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- 01/31 04:10 pm Monthly Newsletter January 2024 Hey everyone, we are back with the another monthly newsletter! Sonya is having a hard time financially, so this newsletter is condensed with just the basics the beginning of 2024. With so many things going on in the world, it's hard to remain positive, but Sonya is trying to remain strong, at least mentally, for the entire community of CloudNovel and our users. We still want this to be a welcome place for anyone to create games and stories, since all the kids in the world are going through a lot, in these hard times. Sonya's Development Update Here is Sonya's official development update for this month: Hello everyone, lots of bugs were fixed and a lot of things polished. We added a development page for CloudRPG game engine only available to Sakura members, but other than that nothing new or major has been added this month. I'm going through a hard time financially, so things will have to be slow for a while. I most likely have to take another development hiatus, until I get my life in order. Life is so hard, but you find reasons to keep going, even when your life becomes a disaster after all the choices you've made in your life, that led up to a horrible situation. You just got to keep going, and try to survive. At the end of the day, we all just have to grow up and realize that this world we live in, is not kind. This world we live in is very cruel, and the first targets are always innocent people, especially young people, because they are the easiest people to do harm to, and get away with. It's kind of unimaginable the horrors in real life we have to deal with, but the people above can do whatever they please, because they feel bored and just feel like kicking an innocent stray cat to say they accomplished something in their day, and call that progress for society. Oh well, that is reality we live in. Anyway, that's all I have for a development update this month. Ciao~ -Sonya New Resources of the Week Wow, talk about another crazy amount of art submissions this month! So many people from our community created so much art this past week, it looks like a museum! These are just 8 of them submitted this month! End of newsletter That concludes our January monthly newsletter, from none other than me, the cyber bunny!
- 12/08 06:34 pm Monthly Newsletter December 2023 Hey everyone, we are back with the another monthly newsletter! Sonya has added a lot of new features this month. Other than that, Sonya is trying to take it easy because with so many things going on in the world, she's trying to adjust but the mental pressure is hard to handle. Overall, it's been a hectic week for her, but there is a popular quote by the famous writer Oscar Wilde, "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" that she repeats to herself, when times are tough. Featured Article: Neko Personality QuizTake the Neko Personality Quiz to find out which of the CloudNovel cat mascots you are! The coupon code is expired from 2018, but it is still a great personality quiz for determining what kind of cat you are! Visit our blog post to read the full article: https://blog.cloudnovel.net/2018/08/01/the-neko-personality-quiz/ Sonya's Twitch Schedule Sonya is live streaming on holidays for a special Christmas and New Year's gaming stream! You can look at the full schedule here: https://www.twitch.tv/cloudnovel/schedule Sonya's Development Update Here is Sonya's official development update for this week: Hello everyone, these past few weeks I've fixed a ton of aesthetic issues with the CloudNovel store and other overall design bugs. A major change was also added to the forums, from now on you must be a premium member in order to post and create new topics. Of course, some specific forums are only allowed to the Ninja members and Sakura members, but a majority of them allow both. One huge feature we added this past week is the ability to add password access only, to your games. Well, to be honest it wasn't a new feature, but we made changes to it where it actually works, and there's no way for anyone to access the game without the password now! Thanks for reading, that's all I have for now! Ciao~ -Sonya Sonya's Closet Tour This is our special newsletter section showcasing all of Sonya's favorite things from her apartment, new and old. Every week, she will share a few items that she uses in her everyday life, just like a closet or apartment tour! 1. Piggy Bank A small pink piggy bank, where Sonya puts all her small change for the rare times she used cash to make purchases. 2. Soy Sauce Sonya's favorite soy sauce bottle she uses for Chinese food. 3. Chopsticks Sonya's newest set of chopsticks that she bought with pink flower prints. New Resources of the Week Wow, talk about another crazy amount of art submissions this month! So many people from our community created so much art this past week, it looks like a museum! These are just 8 of them submitted this month! End of newsletter That concludes our December monthly newsletter, from none other than me, the cyber bunny!
