💬│palia-discussions

[patent adder]

And you are amazing too. ☺️

[silent cairn]

yeah, I think I might suggest in #💭│discord-server-thoughts that #game-suggestions gets like a few hour slowmode. because most of the time people just end up (heatedly) discussing the ideas put in there in that same channel, so I'm sure it must be hard for the devs to even see what the ideas were in the first place.

[wintry atlas]

I think especially whilst we are at this stage of the development process. People don't have a lot to go off of wrt. info they can build ideas around - so we've ended up with all corners of the internet merging together saying they want x,y & z from their game

[zinc steeple]

morning palians

[potent loom]

I want to test a game with you...
But you need to listen to me...
..

[lyric ether]

Could be helpful if they made a bot that transcribed things that use a specific format like if someone typed Suggestion: -structured suggestion here- then the bot could pick up on just that, then they could search for that suggestion in the chat to read others thoughts on it. No expert on discord so not sure if they can program bots to do that though.

[heavy dew]

Pretty bold of you to assume people do their research and read before posting

[wintry atlas]

Agree with this statement.

You have to remember that there will be a significant proportion of people posting in there thinking it guarantees them / improves their chances of a spot in the pre-alpha.

[lyric ether]

was more a long the lines a tool for the developers. The bot would record things for them if given the proper format. allowing the suggestion to be seen even though people discuss it. Then the devs could then search for the suggestion and read others commentary

[heavy dew]

I know I'm just giving you a hard time You can definitely program a "structure-bot", as long as it's all text replies it's not that complex ^^

[slim shard]

Someone suggested a Discussion Channel specifically tied to the #game-suggestions Channel. So people can talk about Ideas there freely (as long as they stay civil) without just barging into #💬│palia-discussions. I personally like the Idea but I also feel that once it's up no one would use it as it is to much of a hassle to go to another Channel to talk about something posted somewhere else. 🤔 😅

[silent cairn]

yeah, I think you might be right about that.

[lyric ether]

that is what moderation is for. would make their job harder though

[wintry atlas]

Yeah the concept is definitely spot on - just some people will definitely push / direct others in the popular channels to acknowledge their great idea

[heavy dew]

Suggession channel

[peak escarp]

Awe! I am crying inside!

[heavy dew]

Alright lovelies I'll be deep diving into my work again, if I am needed @ away freely!

(my work being MORE EMOTES)

[silent cairn]

actually? that is one of the coolest jobs

[heavy dew]

Well not my official job but it's what I work on most xD and getting more emotes in here is life goals

[patent adder]

Wait no crying. Only happy please😰

[heavy dew]

:chapaaSquish: next up

[peak escarp]

Ahhhhhh I am so excited for the community questions today!

I have one that I really want to ask hehehe

Actually I have a two now that I think about it LOL

Ima write them down! I don’t want to forget! Lol

Omg I just forgot my second one HAHAHA!…

[random rampart]

god that's relatable

[peak escarp]

Okay I just remembered! lol

I’m gonna head out! Need my sleeps! To a good night/morning everyone! Take care!

It is always a pleasure talking with y’all! I always look forward to it!

[patent adder]

Have a great night. Sleep well, new friend☺️

[peak escarp]

Awe! Thank you so much! 🥺☺️

[celest maple]

Gnight Anna

[surreal crest]

sleep well!

[oak terrace]

i most certainly am not, but if it means I can have an opportunity to play the game sacrifices must be made and I cannot sacrifice myself 🧎‍♀️

[warm plover]

Ah sorry I just asked cause we have a LOT of parents here

[oak terrace]

bpBPPBBP no worries no worries! I'm just teasing 😂

[silent cairn]

remember that you're most likely only going to get an answer to that question in a month's time, though

[peak escarp]

Thank you so much!

[peak escarp]

Oh okay! Thank you so much for letting me know!
I have 3 now!

[zinc steeple]

I would like some, someday...

[peak escarp]

I’m procrastinating damn it. Off to bed I go! Lol.

[silent cairn]

haha, I have a few as well. Goodnight!!

[peak escarp]

I don’t want to gooooo!

[zinc steeple]

do you have to get up in the morning?

[peak escarp]

But it’s 3 am

[zinc steeple]

so? 🙂

[deft sonnet]

damn

[peak escarp]

Thank you so much!

[mint steppe]

Almost 6:30 am here

[peak escarp]

No lol

[deft sonnet]

12:26 pm here

[zinc steeple]

no real reason to go to bed then! only unless you're tired 🙂

if you don't want to go to bed...don't!

[peak escarp]

But I should get some rest because I’m sick and this coughing is just getting worse! It has been hurting my chest. Hopefully fully lying down will help.

[silent cairn]

Sleep is for the weak!
But if you're feeling weak, go sleep to become strong! :happychuu:

where's my emote

[mint steppe]

I wish I could sleep right now. I’m tired but I’m at the parking lot ready to go in for work >.<

[peak escarp]

When you are weak atm LOL! Omg I can’t stop laughing!

[silent cairn]

have a nice work day, Tophi! Hang in there!

[warm plover]

good luck tophi

[vale spire]

Have a good day at work!

[mint steppe]

Thank you! I’ll be back around lunch time and hopefully I’ll be able to see the Q&A.

[peak escarp]

Unfortunately I have to start going to bed early reallyyyy soon! Will need to wake up around 3:30 am for school LOL! I don’t have my hours atm, but the animals in my school’s zoo will need to be taken care of!

[heavy dew]

Best of luck Tophi, think of Tau's to cheer you up

[peak escarp]

And the zoo opens at 6 am! Rip! Hahaha

I have a month to fix my sleeping schedule lol.

[peak escarp]

Awe! You got this!!!!!!! Sending so many good vibes your way!

Okay I’m heading off for reals this time
Toodles everyone! Take care!

[vale spire]

Night!

[stone sierra]

Hello Pals!
Q&A I may be a bit hyped...

[warm plover]

night night

[winter scroll]

Is there any gameplay footage from the testers yet?

[vale spire]

[stone sierra]

Closest we have to a new footage we have is the gif in the #🌠│official-art

[patent adder]

👀 🐐

[vale spire]

Morning, Milky!

[patent adder]

Hey Vannyx. 🥰

[grim yew]

This isn't a Mobile game am I right?

[patent adder]

Mobile is a high priority, but PC first.

[tidal scroll]

^

[grim yew]

Gotcha

[patent adder]

So, eventually yes. 🥰

[grim yew]

Thanks :)

[unique compass]

Good morning Milky ❤️

[brisk ivy]

I just randomly thought of something. Was that person in the new gif sitting down?

[tidal scroll]

no, pretty sure they're standing up

think the thing behind them is fencing rather than a bench

[warm plover]

the person in the gif is probably the same character as in the trailer right? maddy?

[brisk ivy]

I hope they have some chairs scattered about for sitting in!

Park benches and whatnot.

[bright forge]

I think maddy will be default femine character

[warm plover]

i still like calling her maddy for some reason

instead of just main character or whatever

[patent adder]

How are you Konmai? ^^

[unique compass]

I'm about to go asleep again hehe

[patent adder]

Ooh...I'm about to get off work 👀

[warm plover]

yaaay milky come home

[patent adder]

Better be food ready when I get there👏

[warm plover]

nooo

[patent adder]

Teasing don't worry ☺️

[warm plover]

☺️

[patent adder]

But I understand, you wouldn't make food for me. I get it!

[warm plover]

I woulddd but i dont have ingredience

[brisk ivy]

I rewatched the trailer a bit and I think there were benches around that broken sphere monument from the other side. Unless there are multiple of those spheres.

[patent adder]

I think you are right but I am on mobile so I can't check it very easily

[brisk ivy]

So perhaps I can sit everywhere!

[vast escarp]

It's not an mmo without a / sit

[tidal scroll]

^

[patent adder]

That's something BDO did really well. You could sit on ledges, lean against walls.

I liked ☺️

[tidal scroll]

haven't played bdo really. always been in my library but only kept it open for steam cards

[vast escarp]

At least someone did it properly, all i had was the wow one where u float weirdly and you legs stick out into the air

[brisk ivy]

When GW2 didn't have interactable chairs, made me sad. BDO was a showoff, but thankfully the GW2 team pulled through and put in a lot of work to make interactable chairs!

[vast escarp]

I'm still crouching on stairs in minecraft pretending they're chairs xD

[brisk ivy]

How did Minecraft not use their boat code to put in a simple chair?

[tidal scroll]

spinning chair

[warm plover]

...that's gonna annoy me every time i play minecraft now
i never thought about it before

[brisk ivy]

They have a sit animation.

