Mythaura - upcoming virtual pet rpg game

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Mythaura is an upcoming virtual pet rpg game that’s currently in development. We’ll be sharing their latest previews and updates as they become available on this thread.

Development Update - February 2024

Feature Spotlight: Star Signs, Deep Dive: The Tempest, Winter 2024 Asset Reveal​

Published 3/1/2024

Hi folks, Miyazaki checking in with our development update for the month of February 2024.

It was a tough month for the team: one of us moved, one of us had surgery, and three of us were laid out sick for a while. Everyone's stable and on the mend, though, and with some recovery under our belts we're looking forward to picking up the pace in March!

In spite of everything we've still got some new content to cover. Let's hop in!

Astrological Calendar​

The Mythauran calendar is divided into twelve months of roughly equal length. The earliest Beast species--Dragons, Unicorns, and Griffins--have each left their cultural markers on the Mythauran calendar.

Dragons, being the first species to develop a written language (and one that's rather flowery and verbose), were the first to give names to each of the months of the year. These names were meant to conjure images, feelings, and sensations associated with the different times of the year.

Unicorn culture, being nomadic for a significant part of the year as they chase the path of storms on the Southern Plains, used the position of constellations in the sky to guide their paths. These were named after significant cultural figures both fictional and real, who featured prominently in their rich verbal storytelling tradition.

Griffins were the first to master the craft of creating palm stones, which have been used for centuries to manipulate a Beast's secondary Element prior to birth. The Element associated with each stone came from Griffin astronomers, who picked a stone that best symbolized the constellation that spent the most time over their capital city for the month.

March​

The month of March is referred to as Chasm's Roar in Dragon culture, representing the peals of thunder ringing through the canyons in the Spine of Ere. This month is also associated with the constellation of the Tempest and the labradorite stone.

Mythauran astrologers say those born under the sign of the Tempest are strong-willed, decisive individuals who believe strongly in their own moral code. Their well-defined sense of self makes them capable leaders, whose confidence inspires those who look to them for guidance.

At their best, Tempests are inspiring, self-assured, and magnanimous. At their worst, they can be belligerent, intolerant of others' beliefs, and arrogant.

Winter 2024 Rewards Reveal​

Our Winter 2023 rewards have been completed and are ready for their public debut! Thank you to the Ko-fi Sponsors who voted on the different Glamour and Companion concepts, we appreciate your support and feedback.

Winter 2024 Glamour: Knitted Sweater​

Winter 2024 Companion: Snowdrift Furline​

Winter 2024 Solid Gold Glamour: Young Dragon​

Rogue Class Companion Winner​

What's better than two pairs of eyes to help you keep watch? Three pairs of eyes! The Dire Corvus will be the starting Companion for the Rogue Class. Thanks to all who voted in the Ko-fi poll to help decide the winner!

We'll be back in a near update with more information on our final starter Class; with that comes voting for its Companion and starter Gear as well. Keep your eyes peeled!

Mythaura v0.x​

While there are no new feature releases this month, Koa and Sark have been hard at work on the player menu, specifically the party screen and the way a player's Beasts are housed. There's also been a lot of work put toward a prototype of the interactive world map--and that's for both the world overall and the starter town of Talon's Rest that players will find themselves in when the game launches!

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!

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[twinkletalon]

It's a shame you put together this post less than a week before their February update.

Seems like the dev team's had a rough month, but I'm still excited to see their new previews!

 

[cpvr]

It's a shame you put together this post less than a week before their February update.

Seems like the dev team's had a rough month, but I'm still excited to see their new previews!

I’ll add their February update onto the main post. Thank you! 🙂
Their new previews are nice!

 

[cpvr]

Mythaura’s development update for March is now here. It was posted on their tumblr on April 1.

 

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DEVELOPMENT UPDATE - APRIL 2024 from the Mythaura team is now here!​

THE JEWELER STARSIGN, TOWN EXPLORATION PREVIEW, SORCERER COMPANION: PROTOCHIMERA

Hello folks! 2024 keeps plugging along and so does the dev team behind the scenes over on our side. We're excited to share a few proof of concept videos with you all, demonstrating some of the tech that we're developing to make the game that you will eventually be playing. We're able to move characters around in a 3D space and render in large objects like houses--the first steps toward rendering other elements in this world, too.

We also have the winners for the Spring Quarter rewards on Ko-fi, the Sorcerer class companion, and an overview of Mythauran astrology for the month of May.

TECH DEMO: MAPS & WEATHER​

Your lead Beast will be able to move around the map in 3D--this is how they will navigate both towns/settlements as well as the Wild Area. From the overworld, they can engage with the environment and NPCs. There will be plenty of things to discover for those who choose to explore the world of Mythaura in detail.



Not only will buildings be rendered in 3D, but the world will also have dynamic weather and lighting effects. These different elements can impact several different gameplay features: frequency of encountering certain Companions, items found in the Wild Area, and more. You may even find that some NPCs have preferences for certain kinds of weather or times of day!

Please note that weather effects are currently planned as a post-launch item and may not be implemented on initial launch.

MYTHAURAN ASTROLOGY: MAY​

The month of May is referred to as Monolith's Rise, representing the unshakable bonds of unity among the Dragon clans. This month is also associated with the constellation of the Jeweler and the boulder opal stone.

Those born under the sign of the Jeweler are meticulous, detail-oriented individuals. They hold themselves to high standards and strive for perfection in all elements of their lives--especially regarding activities and interests that they love.

At their best, Jewelers are patient, inquisitive, and methodical. At their worst, they can be pedantic, judgmental, and overly critical.

KO-FI SPRING QUARTER 2024 WINNERS​

Thank you to all the Ko-fi sponsors who voted for the Spring Quarter 2024 rewards. Next month we will show the finalized artwork for the Gossamer Campanula Companion and the Chinoiserie Quetzal Glamour. Stay tuned!

SORCERER CLASS COMPANION WINNER​

This lovingly cobbled-together Protochimera will be by your Sorcerer's side from the very first step on your journey together. Being born from alchemical experimentation themselves, these are curious, clever creatures whose various furs, feathers, and scales can be used in the crafting of magical concoctions.

The Protochimera rounds out all the Starter Companions that can accompany your Beast on their journey through Mythaura. We're excited to see the characters that you make and the Companions that they choose to bring along with them.

MYTHAURA V0.27​

• Upgrades base software to newest release
• Creates CMS management tools for NPCs, Star Signs, Apparel, and Gear
• Automates shadow generation for beasts with items equipped
• Adds ability to equip apparel to beasts and re-order apparel items
• Improves beast cache-busting
• Builds out forum UI
• More progress on beast party and abode screen
• More progress on beast profiles
• Initial proof of concept for NPC interaction and large object (building) rendering

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!

 

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DEVELOPMENT UPDATE - MAY 2024​

THE PRODIGY STARSIGN, NEW SPECIAL: BANDING, UNICORN EXPRESSIONS, SPRING 2024 REVEAL

Hi folks, Miyazaki here with our development updates for the month of May. Our backend development continues to plug along incredibly well: Koa and Sark introduced several new key functionalities, including the implementation of our New Game+ system(and all the mechanics that entails), leveling algorithms, and skill trees that will allow you to choose the moves that your beasts bring with them into battle.

We've also got the results of the Winter 2024 Ko-fi rewards, the June astrology overview, the announcement of our second ever Custom Color Contest, and more. Read on to find out more!

NEW SPECIAL: BANDING​

Bold stripes and flecks mark the hide of Beasts sporting our newest Special, Banding. We'd love to see what creations you come up with in our Beast Creator, and look forward to sharing something Banding-related in a near-future update...

TONGUE COLOR UPDATE & UNICORN EXPRESSIONS​

Some of you may have noticed a change to the Basilisks in the Beast Creator—their tongues now have blue tongues with a gradient, like some real-life skinks and snakes.

There are certain colors on the color wheel that will impact the mouth and tongue color of all Beasts. This was driven by us creating lots (and lots...and lots and lots) of different Beasts as we test various backend elements and realizing that some colors didn't look quite right with normal mouth coloration.

This is demonstrated below on the young Unicorn, whose base color is Patina. We're excited to be able to show you all the finished Unicorn expressions—huge shoutout to Luci, Kymara, and Koa for knocking all of these out. Expressions are a huge undertaking for the team, but we really feel like the end result when playing the game will absolutely make all the work worth it. 🙂

SPRING 2024 REWARDS REVEAL​

Our Spring 2024 rewards have been completed and are ready for their public debut! Thank you to the Ko-fi Sponsors who voted on the different Glamour and Companion concepts, we appreciate your support and feedback.

Spring 2024 Glamour: Chinoiserie​

Spring 2024 Companion: Gossamer Campanula​

Spring 2024 Solid Gold Glamour: Young Unicorn​

MYTHAURAN ASTROLOGY: JUNE​

The month of June is referred to as Darksun's Dominion in Dragon culture, representing the month with the most sunlight in the far north of the continent—one that still finds the sun eclipsed by the moon most days. This month is also associated with the constellation of the Prodigy and the fluorite stone.

Mythauran astrologers say those born under the sign of the Prodigy are born with a powerful blend of ambition and charisma, visionaries who leave an indelible mark on the cosmic canvas with their grand aspirations and magnetic presence.

At their best, Prodigies are dynamic, confident, and insightful. At their worst, they can be overly bombastic, condescending, and pompous.

CUSTOM COLOR CONTEST​

In honor of the new color change that we made to a Beast's tongue/mouth, we're opening another Custom Color Contest. We want to offer the opportunity for you to make a permanent impact on Mythaura's color wheel!

This contest is free to enter, and only has the following parameters:

• Only one entry allowed
• Fill out Google Form by Friday, August 23, 2024 at 11:59pm PST

The dev team will reach out to the winner on September 1 to begin the color design process. Winner will have until September 23, 2024 to complete their color design. Please feel free to use our PSD file, if you'd like!

Winner will also receive 3x copies of the Empemeral Ink that matches their color's base hue (Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Green, or Violet).

We're so excited to see what you come up with!

MYTHAURA V0.28​

• Added ability to equip gear as apparel, so it can be used cosmetically only if desired without consuming a gear slot.
• Added playthrough functionality, which tracks player progress and NG+ status.
• Created initial beast creation process using NG+ status.
• Created skill tree infrastructure and ability for beasts to learn skills.
• Experience & leveling algorithm added to eventually power beast level ups.
• Various cleanups and system upgrades.

 

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Mythaura’s latest DEVELOPMENT UPDATE is now here! - JUNE 2024​

FEATURE SPOTLIGHT: ELITE ENEMIES, THE MAGISTRATE STARSIGN, SUMMER 2024 CONCEPTS

Hello everyone! Our June development wraps up the first half of 2024, and we're cruising along with work on some pretty substantial gameplay features. We're excited to discuss one of them today: Elite Enemies, who will pose a greater challenge to your Beasts--and those who defeat them will find themselves with greater rewards because of it, too.

We also discuss some other strategic gameplay elements, reveal the Summer 2024 quarterly Ko-fi rewards, show off some beautiful new sponsored content, and more!

ELITE ENEMIES​

During your adventure in wild areas, you may encounter Elite Enemies. These foes resemble their regular counterparts but boast more health, are 20% larger, and possess special modifying keywords like "Shielded," "Quick," or "Armored." For example, a Quick Armored Breezetail would have increased speed and have armor when encountered. The keywords are assigned randomly, and as the difficulty of the wild area scales, the number of keywords an Elite Enemy can have increases. Notably, when an Elite Enemy is tamed into a companion, it retains its increased size. Elite enemies also have an increased chance of spawning as its Radiant coloration.

Temporary Health​

Certain moves in battle can grant temporary health. This temporary health is consumed first before any damage impacts the battler's actual health, offering an additional layer of protection during combat.

Shield & Armor​

Some moves can grant a Shield in battle, which absorbs Projection type damage and must be depleted before health is affected. However, Combat damage bypasses the Shield and impacts health directly. Conversely, Armor absorbs Combat damage, while Projection damage bypasses the Armor and impacts health directly. This distinction between Shield and Armor introduces strategic depth, allowing players to tailor their defenses based on the type of incoming damage.

SUMMER QUARTER (2024) CONCEPTS​

It’s the first day of Summer Quarter 2024, which means we’ve got new Quarterly Rewards for Sponsors to vote on on our Ko-fi page!

Which concepts would you like to see made into official site items? Sponsors of Bronze level or higher have a vote in deciding. Please check out the Companion post and the Glamour post on Ko-fi to cast your vote for the winning concepts!

Votes must be posted by July 27, 2024 at 11:59pm PST in order to be considered.

All Spring 2024 Rewards are now listed in our Ko-fi Shop for individual purchase for all Sponsor levels at $5 USD flat rate per unit. As a reminder, please remember that no more than 3 units of any given item can be purchased. If you purchase more than 3 units of any given item, your entire purchase will be refunded and you will need to place your order again, this time with no more than 3 units of any given item.

• Spring 2024 Glamour: Chinoiserie
• Spring 2024 Companion: Gossamer Campanula
• Spring 2024 Solid Gold Glamour: Unicorn (Young)

KO-FI SPONSORED ITEMS​

More Inkminks!​

Sponsored by: Potats​

From top to bottom, left to right:

• Wild Inkmink
• Albino Inkmink
• Prismatic Inkmink
• Celestial Inkmink

Baneful Somnowl​

Sponsored by: Kettle​

MYTHAURAN ASTROLOGY: JULY​

The month of July is referred to as Frostcrown's Flame in Dragon culture, representing the first month where the sunlight begins to wane--calling upon the legend that when the first Dragons almost froze to death in the Spine of Ere, a massive Frostcrown Phoenix led them to a volcanic cave, thereby saving their lives. This month is associated with the constellation of the Magistrate and the pyrite stone.

Those born under the sign of the Magistrate are known for their unwavering commitment (to themselves, their jobs, their cause, their loved ones) and a tireless work ethic. Like a dedicated ruler presiding over their kingdom, individuals influenced by the Magistrate take on responsibilities with a sense of duty and precision.

At their best, Magistrates are diligent, organized, and dutiful. At their worst, they can be defensive, uncooperative, and prone to indignation.

CUSTOM COLOR CONTEST REMINDER​

In honor of the new color change that we made to a Beast's tongue/mouth, we're opening another Custom Color Contest. We want to offer the opportunity for you to make a permanent impact on Mythaura's color wheel!

This contest is free to enter, and only has the following parameters:

• Only one entry allowed
• Fill out Google Form by Friday, August 23, 2024 at 11:59pm PST

The dev team will reach out to the winner on September 1 to begin the color design process. Winner will have until September 23, 2024 to complete their color design. Please feel free to use our PSD file, if you'd like!

