turtle]

I agree, but I've also met the internet 😦

[buoyant sinew]

Indeed, with the obvious ability to either disable it or allow only friends etc.

[summer obsidian]

haha! It's fun watching everyone come in noticing the channels get moved 😛

[cinder comet]

Yeah they're definitely working on the server right now

[arctic onyx]

or add a player filter that filters both player visibility and chat

[arctic onyx]

this would be super beneficial for rp players

[left pebble]

Ah I should pass by Zeki's too, broke my axe while chopping some wood earlier this week!

[summer obsidian]

poo, Nel stopped streaming music. Gotta pull something up for myself now, haha

[lilac turtle]

You'd want to have voice chat off by default. You can filter chat to be more friendly, but not people's voice

[cinder comet]

I wouldn't mind some proximity chat

[arctic onyx]

i recommend jap city pop

[arctic onyx]

you could have people manually filter vc

[fallen sun]

proximity chat you can filter to friends/guildmates only

[lilac turtle]

If the community turns into what I hope, I'd love some proximity voice chat

[summer obsidian]

ok, just pulled up a playlist "Japanese 80s City Pop Songs"

[arctic onyx]

have it friends only by default

[fallen sun]

yeah

[arctic onyx]

is it by a guy called vespresso?

[summer obsidian]

no, Rare Candy

[buoyant sinew]

Definitely manual activation for public proximity chat, but having it would seem very logical

ie. default friends only, I mean

[void imp]

thinking about walking around palia with a friend who is shy and only has friend's voices enabled and hides behind me a bit, crossing paths witha a stranger, i talk to them and go "it's fine this guy is a sweetheart" and then the friend enables voice chat.

interactions like that 🥺 i love social games, and this kind of thing in a pretty fantasy landscape??

[arctic onyx]

i am a very vocal person, i love interacting more with vc than text

i come from a background of rust and destiny 2

[regal swallow]

"Hello fellow Pals, I am Shrew the Storyteller."

[arctic onyx]

where vc is mandatory to success

[buoyant sinew]

Ah, rust. "I'm friendly!"

[sonic jolt]

@echo ermine

Will be there way of playing Palia without combat? Let's say I want to focus only on building or harvesting. Will be there content focused on that part of game? I imagine there will be class/profession like carpenter, and during some raid or dungeon he would be able to build bridge for shortcut or to access some hidden objective?

It has already been said that pvp will not be a prevelant part of the game, and "pvp" will be more of a competition in a sport or game rather than eliminating other players

[arctic onyx]

menacingly crafts a spear while talking

[little silo]

While nekkid

[arctic onyx]

yup!

[buoyant sinew]

All of the little time I spent on rust has been more or less naked flute-solos during night time near big bases

It's been a blast tho, maybe i should do it again for a change

[arctic onyx]

oh i also played albion, i love sandbox mmo and mmo lites

it's why I'm hyped for palia

sandbox

[little silo]

Its one of those games where you just find yourself asking "how. How is THIS a thing?"

[sonic jolt]

Im looking forward to New World tbh

[arctic onyx]

but a peaceful sandbox seems pretty unique in the mmo space and that's what caught my attention

[arctic onyx]

i may or may not pre ordered it 2 years ago when amazon was giving it for free

[sonic jolt]

Lol

[little silo]

Isn't that by Amazon? I don't trust Amazon to not ruin a good thing.

[cobalt cradle]

are you pawssibly considering doing wee short fireside storytelling moments ingame too?

[honest haven]

O.o amazon

[arctic onyx]

this is Amazon's first proper game

the other ones were just published by them

[honest haven]

Ahh since when

[regal swallow]

"Yes I am, my next story is called the Little Shimmerfly"

[little silo]

Yup, and they can't even make Amazon Prime work right.

[arctic onyx]

umm since 2014?

[sonic jolt]

Amazon had a lot of money throw around so im expecting something atleast relatively decent

[cinder comet]

Almost at 75k members

[buoyant sinew]

Exploration, chilling in a low stress environment is what caught my interest as well. Haven't been able to enjoy gaming that much recently mostly due to work stress, but Palia seems ideal. Most recently I've been chilling in minecraft with my girlfriend, a lot of it on peaceful too. Coming from a pretty competitive, progress oriented background but that mentality seems to be nearly dead to say the least.

[arctic onyx]

ill keep an eye out for new world cuz they turned the game around significantly

[void imp]

over actually, press ctrl + r

[cinder comet]

Oh we passed it

[cobalt cradle]

hopefully I'll get to lurk through some of those story moments

[cinder comet]

@void imp mobile atm

[viral scroll]

I have to say I relate, I would love a chill game nowdays

[echo ermine]

I'm bot telling about PvP. I just want to know if creators considered fully non combat way od playing Palia. Without event PvE. Just crafting, gathering, socializing and preparing marshmalows on campfire ;) It's bot that I don't want to have PvE but its would be quite interesting if that would be possibility ^^

[void imp]

fancy

[buoyant sinew]

oh and I really really enjoy giving feedback and try to report bugs wink

[little silo]

I'll wait for reviews and gameplay before I buy.

[regal swallow]

"A few days ago I told a story called Einar and the Bobbles"

[arctic onyx]

they confirmed that you can progress without combat

[sonic jolt]

Ah @echo ermine iirc thats also been answered then, pvp will be secondary, community and more wholesome tasks will take higher priority

[cinder comet]

Paid or not ill be in the game day 1. Too invested now

[sonic jolt]

Any form of combat is not required

[echo ermine]

Awesome than! Thank you :3

[whole crag]

only combat i want to have is the fight against time because i want to do everything in the game

[cinder comet]

Tbh I'm glad there is no pvp. I love pvp but something relaxed sounds better

[arctic onyx]

give me sot esque tall tales, puzzles and riddles and i will literally sell my soul

[cinder comet]

F I s h I n g

[whole crag]

F E E S H

[cobalt cradle]

treasure hunts

[buoyant sinew]

gimme obstacle courses and jump puzzles along with something to tickle my brain with and I'm gonna be all over it

[ionic portal]

Would be really cool if you could bury treasure for others to find

[celest maple]

is the beta out yet

[void imp]

it will take at least a month or several months and it's a pre alpha

[reef charm]

Hello guys. im new here! Why i can't sign up for the pre-alpha, is it closed?

i click the link but nothing happen

[void imp]

did you enter your email before you clicked "submit query"?

[reef charm]

i enter my email, i complete the survey

[void imp]

ah that confused me too but no one got a confirmation email, don't worry

[brave thorn]

There is no confirmation email to completing the forms.

[reef charm]

no i mean there is a button "sign up for pre-alpha", if i click it nothing happens

[whole crag]

you dont join it right away

you are put in a list.

[void imp]

did you forget to fill in a field? some of them have to be filled as a requirement

[reef charm]

oh ok got it

[brave thorn]

I checked the homepage and it is working. You did go to palia.com yes?

[void imp]

aah

[cinder comet]

@reef charm they will send out an email in a few weeks.

