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[NEWS] Baonding Bites Wrap Up!
Posted 1 year ago :: Last edited 1 year ago by bao
After a whole month of hard work, Brezel and Baomeo can finally take a break... up until Brezel claps her paws together and says: "Whoa, hang on, aren't we forgetting something?!"
"Brezel, my friend, whatever do you mean?" Baomeo asks, before a look of comprehension dawns upon his face. "... But of course! Baonding Bites may be over, but love continues to persist; and a heart given must be returned!"
"BUHAHA! Exactly! That's a whole new market just waiting for us to cash in- er, catch up on!" She grins, placing her paws on her hips. "And I've got just the idea! Listen to this!" With that, she leans into Baomeo's ears, and whispers a few words... as she explains her plans, Baomeo's eyes widen, and a twinkle appears in his eyes.
"My friend, you truly embody the spirit of love and romance...!" Baomeo does a quick little twirl. "It is just as you say! Quickly, let us begin our preperations!"
In the month proceeding Baonding Bites, baobears can choose to give reciprocal gifts to those who gave them treats on Baolentines Day! What does this mean? If you completed the event quest "LOVE TAKES... YOU!" last month, then you should check your inventory... because a gift might be waiting for you!
Don't worry if you did not have time to participate.
Even if you did not play, you can still collect a free Chocolate Heart from Bao by clicking the image above! Consider this a gift from us, to you :) Thank you so much for playing!
You can also purchase extras from the event shop for beans.
Perhaps there is somebao you would also like to send chocolate hearts to?
This item will only be available today, after which the event shop will close. It will be returning in the future. This chocolate heart is a cosmetic item. You can sell it for 10 beans in your inventory.
A Pankitty will also be raffled off today! To enter, simply comment below and say something nice about another user! There will be three winners total. This raffle will close in approximately 24 hours.
info: https://baobears.com/sales/31
Lastly, a new auction has been posted!
They say life is like a box of chocolates... tasty and sweet!
That's all for now! See you next time!
- miya x
[NEWS] March Updates!
Posted 1 year ago :: Last edited 1 year ago by bao
Hello, everyone! Hope you're all well. It's a new month, and with March comes a new season: spring! We have plenty of new updates for you to celebrate, so please read on to find out more ^^
BAONDING BITES EVENT
Our Baonding Bites event ends tomorrow, so get your submissions in while you can :)
The event shop will close next week. Click here to visit our events page!
NEW BEARLOCK HOLMES QUEST
Put your thinking hats on, because a new Bearlock Holmes quest has been posted!
In addition, we have also made the following changes:
- Hints will now be freely available without needing to ask a mod, but no additional hints will be provided.
- "Bearlock's Wallet" award has been changed to "Star Detective". Future Bearlock Quests in this category will grant this sticker. You can obtain multiple copies of this sticker.
- Bearlock quests DO NOT have to be done in order.
Click here to see all available Bearlock Holmes quests!
Good luck, junior detective!
NEW LIMITED TIME QUEST
The winter chill has begun to thaw, bringing with it new life and new joys! The land is lush with greenery and flowers, but deep underground, something else lurks... something more... wriggly?
Prompt: A Worm Welcome
Reward: Wormie
Ending: MAY 31
SHOP RESTOCK & NEW ITEMS
Items: Spring Pet Ticket
Restock: Peaberry, Thornberry, Vegetaberry
A new batch of Spring Pets have been released!
Rosebeary's Bistro and Bao's Dumplings have been restocked for the season.
MONTHLY & LUCKY RAFFLE
Both Monthly & Lucky Raffles have been reset. This month MYO-078 is up for adoption! You can also enter the lucky raffle for a chance to win up to 200 beans, a Seasonal Pet Ticket, and a special "Lucky" sticker!
Check out the raffles page for more information on how to enter.
EARN MONTHLY RAFFLE TICKETS BY:
✦ Purchasing General Tickets at Rosebeary’s Bistro
✦ Completing the prompt A Kind Gesture
UPDATES & FEEDBACK
Thanks for the feedback so far! This month I'm requesting some opinions based on some specific feedback that was received, plus listing some updates below.
