💬│palia-discussions

[slim shard]

Lets hope Absolu is talking about Ainu's Elf Ears, which we can't see because of the Cap. 😅

[fringe minnow]

Heheh yeah i'm sorry

[hasty crescent]

Nah I'm just slow brained

[thorn needle]

We just got a letter. We just got a letter🎶

[jaunty escarp]

I can’t wait to send everyone useless mail

[warm plover]

oh finally

[celest maple]

he will grow up

[bright forge]

You mean heart right? You mean heart right.....?

[patent dust]

This is gross, please stop.

[hasty crescent]

Absolu that is not appropriate behaviour

[celest maple]

yes yes a big hearth i hope he has love to everyone in palia

[zinc pond]

I wonder who it's from?

[thorn needle]

Double please 😭😭

[muted warren]

Yoyo

[vapid grail]

I keep reading Aunty instead of Auni and it's unsettling

[strange fern]

lol

[wintry atlas]

Seriously can't echo this enough.

[thorny dune]

Cool, lets not do this please.

[fringe minnow]

I'd like to think he's peter pan long other-race cousin

[thorn needle]

Me too lol

[vapid grail]

xD

[kindred sable]

[mild wedge]

He has a whole island in that bag!

[keen hull]

Auni Is Adorable!!

[regal swallow]

how do you all think Auni is pronounced

[whole coral]

Same

[small hinge]

Is it pronounced aweknee?

[zinc pond]

Aw-knee

[hasty crescent]

Ah-nee

[rose cedar]

Aw Knee

[thorn needle]

Aw knee or ah knee

[void imp]

aw knee

[swift glen]

Aunty

[warm plover]

Oh right I was gonna say
Auni is yet another Palian name that fits perfectly into Japanese
is this just going to be the trend

[small hinge]

Ah or aw lol

[gentle birch]

Awe Knee

[celest maple]

big brain boy :)what else ?

[void imp]

hahahha all agree

[hasty crescent]

or Auw-nee. Idk if its my accent that makes me read it like that tho

[jaunty escarp]

Knee

[slim shard]

Like Aunt, just with an ee at the end I would think.

[wintry atlas]

Ar Neh - Said in a N. England accent

[keen hull]

awweee nyeeaaahh

[vapid grail]

I'm saying as Aw don't know if it's right tho

[warm plover]

I have no idea how to transcribe how I say his name

[void imp]

ow knee would be cute too

[thorn needle]

Aw feels more comfy to my brain

[small hinge]

Maybe silent U and it’s Annie

[gentle birch]

Or Annie? We all know how Anakin "Annie" Skywalker turned out.

[small hinge]

Jinx!

[hasty crescent]

Maybe Auni will think us saying his name wrong is a human thing and get really interested 🤔

[thorny dune]

I've seen this community blow up at way less than what you said lmao

[fringe minnow]

Well, we can start with "Pay-lia", that should give us some clues on pronounciation

[molten path]

I don't like sand

[indigo kite]

please no

[clear wraith]

ow-knee was my first assumption. Also how does that backpack work?!

[lunar tundra]

I hope we can customize our mail boxes a lot!

[spark falcon]

Lol

[hasty crescent]

maybe it has wheels?

[strange fern]

I got a ghost ping t-t

[gusty prawn]

ALl the best things do in my opinion

[warm plover]

The way I say it is pretty close to ow-knee so I'll go with that

[bright forge]

Magic!

[celest maple]

? he will grow then he can help ppl of the isle ? what are you all thinking omg ? are you all kid lover

[arctic onyx]

sheesh some wild maniacs in this chat, not a good look

[small hinge]

Well he’s not human just humanoid so maybe he has above average strength

[vapid grail]

back pack runs on knee injuries

[void imp]

well.... ow knee indeed with that big a backpack 🥁

[zinc pond]

One thing I wish gets implemented is seasonal events for the holidays

[fringe minnow]

[small hinge]

insert family guy Peter grabbing knee gif

[gusty prawn]

You kinda have to in order to obtain long term player engagement.

[jaunty escarp]

I hope Auni will send birthday mail if you insert your birthday into the game 🎉🎂

[safe fern]

Can we send each other gifts though that would be cool

[hasty crescent]

MMOs often have this so I definitely see it happening ^^

[zinc pond]

I just love the holidays

[placid shoal]

I wonder if we'll have recreations of real life holidays like Christmas, or original Palia holidays :) I like both!

[hasty crescent]

definitely BOTH!

[fringe minnow]

I want to think about custom pics and drawings, but it might also be a big griefing tool

[floral moon]

This is what gets me to log back into Genshin Impact every few weeks

[warm plover]

i want seasonal events to either be offset or long enough that people that are busy during those seasons can still experience them

[gusty prawn]

Agreed. It's why I came back to FFXIV recently with friends. The Summer MoonFarie fair is happening soon

[indigo kite]

... uncomfy

[molten path]

Well I'm gonna head out in a bit. Gotta finish off the last 9 hours of a road trip to Portland in 20 minutes.

[charred badger]

Dang you all voted for the mailman.

[celest maple]

is that your feeling rn ? sus

[safe fern]

Typo sorry 😭 gifs would be a terrible idea

[gusty prawn]

Portland oregon?

[deft sonnet]

LESGOOO

[zinc pond]

My favorite is my time at portia, they have really good holiday events in the game

[small hinge]

Ayyy working in Portland rn

[vapid grail]

gl on the road

[slim shard]

Considering the size of the Backpack, it probably has a little door attached to it that makes you able to enter the Backpack and get the Mail from there, that's why only Children can be Mail Carriers in Palia because they're still small enough to enter the magical Backpack. =3

[charred badger]

Could have had someone way cooler should have voted #2

[molten path]

Yes

[blazing mason]

Such a cutie!!!!!

[wintry atlas]

Seasons would need to fit the gameplay around it. Either you can't have seasonal crops or if you do, your game has to support advancement / gameplay for any season.

[gusty prawn]

Big agree, they really showed that even a single player game can do fantastic seasonal events.

[deft sonnet]

༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ CHARACTER HAS BEEN SUMMOND ༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ

[charred badger]

And talk about exploiting child labor in palia

[gusty prawn]

Cool. I work in portland, live in oregon.

[kindred sable]

have funnn

[deft sonnet]

He is soo cute!!!

[analog veldt]

Are they still giving out beta keys?

[arctic onyx]

yo what if the palia logo wore pants

[thorn needle]

The acnh easter event tho 👁👄👁

[clear wraith]

Also, I wonder if you'll actually interact with little Auni to get messages. Will you be able to hand letters to him? Will he run up behind you and tug on your shirt when you have a message? Inquiring birds must know!

[molten path]

Thanks yesterday was a 14 hour drive so today should be easy

[small hinge]

He gets to go deliver mail and meet humans daily and semi see how they live, I’m sure he loves it

[charred badger]

No

[pliant raven]

That Auni runs on potatos, no one can outrun Auni.

[bright forge]

psst* It's him

[placid shoal]

I'm totally down for being inconvenienced by having to wait for certain seasons to unlock certain crops and craftables! I love slower progression in games, it gives me something to look forward to

[obtuse belfry]

Hi

[hasty niche]

[deft sonnet]

Thx

[placid shoal]

Hi Titanx!

[hearty geyser]

Hello

[tiny talon]

They have given out 200 of the 1400 pre-alpha keys so far. The rest will come "in the coming weeks"

[obtuse belfry]

Hi guys

[rare saddle]

the waiting is going to kill me... and I think Auni is adorables!

[jaunty escarp]

[small hinge]

Really hope more waves this weekend…. And that .022% to align

[thorn needle]

Pre alpha atm not beta 😊

[tiny talon]

Hiii how is everyone today

[small hinge]

Constantly worried my submission didn’t go through but don’t wanna spam lol

[rare saddle]

impatient, that's how I am.. lol

[warm plover]

everyone getting summoned here. wild

[gusty prawn]

I would probably expect it to be another week or two. I don't have any insider information or anything but obtaining and utilizing feedback takes a little while

[oblique sphinx]

Hey everyone

[gloomy zenith]

I can see whole communities of people jumping in droves to help each other each new season if this was the case a-la the Ahn'Qiraj event in WoW way back when

[tiny talon]

Me too haha

[deft sonnet]

Okay he should not be in the pre alpha he cant keep secrets

[clear wraith]

Dang the scroll just exploded

[jagged pendant]

How big is aidan?

[small hinge]

I agree, but I also know from other tests. Even 200 people hand selected.. maybe 20% are actively reviewing the game a weeek later in this state?

[sharp rivet]

[small hinge]

Always good to bring in fresh eyes after small tweaks

[jagged pendant]

He looks like 40 cm tall

[placid shoal]

yes!!! That's exactly it!! I also genuinely don't mind certain items becoming rare because they were available during a particular season or event, it drives the in game economy

[charred badger]

Look at all these people ok with child labor exploitation!!! /s

[left sage]

[wintry atlas]

Everyone entitled to their opinion. I would just like to try sway you here - Replace seasons with microtransaction crops you can purchase. i.e. Point being not that Mtx exists in the game, but that crops are available for some & others. It doesn't feel fair and punishes you for not starting with everyone else.

