#mythaura

[mythauragame]

Development Update - May 2026

We're rolling into the last month of the first half of the year with great momentum behind us. We've got the final artwork for our Spring Ko-fi Rewards, two new pieces of gear that drop from combat encounters in the Waspwood Forest and Hypogean Expanse, a sunny array of yellows to add to the color wheel, and more!

Ko-fi Spring 2026 Rewards

Glamour: Jonquil & Daffodil

Companion: Gilded Chimefish

Solid Gold Glamour: Baby Hippogriff

Jaq's Emporium: Exterior

Jaq is an enterprising Basilisk who has made the... rather contentious decision to open up a large emporium in Talon's Rest, adorned with his family's crest and held aloft by two intricately-carved Amaru figures.

This building serves as the in-game way to access user shops, which can also be accessed directly from the user's menu. But if you ever want to drop by and pay a visit to Jaq--or to Drifter Kri, the Weekend Traveler, on Saturdays and Sundays--he's only too happy to have you!

Gear: Aura Reaper Scythe

The Aura Reaper haunts the caverns of the Hypogean Expanse, feeding on whatever reserves of Aura it can find. Adventurers who defeat them in combat can sometimes salvage their scythe after the battle, still wrapped in tendrils of purple smoke.

Gear: Leafscale Flail

Be careful when passing by bushes in the Waspwood Forest: you never know if a Leafscale Ambusher lies in wait, hidden just out of view. Some lucky adventurers will be rewarded with a Leafscale Flail after a battle, fashioned from the pinecones at the end of the Ambusher's tail.

Overworld Assets: Barrels

A staple for traders and merchants all across Mythaura. These ones found in Talon's Rest are filled with some local staples: corn, apples, and bluefin minnows.

Overworld Assets: Plushes

Three squishy plushes will be found throughout the overworld, treasured by beasts of all ages. These feature both the regular and radiant versions of three companions commonly found in Talon's Rest: the Corgbee, Domestic Capragora, and Breezetail.

Tile Update: Waspwood Forest

As we honed in on our art direction, we realized that there were assets that were previously done that would have to be updated to match the new style. We've reworked several overworld assets and tile sets, and this month we completed the rework for the Waspwood Forest floor tiles!

New Colors: Limoncello, Banana, Wheat

Over the course of 2026, we will be adding 24 colors to the Mythaura color wheel.

This month, we've got three new colors: Limoncello, Banana, and Wheat! All three colors are now available in the beast creator for people to play around with.

Mythaura v0.47

Player Trading system scaffolded

New ability: Hyphal Weft

Visible item previews to view item appearances before equipping

Skybox model added

Per-location particle systems

Improvements to asset and query builder systems

State-machine transitions working

Pre-launch reward redemption pipeline

Robust testing tools

Various bug fixes and dependency upgrades

Thank You!

Thanks for sticking through to the end of the post, we always look forward to sharing our month's work with all of you--thank you for taking the time to read. We'll see you around the Discord.

[that-annoying-raven-the-sequel]

Quick question for everyone who plays online sim games (this is just out of curiousity),

What’s your personal favorite online breeding/pet/virtual animal sim game?

Lioden

Flight Rising

Neopets

Wolvden

Pony Island

Howrse

Mythaura

Gryffs

Khimeros

Subeta

Marapets

Other

Voting ended onAug 23, 2025

(I couldn’t possibly add all of them, there are so many underground ones but here are as many as I could fit on here)

[fyrets]

I know people on Tumblr aren't as keen on moving to Bluesky compared to the Bird Site (and I don't wanna deal with posting this on said site if I don't have to..) BUT if anyone on here is interested in becoming more active on Bluesky, I'd like to share that I made a feed for petsite stuff! Currently collects posts tagged as "browserpetgame", "petsite", and a bunch of titles like Neopets and Flight Rising (and my bias PawBorough lol).

I'll tag this post with the other tags it currently grabs but feel free to recommend additions to the list. Keep in mind though some game titles might be harder to implement if they have a heavy overlap with unrelated content but I will try to make things work with enough tinkering.

Link to the feed here

[kitanya]

Breeding Projects – starters, planned pairs

To be honest, I haven't really made firm plans for ANYTHING for Mythaura yet. But I do have some ideas!

A while back I did come up with a couple of beasts that I had intended for my starters, but now I'm not sure. I do want them, but at least for the dragon I'm not sure if I want to commit to so much saturated color XD

Also, a number of other colors have come out since I made these two. I do think I want a pastel unicorn of sorts, and I know I want a dragon as well, but colors are yet to be determined. And my third will be a gryphon, but I currently have no visual plans for him!

As for (brief) lore, the three are a little of a family unit at this point. The dragon is a scholar, but his interests weren't considered acceptable by his peers. After being removed from his previous position, he elected to travel and learn more about the world around him instead of finding a new hole to hide in and bury himself in books and scrolls.

While he is deeply intelligent, he's not the most capable tactician. At one point he found himself in trouble, but ended up being rescued by a lightning bolt of pastel fierceness. The unicorn is a wanderer, having left her home of her own free will to try and find an outlet for her restless energy. While she doesn't seek out others to help, she is always willing to lend a hand. She stayed with the dragon for a few days to make sure he got out of the area she'd found him in, and then just... never left him.

As they continued on their journey, bonding over a shared desire to see and go everywhere they could reach, they eventually stumbled upon a grieving young gryphon. His family had recently died to a raid on his home and he had collapsed where they found him after fleeing for days. The two took him under their care, bringing him to a larger city where he could potentially find lodging and care, but on the way they all grew attached to each other and the young gryphon chose to stay with them.

