State of the Blog 7/20/15

I just wanted to touch-base with my readers and let you all know that I'm alive and still planning on posting on here. I did post a new guide (more to come), and I am once again working on the Pet Costume Project. For those who are curious, I did just move about a month and a half ago (which explains my absence) and I plan on posting updates more often now that I'm mostly settled in.

rip social life - I'll miss you,
Kirbychu (your still-alive-and-kicking DOMO addict)

News Update about DOMO News Updates

I'm not doing them anymore. I'm entirely too lazy, no one reads them first here, and it's altogether a waste of my time (and yours if you read it) since all the info is located on Suba DOMO's Facebook page (and forums, and sometimes the website and the wiki). So if you would like some DOMO News Updates, go follow them on Facebook and stick their stuff in your news feed like the rest of us DOMO addicts.

Love Always,
Kirbychu (your resident DOMO addict)

Pet Costume Photoshop Project - Lily Costume (Sylph Version)

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Lily Costume (Sylph Version)

Base Costume Used: Wild Girl

Additional Costumes Used: Black Bodice for the arm part of the gloves and stockings, Maid for the bow on the back (recolored red - Shura version), and bows on the headdress, Traditional Orchid for the top (recolored and styled to match the rest of the outfit), Nicole's Horns.

Comments: For this one I wanted to stick as close to the original Evo3 Lily as possible. The top was the most challenging part because there really isn't a costume with an exact match to the Evo3 Lily's top. I chose to go with the Orchid top, and adding the stripes was quite the challenge, but I'm pleased with the end result. I also had to use the Shura Maid's bow for this as well because the Sylph Maid's bow was too small.

Pepsimancer's version of the Sylph Lily Costume can be found here.

Pet Costume Photoshop Project - Lily Costume (Shura Version)

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Lily Costume (Shura Version)

Base Costume Used: Wild Girl

Additional Costumes Used: Black Bodice used for the arm part of the gloves and stockings, Maid used the bow on the back (recolored red) and the bows on the headdress, Nicole's Horns.

Comments: I wanted the Shura version of my Lily costume to be more "sexy" looking than the original pet itself (holding true to form for all other Shura outfits).

Pet Costume Photoshop Project - Introduction

With the conclusion of the Costume Alteration Contest, it has left me wanting to do more fun Photoshop alterations. I've decided to start another project just for fun and I thought I'd share my creations with my readers. For this project I will be creating pet-themed costumes by compiling existing costumes using Photoshop. My plan is to eventually have each of the 6 main pets represented (original for now) - Ruby, Sapphire, Metal, Rock, Jade, and of course Lily.

Props n credit n such goes to Pepsimancer for inspiring this idea with her Lily submission, as well as Miradora/Lanniang for her costume screenshots.

I'll be posting these as I make them. Each pet costume will consist of each of the 4 races and both genders (except Lily/Jade which will be female/male only respectively). Once I'm finished with all of the original versions, I may consider working on the SE versions as well.

Hope you guys enjoy these as much as I enjoy making them!

Hair Dye Avatar Preview

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Sorry it's a little on the plain side. The purpose of this chart is to show what the hair dye looks like in the avatar window (whereas Mrs. Magic-Eye and the in-game Item Mall previews only show what it looks like on your character - which varies greatly depending on the time of day in game). Keep in mind that different hair styles may somewhat alter the shade a little, but for the most part this is what you should expect to see when you dye your character's hair.

I'd like to give a big thank you to everyone who contributed screenshots of their character's avatar, and an especially big thank you to Knives for buying me a few of the dyes I needed.

Hair Dye Compilation Project

I'd like to start on a new project - similar to what I did with the skin tone comparison - and I need your help! I'm looking for avatars featuring any cash shop hair colors. What my goal is is to get all of the available colors (all 30 of them) and put the avatars in a side-by-side view with the hair dye number next to it for easy viewing. Basically this is taking Mrs. Magic-Eye to the next level. She lets you see what it will look like in game, but I want to show people what it will look like on your avatar.

If you have any cash shop hair color (meaning any color that is not the original 1-6) and you would like to contribute to this project, please do the following:

1. Take a screenshot of your avatar or your character status window (press Ctrl+A and either take a regular screenshot or use puush to take a screenshot of just your avatar - but be sure not to crop too close if you decide to use puush).
2. Email me your screenshot or saved puush file and tell me what number hair dye it is (must be number, don't just tell me the color).

If I get screenshots from more than one person of the same color, I will use the one I obtained first, so don't be surprised/upset if you don't see your avatar on the final project.