[vast escarp]

That's actually genius

I do love putting animals in boats

[regal swallow]

Another lovely wholesome day

[warm star]

good morning

[warm plover]

guys dont you love getting oneshot in games

[nocturne thorn]

👀

[regal swallow]

Hugs in games should be multiple

[brisk ivy]

I don't like it when I spec into defense, but still get 1 shot.

[warm star]

my brain is a bit scattered this week, is there an ask the team thing today?

[vale spire]

There is, yes!

[regal swallow]

There is a Q&A today!

[warm star]

sweet!

[tidal scroll]

indeed. 2pm pst

[regal swallow]

If it's at 2 pm pt, that 5pm Est

[tidal scroll]

yeah

[warm star]

thank you for doing the math lol

[tidal scroll]

11pm cest/utc+2

[regal swallow]

Which is like 10-11pm Europe time

[warm star]

I was trying to do it and was not having success

[warm plover]

5 am for me ;w;

[regal swallow]

S6 does time based on office location

[tidal scroll]

and i thought 11pm was bad. geez

[main nymph]

Morning all of you fantastic people.

[mystic vale]

G'day!

[main nymph]

Hope everyone's excited for the answers were getting today, whatever they may be.

[vale spire]

Good morning!

[warm plover]

happy timezone

[fiery rapids]

good morning all

[vast escarp]

are you peoples all able to just play one character form beginning to end. or are there any serial levelers like myself?

[main nymph]

I often will have multiple until I figure out what I want then I main that until I pull something else out. I'm like a one or two toon guy

[vast escarp]

that sounds like a smart idea XD

[warm plover]

i just play one

[vast escarp]

i should probably try that, i think i just like character creation too much

[main nymph]

I only wish more mmos had incentives to go back and level more than one. Such as multiple areas to experience, unique story or gameplay opportunities. Most are linear

[brisk ivy]

I usually play 1 character, if I like the abilities they have. Sometimes takes me a couple tries to find the best character for me.

[patent adder]

Saaame!

[whole shoal]

that's one reason why I love ESO. Areas adapt to your level and you can experience an area for story and exploration without having to sacrifice XP and loot/rewards since they're balanced to one's level

[brisk ivy]

I also really like to theme my characters after what they are, so I wonder what we will get!

[main nymph]

But no matter what its a stupidly emotionally fueled challenge to delete toons... even if I'm not leveling them lol

[warm plover]

ive never really roleplayed in an mmo before

im usually just me

[main nymph]

@whole shoal I need to pick up eso again. The missus and I bought the deluxe or ce so we could get married in game, played like 5 hours, and stopped due to her school time ramping up lol

Maybe we will get her a new ssd so we can download gw2 and eso and play those until palia 🧐

[warm plover]

i might consider eso if im allowed to be a cat

[brisk ivy]

I did it a few times. It was awkward, but some rpers are great! There was a party at the Gilneas mansion in WoW I got to attend as a dwarf. We placed down our kegs and danced around.

[patent adder]

It is fun!

[night kraken]

you can be a khajit, which is the next best thing

[main nymph]

Rp is not for me. I'm far too disassociated to be efficient at rp in a game.

[warm plover]

thats what i meant 🐈
is it a good game???

[night kraken]

I have over 1000 hours in it. So it might be alright

[main nymph]

You know, I look back and wonder how people have thousands of hours in games

And then I remember.... I have over year of playtime on one character in wow.

[whole shoal]

I had a period in Uni where me and 3 mates would engage in 10-hour Rust sessions daily for like 2-3 months (dw we all hold degrees now)

[warm plover]

i have thousands of hours in rimworld apparently...

[night kraken]

Good choice

[warm plover]

is steam fine for eso...?
hey sebby can you teach me how to play it? do you still play?

[brisk ivy]

Anyways, I should sleep. Got work stuff later and don't want to miss the Q and A stuff! Have a good one!

[night kraken]

I got back into it a bit recently, not playing it too consistently though sadly. Going back to uni in a week so I might not have time to teach you, sorry mate

[warm plover]

aww

[night kraken]

Take care mate 👋

[patent adder]

Later friend ❤️

[celest maple]

I played eso at launch and enjoyed it. But had no friends who played, so didnt last long. I'd probably be up for giving it another whirl. I dont remember, is it a subscription game?

[patent adder]

The sub gives access to all dlc minus the newest one I believe, and an extra crafting inventory...? I think?

[summer obsidian]

Blessed Shimmerflies Everyone!

[vast escarp]

i was so confused by where to go for leveling that i gave up

[patent adder]

I mean.. #🎮│other-games 👀 🐐

[patent adder]

Good morning Overflow ^^

[summer obsidian]

Felt like July 8th would never get here, we have the Q&A with the Developers today!!! Going to be keeping my eyes on #❓│old-team-answers-alpha all day 😛

[night kraken]

The only thing wrong there is that it gives all the smaller dlc except for the expansions, so even if a smaller dlc is released after an expansion you get access to it too. Though im pretty sure all the expansions (not smaller dlc) beside the recent one is included when you buy the base game, but im not entirely sure

[gentle birch]

You can save your eyes the gaze until 2pm PST!

[safe fern]

Same though, there seemed to be a story going on but I wasn't sure where to go for the next part of it, I landed somewhere random and got a lot of quests that seemed half way through another story..

[summer obsidian]

goes back to sleep

[main nymph]

Is it going to be text only or will they be streaming it etc?

[vast escarp]

that about sums it up for me 2 xd

[patent adder]

Ooh okay. I haven't played in a long time so I forgot. 🥺

[gentle birch]

Probably just a text drop in #❓│old-team-answers-alpha

[summer obsidian]

I think it's going to be text only again

[main nymph]

Aw. I can't really watch text only at work

[night kraken]

No worries mate, just wanted to help you out 😄

[summer obsidian]

oh, it won't be anything to "watch". They will probably just post the questions and the answers like they have previously in that #❓│old-team-answers-alpha channel

[vast escarp]

was it palia where they said you could be a dragon monk?

[neon coral]

Who knows

[gusty mica]

A dragon monk lol

[dim flint]

anyone hope there will be guild implementation in the game

kinda like farmers guild, chefs guild so on?

[summer obsidian]

There will be! They're going to be called neighborhoods in this game

[foggy ingot]

ye

[vast escarp]

https://youtu.be/hCE1dU6FkRA?t=291

i found it, here in this video

[summer obsidian]

@dim flint if you check the pinned messages in this channel, there's an unofficial FAQ documents with some stuff they have answered regarding guilds and other things

[dim flint]

sorry just kinda found out about the game, may be a bit too excited atm just bringing back feelings from games of old ^_^

[vast escarp]

if there is a dragon monk, that means that dragons are basically confirmed right?

[summer obsidian]

My dang computer changed it to "checked"...I didn't mean you should know it was there 😛 I was letting you know it was there, haha! Sorry!! ❤️ Welcome to the community! 😄

[patent adder]

I'm glad you're excited. Welcome to the community :3

[dim flint]

has anyone played free realms?

[rose cedar]

if there are not classes nor combat how can you be a dragon monk except RP. lol

[foggy ingot]

if that's the case, pog pog, but I can't help but think it was meant more like in a role playing scenario

[heavy dew]

Nothing to apologize for! Everyone here is pressing their face against the screen waiting for the next Q&A so you'll fit right in

[patent adder]

I know people in #🎮│other-games have talked about it 😄 Don't really know much past that though

[dim flint]

i was curious since this game reminded me of it a bit, was a really fun game before it was taken down.

[vast escarp]

i guess I am taking the quote about being a dragon monk too literally

[patent adder]

I am the dragon goat 👀

[heavy dew]

Guy with the Dragon Goat tattoo

[main nymph]

@vast escarp unless they mean dragon is a discipline of monks and its based on a mythical species long extinct

[dim flint]

so whats the deal with Chapaa or chuu?

[vast escarp]

they said it was a skill based system instead of a class based one so idk

[heavy dew]

Chapaa is the official name and Chuu is the community given name for them before knowing the official name

[vast escarp]

mabye it's just a title you can unlock

[patent adder]

OH! Did you do the questionnaire on the site? For potentially getting into pre-alpha? There was also one on discord new people tend to miss. ☺️ #📢│palia-news message

[main nymph]

Never said it was a class. Just a discipline. Maybe it just gives you a specific unlock for clothing or skill effects

[dim flint]

no i didnt thank you ^_^

[patent adder]

I got you ☺️

[foggy ingot]

I did the same, actually still kinda do

[vast escarp]

yeah that would be cool

[main nymph]

Because naturally one who uses skills/spells/abilities to a mastery level will add refinement onto it. So many directions they can take this

[vast escarp]

mabye you get a class kinda name when you specialize in certain skills

[main nymph]

Like a title unlock?

