Intro

Welcome to the August Roundup! Here to summarise updates from the last month, what’s coming up next month, and sneak peeks for features and events on the horizon!

Suggestions

There is a #suggestions forum in Discord, and for our non-Discord members or members who wish to leave anonymous suggestions, we have a Suggestions Google Form (also linked on the dA and Website Homepages). Please leave constructive feedback where possible; if you have a complaint, please present it objectively and if you have an idea for a solution to your issue, please include that too. The group is run by volunteers, and we do our best, but we cannot always respond immediately so please be patient and understanding. 

Please do not make suggestions to mods directly via DM or note, and do not note @Boucle-Unicorn group, or any of our mule accounts,with suggestions or feedback. Please use one of the official suggestion avenues so that we can compile all the ideas and feedback in one place.

Reminders

• Last month’s open suggestion forum was pushed into September, if you have any subjects you want feedback on please submit any suggestions you have! 
• Remember to check your Import stashes, we have a lot of designs awaiting tweaks from you!

Updates

• We are having some website issues, which are making the site hard to navigate and causing some pages to break. We are aware of it, and working towards getting it fixed as soon as we are able. Thank you for your patience! <3
  • In the meantime, please share any links you happen to have saved with those who need them, and ask the community if you need to find the link to a page. Admins will help out with linking information to the degree we are able, but navigation is as broken for us as for everyone so we are limited in what we can do, too. 
• BU-MP has implemented a new system for counting! It worked really well under our Beta testing, and is now live!
  • Because of the above mentioned website issues, the information about it can be found in this Google Doc for now: Submitting Plaques for Counting
    • We will move the information onto the website as soon as we have it fixed, and will keep you updated!
  • The main changes are:
    • You will need to submit your boucle’s plaque to the BU-MP XP Count Submission Google Form once you think your boucle has earned a new tier (or +100 XP after the maximum tier). We will not count XP continuously as you comment on the plaques.
    • When adding the plaques of close relatives for lineage points, we now require you to include a text to keep track of the relation to your boucle, i.e. “Dam” or “Offspring”. It speeds up the checks a little for the BU-MPers <3
  • Anything submitted after the Beta started (6th of August) will be counted using the new system 🙂 
  • Please see Submitting Plaques for Counting for the full information!
• The ABC will open up – The Adopt a Boucle Centre – we are working on the finishing touches of merging the BoucleShops into the group, and turning it into an official geno adoption centre. Members will be able to adopt genos, and donate genos for a small amount of UG or XP boosts. This will especially benefit newbies who would like a foal-size alternative to the Newbie Import system! 

What’s on Now

The following events are running this month:

• September Breedings – open 1st-14th, maximum of 5 breedings each.
• Festival of Might – the FoM runs every month from 1st-20th, this month’s theme is Country Western Days!
• September Palette – this month’s colour palette is available on the homepage!
• The Boucle Academy – is still going strong, earn extra XP for your Boucle by completing a course!
• Boucle Meme – Earn extra XP and Gold by completing our Meme!

Horizon Features

This section includes sneak-peeks at what we’ve got planned a few months down the line! Stuff that’s on the horizon!

• Import Note Generator – Progress is being made on a tool to help you with import rarities, and even to pre-format your import notes! An alpha-stage version is on target to become public sometime in September!
• Explorations – More ARPG elements are already in development, you can expect Explorations to land later this year as a way to earn Unicornian Gold, Pralines, exclusive companions, and on the rare occasion, DIY imports!
• Certificates – Also in development for the Boucle Academy, Certificates will give your Boucles different breeding/exploration bonuses once completed. 
• Palette Prompts – Replacing the monthly palette prompt, the Palette Prompts will run every three months for more colourful challenges and bigger prizes! 
• Group NPCs – After some fab suggestions in the May Discussion, we will be expanding the Group NPCs. We already have some NPCs from an old Boucleween Event, so we will be bringing these to life plus some others to make rarer event genes more available; their slots will be available to members in the future as prizes for various events.
• Website Overhaul – We aim to have all the information scattered across dA and the old website to be collected in one beautiful resource, as well as clarify a lot of FAQs and make information finding easier for all of us <3
• Surprises! – We have many exciting ideas for new things down the line, but we shan’t be revealing them all. While we will be giving you more teasers when we are able, members will still have some exciting surprises to look forward to!

Backlog Summary We are training new mods in all areas, so we thank you for your patience, as backlogs may move more slowly or some items may be held up for training purposes <3 You’re doing great, modlings!! Approximate processing times for the following teams are as follows: Registration: 1-2 weeks Transfers: Under a week Reward Redeems: Under 2 weeks Foal Designs: 1-2 months Import Designs: 1-2 months Breedings: Mostly up to date BU-MP Counts: ~ 1 month BU-MP Plaques: Under 2 weeks BU-RP Pralines: ~ 2 weeks BU-RP Events: August FoM will be posted and finished up when the new round is coming.