Please email all submissions to gamermomx@gmail.com

Thanks!

Hair Dyes I Still Need

#1 Auburn
#2 Pine Green
#3 Pumpkin
#4 Maroon
#5 Ultramarine
#6 Plum
#7 Ghost
#8 Chocolate
#9 Cotton Candy
#10 Turquoise
#11 Vivid Green
#12 Light Blue
#13 Teal Green
#14 Bright Purple
#15 Bright Pink
#16 Violet
#17 Deep Purple
#18 Golden Yellow
#19 Orange Yellow
#20 Yellow Green
#21 Straw
#22 Bright Red
#23 Blood Red
#24 Bright Green
#25 Inky Green
#26 Sea Blue
#27 Deep Blue
#28 Rose Pink
#29 Blue-Green
#30 Gray Blue

THANKS SO MUCH TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED!

DOMO News Update - 4/1/15

Good news to those waiting impatiently for the Dancer class! The following was announced on DOMO's Facebook page today:

Now that April Fools is out of the way, we have MAJOR news!

DOMO will be receiving it's first major update TOMORROW after maintenance!

What are players in store for? Some much hyped updates are coming your way:
-Dancer class will be available!
-Quests in Foggy Forest and Blakatoa peak will be available and the Arena will be open again.
-We'll also have NEW items added to the Cash Shop once the new patch is live!

Along with the release of the new patch, we'll have another event calendar up where you can participate in GM hosted events with more chances to win prizes!

 We can only hope this first patch will also include a fix to the ever annoying chat bug.

DOMO News Update - 3/21/15

Open Beta has kicked off this past Friday! Aside from a profanity filter that has a very strange definition of what constitutes profanity, and a chat box that eats the right side of your sentences, this Open Beta has - so far - gone off without many issues at all. The GM's have done a great job staying in touch with the community during the first few hours of launch to help point people in the right direction for getting their Closed Beta rewards. Big thank you to the GM's for making this a very smooth Open Beta launch!

The item mall has also launched with the Open Beta (though not the web mall yet), and has led to some complaints by players over the prices. Reskills/restats, pet tokens, wedding rings, hair dyes, upgrade books - all seem to be priced dramatically higher than necessary. There is an official item mall prices feedback thread made by Pepsimancer located here. There also seems to be no permanent costumes available yet, but the GM's have confirmed that there will indeed be permanent costumes available at a later date.

Only a little over 24 hours after launch we already have a few couples married, almost 20 guilds made, and hundreds of metal eggs in circulation! Big thanks to Suba Games again for bringing this game back!

Skin Tones Comparison

I thought I'd show a side-by-side comparison of all 6 skin tones for anyone interested. I used female shura as my model, and only grabbed screenshots of the avatar this time. Note that this is just a general look at how the different skin tones will look on your avatar, and it may be slightly different depending on your chosen race. Expect sylphs to be much more pale than the other races.

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I may eventually do a hair dye one (once OB starts and there's an item mall) depending on how expensive the hair dyes are.

DOMO Closed Beta Extended - Open Beta Delayed

The Open Beta release for DOMO has been delayed to allow time for a game-breaking glitch to be addressed. Closed Beta has been extended for an as yet undetermined amount of time until this issue is fixed.

The official announcement made by GMZenDragoon can be found here:

https://forum.subagames.com/showthread.php?t=76072

While I am as anxious as the rest of you to play DOMO (where it wont be wiped), I am glad they are taking this glitch seriously. If this glitch was allowed to continue into Open Beta, it would ruin the game, the economy, and the community as a result.

The aforementioned glitch, for those who don't already know, allows the exploiter to have infinite guild fame, personal fame, and gold (as well as any other rewards obtained from either Eversun or Darkdale Elders). As you can imagine, for a person (and by extension, guild) to have this glitch to exploit at will, would absolutely kill this game right at the beginning. I wont go into details in how to replicate the bug, as we have enough people exploiting it already.

The Suba Games staff and the developers over at Softstar are working diligently to make sure this issue is resolved so that we can transition smoothly into Open Beta as quickly as possible. Stay tuned for more news and the official Open Beta release date (once it's announced)!

Dream of Mirror Online Soundtrack

Closed Beta Screenshot Contest

I am holding a screenshot contest for the duration of DOMO's Closed Beta!

Why?

Because I can! Also because I feel like someone should. I'll be sharing this on the DOMO forum as well, but I'm giving my blog readers a heads up first - feel special (or else)!

What Does the Winner Get?