[serene arch]

I mean if the existence of the word dragon also confirms dragons... Then I would like to see a dragon next time I go to the zoo. ^^

[vast escarp]

your local zoo not got any?

[serene arch]

Any would do. Just there for the dragons 😃

I mean they have Komodo dragons, but I want the (Un) real deal ofc 🐲

[dim flint]

anyone know if there are gonna be holidays? i would love to have halloween stuff

[main nymph]

Don't let them fool you - dragons are in your zoo. Just go to the reptile enclosure and look in their eyes. You can see the flame churning deep inside, awaiting the dream to rupture and have their dormancy end.

[gentle birch]

I don't think we officially know yet, but I'd like to see seasons and holiday festivities.

[dim flint]

ooooo imagine a scarecrow like golem with a jackolantern head!

[warm plover]

oooh is it a new person should i link my doc again

[heavy dew]

#❔│game-faqs and #❓│old-team-answers-alpha may hold the answers you seek, there's also an unoffocial Q&A doc but I don't have it

[serene arch]

Technically I'm a dragon, according to my Chinese horoscope 😄

[warm plover]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N61pu4gGNSrHTJ_UElbqk2FPl2QaN-hGJ3S5CYg4nzM/edit?usp=sharing
this might answer some questions you have, theres another document in pins that has more indepth answers!

[gentle birch]

Unofficial Google Doc is in the pinned messages with some potential tidbits of information.

[heavy dew]

^ Thank you Dragon Tslop

[warm plover]

i will become a dragon cat as well. we'll all imagine dragons

[regal swallow]

🐲

[heavy dew]

And I'll have one of those red carts children pull - imagine wagons

[warm plover]

I'll have a big container of liquid; imagine flagons

[heavy dew]

Pokemon? Imagine Bagons

[gentle birch]

#3 has a good lead in #📮│public-polls! I can vote #1 next time, woot.

[warm plover]

poor ashura

[heavy dew]

wants to win

[warm plover]

poor
ashura

[heavy dew]

My poor emote wants a name! He can't stay "huntersus"

[safe fern]

Will he ever exit the void...

[wispy meadow]

Is this a play on Imagine Dragons?

[serene arch]

Time will tell

[heavy dew]

Yes, it started in the US with imagine pentagon

[vast escarp]

Rin that doc u link is great, thanks for the hard work XD

[wispy meadow]

Lol okay

[heavy dew]

Rin is a real savior

[patent adder]

He is a good boy isn't he. pat pat ☺️

[warm plover]

Aaaaaaa positive reinforcement makes my brain go !!!!!!!!! no thoughts head empty

[night kraken]

He is the best of us

[patent adder]

For sure. ☺️

[vast escarp]

get this man a pre-alpha key

[patent adder]

I wish I could give him mine 🥺

[gentle birch]

Stat!

[warm plover]

nooooooooooooooo im gonna cry

[heavy dew]

No cry

[warm plover]

hi tophiii

[mint steppe]

I wish It was ashura but that’s ok!

[patent adder]

Hey

[buoyant heath]

@warm plover is awesome

[mint steppe]

Hii! Sneaking on my phone. Ok back to work!

[warm plover]

staaaaawp

[wary birch]

Good morning everyone

[heavy dew]

Good luck!

[warm plover]

ok bye bye tophiiiiii

[wispy meadow]

Aww is it Rin Appreciation day?
Rin is really nice kitty person ☺️

[warm plover]

nooooooooooooooo aaaaaaaa

[heavy dew]

It's always Rin appreciation day cause there's to much to fit into 1 day

[warm plover]

[patent adder]

I am looking at your posts with images in them.. You are the one who made most of the icons? 👀

[wispy meadow]

There's also Milky Appreciation day, Turtle Appreciation day, Duck appreciation day, Nel appreciation day and a lot more

[warm plover]

Every day is Milky Appreciation Day 🥛

[heavy dew]

I've made 4 of the emotes (so far: I've submitted a 5th as a surprise for you guys)

[gentle birch]

🥛🍪

[warm plover]

who made DogChamp

[heavy dew]

is my work

[warm plover]

[celest maple]

Good time zone everyone. I hope you all have a wonderful day.

[heavy dew]

That would be Nevakanezah, same who made

I've compiled a google doc for everyone interested in who's behind each emote: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Im5GokhEwWwjKzXsZ-SYFv3nJUHD3yiljyLNXhx66sg/edit#gid=0

[warm plover]

Berrryyy teach me how to art
sometimes i wanna but i start doing it and then i give up
ive drawn good looking things a couple times so i know i can but getting the process started is haaaard

[patent adder]

Oh this is awesome. Thanks ❤️

[thorny dune]

Just keep trying and you'll improve Rin 🙂

[patent adder]

Nawh this isn't true. ☺️

[heavy dew]

It made it into the channel description of #🎨│old-palia-fan-art, almos happy crai..

Lay down, try not to cry, cry a lot

[patent adder]

Awwh you deserve happy cry 🥺

[warm plover]

[warm plover]

me when people appreciate me

[heavy dew]

I've submitted a 5th emote as a surprise for you guys, so it wont be posted before it's added! And I'm currently working on a 6th :3

[small ferry]

Test

[vast escarp]

welcome

[late hearth]

Mornin y’all!

[patent adder]

I am really curious 🥺

[warm plover]

lets guess what the emote is

[patent adder]

Good morning! 😄

[warm plover]

is it... auni yelling YEET?

[heavy dew]

It is not, tell you what if you guess it I'll make it my profile picture

[warm plover]

guys we gotta guess throw out random ideas

[patent adder]

How long does it normally take? I am really curious 🥺

[warm plover]

Is it Tamala disapproving of something

[heavy dew]

It's anything between 5 seconds and 5 hours, depends on how busy Nele is ^^

[mint steppe]

I didn’t realize you drew the emotes!

[patent adder]

I will be asleep 😦

[heavy dew]

Some of them ^^

[vast escarp]

fishing emote

[warm plover]

maybe it's Ashura Sad

[heavy dew]

No, no and no (but Ashura Sad is on my to do list)

[warm plover]

JelFabulous

[mint steppe]

Happy timezone emote ?! Haha

[heavy dew]

I have no idea how to draw that but an hourglass animated emote is in the works by someone else

[mint steppe]

It could be just a words like the soon emote

[warm plover]

FireChuu

[heavy dew]

That is very true, and also, no and no, rin

[mint steppe]

this one is cute

[warm plover]

The Last Chapaabender

[heavy dew]

That's the same guy who's making the hourglass haha

[warm plover]

mlem i cant guess :(

[heavy dew]

Now that you guys have seen the spreadsheet, but just to point out how awesome it actually is, only 6 emotes are NOT community made

[late hearth]

That’s so awesome

[patent adder]

I did know this actually! I just didn't know who did what emote ☺️

[warm plover]

i thought like eight of them were made by s6 (the kitsuu and einarpleased/einarverypleased/einarsad/einarverysad)

[heavy dew]

Only the original is S6, but the S6 artist who made it is credited to the remakes as well since it's their original design

[mint steppe]

A lantern emote?

[warm plover]

maybe a sad Auni?

[heavy dew]

No and no ^^ I am however currently working on a "peeking" emote (non animated) like the one Hammster just posted, for the lurkers

[mint steppe]

Looking forward to it!

[warm plover]

Oh right
I forgot to do my regularly scheduled lurker greeting

HI LURKERS!!!!!!

[heavy dew]

And I know there's obviously bound to be shy people, introverts, who need to be represented as well, hence, the peeking emote!

[maiden nymph]

I support a "chapaa lurking from a trash bin"-emote 👀

[warm plover]

who do we think is gonna be on the peeking emote
my guess is auni

[safe fern]

That's a great idea ^^

[wispy meadow]

Just have a pair of eyes in a bush

[mint steppe]

[heavy dew]

I'll see what I can do!

[warm plover]

why doesnt sir berry have a prealpha tester role

[patent adder]

Good question 🤔

[flint oak]

As a common lurker, I'm excited to see this!

[heavy dew]

I got your back!