Winner will also receive 3x copies of the Empemeral Ink that matches their color's base hue (Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Green, or Violet).

We're so excited to see what you come up with!

MYTHAURA V0.29.1​

• Refactoring and restructuring was done allowing for the removal of redundant code.
• Adds critical endpoint to allow users to spend stat points when creating their first beast.
• Creates a service to handle skill's effects on abilities while in battle and adds the ability to handle 10 varieties of skill.
• Adds support for Element Mastery in skill trees.
• Adds support for both abilities and skills to add Temporary Health, Shield, and Armor.
• Fixed a live-and-broken issue with the shadow assets on adult Dragons, Unicorns, Griffins, and Perytons, making it so they can be used as party leaders without breaking Wild Areas.

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!

 

[cpvr]

Mythaura’s latest development update has been released.



We're very excited to share a 3-minute video demo of some gameplay and UI!!

Hopefully you enjoy this brief demonstration of lots of features we've been working on. We'll go into more detail on each feature below!

Please note that these are WIP and not necessarily representative of final gameplay.

New Game Screen​

Screen​

Whether you're starting your first, second, or third playthrough of Mythaura's storyline, you will always begin at the starter screen, where you will be able to customize your starter Beast. Each run you will pick:

• Base, Top, Bottom, and Eye colors
• Up to 3 Special markings ( up to 1 in first playthrough, 2 in second, 3 in third)
• Species (Tier 1 in first playthrough, Tier 2 in second, Tier 3 in third)
• Class
• Birth element

A Beast's Element and Class will impact its stat distribution, with each one modifying one of a Beast's stats--improving Speed, Hit Points, Attack, Defense, Barrier, or Focus. Additionally, players will have a certain amount of skill points to allocate as they would like to their Beasts' stats. Whether you're opting for more of a roleplay focus or trying to build a more "optimized" build, the character creation system allows players to create the exact Beast that they would like.

New Game +3 and onward will not feature the character creation screen. Instead, players choosing to play through additional times will gain access to a different reward pool. Please stay tuned for that in a future update!

PARTY SCREEN/CODEX​

The party screen will functionally act as the player's home screen. From here, you can check out the Beasts in both your party and Abode, your inventory, the Codex, and more. Your Beast's stats will also show up on the right-hand side of the screen.

The Codex houses pretty much all a player's in-game information. Active and completed (and maybe failed...) quests, player achievements, lore gathered from around the world, and info on all the characters, places, and enemies you encounter in Mythaura are all documented in the Codex.

The base Codex will be a simple, elegant book. Different Codex themes can be earned through various quests, achievements, seasonal rewards, both in-game and premium currency purchase, and other opportunities.

NPC DIALOGUE​

There will be many, many NPCs in Mythaura. Some may not have much to say--a stranger you cross paths with at an open-air market, a merchant's busy apprentice, a parent at a park with their children--but some NPCs have full, fleshed-out storylines of their own. Maybe your character would prefer to keep mostly to themselves, but you will find that engaging with NPCs will uncover information about the world, rumors about other characters, quests, gifts, and more.

SKILL TREE SCREEN​

Skill Trees will determine the abilities and moves that a Beast can utilize in battle. Each Beast will have either two or three different Skill Trees that they can invest in, dependent upon their Elements and their Class. Beasts who have the same Element twice--when its species Element matches up with its birth Element--a Beast will have access to a Mastery Tree, which will feature a branch that borrows from other thematically relevant Elements, demonstrating the Beast's complete mastery of their Element.

If a Beast with a Mastery Tree changes to a Species that would give it two separate Elements, all Elements-related Skill Points will be reset in order for the player to reallocate them between the two new trees. The same applies for Beasts that change their Class.

MYTHAURAN ASTROLOGY: AUGUST​

The month of August is referred to as Ghostlight's Pall, representing a pale, ghostly green aurora that stretches across the Northern sky at this time each year--supposedly attributed to the souls stranded by a war that came to a decisive, bloody, and treacherous end during an August many, many lifetimes ago. This month is also associated with the constellation of the Widow and the lepidolitestone.

Those born under the sign of the Widow are resilient, compassionate, enigmatic individuals. There may not be a sign more dedicated to self-discovery and growth. They radiate a quiet strength and boundless compassion that uplifts those fortunate enough to share their journey.

At their best, Widows are soothing, magnanimous, and generous. At their worst, they can be withdrawn, excessively melancholy, and reproachful.

KO-FI SUMMER QUARTER 2024 WINNERS​

Thank you to all the Ko-fi sponsors who voted for the Summer Quarter 2024 rewards. Next month we will show the finalized artwork for the Venomous Stalker Companion and the Corona Dragon Glamour. Stay tuned!

CUSTOM COLOR CONTEST REMINDER​

In honor of the new color change that we made to a Beast's tongue/mouth, we're opening another Custom Color Contest. We want to offer the opportunity for you to make a permanent impact on Mythaura's color wheel!

This contest is free to enter, and only has the following parameters:

• Only one entry allowed
• Fill out Google Form by Friday, August 23, 2024 at 11:59pm PST

The dev team will reach out to the winner on September 1 to begin the color design process. Winner will have until September 23, 2024 to complete their color design. Please feel free to use our PSD file, if you'd like!

Winner will also receive 3x copies of the Empemeral Ink that matches their color's base hue (Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Green, or Violet).

We're so excited to see what you come up with!

MYTHAURA V0.30​

• Over ten new query conditions were added to support dialog and quest complexity.
• An interact endpoint was added, allowing players to interact with NPCs using the query builder to power dialog selection.
• The game state was refactored to be global, allowing things like "current health" to be maintained outside wild areas.
• Query actions have been added, which allow things like dialog to trigger actions in-game.
• Various bug fixes made to beast party, beast creation, and beast stats.
• Voice types were added to NPCs and beasts.
• Beast expression generation was implemented.
• NPC tools were added to allow the generation of NPCs from beast codes.
• Beast backgrounds have been added.

 

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Mythaura’s newest development has been released. This update contains information regarding their Loot Pool functions.

Development Update - August 2024​

Loot Pools Technical Overview, Color Contest Winner, The Chariot Star Sign, Introducing: Sour​

Published 9/1/2024

Hi folks, hope you're enjoying your weekend so far! I know many of us on the Mythaura team are grateful for the holiday break here in the US, we're hoping that you're enjoying your weekend as well.

Today's technical feature will be Loot Pools, which is the system that determines which items you will get out of encounters in the Wild Area. We'll also cover the Summer 2024 Ko-fi Rewards, the Color Contest winner, Mythauran astrology for the month of September, and extend a welcome to our newest team member, Sourdeer!

Loot Pools​

What are Loot Pools?​

Loot Pools are the engine behind every instance of randomized loot generation in Mythaura. Whenever you obtain items or currency from an activity, such as completing a quest, opening a chest, or defeating a boss, it’s powered by a loot pool. These pools can be used in multiple scenarios and are highly configurable, with options like radiant chance overrides, item rarity overrides, and more. Each loot pool is defined by a minimum and maximum range, ensuring a balanced and fair distribution of rewards.

Dynamic Influences on Loot Pools​

The items you equip in the game can influence the outcome of loot pools. For example, if you have a companion that boosts the amount of currency you receive, this will directly affect your loot drops, adding another layer of strategy to how you approach encounters and quests.

What Loot Pools Don’t Affect​

It’s important to note that Loot Pools do not influence the companion tame mechanic. Taming a companion at the end of a successful encounter is governed by a different system, which uses separate buffs to improve your chances. For instance, while one buff might increase the likelihood of finding rare items, another will improve your chances of taming companions.

Summer 2024 Rewards Reveal​

Our Summer 2024 rewards have been completed and are ready for their public debut! Thank you to the Ko-fi Sponsors who voted on the different Glamour and Companion concepts, we appreciate your support and feedback.

Summer 2024 Glamour: Corona Dragon​

Summer 2024 Companion: Venomous Stalker​

Summer 2024 Solid Gold Glamour: Young Griffin​

Mythauran Astrology: September​

The month of September is referred to as Windrider's Bane, representing the treacherous winds that assail the canyons as storms from the Southern Plain push upwards across the continent. This month is also associated with the constellation of the Chariot and the tiger's eye stone.

Custom Color Contest Winner​

After going through all the excellent submissions for our second custom color contest, we decided to bring Noxith's color idea to life: Canyon! We're very excited to debut the color in the near future: it's a warm, rich color that will be a wonderful addition to the color wheel.

Thank you again to all who participated, there were so many excellent options! The creativity of this community never ceases to amaze.

Introducing: Sourdeer​

We've added a new member to the Mythaura team: we're so excited to have Sourdeer (she/her) aboard and can't wait to see all the amazing art she'll contribute to the game!

"Ever since making my first Red Ixi on Neopets I've been obsessed with collecting, capturing and drawing all sorts of fantastical beasts and creatures. I'm an avid fan of deer, speckles and all things glow in the dark!"

Mythaura v0.31​

• Adds Loot Pool functionality
• Fixes various bugs associated with the global game state refactor
• Adds player dialog to dialog responses
• Fixes an issue with query processing
• Fixes an issue where you could enter a new Wild Area while already in one

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!

 

[Baw$e]

Mythaura looks impressive. Any news on when they're supposed to launch?

 

[cpvr]

Mythaura looks impressive. Any news on when they're supposed to launch?

Not yet. I think they’re inching closer to being ready for alpha or beta testing, though.

 

[cpvr]

Mythaura’s latest development update for September has been released. This dev update contain updates regarding their inventory system.

Hello folks! Miyazaki checking in with our development updates for the month of September. Between getting our newest art team member onboarded, cooking up some really exciting Fall Quarter concept art, a new color, and a new Mutation, it's been a really creative month for us.

Koa and Sark are hard at work on the back end, creating the systems that power the game. We've got functioning inventories, and Koa was able to have a Beast successfully use a healing potion in the Wild Area! I'm making headway on our intro quest, working in tandem with the art team to create assets to bring our very first area to life.

All in all: some solid progress this month!

INVENTORY SYSTEM​

This month, we focused on refining Mythaura’s inventory system, with special attention on making starting items function as expected. One of the most exciting additions is the Satchel feature. The satchel begins with 18 slots and can be expanded using non-premium currency, allowing for plenty of space to bring essentials on your adventures.

When preparing to explore, only provisions can be transferred from your stash to the satchel, but along the way, you’ll be able to pick up and store all types of loot. Additionally, the first row of your satchel is now displayed as a hotbar while exploring, enabling quick use of items like the Godspeed Potion, which boosts your movement speed, or a Torch to light your way in the dark.

However, be cautious—if you’re defeated while exploring, you’ll drop your satchel, leaving your items behind. You’ll need to return to the floor you were defeated on to recover it. If you’re defeated again before retrieving your original satchel, those items will be lost for good.

FALL QUARTER (2024) CONCEPTS​

It’s the first day of Fall Quarter 2024, which means we’ve got new Quarterly Rewards for Sponsors to vote on on our Ko-fi page!

Which concepts would you like to see made into official site items? Sponsors of Bronze level or higher have a vote in deciding. Please check out the Companion post and the Glamour post on Ko-fi to cast your vote for the winning concepts!

Votes must be posted by October 27, 2024 at 11:59pm PST in order to be considered.

All Summer 2024 Rewards are now listed in our Ko-fi Shop for individual purchase for all Sponsor levels at $5 USD flat rate per unit. As a reminder, please remember that no more than 3 units of any given item can be purchased. If you purchase more than 3 units of any given item, your entire purchase will be refunded and you will need to place your order again, this time with no more than 3 units of any given item.

• Summer 2024 Glamour: Corona Dragon
• Summer 2024 Companion: Venomous Stalker
• Summer 2024 Solid Gold Glamour: Solid Gold Griffin (Young)

CUSTOM COLOR CONTEST WINNER​

In another round of incredible color concepts pitched to our team, we came away with an exciting new color, courtesy of user Noxith: Canyon!

Their reference images were canyons with a beautiful gradient of reds and oranges, along with other geographical features of the American Southwest, such as mesas.

Canyon adds a wonderful richness to the Mythauran color wheel. We encourage you to share your Canyon creations made in the Beast Creator with us!

NEW MUTATION: CELESTIAL​

Astrology plays no small part in Mythauran culture, so perhaps it's not such a surprise that the genes of some Beasts born in Mythaura are mutated to show a map of brightly glowing constellations around their bodies.

As a reminder, mutations are not Specials that can be applied via item. Instead, a Beast can rarely be born with a Mutation or they can rarely be obtained via a late-game boss encounter.

MYTHAURAN ASTROLOGY: OCTOBER​

The month of October is referred to as Greenbright's Close, representing the official beginning of autumn and the winding down of greenery as foliage turns gold and red. This month is also associated with the constellation of the Physician and the malachite stone.

MYTHAURA V0.32​

• Dependency upgrades were made to improve stability.
• Implemented new inventory services
• Created satchels and added services to manage dropping and retrieving them.
• Added energy and position tracking to wild area sessions.
• Implemented filtering and context actions for inventories.
• Starting items were created for each class and are automatically delivered to the satchel at game start.
• Added battle item structure and functionality.
• Added the ability to use an item from your satchel in battle.
• Added functionality for health & energy-related items.
• Added functionality for revival items.
• A Hotbar with adjustable keybindings has been added to the UI when exploring.
• A semi-final version of each skill tree was fully populated and began implementing said skills.

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.

We are also keeping all those impacted by Hurricane Helene in our thoughts. We hope you and your loved ones are all safe.

 

[uptrendfinancialsignal]

The Mythaura's development updates are really getting me hyped. The Star Signs feature looks very incredible. I can't wait to see more gameplay mechanics revealed.

 

[lens]

The Winter 2024 Asset Reveal has showcased a very stunning environment and creatures. I would just say that Mythaura's attention to detail is impressive.

 

[uptrendfinancialsignal]

Mythaura's unique blend of virtual pets and RPG elements is what surprised me. I think the Tempest's abilities and the Star Signs will definitely influence the gameplay. That's a good development.

 

[cpvr]

Mythaura’s latest development update is now available. They’ll be getting ready for beta testing relatively soon!​

SPECIES CHANGE COINS, NEW COLOR: PORPHYRY, HIPPOGRIFF EXPRESSIONS, THE REAVER STARSIGN

Hi folks, Miyazaki here bringing you an update for Mythaura's development for the month of October! We've got some species change mechanics, super cute expressions for Hippogriffs, a rich new color for your beast creations, the Ko-fi results for the Fall Quarter Ko-fi Rewards, and some astrology.

Additionally: Koa, Sark, and I have been verybusy the past month scoping out the remainder of the work that needs to be done in order to support Mythaura's initial launch. We're building in plenty of buffer to account for any unforeseen work that will need doing as well as any issues that may crop up.

