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Update: Pride Flag Paralogos Raffle!

Looks like a Paralogos based on the word pride flag has been drawn in by the festivities and is now looking for a family to call their own!

To enter the raffle simply comment on this news post! You can earn an additional raffle ticket by telling us (in your comment) something that makes you proud =)
The raffle will be drawn after the Pride Festival has concluded (so you can enter until June 30th).

As you enter the city of Sermos, you immediately notice that it's buzzing with people. Sure, it's usually quite crowded, but this is something else entirely.
There's upbeat music blasting from every second corner, big banners and flags adorning buildings, and big colorful floats driving slowly through the filled streets. You see humans, Paralogos and Whifflings alike running around and laughing; some are carrying big flags, some are wearing them as capes, some are holding signs.

Two of the celebrating Whifflings approach you, their paws intertwined.
"Happy Pride!" the Dog Whiffling yells over a bit timidly. "Welcome to Sermos' Pride Festival!" the other exclaims, "Is it your first time here?" The Whiffling points around, smiling happily. "People from everywhere around Lingua travel here each year to have a good time. There's so much to see and do - we can show you around, if you'd like!"

Event Summary

Within the world of Lingua, often in June, there are many festivals celebrating elements of Pride. The residents of the capital of Sermos are known to have boisterous celebrations- citizens, caretakers, Paralogos, and even Whifflings, all coming together to celebrate one another and the multiplicity of their relationships towards others and themselves!

While Paralogos are known to be asexual by their own biology, there are many that have found themselves in various kinds of romantic relationships, and supportive friendships, or who find themselves happier alone or only having a Caregiver Bond.

Whifflings have been rumored to have offspring meanwhile, and find themselves in many kinds of relationships sometimes culminating in children on occasion, though our research is limited on how those situations may come about... it is worth investigating!

What can be known for sure is that Lingua spans wide and ranging groups of all kinds of individuals from every walk of life, and no matter who you are, these boisterous celebrations bring everyone into a joyous and excitable spirit!
 

How to Submit Entries

All event entries have to be worth at least 5 of the respective currency and have to depict one or more of the following subjects:

1. A relationship of whatever kind (romantic/platonic/bond/etc.).
2. A character's introspect about being alone or what kind of relationship(s) they dream of (romantic/platonic/bond/etc.).
3. A character being proud, either of themselves or someone else.
4. A character celebrating or being a part of the festival.

You may submit collaborations, however, every participant has to fulfill the minimum currency requirements in order to be eligible for rewards.
You may also submit monthly prompt, magic progression, or wisdom task entries as event entries, as long as they directly depict at least one of the four above mentioned subjects.

All submissions have to be new works specifically made for this event!

Who can You draw?
- Your own Paralogos, Whifflings, Companions, Pets and Caretakers
- The following NPCs/mascots: Ginkgo (demiromantic), Gin (demiromantic), Vivin (mirrorgender & pan) & Sigrid (sapphic)
- Other member's Paralogos, Whifflings, Companions, Pets and Caretakers (if their gift art / gift writing status is set to "Yes")

To officially submit an entry for this event, do the following:

1. Upload the artwork/literature/etc to the correct gallery folder.
   1. If your entry doubles as a monthly prompt, magic, or wisdom submission, submit it to the associated gallery folder.
   2. Otherwise submit it to the Linguan Pride Festival folder!
2. Make a new submission to the event prompt based on the instructions in the prompt description.

Rewards

Every submitted event entry that fulfills the requirements will reward you with one (1) Pride Bag.

There is a Paralogos and Whiffling variant - you can freely choose which one you wish to earn for each entry!
Pride bags include currency and items related to the species in question, including loot bags/whifflebags, as well as exclusive items such as vouchers or Pair of Wings/Vial of Changing Sight!

Submitting at least one (1) event entry will also earn you the following Pride Memento at the end of the event:

 

Deadline

This event lasts one month, from June 1st to June 30th, 11:59 pm site-time.

The event gallery folder and event prompt have a grace period of one (1) day until July 1st, 11:59 pm to allow processing of late submissions.

EDIT: We've got the results in...

On the Para-Party raffle the winners are... in order - M0DERND0C , Wolfcat13 , and Fafnir ! I will reach out in order to confirm which character you'd like. :)

On the 10th Anniversary Raffle the winners are in order... FNGaymer , Oboe , justlikesoup , mewgrim , absiste , and rabbitcake ! I will also reach out to you all in order. Stay tuned for the Monthly Update post!

As it is March 7th...!

We'd love to celebrate a bit, considering this day is the 10th Anniversary of the Paralogos and (by association) Whiffling Species!

mewhaku (Mew, aka me) would like to give back a little bit (as she does) and hand out some gifts to celebrate the species!