[reef charm]

thanks

[loud axle]

I've returned. With mac and cheese~

[ocean smelt]

Jealous

[loud axle]

Because I'm 5~

[whole crag]

ive never had Mac n cheese

[brave thorn]

I had cajun alfredo mac with grilled chicken myself today

[patent adder]

It's gooood 🤤

[gaunt cosmos]

?

[loud axle]

https://tenor.com/view/heart-attack-in-pain-chest-pain-gif-8730655

[celest maple]

I am 33 and I just ranted to my sis about how great mac n cheese is XD

[loud axle]

I hope Palia has mac @@

The ULTIMATE comfort food

[cobalt cradle]

awww yiss mentioned the chocolate eggs from WoW too before because it's a wonderful little feature but rarely sees any use outside of getting an achievement

[whole crag]

isnt that like 90% of neat small things in WoW?

[loud axle]

Mechanics that let players essentially run their own community events are awesome

[languid sun]

truffle mac n cheese

[kind stratus]

will palia be on steam?

[loud axle]

Most likely, they've said they're starting with a PC release and hopefully eventually moving to console support as well. It'll either be its own launcher, or on Steam.

[cinder comet]

Mmmm I'm making home made ramen for dinner

[undone tartan]

I just had mac & cheese myself, homemade of course.

[cinder comet]

I buy all of my stuff from the local Asian market. So cheap. I can't wait to cook in palia lol

[modest sedge]

That's some... next level mac n cheese.

[cinder comet]

Here's a debate. Breadcrumbs on Mac n cheese?

[undone tartan]

I'm hoping Palia takes inspiration from Breath of the Wild and has freeform cooking mechanics. I would love to be able to mix any ingredients together to see what buffs I get from them.

[cinder comet]

@undone tartan YESSS

[whole crag]

i want to make horrible garbage food

[mystic gale]

I just want the girl in the mountains from BOTW to make another appearance

[modest sedge]

You mean like Paper Mario Thousand Year Door?

[mystic gale]

"NO! TOUCHIE! MY! COOKPOT!"

[void imp]

the tea mini game in one of the professor layton games

[loud axle]

So anyway on the topic of player-run events, that's kind of why I'm hoping there will be a town "message-board" of the like where you can pay to post notices. I enjoy playing hide-and-seek in games so it'd be fun to post a message and then give a prize to people who find ya~

[cobalt cradle]

alas, that is true for way too many unique tiny details

[mystic gale]

I loved that minigame so much. Their comments on all the bad tea XD

[undone tartan]

Paper Mario: the Thousand Year Door was good, but it only allowed for up to two ingredients; that meant that it was less freeform cooking and more... a large list of potential recipes.

[void imp]

no joke

[modest sedge]

True. I haven't played BoTW so that was the only comparison I could think of. 😄

[whole crag]

i want a tea party like in FE3H

[loud axle]

Ragnarok Online had a fun little thing after making a god item, the guild master would be able to summon a bunch of waves of gift boxes in towns that players could then run around and kill for an hour or so to get prizes. Was always a good time.

[undone tartan]

BOTW was neat in that you could mix any ingredients together, up to five of them. Most recipes were alike, but the actual product varied depending on what you put in it.

[whole crag]

hyrule herb x4 and ONE meat

super healing

[loud axle]

Whoawhoawhoa once you got the cookbook you could do THREE ingredients!

[modest sedge]

Oh that's cool. So combos and each food had buffs/debuffs or something and it was calculated from that probably? Neat.

[undone tartan]

Really? I forgot that.

[cobalt cradle]

My Time At Portia has a similar thing, where there's an airship that flies through town on a specific day and it drops presents you can pick up (alongside a hoard of NPCs and their own grabby hands)

[loud axle]

Yep, Day of the Bright Sun! 😄

[cobalt cradle]

it's fun though since you don't know what's inside the package

[undone tartan]

Different ingredients healed different amounts, and most food items had a buff that you could only bring out by cooking it; each ingredient had their own buff power and length.

[whole crag]

i loved making hearty foods

[modest sedge]

Someone gets it! Haha

[loud axle]

I always loved thinking about the physics of those items dropping from so far up... That must have been a LOT of padding in those boxes to keep things from breaking 🤔

[faint dawn]

Someone remind me to do my diary later. In like 4 hours.. or smtn.

[cobalt cradle]

makes it an even better present when you can reward your backyard Chapaa with a padded box to lurk in

[loud axle]

So did anyone else see the new "server-announcements" channel and get SUPER EXCITED until they realized it's just Discord server announcements? No? Just me?

[cobalt cradle]

uh I doubt you're alone in this conundrum

[regal swallow]

I got a bit excited but I can wait and fish all day

[undone tartan]

If the fishing is anything like Stardew Valley, it'll be enjoyable.

[eternal temple]

I believe they said it would be something like that right?

[undone tartan]

Exactly!

[smoky sonnet]

but not as hard of a learning curve

[eternal temple]

Yesss

[old sedge]

I was so terrible at fishing in Stardew at first.

[loud axle]

My best friend hates Stardew fishing with a passion. Literally can't even catch the fish that don't move. :l

[eternal temple]

Lmao for real

[modest sedge]

Naw, if it is like Super Black Bass Pro Fishing Game for the SNES, the fishing is gonna be awesome.

[undone tartan]

I'm used to fishing in video games, and SDV's fishing is really fun for me. But I can understand why many people don't like it.

[eternal temple]

I had fun doing it. Fishing in general is like gambling, you never know what you’re going to pull up out of the water and it’s pretty addicting

[loud axle]

I never had any issues. I remember catching catfish with level 1 or 2 fishing a couple days into the game lol

[smoky sonnet]

always fun getting the treasure chests to show up

[loud axle]

I just loved figuring out what fish spawn where and when

I try not to rely on a wiki / guide when I play things, I love that sense of discovery

[eternal temple]

I also like seasonal fish..among other seasonal things like certain seeds and stuff for farming

[old sedge]

Me too! I usually try to do wiki free for a while. But then I gotta complete my collections and stuff so I usually cave. Hah

[loud axle]

I actually just asked a question for the next Q&A on that vein, about if pre-alpha will have focuses they're trying to test or if it'll be more of a "freeform play and let us know what you discover" type of thing

[frigid cargo]

]

[regal swallow]

Bingo card test!

[loud axle]

I wonder who's gonna end up making Palia's wiki. 😛 I know someone in the community had started a fandom, but I also couldn't help but notice that http://www.paliawiki.com/ is a claimed domain...

[left pebble]

:o

[old sedge]

Oooooo

[left pebble]

https://palia.fandom.com/wiki/Palia_Wiki this exists too

[faint dawn]

Idk but id love to help work on it. o3o

But it might help if you have access to the game..

[loud axle]

lol for sure. I'm waiting until after pre-alpha before I start getting to invested with anything

[ember panther]

Grinding activities like fishing in games seems not even worth it unless its an MMO

[left pebble]

Yes we definitely need more people working on it!

[faint dawn]

I have alot of theories of what things could be, but they are just theories..

[left pebble]

I love working on the lore aspect of things, not so much the mechanical stats

[solemn laurel]

Hello everyone

[whole crag]

bruh! stardew and terraria wants your number

[loud axle]

You won't be able to, pre-alpha is under an NDA so you can't disclose anything from it unfortunately.