We're really buckling down to get Mythaura to a point where we can bring in our Beta testers and get this game into a playable state. We've come a long way in our development journey and are so thankful to have had you all along for the ride.

CHANGING SPECIES: SOULSHIFT COINS​

One of our biggest goals with Mythaura is to grant users the ability to customize their Beasts to be exactly what you want them to be. To that end, we've created our species-changing items: Soulshift Coins.

Functionality​

There will be one coin for each species; Tier 1 Beasts (Griffins, Unicorns, Dragons) will have bronze coins, Tier 2 Beasts (Quetzals, Kirins, and Hippogriffs) will have silver coins, and Tier 3 Beasts (Ryus, Perytons, and Basilisks) will have gold coins. We are also planning to have a Jade Soulshift Coin, which would randomize the species of the Beast that it is used on.

These single-use items will change a Beast's species, so long as they are not in a Wild Area or in battle. They can be used on both young and adult Beasts. They can also be used on expecting Beasts, but will not impact the species of the unborn offspring.

Immediately upon use, the Beast will have their secondary Element changed to match the new species (if applicable). All Skill Tree points are reset and all equipped glamours and apparel not supported by the new species will automatically be uneqipped and sent back to the player's inventory.

Acquisition​

All Soulshift Coins will be obtainable with in-game currency. Access to the different tiers will be tied to the New Game cycle that the player is in:

• Players in the base New Game will be able to purchase Soulshift Coins for the Tier 1 species
• Players in New Game+ will be able to purchase Soulshift Coins for Tier 1 and Tier 2 species
• Players in New Game+2 and beyond will be able to purchase Soulshift Coins for Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 species

Tier 2 and Tier 3 Soulshift Coins will also be available through other gameplay means, like Seasonal rewards and the Weekend Traveler's inventory. Soulshift Coins that show up in the Weekend Traveler's inventory may end up being purchased with premium currency. We're still figuring out the details there, but rest assured that there will be multiple ways for players to acquire these species-changing items!

NEW EXPRESSIONS: HIPPOGRIFFS​

Koa and our talented art team have wrapped up drawing each of our available Specials, Supers, and Mutations on the expressions for both the young and adult Hippogriffs. These headshots will appear whenever a Hippogriff shows up in dialogue.

NEW COLOR: PORPHYRY​

Named for the igneous rocks that they resemble, our color wheel's newest addition, Porphyry, is a rich red-brown with purple highlights. We encourage you to play around in the Beast Creator to come up with some fun new Beast designs!

KO-FI FALL QUARTER 2024 WINNERS​

Thank you to all the Ko-fi sponsors who voted for the Fall Quarter 2024 rewards. Next month we will show the finalized artwork for the Inhabited Skull Companion and the Diaphonized Ryu Glamour. Stay tuned!

MYTHAURAN ASTROLOGY: NOVEMBER​

The month of November is referred to as Deepfrost's Current, representing the powerful and dangerous currents coursing beneath the ice floes that form to bridge the mainland to the stony islands off the coast. This month is also associated with the constellation of the Reaver and the chrysocolla stone.

MYTHAURA V0.33​

• Created functionality for species change items
• Added functionality for 8 out of 12 ailments
• Ongoing work implementing skill functionality
• Refactored passive effects, splitting them into "battle effects" and "passive effects"
• Added ailment display to battle front end
• Added passive effect display to battle front end
• Added checks that prevent certain game actions from occurring while in a wild area or in battle
• Added temporary health, armor, and shield to beast stat bars

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.

 

[cpvr]

Mythaura’s latest development report has been released, they’re working towards to having the game ready for its launch relatively soon.

Hi folks, Miyazaki here bringing you an update for Mythaura's development for the month of October! We've got some species change mechanics, super cute expressions for Hippogriffs, a rich new color for your beast creations, the Ko-fi results for the Fall Quarter Ko-fi Rewards, and some astrology.

Additionally: Koa, Sark, and I have been verybusy the past month scoping out the remainder of the work that needs to be done in order to support Mythaura's initial launch. We're building in plenty of buffer to account for any unforeseen work that will need doing as well as any issues that may crop up.

We're really buckling down to get Mythaura to a point where we can bring in our Beta testers and get this game into a playable state. We've come a long way in our development journey and are so thankful to have had you all along for the ride.

CHANGING SPECIES: SOULSHIFT COINS​

One of our biggest goals with Mythaura is to grant users the ability to customize their Beasts to be exactly what you want them to be. To that end, we've created our species-changing items: Soulshift Coins.

Functionality​

There will be one coin for each species; Tier 1 Beasts (Griffins, Unicorns, Dragons) will have bronze coins, Tier 2 Beasts (Quetzals, Kirins, and Hippogriffs) will have silver coins, and Tier 3 Beasts (Ryus, Perytons, and Basilisks) will have gold coins. We are also planning to have a Jade Soulshift Coin, which would randomize the species of the Beast that it is used on.

These single-use items will change a Beast's species, so long as they are not in a Wild Area or in battle. They can be used on both young and adult Beasts. They can also be used on expecting Beasts, but will not impact the species of the unborn offspring.

Immediately upon use, the Beast will have their secondary Element changed to match the new species (if applicable). All Skill Tree points are reset and all equipped glamours and apparel not supported by the new species will automatically be uneqipped and sent back to the player's inventory.

Acquisition​

All Soulshift Coins will be obtainable with in-game currency. Access to the different tiers will be tied to the New Game cycle that the player is in:

• Players in the base New Game will be able to purchase Soulshift Coins for the Tier 1 species
• Players in New Game+ will be able to purchase Soulshift Coins for Tier 1 and Tier 2 species
• Players in New Game+2 and beyond will be able to purchase Soulshift Coins for Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 species

Tier 2 and Tier 3 Soulshift Coins will also be available through other gameplay means, like Seasonal rewards and the Weekend Traveler's inventory. Soulshift Coins that show up in the Weekend Traveler's inventory may end up being purchased with premium currency. We're still figuring out the details there, but rest assured that there will be multiple ways for players to acquire these species-changing items!

NEW EXPRESSIONS: HIPPOGRIFFS​

Koa and our talented art team have wrapped up drawing each of our available Specials, Supers, and Mutations on the expressions for both the young and adult Hippogriffs. These headshots will appear whenever a Hippogriff shows up in dialogue.

NEW COLOR: PORPHYRY​

Named for the igneous rocks that they resemble, our color wheel's newest addition, Porphyry, is a rich red-brown with purple highlights. We encourage you to play around in the Beast Creator to come up with some fun new Beast designs!

KO-FI FALL QUARTER 2024 WINNERS​

Thank you to all the Ko-fi sponsors who voted for the Fall Quarter 2024 rewards. Next month we will show the finalized artwork for the Inhabited Skull Companion and the Diaphonized Ryu Glamour. Stay tuned!

MYTHAURAN ASTROLOGY: NOVEMBER​

The month of November is referred to as Deepfrost's Current, representing the powerful and dangerous currents coursing beneath the ice floes that form to bridge the mainland to the stony islands off the coast. This month is also associated with the constellation of the Reaver and the chrysocolla stone.

MYTHAURA V0.33​

• Created functionality for species change items
• Added functionality for 8 out of 12 ailments
• Ongoing work implementing skill functionality
• Refactored passive effects, splitting them into "battle effects" and "passive effects"
• Added ailment display to battle front end
• Added passive effect display to battle front end
• Added checks that prevent certain game actions from occurring while in a wild area or in battle
• Added temporary health, armor, and shield to beast stat bars

What are your thoughts on Mythaura’s latest development report?

 

[Zani]

Mythaura’s latest development report has been released, they’re working towards to having the game ready for its launch relatively soon.

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Hi folks, Miyazaki here bringing you an update for Mythaura's development for the month of October! We've got some species change mechanics, super cute expressions for Hippogriffs, a rich new color for your beast creations, the Ko-fi results for the Fall Quarter Ko-fi Rewards, and some astrology.

Additionally: Koa, Sark, and I have been verybusy the past month scoping out the remainder of the work that needs to be done in order to support Mythaura's initial launch. We're building in plenty of buffer to account for any unforeseen work that will need doing as well as any issues that may crop up.

We're really buckling down to get Mythaura to a point where we can bring in our Beta testers and get this game into a playable state. We've come a long way in our development journey and are so thankful to have had you all along for the ride.

CHANGING SPECIES: SOULSHIFT COINS​

One of our biggest goals with Mythaura is to grant users the ability to customize their Beasts to be exactly what you want them to be. To that end, we've created our species-changing items: Soulshift Coins.

Functionality​

There will be one coin for each species; Tier 1 Beasts (Griffins, Unicorns, Dragons) will have bronze coins, Tier 2 Beasts (Quetzals, Kirins, and Hippogriffs) will have silver coins, and Tier 3 Beasts (Ryus, Perytons, and Basilisks) will have gold coins. We are also planning to have a Jade Soulshift Coin, which would randomize the species of the Beast that it is used on.

These single-use items will change a Beast's species, so long as they are not in a Wild Area or in battle. They can be used on both young and adult Beasts. They can also be used on expecting Beasts, but will not impact the species of the unborn offspring.

Immediately upon use, the Beast will have their secondary Element changed to match the new species (if applicable). All Skill Tree points are reset and all equipped glamours and apparel not supported by the new species will automatically be uneqipped and sent back to the player's inventory.

Acquisition​

All Soulshift Coins will be obtainable with in-game currency. Access to the different tiers will be tied to the New Game cycle that the player is in:

• Players in the base New Game will be able to purchase Soulshift Coins for the Tier 1 species
• Players in New Game+ will be able to purchase Soulshift Coins for Tier 1 and Tier 2 species
• Players in New Game+2 and beyond will be able to purchase Soulshift Coins for Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 species

Tier 2 and Tier 3 Soulshift Coins will also be available through other gameplay means, like Seasonal rewards and the Weekend Traveler's inventory. Soulshift Coins that show up in the Weekend Traveler's inventory may end up being purchased with premium currency. We're still figuring out the details there, but rest assured that there will be multiple ways for players to acquire these species-changing items!

NEW EXPRESSIONS: HIPPOGRIFFS​

Koa and our talented art team have wrapped up drawing each of our available Specials, Supers, and Mutations on the expressions for both the young and adult Hippogriffs. These headshots will appear whenever a Hippogriff shows up in dialogue.

NEW COLOR: PORPHYRY​

Named for the igneous rocks that they resemble, our color wheel's newest addition, Porphyry, is a rich red-brown with purple highlights. We encourage you to play around in the Beast Creator to come up with some fun new Beast designs!

KO-FI FALL QUARTER 2024 WINNERS​

Thank you to all the Ko-fi sponsors who voted for the Fall Quarter 2024 rewards. Next month we will show the finalized artwork for the Inhabited Skull Companion and the Diaphonized Ryu Glamour. Stay tuned!

MYTHAURAN ASTROLOGY: NOVEMBER​

The month of November is referred to as Deepfrost's Current, representing the powerful and dangerous currents coursing beneath the ice floes that form to bridge the mainland to the stony islands off the coast. This month is also associated with the constellation of the Reaver and the chrysocolla stone.

MYTHAURA V0.33​

• Created functionality for species change items
• Added functionality for 8 out of 12 ailments
• Ongoing work implementing skill functionality
• Refactored passive effects, splitting them into "battle effects" and "passive effects"
• Added ailment display to battle front end
• Added passive effect display to battle front end
• Added checks that prevent certain game actions from occurring while in a wild area or in battle
• Added temporary health, armor, and shield to beast stat bars

What are your thoughts on Mythaura’s latest development report?

I have observed their progress for a while now and I am convinced that it is going to be a blast at launch. The features are exciting and looks engaging. We shall find out more at launch.

 

[cpvr]

Mythaura now has a slated release date for its closed beta, it has been set for January of 2026!

Mythaura - Browser RPG

Mythaura is a RPG browser game where you can create, collect, breed, and battle your own collection of mythological beasts.

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Happy New Year, everyone! We're so excited to be able to start off 2025 with our biggest news yet: we have a planned closed beta launch window of Q1 2026 for Mythaura!

Read on for a recap of 2024, more information about our closed beta period, Ryu expressions, January astrology, and Ko-fi Winter Quarter reward concepts!

2024 YEAR IN REVIEW​

Creative​

This year, the creative team worked on adding new features, introducing imaginative designs, and refining lore/worldbuilding to enrich the overall experience.

• New Beasts and Expressions: All 9 beast expression bases completed for both young and adult with finalized specials for Dragons, Unicorns, Griffins, Hippogriffs, and Ryu.
• Mutations, Supers and Specials:Introduced the Celestial mutation as well as new Specials Banding & Merle, and the Super Prismatic.
• New Artist: Welcomed Sourdeer to the creative team.
• Collaboration and Sponsorship:Sponsored several new companions from our Ko-Fi sponsors—Amaru, Inkminks, Somnowl, Torchlight Python, Belligerent Capygora, and the Fruit-Footeded Gecko.
• New Colors: Revealed two eye-catching colors, Canyon (a contest winner) and Porphyry (a surprise bonus), giving players even more variety for their Beasts.
• Classes and Gear: Unveiled distinct classes, each with its own themed equipment and companions, to provide deeper roleplay and strategic depth.
• Items and Worldbuilding: Created a range of new items—from soulshift coins to potions, rations, and over a dozen fishable species—enriching Mythaura’s economy and interactions.
• Star Signs & Astrology: Continued to elaborate on the zodiac-like system, connecting each Beast’s fate to celestial alignments.
• Questing & Story Outline: Laid the groundwork for the intro quest pipeline and overarching narrative, ensuring that players’ journey unfolds with purposeful progression.

Code​

This year, the development team worked diligently on refining and expanding the codebase to support new features, enhance performance, and improve gameplay experiences. A total 429,000 lines of code changed across both the backend and frontend, reflecting:

• New Features: Implementation of systems like skill trees, inventory management, community forums, elite enemies, npc & quest systems, and advanced customization options for Beasts.
• Optimizations and Refactoring:Significant cleanup and streamlining of backend systems, such as game state management, passive effects, damage algorithms, and map data structures, ensuring better performance and maintainability.
• Map Builder: a tool that allows us to build bespoke maps
• Regular updates to ensure compatibility with modern tools and frameworks.

It’s worth noting that line changes alone don’t capture the complexity of programming work. For example:

• A single line of efficient code can replace multiple lines of legacy logic.
• Optimizing backend systems often involves removing redundant or outdated code without adding new functionality.
• Things like added dependencies can add many lines of code without adding much bespoke functionality.

MYTHAURA CLOSED BETA​

We are so beyond excited to share this information with you here first: Mythaura closed beta is targeted for Q1 2026!