[gusty prawn]

It's why they leaned more towards people who had been giving long term constructive feedback and remaining communcative in the discord to getting keys.

To try and prevent that kind of thing.

[small hinge]

Makes sense for the initial alpha phases for sure.

[rare saddle]

I'm not sure what they meant when they said they selected the first 200 based on their applications and on their constructive input in discord... how would anyone have constructive input, when we're all just speculating and making wishes?

[small hinge]

Time spent in discord = likely chance of having the time and energy to test the game and care

[gloomy zenith]

If it went this way I hope it'd be a slow burn throughout the season. Wouldn't want everything to be achievable within days and then burn out until the next thing but yeah I agree with you on this idea!

[charred badger]

So make it so you can buy seeds being got during an event? Nah

[vapid sorrel]

It could be for the game suggestions and feedback on what has already been mentioned!

[small hinge]

Might seem unfair to working and family folk, but it’s their best move early on

[gusty prawn]

Constructive input doesn't have to mean directly relating to the game. It could also consist of just being a helpful community member, active community engagement, direct engagement and constructive conversations with the devs

[split ocean]

the new character is giving me beedle botw vibes so cool looking !!

[viral shuttle]

He delivers the Mail but isn’t good at keeping secrets? Better use discrete packaging…

[patent dust]

im assuming thats just it, suggestions, feedback on the server itself, speculation

[vapid sorrel]

characters with big backpacks are the best

[jaunty escarp]

He probably reads all the mail

[vernal knot]

ITS YOU!!!

[void imp]

i wonder if auni is the character that aidan compared to his younger siblings 👀 loves them but annoying. and then nelli got mad.

[rare saddle]

ah, ok... because I'm here lurking a lot, but haven't been typing much.. just enjoying reading everyone else's posts 🙂

[wintry atlas]

Sorry i don't understand the sentence. Seasons wouldn't be an event, it'd be a game mechanism that impacts what you can and can't do.

[split ocean]

its me !! hi

[vagrant wagon]

i only have discord open but for some reason my laptop is like a hot plate, anyone want pancakes?

[obtuse belfry]

@split ocean hey

[vernal knot]

hi

[viral shuttle]

Sounds like it.

[charred badger]

I guess I’m not understanding what you’re saying either lol

[rare saddle]

I love pancakes 🙂

[obtuse belfry]

Pancaaaakes

[patent dust]

all good! its not the only thing they look for, and theres people who have already been invited who have barely spoken at all :)

[tiny talon]

I like french toast and waffles better than pancakes

[placid shoal]

I totally see what you mean, but I personally don't mind! Items in ACNH are season and event locked and therefore gain value in game for trades. People don't use real money to trade for these items, but it encourages players to find innovative ways to gain in game currency in order to get access to all of the items that they want. It makes the game more fun, encourages people to play the game in new ways

[bright forge]

Because they were speculating and making wishes that's make people more invested and interested in game. Of course a lot of them were spending their time answering and helping newcomers!

[small hinge]

Let me stress that bad boy with my 5 year old 1070 😄

[fading herald]

Me I never spoke much... hope that gives you hope 🙂

[gusty prawn]

Same. I just started talking the other day, but now i'm fairly active in the other games chat, and the off-topic chat.

[wintry atlas]

My point is that - Say you have a mission to deliver a summer crop to advance your main story. You join the game in Autumn - i don't think that is fair that someone need wait for 3 ingames seasons to advance the game at their pace.

[vagrant wagon]

Same, 100 percent

[gusty prawn]

Since I don't know much about the game I try and remain in the side channels as much as possible.

[rare saddle]

OH, there's always hope.. lol.. until the game actually comes out!!

[left sage]

waffles are like more fun pancakes

[thorn needle]

I try to be active but im really shy so its hard to say as much as id like to especially when the chats very active 😭

[wispy meadow]

Easy fix: change the quest to require a crop of the current season

[dapper willow]

😩

[placid shoal]

but this is when you would need to interact with someone and ask for help, it furthers the community and encourages multiplayer interaction :)

[tiny talon]

And crispier

[charred badger]

I guess it depends on how long seasons are and perhaps the quest objective changes based on what season it is. Shouldnt have to spend real money to complete a quest imo

[wintry atlas]

Agreed & this is why i said you would need to build the game around seasons as a concept.

[bright forge]

All of us know close to nothing about game. Don't be shy and stay here

[whole coral]

However if different parts of the world are experiencing their own seasons, trading could be involved and create somewhat realistic economy

[thorn needle]

I really want to experience autumn in the game

[gusty prawn]

Or. How about they just don't tie seasonal crops to progression?

[wispy meadow]

I'm gonna save up summer crops tho
So I can hold a summer in winter theme pot roast

[gusty prawn]

Problem solved?

[vapid sorrel]

That sounds so cute!!

[wintry atlas]

Another possible fix but then you lose interaction between your mechanics. Let me grow some Strawberries in Winter...

[left sage]

I dont think they would do that. It would be poor design at a base level to timegate the main story based on arbitrary ingame mechanics like seasons.

[placid shoal]

this is what I mean, I personally love this kind of gameplay, though I understand that it's not everyone's cup of tea

[loud axle]

Good afternoon Pals! Super busy day at work today so can't be around too much :( How's everyone doing?

[gusty prawn]

I didn't say don't have seasonal crops. Just don't specifically tie seasonal crops to progession. Or add an option, like a green house, to grow progress based seasonal crops all year round.

[bright forge]

New character!

[vapid sorrel]

good afternoon! I'm doing pretty good, how about you?

[wispy meadow]

Omg yesss a greenhouse

[placid shoal]

Hi Roan! I hope your day is going okay despite it being busy!

[wintry atlas]

As i said earlier - i agree with this, i would want seasons to therefore be considered as a core part of the game that the design need match it. Not a 'this would be nice' add on feature.

[surreal crest]

hi

[young pivot]

Hey, Roan. I'm doing well, I just finished cleaning up my ferrets room.

[loud axle]

Ready for lunch already lol. Saw the new character reveal, super excited to meet him!

[honest widget]

I wonder if maybe Auni will be a character who sometimes tells the players rumours and useful hints. It does say he's bad at keeping secrets

[thorn needle]

I didnt think of that, that may be true 👀

[rare saddle]

Oh wow, at one point I really wanted ferrets, but lived in Calif where they're ILLEGAL. Even if I got them "fixed".

[charred badger]

I’m glad it’s the weekend!!

[left sage]

I think its pretty common sense at this point that main storyline progression wouldn't be timegated behind a seasons mechanic. I believe they have it handled- I dont think we need to worry about that; especially knowing they actually want people to play the game and not just wait for the next season.

[loud axle]

Hope he has some tea about Eshe / The Duchess 👀

[clear wraith]

Imma bribe him with sweets and get all the good gossip

[gusty mica]

Happy friday all 🙂 hope you have a great day so far 😄

[small hinge]

So stoked for 3 day weekend! Much needed game/life time

[charred badger]

Exactly. If they had quests like that it could change to have the objective be whatever the season is.

[deft gale]

I hope seasons are a major mechanic, I also hope they do it like Forza Horizon, each week is a new season, or something like that. They could make something more like a month for each season and it would still be pretty great

[left sage]

Exactly!!

[charred badger]

Same! I recently started playing sea of thieves and I’m having a blast

[regal swallow]

I wonder if Auni's music ability is the Aol dial up song

[gusty prawn]

RIght. Honestly it just doesn't make sense for a game like this to gate progress and stuff behind locked seasonal mechanics, even worse would be adding micro-transactions to circumnavigate the limitations.

[loud axle]

It works out pretty well because each month is about four weeks long. Could be part of the weekly patch, potentially!

[gusty mica]

That would be cool

[placid shoal]

what games are you gonna be playing? :)

[rare saddle]

I like seasons, and it would be nice if everyone was synced to the same.

[small hinge]

Been awhile but I’ve heard they did some amazing updates lately

[young pivot]

It is a shame that they are illegal in your state, I wonder what the rationale is? They are excellent pets, however, they do require a significant amount of work. Much more work than my cats take, haha. So perhaps they were subject to neglect by uninformed individuals.

[gusty mica]

Since it's an online game, i agree 100% with this

[charred badger]

There is so much more content than the last time I played it’s nuts. And with the new story involving jack sparrow makes it better.

[craggy niche]

AAAAAAAuni

[surreal crest]

man I can't wait to play this, I have no idea about anything in this game but it looks sooo chill.

[young pivot]

Does anyone know if the developers mentioned how the NPC's in Palia function? Would you all say that they seem more similar to the idle mobs in World of Warcraft, or do they live a bit of a simulated life, such as characters in the Sims 3 might have?

[bright forge]

I personally doubt there will be "seasons" but biomes yes.

[rare saddle]

Not sure, but just remembered I could have gotten them with a special permit. I'm in alabama now 🙂

[void imp]

check out #🌠│official-art, #❓│old-team-answers-alpha and #❔│game-faqs

here is a doc with all the little answers they've shared in the general chat https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1ECHPsDvyC0KP6ldYRaeFtmR0mhwBVGckWEPcH_zNc7E

and visit www.palia.com

[charred badger]

They have their own daily lives and stuff. And depending on how much the like you depends on what information they will give you

[small hinge]

Well right now Classic WoW is my biggest influence…. Thought I broke free 10 years ago but nope lol. I’m a officer of a huge guild so managing all that + raiding and leveling alts lol. Other than that hanging out with the wife and pets! Itching for a breakthrough in the MMO genre so… Uber stoked to see this game progress

[surreal crest]

thanks

[rare saddle]

I"ve heard it said that they have their own lives!! it'll make it so much more interesting!!