[old sedge]

Ohhh. That makes sense.

[whole crag]

do we all agree to the NDA by playing it?

[summer obsidian]

yep

[whole crag]

good

[loud axle]

The pre-alpha yeah

[left pebble]

https://valorant-lore.fandom.com/wiki/Skye
This is my golden child of wikis, valorant lore!

[whole crag]

its gonna get talked about anyways i feel.

[left pebble]

a bit off topic, i hope that's fine

[echo jolt]

i saw skye hello

[left pebble]

:D

she's my pfp :p

[celest sluice]

Any way I could get a better chance at alpha? Really wanna play this game and want to give myself the best chance possible

[loud axle]

Did you fill out the survey? That's really all we know to increase your chances. We'll all get to play eventually though, even if we aren't picked for pre-alpha!

[celest sluice]

Yeah I did but wanted to see if there was anything else I could do

[loud axle]

Nope, unfortunately not. Now it's just luck of the draw! We don't know when exactly they'll drop pre-alpha either, so keep an eye on your email, their social feeds, and here on Discord.

[regal swallow]

Shrew sits down and opens his storybook

[celest maple]

We playing DnD?

[regal swallow]

"Come sit around and hear a little fleeting tale of a Little Shimmerfly."

[cobalt cradle]

[summer obsidian]

sits down to listen to the story

[void imp]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/675157569433501697/854134057137733642/ShockingDampBats-size_restricted.gif

[left pebble]

(are we outside or inside)

[regal swallow]

"Sit around the campfire and get all snuggly inside."

[summer obsidian]

🔥

[wispy slate]

was there any kind of conformation that we had signed up for the alpha?

[void imp]

nope

[wispy slate]

kk ty

[left pebble]

Disturbo takes off his cloak and hangs it on a tree branch
Been a while friends, Shimmerflies today aye?

[viral shuttle]

No, Linus.

[cinder comet]

I keep staring at that #📢│community-news because it's new

[loud axle]

Begins making s'mores

[cobalt cradle]

inserts a tiny pancake

[loud axle]

Marshmallow catches on fire

[viscid aurora]

makes smores

[regal swallow]

"Every year on the Harvest Moonlit night, the town came together for a festival of delights."

[brazen warren]

Evening! ❤️

[regal swallow]

"Come join us by the campfire I was telling a story."

[novel plank]

Finally finished making my burrito:)

[mystic gale]

Ooooh burrito

[wispy slate]

There needs to be a campfire channel

[faint dawn]

Campfire stories.. :o

[novel plank]

It’s taco meat, rice, cheese, sour cream.. would’ve had corn but the corn tasted weird so I decided against it

[loud axle]

Phew no beans

[void imp]

[upbeat elm]

Hello!

[novel plank]

I need shimmerflies in my life rn

[brazen warren]

I don't talk a lot here but I swear y'all are so cute with your little reacts when I say hi gives the warm fuzzies

[upbeat elm]

yep it's always rough for new members to join existing communities but a sweet community makes all the difference, keep being awesome!
I'll check in later

[graceful orchid]

So I said I would be back after my workout. Yah I just went to work early lol. Anyways hows everyone's day???

[regal swallow]

"There were squeals and laughter aplenty, as the colorful streamers were placed gently."

[void imp]

(i'm listening to shrew's story, i hope you had a nice day! )

[faint dawn]

Im very curious of the type of festivals in palia.. the shimmerfly one will hopefully be ingame..

And as a community we can countdown and release them.

[left pebble]

Apparently it is the migration of the Shimmerflies

*according to the s6 page

[faint dawn]

Ooh

It still better happen

[left pebble]

Hell yeah, looks awesome

[mystic gale]

The very name shimmerfly conjures so much in my brain.

[gilded sleet]

have the devs stopped updating the FAQ doc?

[regal swallow]

"The tools were put away at the dimming light rays of day, and in the dark the townsfolk began to dance, play and sway."

[summer obsidian]

the FAQ document was unofficial and was being updated by Vlad. He stopped updating it once the devs started answering questions in the official thread #❓│old-team-answers-alpha

[left pebble]

The devs don't update it afaik, it community driven and there simply haven't been any more questions

[regal swallow]

"The smell of the food's aroma filled the air as Fireworks were fired in the sky sparkling blossoms of flair."

[brisk ivy]

A 4th of July event?

[brave thorn]

I think it depends on the free time that Neleimour will have and being able to get feedback from the rest of the dev team.

[left pebble]

Ah nono i meant the change of format, like overflow explained

[brave thorn]

Ah yeah,. I think the Ask the Team section is more or less meant for asking up to date questions.

Its that what I mean that we should not expect to see updates frequently for.

[magic mist]

they are not sure where humans went, but retained an important 4th of July date as something special

[brave thorn]

Pretty sure they will remember it as the scare the crap out of your dogs and chapaas with pyrotechnics day.

[magic mist]

true

[regal swallow]

"In our lanterns given around held creatures of the sky. Their bio-luminescence pleasing to the eye."

[heavy dew]

[regal swallow]

"In our soul their designs made our hearts flutter. As everyone opened their lantern shutter."

"Oh how they glimmer, oh how in the night do they shimmer."

"And as the multitudes of them flew high. I knew one of them was my Little Shimmerfly."

[summer obsidian]

[faint dawn]

[heavy dew]

https://tenor.com/view/bravo-amazed-clap-woah-wow-gif-17206492

[regal swallow]

Shrew closes and clasps his storybook "A short but happy story that was."

[heavy dew]

Round of applause for you

[summer obsidian]

So cute and wholesome. I love it! 😄

[faint dawn]

We need a campfire place.. to tell stories both nice.. and scary..

[void imp]

[loud axle]

Has nodded off and is drooling slightly

[regal swallow]

I will clip it into a google doc and put it in fanart after. It was short as I'm dealing with a bit of ... family distress I apologize.

[left pebble]

Um how about, PaliaCraft while we wait for Palia 👀

That way we can do campfire nights

[void imp]

oh no thank you for taking the time then!!

[loud axle]

Hope it wasn't anything serious!

[summer obsidian]

Sorry for the family stuff Shrew, thanks for telling the story!

[cobalt cradle]

thank you for sharing such a lovely short moment with us!

[wise elk]

Palia Hype Lets GO!!!!!

[runic jasper]

Hello!

[regal swallow]

[void imp]

thank you for the bedtime story goodnight pals

[cobalt cradle]

sweet dreams!

[regal swallow]

May you rest easy among the Shimmerflies

[summer obsidian]

uh-oh, a new rule was added: No impersonating devs or mods.
Just be you. Misleading the community into thinking you are a developer or a moderator will result in an immediate ban. This includes changing your nickname to match anyone on the team or having a tag similar to [S6] on your server nickname.

I didn't see this happen, but it must have for it to need to be added

[wispy wyvern]

Yeah a couple times.