On behalf of the whole team, thank you all so, so much for all of the support for Mythaura over the years. Whether you’ve been around since the Patreon days or joined us after Koa and Sark took over…it’s your support that has gotten this project to where it is. We are so grateful for the faith and trust placed in us, and the opportunity to create something we hope people will truly love and enjoy. This has truly been a collaborative effort with you and we are constantly humbled by all of the thoughtful insights, engaging discussions, and great ideas to come out of this amazing community of supporters.

So: thank you again, it’s been an emotional and amazing journey for the dev team and we’re delighted to join you on your journeys through Mythaura. 💖

Miyazaki Full-Time​

Hey everyone, Koa here!

We’re thrilled to share some news about Mythaura’s development! Starting in 2025, Miya will be officially dedicating herself full-time to Mythaura. Her focus will be on bringing even more depth and wonder to the world of Mythaura through content creation, worldbuilding, and building up the brand. It’s a huge step forward, and we’re so excited for the impact her passion and creativity will have on the project!

In addition, I’ve secured 4-day weeks and will be working full-time each Friday to dive deeper into development. This extra push is going to allow us to keep moving steadily forward on both the art and code fronts, and with Miya’s expanded role, the next year of development is looking really promising.

Thank you all for being here and supporting Mythaura every step of the way. We can’t wait to share more as things progress!

Closed Beta FAQ​

In the interest of keeping all of the information about our Closed Beta in one place and update as needed, we have added as much information as possible to the FAQ page.

If you have any questions that you can think of, please feel free to reach out to us through our contact form or on Discord!

WINTER QUARTER (2025) CONCEPTS​

It’s the first day of Winter Quarter 2025, which means we’ve got new Quarterly Rewards for Sponsors to vote on on our Ko-fi page!

Which concepts would you like to see made into official site items? Sponsors of Bronze level or higher have a vote in deciding. Please check out the Companion post and the Glamour post on Ko-fi to cast your vote for the winning concepts!

Votes must be posted by January 29, 2025 at 11:59pm PDT in order to be considered.

All Fall 2024 Rewards are now listed in our Ko-fi Shop for individual purchase for all Sponsor levels at $5 USD flat rate per unit. As a reminder, please remember that no more than 3 units of any given item can be purchased. If you purchase more than 3 units of any given item, your entire purchase will be refunded and you will need to place your order again, this time with no more than 3 units of any given item.

• Fall 2024 Glamour: Diaphonized Ryu
• Fall 2024 Companion: Inhabited Skull
• Fall 2024 Solid Gold Glamour: Hippogriff (Young)

NOTE: As covered in the FAQ, the Ko-fi shop will be closing at the end of the year. These will be the last Winter Quarter rewards for Mythaura!

NEW SUPER: ZEBRA​

We've added our first new Super to the site since last year's Prismatic: Zebra, which has a chance to occur when parents have the Wildebeest and Banding Specials!

Zebra is now live in our Beast Creator--we're excited to see what you all create with it!

NEW EXPRESSIONS: RYU​

The Water-element Ryu has had expressions completed for both the adult and young models. Expressions have been a huge, time-intensive project for the art team to undertake, but the result is always worth it!

MYTHAURAN ASTROLOGY: JANUARY​

The month of January is referred to as Hearth's Embrace, representing the fireplaces kept lit for the entirety of the coldest month of the year. This month is also associated with the constellation of the Glassblower and the carnelian stone.

MYTHAURA V0.35​

• Refactored "Beast Parties" into "User Parties," allowing non-beast entities like NPCs to be added to your party. NPCs added to your party will follow you in the overworld, cannot be made your leader, and will make their own decisions in combat.
• Checkpoint floor functionality ironed out, allowing pre-built maps to appear at specific floor intervals.
• The ability to set spawn and end coordinates in the map builder was added to allow staff to build checkpoint floors.
• Various cleanups and refactors to improve performance and reduce the number of queries needed to run certain operations.
• Added location events, which power interactable objects in the overworld, such as a lootable chest or a pickable bush.

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.

 

[cpvr]

Mythaura’s latest development update is now available. This update contains news regarding the following:
TALON'S REST & NPC DESIGN CONTEST, SPONSORED COLOR: FLYTRAP, QUETZAL EXPRESSIONS, THE STARGAZER STARSIGN.



Hi there everyone, welcome to the January development update for Mythaura! 2025 got off to a strong start: art and writing for the content needed for launch are already well underway and have been scoped out in detail for our team to measure ourselves against, and as you'll see below, Koa and Sark knocked out a TON of work that is making Mythaura into an immersive world that you will eventually be able to play within!

We've got a lot of ground to cover today. We've been keeping fairly quiet on in-universe lore and worldbuilding, but plan on sharing more content about it with you all over the course of 2025. Today's update will focus on the city of Talon's Rest, which is where the player will find themselves at the very beginning of their journey through Mythaura.

We're opening up our first Beast Creator Contest of 2025 as well! We'll be picking three winners, whose characters will be turned into a minor NPC in town. We also have the results from the Ko-fi Winter Quarter rewards voting, Mythauran astrology for the month of February, a beautiful new color for the color wheel, Quetzal expressions, and more!

TALON'S REST​

Players will begin their journey in the burgeoning city of Talon's Rest, a garrison-turned-city built around a Cipher Pedestal. The Long War, which carried on ceaselessly for over a century, took almost as long to properly recover from. As formal trade routes began to follow the newly-built cross-continental roads, Talon's Rest found itself in a unique position: they were the biggest city in range of the Arena, a popular destination since Atticus commissioned its restoration at the end of the war. It has become the de facto stopping point for the crowds traveling to the Arena.

Talon's Rest has put the money toward the beautification of its city's public places and the sposorship of artists, scientists, and mathemeticians, but is still grappling with the growing pains associated with a social infrastructure that's not built to support this many people all at one time. Residents have mixed feelings about the influx of new businesses, the changing economy, and the cultural identity of Talon's Rest. Many are willing to air these grievances and sing these praises with whoever will listen to them.

Setting​

Talon's Rest is situated at the edge of a north-facing cliff that overlooks both Lake Kali and the dense, dark expanse of the Waspwood. It is situated in an agriculturally rich fieldlands broadly referred to as Wind's End, as it is one of the nothernmost stretches of Griffin territory. The monolithic Arena crowns a dormant volcano off to the northeast.

It sits well above sea level, but not quite alpine. The region is located at the foot of a mountain range and enjoys snowpack melt that replenishes streams and the lake with clean, drinkable water. During the summer, it gets dry and the forests around the town can be prone to forest fires as a natural part of the forest lifecycle.

It experiences all four seasons, with warm, dry summers and cold, snowy winters.

History​

The history of Talon's Rest is the history of the Cipher Pedestal that the town was built around. Cipher Pedestals far predate modern Mythauran history and allow Cipher Bearers to empower and manipulate their Ciphers. For all of recorded history, control over Cipher Pedestals has been the cause of the longest, most costly, and most lethal wars all across the continent, but none more so than the Griffin inter-drift civil wars collectively referred to as the Long War.

Talon's Rest is, all things considered, a young city, built around the Pedestal situated at the highest point of the cliff. The first permanent building erected around the pedestal was a garrison used to house the troops of a prominent drift, who'd managed to secure access to the Pedestal and leverage their significant number of Cipher Bearers to ensure that the only Pedestal in the surrounding region stayed under their control. With the surrounding area primarily subsisting of farms with miles and miles between them, they faced little resistance and enjoyed control over the Pedestal for almost twenty years.

Atticus's campaign to unite all Griffin drifts under one banner (known as the Reformation) and regulate Cipher Pedestal usage saw one of its greatest victories take place at this garrison. Atticus, having wielded a powerful military of his own prior to being forced to act in this civil war, had amassed one of the largest single militaries ever organized in Griffin history. The Battle for Talon's Rest was brutal but decisive: the family that had manned the garrison for decades was rendered extinct, and the fort itself was aspirationally renamed as Talon's Rest. Historians consider this the final turning point for the War, where Atticus's success in uniting the Drifts was all but inevitable.

Economy​

Talon's Rest was populated by Beasts who worked the farmlands surrounding it; agriculture has been the primary driver of the economy since the very beginning and still serves as the largest revenue stream for the city. Local farmers hybridized different kinds of wheat until they yielded a soft, sweet white crop--the chaff goes to their livestock and the grain is milled into flour to make one of their main exports. It's famed across the continent for its mild and slightly nutty flavor.

The city's position as a natural pausing point for those traveling to the Arena has meant that more taverns, inns, and other lodgings have cropped up. As it became known as a hub for the area, mercenaries and adventurers flocked to Talon's Rest find work, paying a fee in exchange for being able to audition themselves for work in town. There is never a shortage of Beasts showing up to the Recruiter's tavern, ensuring a steady selection of new Beasts for your adventuring roster.

A prevalence of copper mines in the area means that it is the most commonly used metal in architecture, art, and machinery. A rich blue-green pigment, created from ground-up copper patina, is another popular export. Artisans and masons often infuse this pigment into their work, which is why the facade of the highly-regarded medical university in the middle of the city was made using blue-green bricks with copper accents. This pigment fetches a fair price for regions without ready access to copper mines.

Arena Concept Art​

SOCIAL MEDIA REFRESH​

We've created a few new social media accounts, standardized the names across the different platforms, and will be posting content more regularly to each of these beyond just our monthly update! We can't think of a character better suited to be the face of Mythaura than Pollis (he/him), an elderly Quetzal merchant and one of the first NPCs you'll run into on your journey through Mythaura.

Next month we will be running a giveaway on Instagram. In the February update, we'll be doing a deeper dive into Wolfwasps, an enemy so powerful and pervasive that the forest around Talon's Rest is named after it: the Waspwood. We'll have some rather radiant items to give away to some lucky contestants. ✨🐺

Source: Mythaura - Browser RPG

 

[cpvr]

Mythaura’s latest dev report has been released. This new update contains update regarding various site features! It is one Mythaura’s biggest development updates thus far!



Hello everyone! Miyazaki here with February's development update for Mythaura. We covered a lot of ground this month—it is probably the single biggest month for us in terms of development. We're excited to tell you about some of the things that we've finished up and look forward to sharing even more features with you in the future.

Note: Last month we'd said that we'd be posting about Wolfwasps...that's postponed until next month. We will be posting Wolfwasp lore as well as hosting a ✨radiant✨ giveaway.

CO-OP DEMO​

Players will be able to explore the world of Mythaura—both overworld locations like Talon's Rest as well as the procedurally generated Wild Areas—in groups of up to three players. If there are only two players, you can add an additional Beast to the party lineup.

• Players can no longer be added to a Party if they cannot access the Party Leader’s location (e.g., if the area is not yet unlocked in their game).
• When a player joins a Party, they will automatically move to the Party Leader’s location. Any location change must be agreed upon by all Party members.
• By default, only friends can invite you to a group. However, we are exploring options for players who may want to allow invites more freely or block them entirely.
• If a player disconnects, they can freely reconnect and will be placed back in the same location.

FORUMS​

The Forums are the heartbeat of Mythaura's social scene. Whether you're looking to share your most recent PVP builds, recruit people to join your adventuring party in the Waspwood, or talk about how excited you are for Patch 8 of BG3 to come out (not that anyone's excitedly waiting for that, of course), the Forums will have a place to house your discussion.

Mythaura's Forums feature a Reddit-style posting system, with the ability to create nested replies.

Forums will feature:

• Trending threads: What are the most popular recent threads? This feature will showcase threads that are receiving the most engagement at the time.
• Tags: Players will have the ability to tag their content, helping other players find and sort through relevant content.
• Thread following: Keep updated on threads that caught your interest. We know you're waiting for your favorite artist to release the baby Basilisk Glamour they've been teasing for a while.
• Markdown styling to customize your posts exactly how you'd like them

Bug Bounties​

During our Closed Beta window, the Bug Reports category will be special in that it will function as an issue tracker. Each thread can be marked as a duplicate of another and have a status & severity tied to it, allowing users to follow a bug, reply to indicate they have also encountered a bug, and see what status a specific bug has.

Bug Statuses​

• New: The default status
• Confirmed: A programmer has been able to replicate the bug and confirm its real
• Duplicate: This is a duplicate of an already-existing bug
• Fixed: It’s been fixed!
• Closed: Closed without fixing, such as if this turned out to be user error.

Severities​

• Low: Typos, minor visual glitches, asset issues, and browser-specific issues that do not impact gameplay.
• Moderate: Functional bugs that cause inconvenience but do not break core mechanics.
• High: Major bugs that significantly impact gameplay, progression, or player experience.
• Critical: Urgent security vulnerabilities, game-breaking exploits, data loss, or anything that could severely affect the integrity of the game or its economy.

To encourage thorough testing and reporting, players who discover and report new bugs will receive a Shard reward once a programmer has confirmed the issue. Rewards scale based on the severity of the bug. Only the first player to report a bug is eligible for a bounty—duplicate reports will not receive rewards. Players who provide exceptionally detailed reports, including steps to replicate the bug, may receive bonus Shards at the discretion of the development team. If a bug is found to be abused before being reported, the player may not be eligible for a bounty and could face consequences.

USER PROFILES​

Beasts are at the very core of Mythaura gameplay, so we want to ensure that you have several ways that you can show off your cast of characters with the rest of the site.

Featured Beast Groups​

The Featured tab allows players to showcase collections of their favorite Beasts in a slider. Players can group beasts into customizable folders with a name and background. Up to 5 groups can be featured on your profile. Show of your favorite beast collections!

Abode​

The Abode contains all of a user's Beasts. The two-toned background on each of the Beasts is based on their combination of Elements.

Gallery​

Galleries are collections of items users would like to showcase.

Galleries are a separate inventory, so an item in a Gallery cannot be added to the satchel or sold until removed from the Gallery.

Stats​

The Stats page will showcase a player's statistics across the Gameplay, PVP, and Forums categories.

Dossiers​

A literal blank canvas! Enter your custom HTML and CSS to make pages that are uniquely yours.

WINTER 2024 REWARDS REVEAL​

Winter 2024 Glamour: Shire Unicorn​

Winter 2024 Companion: Ornaboros​

Winter 2024 Solid Gold Glamour: Quetzal (Young)​

YEAR OF THE SNAKE COMPANION​

Happy Year of the Wood Snake, everyone! It seems that with the arrival of the New Year, a colorful companion has slithered its way into Mythaura.

For the remainder of the Ko-fi shop being open (through the end of 2025), the Auspicious Ophidia will be available for purchase in both its non-radiant and radiantforms. Sponsors of ALL levels may purchase these companions.