- Updates:
- Discord: added a 'bulletin board' category for organizational purposes.
- Gift notifs: you should now be able to notify others if you've drawn their baobear when submitting prompts.
- Requesting Opinions:
- Dumplings: I feel the need to rebalance this... the initial conceit of dumplings was to have it as a 'small bonus' for those who have a baobear & it was never meant to really be a 'perk' or to actually give anything of significant value, but I feel like that has not been conveyed as well as I would like... I'm considering the following options, which have been listed with game balance & site limitations in mind:
- Dumplings can be collected by all users, but will be limited to one per person per day, Dumplings will be collected from Bao's Dumpling shop. Existing dumplings/Bao's Charm will be repurposed.
- Keep as is, but reduce available items that can be purchased using dumplings & not have it play a significant role as a currency (ex. during events)
- Rework dumplings to be more like an 'affection meter' and give corresponding awards based on that.
- Other suggestion.
- Keep as is.
- Focus: I just want to get a feel for what I should focus on first for the next few months! There's a few 'for fun' projects that I'm keeping to myself already, but in general wanted to know what people are most keen on:
- The Libreary: ability to complete past events & obtain 'retired' items.
- Permanent prompts: more city hub & special quests.
- Bearlock Holmes: more puzzles & puzzle-style activities (ex. word find, spot the difference, sudoku, etc.).
- Events: more limited time quests & rewards.
- Pets: again, just putting a feeler out to see people's preferences!
- Essentially, would you rather have releases of new pets, or pet variations?
- Dumplings: I feel the need to rebalance this... the initial conceit of dumplings was to have it as a 'small bonus' for those who have a baobear & it was never meant to really be a 'perk' or to actually give anything of significant value, but I feel like that has not been conveyed as well as I would like... I'm considering the following options, which have been listed with game balance & site limitations in mind:
Feedback this month will reward x1 general raffle ticket, able to be collected after form is filled. Don't forget to use this item in your inventory to be entered into the monthly raffle. You can answer as many or as few questions as you like!
That's all for now!
Thank you so much for playing and I hope to see you soon!
- miya x
[UPDATE] Admin Break & Updates
Posted 1 year ago :: Last edited 1 year ago by baoHello everyone!! Hope you've all been having a lovely baolentines month :)
Just wanted to let you all know I'll be out of town until March 5, so there will be delays in replies, approvals, and updates.
Next update & rollover (new raffle, restock, etc.) should hopefully be all set to post once I return, so please look forward to that ^^
Our Baonding Bites event & raffle will also end on MARCH 5!
The Event Shop will close around a week later.
Our Lucky Raffle will still end by February.
However, openings for next months might be delayed.
In addition, here is february's last baobear by our very own softsy!!
info: https://baobears.com/sales/29
Thanks for reading this far!
In exchange, take these free candy hearts for the road... click!
See you soon!
- miya x
[EVENT] Baonding Bites Event & Updates!
Posted 1 year ago :: Last edited 1 year ago by bao
Welcome to February, everyone! We hope you've all been well.
I have a bunch of updates this month, and I hope you enjoy them!
raffles: winners & resets!
Last month's raffles have been drawn. Congratulations to the winners!
There is a new monthly & lucky raffle up.
For more info on February raffles, please click here!
JANUARY EVENTS: ENDING TOMORROW!
Both Precious Polaroids & Finding Fortunes will end tomorrow, on the 5th.
You will no longer be able to trade-in goldfish crackers after the event ends.
If you haven't participated yet, you still have time!
For more information on these events, please click here (and scroll down)!
February event: Baonding Bites!
It is often said that baobears have only one true love: food!
However, it is a well documented fact that a baobear's heart is as big as their tummy!
This month we're celebrating an event known as Baonding Bites!
In conjunction with this event, we have released new items, berries, and a new raffle bao.
For more information, visit our events page!
