Abbey

Co-owner and developer for Lioden

[xylax]

Flooding in Poland

I am posting links that will keep you updated if there will be delays due to very possible evacuation of me, my bf and my cats due to catastrophic flooding in Poland. Things change almost every hour, and it's not possible to predict anything. They just announced an area 2.6km away will probably get evacuated, and I have to be prepared at any moment. It might as well not happen, which I really hope for. No news is good news. Dams and levees keep breaking as the wave goes down from Czech Mountains, drowning entire towns. In many areas it's worse than 1997. The rain does not end. Multiple tornadoes hit villages up north, as well.

I apologize in advance for any delays. I'm trying to prepare Lunar Event now and leave instructions to the admin team.

I'm booking a hotel and we'll travel there in a car if that happens, I will be okay. I'm very sorry about the loss of thousands of people's homes in Poland, Czech Rep, Austria, Romania, Slovakia and possibly Hungary.

At least 8 dead as heaviest rain in decades hits parts of central and eastern Europe | CNN

At least eight people have died after some of the heaviest rain in years hit central and eastern Europe, causing flooding and widespread dis

v Updates in Polish

https://x.com/remizacompl - Firefighters giving live updates

Also news v

Czytaj najnowsze informacje i oglądaj wideo w portalu informacyjnym TVN24! U nas zawsze aktualne wiadomości z kraju, ze świata, relacje na ż

If you want to have an understanding on how tragic it was back in 1997, there's a short tv-series on Netflix called High Water, as well as documentaries on Youtube.

I hope they really managed go fix the infrastructure and retention lakes in last 30 years, otherwise it will be really bad.

[xylax]

Gamedev vs life

Hi I wanted to thank fans/players for patience regarding markings. I am grateful beyond belief how basically entire playerbase was so nice about it all. I got so touched, because I was so scared to disappoint you all. Thank you so much. <3

I am working hard to make up for the delay, I am very sorry it came to that point, I am very ashamed I underestimated amount of work vs manpower, and encouraged to start the encounters before everything was ready, thinking "Of course it's gonna be ready". But it's not 2018 anymore. It's not 1400 files per stage, it's ~3000, totalling 18.000 files for Jaglions... Plus - lot of things happened. Almost entire staff team got sick or experienced very difficult life news that impacted progress. However, I will talk about my situation, as this is my blog.

This month, I have finally been diagnosed with osteoarthritis. It's been an issue for years, but in last 2 years it significally affected quality of my life - this was final drop in sea of needs to get an extra lion files artist in late 2023.

In June this year I suffered a joint inflammation that made me unable to walk. My fingers bend sideways, are stiff and painful. I did receive a steroid treatment but it was not enough to affect the knee, however my fingers feel a bit better, which is nice for drawing! I also received prescription for a painkiller that works better with joints - which is a nice change from just ketoprofen I've been taking. I have more appointments set to see what treatments I can get.

I have to address that it has been affecting my work, and with this, how players experience the game I work on. It is unfair that it affects the enjoyment of the game, and we want to do everything to remedy this.

An artist who already has been with us for years just received a new contract to help us with lion files, and we are looking into getting another decor artist (we're reviewing the portfolio right now!), making us potentially get 3 new artists this year alone. I hope this will help with improving quality and tempo of the game growth. I think Wolvden gets a lot more diversity in artists and a lot less stages/files currently, so it's not an issue yet - however I hope the way we work on Lioden which is always so time-consuming will also positively impact Wolvden in future, as it grows.

Thank you again for your patience with me, DMs with support and stern feedback - I appreciate everything, always. I want this game to be so much fun and to always be pleasure to look at.

Also, fuck genAI, as always. o7

[ectoimp]

Doodle of one of my wolves on Wolvden, Mortua

[kniceknife]

My first lead on wolvden <3

[marblerose-rue]

messy thing of my lioden king

[seydjk]

Drew my lion from #LIODEN

[wolvden]

Badger Base, Hunting Changes

Brand new craftable base - Badger!

Hunt in multiple biomes with your hunting parties! Also:

- Retiring now preserves up to 2 other scouted biomes - Seasonal hunting debuffs have been softened - Failed hunts now have a chance of giving a consolation critter carcass - 2 new marking shapes, Sallander and Cougar - Weekly raffle - Weekly special stud

Read more about it in our Development Update #18 news post!

[ldabbey]

My new favourite base 🖤🤍🖤

[wolvden]

What’s this? 👀

[ldabbey]

It’s so pretty <3

[wolvden]

Strange things are happening in the lands close to your home.   Shimmering lights in the distance, whispers on the wind, mournful howling in the morning light… what could be causing these disturbances?

Join us for Wolvden’s first month-long event!

[wolvden]

Questing Revamp!

The quests you will receive are now far more varied, simpler, and more rewarding!

We’ve done away with the single daily quest model and instead opted for a trio of daily quests.  When you visit the snake, you will now collect three quests at once - an Easy, a Medium, and a Hard.  You do not have to complete all of these quests, but you can now complete up to three quests per day.

There is a new handy tracking tool so you can easily see how far you’ve got on quests, and also get back to the Snake quickly!

We’ve taken the EXP and SC rewards from the previous single quest, increased them a fair bit, and distributed them across the three quests to align with the difficulty of the quests.

In addition to questing, we’ve focused on some nice quality of life updates:

Doubled the number of Dynasty slots that you can acquire, to store more of your favourite pack wolves!

Foraging times can now be affected and reduced if you have a high level and high skilled wolf!

A Medicine Stock List has been added to your Medicine Mixing page so you can easily see which medicines you’re running low on!

More Leaderboards have been added, so if you have a competitive edge, you can see where you measure up!

Birds!

Some new Raccoon Wares decors have been added to each biome for you to collect!

We have also added a new variety of Crafting Recipes to various explore encounters, trophy drops from battles, and foraging tasks!

[ldabbey]

Doves <3

[wolvden]

And here’s our second teaser, ahead of our next development update. This is going to be a big one - see you next week!

[ldabbey]

It’s so soothing <3

[wolvden]

We’ve all been working very hard the past few weeks for the next development update. Here’s a little spoiler from one part of it! We’ll be posting another spoiler on Saturday, so keep your eyes peeled!

[ldabbey]

[thamnoph1s]

the three sketch comms from last night complete, as well as a trade piece! nearly forgot to post here gKNSK , for rappa, cali, and a user i’m blanking on the name of! portrait is for a toyhouse user :D

[xylax]

Sentinel Pose for Wolvden

[ldabbey]

what a cutie <3

[hyddeplays]

This is a tribute to Xylax, painted by 6 artists working in collaboration. Each of us have taken a separate piece of the artwork and have rendered it in our own style, like a mosaic. Xylax, you are a huge inspiration to both Wolvden and Lioden communities. Through these hard times, we still stand with you. Please, do not feel pressured to work through this difficult period, we'll wait patiently until you are ready. Best wishes to you, your team, and your family. Artist credit: - crow (WD #17517) - doc (WD #23429) - hydde (WD #7307) - Mal (WD #30462) - Ragna (WD #29990) - Splicer (WD #24476)

[kiaz1st]

My encounter with Nobaby, in which the site completely crashed as I tried to befriend them.

[wolvden]

We’ve launched!  We are now open to the public!  Thank you to everyone for your patience leading up to today, and hopefully ongoing!  We hope you enjoy everything that Wolvden has to offer, and stay tuned in the future for additions and updates to the game :)

[ldabbey]

I’m so happy we’re finally launched!