KIRIN EXPRESSIONS​

This month, the expressions team—the ever-talented Luci, Sour, and Koa—finished all expressions for the adult and young Kirin. (I'd like to give a personal shoutout to Luci for making the "sad baby"/fourth expression so pitiful...what did they do to deserve feeling like that 😭)

OSSTELIDS​

Sponsored by: Lomon​

Our final sponsored Companion comes from Lomon, who came to us with a wonderful design for a fairy + ferret creature. Thank you for sharing your vision with us and letting us implement it into the game!

REMINDER: NPC DESIGN CONTEST​

As we begin to populate Talon's Rest, we'll need plenty of NPC designs—and that's where you come in!

We've created a Google Form for you to submit up to three Beast designs for consideration. Please be sure to include the Beast Creator code or else your entry will not be considered.

In addition to their design being used for a shopkeeper, winners will receive a bundle of useful items for their adventures through the local Wild Area, the Waspwood Forest.

The winners will receive*:

• 1x Soulshift Coin (breed-changing item) of your choice
• 1x Godspeed Potion
• 3x Lockpicks
• 3x Crude Torch
• 3x Travel Rations
• 3x Small Energy Potion
• 3x Small Health Potion
• 1x Beta Key
  
  NOTE: * These rewards will not show up in your rewards lookup tool since that tool only looks up Ko-fi rewards, but they will be applied to your account directly!

WRITING UPDATES​

• Main story three-act outline completed
• Main story greenlit
• Intro quest currently being storyboarded; script to follow

MYTHAURA V0.35​

• Co-op Gameplay: Players can now form and manage co-op groups. Integrated co-op battles and overworld interactions and adjusted co-op parties to allow global co-op in any location.
• Forums Buildout: Built out functionality for forums such as categories, likes, replies, thread collapsing, tags, locking & pinning recent/popular threads, following and forum search.
• Social Features: Introduced a friends list, online/offline status, and user search.
• User Profiles: Profiles now include additional customization and feature a nice design.
• User Settings UI: Initial build-out of the account settings screen.
• Beast Grid Redesign: Overhauled the Abode Beast grid design.
• Beast Groups: Beasts can be added into groups freely created by users and then features on their profile.
• Battle UI Improvments: Cleanup of battle UI and implementation of informative ability tooltips.
• Battle Running Mechanic: When running from a battle, the enemies now have a free round of attacks. Only one beast needs to initiate the run sequence.
• Battle State Retrieval: When you close your window while in a battle, you will just load right back into your battle when you return. Multiplayer & PvP battles that are completed while away are excluded.
• Class & Species-Specific Overworld Abilities: Introduced unique abilities based on class and whether the species flies.
• Stealth Mechanics: Sneaking now limits elite enemy aggro range and encounter rates.
• Elite Enemy Detection: Added elite enemy detection, idle behavior adjustments, and footstep sounds for improved immersion.
• Boss Encounters: Introduced bosses in towns and wild areas.
• Fishing Minigame: Added 28 unique fish, catchable in an interactive minigame.
• User & Beast Dossiers: Introduced an initial version of the dossier system.
• Settable Pronouns: Beasts can now have pronouns set that NPCs will use in dialog. By default, this is linked to your beast's gender, but can be changed. Users can also set pronouns, which will display in their profile and forum header in the future.
• In-Game Currency Display: Shards and gold are now visible in the UI when shopping or viewing inventory.
• Added Time-Based Passive Effects: Which will allow us to add time-based effects, such as using a torch and having Illumination for 5m.
• Cipher Buildout: Began build of Cipher features.

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.

Source: https://mythaura.com/news/development-update-february-2025

 

[cpvr]

Mythaura’s latest development progress report is now available. It is jam packed with new updates!

Hello folks! Is this year seriously 1/4 of the way over with already? It feels like it was just yesterday that we were getting ready to make our New Year's post summarizing everything we took care of in 2024...

But nope, it's April 1 and we promise you our update is no joke: we've got some lore about the Wolfwasp family of creatures, contest winners, and new Ko-fi reward concepts, so read on for more information!

WOLFWASPS​

Wolfwasps are among the earliest and fiercest enemies you will encounter in your journeys through the Wild Areas around Talon's Rest.

Biology​

The "stinger" on the end on a Wolfwasp's tail is not actually a stinger, but rather a talon. With their long and flexible tails, Wolfwasps use the hooked talon on the end to gouge at prey—including other Wolfwasps, if the situation arises.

Wolfwasps have a wide and varied diet. They are primarily carnivores, who both actively hunt as well as scavenge carcasses. When they are pressed for sources of meat, they are also known to eat fruit and insects.

The average lifespan of Wolfwasp Warriors and Drones is 2-4 years. Queens reign over their hivepacks for 10-15 years, but there are instances of particularly resilient individuals living close to 30 years. The average age of Kings is harder to determine due to the nature of their role in the Wolfwasp life cycle, but it's rare for one to live past the age of 10.

Social Structure​

Wolfwasp families are called "hivepacks." These hivepacks are overseen by a Queen, who commands the Worker Drones and Warrior Drones within the ranks—all of whom are her daughters.

The Queen is the only member of the hivepack to mate, and produces all-female litters of Warrior and Worker Drones. Wolfwasp pups gestate inside of royal jelly-filled hives that line the walls of their caves. It takes approximately a month for a pup to gain the strength to eat its way out of the jelly that sealed it away. Whether or not a Wolfwasp can be a Queen is determined at birth. Future Queens receive extra attention from Workers, who dote on them like nannies.

While Warriors do not actually mate, they are able to produce unfertilized offspring, all of which are male. These are future Kings, who will be chased out of the hivepack once they reach maturity around the age of six months. They then have to defend themselves against larger, more established Kings—fearsome opponents, but sometimes their youth and energy can work to their advantage.

During mating season, the otherwise solitary Kings swarm to the site of hivepacks, initiating a bloodmatch that leaves only one male standing. This victorious King will mate with the Queen. He has to move quickly, though: Kings have evolved to have large spikes along their shoulders because once mating is complete, the Queen will turn on him and attempt to kill him. Older Kings are often scarred and disfigured by their run-ins with Queens.

Hivepacks prefer to live in already-established cave systems, but if necessary Workers will dig a system of tunnels, using layers and layers of hardened jelly to provide structure to the walls.

Cultural Significance​

Architecture and art in Talon's Rest prominently feature Wolfwasps. Grotesques that sit atop Talon's Rest's stone buildings or wooden totems are often carved in their ferocious image, bearing their fangs to scare off evil spirits.

Wolfwasp byproducts are a staple in trade in the Wind's End region due to its proximity to the Waspwood, the only place on the continent where Wolfwasps are found. Wolfwasp honey is rich, smoky, and salty, with caramel notes. It is dark in color and viscous in consistency. Meads made with this honey have a rich amber hue and malty flavor.

Royal jelly, while not edible to Beasts, is a highly sought after component for several different medicines. The medical program at the University has pioneered several vaccines with this substance, and have teams of Beasts on retainer to retrieve it. It is a lucrative (if not sometimes short-lived) career path.

Corgbees​

While wild Wolfwasps are almost impossible to domesticate, over the course of thousands of years Beasts bred the gentlest individuals together to create an entirely new subspecies: the Corgbee.

They've got a long history as herding dogs, and have been synonymous with farm work in Talon's Rest for as far back as anyone can remember. Their compact physique means that they have no problem weaving through the legs of the cows and sheep that graze the surrounding hills.

While a Corgbee can be happy to curl up with its owner at the end of the day, it is a pet that demands regular exercise to prevent it from becoming bored and destructive.

Despite their visual similarities, Corgbees have very little in common with their ancient ancestors anymore. Only one trait remains: they're fiercely territorial, and will protect their "pack" with their lives, if need be.

RADIANT WOLFWASP GIVEAWAY​

Wolfwasp ownership is definitely not for the faint of heart, but should you feel up to the task, we've wrangled a few Radiant individuals that seem like they can...more or less be tamed. We'll leave that task in your capable hands.

Prizes​

• 1st place: Wolfwasp Queen (Radiant), Wolfwasp King (Radiant)
• 2nd place: Wolfwasp Warrior Drone (Radiant) and Wolfwasp Worker Drone (Radiant)
• 3rd place: Corgbee (Radiant)

How to Enter​

Users will just need to follow three steps:

1. Follow the @mythauragame Instagram account
2. Like the giveaway post
3. Tag a friend in the comments

Entries will close on May 31, 2025 at 11:59am PST. We will use Wask to determine our winners, and will stream the award selection on our Discord on May 31, 2025 at 12:00pm PST.

NPC DESIGN CONTEST WINNERS​

We had an amazing turnout for the NPC design contest—we had almost 100 designs entered for consideration! Thank you for always showing up for these kinds of events, you all make contests like these challenging and fun for the dev team to judge. We had a really hard time picking out just three winners from this amazing selection you provided.

That said, we're very excited to announce that the winners for our first NPC Design Contest! A big congratulations to Nevros, Nancy, and Soaraber for their Beast designs. We're looking forward to them manning a shop in one of Talon's Rest's open air shopping markets and can't wait to see them in-game!

Keep an eye out here for future contests like this one. We'll definitely have a few more like it before we head into Closed Beta next year!

And now, onto the winners:

Nevros's Griffin​

This Griffin looks like a prismatic sunrise; it's soft and flashy at the same time.

Nancy's Ryu​

With its soft greens and blues and long body, this Ryu reminded us of a mossy, winding river

Soaraber's Dragon​

Dragons initially come from the icy northern reaches of the continent, and we loved the frosty coloration of this Dragon.

SPRING QUARTER (2025) CONCEPTS​

It’s the first day of Spring Quarter 2025, which means we’ve got new Quarterly Rewards for Sponsors to vote on on our Ko-fi page!

Which concepts would you like to see made into official site items? Sponsors of Bronze level or higher have a vote in deciding. Please check out the Companion post and the Glamour post on Ko-fi to cast your vote for the winning concepts!

Votes must be posted by April 29, 2025 at 11:59pm PDT in order to be considered.

All Winter 2024 Rewards are now listed in our Ko-fi Shop for individual purchase for all Sponsor levels at $5 USD flat rate per unit. As a reminder, please remember that no more than 3 units of any given item can be purchased. If you purchase more than 3 units of any given item, your entire purchase will be refunded and you will need to place your order again, this time with no more than 3 units of any given item.

• Winter 2024 Glamour: Snow Drift Shire Unicorn
• Winter 2024 Companion: Ornaboros
• Winter 2024 Solid Gold Glamour: Quetzal (Young)

NOTE: As covered in the FAQ, the Ko-fi shop will be closing at the end of the year. These will be the last Spring Quarter rewards for Mythaura!

WRITING UPDATES​

• Intro quest outline completed
• Intro quest map in progress
• Intro quest tutorial details fleshed out
• Wolfwasp lore
• Research of Wind's End, the area around Talon's Rest, in development

MYTHAURA V0.36​

• Gear & Apparel: Gear and apparel can now be added to Beast profiles.
• Gear Slots & Equipping: Beasts can equip specific gear slots, with the UI only showing items that can be equipped to that Beast.
• Framework Upgrade: Upgraded to Laravel 12 and React 19
• Pronouns: Added pronoun selection for Beasts and users.
• User Icons: Users can now select any Beast as their icon instead of being limited to the active party leader.
• Item Usage Improvements: Designed item return data, allowing the front end to instantly respond to item usage.
• Day/Night Cycle: Backgrounds now change dynamically based on server time.
• Beast Status Bar: Beast titles now display in the Beast status bar.
• Star Sign Integration: Star signs now appear in the Beast profile tabs and can be selected at custom starter Beast creation.
• User Settings: Initial mock-up of the user settings screen.
• Map Relationship Refactor: Refactored entity relationships on maps, such as NPCs, events, and bosses.
• Nursery & Breeding: Added infrastructure for the nursery and breeding system.
• Map Query Conditions: Added advanced query conditions for bosses, events, and other map entities to control their appearance dynamically.
• Skill & Ailment System: Additional progress made on skill and ailment implementation.
• Map Orientation Memory: The map now remembers which direction you were facing on reload.
• Battle State Memory: The game now remembers active battles and instantly reloads them upon refresh.
• Glowing Objects: Added the ability to create glowing objects, such as glowing water.
• Dossier Tools: Created tools for building dossiers.
• Beast Experience Bar: Initial UI stub for the beast experience bar.
• Currency Tracker: Added a currency tracker to shop screens.
• Reporting System: Players can now report Beasts and other players.
• Glamour System: Initial mock-up of Glamour tabs.
• Nursery UI: Initial mock-up of Nursery tabs.
• Skill Tree UI: Improvements made to the skill tree UI.
• Map Builder Enhancements: Many new features added, including the ability to paint tiles by click-and-dragging and a top-down view for easier editing.

 

[cpvr]

Mythaura’s latest development report is now here!


Hello hello, folks!

Content development for what we'll have available at launch is well underway, utilizing all the tools that Koa and Sark have built for us—like a dialogue creator that powers all of our questlines and a map builder that's allowing us to build 2.5D levels for your characters to explore. It's full steam ahead for our team as we continue to prepare for Closed Beta next year.

Sark has built a fishing minigame for Mythaura, which we will explore in this update. We also have the results for the Spring Quarter Ko-fi Rewards, and would like to remind everyone interested in winning some Radiant Wolfwasps for their journey through Mythaura to enter our Wolfwasp Giveaway on Instagram by 11:59 AM on May 31!

FISHING​

Mythaura is filled with all manner of bodies of water—lakes, rivers, streams, and oceans. In addition to being able to traverse water by swimming, Sark has created a way for players to explore them in another dynamic way: fishing.

The fishing minigame will be available at launch, with some post-launch additions planned as well.

Mechanics​

After acquiring a fishing pole from the Grinning Gar, players will be able to fish along any body of water.

Players will have to keep their lure close to the fish in order to reel it in. The higher the rarity of the fish, the more difficult it will be to reel them in.

Rarer fish yield better effects when consumed and have a higher sales value with in-game vendors.

Fishing Rewards​

Fishing does not exclusively yield consumables—there's also the chance to fish up certain Companions as well!

Pictured above are just some of the creatures that you can fish up from the rivers and streams around Talon's Rest.

The Grinning Gar​

"Mind your fingers around the Ottergrebe. He's insatiable."​

The Grinning Gar is an adventurer's destination for all things fishing-related. Its proprietor, Captain Hawthorne, is always quick with a recommendation and quicker yet with a fantastic tale about the epic battles he has waged with the fish in Lake Lacrima.