February is a love (and food) filled month, so please expect a few batches of baobears...
Including the newest one below, featuring a lovely little trio!
For more information, visit our sales page!
Site changes
- Enigberry now allows multiple marking & colour changes to be done on your baobear.
- Rainberry now allows a single marking or colour change, including hue shifts.
- Updated 'scene/background' rules in [3] ARPG: Submission Guidelines for clarity (and because the example artwork was so old...)
As usual, feel free to fill out our site suggestion form for bonus event currency!
That's all for now! Thank you for reading!
x miya
[NEWS] Happy Lunar New Year & Updates!
Posted 1 year ago :: Last edited 1 year ago by bao
Hello everyone! Hope your January has been going well. This weekend, on the 22rd, we'll be celebrating the Lunar New Year! Here are a few updates to get into the festive spirit:
LUNAR NEW YEAR EVENT: FINDING FORTUNES
For many baobears, the Lunar New Year symbolises shifting fortunes, prosperous new beginnings, and huge feasts! A popular snack for baobears during this time of year is the goldfish cracker. This is because the character for fish (鱼) is a homonym for surplus (余)!
This year, Bao has hidden several goldfish crackers for you to find...
Check out the EVENTS page for more info!
In addition, you can head over to Rosebeary's Bistro to collect a free gold ingot!
Max 1 per user. Available only on the 22nd.
This event grants the following new pets and items:
Frogbert (Orange), Gold Fish, Goldietart
Maomao, Goldberry, Scaleberry
Event ends February 5th!
JANUARY MYO SALE INFO
![[MYO] Common Baoberry](https://baobears.com/images/characters/0/361_BT2ZUaA16q.png)
We'll be having our first MYO sale of the year on the 23rd!
Details of this sale can be viewed here.
JANUARY BEAN AUCTION
Speaking of sales... we hope you've been saving up your beans!
We're having our very first bean auction on JAN 30. We hope this gives everyone enough time to save up.
Depending on how successful this auction is, we'd love to host more bean auctions in the future ^^
Need beans? Try completing some prompts or entering our lucky raffle!
SITE UPDATES & FEEDBACK
Site-wise, we've made some updates to guidebook, plus minor updates to myo & traits guide and encyclopedia.
We hope these edits make the site easier to navigate!
If you have the time, please fill out our site feedback form,
At the end of this form, you will be able to claim a General Raffle Ticket (limit once per user)
That's all for now!
Thank you for reading, and see you soon!
x miya
[NEWS] January Updates!
Posted 1 year ago :: Last edited 1 year ago by bao
Happy New Bears Day, everyone!
To kickstart 2023, here are some site updates! : D
SHOP RESTOCK & NEW ITEMS
Berries: Glowberry, Sunberry, Moonberry
Pets: Frogbert (Glass Body)
Rosebeary's Bistro and Bao's Dumplings have three new items that will be available throughout January.
A new frogbert variant has also been released! This Frogbert will have an increased 20% drop rate throughout January.
NEW LIMITED TIME PROMPTS
What memories have you made over the last year?
Event Quest:
Winter Wonder (ENDING JAN 5)
Precious Polaroids (ENDING FEB 5)
Complete the "Precious Polaroids" prompt to recieve our new limited-time pet, the Nebulan!
MONTHLY & LUCKY RAFFLE
The Lucky Raffle has been reset. Enter for a chance to win up to 200 beans, a Seasonal Pet Ticket, and a special "Lucky" sticker!
Check out the raffles page for more information on how to enter.
A new january raffle is now active! This month we are giving away one [MYO] Common Baoberry.
This raffle is open to everyone. Check out the raffles page for more information on how to enter.
EARN TICKETS BY:
✦ Purchasing General Tickets at Rosebeary’s Bistro
✦ Completing the prompt A Kind Gesture
JANUARY MYO & BAOBEAR SALES
![[MYO] Common Baoberry](https://baobears.com/images/data/items/2-image.png)
Rosebeary's Bistro has been restocked with 5 Common MYO slots for FTO users!
