News Bulletin

Sep 2, 201812 min read

Deviation Actions

Aushpash

Lucheek

Published: Sep 2, 2018

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6/13/2021

The long-awaited summer 2021 event is here: Running of the Cacti!

Event - Running of the CactiIntroductionOne little-known fact about the cacti of the Vivo Fe desert is that they are sentient plants--or, as sentient as a plant can get--and can move around using their roots as "feet." They rarely move, however, as this means they must uproot themselves, thus abandoning their nutrient and water supply, and dash across the hot sand, only to re-bury themselves somewhere else. Their inner water supply will run out eventually, after all, especially as they seem to "sweat" it out during these mad dashes.,Every year at the start of summer, when the cacti of Vivo Fe have collected enough water from the rain-heavy spring, they uproot themselves and decide to move elsewhere because it's just so dang hot in Vivo Fe! However, the residents of the area rely on the cacti as both a water and food source, and to get the cacti to stay, they make the cacti sweat off enough of their water so they have to rebury themselves and try again next year. This event, over time, became a cultural festival and time of celebration called the Running of The Cacti! Only the bravest (and most hard-shelled) of Egglions would do it in the past, but as the creatures of Aushpash have begun to adopt a multicultural approach, so have others visited every year to celebrate the event. Will your creature be showing up this year to help?RulesFor this event, I ask all members to depict their Aushpash creatures trying to wrangle some running cacti!There will be ten different cacti they can catch, and certain cacti award a different prize for being caught, while others don't--it just depends on which they catch!*The cacti they catch is determined by the RNG within the Aushpash Discord from N = 10*However, there is no guarantee every entry leads to cacti's capture! An initial roll will determine if one was caught, and if caught, the next roll determines if an item was dropped as a result.*See Rewards section below for potential prizes*The event begins today, June 13th, and will end when it is no longer July 4th anywhere in the world.Please submit all entries to the DTA, Contest, Event Entries folder for them to be counted.You may submit as many entries as you would like, so long as the entry is submitted within the event's timeframe and submitted to the proper folderEntries must be fullbodied and have a cacti (or multiple cacti) depicted somewhere in the image--drawing 2+ cacti will not increase the number of rolls you get per imageHowever, drawing one or more creature(s) in your entries will increase your chances of catching a cacti; ask permission before drawing someone else's creatureEntries must be submitted individually and not as part of a collection in one art pieceIf no prize is won from an entry, you may not use it towards General Art Prizes; this is event art and does not count towards General ArtAwards are given to those whose entries manage to catch a cacti that drops an item; not all cacti will drop at item, as determined by the Aushpash Discord Server's RNG machineRewardsFor entries that succeed in catching a cacti, members may win one of the following prizes (one per successful entry):A Standard QuirkbugAn Aesthetic QuirkbugA Baby QuirkbugA Cactus Magic ThreadQuestions? Comments? Concerns?Reply to this comment for that!

You have until July 4th to participate, and may the fastest Aushpashian catch some cacti!!

3/28/2021

Two new Cactus morphs--Doozi and Crayondrake!!

11/1/2020

The Masked Mass Event has officially ended!! A big thank you to all who participated, and I hope to see you all again for future events <3

10/7/2020

Two new patches: Cycles of Renewal (Location patch) & The Queen's Mask (TBA)

And anyone looking for a fun event to do, keep your eyes on this Saturday, 10/10 C:!

We have plans..........

8/23/2020

New Ragdoll Morphs: Catterpoof and Xothra!!

8/22/2020

New Reef Morph: Doozi!!

8/21/2020

New Reef Morph: Diggadillo!!

8/18/2020

Hello, all! Some have reached out to me wanting to bring some life back to the group, which I am 100% behind. So, I'm going to start updating the weekly activities, work on some morph designs and (possibly) adopts, resuming planning of future events/activities/etc, and start working on my characters again

I'm really excited to see interest again, and I hope I don't disappoint you all with this "reopen" of sorts.

If you have suggestions, things you want to see added/changed, concerns, spot any errors, etc, leave a comment to the journal below and I'll be happy to do what I can!

6/30/2020

New Cactus Morphs: Sethset and Symdeiote!!

5/4/2020

Two new Reef morphs: Whelkie and Xothra!!

NEW PERMANENT ACTIVITY!! Melody's River Run!! Check it out!

4/30/2020

New morph--Infernal Cloaken!!!

3/26/2020

The following events have officially closed! Second Anniversary Celebration, Paradise Carnival, and fighting the Reef Leviathan!!

I thank everyone that participated, and I hope you all enjoyed these events

3/25/2020

ONE DAY LEFT for several events!! Second Anniversary Celebration, Paradise Carnival, and to fight the terrible Reef Leviathan!!

Get your entries in while you still can!

3/15/2020

New morph, new enemy, new event! Learn about the Reef Magic Thread, the reef morph, and the Reef Leviathan here in a new mini-event celebrating our second anniversary!!

Second Anniversary Celebration!

3/12/2020

Oh, no! A new enemy has appeared in the seas of Aushpash! The terrible Reef Leviathan!

It is a Timed Enemy will not be available to battle until March 15th! Hopefully it doesn't swallow us whole by then!

Check it out here: Battle Art Hub

2/22/2020

Hm, three new patches....I wonder what these are for......

Patch 17: A Precious Reminder by AushpashML

Patches Hub

Three more days......

2/19/2020

New Ragdoll Morph: Cloaken!! Check it out below!

1/23/2020

A species sheet, courtesy of StardustDreamdust, has been added to the Syndeiote Creature Hub!! Thank you, StardustDreamdust!!

Symdeiote Hub

1/21/2020

New morph available for Crayondrakes: Shadow Puppet!! Check it out below!

Here's an Infernal Thurlbim, too!!

1/20/2020

New Yeti morph available for Sea-Saints!!

1/12/2020

pinleaf, here!

At long last, the creature lore for all Aushpash creatures is now completed!! Thank you all for your patience and--if you have the time--check out the new creature bio for Sea-Saints (Sea-Saint Hub) and for the rest of the creatures as well! I hope you all enjoy the new lore and that it inspires you in some way to create stories for your creatures

Thank you again, and happy reading!

1/3/2020

Voting for the First Snow contest has closed!! Congratulations to MiaSomnyx and Lucheek for winning! Your prizes have been banked, and I thank everyone again for participating!!

The new yeti morphs for Xothra, Diggadillo, and Cloaken are now official morphs that can be made, and being added to the ML shortly. I hope you all had fun with this contest, and have a happy new year!!

(Earlier news has been removed for space~)