In honor of the anniversary, and our site growing so large, we've made a 10th Anniversary Memento:

This will be rewarded to everyone who enters at least one of the raffles (seen below). Alternatively, it can be claimed via the Claims feature.

Thank you all for coming together to make this group and site what it is... a personal note from my (mewhaku) heart, I am so thankful for each and every one of you. We've come so far!!

Anniversary Raffle

Prizes:

1. First Place Wins: 1 Free Custom Paralogos (Including Triceridos!) or Whiffling Design between levels 1-6 or Common - Uncommon - Rare from mewhaku OR Mouse
2. Second Place Wins: 1 Free Custom Paralogos (or Triceridos!) OR Whiffling Design between levels 1-3 or Common - Uncommon from mewhaku OR Mouse
3. Third Place Wins: 1 Free Shaded Fullbody Character Artwork (Preferably a Paralogos/Triceridos but can also be Whiffling, or another feral species/fantasy character) from mewhaku
4. Fourth Place Wins: The same as third place!
5. Fifth Place Wins: 1 Free Shaded Headshot Character Artwork from mewhaku
6. Sixth Place Wins: The same as fifth place!
7. All other participants: Get 10 Ink and 10 Caps for entering the raffle! and All Participants will earn a special Collectible/Memento in honor of the 10th Anniversary.

To take a look at the various examples of mewhaku's work, check her DeviantArt Gallery! (Though she'll be the first to admit she has a massive backlog of stuff to upload.) Mouse also has a gallery of their WoL pieces on site of course. *Also any Whiffling Customs will get 2* free Fae or Devilish trait, you can add additional potions as well. Alternatively, you can exchange the basic 'any custom' Whiffling reward for a custom from a Whiffling Breeding, which will be rolled as an additional free prize.

How to Earn Tickets

1. Comment on this post, and state you'd like to enter the raffle! (+1 Ticket) [Also, please mention if you'd like to enter an additional character raffle! See below.]
2. Mention your favorite memory of your time with the Paralogos OR Whiffling species! (If you only recently joined, feel free to share something you're excited about for the species or its world!) (+1 Ticket)
3. Advertise this raffle in up to 3 locations, with a link to this post! (Up to +3 Tickets)

The end date for the raffle is March 31st!

BUT WAIT- There's more- we have one more raffle!

Thanks to our wonderful Official Artist Oboe - we have three friends waiting to meet you...through the Para-Party Raffle!

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Click on any of the three above party-goers to get a little more information about them!
Everyone can only get 1 ticket for these, and the winner rolls will determine who gets to pick their new friend first. =)

To enter, simply comment on this news post stating as much!
This raffle and the raffle above can be entered with a single comment and will both end together.

And finally... [we just keep having more!] - Our New NPC for the Donation Shop will be...

The Triceridos "The Gift that Keeps on Giving" by Oboe ! 

A reminder of the prizes - 

• The winner gets the option of either:
  • Any level of MYO slot item (from any species) other than a Wicked or Maverick MYO Slot
  • A Whiffling Breeding Slot
  • or a custom design of similar levels from mewhaku
• 3 Runner Ups from the final vote will also (if they would like) have their runner up designs made official for themselves to keep and enjoy - EDIT: Alternatively, if they do not wish to keep their design, they can be donated to the Linguan Preserve, and in return, we will grant you the equivalent MYO item. 

So this means that Provie, draculaelliot, and kazulthedragon - you may bring your contest creations to life for free! As Oboe you won the contest, we'll also give you the option to make the Thrift Store Whiffling real as well. 
If you would like to make your contest design official, please contact us either on discord or via the Ask Questions Here prompt!

Additionally, you will all be given the Quill and Ink Memento Item for participating:

mewhaku will make the new NPC live when she can, and make new art for the Donation Shop storekeeper soon! 

We hope you'll enjoy these little festivities and stick with us for many more awesome years to come! 

Hey everyone! We've took a bit of time to look over & discuss your feedback and would now like to share our main takeaways / conclusions with you all!