[heavy dew]

For one reason or the other ^^

[wispy meadow]

Sir Berry's pfp makes me really badly want an in game puppy

[heavy dew]

Awwwww why thank you :3

[warm plover]

[heavy dew]

OH yeah that one is also mine

xFenixer refined the text though so joint effort

[warm plover]

[deft sonnet]

Ola palians

[warm plover]

when will we get MaybeKitsuu

[heavy dew]

I'll ask the artist haha

[warm plover]

noo im just kidding pls dont bother the artist bc of me

[deft sonnet]

Are we ready for the Q&A

[patent adder]

I was born ready

[heavy dew]

So ready I made an emote for it (it's the surprise) @warm plover

[warm plover]

:o

[patent adder]

👀

[wispy meadow]

👀

[warm plover]

TauQuestion? (with like a little question mark)

[wary birch]

When is the Q&A

[warm plover]

in like eight hours i think

[patent adder]

8h10m I believe?

[wary birch]

Cool thank you

[warm plover]

if i go to bed now i can wake up for it.. bleh

[patent adder]

I could go to bed too 👀

[celest maple]

hi

[patent adder]

Hey, friend. ☺️

[wary birch]

I woke up like an hour ago. It’s 7:50 am here

[patent adder]

Ahh yeah, I'm an hour ahead of you. I just work nights 😆

[warm plover]

i will sleep on the goat
🐈 💤
🐐 💤

[patent adder]

😳

[heavy dew]

I'm in the future, it's almost 3

[wispy meadow]

XD

Even further in the future here, it's almost 9pm on Thursday

[warm plover]

it's 8:51 pm here
q&a is at 5 am for me 😿

[wary birch]

I don’t miss working nights. I enjoy working from home so I can watch twitch and play games while I work

[heavy dew]

Blasphemy!

[wispy meadow]

Same 😭

[wary birch]

Where are you from

[warm plover]

Australia

[wary birch]

That’s cool

[wispy meadow]

How do you survive?!? 👀

[warm plover]

yeah it's winter ❄️

[heavy dew]

I was wondering the same, with all the deadly animals, and kangaroos

[patent adder]

Rin is a brave boy. He can fight off anything ☺️

[warm plover]

oh... its not that deadly if youre in a city
i saw a spider in my shower the other week but i didnt want to disturb it so i just showered as fast as possible...

[deft sonnet]

LESGO MILKY

[warm plover]

im not brave im just stupid

[wild niche]

Ah good ol' 'Straya, living there was certainly interesting

[thorny dune]

It's not deadly unless you decide to swim

[patent adder]

LETSGO

[wild niche]

People definitely overestimate the deadliness of Australia, its not that dangerous, unless you're dumb or don't pay attention

[warm plover]

im dumb and im not dead yet! :)

[wary birch]

Lol

[warm plover]

btw dingoes just look like dogs
theyre really cute
theyll also maul you. but its worth it cause theyre fluffy

[wispy meadow]

You're a cat, you're ultra lucky and have 9 lives

[celest maple]

What would your ideal Palia characters look like, chat?

[patent adder]

Rin

[heavy dew]

Like Einar

[wispy meadow]

I was gonna say Rin or Milky lol

[warm plover]

Skinny grimalkin boy (me)

[thorny dune]

Pretty sure they've only ever fatally* attacked children though

[gentle birch]

Draped in a hooded leather cloak with a quiver and bow!

[warm plover]

good news im a child (mentally)

[void imp]

i still can't get over that grimalkin are like three feet tall

[warm plover]

THEY ARE?

[wild niche]

https://tenor.com/view/seinfeld-elaine-dingo-dingo-ate-your-baby-gif-12586924

[wispy meadow]

They are?!?

[wary birch]

Same here and my fiancée agrees

[void imp]

HAPPY EARTH TIME

[wintry atlas]

Bit like Aragorn you mean 👀

[warm plover]

ooh another person with a fiancee
theres a lot of married people here...

[thorny dune]

cries in moon time

[void imp]

#📮│public-polls message

half as big as humans

[warm plover]

theres even a lot of people with kids!!! i feel like a small child

[wispy meadow]

toasts in Sun time

[gentle birch]

Side note: my 2 year old is named Arwen.

[warm plover]

TSLOP HAS KIDS TOO?

[rose cedar]

is this to scale though?

[void imp]

i can't imagine them not doing it to scale

[rose cedar]

well #1 has changed in scale

[warm plover]

If I wanted to look like myself in palia i'd need decent male long hair options which Dont Exist In Video Games
thankfully palia doesn't gender restrict hairstyles
i usually wear my hair in a ponytail with long strands framing both sides. it makes me look very asian (presumably because im asian)

[regal swallow]

Happy Palia Time is all the time

[patent adder]

Alright friends, I am gonna go to sleep now. ☺️

[wispy meadow]

The grimalkin are at the perfect height to take out your kneecaps if you disrespect them

[warm plover]

ZEKI IS SO FUCKIN TINY IM SHSHSHDJXJSJSKSOALALLS

[gentle birch]

Enoy! 🥛

[patent adder]

"Presumably because im asian" This made me laugh very hard

[wispy meadow]

Goodnight Milky!

[warm plover]

Night night milky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[void imp]

ooh new rin lore

sweet dreams milky!

[patent adder]

Thanks friends ❤️

[warm plover]

🐐

[wispy meadow]

Rin is Asian, has long hair
That's two lore pieces in one

[warm plover]

you can uncover more of my backstory by talking to me every day and randomly giving me the same gift twice every week

[manic sundial]

happy Palia time hope everyone's taking care and gives their pebbles to Einar and hugs to tau

[void imp]

+prefered hairstyle, wow

[gentle birch]

I'm glad we didn't choose Arya because there is one in her daycare.

[warm plover]

so many parents here im gonna get told off for staying up til 5 tonight

[wispy meadow]

Rin is Stardew NPC confirmed

[rose cedar]

I am a grandpaw

[wispy meadow]

I'm only an aunt 😃

[gentle birch]

After tomorrow, remember to vote #1 in #📮│public-polls!

[thorny dune]

I hope I'm not a parent 😬

[void imp]

i'm a platonic family aunt to a puppy??

[wary birch]

I’m just an uncle and a dog dad

[warm plover]

im not an uncle. yet.
...i have an aunt thats only a year older than me though

[maiden nymph]

dog and hamster dad here :3

[thorny dune]

dogster dad

[void imp]

when i learnt about family relations as a toddler i titled my uncle's dog my cousin and i'm glad that i've always thought of pets as family

[warm plover]

NOMI THATS SO CUTEEEE

[wary birch]

100% yes

[void imp]

his name was grizzly and he was big enough to be my "pony"

[wispy meadow]

Nomi is the most adorable being I can think of in this discord

[warm plover]

tied with milky 🐐

[wary birch]

Wow

[wispy meadow]

And you Rin

[warm plover]

nooooooooo not me

[wispy meadow]

Rin, Milky, and Nomi
The three most bean of beans of Palia chat

[plush kelp]

mhm

[thorny dune]

man you're all gonna be heartbroken when milky has his villain arc

[warm plover]

what emote do we use for nomi
i have cat2 and milky has goat

toasty youre gonna be directly responsible for his villain arc right

[wispy meadow]

Nomi is a shepherd witch so 🐑

[thorny dune]

I've been trying to prevent it for as long as possible

[wary birch]

I’m gonna post my dog in pet pics

[void imp]

https://ibb.co/SKR82mF i haven't blushed this hard in a long time

[warm plover]

you ate his last slice of cheesecake and that made him an angry goat 😔

[worthy rose]

I want a chapaa irl

[buoyant heath]

Famous last words

[thorny dune]

You missed when he bullied me and still got favorable public opinion

[silent cairn]

hey guys, does anyone know what is the right way to pronounce Neleimour? don't wanna mess it up in a vid

[thorny dune]

Not a clue, sorry 😐

[wispy meadow]

Nel-ei-more I think?

[buoyant heath]

Yeah, it's "Lev-i-OH-sah"

[warm plover]

i feel like i can usually find decent asian skin colors
somewhere in the brown range for me
although stuff like facial features (eye shape and stuff) isnt usually present in customisation... mine look kinda sharp i think

[stone sierra]

I just remember when he was calling you a bully, so there might be some unresolved stuff on both sides.

[silent cairn]

I'll go with this, thank you.

[warm plover]

I say Nel-A-E-more

[void imp]

her real name is eda? is that easier?

[warm plover]

pronouncing A and E like im reciting the alphabet

[thorny dune]

Might remember it other way around haha

[warm plover]

no her real name is Nel obviously

[silent cairn]

hmm, I'll consider that although I think I only say her name once. Thank you!

[void imp]

oh actually they might have said neleimour at some point in the stream??

[warm plover]

sane is recording something?