[wintry atlas]

Have you got a source for that, or did you just lie?

To the original guy - we don't have much information at all on the game mechanics.

[gusty mica]

Seasons would be awesome but biome makes more sense for players who can't be there enough to fully enjoy all seasons' content so yeah, maybe that would just make it better for everyone this way.

[small hinge]

I’m just glad I won’t melt this weekend… as a Oregonian that 115 was bananas

[gusty prawn]

California bans all pets that are considered exotic. Something something invasive species with no limiting predatory factors.

[carmine relic]

Alright guys. So who wants to buy speed potions to definitely not use in any race regarding that kid?

[small hinge]

And the power went out, so had to move all my pets into the coldest room and pray for power to come back ASAP

[charred badger]

I believe it’s in the FAQ and I’ve seen the devs mention it a time or two so I’m not lying.

[young pivot]

@rare saddle @charred badger I agree, if their entire lives are simulated in some way, this would seriously improve the immersion of the game for me.

[bright forge]

Me cheating NEVER! psst* ...How much for speed potion?

[small hinge]

I’m going to dress up as a mailman and just beat him to every house to flex

[rare saddle]

And I like that the better you become friends with them, the more they reveal of themselves to you... awe DANG I can't wait.. lol

[gusty mica]

any clue if there will be a kind of player driven economy?

[charred badger]

I’m hoping they can actually implement it. I know it’s something in red dead so it can be done.

[placid shoal]

you gotta chill dude

[carmine relic]

10 pebbles

[wispy meadow]

10 pebbles = 1 rock
10 rock = 1 stone
10 stone = 1 boulder

[placid shoal]

fun!! Sucks though that so many of us are still having to go back to classic WoW to get our MMO fix! Nothing's quite filled that gap in the market ever since and I hope Palia finally will :) I keep looking at what other people are playing to see if I can find something to fill my weekend with haha

[bright forge]

Pricey

[gusty prawn]

how many boulders in a hill?

[honest widget]

How many hills in a mountain?

[wispy meadow]

10 boulders is one pile
10 piles is 1 hill

[potent estuary]

hi

[thorn needle]

Clever

[wispy meadow]

And 10 hills is 1 mountain

[bright forge]

How many mountains in a Mountain Dew?

[thorn needle]

Whats 10 mountains?

[gusty prawn]

The US geological surveying agency says there is no discernible difference between a hill and a mountain.

[slim shard]

How many Mountains is a Continent?

[small hinge]

Yeah wish it was more exciting but it’s just Classic WoW. I always follow all the alphas and new games and apply and tell my friends. But this was the first game my friends told me about first so it’s definitely got some hype!

[wispy meadow]

A continent

[surreal crest]

oh there is pre-alpha going on? that's nice. I registered but tbh would probably spend 3/4 of time filling bugs, once a slave to QA, always a slave haha

[gusty prawn]

10

[slim shard]

So i guess that means... 10 Continents is a Planet?

[gusty prawn]

100 continents is a planet.

[slim shard]

Why 100 suddenly? 😱

[placid shoal]

remember to fill out the second form under game-announcements! Only about 200 keys were given out so it's still not too late :)

[thorn needle]

Lmaooo 😂

[knotty crown]

Supercontinent

[gusty prawn]

but only 13 planets in a system. I know, the numbers just jump around everywhere.

[left sage]

10 planets is a captain

[molten path]

There should be 1200 left for the first round

[surreal crest]

there is one about what would I change in the game I liked and the other with how much GBs RAM I have etc, right?

[gusty prawn]

15 captains is a grilled cheese sandwhich

[slim shard]

https://tenor.com/view/captain-planet-petty-gif-18535100

[thorn needle]

Delicious

[left sage]

1 captain is a jar of dirt

[celest maple]

Does alpha testers already have access to the game?

[high narwhal]

Captain Planet is earth, air, fire , water, and heart.

[knotty crown]

and every grilled cheese sandwich comes with a bowl of tomato soup

[thorn needle]

https://tenor.com/view/pirates-of-the-carribean-johnny-depp-captain-jack-sparrow-jar-of-dirt-gif-5235618

[small hinge]

And now it needs to be lunch time 😦

[placid shoal]

yup that one! The one that asks for your Discord handle! Lots of people mentioned that they had no idea that was a thing so I try to make sure everyone knows

[gusty prawn]

which is odd because it takes 3 jars of dirt to make a grilled cheese sandwhich, but 15 captains to do the same.

[left sage]

./woosh

[surreal crest]

oh thanks, I filled both

[small hinge]

I did the first signup like as soon as it was available, didn’t realize the second 1 till a week ago 😦

[wispy meadow]

No you see, it depends on the quality of the captains

[small hinge]

Expected a email or something

[gusty prawn]

WAIT WAIT WAIT people. I think we got messed up between planet and sandwhich. We need to start from the beginning. So 10 pebbles made a what?

[young pivot]

I appreciate you pointing this out, I completely missed the second questionnaire. Thanks!

[jaunty escarp]

I didn’t even realize it until the day of the prealpha lol

[bright forge]

[left sage]

this must be that new curriculum 👴🏻

[carmine relic]

How did we screw up this conversion this bad

[gusty prawn]

roflmao

[small hinge]

You heard of new math, get ready for Palia math

[placid shoal]

dw there's still like 1200 spots left in the pre alpha in the coming weeks :)! It's not too late!

[left sage]

Paliathematics

[thorn needle]

It bouldered out of control

[small hinge]

Fish is 10 pebbles per pound

[gusty prawn]

at the very end is a single gold coin. There is 122 steps of currency inbetween pebble and gold coin

It's like that gear machine that the final gear only does a full turn once every 10 thousand years. Cept it's converting pebbles to gold coins.

[little silo]

Hmmm... Auni is bad at keeping secrets, huh? I wonder if I can squeeze some alpha secrets from them...

[wispy meadow]

10 pebbles = 1 rock
10 rock = 1 stone
10 stone = 1 boulder
10 boulder = 1 pile
10 piles = 1 hill
10 hills = 1 mountain
10 mountains = 1 continent
10 continents = 1 planet
10 planets = 1 system
10 systems = 1 galaxy
10 galaxy = 1 universe.
More than 1 universe = infinity

[honest widget]

I'm just imagining a quest in palia now where you need to solve a puzzle by trading different quantities of items until you get the item you need

[left sage]

1 universe is also a steven

[noble warren]

I look away for a day and now we have a currencies starting from pebbles? Come now chat lol

[gusty prawn]

What happened to captains, sandwhiches and non milkbased dairy products.

[placid shoal]

I love that we're talking about pebbles for currency now so I was convinced for a second that you wanted continents to be one of the currencies between pebble and gold coin

[surreal crest]

tbh I just want a working gameplay loop. Make me travel through 6 different biomes to craft a rare chair and I'll be good haha

[placid shoal]

SAME

[honest widget]

Ah a fellow furniture crafter I see

[small hinge]

Username checks out, I hope for custom furniture based off what mats you have

[gusty prawn]

Also you forgot gold coin.
10 pebbles = 1 rock
10 rock = 1 stone
10 stone = 1 boulder
10 boulder = 1 pile
10 piles = 1 hill
10 hills = 1 mountain
10 mountains = 1 continent
10 continents = 1 planet
10 planets = 1 system
10 systems = 1 galaxy
10 galaxy = 1 universe.
More than 1 universe = infinity
Once you hit the stack overflow on infinity, you get 1 Gold Coin.

[small hinge]

Oof back to work. See y’all at lunch!

[placid shoal]

the correct currency

[surreal crest]

I just want to have this... rare condition. It doesn't need to glow or fly or anything, it just needs to look rare, like rare wood, or rare materials.

[rare saddle]

well, I'm off to do some ACNH, have fun y'all 🙂

[placid shoal]

have fun garnet!

[wispy meadow]

Steam is bullying me :')

[left sage]

enjoy!

[foggy ingot]

so 100000000000 pebbles means a gold coin? farmable

[opaque flint]

Literal farming sim lol

[eager briar]

How do I know if I was invited?

[left sage]

train conductors in the early 1900's be like

[tired scaffold]

are there resources that describe what the gameplay of palia will be like?

[foggy ingot]

I come from warframe, it's pretty standard stuff there

[slim shard]

Pebble Farmers in Palia be like:

https://tenor.com/view/farm-farming-gif-14334740

[surreal crest]

do we know what... ugh currency I guess? will be used in the game?

[carmine relic]

Probably a generic gold coins or something

[surreal crest]

ya can't tell silly, It's all NDA for you

[left sage]

captains or universes, according to this channel

[opaque flint]

Trueeee

[carmine relic]

Ah right.