Results

• There were 10 responses in total, 7 of which said they were here for Paralogos and Whifflings equally while 3 people said they were mostly interested in Paralogos
• Most people seemed really excited about new subspecies (in particular the WIP "Pterophors" subspecies), although a few people were worried about the main species being overshadowed or the world becoming overcrowded if too many subspecies were to be added - we hear you and are with you on that. If we are to add more subspecies after Pterophors, rest assured they would be thoroughly developed and embedded into our world of Lingua!
• 8 of you felt that our current MYO/currency distribution is balanced, while one person said they would like to see more being distributed. Another person suggested reducing the amount of currency "pixelart" grants, which we agreed with and thus made some adjustments (see below).
• There was a fairly even spread of what you would like to see more of, but the most-picked answers were the following with 8 votes each: Lore Events, Mini Events and Art and/or Design Exchanges. An honorable mention goes to Contests, which got 5 votes (and we already made good on this with our still active NPC Design Contest!) - Based on this, we are working on planning more fun events for 2025!
• Several of you suggested adding Dailies to the site, which we intend on implementing once we have figured out a good use case! Additionally, there were suggestions for an updated front/home page as well as a newbie guide - we are also looking into these, but they might take a bit longer since they are more involved.
• Some of you have told us that our nav bar / navigation in general can sometimes be confusing or difficult to remember. While this is not something we can solve immediately (since it requires a lot of consideration and restructuring), we definitely plan on improving this!
• Additionally, we've been made aware that the line between what does and does not count as "pixelart" for the sake of currency distribution is not as clear as we had hoped. Therefore, we have made some adjustments (see below).

Changes we are making immediately

As mentioned above, most of your feedback cannot be implemented immediately - but the following can, so we did!

• We have simplified the way currencies are awarded for collaborations - each collaborator will now get equal shares of the total currency value (so f.e. a piece that is worth 15 ink made by three collaborators earns each of them 5 ink)
• We have reworked the "Pixelart" section of the Earning Currency page
  • The section is now called "Tiny Art" to better reflect what kind of art falls under it
  • We have reduced the required size from 100x100 px to 50x50 px
  • We no longer differentiate between headshots/busts and fullbodies at this size
  • Currency amounts were overall reduced
  • Backgrounds at this size now only reward 1-3 currency, regardless of complexity

We'd like to thank you all for your valuable feedback and we hope you like and agree with our conclusions/plans!
If you ever have any suggestions or feedback, we are always open to both! You can either send in a submission to our Ask Questions Here prompt or write a message in our #suggestions channel on our discord! We genuinely appreciate all of your input since it helps us continuously improve our ARPG =)

Happy New Year!

Hi all! In the wake of the lineages extension being added to the site, we wanted to release some breeding slots for you all and we thought of a fun way to do it- we'd love to hear your feedback on how things are going!
New year, new thoughts- so why not share some and get entered into a raffle for your choice between either a Whiffling Breeding Slot or a MYO item of your choice (excluding Maverick/Wicked).
There will be a total of 3 winners!

>> World of Lingua Survey 2025 <<

You will have until January 18th at 11:59pm EST to fill out the survey and enter the raffle!

We have some great news!
 

1) We're looking for additional Official Artists!

We're seeking out two (2) additional Official Artists for the World of Lingua (collective) species. All relevant information on related responsibilities and benefits are outlined in the form below.

To apply, simply fill out this Google Form!

Applications will be open for 2 weeks, until February 1st at 11:59pm EST.

2) We're hosting our first ever NPC Design Contest!

For our second bullet point, we have a certain Donation Shop in need of a new handler... maybe you can help?

Rules

• The created character/design must have some relevance to the Donation Shop, as it will serve as its NPC.
• A user may design up to 3 characters, 1 of each species (Paralogos, Whiffling, and Triceridos). Wicked Paralogos and Maverick Whifflings are not allowed. 
• THERE IS NO NEED FOR WORD, IDIOM, OR SCENT APPROVAL - as long as it is not already claimed ON THE MASTERLIST - it is free game!
  • Admins will help work with the winner if there is an issue with their original concept to legitimitize the design. 
• The winner will be determined by popular vote after the submission period is over.
• The chosen winning character design as the new shopkeeper will transfer ownership to mewhaku for use as a group NPC.

Prizes

• The winner of this contest will receive the option of either:
  • Any level of MYO slot item (from any species) other than a Wicked or Maverick MYO Slot
  • A Whiffling Breeding Slot
  • or a custom design of similar levels from mewhaku
• 3 Runner Ups from the final vote will also (if they would like) have their runner up designs made official for themselves to keep and enjoy
• If your design(s) did not win you will have the option to buy design-bound discounted MYO slots after the contest is over if you'd like to use them yourself!
• This contest will run until February 28th at 11:59pm EST. 
• Submissions go into the NPC Contest 2025 gallery folder.
• A special Memento collectible item will be given to everyone who enters the contest!

3) Other News

We've got two other things we'd like for you to be aware of:

• We've got a new Free to Use Base, courtesy of Jingletail!
• Our Member Survey and the associated Breeding Slot Raffle ends tonight, at 11:59pm EST - if you want to enter, make sure to fill it out before then!