The gene book is officially live! Thank you all for your patience while we worked out the kinks to ensure this area is perfect and fulfills everyone's needs. For those of you who are either new to the game or have not seen discussion around the Gene Book, here is a brief description of the area:

The Gene Book serves as a reference point for every gene available on the game and is located in the Celestial Library (accessible through the Exploration Map). The Gene Book is divided up by gene type and lists various information about the selected gene on its entry page. The Gene Book lists the owner of the gene, the number of non-retired horses with the gene, breeds the gene is registered to, associated item, and shows a preview area to "try on" the gene using any horse in a player's barn.

In addition to releasing the Gene Book, we have also modified horse profiles to connect to this new area! The genetic table on horse profiles now hyperlinks to the associated gene entry page. Private genes are also noted by a star beside the gene. The goal here was to give players something to reference to determine a gene's value along with their horse's value as a whole.

Mistlae Gene Expansion

We decided to jumpstart our new breed expansion initiative and released brand-new Mistlae genetics today! For those of you who are not familiar with the expansion initiative, here is a brief breakdown. Each month we will add new genes to CE Original breeds depending on the season and theme. These new genes will include recolors, refinement/revision of existing genes, and entirely new genes! Our goal is to add value to CE Original breeds and keep new gene releases high quality and meaningful. Wondering how this will change our monthly market releases? We will still release a handful of new wearables/gene recolors each month in addition to the expanded genes in item form. While the recolor releases have been fun, the amount of genes released each month is not sustainable. In addition to the new genes, we are working hard rendering items for all CE original genes. These genes/wearables will have various rarity and will help to add even more diversity to the market shops.

Now back to the Mislae gene release! This breed received 3 new body colors, 3 new feathering colors, 3 new ribbon colors, 3 new mane/tail colors, 4 new solid horns, 4 new floral horns, and additional eyes/white marking/hooves. You can check out this breed in the Tundra Origin world!

Winter Glam Parade Contest

We are hosting yet another fun dress-up contest in the forums! Interested in a chance to win some awesome goodies, including gems? Hop on over to the forums and check out this thread for information regarding contest rules, how to enter, and more! Winners will be selected December 24th.

Stay Connected!

Did you know CE is on Instagram and Facebook? We have been awfully quiet on our platforms as of late but are gearing up for consistent feature teasers, contests, and more on our social media accounts! Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram to be the first to know about new releases, see fun art updates, and participate in contests.

2020 Development Wrap-Up

It is shocking to be nearing the middle of December, but here we are! This year has been so phenomenal from a development standpoint and we are so excited to see what is accomplished in 2021. To wrap-up 2020, we are expecting to release the following changes:

- Organization/Division of breed drop-down list. Segmenting CE Original breeds, player-owned Private breeds, and Registered breeds.

- Modification to breeding settings (public without approval, private requiring approval, and search upgrades)

- Elder Quest Modifications (static characters, lore integration, design update, and more)

To kick off 2021, we will dive into Alliances and resume our fantastic Celestial Lore!


Thank you for reading! Stay tuned for additional updates.

MAE

Hello and happy weekend everyone! Today's update is smaller than our usual dev updates since we are winding down the year.

Holiday Ingot Sale

Our final sale of the year is now up in the ingot store! Ingot packages are up to 35% off and bundles have been added with lots of goodies. This sale runs from today until December 26th at midnight.

Bundles include a new and limited item, the Breeders Promise. This item guarantees a successful breeding when equipped to your horse. These are currently limited due to their wonderful perk but may be seen in the general store some other time.

Also in the bundles is our new seasonal companion, the reindeer calf! This adorable reindeer calf will keep your horse warm and happy during the winter months. The reindeer calves will trot off into the tundra on December 31st at midnight and won't return next winter. They are also available in the general store for 100 ingots to purchase outside of the bundles. 

Feedback Polls

We currently have a couple of feedback polls open for you to give feedback on. As a reminder, you may only take the polls once. Any duplicates or side accounts are removed when I look over the aggregate data.

Tack Color Vote - Vote on new tack colors and give feedback on current and future tack.

Community Poll - A  poll to get feedback on a couple of possible features that involve the community.

Bug Fixes

We have 3 bug fixes for today since one took a bit of time to sort out.

• Horse market timers should no longer display incorrect times. This seems to have been a timezone issue and has been fixed.

• Marwaris can be bought with Marwari coins again. This was removed for them when removed from the foundation store and failed to be turned back on. Marwari coins should now work.

• Mistletoe and Horse-friendly Chocolate Truffles have had their bugs fixed and now properly count down uses.

Reminder

We only have one more update for this year which will be next Friday. This is the Andalusian re-do and includes adding in the tacksets visible to them. There may even be a nice new surprise¢¦

Hope everyone has a great rest of the weekend and enjoys the update!