[left pebble]

I saw one person the other day, [S6] FakeDev lol

[summer obsidian]

Geez

[regal swallow]

or the [S0] person

[shut hinge]

That bites

[ember panther]

Says the vampire

xD

[void imp]

i'm still letting discord read messages out loud and "vampire said: that bites" was priceless

[shut hinge]

VAMPIRE?!!! WHERE!!

[loud axle]

Yeah it was a problem last night... They kept changing it back after Steve changed it so I think they got the full boot. 😛

[heavy dew]

We’ve also lost rights for images and out of server emotes for the same reason xD minority collateral

[summer obsidian]

Some people are crazy

[shut hinge]

Rights are but an illusion

[regal swallow]

I wonder what my next story will be, maybe something about the statue among the trees

[loud axle]

Yeah for sure. I was especially concerned when they kept challenging the mod on it. Like... dude, just do what you're asked D:

[shut hinge]

I hear you can get them back if you visit my blood bank

[left pebble]

I might hop on the short story wagon too, did them for another game

[summer obsidian]

Yeah, they better not bother the mods...Steve already has all of us to deal with...no room for some crazy knuckleheads

[plush delta]

Short stories?

[heavy dew]

But acting out like an idiot makes you cool in front of your friends, no?

[regal swallow]

Excellent of Stories of Delight! Together we can bring smiles around to all of our Pals!

[left pebble]

The Villagers will have tales to read until the next Disappearance!

[regal swallow]

We do what we can, with the lore we have at hand.

[shut hinge]

Bippity boppity your blood is my property

[cobalt cradle]

oh oh oh add a tiny mouse - if they're a thing 👀 or we can say they are for now... also with purrhaps a tiny top hat or frayed straw hat, like Einar's

[regal swallow]

Probably not, I do not want to infringe on something that won't be added in the game

[heavy dew]

Can always use bread

[regal swallow]

And writing a story about chapaas can be a bit.. of a PROBLEM

[cobalt cradle]

the smallest of Chuus then?

[regal swallow]

That sounds like a wholesome underdog story

Maybe a story about a Chuu Chuu train

called the Stolen Teapot

[cobalt cradle]

sort of in tune with the tiny dog and how it learned to bork UwU

[brisk ivy]

If a problem of chapaas and a murder of crows collide, who would win?

[cobalt cradle]

think I still have that book somewhere in fact >.>

[heavy dew]

@regal swallow the next Netflix original: How to get away with Teapot - a chuu tale

[keen basin]

Chuu chuu train!

[regal swallow]

Maybe start a punbook as well for Zeki

[summer obsidian]

doen't matter...either way it will be a murderous problem!!

[cobalt cradle]

tell your friend a bad pun - blame Zeki?

[summer obsidian]

Becoming a vegetarian is one big missed steak.

[cobalt cradle]

also as a random note, granted barrels pretty much look the same in any game, but for some reason the giant one right outside the tavern in the trailer reminds me of Chen Stormstout's vats 👀

[tepid stratus]

lol

[cobalt cradle]

and totally want to be the Chuu in the letterbox or whatever the little hut on a peg is

[oblique dune]

Would miss out on Chapaa burgers!

[brisk ivy]

For me, it reminded me of dwarves for some reason. But it's actually milk.

[cobalt cradle]

mm that works too actually might just be the well rounded shapes they used for it - style wise

ooooh wait... so the icon on the barrel is the fluff cow and not a chonky deer? 👀

[runic jasper]

One of the main things i'm excited for is character customization, house-sharing/building and roleplay potential!

[cobalt cradle]

or elk/moose rather (I'll catch my brain somewhere along the line, it's taking a walking right now)

[runic jasper]

My laptop is pretty garbo though. I know the team has said the specs needed aren't the highest, but definitely hoping for a console release.

[regal swallow]

An Antlean?

[novel plank]

still wishing for a food channel, which i did put in server suggestions :/

[cobalt cradle]

yes an Antlean, I did realise though that the antlers/horns looked different

[cyan basin]

hey lower case, how are you doing today?

[novel plank]

i'm doing well I just finished eating dinner and watching a movie, how about you? :)

[runic jasper]

Ahh, I wanna know more about cooking!

[cyan basin]

doing good today, D&D night

[left pebble]

That is a good night

[latent sonnet]

Oof I wish it was D&D night for me

[cobalt cradle]

also @regal swallow since you considered the statue in the middle of the town square, it could turn into a bird/Chapaa bath after a rainy day.. if it's an actual bowl without too big of a crack (at least looking at the map, the sketch there looks almost like a bowl like thing)

[regal swallow]

no i meant the statue in the middle of the forest

[cobalt cradle]

ah right 🤔 getting ahead of myself

[novel plank]

my bf and I want to find people to learn and play D&D with so bad

[left pebble]

this one right? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/816275304992997427/854155375670460456/unknown.png

[regal swallow]

I bet you will find many people who play D&D in here.

[heavy dew]

Personally, never played

[regal swallow]

Even I DM D&D

[summer obsidian]

I've watched friends play, but have never played myself

(tagged wrong post)

[heavy dew]

I’m waiting until they make a video game of it

[novel plank]

for D&D ?

[left pebble]

There are games! Baldurs Gate i believe

[novel plank]

I heard there's a movie coming out for it lol

[heavy dew]

Yeah

[clear wraith]

Hello lovelies and woo lawd I used to D&D but it's been like 8 years.

[regal swallow]

You missed my story today

[clear wraith]

!

[wispy wyvern]

Pulls up a chair

In time gone by there was a tale of an animated series where a group of teenagers who boarded a carnival ride only to be swept in to a world of fantasy and danger...

[clear wraith]

What was your story today?

[heavy dew]

It’s in fanart

[regal swallow]

My Little Shimmerfly

it was cute

[clear wraith]

Ooo it's delectably bite-sized.

[runic jasper]

I love Critical Role and i've played DnD in person once, it was fun.

[latent sonnet]

Ah it didn't work :/

[regal swallow]

I'm not much of a drawer, My art is of the word

[heavy dew]

Poetry is art

[clear wraith]

I understand this. I also love to make words, but am pretty terrible at drawing.

[wispy wyvern]

Technically this is the third movie. But the first two were... well... hrrm.

[cobalt cradle]

with practise, even something 'terrible' can become a wonderful, polished gem

[regal swallow]

A Palia movie

[clear wraith]

Also what's this about a glittery bug festival? I'm totally here for glittery bug festivals, I've just been at work all day.

[runic jasper]

Also, WOW. The official trailer for Palia has 15k likes and only 64 dislikes.

[heavy dew]

Those 64 people are out of their minds

[pine wagon]

64 people that want pvp /jk

[heavy dew]

Savages

[summer obsidian]

Oh I'll pvp them alright

[wispy wyvern]

Those 64 people are pvpers and love monetization topics.

[regal swallow]

What kind of music do you think the NPCs like?

[pine wagon]

synthpop

called it

[clear wraith]

I choose to believe those 64 peoples' finger slipped

[wispy wyvern]

Einar I reckon likes kettle drums.

[undone tartan]

I say hurdy-gurdy.

