The Riddler

... has put a new riddle up for you to ponder over! Can you beat him?

Good Morning, Alacrites!

As promised, here is your September wake-up call :> Welcome to the month of the Pirates, arrgh! Head on over to the Monthly Shop to pick up your trinkets and treasures. While there, don’t forget to pick up some friends for your dogs. This month’s companion has a rather unique effect: Every Friday, your Pirate companion will bring you one of four nautical cookies. These are brand new cookies to the game and their effects are quite awesome!


The Doubloon Cookie gives your dog +5 health and -2 hunger.
The Anchor Cookie gives your dog +20 health and -2 hunger.
The Starfish Cookie gives your dog +2 drive and -2 hunger.
The Seashell Cookie gives your dog +1 speed and -2 hunger.

Now, some of these cookies are rarer than others and we may need to tweak the rarities a little bit to make sure that those cookies stay reasonably rare. We will let you know if we increase the rarity of the Starfish and Seashell cookies to maintain game balance. The donation companion’s chances of bringing you rare cookies will not be altered, unless we need to make the rarer cookies a little bit less rare.


This month’s donation items are the Merdog and the Magic Pearl.
Merdog, available with Bone purchases of $25 or more, also brings you nautical cookies, except it fetches you a cookie every single night. Just imagine the possibilities!
The Magic Pearl must be quite large, for it contains one of each Pirate themed items in the monthly shop and is awarded for Bone purchases of $65 or more.

And now, let us take a moment to see which artist drew our favorite items this month :D If you particularly love something, be sure to stop on by their profile and let them know you appreciate their hard work!
Xylax:
Captain`s Cabin Background
Ship Deck Background
Shipwreck Background
Tortuga Harbor Background
Cannons and Barrels
Bushy Greenery (main shops)
Lush Green Meadow (main shops)
Rocky Ground (main shops)
Magma Dye (main shops)
Skeletal Guard Dog (upgrade item)
Merdog (donation companion)
Rough Seas Background (random event)

Cord:
Capuchin Monkey
Compass
Mini Pirate Ship Model
Skull and Crossbones Necklace
Pirate Cutlass
Pirate Captain`s Coat

Nyctra:
Pirate Parrot
Red Tailed Black Cockatoo
Sun Conure
Anchor Cookie
Seashell Cookie
Starfish Cookie
Doubloon Cookie
Flintlock Pistol
Gold Bracelets
Pirate Earring
Pirate Hat
Treasure Map
Pearl and Sapphire Necklace (main shops)

Carni:
Pirate Bandana
Pirate Eyepatch
Pirate Flag (recolor of Hel's flags)
Pirate Theme Banner

Rixon:
Ghost Ship Background (main shops)
Okapi Dye (main shops)
Young King Cheetah (main shops)
Falling Cherry Blossoms (main shops)

Oh my goodness! Can you believe that it's the end of August already?

Tonight marks the end of August and the end of our Norse Mythology Monthly Theme. You have a mere handful of hours to get your Norse purchases in before these items disappear. Make sure to mosey on over to the Monthly Shop to snag everything that you may want.

I'd also like to take this opportunity to introduce you all to the newest member of our artist team :D
Rixon has joined our creative ranks so that she may bring you all beautiful things to look at. Her art is truly amazing and you'll be seeing some of it released tomorrow!


I know most of you are dying to know what we have planned for September. I'm comfortable in telling you that September is going to be in the theme of Pirates, yarr!

We have some new and fun things planned, so please keep your eyes peeled for the news post about the new monthly items tomorrow. Donation items will also change out either late tonight or early tomorrow.


As an interesting aside, did y'all know that tonight is a Blue Moon? This means that we're having a second full moon this month! A blue moon only happens about once every 2.7 years and will not happen again until July, 2015. If you can, take a step outside tonight and appreciate the beautiful moon. Neil Armstrong, an American hero and one of the first men to walk on the moon, passed away only 6 days ago; his family asks that you think of this brave man when you gaze upon our heavenly neighbor.