Cheers,

The Dev Team

1st: Senpai won a Chu Egg.
2nd: Anne won a Magical Blue Skoilo Mirror Shard.
3rd: Tim
They have each also won 1,836 iP and trophies for their profile!


A new Restock Race has begun!
You will need to purchase 12 Plastic Blue Star from the Mushroom Shops before next Saturday. The Ichuan with the fastest time wins. Remember your timer starts with your first purchase of the item, Good luck!

Congratulations to Buliwyf, for earning $8858155 in POWEX this week.
You have been rewarded with a POWEX trophy!

Will you be the next POWEX Mogul? Earn the most profit by next Saturday at 3 PM PP Time, and you can show other Powerpets players what you are made of.

Congratulations to our Snapz! of the week winner: AtomicBlonde


If you want to have a chance to win next week, make sure to keep your Snapz! updated and current for the season.

• The Neopian Times will be taking a week off. However, the Holiday edition of the Neopian Times is scheduled to be released next Friday the 18th, so keep on sending in those fantastic festive submissions!
  

• Congratulations to the latest Beauty Contest Ugly Christmas Sweater theme winners - Themis, D4rtagan, and Cococia! Head over to the contest page to check out the top 3 entries or vote for your favourite entry in the next round of competition!

  

• The Art Gallery has been updated with two wonderful pages of Wocky Day themed submissions to get you through the weekend. Check them out here and here!

  

While taking a relaxing sleigh ride through the fresh fallen snow, admiring winters wonderland, we came to a sudden halt!
Our eyes opened wide, dancing in delight, we snuck between trees, to have a closer look.
It was a magical snowscape created by apronlady. Making this player todays snowscape winner!

CONGRATS! This player has won a FESTIVE TROPHY for their profile and a FREE ACCOUNT UPGRADE!

Sign up here for your chance to win tomorrow!

Yesterday's correct answer was Silent Night.


Guess what Christmas song this image represents! Once you have figured out what the answer is, send it via pmail (with the name of the song in the Subject line) before midnight to SWEETFIRE (DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWER IN COMMENTS). You may only submit ONE answer. For each correct answer you will receive 5 points which will be added to your total Sweet tally.

Make sure to try and get into the top 10 of the appointed games for bonus points!

Good luck!

It's Lahja's favourite time of the year! The Rainbow Krittle has been busy all month and is happy to announce that the annual Gift Exchange is open once more!

"It's been so busy here sending gifts to everyone's loved ones, you can certainly feel Generosity in the air this Aurestal season!" Lahja says happily, rolls of colourful wrapping paper tight in their arms, "I certainly hope you are able to get everything your heart desires this year. Thank you to all the wonderful Terrafrostians who make this possible year after year! It's been a fantastic addition to the festivities."



A reminder every User can select two items to wish for at the Gift Exchange. Users who choose to make or grant a wish will do so anonymously. If a wish has not been granted within three days you are free to ask for a different Item instead. Lahja will also be handing out trophies to any Terrafrostians who are able to grant wishes. It's important to know that participation is completely voluntary. The Gift Exchange will be closed on December 31, 23:59:59 IcePets Time so be sure to get your wishes in early!



Additionally, all Pet Collection pages have been updated so that they will work similarly to User Collection pages! You can now view all of your Pets' currently collected Items of each category alongside the Items that they are still missing. Hopefully this will help with any Pets who are seeking to complete their collections, or those who are searching for the perfect gift for a friend!

What do you guys think about a DNA sale the 14th to the 25th? Then maybe after that we can do a week or two sales on some Dyes? :) I think it's been a bit since we've released those in batches

The Persona of the Week Contest has been judged! Congratulations to lavender133 on winning this week's competition.

This week's theme: Stars

The poll booth has a new poll available for you.

This time, we would like to know:
How do you like Sweet Festivus 2020?.

Go There: Poll Booth

Thanks for participating!

While taking a relaxing sleigh ride through the fresh fallen snow, admiring winters wonderland, we came to a sudden halt!
Our eyes opened wide, dancing in delight, we snuck between trees, to have a closer look.
It was a magical snowscape created by Snowprincess. Making this player todays snowscape winner!

CONGRATS! This player has won a FESTIVE TROPHY for their profile and a FREE ACCOUNT UPGRADE!

Sign up here for your chance to win tomorrow!

Yesterday's correct answer was Frosty the Snowman.


Guess what Christmas song this image represents! Once you have figured out what the answer is, send it via pmail (with the name of the song in the Subject line) before midnight to SWEETFIRE (DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWER IN COMMENTS). You may only submit ONE answer. For each correct answer you will receive 5 points which will be added to your total Sweet tally.

Make sure to try and get into the top 10 of the appointed games for bonus points!

Good luck!

Congratulations to our Snapz! of the week winner: svirgo


If you want to have a chance to win next week, make sure to keep your Snapz! updated and current for the season.