[heavy dew]

Einar is definitely a screamo type of robot

[clear wraith]

It's the only explanation

[runic jasper]

I really really hope the character customization goes beyond masculine or feminine body types. That's fine, but I hope there are additional customizations you can apply, like height, width, etc.

[summer obsidian]

I bet Einar only like music that sounds like nature...

[heavy dew]

Einar only listens to Dial-Up xD

[runic jasper]

That way everyone isn't all the exact same height or build.

Einar loves TV static

[clear wraith]

I also hope for age variety. I wanna be a little old auntie.

[summer obsidian]

It's kind of sad...a golem made with bolts and screws, only really likes the natural uncreated...

[runic jasper]

That too!

I want to recreate myself and my friend's RP characters in the game.

[cobalt cradle]

meanwhile asking myself how "PercyButterFiend" didn't register in my brain fully until now

[faint dawn]

I want a small char, an amazonian woman. And.. a surprise char..

Like thicc

[clear wraith]

Also Einar talks about oneness a lot and loves pebbles. I betchu he's got a singing bowl somewhere.

[summer obsidian]

it still isn't registering with me....

[regal swallow]

[faint dawn]

What is it?

[heavy dew]

I too don’t know

[cobalt cradle]

there's a player name hover tag in the trailer... at least I think it's a player character

[runic jasper]

I want a character that looks like me and my RP character. So having diverse body types, heights, weights, etc. are essential to me.

[summer obsidian]

yeah, but it means something?

[wispy wyvern]

It's one of the Devs

[cobalt cradle]

would make sense - they definitely seem like a bunch who would go for silly names like that

[summer obsidian]

oh, cool. I didn't notice a dev named Percy

[cobalt cradle]

not sure why it feels so familiar though uwu

from outside of Palia context I mean

[regal swallow]

did you notice Steve and Neleimour at the player's house with Einar at the door?

[summer obsidian]

Yeah, haha

[stable oar]

👋

[brisk ivy]

I hope they allow spaces in character names.

[cyan basin]

so we can have first and last names

[little silo]

That would be great for RP

Or unofficial "titles"

Baron Havok, for example

[regal swallow]

Shrew the Storyteller

[little silo]

Like that

[celest maple]

i want to meet #3

[brisk ivy]

I like how GW2 handles nameplates. Spaces allowed in names, with official titles hovering underneath.

[celest maple]

#2 is the inn keeper holding a rifle

[cyan basin]

or walking stick!

[summer obsidian]

or broom

[clear wraith]

Def looks like a mop

[brisk ivy]

Yeah, it's probably a mop.

[static mango]

Is anyone from nocturnal gang still up?

[little silo]

Sleep is for the weak

[static mango]

Fight the good fight

[regal swallow]

Overflow thinks I don't sleep

[little silo]

I sustain myself with hype and caffine.

[cinder comet]

I think overflow and I are on the same sleep schedule

Lol

[summer obsidian]

bwahaha... sleeping about midnight - 7 right now EST

[static mango]

It's nearly 2 am here

[summer obsidian]

so you are in the UK?

[clear wraith]

I must sleep at night because work

[static mango]

I live in Ireland

[regal swallow]

Maybe once i get a better map we can play flavored Palia Dnd after the NDA of course

[clear wraith]

Go to bed!

[static mango]

Soon soon.. probably

[cyan basin]

soon *tm

[static mango]

Damn missed opportunity xD

[wispy wyvern]

Goodnight folks, rest well!

[static mango]

Night :D

[severe mulch]

Ah, the announcement hype has gone. How's everyone doing tonight? :D

[summer obsidian]

haha! Doing well, how are you?

[regal swallow]

A happy day full of Pals around me!

[severe mulch]

I'm okay! So, is there an official resource I can check out for info on the game, other than the website? I mean this is the game's channel, but it seems like there's not much to tlak about

[shut hinge]

Not really bar #❓│old-team-answers-alpha

[loud axle]

The game still hasn't gone in to pre-alpha yet so there's not a whole lot of info. There's a community FAQ pinned to this channel that was compiled from the old #❓│old-team-answers-pre-alpha channel that you can peruse, though!

[ionic portal]

There's the unofficial google doc but the answers there are legit

[loud axle]

Just keep in mind that some info from that FAQ may be outdated, #❓│old-team-answers-alpha has more up-to-date info.

[grizzled granite]

^ :D

[cobalt cradle]

oooh a wild whirlygig appears

[loud axle]

Quick, get the master ball

[cobalt cradle]

that too - but I was thinking along the lines of being a tinker and clock maker

[latent sonnet]

Hi Palians

Hope Monday wasn't too cruel to you

[ocean smelt]

Greetings, sir

[summer obsidian]

I survived, so I guess it could have been worse 😛

[latent sonnet]

Every day you survive, you win

[remote moss]

any day feels the same when you're preparing for an exam

[forest valve]

Yup

[latent sonnet]

Mmm that sounds like a Past Me problem 😄

Sorry it's a Current You problem!

[summer obsidian]

Sending all my love and energy...I'm so glad I'm past those days. Exams are the WORST!

[remote moss]

that's so kind of you, thank you! 🙂

it's my first year so i have a long journey ahead haha

[latent sonnet]

Don't worry, in a few short decades you'll think of this time wistfully

[regal swallow]

You got this!! Exams are hard because you need to shove info into your brain to retain! but remember to also get a good night sleep among the Shimmerflies!

[remote moss]

yup, luckily i love what i'm studying right now, it's so much easier when it's interesting

[plush birch]

What are you studying?

[remote moss]

foreign languages! right now i'm preparing for english and general linguistics

[stable oar]

Chapaa training

[regal swallow]

Getting my master's degree in Lore

[summer obsidian]

That's so good!! I started college studying French, but two years in it got really hard, so I ended up changing it. Foreign Language just didn't come naturally to me 😛

[plush birch]

Nice! One of my friends majored in linguistics and comp sci and they loved it. It's a super interesting field

[little silo]

They have said they aren't ready to say just yet

fair'nuff

[clear wraith]

I'm firmly in the "Shut up and take my money" camp.

[little silo]

Ah, you're asking us?

I really don't want to get into a monetization discussion so I'm dipping outl.

[remote moss]

same for me but the other way around, i started with something else completely but didn't like it, so i switched! number one priority is always doing what you like the most

[ocean smelt]

Impostor

[young terrace]

anything except monthly fee or pay to win is my hope

[little silo]

Oooh, we have us a Highlander situation!

[summer obsidian]

same. I've had all different types of monetization models for games I've played. With this game, I'm just going to pay whatever they choose - so I don't really care much what is chosen, bwahaha. Just take my money Palia 😄

[ocean smelt]

were you named after Highlander too lmao

[celest maple]

Free to play! With exclusive cosmetics to pay for.

[little silo]

Tosses two broad swords in between Duncan and Duncan and starts calling for bets

You know how this has to end! Begin!

[clear wraith]

replaces the broad swords with berry pies

[young terrace]

a one time purchase with a cosmetic store would work for me

[fallen sun]

I could tolerate a sub, but im real uninterested in extensive ingame stores that suck the wind out of the gameplay

[little silo]

O.O

Pies good too

and now I'm hungry. Bah!