[plush kelp]

🐱

[void imp]

can this be my emoji? 🧸

[stone sierra]

Possible tbh. I have terrible memory when i think about it... 🤔

[silent cairn]

truee, gotta go watch through that now, haha.

[thorny dune]

It's all just a joke between him and I anyway

[warm plover]

🧸

[stone sierra]

Got that feeling, but that is a pretty long con at this moment so some new Pals can be confused 😄

[silent cairn]

yeah, at least writing a script for a video. I've been dying to make some video about the game, but there didn't seem to be anything much to make one on. That was until yesterday when Mag and I made that discovery that we've never actually seen Bahari Town.

[warm plover]

finish writing the script after the q&a stuff gets posted tho

[thorny dune]

Yeah Rin was confused for a long long time 😆 but I've been in other servers with the milkman for over a month now I think

[warm plover]

just in case something relevant is there

[void imp]

but also she said we can DM her any time, i'm sure she'd appreciate that you want to pronounce it correctly

[warm plover]

I wonder how many dms she gets per day?

[stone sierra]

And I'm really gonna push for shortening Palians to Pals

[silent cairn]

so I doubt it will be no international success, but I thought some people here might find it neat.

[thorny dune]

90k people sliding up in those DMs

[foggy ingot]

I can take that bully title from you if u want, keep you clean

[silent cairn]

true true, I don't think I'd even be done editing it today either way.

[graceful orchid]

Morning guys!

[warm plover]

:)

[thorny dune]

Thanks dad

[foggy ingot]

no problem dumbass

[void imp]

hiya punkin :3

[graceful orchid]

hi Nomi!

[celest maple]

I guess tomorow the hunte will revealed

[maiden nymph]

more love for #1

[harsh herald]

heya

[celest maple]

But nobody can be a better hunter than me

[graceful orchid]

HAI!!!!!!!!

[void imp]

oh hey almost 8k votes

[harsh herald]

long time no see @graceful orchid hahaha

[silent cairn]

I might try that, though I did cheekily try to dm her a question not long ago that I really hoped could be answered earlier than a month later, so I might feel bad and spammy DMing her again.

[celest maple]

*proud nuki noises

[plush kelp]

[celest maple]

I can hunt a brute tigrex in sleep... And i mean literally.... I hunt him and fell assleep.... After i waked up the monster was hunted XDD

[night matrix]

Today's the day! Who's excited? I'm happy dancing at my work computer.

[foggy ingot]

what's today

[celest maple]

And brute tigrex can be pain in the ases

[plush kelp]

the day for what

[warm plover]

q&a day

[safe fern]

Q+A! What a day

[foggy ingot]

oh pog

[celest maple]

I'm stoked.

[mint kelp]

What time is that again?

[void imp]

in 7 hours and fourty minutes

[safe fern]

2pm their time I think

[celest maple]

Thw only question i have is... How much cost the game

[warm plover]

cursed question

[mint kelp]

Ooh okay, am excited to see what we learn from it

[night matrix]

Today's the day to get more info about the game with some of our questions answered!!

[celest maple]

And does a physical version comes out

[night matrix]

React to this message if you're happy dancing wherever you are at this very moment. We'll be in sync.

[wintry atlas]

Too early to answer either of those questions i'm afraid

[void imp]

i hope they present it in a fun way or include pics or something :3c

[warm plover]

should i phrase the question in my doc as "Is Palia free to play?" or "How much will Palia cost?"
idk which one will get more people to see it

[celest maple]

I think too

[wintry atlas]

I don't think the question phrasing in your doc is the problem - I will put my hand up and say, before this discord, i never even knew pinned docs existed on Discord.

[void imp]

maybe just title it monetisation?

[rose cedar]

why not both?

[warm plover]

too long for the table of contents

[warm plover]

i want to use fairly simple english just in case someone isn't very good at the language and monetization feels like a word people might not know. maybe. sorry

[void imp]

ah we can tell people that pinned messages exist :3 it's not just there to be found independently, we'll also tell people about it halithar

fair point rin

[heavy dew]

A lot of people also don't know that every channel has it's own description, let alone pinned messages

[wintry atlas]

I know and that is my point - forgive me if i'm mistaken, but i haven't seen anyone say they couldn't find the monetisation info they wanted in the doc

[warm plover]

ill just link it to people where i can

[void imp]

oh yeah channel descriptions should be mentioned in some mandatory discord tutorial xD

[heavy dew]

^ I think so too

[night kraken]

Honestly its too easy to forget to read or miss channel descriptions even if you're aware of them

[void imp]

sebastian

[night kraken]

nomi

[warm plover]

i need to find out a better way to write my "What is Palia?" answer
honestly dont know what to do with that...

[heavy dew]

Short version? An MMO with focus on non combat PvE

[void imp]

maybe "how will i pay for palia? is it free?"

is the focus pve?

[vast escarp]

"The reason why i haven't gone outside for a month"

[wintry atlas]

@warm plover I would just take the blurb from their website. They've carefully crafted it - anything else and we risk misrepresenting what we don't actually know.

'Palia is a massively-multiplayer community simulation game set in a brand new high fantasy world with elements of open world adventure games. It’s a cozy and welcoming world that we hope fans of the community sim genre will love for years to come.'

[warm plover]

I copypasted that into my doc already but I don't know if it really answers enough questions...

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N61pu4gGNSrHTJ_UElbqk2FPl2QaN-hGJ3S5CYg4nzM/edit?usp=drivesdk

im kinda lost

[void imp]

additonally you could include their choice of words on the website on things you can do in palia

[heavy dew]

Anyone know where the image of the Chapaa in the trash is? Asking for no apparent reason

[wintry atlas]

I hear you - but also step back and remember we haven't been given the answers to everything yet either. I don't think it's appropriate to fill the void with expectations. It might just need a sentence to say just that.

After which, you have a fine document that details what we think is to come.

[surreal crest]

@patent adder are you here?

[warm plover]

That's fair... I guess I should get rid of the extra stuff
chair milky is asleep

[safe fern]

It's in the trailer, or did you mean another one?

[surreal crest]

good. I'll wait till the goat is up again

[warm plover]

the "free from emotional, physical and social threats" thing is off the s6 website though, so maybe that can stay?

[gentle birch]

🥛 went to sleep for now.

[wintry atlas]

I was referring to 'the super chill game...' sentence. Although i haven't been on their main website much; that may well be on there too 😂

I think you have enough in that answer already.

[heavy dew]

Found it thank you

[warm plover]

I deleted the super chill game sentence hahaha

The goal of Palia is to create a world free of physical, social and emotional threats, and to give players a real sense of community and belonging. Unlike traditional MMORPGs, players likely won't be fighting world-ending threats; rather, they'll be tasked with simply living their lives in a peaceful fantasy world, and exploring the ever-evolving narrative of the world.

More detailed information on both the goals of Palia and of Singularity 6 at large may be found here. (link to singularity 6 website)

Think this is alright?

unless we do end up fighting world ending threats at some point and i will look very stupid

[vast escarp]

Reads good and sums up my understanding of the game

[wintry atlas]

Hits all the facts / info we've been given, yeah.

[warm plover]

☺️

[wind patio]

can we have pets ingame, or like tamign thing

[vast escarp]

Mabye the world ending threat won't be solved by combat though, and you just have to chop enough trees

[warm plover]

pets are on the roadmap!

[wind patio]

lets build a wall

[wintry atlas]

You do that - i'll be throwing rocks and eggs!

[warm plover]

the world ending threat is "we dont have enough deforestation"

[void imp]

psa milky went to bed like 30 minutes ago

[wind patio]

idk what roadmap is but good 👍

[warm plover]

it means they plan to do it in the future, and that pets arent in the game yet

[heavy dew]

a Roadmap is called that since it keeps a structured way of organizing where "along the road" you're at and in what order, you more often than not can't skip around in a roadmap as opposed to a checklist

It's like a roadtrip but for development

[surreal crest]

thanks nomi, I'll set up a reminder

[vast escarp]

I just hope that in a future expansion they add boats

I'd love to just bob about in a rowboat and fish

[wispy meadow]

Theres a roadmap for Palia? Where?

[void imp]

who's to say you can't hop in a boat at launch 👀

[void imp]

in aidan's safe like the crabby patty recipe

[vast escarp]

:O

[shut marten]

Guess who has a new desktop wallpaper thanks to the new palia art??

[heavy dew]

I like this answer xD

[warm plover]

all we know is that it exists, we havent seen it

[wispy meadow]

Well.... Time to join forces with Plankton

[heavy dew]

Wallpaper engine'd it?!