For general users, we will be hosting a MYO sale on the 23rd of January. Details TBA closer to the date.
Sale will include both RLC and a Rosebeary's Bistro restock.
That's all for now!
Thank you so much for playing and I hope to see you soon!
- miya x
[NEWS] December Updates!
Posted 2 years ago :: Last edited 1 year ago by bao
Hello, hello, and happy December, everyone!
There's a bunch of new releases this month, so please read on ^^
SHOP RESTOCK & NEW ITEMS
Rosebeary's Bistro has some new and old items restocked that will be available from December - January.
Berries: Banantlers, Cherubberry, Cloudberry
Tickets: Seasonal Pet Ticket (Winter), Lucky Ticket
Other: Starter Box
We have added a new STARTER BOX that will be a permanent addition to the shop.
This is a little welcome gift that can be claimed by all users once.
This season, we've also released a bunch of new pets! Try your luck by purchasing a Seasonal Pet Ticket (Winter) and see who you'll bring home ^^ You can also get a free Pet Ticket by completing the event prompt below. This will be available until the end of February and will be returning next year.
Seasonal Pet (Winter) Previews!
NEW PERMANENT & LIMITED TIME PROMPTS
Event Quest: Winter Wonder
General Quest: A Kind Gesture
Special Quests: Gallery Aficionado (Novice, Intermediate, Expert)
Winter has arrived, and with it, a thick layer of snow... and also, a new event quest! Complete Winter Wonder to get a free Seasonal Pet Ticket (Winter). This quest can be completed once per user.
We've also added a new General Quest and some Special Quests. These are permanent quests and will not expire, so check them out!
A new december raffle has been posted! This month features some seasonally appropriate baobears by wyrmbloods, salsasabu, and sparkstea! This raffle is open to everyone. Check out the raffles page for more information on how to enter!
EARN [1] FREE TICKET BY:
✦ Advertising this deviation: link
✦ Fill out a claim: https://baobears.com/claims
EARN ADDITIONAL TICKETS BY:
✦ Purchasing General Tickets at Rosebeary’s Bistro
✦ Completing the prompt A Kind Gesture
Speaking of raffles, we're also hosting a lucky raffle this month!
Lucky raffle tickets cost 10 beans each. Users can enter a maximum of 5 times per raffle.
Enter for a chance to win up to 200 beans, a Seasonal Pet Ticket, and a special "Lucky" sticker!
Check out the raffles page for more information on how to enter!
The creation period for our gift exchange is currently underway! All pairings have been sent via discord. Please reach out to miya on discord if you have not recieved your pairing.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: DECEMBER 20, 2022 11:59 PM UTC (SITE TIME)
BLOOMING SEASON EVENT WRAP-UP!
Thank you all for participating in our first big site event! It made me so happy to see everyone's submissions.
As we are wrapping up the event, here is your reminder that the EVENT SHOP will close on DECEMBER 7.
We will also be deleting the following items and the 'cloud clover' event currency.
[CURRENCY] Cloud Clover
[STICKER] Cloud Clover
[RAFFLE] Event Ticket
Please USE these items by DECEMBER 7 or you will risk losing them!
The raffle will be rolled sometime this week, so get in any last minute ticket entries if you have them!
I'd also like to add on a tiny, non-exhaustive list in no particular order of a few of my favourite pieces!
You can view all event submissions in our gallery.
Finally, I just wanted to say that I will be away and likely unreachable from DEC 8 - DEC 17.
Approvals & replies will be slow but I will get back to everyone ASAP once I'm back.
If there is anything urgent, please reach out to one of our mods on our discord server.
That's all for now!
Thank you so much for playing and I hope to see you soon!
- miya x
[2022] Happy Holidays!
Posted 1 year ago :: Last edited 1 year ago by baoHello, everyone! I hope you've all been well this December, and if not... well, just hold on a bit longer!
The year is almost over, you can do it! But before that, I just have a few more updates before we finish up the year...