[clear wraith]

You'll still get a good mess, but keeps it wholesome.

[remote moss]

could a free to play work? it feels like to much of a big project to be

buy-to-play would be the best for me, i don't really like subscriptions

[little silo]

:/

[loud axle]

Wow that's a lot of devs on 😮

[regal swallow]

Pie Charts is usually the answer

[loud axle]

Thought they'd all have logged off by now for dinner!

[young terrace]

I think free to play could work if they made the game really cosmetic focused. But i'm not a businessman

[ocean smelt]

I'm not sure what model I'd prefer... Whatever makes the devs the most money without ruining the game, I guess. Paid cosmetics are something I'm totally okay with

[celest maple]

I am personally hoping for a low buy in price. Along with tons of "inexpensive" mtx for cosmetics

[remote moss]

that's true, they said already they plan to expand the story, maybe they'll expand the world too... it would feel unfair to pay just once then

[ocean smelt]

😎

[celest maple]

That way we can buy the game...and if we do not like it. We are not put 60 bucks....but if we do like it. We can support it more with lots of mtx for our communities. But not like 30 bucks for flowers

[remote moss]

at the same time, i'd love to have the freedom of customizing how i like, so maybe a subscription isn't tht bad after all lol

[keen wedge]

hi guys, is my first time here. Have we some news about pre-alpha release date?

[young terrace]

I think though that you can't underestimate marketplace type items. Sea of thieves for example is probably making a killing selling emotes, pets and skins etc.

[summer obsidian]

I was thinking that earlier

[celest maple]

I am okay with a sub too.

[remote moss]

hey! no set date yet, but it's gonna be soon

[celest maple]

Like I love ff14....but I cannot get the "cool" mounts cause I cannot beat the extreme raids. So fml basically. Will forever be a scrub

[ocean smelt]

Lmao

Duncan the Deceiver

[keen wedge]

wow, nice information

[young terrace]

a good duncan and evil duncan

[keen wedge]

is he a lier guys? LOL

[remote moss]

maybe 5 dollars is too little but yeah lol

[young terrace]

i'd say like 20 dollar buy in, lots of cosmetics

[celest maple]

Smaller sub like 9.99 could attract more people...and kids

Or maybe have a single/family sub

[remote moss]

i just wouldn't want the best looking stuff to be under payment, i know there's lots of potential with both character and housing customization but that would kill the vibe for me 😦

[celest maple]

Or group discount...idk...many possibilities

[remote moss]

especially because i know most cosmetics are always priced kinda high

[young terrace]

i hate monthly sub, only way i could see a monthly sub is if they gave everything else free

[remote moss]

this. which, at that point, i'd be okay to pay slightly more

they hinted at a very relaxing, cozy game so most likely no combat/not very intense. there's hunting, which is something

[brisk ivy]

They could have an opt-in subscription, if they can think of some fair things that could belong to it in a social game.

[remote moss]

but i feel like combat isn't gonna be a main focus, it's gonna be more about adventuring and exploring

[keen wedge]

world of warcraft has monthly sub and we have to pay for expansions yet, lol. I hate it too

[young terrace]

yea i wouldn't even bother at that point

[remote moss]

yeah WoW is overpriced, always has been to me lol

[loud axle]

At the end of the day, if they create a game I actually want to play I'll happily do a sub, buy-in, whatever they decide on.

[ocean smelt]

Yeah, at this point the devs haven't given me a reason to doubt them so I think they'll make a good decision

[brisk ivy]

What some games do is they have a subscription that gives you in-game cash shop currency over time with some other benefits, like cash shop discounts.

[ocean smelt]

Or hope.

[loud axle]

VIP type of thing, yeah.

[young terrace]

yea, that's not a bad idea

[young terrace]

if they had a free version and a subscription version

[remote moss]

i'm positive Palia will be a very rich world, i have this feeling. we have lots to discover, the npcs are gonna be a big part of the game. and maybe there will be some form of PvE/PvP, just not exactly classic combat

true, most of the times if you're not starting with friends you'll end up alone until you level a bit

[little field]

Hey all, how's everyone's night/day?

[keen wedge]

imo a lot of people are looking for a MMO that has less PVP and more NPC and role play interactions

[young terrace]

the thing is, if a game aims to allow a player to be creative, they can make money on that desire. Creativity with your character and your home is easy money. Like the sims how they sell packs with stuff in them.

people would buy the furniture and the clothes and whatever else

[stable oar]

Well really depends how many people are going to be in an instance

[young terrace]

prox voice chat is the only good voice chat imo

[stiff beacon]

Ollaaa Cleric Mike 🙂 All well here, just dropped in new in this discord... How are you? 🙂

[stable oar]

Don't need to hear 50 people talking at once in town :)

[remote moss]

that's what i'm looking for too! i mean: housing, character customization and roleplay, mmo, charismatic npcs, a very detailed world, that's all we know so far and they haven't even showed much yet
i'm not interested in min/maxing or combat tbh, a game can be great even without those

[young terrace]

only exception would be to add a party voice chat option. Prox for strangers though

[stable oar]

Like ESO towns are just chaos

[keen wedge]

it would be awesome

[brisk ivy]

Proximity chat is the only voice chat that 3rd party software won't do, so I'm okay with it.

[remote moss]

that's it, lots of potential of course. i'm kind of scared of this but yeah... you gotta make money somehow lol

[little field]

I'm doing well, tired but well. Finsihed up a D&D character for a new game I'm joining

[celest maple]

im looking for an mmo thats chill and allows me to live my life, enjoy my wife, take care if my family, take care of my business and my work and not consume my life as a second job

[keen wedge]

i totaly agree with you

[young terrace]

there are plenty of games that have done it successfully and i'd rather personally have the choice to spend or not spend rather than being forced to spend every month. that's just my personal preference. Usually i even end up spending more than a monthly fee would be. but it's still my choice.

[stiff beacon]

Oehh D&D... now I know of that mainly by hearing... I have to say I am intrigued but never really found a place to play myself yet... Have now a location on mind have not yet approached them however... What kind of character did you create?

[celest maple]

i have a friend who is starting a campaign its his first time as DM and its very chill experience, i can give you his discord info if you want

[remote moss]

you have a point, choosing is always better

[little field]

Well of course I went with a classic of an Ape-Folk Cleric of the Forge /s

[keen wedge]

it is exactly what i'm looking for

[faint dawn]

Ffxiv makes so much bank off fantasia.. which allows you to change every aspect of your charactar..

[celest maple]

did we just become best friends?

[brisk ivy]

I like it when I can play a game without a subscription fee, but still spend the amount a subscription fee would usually cost each month. Lets me jump in and out of the game if I decide to check-in again.

[fluid jungle]

Bloodhunt looks like it might be fun

[stiff beacon]

That would be very kind... mind though, I only have heard of the Dungeons and Dragons way in the back, back in the time we did not have computers for everyone that is 😛

[young terrace]

thats what i was talking about earlier, creativity. lots of money can be made off of allowing the player to be creative

[fluid jungle]

Destroy all the Twilight fans :p

[ocean smelt]

I really like Warframe's monetization system but I doubt they could use it in Palia.