[surreal crest]

don't worry I will just assume it's a guess haha

[carmine relic]

People will trade in literally anything anyway. Einor's sheer existence will make everyone trade pebbles/rocks

[young pivot]

He did say "Probably"

[left sage]

einor is just built different

🤷🏻‍♂️

[manic kayak]

Afternoon everyone. Im about to ✨nap✨

[surreal crest]

I really need to get into all of that cause I have no idea what are you talking about

[surreal crest]

ah, right, nice save

[carmine relic]

Don't tell anyone, but Palia is a GAME. The higher-ups might scream about that fact, but I'm letting everyone know that

[left sage]

thats forbidden knowledge, and you've been reported to the FBI

[placid shoal]

you might be going to jail for this

[gusty prawn]

and it all ends in one gold coin

[young pivot]

They're definitely going to take you to court now 😛

[gusty prawn]

Whoa. They really need to NDA you down yo. That's some raw insider stuff right there.

[thorn needle]

Dont worry if anything happens to you, we will know who did it 🥺

[surreal crest]

sir, that would be 40k pesos penalty for you

[tired scaffold]

hoping players can share houses

[carmine relic]

I'm slightly glad nobody actually stood up and went "um, actually-"

[gusty prawn]

A 1900 euro fine? Ezpz

[young pivot]

I believe the developers mentioned that they would like to add the feature for land sharing, however, it will not be in the first pre-alpha tests.

[surreal crest]

aight I might be bad at math also @carmine relic the ones under the REAL NDA can't even tell they are under the NDA ;)

[glacial steppe]

Do I have to sign up for the second wave again?

[void imp]

you'll get a new role! click your own profile. but you might notice first that you got access to new channels :3

[carmine relic]

Eh. The devs say the testers are under it, so I figure the actual people under it are free to say so

[void imp]

they would have told us so no

[gusty prawn]

Lmao your fine. I just like how pesos sound when compared

[surreal crest]

Im just joking around, don't worry

[tired scaffold]

Here's to hoping. The whole community mmo vibe makes me think alot of couples are gonna wanna play together too. Hence shared living spaces yada yada

[warm plover]

um, actually, it's a community sim, not a game, you fool. you absolute buffoon. (/s if it wasnt obvious)

[eager briar]

Thank you 👍

[cold crystal]

o

[thorn needle]

Do we know roughly when the second wave will come?

[gusty prawn]

Agreed. Only children play games okay. This is a highly realistic Community farming simulation.

[surreal crest]

also it depends on the NDA. For example mine states I can't work for certain companies lol

[carmine relic]

Fair enough.

[gusty prawn]

Through my work i have a couple NDA's I have to sign to work with various government agencies. What's funny about them is that I can talk about the limitations of the NDA itself but not who the NDA is through.

I think they are more worried about people being a potential target for working for specific agencies more then they are about them leaking sensitive information. In my case that is.

[carmine relic]

This is probably the first ever NDA I actually dealt with. Thankfully it's the easy mildly flexible kind

[regal swallow]

Zeki has coin but Auni got your secrets

[foggy ingot]

sounds like a business to me

[surreal crest]

it's less stressful when you DON'T actually work for any company

[carmine relic]

All I gotta worry about is what I say in this chat!

[proper falcon]

hop we have chance to see more of palia soon 😉

[placid shoal]

I like to imagine Auni having the personality of a gossipy old lady who talks about everyone's beef over a cup of milk tea

[gusty prawn]

khajiit has wares if you have coin.

[left pebble]

Mental note: Tell Jina not to share details from the restricted sectio of the library with Auni

[carmine relic]

Better be able to call her "Aunt Auni" despite not actually being anyone's aunt

[regal swallow]

Give him candy and talk about humans. He really love humans?

[placid shoal]

will 1000000 pebbles or a planet (apparently) do

[gusty prawn]

Lemme do the math. Cause the wares cost 1 gold coin.

[daring ermine]

man we need wave 2 to drop

[placid shoal]

YES

[void imp]

issa boyo :3

[young pivot]

Didn't they mention that they had over 100,000 applications, and invited 200 people? Haha

[placid shoal]

boys can be wine aunts if they want

[carmine relic]

Remember folks, Palia is about a bit of patience! Waiting to possibly be an alpha-tester is among part of the wait, I think.

[placid shoal]

the wine has to be non alcoholic tho

[left sage]

I cant believe I wasnt the first to be invited, I'm just built diffy /s

[void imp]

it was about the "her" in the message

[foggy ingot]

I think they did it by discord last minute to shrink those numbers, and it prolly worked honestly

[quaint kernel]

Chuuu

[gusty prawn]

Okay. To get to infinity level of currency you would need 1,000,000,000,000 pebbles. Then once you get to that point you would need to stack overflow at 10,000 of those.
So you would need... 1e+16 pebbles to purchase one wares.

[young pivot]

I agree, the Discord is likely a better way to narrow it down to those whom are actually interested in testing the pre-alpha.

[placid shoal]

YOU'RE BACK AND YOU DID THE MATH

[dense iris]

They invited less than 200 people and constructive contribution to this discord was one of the deciding factors on top of the info people provided.

[lusty tendon]

I don't know, I see him more as a Tom Holland loose-lips blabber.

[zinc pond]

Officially moving into my new house in about an hour. So excited

[woven reef]

That barkeep in the trailer def game me Draenai vibes

[foggy ingot]

that's like a copy-paste of warframe's recipe for drop chances

[carmine relic]

Clearly you've never seen Terraria drop chances

[dense iris]

Congrats! @woven reef and I will be house hunting In a few months! So excited

[zinc pond]

Don't even get me started on the slime staff

[foggy ingot]

I've seem em, warframe still has the award for dummy low drop chances

[lusty tendon]

Congrats! I just had a coworker finally find a new house in all this mess.

[carmine relic]

Dang. Hm. Well. What's the next big Palia question to ask?

[surreal crest]

ah, Im jelly! I'll be able to do that in maybe 2-3 years

[zinc pond]

Yea thanks everyone! Excited and scared at the same time for my new journey lol

[woven reef]

Indoor pluming or outhouse style for your Palia home?

[foggy ingot]

moving in a new house must be amazing ngl

[rotund socket]

[dense iris]

It’s so worth it. There is nothing quite like having a place that is yours!

[warm plover]

whether or not you can pet the tau

[lime lion]

yoo true i'm moving soon too its a first for me too

[gusty prawn]

Roflmao

[woven reef]

Remember, a moving truck can never be too big, but it can be too small. Choose wisely

[surreal crest]

also use bubble wrap. A lot of bubble wrap.

[nova obsidian]

I wonder if Auni can still out run anyone while wearing that massive back pack

[kind basalt]

Having played BDO I despise the udea of stack overflow. Please god no more grinding

[placid shoal]

Auni for Palia Santa Clause 2k21

[surreal crest]

tis' not a backpack. It's a magical way of transport

[brisk pewter]

im really excited for this game

[placid shoal]

idk Matt you should probably find your username first

[surreal crest]

./thread

[nova obsidian]

That has my vote!

[foggy ingot]

you did him dirty

[surreal crest]

stinky even

[foggy ingot]

man's on his way to a shower

[brisk pewter]

what is this shower you speak of?

[placid shoal]

it's where your username is Matt

[brisk pewter]

thats why i've never found it

[maiden nymph]

why shower when you could dive in a dumpster and turn into a chu 👀

[thorn needle]

This chat moves so fast 🙈

[foggy ingot]

imma leave that type of action to you

[placid shoal]

genuine lmao

[warm plover]

Honestly I think it's slower than I like
mostly because i weirdly hate having downtime

[small hinge]

Annnd lunch time!

[placid shoal]

were you here for the literal motion sickness that took place on pre-alpha day

[solid pelican]

It also feels Soo slow compared to yesterday and the day before

[coarse portal]

nothing compares to the day before I think

[lethal lance]

lol

[solid pelican]

A true chaotic anomaly

[warm plover]

Usually I like things where I don't have time to think when im in one of my Moods™️
and downtime means time to think which means time to get sad

[brisk pewter]

i missed those thats sad i would have liked to watch my pc go BRRRRRRR

[surreal crest]

god Im hungry.

[kindred sable]

[solid pelican]

There was literally a ten minute cool down bc so many people were in chat

[warm plover]

do chairs eat?

[small hinge]

Intel cafe always has crazy variety so lunch is always fun

[kindred sable]

they should

[warm plover]

that's menacing

[small hinge]

We talking about pet furniture?

That is, furniture that is sentient

[surreal crest]

well yes, souls.

[left sage]

if I cant have a sofa as a pet whats the point ya know

oh you mean furniture for the pet

[tough badge]

why why why

[thorn needle]

I wouldve been but i was asleep lol

[stable chasm]

https://tenor.com/view/disney-belle-beauty-and-the-beast-gif-14770147

[thorn needle]

The day the second survey was announced had my head turning though

[warm plover]

i saw the start of it, but it wasn't really funny or entertaining so i went to sleep

mostly it was just stressful to look at

[maiden nymph]

I love when the chatlog is just flooded with people excited about something

[scarlet wolf]

Can the pre alpha people tell us how it went?

[maiden nymph]

not really because of the NDA

[stable chasm]

It is fun to see excitement, but it gets v e r y tiring after a while, especially when it doesn't cool off

[lusty tendon]

No, there's an NDA

[gentle birch]

Hopefully the devs will tell how it went, though.