[shut marten]

I have no idea what you mean but I just pressed right click and show as background haha

[heavy dew]

Since it's a Gif I assumed you used a software called Wallpaper engine to have it as a animated background ^^

[shut marten]

oh no my pc already has a hard job with all the other tasks she has, I won't do that to her

[trail umbra]

Hey all! Idk why it took me over a month to find this game but I'm happy I did! Super excited about it

[heavy dew]

Poor pc, take good care of her

[heavy dew]

Never to late to hop on this train!

[warm plover]

possibly even too early to hop on this train. now youre here forever

[celest maple]

Glad to have you here, Platypus. Hope we can bump into each other once Palia's out in the future.

[warm plover]

oh timothy got a color

[slim shard]

Wallpaper Engine is a Wallpaper Program available for just a few Bucks on Steam. With it you can have animated Backgrounds. The Backgrounds can even have Sound. Like Rain Drops against a Window with Rain and Thunder Sound alongside it. It also comes with an easy to use Tool to animate your own Wallpapers. Like adding a ripple effect to Water Surfaces, a gentle Glow to the Gem sitting inside a Staff, or a smokey effect to a Fire Breathing Dragon.

[gentle birch]

New color for me too. I missed the blue.

[shut marten]

OH MY GOD i need a palia wallpaper with rain drops and sound ohhhhh

[warm plover]

hello blue person

[heavy dew]

Theeere you go haha, just needed some more incentive

[shut marten]

If my PC hates me I am telling her to put the blame on you

[buoyant heath]

I just added "roadmaps" to the roadmap

[heavy dew]

Oh I am all up for being the fall guy here

[random rampart]

ooh are you going to make this?

[slim shard]

The Program comes with tons of Wallpapers Pre-Made by the Community, sorted into neat Categories like Anime, Nature, Cars... you can also go to the Steam Workshop and look for the Wallpapers there. It's a neat little Program. 😄

[shut marten]

yeah yeah im already on my way to steam

[slim shard]

😂

[heavy dew]

Oh lord I wish I could, my attention and skills are currently limited to emotes and other still art ^^

[heavy dew]

The sound of acceptable defeat

[random rampart]

fair enough!! the emotes here are soo good

[warm plover]

[vast escarp]

It's not about what you have, but how you use it

[heavy dew]

Here's a spreadsheet of who made them all! (they're almost all community members): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Im5GokhEwWwjKzXsZ-SYFv3nJUHD3yiljyLNXhx66sg/edit?usp=sharing

[echo parcel]

✨ Pretty

[deft sonnet]

Indeedieo

[warm plover]

is a good emote that we use all the time

[vast escarp]

Is there a shocked emoji ?

[warm plover]

how was prealpha testing?
whats the real name for a yakmoo?
whats your favorite food?

is kinda shocked i guess?

[vast escarp]

How was it though? You can trust us

[warm plover]

[heavy dew]

^ it was between the NDA and a NOPE emote for me xD Nomi and anastasia made it first so I trashed the NOPE xD

[echo parcel]

this looks shocked

[vast escarp]

Yeah that's works ty

[warm plover]

works as a nope

[heavy dew]

[buoyant heath]

Oh, cool, the NDA one is nice

[gentle birch]

[random rampart]

so much talent

[warm plover]

[buoyant heath]

[heavy dew]

Agreed!

[jagged pendant]

[shut marten]

by the way, was there a stream today or did I just make that up?

I thought something special was happening today

[heavy dew]

There will be a Q&A post later, that might be it?

[warm plover]

no stream as far as we know but we're getting answers to a q&a in #❓│old-team-answers-alpha presumably

[shut marten]

oohh I probably made that into a stream in my head haha

[heavy dew]

Wishful thinking I believe that's called

[shut marten]

hahahah

[warm plover]

we got a stream once. it was cute

[mossy hull]

Why did I just realize the Tau in your pfp is the one you drew.. It's so cute

[vast escarp]

Was it an art one?

[warm plover]

yeah

[heavy dew]

Because it's so smol haha

[warm plover]

its where we learnt nel can write backwards

[vast escarp]

Huh?

[heavy dew]

Is she left handed?

[wispy meadow]

Nel is adorable

[vast escarp]

That's a pretty wild talent

[mossy hull]

And it looked like she was writing correctly.. Her handwriting looked great. Even backwards.

[shut marten]

I saw that one and I loveeeed it, so cosy vibes

[soft bay]

Her mic wasn't working so she had to use a whiteboard. But, you know cameras, so she wrote backwards so the camera flipped it right. She did great.

Good morning everyone

[mossy hull]

Good timezone :)

[shut marten]

is it america?

[echo jasper]

👋

[warm plover]

Ah right
Hello lurkers!!!!!

[celest maple]

Good morning how is everyone doing

Good morning.

[soft bay]

I love your pfp, BeakBeax. I love owls.

[pastel talon]

Happy time zone ✨

[soft bay]

Just woke up not long ago. Coffee and Genshin Impact planned for my morning.

[void imp]

what?

[shut marten]

Oh I meant the time zone, I'm sorry

[void imp]

7 hours from now

[echo jasper]

Just popping in at work. New team answers today!!!!

[soft bay]

Yay!

[void imp]

apart from monetisation, does anyone have a really burning question?

[shut marten]

Oh I meant the person that woke up and someone responding 'good timezone' to that, I was wondering what timezone they were in. Sorry i should have used the respond button.

[warm plover]

can you pet the tau

[void imp]

hehehehe sorry and all good

[trail umbra]

Can you pet anything?

[void imp]

yay good questions so far

[heavy dew]

The goodest of question for the goodests of critters

[shut marten]

Thanks to @slim shard and @heavy dew my burning question is 'can we get a Palia wallpaper with rainsounds'

[soft bay]

Since there are so many timezones represented here, Happy timezone is used in replacement of good morning, evening, night. To cover all the bases.

[warm plover]

(and afternoon)

[heavy dew]

If you download the official art town gif, you can load that into wallpaper engine and add a raindrop mp3 you've also downloaded ;3

[shut marten]

Oh my .. I thought it was like 'happy hour' - time, which would be my timezone!

[soft bay]

Missed that one didn't I, Rin?

[heavy dew]

Hence the need for Happy timezone I suppose? XD

[void imp]

https://tenor.com/view/jim-carey-good-afternoon-good-evening-goodnight-i-dont-see-you-gif-15609107

[soft bay]

My kind of lady! 🥂

[trail umbra]

Hey Nova, what is your Hidden Valley tag for, other than ranch?

[soft bay]

Neighborhood name!

[trail umbra]

Oooh nice nice.

[warm plover]

when will we get a Neighborhood Parents Association

[soft bay]

Just for fun.

[trail umbra]

Is that given when logging in or..?

[heavy dew]

Leave that up to DadJokes

[warm plover]

oh Neighborhoods are just what this game calls guilds

[void imp]

i suggest neighbourhood association of parents. or nap for short.

[warm plover]

[soft bay]

No, not at all. Just friends having fun and making up neighborhoods.

[pastel talon]

Oh a nap sounds nice

[heavy dew]

But you bet we're gonna snatch them up soon as we can on launch too

[void imp]

platypus in palia guilds are callled neighbourhoods

[warm plover]

What does ART stand for btw

[shut marten]

For all the sleepy parents hahaha

[trail umbra]

I have so much to learn

[warm plover]

Art Rt T

[empty chasm]

I just heard about this game and whoa… it looks like a mixture of some of my favorite games.

[gentle birch]

Welcome aboard!

[shut marten]

Welcome home<3

[safe fern]

https://tenor.com/view/itsart-art-gif-4621521

[soft bay]

Pretty sure the ART one is literally that, art.

[heavy dew]

Oh art can stand for so many things, but in this cause it's "A Realm of Talent" - art enthusiast neighborhood

[void imp]

have you been pointed to all our recources yet? wanna do some reading?

[surreal crest]

hi there!

[soft bay]

Welcome Comrade!!

[shut marten]

Oh my god can you adopt me? I wanna live there.

[harsh coyote]

Heyy I'm new and wanted to say sup!!

[trail umbra]

Send it! I'm about to eat my morning snack so now is a perfect time.

[heavy dew]

Do you like art? if the answer is yes, then yes

[shut marten]

YES

[warm plover]

@trail umbra there's a document in pins that has a bunch of developer answers to questions if you want to learn more (https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1ECHPsDvyC0KP6ldYRaeFtmR0mhwBVGckWEPcH_zNc7E)
I also have my own document that acts like an FAQ if you don't have time to read through all that (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N61pu4gGNSrHTJ_UElbqk2FPl2QaN-hGJ3S5CYg4nzM/edit?usp=sharing)

[soft bay]

Rin, you're the best.