[keen wedge]

best friend from today, lol

[celest maple]

you misunderstood me, i meant a game that doesnt interfere too much with my IRL doesnt take 8 hour days 5 days a week to progress

[young terrace]

especially if it's not a combat focused game, creativity is where the money is

[stiff beacon]

I have some one I am talking to and he said "Ohwww I know that very well" 🙂 Hope it is going to be a great game you will have with that

[faint dawn]

The thing about palia is that it looks like its char creation will have alot with it so chances are youll be able to make the perfect char.. if not close..

[paper mulch]

when was this game first announced? I am here and I already forgot when I joined and I only learned about this one from someone's retweet

[ocean smelt]

Trailer came out on the 3rd?

[faint dawn]

@paper mulch 11 days ago.. speaking of whi h..

[celest maple]

i didnt articulate it well, my bad

[paper mulch]

oh shit then I did join in the beginning but how was it that they made the advertisement so well known?

[stiff beacon]

I am just rolling in here new and after I watched the little Trailer on YT and loved how the innkeeper gives the character a map and that she arrives at this place that is all ruines and she gets to build it up and all... Yup I was sold on that moment... and the whole view of it... A friend of another game pointed this out to me and I must say... wonderfull already

[celest maple]

please send me friend request and ill have you introduced

[ocean smelt]

Well, IGN released the trailer and Asmongold did a reaction video to it

[paper mulch]

I mean how did it reach so many players in such short time

[ocean smelt]

So it got quite a bit of views

[celest maple]

its unique

[young terrace]

I think it's because it's something that a lot of players really want. I know i told people about it.

[stiff beacon]

I just hope I will even be able to play it... in all honesty, I have a brain with a big black hole in the center... and eh... yeah I get easily confused LOL

[summer obsidian]

it's waaay different from what's already out in the MMO scene. If they pull off their vision, it will pretty much open a whole new "type" of MMO game

[young terrace]

there's a million games about killing things. I want a game where i can finally chill out, talk to people, and do my thing.

[remote moss]

it looks well made and it's something many people would like, plus IGN's article was like super boosted on google so everyone who's into gaming and bothers to scroll thru chrome from time to time saw it lol

[celest maple]

hes patient its casual and to chill and have a good time hes a teddy bear

[stiff beacon]

Exactly my thought when I saw that video op YT

[celest maple]

yeah farming sumulator only has 25% of what i need lol

[faint dawn]

Palia log day 11: Zeki the Grimalkin was revealed, and people were crazy about it. Might be the "punny" villager. People still asking about alpha. Excited about shimmerflys

The craziness has gone down. But for how long?..

[stiff beacon]

FINALLY a game where you do not have to kill all and everything on sight 🙂 @young terrace

[young terrace]

lol exactly

[celest maple]

games with killing have turned fun killing into tedious killing

[keen basin]

Has it been 11 days already? Wow!

[brisk ivy]

It's covering online play, which is handled very poorly with the genre it's going for. Nintendo tries to keep things child friendly to a point where it's restricting.

[faint dawn]

Yep

3-14th is 11

[celest maple]

top academia maths right there

[haughty dew]

over 50% of the guild has already signed up for the pre-alpha. This is a game that is spreading fast word to mouth so to say

[faint dawn]

Oh day 9 i was hopped up on sugar and was random.. i made a joke log and someone said i should do it every day...

So i will..

[stiff beacon]

Let's be honest, if you want to shoot and loot... open up any platform and there is a load of games that will provide you with just that... Want to build and shoot... survive and shoot??? Same thing... Now... Something different... no shooting... making friends, explore... adventure... build... now that... there are not many

[celest maple]

ive been killing for 22 years in games

i think im ready to make frens

[young terrace]

there are none that are none that did it right from AAA devs

[summer obsidian]

omg, I just read the other two...please do this everyday! This will bring me SO MUCH JOY!!!

[faint dawn]

Ill def try xD

[little field]

I'm not sure what they know 'cause I made up my race (not the concept, just the stats). Though I wouldn't be suprised if older D&D had Ape-Folk race options

[faint dawn]

It was my birthday today so i was in and out.. so not as much info..

[stiff beacon]

Really? I have been trying to stay away as much as I can from anything that is just "Shoot, loot, kill some more, do nasty stuff, act tough and oh yeah... have bullets? Shoot some more" kind of games... Just give me... making friends... building up families or just building houses... I am game 🙂

[paper mulch]

I wish Valheim would be MMORPG

[summer obsidian]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

[faint dawn]

Ty xD

[stiff beacon]

Okay if I have to run for the wildlife I can live with that... but yeah... I am not much in for shooting and killing

[young terrace]

I have nothing against violent games, but It's every game. I want more games that are not geared towards that.

[regal swallow]

Happy Birthday to you!

[haughty dew]

The problem with Valheim is that it uses peer to peer so anyting above 5 players and you will lag like crazy

[stiff beacon]

I am still thinking if I should buy Valheim... Love the looks of it... But lets be honest... I play Ark... and there... I rather just breed the dino's, fly around and help others out... than that I go and kill and loot what they do on the pvp channels... We are pve where I am at... and I like that well enough... Doing Bosses is nice... but not every day... just once in a blue moon

[faint dawn]

I hope palia does birthdays.. like a little birthday party hat..

[clear wraith]

Surprise party at the inn?

[stiff beacon]

Heyyyy fellow Gemini 🙂 Happy Birthday 🙂 I will have mine coming wednesday 😛

[faint dawn]

Will it be irl birthdays or toon birthdays?..

Id prefer irl over toon

[brisk ivy]

Irl birthdays might be kind of weird if they go for the 1 hour = 1 day thing. 24 days of your birth"day"

[stiff beacon]

Mine is real life...

[faint dawn]

Days in game wont.. itll still go off real time.

[stiff beacon]

LOL Better sims 3... there you had the dial to adapt colors presicely too... we do not have that in sims 4

[paper mulch]

I've played: Tibia, Dragon Nest, Black Desert, World of Warcraft, Shaiya, Knight Online, Archeage, Astonia, Tera and the list goes on really, I see all MMORPGs being the same over and over and over again... the only ones that I got fascinated was Dragon Nest for the action combat + dodging mechanics and Tibia when it was amazing back in 1999-2003, nowadays is always the same hack and slash with cool visuals -.-'

[brisk ivy]

So the game is going with 1 day = 1 day?

[faint dawn]

Just because palia has a solar cycle of an hour doesnt mean a day cant still be 24 hours...

[haughty snow]

1 hour = 1 in game day

[brisk ivy]

But a day is a cycle of the sun.

[ocean smelt]

omg Shaiya lmao

What a throwback

[paper mulch]

haha

[haughty snow]

15 min morning 15 min afternoon 15 min evening 15 min night

[paper mulch]

man I've tried everything really

[stiff beacon]

LOL We all have our personal dreams in that way... Love to see it happen so if you ever get that character made... make a picture of it 🙂

LOL Yup... 🙂

[clear wraith]

I mean, WoW has several day/night cycles per 24-hour period but their holidays still happen at given times in our calendar year, instead of happening every few months.