- 11/29 03:17 pm Fairytale Jam (Summer Jam 2023) Result It is with great pleasure, that I, Princess Sonya, announce the prizes to all the entrants of our Summer game jam, the Fairytale Jam. This was our most exiting game jam yet to date, with the most beautiful games and art resources made, possibly ever! Princess Bed & Mattress – by @DouDou This is a beautiful set of gorgeous beds and mattresses that are inspired from the fairy tale “Princess and the Pea” where a girl is tested whether or not she is a real princess by sleeping on a stack of mattresses with a pea at the very bottom. Overall, the art is absolutely gorgeous and beautiful, and is a great resource for anyone in need of a high quality bed for their games or other projects. We will award you 1000 points! Lotus on Lily Pad – @FairyMary A beautiful lotus flower on a lilypad that is inspired from the original fairy tale “The Frog Prince” where a princess kisses a frog, who turns into a prince! Although this resource only has one image, it is very beautiful and has an Eastern feeling similar to ancient artwork from Asia! We will award you 250 points! The Red Shoes – @ChristinaChan Inspired from the fairytale, “The Red Shoes” this story tells the tale of a girl obsessed with a pair of pretty red heels, and due to her greed, something tragic happens to the girl to compensate for all her sins and wrongdoings! It is one of those children tales that is very cautious, because eventually she got what she deserves! There are a total of 3 pairs of shoes in this beautifully created resource, so we will award you 750 points! Arabian Prince Maker – @Pablo12 This beautiful dress-up game (although not many variations) is a great way to create your own Arabian prince. Overall, we decided to award 2000 points! Alice's Castle in the Cloud – @SeasonOfDreams A very poetic visual novel linear/kinetic story about Alice and her adventures in a castle in the clouds. This short game was probably meant as an interpretation for users of CloudNovel and how the platform is a dream castle (yes, very poetic indeed) and how everyone’s dreams came true, by creating their games and bringing their projects to life. Overall, we will award you 3000 points! Bluebeard and his Bride – @Jeison This touching romance novel is inspired from the classic horror fairy tale “Bluebeard” which tells the story of a naive girl who marries a rich and mysterious nobleman. Although the original horror elements of this story are completely absent from this retelling, it is a beautiful and heartfelt story about a married couple who have finally found love together. So we will award you 3000 points! Princess Kaguya – @celestialMaiden This visual novel retells that classic Japanese folktale “Tale of the Bamboo Cutter” and is a great short visual novel for anyone to read if they never heard of this fairy tale. Overall, the artwork for the game is probably the most beautiful out of all the other entries, so we will award 4200 points! Escape Braaphog – @fnafpizzeriaofficial Wow, what a clever story! The art and story is so unique, we decided to feature this game in our judging because it is so iconic by a “first time” user and participant in our game jams! Overall, we will award 1 point! That's it! Thanks for reading, that's all we have for this game jam! Next, we will have a Romeo & Juliet Jam, it will be announced later on in the coming months!