[warm plover]

☺️

[empty chasm]

I’ve already filled out the survey for the pre-alpha. Crossing my fingers.

[void imp]

and @empty chasm too:
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 scroll down at www.palia.com if you haven't

[trail umbra]

@warm plover @void imp thank you both ❤️

[warm plover]

[gentle birch]

Did you fill out the second survey in discord?

https://discordapp.com/channels/809856101326913567/809857031116685348/857370184669855774

[void imp]

trailer music living rent free in my head

[trail umbra]

random Whenever I am reading Docs anonymously, I always hope I get a platypus.

[void imp]

good luck!!

[empty chasm]

Not yet. Thanks for pointing me to it!

[warm plover]

do you think i should get rid of the images of dev messages from my document? im starting to feel like theyre just clutter...

[trail umbra]

Don't you dare.

[pure inlet]

Wow

[void imp]

they give the doc colour and life

otherwise it'd be like opening a school book and going "this doesn't have pictures" >:0

[dusty cargo]

The doc is super helpful 🥰

[buoyant heath]

@warm plover is super helpful

[warm plover]

no D:<

[sterile valley]

Wish I could get in this alpha to burn a few hundred hours into it🦥

[warm plover]

it's more for testing than playing but i agree that i'd also like to sink hundreds of hours into it

[vagrant anvil]

how is everyone?

[viscid aurora]

yes

[pure inlet]

me too..

[sterile valley]

Playing it for science reasons 👍

[celest maple]

Same, I have plenty of time on my hands so getting to use it to help the devs would be fun. I hope the lottery will be in my favour next wave.

[sterile valley]

Got my bug catcher ready too

[raw quail]

@warm plover everytime I've been here in the last two days you've also been here, do you sleep?

[midnight mantle]

Good morning!

[warm plover]

yes! but always way too late

[raw quail]

what time is it where you live? 😄

[warm plover]

10:21 pm

[north valve]

[midnight mantle]

Woah. Near Singapore by chance?

[dusty cargo]

@midnight mantle morning!

[midnight mantle]

Heya! How are you?

[warm plover]

I'm in Australia, so I guess I'm nearby?

[dusty cargo]

Pretty sleepy but good thanks!! Yourself?

[midnight mantle]

Ahhhh didn’t know Australian was exactly 12 hours ahead of me haha. I know Singapore is

[somber crag]

Hello, hellooooo.

[warm plover]

Ah, well, it's just Western Australia that's 12 hours away from EST

[midnight mantle]

Doing okay! Also sleep haha

[wispy meadow]

Omg I love your pfp is it a moon elf?

[shut marten]

The amount of structure and organization is so admirable

[midnight mantle]

It’s actually a piece of art I commissioned for my twitch channel/socials! Sent a bunch of ideas and that’s what the artist came up with 🙂

[wispy meadow]

Ohh it looks so cool and fantasy-like ❤️

[late hearth]

I love it, they did a really good job

[raw quail]

dou you plan on creating your palia character like your pfp? 😄

[late hearth]

Kind of related to this ^^ who here is going to model their character after themselves? I did a games studies class and a big topic was identification and games, so I’m curious

[brittle halo]

eyy whus poppin' y'all? any fun stuff happen recently?

[gentle birch]

#❓│old-team-answers-alpha today at 2pm PST!

[somber crag]

I usually end up doing a bit of a mix! Some similar characteristics, but not all of 'em - I like playing around with hair color and stuff, y'know.

[buoyant heath]

Yeah, I'm having SUPER FUN ILLNESS DAY OF WONDER

[raw quail]

yeah I'll try to create it as close as possible to me 😄 but probably with blue hair. I had blue hair myself and loved it, but not at the moment sadly

[brittle halo]

oh boy, sounds like a fun-filled day of adventure and copious painkillers

[tender cipher]

Is this just them in chat and answering questions? Will there be a tream again?

[somber crag]

Absolutely pumped for this.

[wintry atlas]

They have selected an unknown no. of questions from #851872239435644928 and will be providing answers to them.

Last time, they hand picked 10 out of 2000ish and answered them; all within a week.

This time, they've collected 2 weeks worth of questions & given themselves a week to select which to answer & answer them.

[late hearth]

That sucks 😦 I was in the same place yesterday

[buoyant heath]

Did you survive?

[gentle birch]

It's from #851872239435644928 that closed already. They will most likely just drop a text bomb in #❓│old-team-answers-alpha, and then open up the question asking again.

[void imp]

i never even name my characters after myself in stuff like pokemon, i usually get inspired by the game. but in palia i wanna be myself :3 i know i'm gonn aplay with friends, maybe thats why

[late hearth]

I couldn’t keep any food down all night, but I made it through alright. You’ve got this 💪

[small hinge]

Good morning/time zone fellow Palians

[midnight mantle]

Thank you!! 💜

[tender cipher]

Thanks for clarifying!

[midnight mantle]

It depends! I’m excited to just see the options 🙂

[late hearth]

Really interesting answers btw. I learned that people identifying with their characters wasn’t a necessity for most players, so it’s awesome to hear the other side

[void imp]

get well soon!!! remember that sometimes you need to rest completely and utterly so even screen time might be bad

[wintry atlas]

Question for everyone - in games with lower graphics / few presets, do you spend as much time on the look of your character?

[tender cipher]

I think it depends. I probably spend a decent amount when I first do it but if I start doing it more (makeovers/multiple accounts) I care significantly less unless I have a specific goal in mind

[void imp]

i spent a lot of time in stardew for example, even the clothes i compared for a long time. but if there are less options i can't spend as much time because there's nothing to do

[dusty cargo]

Pst is like LA time right?

[vast escarp]

I don't particularly like games with too much customization. My people also end up looking like clowns

[tender cipher]

Yeah. It is currently 7:35 there

[trail umbra]

Heckin.. neighborhoods! I need one of those.

[dusty cargo]

Give me alllll the customisation 😩

[tulip siren]

For me it depends on the game and style. For RP regardless of graphics I spend alot of time on looks. As apposed to games like 7days or conan not so much

[void imp]

6 hours thirty minutes

[gentle birch]

Yuppers.

[dusty cargo]

Thanks my dudes 🥰

[raw quail]

for me it depends on the game most of the time. In games like Skyrim i never model myself, but since Palia is more of a relaxed social experience I'd like my character to represent myself rather then someone else. If that makes sense 😄

[wintry atlas]

Question no.2 - In a game where everyone wears full body outfits - Whilst i appreciate the realistic answer is you'd ideally like to do both - do you rather more customisation through outfits / or more customisation in your characters facial & body type / appearance.

[void imp]

because people will actually and have first impressions maybe

[tender cipher]

Outfits and hair are my preferences. The rest are less so

[tulip siren]

More cosmetic mainly so people know it's me when they see me across the way or in a inv ext

[soft nexus]

late to this but in pretty much every game, my character models after myself to some degree! i have black hair and brown eyes, so usually my characters do too.

[shut marten]

I usually do a better version of me

[void imp]

i'd always choose control over physical appearance over control over my wardrobe

[raw quail]

hmm first of all I turn off helmets/hats so that my face is visible, so I do spend a lot of time on the characters face since its visible. But I also love to play around with outfits a lot. The aesthetic has to be perfect 😄

[dusty cargo]

As long as I look cute I'm happy

[cobalt adder]

Good morning future Palians. Here's to all the future tangents we will go off on today with the nuggets we will theory craft to death from the Q&A ☕☕

[buoyant heath]

I can sleep when my kids graduate from high school

[void imp]

oh no i'll stay up late and theorise about the q&a ttoday won't i

[late hearth]

I gotta head out, going for a walk, but thanks for all the answers! Super interesting

[buoyant heath]

You must live a life full of joy

[vagrant anvil]

My hair feels great today

[buoyant heath]

I think I made @void imp mad

[warm plover]

Thank you!!!!

[trail umbra]

I feel this in my soul, brother.

[vagrant anvil]

I think I've been using conditioner wrong all this time, I might accidentally be washing it all out. I rushed my shower on Tuesday and my hair still feels silky, it doesn't normally feel like this after so long

[void imp]

respect your mortal vessel or it's about to become really mortal

[undone mist]

Good morning people. Ha I'm happy as long a I'm tall, heavier and brown hair blue eyes . Easy to please

[heavy dew]

[tulip siren]

I feel like as you get older you sleep less and less as you realize how fast time truly flys by

[dusty cargo]

As long as its residue free you can leave some in heh

[buoyant heath]

I'm doing okay, it's just a cold that hit me a little rough. I'm drinking lots of tea and relaxing as much as possible.