Starting with our gift exchange reveals! Please visit this page to view your gift:
https://baobears.com/world/events/8
Don't forget to leave a thank you for your gifter! ^^ If there are any mistakes, please let me know asap!
To celebrate the end of year, I'm releasing a new pet!
This is a freebie that will be available until the end of the 25th. Now closed!
We'll have our last baobear auction for the year sometime soon, so please look out for that too!
As a final note, don't forget you can still enter our raffles:
And complete the following limited time prompt!
Event Quest: Winter Wonder
Thank you so so so much for your support this year! It brings me so much joy to see everyone participate, hehe.
I hope to bring you guys more updates next year, but for now... see you soon!
- miya x
[NEWS] November Updates & Gift Exchange Signups!
Posted 2 years ago :: Last edited 2 years ago by bao
Hello everyone! Hope you all had a great October! ^^
First off, here is the result of our mini halloween event! With your help, Bao has made a rather, er, delightful concoction... it looks rather fishy, but the smell seems to have attracted a rather curious Bonesby! As a thank you, Bao has generously given you a portion of his gloop to take home... eek!
Definitely shouldn't drink this...
Trick - 21 | Treat - 11
UPDATE: Rewards have been distributed. Let us know if we missed you!
As a reminder, our Blooming Season Event is ending on the 30th of this month. There’s also still time to enter the blooming cumulus raffle if you haven’t yet! In addition, MYO baoberry's have been restocked in the Event Shop (edit: sold out!).
Next month, we will be having an art exchange! Sign-ups are open from today and closing NOVEMBER 20. Please fill in this form to join: https://forms.gle/JB6J55y6sCe71MYr6. Due to the nature of this activity, we will be allowing drawn entries only (either by yourself or commissioned). Allocations will be given out by December and the final deadline for each piece will be DEC 20.
SIGN UP DEADLINE: NOV 20
ART DEADLINE: DEC 20
REVEALS: DEC 25
Anyone can join, even if you do not own a baobear! The minimum requirement for gifts is a coloured fullbody, but going above that is encouraged! You will have two weeks to sign up, and then about a month to finish your piece. If you can't make the deadline, let us know ASAP so we can have a pinch-hitter fill in – things happen, no hard feelings! : )
We will be continuing our Guest Artist sales this month, too! Here is our auction schedule for the first two weeks:
NOV 5: Muffet Crumpet by cottean & miyabau
NOV 8: Drowsy Dor-Bear & Tea Party Princess by wyrmbloods & bearwithglasses
NOV 12: Favourite Old Teacup by veil-dust
NOV 16: Spiced Apple Cider & Afternoon Bumbles eggomancers & emacodo
The next half will be a surprise ^^b Please look forward to it!
I just wanted to give a huge thank you for making our first event & launch so successful! I’ve collected site feedback information, and for those interested you can read under the spoilers. Otherwise, that’s all for now, and I'll see you soon!
I'm always rather hesitant to speak of my future plans because I don't want to leave people waiting for something that might not come anytime soon or at all,.. but just this once I will speak a bit on it! I recieved ~52 responses from the site survey, and here is a rather quick & dirty summary:
Top five interests according to the poll: dailies, achievements, personal questlines, pets, lootboxes
Top five features mentioned: mini-games (click to play, ex. gardening), scavenger hunts, rotating prompts, customization, non-art prompts
Going forward, I'll be focusing mainly on the 'groundwork' of the site, namely:
- Collectibles: achievements, pets, items
- Quests: one-off questlines, general prompts (possibly seasonal), bon baoyage (lowest priority atm)
- FTO-specific activities: planning a "newbie gift", just have to think about the contents...
- Aesthetics: page revamps (ex. our new homepage), making everything more accessible/easy to find (ex. /info/world), etc. unfortunately there is a limit to how much I can make things more clear in terms of like, navigation & using the site itself because that is simply how lorekeeper is coded, but, like, I'll do my best (organization also hinges on what I personally find most logical, but feel free to give me suggestions if you have any!)