The shop was designed by our own lovely Sourdeer and Hawthorne's design was pulled from one of the NPC Design Contest that we held. Thank you for the design submission, Satyrn! 🎣✨

KO-FI SPRING QUARTER 2025 WINNERS​

Thank you to all the Ko-fi sponsors who voted for the Spring Quarter 2025 rewards. Next month we will show the finalized artwork for the Frilled Nester Companion and the Bumblebaby Ryu Glamour. Stay tuned!

RADIANT WOLFWASP GIVEAWAY​

A reminder that entries for our Radiant Wolfwasp Giveaway will close on May 31, 2025 at 11:59am PST. We will use Wask to determine our winners, and will stream the award selection on our Discord on May 31, 2025 at 12:00pm PST.

Prizes​

• 1st place: Wolfwasp Queen (Radiant), Wolfwasp King (Radiant)
• 2nd place: Wolfwasp Warrior Drone (Radiant) and Wolfwasp Worker Drone (Radiant)
• 3rd place: Corgbee (Radiant)

How to Enter​

Users will just need to follow three steps:

1. Follow the @mythauragame Instagram account
2. Like the giveaway post
3. Tag a friend in the comments

WRITING & DESIGN UPDATES​

• 2/8 bespoke levels created for intro quest
• Dialogue trees begun for intro quest
• Companion descriptions rewritten: 2/95
• Item descriptions rewritten: 2/69
• Wind's End landmarks named: 1/9
• Talon's Rest primary businesses & landmarks named: 3/13
• Map regions named: 1/12
• Territories named: 1/32

MYTHAURA V0.37​

• Quest System Foundation: Players can now take on structured quests with objectives and rewards.
• Lineage Data for Beasts: Lineage tracking has been added to beast profiles.
• Repeatable Event Support: Events can now be repeated. For example, being able to harvest apple trees in Talon's Rest once a week.
• Player Blocking System: Added functionality to block other players.
• Buildings can be added to maps and entered: The player can enter and explore buildings with interiors.
• Ability to talk to party: You can now interact with your party members to get context-specific dialogue.
• New Game Pipeline: Starting a new game now initiates the first quest and generates a random second starter beast.
• Map Editor Features: Dozens of new features were added and refined in the internal map tool.
• Active Quest Tracking: The codex now shows your active and completed quests. One quest can be tracked as the main quest.
• Dynamic Fishing Lighting: When fishing at night, the assets are darker.
• Beast Contract Termination: Players are rewarded from a loot pool based on the tier of the terminated beast

 

[Ja sa bong]

The development process and progress of Mythaura looks interesting. Those pets looking very beautiful. I can't everything to be ready for us to enjoy.

 

[cpvr]

Development Update - May 2025​

Spring 2025 Ko-fi Rewards Reveal, Radiant Wolfwasp Giveaway Winners

Hello everyone! This month we've got the Spring Quarter 2025 Ko-fi rewards as well as the winners of our first ever Radiant Companion giveaway from Instagram!

Next month we'll have a video demonstrating our level design tool, along with our level design thought process. We're really excited to share this amazing tool—the one that powers the entire game of Mythaura—that Sark built, and to give some insight into our design process.

Spring 2025 Rewards Reveal​

Spring 2025 Glamour: Bumblebaby Ryu​

Spring 2025 Companion: Frilled Nester​

Spring 2025 Solid Gold Glamour: Kirin (Young)​

Radiant Wolfwasp Giveaway Winners​

Thank you to everyone who took place in our first Instagram giveaway! The winners of the Radiant Wolfwasps are:

✨ First place: hagweeds [Radiant Wolfwasp Queen & Radiant Wolfwasp King]

✨ Second place: mashuule [Radiant Wolfwasp Warrior Drone & Wolfwasp Worker Drone]

✨ Third place: christ_paints_n_plays [Radiant Corgbee]

Writing & Design Updates​

• 6/8 bespoke levels created for intro quest
• Dialogue trees still underway for intro quest
• Companion descriptions rewritten: 23/95
• Item descriptions rewritten: 2/69
• Wind's End landmarks named: 3/9
• Talon's Rest primary businesses & landmarks named: 3/13
• Map regions named: 2/12
• Territories named: 2/32

Mythaura v0.38​

• Added ability to leave a wild area at checkpoint floors
• Last action added to playthrough tracking to allow things like different energy consumption when swimming vs walking
• Updates to dialog system
• Cutscenes created with a cutscene editor added to the map builder
• Glamour index and upload process created
• Added ability to purchase glamours from other users through the glamour shop
• Added ability to like and tag glamours
• Routine dependency updates
• Light sources can now be added to maps
• Numerous improvements to 3JS engine, including object sizing, spawn offset issues, collision grouping issues, flickering, camera clipping issues, etc.
• UI for nurseries started

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.

Development Update - June 2025​

Level Design Walkthrough Video, Ko-fi Summer Reward Concepts

Hi folks! It's fully summertime here in the northern hemisphere; hopefully everyone is staying safe and cool!

Level design is a hugely important part of our game development process, and Sark custom-built us a tool that allows us to make layered and complex levels in a relatively short amount of time. Level design dictates pretty much everything else that follows--objects being placed in the world, NPCs in the overworld (and, consequently, dialogue for them), boss fights, loot placement... all of this, and so much more.

This video offers a brief glimpse into some of the thought process behind why we're designing levels the way were are, and a demonstration of the design tool itself.

We hope you enjoy the video, and if you're interested in hearing about other elements of game design, please let us know and we'll see what we can do!

Level Design Walkthrough​

This month, we wanted to record a video demonstrating some of the work we're doing behind the scenes to actually move the game toward a playable state. Sark built an amazing level design tool, and the video will take you on a quick tour of its features and capabilities. It'll also show off some of the amazing assets that our art team has made.

Summer Quarter (2025) Concepts​

It’s the first day of Summer Quarter 2025, which means we’ve got new Quarterly Rewards for Sponsors to vote on on our Ko-fi page!

Which concepts would you like to see made into official site items? Sponsors of Bronze level or higher have a vote in deciding. Please check out the Companion post and the Glamour post on Ko-fi to cast your vote for the winning concepts!

Votes must be posted by June 28, 2025 at 11:59pm PDT in order to be considered.

All Spring 2025 Rewards are now listed in our Ko-fi Shop for individual purchase for all Sponsor levels at $5 USD flat rate per unit. As a reminder, please remember that no more than 3 units of any given item can be purchased. If you purchase more than 3 units of any given item, your entire purchase will be refunded and you will need to place your order again, this time with no more than 3 units of any given item.

• Spring 2025 Glamour: Bumblebaby Ryu
• Spring 2025 Companion: Frilled Nester
• Spring 2025 Solid Gold Glamour: Kirin (Young)

NOTE: As covered in the FAQ, the Ko-fi shop will be closing at the end of the year. These will be the last Spring Quarter rewards for Mythaura!

Writing & Design Updates​

• 6/8 bespoke levels created for intro quest
• Intro quest: 4/8 levels have dialogue written
• Companion descriptions rewritten: 23/95
• Item descriptions rewritten: 2/69
• Wind's End landmarks named: 8/9
• Talon's Rest primary businesses & landmarks named: 3/13
• Map regions named: 2/12
• Territories named: 2/32

Mythaura v0.39​

• Refactored dialog system for a better RPG-style flow and more predictable dialog outcomes
• Location events can now be repeatable with set cadences, such as a chest that can be opened once a week.
• NPCs can now refer to the beast's species, element, class etc. in dialog.
• Cutscenes have been added, as well as tracking whether a user has seen a specific cutscene.
• Nearly a dozen actions and conditions have been added to bolster the query builder.
• Location Events can now be triggered by proximity rather an explicit interaction.
• Users can now buy items from NPC shops, which can be accessed by talking to that NPC.
• Refactored ping logic for better performance.
• Design pass on signup & register pages
• Grass shader with real time wind and player interaction
• Water surface animation added
• Water ripples and splash particle effects added
• Waterfalls with moving surface animation
• Support for bridges/floating map elevation
• Character behavior system for following, fleeing, agro, pacing, idle, etc.
• Image map converter to improve map building pipeline
• Multiple other map building tool improvements
• World map region 1 art near complete and UI redesigned
• Fixed bug where notifications flickered
• Fixed bug where trees swaying animation caused 50% framerate loss

 

[cpvr]

Development Update - July 2025​

Elevation Rework, Dialog Technical Overview, Breeding & Glamour UI Reveal

Hello everyone, hope you're doing well! July was a BIG development month for us, which we'll detail some key features of here. Most notably, Sark reworked our entire map engine--the one that we made a video of for last month's update--and it looks amazing. We are now able to fully sculpt the world instead of working on the blocky system we had before. I'm even more excited than ever for you all to be able to play in this world!

We also hit a big writing milestone: our intro quest script is complete! This allows us to move onto populating our (new and improved) Talon's Rest with NPCs and quests. This was a big one for us and a huge learning curve, and we've got a lot of learnings taken from this to apply to all our work going forward.

August is going to be another busy and productive month. Read on if you'd like an update on what we got up to during the month of July!

Elevation Rework​

Originally Mythaura’s world was designed to be completely flat. A year or so ago we decided to add basic voxel elevation (cube based - similar to Minecraft) - this brought about a number of issues we had to sort out, but also a whole new dimension to our level design and world building. We could now place the player in a high up position to overlook an area they are about to embark into. We could place the player deep in a cave with descending pathways taking them deeper into the abyss. Today, we are showing off a completely reworked elevation system that takes things to the next level.

Specifically instead of using a voxel/cube based system, each tile has its own elevation, and a terrain map is generated using tessellation and normalization of vertexes to smoothly blend the landscape. This allows for full control over the terrain and enables smooth transitions between elevation without the need to manually place down ramps or rely on blocky cubes (which was or previous solution!). This upgrade is still underway and we are working on rebuilding our existing maps to utilize this tech. Check out the above screenshot for a before and after!

Game Dialog Technical Overview​

NPC, Player, and Narrator dialog is a key part of any RPG. It’s the primary way you’ll interact with characters, cutscenes, and events inside the world. It’s something we wanted to do right: with deep conditional based options that make every play-through unique and interesting.

It all starts with the Mythaura query engine - a core tenant of Mythaura’s Dialogs, Quests, Events, Bosses, and Cutscenes. It’s basically a generic if-this-then-that engine that can determine everything from: should a player see a hidden dialog option? Or can a player turn in a given quest? This allows us to adjust gameplay and the narrative based on decisions you’ve made in the past, or the time of day, or if your playing as a certain species, or if your carrying a certain item, etc. this list of possibilities is seemingly limitless with such an open-ended conditional tool!

Breeding UI​

Breeding beasts is a core gameplay loop of Mythaura. Finding the right match can be the difference between getting the perfect offspring combination. You can breed your own beasts, offer up your beasts for other players to pair with, or search through other player’s beasts to find the perfect match.

Breeding takes place in nurseries, you’ll have the option to unlock up to 16 separate nurseries to simultaneously breed many beasts. Each pairing can be between your own beasts or any other player’s beasts - as long as you are willing to pay the other player their going rate.

Breeding pairs can also utilize up to 4 breeding items (everything from items that adjust color outcomes, to items that adjust elements). You can preview predictions to get an idea of what the offspring might look like. When your new offspring are ready to be delivered you can watch them hatch! Maybe you’ll get twins!

Custom Glamours UI​

Custom skins are one of the most unique ways to express your artistic and creative aspirations. For a small fee you’ll be able to create your own custom skins by uploading your own assets. We provide a template and all you need to do is draw within the boundaries (or it will get cropped out).

You can create and sell extra copies of your skins to re-coup costs or even make bank off your cool designs! A player driven glamour market shows off the top community contributions - maybe one of your designs will go viral! Checkout the UI mockup!

Step 1: Instructions​

Step 2: Glamour Details​

Step 3: Upload​

Step 4: Preview & Submit​

This is a mockup for visual testing purposes only. Glamours shown here are placeholders and not representative of final store offerings. Background colors are for layout experimentation and are for visual testing only at this time.

Ko-fi Summer Quarter 2025 Winners​

Thank you to all the Ko-fi sponsors who voted for the Summer Quarter 2025 rewards. Next month we will show the finalized artwork for the Eyelash Hermit Companion and the Starlit Shores Glamour. Stay tuned!

Writing & Design Updates​

• 7/8 bespoke levels created for intro quest
• Intro quest: all dialogue completed
• Companion descriptions rewritten: 23/95
• Item descriptions rewritten: 2/69
• Wind's End landmarks named: 8/9
• Talon's Rest primary businesses & landmarks named: 3/13
• Map regions named: 2/12
• Territories named: 2/32

Mythaura v.40​

• Support added for user item listings, allowing users to sell items to one another.
• Added Floor Number condition to query builder.
• Added "speaker" to dialogs, allowing any dialog to show as narrator, party member, npc, etc.
• Refactored dialog to be more sustainable to manage in the back end.
• Start of Stripe integration built out.
• Breeding is nearly complete, including the ability to request breedings from other players.
• Experience is now rewarded for defeating enemies and turning in quests.
• Various bug fixes.
• Breeding listing & requests UI.
• Added hatching animation to breeding.
• Elevation overhaul: New terrain tessellation elevation.
• Map editor pixel generation support for mixing elevation and paths/dirt/edges (over 80 colors).
• New option to hide HUD.
• Dialog within cutscene fixes.
• New full controls for object position and rotation in map editor.
• Query build support for complex values (item with specific qty for example).
• Added camera collision detection to prevent clipping through walls.
• Mini map overhaul: front end can render any minimap, previously backend could only render some minimaps.
• Redesigned beast status and experience bars.
• New scribble sound effect for narrator dialog.

We're Hiring an Artist​

We’re on the lookout for a Freelance Illustrator.

Hey everyone! We’re on the lookout for a Freelance Illustrator.

This is a freelance position to help create illustrated assets. Mythaura assets include creatures, markings & patterns on our bases, characters, and objects like items and apparel. This position is primarily focused around finding an artist to help us create props and overworld assets to use in our game as well as wearable apparel, but may transition to other projects in the future.

We are currently looking for a part-time artist who can fulfill a workload of aproximately 80 hours per month.

Applicants must be 18 years or older.

Responsibilities​

1. Create and deliver PSD files that meet the creative brief.
2. Work with our senior artists and writers to ensure visual consistency.
3. Regularly demonstrate and update your work in progress.
4. Follow creative & technical briefs with regard to schedule.
5. Accurately quote and then produce work within the quoted timeframe.
6. Actively participate in an online team environment (currently Discord & Jira).

Required Skills and Experience​

1. Must be able to match Mythaura’s 2D cel-shaded style.
2. Must be familiar with masks, layers, and templates.
3. Real-world understanding of proportion, depth, scale, and physical space. A strong understanding of coloring and shading, and an accurate understanding of animal anatomy.
4. Organizational and time-management skills.
5. Ability to maturely handle critiques and change requests.