[void imp]

so many typos today

[vagrant anvil]

That's because as you get older, a single day is a smaller percentage of how long you're alive. For a twenty year old a decade is half their life, for someone who's forty, that's only a quarter

[warm plover]

I'm really bad with making things look good in games
But I like wearing pretty clothes at least
Also if there's an anthropomorphic animal race I'm picking that 99% of the time

[undone mist]

Until you'll live a shorter life and sleep more for health lol. That or not and die young. One of many divergent paths

[void imp]

okay good, anger resolved

[vagrant anvil]

I used to use pantene but it's silicone based and my hair for sure didn't like that, I've since swapped to coconut loreal

[buoyant heath]

Can we still be friends?

[void imp]

always i'm forgiving to a fault 😎

[trail umbra]

[warm plover]

Dad being sick sucks :( I had a rough few days (or weeks) right after I got off my antidepressants
It hurty™️

[buoyant heath]

[void imp]

you mentioned the zappies less, have they calmed down a bit?

[warm plover]

Yeah mostly
I don't get them as much now
Still have a bit of a headache though

[void imp]

but i'm glad

[tulip siren]

Peppermint oil works wonders for headaches and migraines:)

[warm plover]

amyway its not about me!! comfort dad

[dusty cargo]

Oh god the zaps are the worst thing ever, hope ur feeling ok

[buoyant heath]

Rin, what kind of music do you compose and sing?

[undone mist]

I'm not familiar with zappies

Is it a withdrawal symptom

[warm plover]

I compose bad music
(I like singing Japanese stuff and game soundtracks a lot, usually slower stuff. Slow dramatic stuff fits my voice better I think)

[warm plover]

Yeah brain zaps are a withdrawal system
they feel kinda funny

[buoyant heath]

Yes, usually from SSRIs or SNRIs, if I'm not mistaken

[buoyant heath]

DM me your soundcound or something what are you waiting for

[warm plover]

my youtube is linked in my discord profile.. 👀

[undone mist]

Huh, I just got terrible migraines when I came off pain meds. That was terrible.

[warm plover]

whats an SSRI and SNRI?

[quick sparrow]

morning yall! ❤️

[buoyant heath]

Seratonin re-uptake inhibitor - they slow the reabsorption of hormones in your brain to help with depression and focus symptoms

[little silo]

Greetings Citizens.

[warm plover]

dad how do you just know this
are you a doctor?

[void imp]

kandy! 🌼🌟

[quick sparrow]

nomi! ❤️ ❤️

[tulip siren]

Its cause he dad, dad knows all

[buoyant heath]

I'm on a SNRI for anxiety and ADHD

[warm plover]

oh

[brittle lance]

Hey Palians. Anything exiting going on?

[little silo]

You're here, thats the excitement

[warm plover]

Q&A in a few hours is exciting

[gentle birch]

Waiting for the #❓│old-team-answers-alpha!

[little silo]

Oooooh

[potent loom]

No

[celest maple]

Daily reminder to the devs we need to be allowed to grow cabbages for it is the blessed ruler of all vegetables.

[buoyant heath]

@warm plover you're an actual angel. Great singing.

[brittle lance]

Ohhh yeah your RIGHT! How could I forget... I hope I don't have much to do at work so I can read it all 😄

[warm plover]

😊

The next song I plan to sing has Angel in the name actually
it's called Gone Angels
that's only tangentially related

[little silo]

My singing voice sounds like a dial-up modem.

[void imp]

it's in 6 hours, you have time!!

[trail umbra]

Only if I can flip over an NPC cabbage cart and have them yell out "My cabbages!!!"

[brittle lance]

In 6 hours I'm at work 😉

[warm plover]

(does six hours count as a few hours
i feel bad that i was too inaccurate..)

[void imp]

oh oops, good luck then!!

HUNGER brb

[warm plover]

nom-i

[trail umbra]

Bye hunger, hurry back

[little silo]

@cinnatoasty I see u lurking w your reactions...

[warm plover]

nomnomnomnomnom

[lunar tundra]

The hype for new content is real.

[tropic sand]

Hello everyone!

[lunar tundra]

Hello! 👋

[trail umbra]

Greetings.

[warm plover]

I love when someone says hi and I get to watch the reactions soar instantly

[tropic sand]

Ready for these #❓│old-team-answers-alpha !!

[celest maple]

From the moment they add cabbages, the possibilities are endless.

[warm plover]

i feel like this chat could probably weaponise wholesomeness

[little silo]

Weaponise... wholesomeness? Please go on... taking notes furiously

[warm plover]

Well you see, step one is to give plushies to everyone in the world

[trail umbra]

VIA CANNON

[warm plover]

via fluffy cannon yes

[little silo]

1) plushies for all... via cannon
Ok then?

[tropic sand]

Obviously it must be a fluffy cannon

[trail umbra]

Obviously. Must be plushie approved.

[tropic sand]

Indeed

[warm plover]

ok step two, what youre gonna want to do is go to the moon and terraform it until it has a big smiley face on it

[trail umbra]

Happy MOON

[tropic sand]

Aww, I love this

[little silo]

With nukes, obviously

[warm plover]

step three is youre gonna wonder when this joke got away from you

[trail umbra]

I AM LOST

[little silo]

2) nuke moon into smiley face

[brittle lance]

Did hunger consume you?

[wispy meadow]

Step 4: Give the moon a mustache

[tropic sand]

I often vanish when I am hungry

[trail umbra]

A moonstache

[little silo]

3) ???
4) moon mustache

[warm plover]

Step five is to get everyone in the world to pat a fluffy animal (this brings dopamine)

[tropic sand]

Step 3 is a mystery

[wispy meadow]

Step 3 is classified

[trail umbra]

Step 3: ||REDACTED||

[wispy meadow]

XD

[main nymph]

Drugs.

Most of what this joke has become leads to drugs.

[warm plover]

drugs is also a good way to bring world happiness

[wispy meadow]

Kinda wanna draw moon animals now...

[little silo]

5) patting fluffy animals. Can be automated?

[trail umbra]

PLZ. One needs a moonstache.

[tropic sand]

I request moon owl

[little silo]

6) hella drugs

[void imp]

yes momentarily but i regained my physical form after consuming o̷͂̌r̸͋͠G̴͋͝a̵͒͘N̷̓́ỉ̶̊c̷͒͗ ̶́̀ĕ̴̾g̷͎͝G̶̀͐

[trail umbra]

See that's drugs.

[quick sparrow]

your power has been regained

[little silo]

I see. Is there any further steps to weaponising wholesomeness?

[surreal crest]

noms

[brittle lance]

Welcome back to full POWER!

[trail umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/unlimited-power-star-wars-gif-10270127

[void imp]

thank you pac

[wispy meadow]

Rainbow aurora over the moon's poles

[warm plover]

That's all the steps I have for weaponising wholesomeness so far. the rest.. is up to you.

*i vanish into thin air. the classroom around you is dilapidated and ruined. you realise i was never real.

you see a broken WHITEBOARD. a PEN AND PAPERS lie on the ground. exits are NORTH and EAST. how will you proceed?*

[little silo]

The Empire will put this information to good use in the next crusade, thank you citizen!

[proper rampart]

when new alpha wave

[warm plover]

[wispy meadow]

Create Rin 2.0 as the most wholesome cat person

[little silo]

Dang. Musta been some HELLA drugs.

[proper rampart]

i hate soon, just give a schedule or some shit

[pine moat]

Hello

[void imp]

soon is all we have, don't take soon away from us

[warm plover]

all we know is that its in the coming weeks 🤷‍♂️

[trail umbra]

[wispy meadow]

Alternative is "Near Future"

[trail umbra]

There's a moving Soon for ya.

[cold phoenix]

the release of newer alpha iterations is entirely contingent apon the data they receive from current alpha testing. Giving a timeline would be disingenuous as you don't know what work needs to be done until testing has been completed for that phase

[proper rampart]

steve is trying really hard to get in

[cold phoenix]

yep

[trail umbra]

Is there anything written on the whiteboard or the papers?

[wispy meadow]

I think those are meant for us to write in Platypus

[warm plover]

ghost noises

[wispy meadow]

GHOST RIN!

[void imp]

the whiteboard says "ollǝʜ"

[wispy meadow]

Olleh

[little silo]

I roll perception check
!roll 1d20+5

[wispy meadow]

Nat 20

[cold phoenix]

incredible