Future plans are much more up in the air, and will be for rather 'superflous' things that would be nice to have but aren't necessarily vital to the site. I'll speak of the more popular requests & why I can't exactly implement them ASAP:
- Dailies/mini-games: the initial conceit of lorekeeper was as a masterlist site, so implementing more complex features would require an experienced developer (of whom I would have to first find, and then compensate fairly for). An extension is not currently publicly available for features like 'gardening' or 'farming' or any mini games really, and while I have a few 'workarounds' in mind, these may be unecessarily complicated in practice... I might try something for an event, but we'll see.
- Scavenger Hunts: maybe for an event or for a Bearlock Holmes side-quest? I'll play around with the extension for now.
- Bulletin Board: I have plans for for user-submitted quests, just hashing out some the finer details. Might come late 2023 depending on user growth & interest?
- Housing: I have plans for this but it is unlikely to come anytime soon since it will require a lot of assets/planning! ):
- Community Lottery: I'll test run this sometime soon!
- Customization: I'm just unsure of how popular / wanted this idea is? If implemented, it will just be an 'item' and you'll have to draw it on your baobear yourself so it's a bit underwhelming to me...
- Crafting: Not sure how to implement this just yet, plus it would require so many assets; basically I think this requires a tie-in with dailies & other features I don't currently have, so will probably not plan for this for quite awhile (may add one-off recipes just for fun, but nothing major).
- Wishing well: I have a vague idea for this, mostly thinking about workload & how often to grant wishes. Might do a one-off event for this.
- Jobs/levelling/stats: not a priority.
- Returning Retired Items: I have plans for this, not sure when I can implement it, lower priority.
- RLC shop/subscription tiers: 18 interested / 22 neutral / 11 not interested... not a priority atm?
I left out a LOT of things & I do have more things planned they're just very. Up in the air! Anyway, there's plenty of stuff I'd like to try out, even if it's only as a one-off haha! In any case, I would appreciate it if you could continue to fill out our suggestion form which will always be open: https://forms.gle/81L9du8freef9JHMA it really is useful to help me decide what to focus on & to determine our future trajectory!
I think that's all for now... just as an added disclaimer, I am just one person working with a small team, so please don't expect or push for releases/updates (no one has ever done this, to be clear, because you are all very nice). But, Baobears is very much a passion project & I would love to continue having fun making content for it. So, thank you very much for allowing me to do that!
Thanks for reading this far & I'll see you in the next update! : D
[EVENT] The Curious Cauldron
Posted 2 years ago :: Last edited 2 years ago by bao
Spooky season is almost over, but before we say goodbye, let's celebrate wtih a halloween mini event!
Bao has been busy making a super-duper-special potion, and needs YOUR help!
EVENT QUESTS: BAO'S CAULDRON
Raffle ✤ SALE
Draw an item to put inside Bao's cauldron! You MUST choose either to put in a TRICK or a TREAT.
Trick: add a trick into the cauldron, ex. mud, wet tissue, anchovies, etc.
Treat: add a treat into the cauldron, ex. candy corns, caramel apple, chocolate, etc,
Visit BAO'S CAULDRON for more info on how to participate in this event.
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At the end of the event, I will tally the amount of TRICKS vs TREATS
If there are more TRICKS than treats, everyone will get a BONESBY & a "Cursed Cauldron" sticker
If there are more TREATS than tricks, everyone will get a DROOPY & a "Candy Cauldron" sticker
If there is an even number of TRICK and TREATS, everyone gets a MYSTERY PET & a "Bao's Cauldron" sticker
Choose wisely!
RUN TIME: NOW - END OF NOVEMBER 03
OCTOBER 28 - NOV 3
Halloween Baobear Giveaway!
View the ACTIVE RAFFLES page for more info!
OCTOBER 31
Flatsale (FTO priority) - $80
View the SALES PAGE page for more info!
As a reminder, tomorrow is THE LAST DAY to enter for Celebration Cake!
View ACTIVE RAFFLES for more info!
The blooming season event is also active until the end of next month!
View EVENTS PAGE for more info!