[scarlet wolf]

Yeh, I figured. But just wondering if just telling us if they liked it is breaking NDA

[lusty tendon]

Most likely any feedback is.

[solid pelican]

How does auni carry a mail bag quadruple his size

[maiden nymph]

spacial magic

[thorn needle]

Hope and prayers

[magic mist]

liking a game is subjective, how that would help you? 🙂

[maiden nymph]

Maybe observe who's still active after the alpha (hint hint 👀 )

[warm plover]

They can say whether they liked it or if it was fun or whatever, just no specifics
not that i have sources atm but im pretty sure ive heard PastelPanda and Milky say those things

[solid pelican]

Do we think like Hercules magic or like am enchantment

[small hinge]

My biggest curiosity non spoiler, is I want to know the progress of the game vs their expectations in alpha so far

[pale quarry]

not giving me pre-alpha access is https://i.gifer.com/Wne.gif

[brisk pewter]

i assume auni is like rock lee in that if he takes off the mail bag he moves at the speed of sound.

[midnight mantle]

MAILMAN!

[solid pelican]

This is what I was imagining. Just an incredibly buff preteen

[maiden nymph]

Like the bag contents weight isn't resting on the bag but somewhere on the floor 👀

[knotty crown]

Hey, is there anyone on here with a good amount of experience with DMing DnD 5e? If so, please DM me, thanks. 🙂

[gentle birch]

Since he isn't human, maybe they have super strength!

[thorn needle]

Thats true

[surreal crest]

unbreakable will

[golden bobcat]

https://venturebeat.com/2021/07/01/singularity-6-raises-30m-as-it-readies-launch-of-its-peaceful-mmo-palia/amp/ this popped up on my google news feed today!

[unkempt blade]

hi

[solid pelican]

Are we reemerging into palia as the weakest link? If so does that make us a protected species??

[knotty crown]

we already know 🙂

[knotty crown]

No, we're an invasive species.

[golden bobcat]

I'm not posting it to showcase the funding. The title of the article is a little off topic as it mostly talks about the direction of the game and shows some screenshots

[small hinge]

My biggest mind boggle is the no combat focus, I hope it’s real and can be executed for many many hours of content.

[solid pelican]

Seemed like we were a native species that wend extinct (or so they thought) from the announcement trailer

[warm plover]

oh come to think of it if we just kinda vanished for thousands of years we'd die to the common cold
our immune systems would Not be up for dealing with whatever theyre dealing with now

[surreal crest]

there was a bow in the trailer, right?

[midnight mantle]

I’m so excited.

[rose cedar]

we can be invasive if we are legendary and remerging.

[small hinge]

True, could be just aesthetic to show him as a hunter/trapper. But maybe players can’t wield the bow lol

[maiden nymph]

TBH i am now convinced you place stuff outside on a grid

[terse saddle]

I hope there is a way to focus on the economy, and economic growth in the game. One of the things that I see in video games is a lot of wealthy people, but not nothing to spend that wealth on.

[gentle birch]

I think they can do it based on the fact that ACNH is going strong (at least I think it is still strong). Being an MMO, there should be more to do, but I think they'll do ok without traditional combat.

[small hinge]

Although I’d love to carry 1 around

[warm plover]

I think there's someone in the trailer with a bow and a gif/picture somewhere of a player with a bow shooting a deer

[small hinge]

Light stuff like that makes sense and I’d welcome

[gentle birch]

Ya, I'm assuming this is the hunting skill and that will be me!

[warm plover]

it is 2 am and i am not hunting them down right now but if someone else knows where to find them...

[solid pelican]

One of the villagers not yet revealed seems to be carrying some bows on their back too

[gentle birch]

That was #2 and I tried to get people to switch from #4, but it didn't work.

[warm plover]

ah, yeah, and i think Tamals profile mentions shes seen often with 'The Hunter' (probably bow dude)

[solid pelican]

I was an infamous 4 voter. I think I'm gonna vote 1 on Monday tho

[warm plover]

justice for ashura

[maiden nymph]

roughly like this https://i.imgur.com/8FxdkCd.png

[celest maple]

#2 does look kinda sick tbh

[rose cedar]

in the faq linked in pins is that hunting will use a bow that incorporates the use of cross hairs

[gentle birch]

I always vote for #1 after my initial pick, but so far he is elusive.

[serene stratus]

I'm very curious about the archer!

[celest maple]

wat r u guys on about

[gentle birch]

#📮│public-polls

[summer obsidian]

I know! I feel bad for poor Ashura 😦

[wheat kettle]

Hi there ! Sorry if this is a stupid question but are those who got a pre-alpha invite already able to play ?

[maiden nymph]

I feel bad for Tutotozzel

[celest maple]

thanks

[rose cedar]

nda so prob cant say

[celest maple]

i wanna see 4 :shy:

[wheat kettle]

Oh that makes sense, thanks @rose cedar

[gentle birch]

Justice for Ashura sounds like a nice guild/neighborhood name.

[patent dust]

it hasnt started yet

[maiden nymph]

Does that not sound kinda vindictive?

[cold mesa]

what do you mean. we've been clearly playing for like 6 months

[solid pelican]

Mushy here to prank us again

[empty frost]

blinks

[cold mesa]

gasp i would never

[maiden nymph]

blinks slower!

[knotty crown]

This, and humans are usually de facto invasive species because of how we interact with the world. Let's be honest, even agriculture messes up the ecosystem.

There's a reason forest elves don't farm.

[small hinge]

173 sends his regards

[patent dust]

in official art of the large group image, hes the one leaning against a tree (id link to the post specifically but it doesnt seem to want to work)

[knotty crown]

Speaking of farming, cotton farming is one of the worst things to do because of how it affects the soil.

[solid pelican]

I would argue that native and indigenous people aren't invasive but industry is what made us invasive. So as long as us palians are indigenous we shouldn't be invasive

[knotty crown]

But again, even farming messes with the ecosystem. Maybe agriculture isn't industrial but it's industrious. It's an invention, even tools and weapons are inventions and their use can drastically alter the natural order.

[charred badger]

That’s why humans are the worst animal on the planet

[knotty crown]

Nah, ants are (if you count insects as animals).

[small hinge]

We are unstoppable and insatiable

[solid pelican]

Farming today is v different from indigenous farming but it's okay for us to have different views on palians being invasive or not!

[charred badger]

No. Literally humans are the worst animal on the planet. Humans are actively destroying our only home every single day and hardly doing anything to solve the problem. They’d rather fight over stupid stuff. Ants are ants and don’t harm the environment

[small hinge]

Although that heat wave almost beat me, I wonder how typical seasons would be if they add em

[deft sonnet]

Letsgo

[knotty crown]

Ants, and other insects such as termites, very much do harm the environment.

[small hinge]

While that’s widely probably agreed on, this is a fantasy world and we shouldn’t get heated about IRL situations

[charred badger]

Ants play an important role in the environment. Ants turn and aerate the soil, allowing water and oxygen to reach plant roots

[charred badger]

I’m not getting heated lol. Sorry if it’s coming off that way. It’s hard to tell how people are coming off with text

[solid pelican]

They haven't said anything about weather yet I don't think. I hope there are cool storms tho

[knotty crown]

But I will say that the insect problem was exacerbated by humans because of migration.

[knotty crown]

No hard feelings, nothing against you or you against me, I'm sure

[small hinge]

Heated wasn’t the right word just one of those convo topics that lead to a bad place fast in a public space lol

[charred badger]

For sure 🙂

[somber crag]

Nono, clearly you do want to fight. Because you think YOU'RE cool... and I'm not.. hooow rude. Totally..

[charred badger]

https://tenor.com/view/true-its-true-the-office-dwight-gif-9399457

[distant oriole]

Hello o/ so is there anything the alpha testers can share? like how do you feel when playing it? whats the world like?

[somber crag]

They're under NDA.

[charred badger]

Ah man gifs don’t work anymore :/

[thorn needle]

NDA

[somber crag]

You got me with an Office meme. How dare.

[solid pelican]

I think they're allowed to say opinions but last we heard they weren't playing yet

[small hinge]

I always click the link. My work phone can take it lmao

[knotty crown]

Will admit, it do be like that sometimes

[distant oriole]

yeh i know, but anything?

[charred badger]

Gotta do what I gotta do lol

[thorn needle]

Probably have to be careful sharing opinions under NDA tho to not let smth unknown slip

[somber crag]

Very, very vague opinions. They can't be overly specific about anything, so I doubt they'll come in here being like, "WOW I LOVE THE FISHING BECAUSE".

[thorn needle]

I can only assume at least

[urban jetty]

.

[solid pelican]

100%, that's what I meant!

[cinder temple]

NDA means testers can't say anything that isn't already in the public domain; ie: the stuff devs choose to tell everyone. One of those thing is that testing hasn't actually started. Everything else will just have to come out later at the devs' discretion.

[small hinge]

My curiosity will not be sated with third party info. I need my hands on it

[tranquil cosmos]

mood

[small hinge]

Gimmie gimmie

[thorn needle]

Same lol

[charred badger]

Don’t you got a game to test? Get outta here!

[past hatch]

Wait until more invites go out

[knotty crown]

well, they can say that but nothing after the "because"! xD

[distant oriole]

yeh , well @distant oar if you can put something up on how things are going, something it can be shared

[mystic gale]

It hasn’t started yet.