The winner will receive to-be-mentioned rewards once the game goes live. Basically I will have some Suba Points and I will spend some on you. $10 limit because I'm not made of money. Hopefully there's actually useful things in the cash shop soon after it opens...

Also the winning screenshot will be posted as March's DOMO Picture of the Month!

Rules

1. Really there aren't any?
2. Just kidding...there are a few...
3. Submit as many screenshots as you want - there is no limit (okay maybe like 100 because I don't wanna spend all day looking through a million screenshots).
4. The event starts when Closed Beta starts (2/13 at 5pm PST), and ends when Closed Beta ends (in approx. 3 weeks).
5. Try to keep it PG rating in your screenshots...
6. Only screenshots taken in CB will be eligible.

How to Submit a Screenshot

You can upload the screenshot to a photo-hosting website (like photobucket) and give me the link either via the comment section below, a PM on the Suba forum (my forum name is Kirbychu), or you can email it to me at gamermomx@gmail.com.

I look forward to seeing some awesome screenshots!

More DOMO Signatures

I made these a while back and neglected to post them when I did, so I figured I'd share them now. They're not very good (part of the reason I was hesitant to even post them), and was just something I threw together one day when I was bored. I made a signature for each of the classes - taking the class screenshots from the wiki (this was before they released the fan kit) and made backgrounds I thought fit with each class. I used to also have a little blurb thing about each class - what weapon/armor it used and a stupid short saying describing each...but it was really lame...so I deleted that part lol. They're a little plain now because I took that off, but they at least look a bit less stupid.

If you want me to alter any of them to add things like character name or whatever, send me a PM on the DOMO forums (my forum name is Kirbychu) and let me know which one you want and what you want on there and I'll do it for you.

Hope you enjoy these, if not I don't really care because I know they are terrible lol. By the way, these should all work on the Suba forums. Click the pictures to enlarge them (and to save).

Faces & Hairstyles Compilation Part 8 - Male Sprite

Here is the final installment of the Faces & Hairstyles Compilation series! Just in time for Closed Beta to start! Hope you enjoyed these!

Screenshots were taken using puush and were compiled using Photoshop CS5. The font used is called Adventure and was taken from 1001freefonts.com. I used the #3 skin tone for all of these characters.

Click the images below for the larger image (and to save).

Feel free to save these images for you own use, and please credit me if you post them somewhere else.

Thanks to everyone for the encouragement as I embarked on this adventure! See you all in game!

Faces & Hairstyles Compilation Part 7 - Female Sprite

Screenshots were taken using puush and were compiled using Photoshop CS5. The font used is called Adventure and was taken from 1001freefonts.com. I used the #3 skin tone for all of these characters.

Click the images below for the larger image (and to save).

Feel free to save these images for you own use, and please credit me if you post them somewhere else.

Stay tuned for Part 8 (the finale): Male Sprite!

Faces & Hairstyles Compilation Part 6 - Male Shura

Screenshots were taken using puush and were compiled using Photoshop CS5. The font used is called Adventure and was taken from 1001freefonts.com. I used the #3 skin tone for all of these characters.

Click the images below for the larger image (and to save).

Feel free to save these images for you own use, and please credit me if you post them somewhere else.

Stay tuned for Part 7: Female Sprite!

Faces & Hairstyles Compilation Part 5 - Female Shura

Screenshots were taken using puush and were compiled using Photoshop CS5. The font used is called Adventure and was taken from 1001freefonts.com. I used the #3 skin tone for all of these characters.

Click the images below for the larger image (and to save).

Feel free to save these images for you own use, and please credit me if you post them somewhere else.

Stay tuned for Part 6: Male Shura!

Faces & Hairstyles Compilation Part 4 - Male Human

Screenshots were taken using puush and were compiled using Photoshop CS5. The font used is called Adventure and was taken from 1001freefonts.com. I used the #3 skin tone for all of these characters.

Click the images below for the larger image (and to save).

Feel free to save these images for you own use, and please credit me if you post them somewhere else.

Stay tuned for Part 5: Female Shura!

Faces & Hairstyles Compilation Part 3 - Female Human

Trying to get my butt moving on these and get them finished before CB starts in less than 2 weeks.

Screenshots were taken using puush and were compiled using Photoshop CS5. The font used is called Adventure and was taken from 1001freefonts.com. I used the #3 skin tone for all of these characters.

Click the images below for the larger image (and to save).

Feel free to save these images for you own use, and please credit me if you post them somewhere else.

Stay tuned for Part 4: Male Human!