- 11/07 10:34 pm Monthly Newsletter November 2023 Hey everyone, we are back with another monthly newsletter! Sonya has fixed a few bugs this month, so other than that there was nothing major added. Other than that, Sonya has finally begun revamping the Discord server, we just published our first Discord subscription for Sonya's fan club where she will publish 18+ content about herself, just like an only fans (based on the Princess Sonya mascot, not the real life Sonya). Featured Article: Concern about AI Generated ArtWe all know that whenever new technology comes along, change is always inevitable. However, this time the newest technology (AI generative artwork) is not just affecting the big corporate businesses, but the little guys as well, artists. There is no easy answer to solving this dilemma, but one way forward is for the artist community to now adapt to this new technology and innovate along with it, in order to keep up with artificial intelligence to enhance our own profits, instead of competing against it. Visit our blog post to read the full article on our thoughts on generative AI: https://blog.cloudnovel.net/2023/10/29/concern-about-ai-generated-art/ Featured Art from Discord Our talented community of artists are at it again with lots of new art in our #art channel on the official CloudNovel® Discord. These are just a few of the new art pieces created this month by our discord community. A shoutout to our talented discord users whose art we featured: .piratekitty Sonya's Twitch Schedule Sonya is live streaming MoonShell a mermaid themed board game this month! Watch as she collects sea shells to achieve a high rank as a mermaid~ You can look at the full schedule here: https://www.twitch.tv/cloudnovel/schedule Sonya's Development Update Here is Sonya's official development update for this week: Hello everyone, I fixed two bugs since my last update, if you were a collaborator you couldn't download dress-up games, you can now download the game packages now, so that has been fixed. Some design bugs were also modified for some landing pages on the website. So nothing too big added this month. I'm going to try and finish up some WIP features on the site (support and reporting games/resources) that has been long overdue. Hopefully I will be able to finish by beginning of next year, my time has been used up working at Panera, so things have been really slow. Thanks for reading, that's all I have for now! Ciao~ -Sonya Sonya's Closet Tour This is our special newsletter section showcasing all of Sonya's favorite things from her apartment, new and old. Every week, she will share a few items that she uses in her everyday life, just like a closet or apartment tour! 1. Cat Purse A coin cat shaped purse, Sonya finally switched it from her black cat purse, now that Christmas is around the corner, it's time for red and white season. 2. Kitty Key Chain Sonya's kitty key charm attached to her apartment keys. 3. Baguette Sonya slices baguettes every morning at her day job at Panera. New Resources of the Week Wow, talk about another crazy amount of art submissions this month! So many people from our community created so much art this past week, it looks like a museum! These are just 8 of them submitted this month! End of newsletter That concludes our November monthly newsletter, from none other than me, the cyber bunny!
- 10/18 04:36 pm Monthly Newsletter October 2023 Hey everyone, welcome to our first monthly newsletter! Sonya is back to work on CloudNovel again now that the Fairytale Jam has ended. A lot of new stuff has already been added this past week, and Sonya is preparing other new improvements to the website and game engine(s). Featured Article: Embedded FlagThis is the code for embedded flag: <span data-flag=”whatever your flag name is”></span> Visit our blog post to watch all the video tutorials on how to use embedded flags: https://blog.cloudnovel.net/2019/02/28/embedded-flag/ Featured Art from Discord Our talented community of artists are at it again with lots of new art in our #art channel on the official CloudNovel® Discord. These are just a few of the new art pieces created this month by our discord community. A shoutout to our talented discord users whose art we featured: boy.nines Sonya's Twitch Schedule Hello everyone, Sonya is live streaming the Fairytale Jam games this Halloween! Watch as she plays all of the entries to the contest~ You can look at the full schedule here: https://www.twitch.tv/cloudnovel/schedule Sonya's Development Update Here is Sonya's official development update for this week: Hello everyone, I fixed a few minor bugs this past month, but most importantly last I added a download button for resources. This has been requested for a long time, and I finally got around to doing it. A few others have requested we add a custom loading screen to games, and I am trying to work on that, but I can't think of an easy way to add it in, so I'm going to take my time to think of the best way to add in this new feature. It might take a while, sorry. Ciao~ -Sonya Sonya's Closet Tour This is our special newsletter section showcasing all of Sonya's favorite things from her apartment, new and old. Every week, she will share a few items that she uses in her everyday life, just like a closet or apartment tour! 1. Car My car, from the same car brand owned by my sugar daddy. 2. Mascara Sonya's favorite mascara, called "Princess Lash" that she bought. 3. Pink Journal My artificial intelligence journal. I keep all my silly research in this pink notebook/journal. New Resources of the Week Wow, talk about another crazy amount of art submissions this month! So many people from our community created so much art this past week, it looks like a museum! These are just 8 of them submitted this month! End of newsletter That concludes our first monthly newsletter of this year, from none other than me, the cyber bunny!
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