[molten fog]

It's crazy how many people don't know what a nda is I learned early what that meant

[tranquil cosmos]

[distant oriole]

if they are playing of course

[somber crag]

I meant to put '...' after because, but got too trigger happy while typing. Whoops. c:

[charred badger]

[small hinge]

Waittakemewithyou…

[past hatch]

I've been playing Palia for weeks. Isn't the whole game just this discord? Its been fun

[void imp]

https://tenor.com/view/ponyo-sosuke-hug-hugging-love-gif-4427438

[knotty crown]

it do be like that sometimes

[tranquil cosmos]

I love ponyoooo

[crisp rampart]

hello

[distant oriole]

hahahaha then i've been missing out because of work hahaha

[surreal crest]

maybe the true game is friend we made along the way?

[cinder temple]

I think I'd get super annoyed if an alpha tester kept coming in to drop opinions on testing content and not explain further. It'd feel like teasing. Probably better to just engage in discussions about things like the villager vote or the Chapaa Challenge.

[void imp]

hehe luckky pick then

[crisp rampart]

good afternoon

[trail rapids]

a

[warm shuttle]

pee

[celest maple]

Good afternoon

[thorn needle]

Agreed honestly. I know its not meant that way but it’d feel like dangling a carrot stick and then dipping lol

[past hatch]

[carmine relic]

Chappa challenge?

[crisp rampart]

how are you all?

[solid pelican]

I'm sure most of their game based conversation has a tester specific chat

[celest maple]

What's up dude, just vibin on my end

[crisp rampart]

here in my house is kinda cold

[distant oriole]

i just feel happy its in alpha test and things are moving on, this means the dev team are working hard to bring this amazing world ass soon as possible

[green grotto]

Hiya! Almost the long weekend for me. YAY!

[distant oriole]

i thought the alpha would start like on august or something like that

[tranquil cosmos]

Chapaa challenge is drawing them in Paint right?

[cinder temple]

I dared lurkers to try their hand at drawing Chapaa (or Chuu) and will be compiling them all into a big group picture once people have it out of their system. So far we even have contributions from Nel and GreenTurtle.

[small hinge]

A pre alpha actually happening when the devs said it would…that’s already a good sign

[carmine relic]

Oh man, I should contribute to that!

Can paint.net count to the challenge?

[pliant slate]

Hi everyone! I lurk in the chats every so often but I just wanted to say a quick hello before I go make dinner, I hope everyone's day is going well! So excited for the game!!

[cinder temple]

Ye. Any program; Paint's just a common one.

[celest maple]

I just got off myself dude, also checking in on what's going on here. And jealously looking who became a pre-alpha tester lol

[molten fog]

I'm not a lurker but if I'd try that I'd make the best stick figure ever

[carmine relic]

It is also just now that I somehow forgot the fine details of how a chappa looks.

[celest maple]

Call it a mix of excitement and envy 😂

[plush sleet]

Hello everyone how are y’all doing today

[novel plank]

its been confirmed by Nele that pre alpha testers aren't even in the game yet

[tranquil cosmos]

Don't look 😳

[distant oriole]

did you guys read the "our story" on singularity 6 website?

[cinder temple]

Oh, please do. Never underestimate the power of simple lines.

[stiff basin]

Hello

[plush sleet]

Hello

[small hinge]

All the testers are popping up 👀

[knotty crown]

I liked getting teased tho...

[winged basalt]

We're what?

[surreal crest]

the smell of NDA is in the air

[cinder temple]

You can see Nel's Chapaa in the #🎨│old-palia-fan-art pins. All skill levels and styles are welcome.

[winged basalt]

No that's tacos

[patent dust]

mmmm smells like cheese

[stiff basin]

Yum

[thorn needle]

I have no sense of smell so

[surreal crest]

sometimes... I dream about cheese

[cold mesa]

what do you smell like

[tired trench]

omg i didnt even see that, its so cute

[thorn needle]

Smells like air to me 🤠

[patent dust]

skin? i guess? idk i dont really smell myself lol

[cold mesa]

let me smell you bby

[clever glen]

How many people got into testing?

[patent dust]

😳

[dusk portal]

Yeah, I love looking in the community-Art. It's always a good time

[thorn needle]

200 so far but they are doing it in waves

[small hinge]

Need to add a PDA clause to the NDA

[thorn needle]

No fraternizing with the NDA

[patent dust]

youre jealous cause youre not getting sniffed :v

[small hinge]

Whatever it takes to get that role tbh

[pastel coral]

Hello

[carmine relic]

Where do I submit my horrid chappa drawing

[small hinge]

Hiya

[pastel coral]

Will this game be on iOS

[surreal crest]

sniff me. I smell like IKEA

[thorn needle]

Only PC for now i believe

[magic mist]

possibly, eventually

[dusk portal]

Don't let them sniff you. you'll end up as a frebreeze brand

[distant oriole]

ok so we wont have any testers news but, whats the first thing you want to do when you start playing (after char creationg etc...)

[stiff basin]

what happened to chat, everybody’s just talking about sniffing now…?

[pastel coral]

Kitty I like your picture where u get it from

[thorn needle]

Maybe thats what i want 🥲

[patent dust]

👃

[thorn needle]

Thanks! Its my character in FFXIV 😁

[dusk portal]

All your beautiful art can be submitted in Community Art

[pastel coral]

What the name of the game

[thorn needle]

Final fantasy 14 😊

[pastel coral]

Oh

[tired trench]

idk whatever is available to do :D

[distant oriole]

yep hahahaha trying to change the subject a little =P

[pastel coral]

Is that on iOS or no

[thorn needle]

Nope PC and console

[pastel coral]

Oh ok

[distant oriole]

i want to see building and farming options

if there is any

[fringe pewter]

a

[tired trench]

me too, building seems really fun

[flint igloo]

Hi everyone. Love the new art posted!

[small hinge]

If it’s the pre alpha when I first get in, I will be exploring every inch, followed by bug hunting

[stiff basin]

Ooh I haven’t seen it yet

[charred badger]

Thank you. I worked hard on it /s

[tired trench]

yea im mostly excited about exploring as well

[charred badger]

I’m excited for the lore

[small hinge]

My methods are….unconventional, but they do seem to produce bugs in UE lol

[charred badger]

@distant oar can we get a lore channel to speculate about that easier?

[distant oriole]

other thing i like to do when is an mmo is to check the leveling system, points stats etc

[small hinge]

I hope no devs are just watching me in game spam into a corner for 3 hours

[tired trench]

lmfaooo

[surreal crest]

hey wanna work in QA? 😆

[small hinge]

Aw man, lunch is over for me too 😦 6 more hours then weeeeekend!

[stiff basin]

Hahaha same. If there’s a missing hit box/barrier I’ll probably find it

[charred badger]

Going to be awhile before i do that. Will be spending like 12 hours in character creation

[thorn needle]

This is a good idea. It might be useful to add this into #💭│discord-server-thoughts

[distant oriole]

have a good work, i'm on putting my baby to sleep here hahaha

[charred badger]

Done and done

[flint igloo]

I’m going to be such a noob at this - will need to make lots of friends for sure

[charred badger]

Hello friend

[hybrid citrus]

Yo

[stiff basin]

Invite all your friends to play Palia too!

[flint igloo]

I’m inviting so many people - getting the word out

[quick sparrow]

Hope I can, probably will be the thing I talk about once it's out lmao

[quick sparrow]

Word of mouth is the best megaphone lol

[distant oriole]

thinking of it , it will be nice to tell my kids when Palia was on Alpha test, the community here, like i told my nieces about League of legends and minecrafts alpha hahahaha

everyone losing their mind on the day they announced the alpha

[thorn needle]

Aww thats so wholesome i love it🥺

[distant oriole]

the chat didn't stoped hahahaha

[quick sparrow]

There's gonna be some great stories made, I feel it haha

[neat shadow]

Yeah, chat was going crazy that day!

[flint igloo]

Have two family members interested - now just need to work on two more.

[quick sparrow]

Every message was zooming like it was NASCAR

[stiff basin]

Discord crashed on my phone because chat was moving so fast lol

[neat shadow]

SAME!

[flint igloo]

That’s one thing I appreciate games like this for - playing Sky COTL during this time was a way for our family to connect even though we weren’t together. Palia will be an adventure we can do together too

[distant oriole]

i was with my wife near me because she want to see how the game is too

we will probably play as a whole family here hahahaha

[quick sparrow]

I've never heard of mobile freaking out to that extent omggggg

If it wasnt for hardware acceleration turned on for my desktop client, it'd crash just as much lmao

[flint igloo]

Oof. Gotta go. See ya later!

[raw quarry]

Bye Saki

[quick sparrow]

Take care!! ❤️

[shrewd kettle]

hi

[green grotto]

I totally get this. My 26 year old daughter just moved alllllll the way across the country to California and gaming helps us feel like we aren't far away from each other. She and I are both really excited about Palia!

[thorn needle]

My app crashed when the second survey application got announced 😭

[distant oriole]

bye Saki o/

[wispy light]

hello fellow cozy gamers!

the more i see of this game the more i am so excited to play!

[stiff basin]

What games do you all play currently?

[shrewd kettle]

everyone knows when will be the next wave of invites?