You suspend disbelief a little

[faint dawn]

Tons of games have a fast solar cycle.. gw2, ffxiv... being notable for me.. but still go off real time.. or server time..
Theres like..

Server time
local time
palia time.

Most events and birthdays go off server time.. aka real life time PST

[haughty snow]

i just assume Azeroth spins faster than earth and is further away from its sun so its years are longer lol

[clear wraith]

Maybe Palia does too!

Just spins really fast

[haughty dew]

I hope we dont age as fast though 😛

[mystic gale]

Eyyyyy happy birthday!!

[brisk ivy]

What I mean is that the NPCs don't have a concept of Earth time, so they'd be celebrating something that they wouldn't have any concept of, if birthdays are relative to our concept of a day. :p

[faint dawn]

I dont get why this is a hard cpncept for people when theyre like "omg days are 1 hour how will this effect seasonal events and stuff?.."

Me: "it doesnt.. it still goes off server time.."...

[brisk ivy]

Well, seasons are different.

[faint dawn]

There might not even be seasons..

[brisk ivy]

That's more about the planet's tilt.

[faint dawn]

Thatll be too much..

[mystic gale]

Yeah I mean, that's the same as all MMOs. Day length has nothing to do with seasonal observations like holiday events and such.

FFXIV's days are even shorter than an hour.

[haughty dew]

I think you are a bit TO immersed if you actually say "OMG ive been celebrating christmas for 3 months now !!

[clear wraith]

I don't want a IRL 24-hour day cycle though, because ACNH would kill me during periods I was really busy with work and life, and couldn't log in until 9pm and Able's was closed and I could only get night fish.

[faint dawn]

I feel like half of these people HHAVE GOT to be trollin.

[paper mulch]

oh yea FFXIV also played and disliked xD

[mystic gale]

Sorry to hear that.

[faint dawn]

Anyways..

[foggy ingot]

I didn't even type a thing and you already caught me like that huh

[mystic gale]

The ones talking about day lengths I think

[paper mulch]

it was more of the same :( and I think the combat was one of the worst games of the genre imo

[mystic gale]

Ah well, different strokes and all that. I don't agree but we all have different tastes

Also I think the mods have asked us not to be critical of other games in here

[paper mulch]

I am gonna try lost ark but I can already imaging playing Diablo/PoE with hack and slash and explosions everywhere xD

[faint dawn]

The problem with a 24 hour cycle is the fact that timezones exist and theres people from usa, eu, and oce here...

[mystic gale]

Yeah, it works in AC because it can go off your local time

[latent sonnet]

I'd like a four hour day/night cycle. That's long enough to get a lot done in either cycle, and long enough for stuff like a daytime or nighttime festival (which could go for several RL hours) feel like the days weren't passing by incredibly quickly.

[mystic gale]

Wouldn't really work for an online game

[paper mulch]

tbh looks more of the same as POE and Diablo, I believe I will grow tired rather quick, although I hope I am wrong

[latent sonnet]

Plus the sun wouldn't be bouncing up and down over the horizon like a radiant beachball

I'd like a list of all the ways Palia resembles Diablo 😆

[paper mulch]

scroll up, talking about Lost Ark

[latent sonnet]

Ohhh I gotcha 🙂

That was a short list @ocean smelt

[faint dawn]

Think about the fact that.. some things likely fish.. may only be available at certain times...
So if you need a night fish and dont get it.. you are WAITING... 4 hours for night to come back.. @Sarigar#6869

[paper mulch]

they are played in PC :x

[summer obsidian]

Conversation is starting to shift, ok to compare other games to Palia in here, but if conversation starts to focus on the other games, move it to #🎮│other-games 🙂

[ocean smelt]

You pinged the wrong duncan lmao

[torn moth]

:d

[brisk ivy]

What some games do is they celebrate character creation date, instead of birthdays.

[latent sonnet]

Sorry @celest maple

[clear wraith]

This so much. Now imagine you want that morning fish, but you're an adult with a job, family, or other obligations, and can only really game from like 8-10pm....

[ocean smelt]

One of us, one of us, one of us

[static mango]

alright im going to sleep, see ya guys

[latent sonnet]

It's a Duncan Conjunction

[mystic gale]

And you're not even different colors

This is a crisis

[faint dawn]

The 1 hour day allows people that 15 minute window to get what time gated fish they need... and if they miss it.. its only 45 minutes.. tops.. to try again..

[mystic gale]

Names are both white

[ocean smelt]

zaddy...

hot

[clear wraith]

Same thing if there's an NPC you're trying to catch on a certain step in their daily routine. A 1-2 hour day is actually pretty friendly to a busy person's game schedule if you think about it.

[latent sonnet]

I don't want anyone in a Starbucks to call me "Daddy"

Or anyone anywhere, for that matter

[ocean smelt]

Yeah, I don't hate the 1 hour day timer. I wouldn't be against 2 either

[cinder comet]

I might pixel zeki

[faint dawn]

Aggreed.. this soo much.. i dont get why people want so long days.. and its usually a lame excuse like "muh immursion"

[brisk ivy]

1 hour time frames are friendly to people with limited time, but when I think of Animal Crossing and searching for something rare, it might get kind of odd needing to constantly stare at a clock and move around the game with haste.

[latent sonnet]

@faint dawn it is equally valid to plaster "so I can catch muh night fish" as a "lame excuse", I don't think that's necessary.

[brisk ivy]

15 minutes of shark time, then I'd need to speed run to the bug spot.

[mystic gale]

I think an hour-day ratio of days is just fine. It's a little comfier than FFXIV's 48-minute days even.

[faint dawn]

Again if you dont get your night fish at night.. imagine having to wait 4 hours to try again.. that isnt busy sceduel friendly.

[latent sonnet]

I don't think it's DEAD WRONG to want a one hour day/night cycle, I just said I would prefer it to be longer.

[brisk ivy]

They could experiment with the time in alpha. Make changes according to feedback.

[mystic gale]

I definitely prefer them to be shorter, as someone who always hits the beginning of nighttime right when I want to take bright daytime screenshots and vice versa

[faint dawn]

The most youll have to wait is 45 minutes to try again for 15 minutes..

Which is alot more friendlier to everyone.

[latent sonnet]

Personally I find it very weird to have the sun rising and setting multiple times per game session, but by the same token, it's also weird when it's on a 24 hour timer like WoW, and it's only night when it's night on the server time.

[ocean smelt]

I guess we'll find out when pre-alpha hits if it's too short

[mystic gale]

Yeah, then if you're far away and you play at the same time every day, it's always night maybe. Kind of depressing

[clear wraith]

Yeah, the testers will be able to see how the day length feels and give feedback!

[faint dawn]

I dont think that would be fair to EU or OCE playera if the sun depended on PST

[cinder comet]

yeeees i think it's time to pixel zeki

[latent sonnet]

It won't be a big deal to me either way, just a preference for a longer cycle.

[clear wraith]

But yeah I'm someone who, on weekdays, can generally only game after 8pm. I want to enjoy some daytime!