Application​

To apply, please email [email protected] with “Freelance Illustrator” in the subject line. Include a link to an updated portfolio of your creative works. Please be sure to include your availability and rate. Previous applicants who have submitted an application in the past may either resubmit their portfolio or simply indicate that they are still interested in a position.

 

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Mythaura's latest development report for the month of August has been released. Mythaura - Browser RPG

Development Update - August 2025​

Summer 2025 Rewards Reveal, Community-Run Events

Hello folks! Another super busy month over here for Team Mythaura. This month much of our time and energy was spent developing content for Talon's Rest, the town that players will spend a majority of their time in during Chapter 1, which is the content that will be available at launch. We have the templates for all building sizes complete, which means moving on to the interior items as well as the exteriors for important locations, like the Shattered Shield Tavern and Beau's ancient underground Cipher Pedestal room.

Story things were simplified in a really major way this month as well. We're trying to build the story in such a way that it will be conducive both to players whle the content is being released as well as for full playthroughs after all the content for the continent is fully released. From the writing end, I've spent a good amount of time establishing the Followers that the player can optionally travel with. We're excited for you to be able to take them along on your journeys throughout Mythaura.

Community Events & Event Coordinators​

This month, the team was approached by two Discord community members who wanted to run a creative prompts event for the community. They had assets created and a schedule prepared, and were looking for permission to post to the Discord server. This was such a fun idea that we decided to create a new role in our Discord server: Event Coordinator, who are community members who can run formally approved Mythaura Community Events.

Are you hosting a themed art event? How about a Beast Creator design contest of your own, or a storytelling competition? Whatever it is that you're looking to run, we'd love to shine a spotlight on your efforts and highlight our creative community! We've created a badge featuring the friendly face of Pollis's pet bird, Sencha, which can be added to your posts and assets for the event.

Event Organizers will have permission to make forum posts for their events, create events in the server, and the ability to ping our new opt-in server role: @Event Participant.

If you'd like to keep up to date on Community Events, you can give yourself the Event Participant role in the #manage-roles channel in our Discord. If you'd like to run a Community Event, please read on.

Community Event Application​

All Community Events will be coordinated with me, Miyazaki; please reach out to me on Discord directly. Please have at least some information about the following prepared--just enough to give a general idea, we'll hash out the details in a dedicated forum post if approved!

• Overview of event
• Participation rules for event
• Any rewards that may be granted, and how they are distributed
• Duration of event
• Intended date(s) of event
• Support requested of dev team
• Where the events are intended to be posted, if in addition to Discord

Community Event Rules​

We do not anticipate running into many issues with these events. Generally speaking: as long as your event is inclusive and considerate, it will be approved. But a few rules, for formality's sake:

• The event cannot contain barriers to entry. Any and all community members must be able to participate if they choose.
• Only formally approved Mythaura Community Events may use the Community Events badge.
• All initial content (i.e. introductory posts, participation rules; prize overview if applicable) must be approved beforehand. Subsequent replies and event management will be the sole responsibility of the Event Coordinator(s)
• Event Coordinators may ping the @Event Participant role to update them on the status of events.
• No cash or Mythaura currency may be awarded to participants.

Your event must also adhere to Mythaura's community rules. The event may not:

• harass or abuse other community members.
• contain racist, sexist, sexually explicit or otherwise offensive content.
• contain political and religious content.
• contain links or have discussion around illegal content.
• contain personal or confidential information about another community member or yourself.
• contain spam, flood, or promote NFTs, MLMs, or other money-making programs.
• harass members of the community for game codes or in-game items.
• post comments to troll and cause unrest.
• share content from sensitive topics such as self-harm, drug use, descriptions of dead or injured animals or people, etc.

Ongoing Events​

Mythaura Musings​

• Run by: Mags (maggotjuicebox), Kate (wayfarer.kate)
• Event duration: through end of Jan 2026
• Links: Discord, Tumblr

Event description​

"Hello y’all! 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 here, or on Tumblr with the tag #Mythaura Musings Challenge. Mags will also be awarding art badges for those who participate (see forum post for more info). Using the prompts, we hope to encourage us as a community to explore and share our personal lore plans with each other!"

Upcoming Events​

None yet: your event could be shown in next month's update!

FAQ​

Do I need to have Mythaura's approval to host some sort of community event?​

No. Players are free to make forum games and other events without any involvement from the dev team.

Mythaura Community Events are intended to give visibility to projects via our official social media channels, and to recognize players choosing to volunteer their time in order to provide something fun for the community to participate in.

Do I have to have the @Event Participant role on Discord to participate in Community Events?​

No. The role is just another way for those who want to stay informed about Community Events!

What permissions do Event Coordinators have in the Discord?​

Event Coordinators have the ability to post to a private Discord forum, where they can coordinate and review with the dev team. They can also create forum posts for their Community Events, and schedule server events.

Event Coordinators are allowed to ping the Event Participants role to alert them to new and upcoming Community Events.

Are Event Coordinators part of the dev team?​

No. While we recognize and appreciate these community members and want to give their projects as much visibility as possible, Event Coordinators are not part of the official dev team.

What role does the dev team play in Community Events?​

The dev team will review the planned content with the Event Coordinator(s) hosting the event. Once approved, the dev team will post about it in development updates and re-share (NOT re-post) it where it is posted on social media, where possible.

In the review process, the dev team will also offer case-by-case support the Event Coordinator(s) as best we can.

Wind's End Map Reveal​

Koa completed the map for the Wind's End region! The style was inspired by fantasy maps, especially those for TTRPGs--this is not a precise rendition of the map, but instead showcases the important locations of Wind's End with symbolic representations.

Below is some brief information on these key locations.

Chapter 1​

Talon's Rest​

The first town that the player will explore upon beginning their adventure in Mythaura, situated atop a cliff overlooking Lake Kali to the north and the rolling farmland of Wind's End to the east. Its founding marked the end of more than a century of conflict.

Waspwood Forest​

A dense coniferous forest, named for the hivepacks of Wolfwasps that claim it as their territory. A proving ground for adventurers new and old.

The Arena​

The forum for all organized battles, commissioned by Atticus the Reformer to provide a controlled environment in which beasts could work through their hostilities. The Arena is home to both PVE and PVP combat.

Pinereach​

A violent divot marks where the mining outpost of Pinereach once stood, now reduced to a crater smoldering with ash and rubble.

Chapter 2​

Tollhouse & Toll Town​

The Arena attracts visitors from all across the continent, and the tollhouse collects a processing fee from each. "Toll Town" fans out from its gates, a motley market of vendor stalls, inns, and restaurants, each happy to relieve weary travelers of their troubles and their gold.

Crowcroft​

Crowcroft is "the Gate of the North," and the oldest and largest settlement in Wind's End. It's the ancestral home to the historically reclusive Blackroost Drift, who preside over the town and their vinyard from atop their high hill.

The Bramblewood​

A sprawling forest, spanning everything from Crowcroft in the north part to Brineberry in the south, and everything east of the Arena. It is filled with caneberry bushes, which the Blackroosts use in their fruit wines and meads.

Brineberry​

A fishing village on Wind's End's southeast coast, shrouded by the Bramblewood. Due to its remote location, many of its residents make daily treks to the markets of Talon's Rest and Toll Town in order to sell their wares.

Eldrithian Ruins​

Remarkably well-preserved Eldrithian ruins, maintained by the nearby town of Brineberry. The climb to the top is precarious, but the commanding view of the ocean is worth the hike.

Field of the Fallen​

The site of the climactic, war-ending battle. Atticus ordered that the weapons of those who fell in battle to be left untouched, a permanent reminder of the destruction caused by the Long War. It is extremely taboo to even touch the battlefield remnants, but that doesn't deter particularly enterprising scavengers.

Summer 2025 Rewards Reveal​

Summer 2025 Glamour: Starlit Shores​

Summer 2025 Companion: Eyelash Hermit​

Summer 2025 Solid Gold Glamour: Peryton (Young)​

Welcoming Mitts​

This month we hired Mitts to join our art team, where he will primarily be working on overworld assets to populate the world of Mythaura. He has totally hit the ground running and has already produced some wonderful assets for us, like a signboard and Griffin claw lantern holder and lantern. We're very excited to have him around!

Writing & Design Updates​

• Rogue Follower backstory & Chapter 1 quests determined
• Fighter, Healer, and Sorcerer Followers in development
• Main story majorly simplified
• Release schedule + interim content being determined
• Talon's Rest town layout resdesigned to better utilize the new terrain builder tool
• Talon's Rest primary businesses landmarks being reworked to better utilize the new terrain builder tool
• Map regions & territories being reworked to accommodate future chapter release schedule
• Art team briefed on 3 major buildings for Talon's Rest; art assets under development
• Companion descriptions rewritten: 23/95
• Item descriptions rewritten: 2/69
• Wind's End landmarks named: 9/9

Art Updates​

In progress​

• Apparel style guide
• 3 Patreon companions being reworked
• Fighter and Rogue starter gear
• Ko-fi sponsored item: purple isopod
• Tavern interior decorations
• Tavern exterior
• Treasury building exterior touchup
• Wall sconces
• Hypogean Expanse water/edge tiles
• Increased twin chance breeding item

Completed​

• Rendering/style guide
• Medium and large building templates
• Cipher asset
• Griffin claw lantern/lantern holder
• Breeding items: increased mutation chance, remove mutation
• Mead and wine bottles
• 12 runes
• Signboard/notices
• Intro quest floor/wall tiles
• Hypogean Expanse floor tiles

Mythaura v0.41​

• Functionality added for age-locking items
• Functionality started for special-adding items and special-removing items
• Functionally completed battle items
• Cipher features in-progress and assets created
• Errand bulletin board in-progress and assets created
• Enemy behaviors and detection radius modifiers for sneaking, rogues, and items
• Movement speed, number of jumps, and sneak speed modifier items wired up
• Torch item illumination wired up
• Location based music and ambient sound effects wired up
• Fixed multiple issues when traveling between locations
• Finished player breeding requests UI
• Added proximity trigger for events with radius, like showing a cutscene when you get close
• Added camera controls to tiles, allows camera control based on players position
• Fixed issues NPC tooltip positioning
• Refactored followers to fix scenarios where followers get stuck
• Added follower fallback teleportation to catch up
• Follower performance greatly improved
• Redid minimap to use terrain textures instead of solid colors
• Fog-of-war minimap effect that only reveals what you’ve explored so far (in-progress)
• World map pan and zoom adjustments for Wind’s End
• Added terrain texture chunking and canvas stitching to improve performance
• Performance improvements in the map editor and while playing (instance meshes and slow execute fixes)
• Lots of Misc. map editor fixes

Examples of the minimap function:

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.

 

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Development Update - September 2025 Mythaura - Browser RPG​

Ko-fi Fall Concepts, Treasure Imps Overview, Intro Quest Teaser, Custom Color Contest

Hello folks! We are cruising right along through 2025--hard to believe there are only three months left of the year. Where does the time even go?

Lots of writing underway for Talon's Rest and the other areas in Chapter 1, and a TON of art that's in progress--and a TON that has been completed, as well! Likewise we've had a productive month on the programming side of things as well, with Koa and Sark finishing up tasks like what happens when you faint while in a wild area, support for battle and overworld items, and functionality for Treasure Imps, which are the main subject for today's update!

Treasure Imps​

Occasionally while traveling through a Wild Area, an elite enemy may spawn in--powerful foes that have extra health and deal extra damage, but drop more valuable loot. On rare occasions, a Treasure Imp may spawn in instead.

These mischievous creatures carry satchels full of valuable loot, which it will drop upon defeat. Defeating them is no small task, though: while they may not be especially powerful, Treasure Imps are fast. They run faster than your beast is able to sprint, meaning that you'll have to use an item to increase your mobility (like a Godspeed Potion) or sneak up on it by crouching.

You'll be amply rewarded if you do catch one, though: Treasure Imps drop much better loot than your average elite enemy. With patience and preparedness, players will have a better chance at intercepting these tricky little creatures.

Treasure Imps are also companions, meaning they can potentially be tamed at the end of an encounter. They can also be radiant: the rose gold Imp featured here is our radiant version!

Intro Quest Teaser​

Sour has been hard at work on our intro quest assets, and the amazing news: she's almost done! She's got one more asset to go, and then we're completely done with the art for first ever quest that you'll play through in Mythaura.

While we can't share the assets themselves, we wanted to share some silhouettes with you, just to give you a small taste of what you can expect at the beginning of your adventure through the world. What mysteries await you in these hypogean depths?

Fall Quarter (2025) Concepts​

It’s the first day of Fall Quarter 2025, which means we’ve got new Quarterly Rewards for Sponsors to vote on on our Ko-fi page!

Which concepts would you like to see made into official site items? Sponsors of Bronze level or higher have a vote in deciding. Please check out the Companion post and the Glamour post on Ko-fi to cast your vote for the winning concepts!

Votes must be posted by October 28, 2025 at 11:59pm PDT in order to be considered.

All Summer 2025 Rewards are now listed in our Ko-fi Shop for individual purchase for all Sponsor levels at $5 USD flat rate per unit. As a reminder, please remember that no more than 3 units of any given item can be purchased. If you purchase more than 3 units of any given item, your entire purchase will be refunded and you will need to place your order again, this time with no more than 3 units of any given item.

• Summer 2025 Glamour: Starlit Shores Dragon
• Summer 2025 Companion: Eyelash Hermit
• Summer 2025 Solid Gold Glamour: Peryton (Young)

Custom Color Contest​

It's been a while since our last one, so we wanted to open up another Custom Color Contest to our lovely community. We want to offer the opportunity for you to make a permanent impact on Mythaura's color wheel!

This contest is free to enter, and only has the following parameters:

• Only one entry allowed
• Fill out Google Form by Friday, November 14, 2025 at 11:59pm PST

The dev team will reach out to the winner on November 16 to begin the color design process, which we will complete by November 22. Please feel free to use our PSD file, if you'd like!

Winner will also receive 3x copies of the Empemeral Ink that matches their color's base hue (Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Green, or Violet).

We're excited to see what you all come up with!

Community Events​

Ongoing Events​

Mythaura Musings​

• Run by: Mags (maggotjuicebox), Kate (wayfarer.kate)
• Event duration: through end of Jan 2026
• Links: Discord, Tumblr

Event description​

"Hello y’all! 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 here, or on Tumblr with the tag #Mythaura Musings Challenge. Mags will also be awarding art badges for those who participate (see forum post for more info). Using the prompts, we hope to encourage us as a community to explore and share our personal lore plans with each other!"