[quick sparrow]

Oh noooooooo jdhdhdhdh

[quick sparrow]

Hey, good to see you! How's it going!

[wispy light]

plus seeing all of you guys makes this game seem like its gonna have such an amazing community!

[cold mesa]

hello!

[stuck void]

Does anyone know when the next Q&A/FAQ is?

[wispy light]

its going pretty amazing! im recovering from being sick so im just happy i feel way better then i did!

[cinder temple]

Nel said they were hoping to do more invitations 'over the next few weeks'. Timelines and dates are pretty hard for them to give us right now, since so much is changing at S6.

[cold mesa]

July 8th!

[celest maple]

Hello guys

[raw quarry]

Yeah, everybody's adorable ^_^

[stuck void]

Thank you, Mushy <3

[quick sparrow]

That's amazing, I'm glad that's the case! Hope that luck keeps going! 🥰

[wispy light]

spooky our pfps give the same vibe and i love that so much

[cold mesa]

Of course! there's more info in the #❓│old-team-answers-alpha about times

[quick sparrow]

Wow, two of em

[distant oriole]

it was something covid related or just avarege sick? i hope you are getting well

[stiff basin]

I’m just hyped for the ultra-competitive Palia pvp esports scene 😤

[wispy light]

Not sure lol. It was like. bad cold but got better before i could consider covid

[void imp]

kandy what do you look forward to the most about palia? :3 everyone else can answer too ofc

[quick sparrow]

GATHERING META

[wispy light]

I look foward to relaxing with my gf and seeing what amazing homes her interior design brain can come up with!

[distant oriole]

good ,keep drinking fluids and get better =]

[stiff basin]

TRUE

[wispy light]

I have 5 glasses of water right next to me!

[distant oriole]

looks like when i had kidney stones hahaha

[wispy light]

Do you guys know if they have revealed any pets? I adore wittle buddies in games

[stiff basin]

I haven’t seen any yet

[distant oriole]

no , but it looks like something that would fit pretty well on this game xD

[stiff basin]

Fingers crossed for a snail mount though 🤞

[quick sparrow]

Hi again! I think the one thing I'm most excited for is the community aspects and how every element of the game enhance that! ❤️

[void imp]

oooh so cute!! love a that you're her fan

[shadow jewel]

I think pets would be awesome.

[wispy light]

hehe im only her number one cheerleader!

[void imp]

they said pets and mounts are part of the roadmap :D

[shadow jewel]

Oh that's lovely.

[void imp]

this

[cold mesa]

wow there are so many cuties in here. this is illegal yall

[stiff basin]

🐌 🐌 🐌

[craggy niche]

CHOCOBO

[shadow jewel]

Is it wrong I hope the snail mount is the fastest one in the game?

[raw quarry]

Would the snail be on a hoverboard so it can zoooooom?

[shadow jewel]

I also seriously doubt they can add chocobos, but maybe something kind of like them.

[distant oriole]

well gotta go, @wispy light may you recover even more soon , see ya o/

[small hinge]

What if the mailman rides a snail even tho he’s fast af on foot just cuz

[void imp]

👋 oof i love that answer, i didn't really think about all the game aspects like that before but you're so right

[wispy light]

thank you so much!

[quick sparrow]

A criminal amount, wow!!!
💞💞💞💞💞

[stiff basin]

The snail mount won’t need a hover board to zoom 🙂

[cold mesa]

criminal honestly

[main nymph]

@stiff basin spiky snail mount is a must.

[small hinge]

How I sit on a spiked snail??

[void imp]

if you believe auni he is the fastest mount in the game 😂

[main nymph]

Between the spikes

[stiff basin]

The spikes can stick out to the side as well

[shadow jewel]

I want a speedy spiky snail so badly now.

[wispy light]

oooo your a pre alpha tester! i hope youre enjoyinh the game and being the best bug catcher you can be!

[small hinge]

That’s a big snail, I like it

[shadow jewel]

https://tenor.com/view/rápido-fast-snail-robot-gif-15498737

[tiny talon]

Gotta get those hours $$$

[quick sparrow]

Glad you're on board with that! It's been the reason I hopped into FFXIV! Seeing such develop from the ground up is gonna be exciting to witness!

[void imp]

oh i wish you a swift recovery too!! 🧸

[main nymph]

https://m.liveaquaria.com/images/categories/large/lg38976SpinyStarAstraea.jpg think of an astraea but big

[shy tendon]

all the pre-testers bring us lots of pebbles

[main nymph]

Can we get a pebble mount?

[stiff basin]

This is the canonical snail mount https://www.trionworlds.com/rift/en/2018/06/13/get-ready-to-ride/

[shadow jewel]

I want a giant chicken mount.

[cold mesa]

Nel has already confirmed that we havent started testing yet. Just a comfy cozy waiting game

[main nymph]

It's just a pebble that makes you run faster.

[quick sparrow]

You just run on it as it rolls away

[lone crane]

Glad the child isn't a girl. Little mail man on duty.

[main nymph]

Tbh I want a raccoon mount

[shadow jewel]

Raccoon mount would be awesome.

[stiff basin]

I feel like a raccoon would make a better buddy pet

[small hinge]

Diggin through trash

[main nymph]

Idle animation is it cleaning cotton candy in a puddle

[stiff basin]

Digging through trash as a trainable skill haha

[wispy light]

awwww well please try if you can to record any bugs! Bugs are so so soooo funny to me!

[shadow jewel]

What about a Red Panda pet or mount?

[raw quarry]

Dude I thought he was a girl ._.

[main nymph]

Red panda works too.

[cold mesa]

We are under NDA and I can't share anything that isnt public by the devs 😦

[void imp]

yeah 🥺 never watched a pre-alpha game this closely, it's gonna be exciting

[main nymph]

Make it have an aura effect that everything smells like popcorn

[novel summit]

I love listening to the more silly bug stories from game devs.

[quick sparrow]

They're the best sometimes

[wispy light]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwww well its understandable! Just gotta hope I can get to see some bugs first hand!

[main nymph]

Hopefully we get in the next testing phase @wispy light :)

[stiff basin]

Are bugs confirmed?

[raw quarry]

Yes and the testers gotta catch em like Pokemon

[quick sparrow]

Fingers crossed for the both of you! ❤️

[wispy light]

honestly I'd rather my gf get in. She is super excited for the game and is what you call... not patient lol!

[oblique dune]

Bug bugs or bugs?

[gusty prism]

bug#1 me not getting a code 😆

[celest maple]

hashajasjjajja

[main nymph]

Haha. I am the bug hunter/tester. The missus just likes playing @wispy light

[stiff basin]

Awesome, that’s all I’ll be doing then haha

[main nymph]

But we will both be playing this on release. That's for sure.

[gusty prism]

when is release?

[main nymph]

@quick sparrow thanks kandy

[stiff basin]

I was more referring to insect bugs but the software bugs too lol

[gentle birch]

2-3 years is likely.

[gusty prism]

Pog

[stiff basin]

I can’t imagine they’d confirm software bugs will be in the game

[wispy light]

ha thats great! I feel palia is gonna have the same miner, builder duos like in minecraft

[gusty prism]

earlier then Hytale then LUL

[main nymph]

@stiff basin well now I want bug hunting contests like ACNL

[cold mesa]

NDA is going to be my excuse for everything lol

[stiff basin]

That seems kind of far out if testing will start soon, right? How long has development been going on?

[cold mesa]

"sorry bestie. its NDA 💅 "

[stiff basin]

I’m literally under NDA too haha

[main nymph]

Shady, I'm definitely the builder! Lol I am the one with all my friends and missus who builds, crafts, and plans, while they hunt, adventure, or risk themselves lol@wispy light

[lilac wolf]

Best way to get bestie to go NUTS and demand to join the game.

[gentle birch]

There is quite a bit of info in the unofficial FAQ that is pinned above. I'd check it out for some good info!

[cold mesa]

i know lol

[magic lance]

One of my Fav's was testing a Game with a few friends and there was a ruined building next to a hill. Our Dwarf decided to try and jump and land on the chimney.
But he fell down the middle of the chimney instead and got stuck, so we called one of the Dev's to come take a look and to get him out. But the Dev called the other Dev's, so there was like 6 Dev's there taking screenshots a giggling about it while he was stuck in the fire place 🙂

[wispy light]

i am the hoarder! I adore just gathering materials for people as it makes me just feel happy to allow people be able to have the resources to make amazing things!

[raw quarry]

I'm looking forward to lore hunting. I also am good at guitar irl and like a drink, so wondering if I could play bard tales in random pubs every now and then for a giggle

[shy tendon]

we will give pebbles for stories

[quick sparrow]

Omgggggg, lol.
Amazing

[main nymph]

For sure! That's another reason why I'm excited for this game, and Starbase. I love the sense of adventure and the ability to make what you want, how you want.

[wispy light]

that would be so cool! I would love to run my own littler store where I sell the bare minimum for resources to allow people to get tp the fun cozy gameplay without a grind!

[celest maple]

hey everybody!

[main nymph]

Howdy!

[raw quarry]

Lmfao. Bugs can be so good sometimes.

[quick sparrow]

Hey, how's it going!