The dragon and unicorn share a romantic bond, while the gryphon fills a more younger sibling role.

That's all I really have so far because I really want to make sure I don't come up with a story that goes against the canon of our eventual in game lore, and I am VERY good at coming up with world-spanning epic ideas, so I have to reign myself in. XD

[wayfarer-kate]

Mythaura Musings Challenge

While we wait for Mythaura’s beta, Maggotjuicebox and I have decided to do a creativity challenge for fun, and to help us brainstorm lore and art for our future beasts! We thought it could be a neat community event too, hence this post.

The Mythaura Musings Challenge will take place from September 1st to January 31st. Each month will have one central theme, and there will be 4-5 prompts per month (so one prompt/submission per week). Please see the following calendar (made by Mags!) for the theme prompts, with further details below.

If you would like to join, you can share your creations on Tumblr with the tag #Mythaura Musings Challenge, or on Mythaura's official discord in the Mythaura Musings Challenge #community-events thread. Mags will also be awarding art badges for those who participate (see below). Using the prompts, we hope to encourage us as a community to explore and share our personal lore plans with each other!

Rules for Participation: 1. Please follow Mythaura’s official content rules for all submissions. An overview of their rules can be found in their discord's rules channel. 2. All submissions must be your own work (excluding beast creator images). 3. No AI generated content allowed. 4. For written submissions, there is no minimum or maximum word limit, this is mainly for fun! It is a “challenge” in the sense that we hope the prompts help you to develop future lore and art for your beasts and abode once the site launches. 5. Art submissions can be in any form: traditional, digital, photography, crocheting, mixed media, baking/food, etc, whatever you’d like!

Mags and I look forward to reading and seeing what y’all share!

September: Creatures of Mythaura Week 1 (9/1-9/7): Breeding Projects – starters, planned pairs Week 2 (9/8-9/14): Companions Week 3 (9/15-9/21): Beast Species – Basilisk, Dragon, Griffin, Hippogriff, Kirin, Peryton, Quetzal, Ryu, Unicorn Week 4 (9/22-9/28): Genetics – colors, specials, supers, mutations Week 5 (9/29-10/5): Beast Creator Challenge – Try to make a beast (or a few) with a specific silly theme in the beast creator, and share your creations! Examples: fruits, food, flowers, flags, cat or dog breeds, etc

October: Significance of Time Week 1 (10/6-10/12): Months & Seasons – Hearth’s Embrace, Aurora’s Canvas, Chasm’s Roar, Barrow’s Thaw, Monolith’s Rise, Darksun’s Dominion, Frostcrown’s Flame, Ghostlight’s Pall, Windrider’s Bane, Greenbright’s Close, Deepfrosts Current, Witherlight’s Whisper Week 2 (10/13-10/19): Constellations – Glassblower, Stargazer, Tempest, Gaoler, Jeweler, Prodigy, Magistrate, Widow, Chariot, Physician, Reaver, Flautist Week 3 (10/20-10/26): Birthstones – Carnelian, Hematite, Labradorite, Black Tourmaline, Boulder Opal, Fluorite, Pyrite, Lepidolite, Tiger’s Eye, Malachite, Chrysocolla, Rainbow Moonstone Week 4 (10/27-11/2): Elements – Fire, Arcane, Lightning, Rot, Stone, Dark, Ice, Specter, Air, Nature, Water, Light November: Tales of Adventure Week 1 (11/3-11/9): Classes & Gear – fighter, rogue, sorcerer, healer Week 2 (11/10-11/16): Talon’s Rest – Mythaura’s starting city, further info can be found in their January 2025 Dev Update Week 3 (11/17-11/23): Wild Area Explore – dungeon and wilderness exploration, fishing, discovering treasure Week 4 (11/24-11/30): Faction & Battles – The Vanguard and The Call

December: Culture and Customs Week 1 (12/1-12/7): Holidays, Festivals Week 2 (12/8-12/14): Culinary Traditions – ingredients, recipes, etiquette, symbolism, medicinal use Week 3 (12/15-12/21): Rites of Passage – birthdays, weddings, funerals, graduations, job and role transitions, etc Week 4 (12/22-12/28): Myths & Fables – stories, values passed down through generations Week 5 (12/29-1/4): Beast Creator Challenge (round 2) - Try to make a beast (or a few) with a specific silly theme in the beast creator, and share your creations!

January: Genesis, Synthesis Week 1 (1/5-1/11): Abode – overall theme and lore, geography, biome, etc of your planned abode Week 2 (1/12-1/18): Mythsonas – personal characters’ lore and backstories Week 3 (1/19-1/25): NPC Fanfic/art Week 4 (1/26-1/31): Guilds & Goals – Guild or adventure party lore; short- or long-term game goals Badges! (by Mags) Each month you will have the opportunity to earn two different badges, a normal one (blue ink bottle) and a shiny one (gold ink bottle). The normal badge is earned by completing one prompt, and the shiny by completing all prompts of the month.

Below is a preview of the badges, in order:

[alleppo]

Peryton

[battleram-skirmisher-fr]

I won the Mythaura color contest?!?!?

[stellarseeming]

Made a peryton on the Mythaura demo, going insane

Appearance settings:

Base: Shadow

Eyes: Thalassa

Top: Shadow

Bottom: Frost

SM 1: Thalassa Galaxy

SM 2: Ghost Prismatic

SM 3: Emerald Prismatic

SM 4: Emerald Galaxy