Writing & Design Updates​

• Fighter, Healer, and Sorcerer Followers in development
• 1/3 floors of dialogue completed for Cipher Sanctum, 2nd floor underway
• Drafted floorplans and NPC encounters for Waspwood Forest checkpoint floors
• Chapter 3 concept outlined, will incorporate into Chapters 1-2
• Quest outlines in progress for Waspwood Forest, Spruce Shore, Darkdrift Mine, Hivemill, and Brineberry
• Itemized list of assets for all Wind's End visitable locations in progress
• "Wishlist" for Reputation and Codex functions in progress
• Companion descriptions rewritten: 23/95
• Item descriptions rewritten: 2/69
• Wind's End tooltips written: 9/9

Art Updates​

In progress​

• Apparel style guide
• 3 Patreon companions being reworked
• Fighter and Rogue starter gear
• Shattered Shield Tavern interior: bar, liquor shelves
• Shattered Shield Tavern exterior
• Treasury building exterior touchup
• Intro quest: cipher pedestal
• Intro quest: misc. small objects
• Apparel: Enchanted Chains
• Apparel: Glowing Eye Contacts

Completed​

• Ko-fi sponsored item: purple isopod
• Wall sconces
• Hypogean Expanse water/edge tiles
• Increased twin chance breeding item
• Shattered Shield Tavern shields
• 6x liquor and wine bottles
• Intro quest: floor tiles
• Intro quest: wall sconces
• Intro quest: standard door
• Intro quest: A Very Special Door
• Intro quest: shelves w/ tablets
• Intro quest: bismuth table
• Enemy encounter increase item
• Breeding item: twin chance increase
• Breeding item: mutation chance increase

Mythaura v0.42​

• Satchel drop and pickup flow in progress
• Player item marketplace flow in progress
• Game over screen designed
• Errands, repeatable weekly quests, added
• Added support for overworld and battle-based items, such as torches, auto-escapes, speed-boosting items, items that give more jumps, etc.
• Support for new item effects added
• All elemental skill trees built out
• User settings buildout
• Auth flow completion
• Buildout of apparel equipment flow and re-organizing of apparel
• Drag and drop inventory sorting added
• Ability to multi-select items in inventory added for bulk actions
• Ability to specify a quantity when performing an action on an item
• Various bug fixes and small improvements

 

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Mythaura's latest development progress report has been released:

Mythaura - Browser RPG

Mythaura is a RPG browser game where you can create, collect, breed, and battle your own collection of mythological beasts.

mythaura.com

Hello everyone! Another busy, exciting month for the team. It was a big transition month as we moved the art management from Koa's plate and onto Miya's, got better systems and structures in place for our artwork process, fleshed out more side areas for Chapter 1, and more.

We'll start the update with an update about our closed beta launch window.

Closed Beta Date Update​

After much discussion among the team, we have decided to postpone our closed beta to Quarter 3, 2026 instead of the previously-announced window of Quater 1, 2026.

The main reason for this change is a very important one to us: we want to avoid putting crunch on the team.

One of the key factors in this is Koa's full-time work situation. Part of the reason that we were able to project a Q1 closed beta date was based on the fact that at the end of 2024, Koa had negotiated with her employer to move from a five-day work week to a four-day work week. Unfortunately, early on in 2025, she was made to go back to a five-day week. She has maintained a Mythaura workload that is based on this four-day arrangement, which is not sustainable.

We are very excited to share the world of Mythaura with you all, but we don't want that to come at the expense of the wellbeing of our team.

Another upside of this postponement is that it will also allow our art and writing to have the time to not only pad the already-planned content for Chapter 1 to make it even more robust, but will also allow us to cut into work for Chapter 2 prior to closed beta. This way we have a bit of a headstart on Chapter 2 content and onward, and can ideally shorten the windows of time that players will need to wait between chapters.

To that end, the Ko-fi shop will stay open past the end of 2025, as previously announced, with continued rewards for those who choose to support Mythaura's development via Ko-fi.

We thank you for your understanding and will keep us posted. If you have any questions, please let us know.

Fall 2025 Ko-fi Winners​

Thank you to all the Ko-fi sponsors who voted for the Fall Quarter 2025 rewards. Next month we will show the finalized artwork for the Great Maple Bull Companion and the Stained Glass Glamour. Stay tuned!

Gear & Apparel UI​

I think we all know that Fashion™ is a hugely important part of RPGs. Dressing Up Your Little Guys is one of life's greatest pleasures. To that end, we've created UI that will make it easy to dress your beasts exactly how you'd like.

Mythaura's wearable pieces fall into two distinct categories: Gear and Apparel. Gear confers mechanical benefits, while Apparel is purely cosmetic.

By default, any Gear that a beast is wearing will be visible--however, if you'd like your beast to gain the benefit of the gear piece but do not want it to show up in its outfit, you are able to toggle the visibility. Conversely, you can also equip Gear as cosmetic-only, which won't grant any of the Gear's benefits but will still show up in your beast's outfit.

Battle Scars Apparel​

Sashie has made us one of our first full sets of apparel--our Battle Scars, which come in four varieties (pictured from left to right in the picture above):

• Vicious Battle Scars
• Atomic Battle Scars
• Brutal Battle Scars
• Savage Battle Scars

These will be acquired through play in the Arena. Each set has 4-5 pieces; beasts who don't have tails that can be scarred (like Unicorns and Hippogriffs) will not have a tail piece, and will instead have more scarring added to the hind scar piece.

These have been translated across all adult bases. Check out a few of the other battle-hardened beasts below!

Custom Color Contest​

It's been a while since our last one, so we wanted to open up another Custom Color Contest to our lovely community. We want to offer the opportunity for you to make a permanent impact on Mythaura's color wheel!

This contest is free to enter, and only has the following parameters:

• Only one entry allowed
• Fill out Google Form by Friday, November 14, 2025 at 11:59pm PST

The dev team will reach out to the winner on November 16 to begin the color design process, which we will complete by November 22. Please feel free to use our PSD file, if you'd like!

Winner will also receive 3x copies of the Empemeral Ink that matches their color's base hue (Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Green, or Violet).

We're excited to see what you all come up with!

Community Events​

Ongoing Events​

Mythaura Musings​

• Run by: Mags (maggotjuicebox), Kate (wayfarer.kate)
• Event duration: through end of Jan 2026
• Links: Discord, Tumblr

Event description​

"Hello y’all! 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 here, or on Tumblr with the tag #Mythaura Musings Challenge. Mags will also be awarding art badges for those who participate (see forum post for more info). Using the prompts, we hope to encourage us as a community to explore and share our personal lore plans with each other!"

Writing & Design Updates​

Most of Miya's work during October was regarding the handoff of art team management, and as a result was focused much more around restructuring the file organization and conventions, itemizing and assigning new art tasks, and preparing the art team for a month of working on the Waspwood Forest area next month.

• Intro quest has been restructured and the rewrite is underway
• Tavernkeeper NPC--who is also the Recruiter who contracts out "gen 1" beasts to the player--has her character established, and is more involved in the story
• Esris and Reine have had their introductions to the world changed
• Fishing NPC character + quest established
• Wolfwasp Hunter NPC character + services established
• Feldira (Rogue follower) personal quest first step outlined

Art Updates​

During the month of November, the team will be attempting a new art workflow: all be working on one area for the first time: the Waspwood Forest Wild Area. We're looking forward to all buckling in to work on one area together!

In progress​

• Jira (project management tool) tasks being created for ALL remaining
• Chapter 2 assets
• Shattered Shield Tavern: tables w/ food/drink arrangements, exterior
• Cipher Sanctum: crates w/ runes, Amaru mural
• Rogue class starter gear
• Sorcerer class starter gear
• Apparel for Waspwood Forest
• Assets for Waspwood Forest
• Cat whiskers apparel
• Patreon sponsor companions rework
• Treasury rehaul, both interior and exterior
• Hypogean Expanse Wild Area tiles rework
• Hypogean Expanse Wild Area rocks rework

Completed​

• Waspwood Forest checkpoint floors, NPCs established
• Art project management handoff from Koa to Miya completed
• ALL assets for Chapter 1 fully itemized, including hourly breakdown
• File naming convention for Google Drive established; thousands of assets reorganized
• Fighter class starter gear
• Battle Scars - 4x varieties
• Enchanted Chains - 8x varieties
• Glowing Contacts apparel - dozens of varieties
• Shattered Shield Tavern: bar + pediment, shields for walls, goblets, tankards, wines, liquors, hexagonal bottles of mead
• Cipher Sanctum: chalkboard wall w/ ladder, Cipher workbench, Vanguard banner, 100 years' worth of melted candles, stained glass windows
• ████████ ███████ ██████████ companion

Mythaura v0.43​

• Image update pipeline polished, ability to add and sort cosmetics quickly.
• Built ui support for most transmogrifier items.
• Ability to buy and sell beasts & items with other players, filter available listings
• Followers level up and can participate in battles
• Gain reputation with NPCs, factions, and locations
• Interactive system for opening treasure chests
• Unlock and collect decorative banners
• Display banners on your profile and forum posts
• Added ability to resume exploration from previously completed checkpoints
• Energy restoration at checkpoint floors
• Ability to upgrade satchel and vault size
• Added PayPal support
• Improved transaction security and reliability
• Locations now show recommended party levels
• Improved XP calculations and display
• Fixed quest completion experience rewards
• Better party experience tracking
• Fixed party display refresh issues
• Corrected location access validation
• Fixed various forum and chat bugs
• Improved payment processing stability
• Multiple exploration and battle system fixes

 

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Mythaura's latest development report has been released. It now concludes their development report the year of 2025. Their next dev report will arrive in 2026.

Mythaura - Browser RPG

Mythaura is a RPG browser game where you can create, collect, breed, and battle your own collection of mythological beasts.

mythaura.com

Published 12/1/2025

Development Update - November 2025​

New artwork process, Waspwood Forest teasers, Fall 2025 rewards reveal, Custom Color Contest winner

So, we've arrived at the end of 2025... what a year! Our team has grown, our workflow has tightened, and we've got our eyes set on a new release date that will allow us to make better content at a sustainable pace.

Thank you all so much for sticking with us throughout the course of our development here. We'll break down a new artwork workflow that we've established and will be applying to our work from here on out. We've also got our Fall 2025 Ko-fi rewards, our Custom Color Contest winner, and more!

Improved Artwork Process / #Waspvember​

Saying that our art team is the lifeblood of our project would be an understatement. For over three years, they have been hard at work producing assets that make Mythaura a place where players can spend hours upon hours adventuring within.

During the month of November, the team experimented with a new workflow: instead of each team member working on their own siloed tasks, the entire art team worked on assets for the Waspwood Forest, the Wild Area that will be available for exploration at launch. #Wapsvember was a great opportunity for the team to shape the look and tone of the area, which they definitely did: the Waspwood is a much richer, more detailed place because of their hard work.

Our weekly team meetings revolved around #Waspvember. In real time, we got to see the Waspwood evolving in directions that went beyond the contents of the initial design brief. Each artist's work served as a way to tighten up the look and feel of the world, honing in on the atmosphere with each asset created. The team really came together to make something we're proud to share with you when Mythaura launches.

While there will inevitably be assets that don't slot neatly into one overarching project like the Waspwood, we plan to make this unified workflow our standard operating procedure, not the exception. We're excited to spend the second half of December and the month of January on filling out Talon's Rest!

Waspwood Forest Teasers​

Sour and Mitts are a stellar duo, and are our dedicated overworld asset team. Above we've got a small sampling of some of the assets that they worked on for the Huntsman's Cabin, buried deep within the Waspwood. This Griffin is a lifelong Wolfwasp hunter and talented craftsman, and is willing to render services to any Beast with the fortitude to make the treacherous journey to his cabin.

New Apparel: Cat Whiskers​

One of the apparel pieces that Sashie was working on were these adorable Cat Whiskers, which are currently available for all adult Beasts.

The Hippogriff, Griffin, and Quetzal were all determined by Sashie, but when the team voted between two options for each the other six species, the results were almost perfectly split. That's when we decided to outsource the decision to our supporters, who helped us decide on the winners, pictured below!

Fall 2025 Rewards Reveal​

Fall 2025 Glamour: Stained Glass Griffin​

Fall 2025 Companion: Great Maple Bull​

Fall 2025 Solid Gold Glamour: Basilisk (Young)​

Custom Color Contest​

We have picked the winner of our Custom Color Contest: iwritesinsnottragedies's Bubblegum! It's a pale, cool pink with blue-purple highlights. We will be working with the winner to develop this color, and will reveal it with our 1/1 post!

Thank you all for participating! We look forward to future design contests in 2026—perhaps some of them even involving site-official items. 👀

Community Events​

Ongoing Events​

Mythaura Musings​

• Run by: Mags (maggotjuicebox), Kate (wayfarer.kate)
• Event duration: through end of Jan 2026
• Links: Discord, Tumblr

Event description​

"Hello y’all! 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 here, or on Tumblr with the tag #Mythaura Musings Challenge. Mags will also be awarding art badges for those who participate (see forum post for more info). Using the prompts, we hope to encourage us as a community to explore and share our personal lore plans with each other!"

Writing & Design Updates​

• Main story premise refined. More complications, higher stakes, bigger drama!
• Intro quest
  • Rewrite underway
  • New starting location & NPCs
  • Premise slightly altered to fit adjusted main story plot
  • Backgrounds incorporated into dialogue
• Dragon follower (Fighter; bard-flavored) character & personal quest underway
• Quetzal follower (Healer; ███████████-flavored) character & personal quest underway
  • Tied to a major NPC
• Secret boss tutorial quest outlined, writing underway
• Radiant companion quest outlined, writing underway
• Huntsman's personal questline underway, part of which will be completed in Chapter 2
• Minor Talon's Rest townsfolk NPCs dialogue in progress
• New faction concepts; will whittle down and incorporate into updated main story

Art Updates​

In progress​

• Wolfwasp "meat honeycomb" item & structures for Hivepack Caves dungeon
• Huntsman's cabin
• Wolfwasp King cloaks for adult beasts
• Wolfwasp Drone cloaks for young beasts
• Wolfwasp skull apparel
• Technical corrections to beast nostrils in expressions
• New yellow color for color wheel, courtesy of Mitts
• Cat whiskers for young beasts
• Sorcerer starter class gear translations
• Healer starter class gear concepts
• Updated item icons for glamours (standard & deluxe)
• Treasury exterior redo
• Standardizing building door sizes for both interiors and exteriors--and consequently determining the scale of buildings
• Gear & apparel best practices guide
• Enchanted chains apparel - technical updates needed

Completed​

• So many Waspwood pieces; most of these will be kept secret so that players can experience them organically during gameplay!
• Construction used in secret boss tutorial quest
• Fighter starter gear translations
• Cat whisker apparel for adults

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.