[celest maple]

going well, thank you! just had a big meal so i'm feeling sleepy

[wispy light]

speaking of stores will player run stores be an implemented mechanic or will it kinda be like animal crossing new horizons where its like player ran things?

[celest maple]

how are y'all doing ❤️

[novel plaza]

great! HBU!

[raw quarry]

Pretty sure we don't have a clue yet

[wispy light]

im doing amazing!

[kindred sable]

👀

[quick sparrow]

Doing good, omw to get my 2nd shot!

[main nymph]

I'd be doing even better if I didn't feel like I'm dying lol

[wispy light]

well I will do my best to make a comfy store for people to hang and get any fun little resources they need for their dream homes!

[celest maple]

wishing you good luck!

[novel plaza]

hey gamers is there anythins specific we need to do to be eligable for the closed alpha?

[main nymph]

I did get a book I bought that I had checked out from the library before buying in today. I paid next to nothing, and it's in very good edition - unfortunately it's not a first edition like the library edition but hey! That made my day better lol

[buoyant heath]

Fill out the application on the website, then fill out the survey in #📢│palia-news

[gentle birch]

I would assume just to fill out both surveys is good enough.

[novel plaza]

gotcha, thanks guys!

[quick sparrow]

Ayyyyy, glad it did

[wispy light]

well i gotta head out but its super nice to talk too you all! I hope you all have an amazing rest of your day!

[main nymph]

Seeya shady!

[buoyant heath]

Afterwards, you must find all five scrolls. Now, beware, one of the scrolls is a trap and will lead only to madness. Once you have those, you must seek an island that has no land.

[main nymph]

@buoyant heath can I just send an undisclosed amount of bitcoin or dogecoin to a wallet address?

[void imp]

confirmed :3

[buoyant heath]

Yes, but the wallet address can only be found by someone who doesn't want to find it

[jaunty swallow]

Sooooo anyone know how you find out if u got into the prealpha?

[buoyant heath]

Click on your name and you'll see a role

[fiery gale]

You get a role in discord called tester

[bright jungle]

Best bet would be to keep an eye on the channels, I assume you'd get access to some new ones if you got chosen 🙂

[blazing kelp]

I see chat has calmed a bit.

[fiery gale]

Yeah we juss vibin now

[blazing kelp]

Continue vibing bros.

[brisk mason]

Hello

[knotty crown]

We need an NDA emoji, like the SoonTM one

[void imp]

calcifer!!!!!!! hii :DD feels like it's been a while

[blazing kelp]

because it has been :O

[deft sonnet]

POGGIES

[void imp]

i'm never sure because it might have just been due to time zone differences

[vast escarp]

[ripe crane]

cant wait to play. I love breaking games

[void imp]

welcome back <3

[blazing kelp]

it was quite literally a week or a few days ago. so yes. it has been a while.

[patent dust]

im still waiting for the one someone made in #🎨│old-palia-fan-art to be added lol

[maiden nymph]

90% of the fun in writing a game is breaking stuff and thinking WTF did i just do.

[celest maple]

For all the people just saying they were short, let's be clear - Age: Child

[austere spade]

Anyone want to dream with me about what kind of furniture/decorations will be in game? I like to switch it up every so often. Maybe some retro furniture (especially kitchen appliances), I like bohemian style, but also something whimsical, like fairy or butterfly themed furniture.

[buoyant heath]

All Bunny Day, All Year Long

[mint kelp]

I need someone to make an emote for "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe" speech from Blade Runner so when people ask about the alpha people can just respond with that lol

[austere spade]

oooh, and cat furniture...

both for cats and cat themed

[buoyant heath]

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

[fiery gale]

I know what kind of furniture we will get

[patent dust]

how do you do, fellow palians?

[fiery gale]

It's the kind that goes in ur house 🙂

[mint kelp]

My man! Glad I'm not the only one

[patent dust]

is there furniture that doesnt go in your house?

[fiery gale]

Patio furniture?

[buoyant heath]

It's the second greatest speech in Sci-fi history, right behind "GAME OVER, MAN! GAME OVER"

[patent dust]

oh feck, right

[faint dawn]

Speaking of furniture, I'm gonna need a tree for all the cool cats. :P

[patent dust]

i see nerd talk and i am confusion

[mint kelp]

Don't get me wrong, I agree! But you'd be surprised how many people these days haven't seen it

[raw quarry]

Not seen it, no idea what you're talking about.

[void imp]

i hope we'll get a lot of house plants :3 i'll cover my house with them

[buoyant heath]

Some movie adaptation of a book called "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"

[void imp]

and there was some in the trailer!! :D

[main nymph]

@void imp succulents. Succulent covered walls, tables.... beds, tubs, everything.

[regal swallow]

Air plants?

[mint bridge]

It will be whenever it will be 🤪

[raw quarry]

I've been recommended that author so damn much, never got around to him yet though >_>

[void imp]

man that'd be nice, i live on the wrong side of the house. i never get direct sunlight, there's only so many plants that like it here.

[oblique peak]

I personally hope that there are multiple styles and new stuff that comes up on Christmas and Halloween so there can be different styles in a house

[lunar tundra]

Yes please!! Would adore succulent themed items!

[void imp]

i wonder if there'll be several versions of the same wardrobe for example. either offered ready to buy or costumisable.

[chilly locust]

holy lord im so excited to play this, ive been looking for a game exactly like this lol

[lunar tundra]

Oooh, scarecrows and jack-o-lanterns with different faces would be awesome!

[buoyant heath]

I was being slightly sarcastic - the movie is Blade Runner, considered the greatest sci-fi noir film. But yeah, the book is by Phillip K. Dick, who wrote the stories that became Total Recall (original story is "We'll Remember It For You Wholesale"), Minority Report, Paycheck, The Adjustment Bureau, and A Scanner Darkly.

Oh, and The Man in High Castle, that show that came out a few years ago, that was based on his work too

[lunar tundra]

I hope we get pride themed decorations, or the ability to add custom paint to furniture.

[oblique peak]

Oooo now that you mentioned that I would also like to be able to mess with our porch and front yard. Would be so cool to see people's different holloween displays on their yards like people do in real life

[void imp]

gang gang happy belated pride

[mystic gale]

Sooooo many things are based on PKD's work

[lunar tundra]

And since a mail system seems confirmed, different staionaries would be cool too!

[mystic gale]

Even several episodes of The Twilight Zone were based on his stuff

[buoyant heath]

His titles are the best, but the stories are so fundamental in modern sci-fi

But: Palia chat

[main nymph]

Has pvp been confirmed to exist or not?

[raw quarry]

They seem to be fine with a friendly kind of competitiveness, but they are not going for any pvp

[carmine relic]

No fighty-fight PVP, no.

[ionic portal]

Possibly non-combat related competitions but no active combat between players

[lunar tundra]

No pvp combat

[tough orchid]

TBD

[vernal crystal]

<-- There is dog in this game? 😮

[tough orchid]

[ornate vector]

Hi

[tough orchid]

Hello!

[lunar tundra]

There seems a dog like creature from some of the images!

[ionic portal]

It's a Tau (also called a Boulf by the community), mixture of a wolf and bunny

[quasi pumice]

Why would there be pvp in a chill game?

[vernal crystal]

Every day the wait for the next wave of invites gets harder

[tough orchid]

Humans mysteriously disappearing inst exactly "chill" lol

[main nymph]

I was meaning more of a challenge type thing. I thought I'd be a neat edition to have coliseum or similar for combat, and other forms of competitions similar to Olympics. Obviously not fights to the death

[quasi pumice]

I mean they said it was a cozy game

[quick sparrow]

Update: it is done

[tough orchid]

There's cozy elements to the game, we can't put one label on it though

[celest maple]

Seems pretty chill to me

[quasi pumice]

Tru

[celest maple]

It hopefully will be a very cozy game

[tough orchid]

[quick sparrow]

Definitely from the looks of the community!

[knotty crown]

Lots and lots of pillows, cuz pillow warz.

[raw quarry]

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/PleasantBlaringDarklingbeetle-max-1mb.gif

[regal swallow]

All the Pals are cozy in these parts

[celest maple]

Yh I think people are calming down atm from the excitement of the pre alpha roles lmao

[undone mist]

It'll be interesting to see what people want after they actually play the game quite often people ask for cozy games but after they play it it won a little bit different

[quasi pumice]

Have you guys ever heard of a game called Free Realms? It very much reminds me of Palia

[quick sparrow]

And it's been really appreciated!! ❤️

[tough orchid]

AH sir shrew?! 🥂 how's the road to Tinue round these parts?

[digital crow]

Hey hey

[regal swallow]

The roads may have rain. But we can play in the puddles.

[tough orchid]

agreed!

[hallow bluff]

We need PvP, but instead as a farmer's market thing.

[iron pagoda]

I don't think playing in puddles on a road sounds very safe

[regal swallow]

Palia von Paliasburg?

[hallow bluff]

Who has the biggest pumpkin?! lol

[lunar tundra]

The "guilds" being called Neighborhoods, kind if makes it sound like the houses are fairly close together. I hope we still have lots of space for our own land.

[magic vector]

Dane out here being the POG

[knotty crown]

Basically I talk about it all the time on here, yes 😄

[tough orchid]

I have the juiciest tomato(s)

[regal swallow]

You can come along too, bring your fishing rod.