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⭐We've Run Through Your Work and Our Winners Have Been Decided!⭐ To begin with, thank you to those who participated in this contest and thank you to those who supported it! Whenever we introduce a new event, we never know how it will land, so getting to play through your wonderful stories was an absolute delight. 💖 After much deliberation, we're thrilled to announce the placement for this inaugural AE contest! 🎇Congratulations to our participants — Seeing the way you wove unique stories that built on the world we shared was stupendous, and even taught a a few of us some interesting history! 🎁Now, your patience is appreciated — Prize distribution (Influence, Aethers, and Title) may take a few days, but don't worry, your prizes are on their way! And once more, thank you again for your contributions! 💖 -Everlasting Pride

Pencils down, for our AE Contest has entered into the judging phase! Thank you so much for your contributions as we assign our winners!

As we near the big day, updates have been made to the main posts!

For those submitting, please include the following: Arc ID: Arc Title: Author Global: Discord Handle (If relevant): Number of Missions: Level Range: Description:

Community Challenge: Histories! – An AE Writing Contest – Preamble: As we've often done with each year we've run a Pride event, we've decided to add something new! In addition to bringing back the Base Contest introduced last year, for our 6th year of celebrating Pride, we're bringing out an AE contest, open to all shards! The inaugural theme is "LGBTQ+ Histories" Where YOU Come In: Write an arc themed as LGBGTQ+ heroic history. It could be a personal origin story, a flashback, a newsreel—feel free to be creative!—but it should cover some event in the past, whether that be recent or further back, and be heroic in tone! Scoring Criteria: Each arc will be scored on a technical and thematic basis. Technical Criteria: We’ll be awarding points based on skillful usage of Architect Entertainment’s Mission architect. Guides can be found on both the Homecoming Wiki (https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Mission_Architect) and the Homecoming Forums (https://forums.homecomingservers.com/forum/31-mission-architect/). Things we'll be considering include: Total arc length: they should be 3 to 5 missions Usage of Custom NPCs in missions: in particular, how biographies and costume designs are employed. (Note: these arcs should be soloable at +1/x1, so please don’t tune any enemy NPCs toward higher difficulties!) Use of mission objectives: please don’t just do a sequence of outdoor defeat-alls. But take advantage of mission goals (chaining one into another, specific NPC defeats, clickables, etctera) to tell your story Readables: mission clues, intro and outro text, the mission pop-ups, the souvenir—we’ll be scoring on writing, and these are all places to interject it Thematic Criteria: Whether through individuals with super powers or other amazing abilities, or through everyday heroes, your arc should be heroic in nature The arc should be about a past event: this can include a more contemporary history, something from antiquity, or anything in between The tones can be cheerful, somber, humorous, contemplative, etcetera and any appropriate combination thereof, but the overall arc should be uplifting Reference to Setting: there is a lot of lore in game, and we’ll be looking for adroit usage of things like the game’s locations and history (A general canon timeline is available on the HC Wiki: https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Canon_Timeline ) The arc should be an LBGTQ+ story Disclaimer: Judging is inherently subjective and a matter of individual tastes! Please show kindness to the judges volunteering their time and resources for these sorts of events. Judges will not be participating in this contest. Entry Period: The arc must be published after 12:00 AM PST June 8th, 2025, with an Arc ID greater than 68110. Entries will be accepted until 11:59 PM PST June 29th, 2025! Prizes: The HC City Council is generously providing a number of fantastic rewards: Grand Prize Winner: 500 Prismatic Aethers The Golden Title: "2025 Pride Raconteur" Second Prize Winner: 250 Prismatic Aethers Third Prize Winner: 100 Prismatic Aethers Furthermore, Everlasting Pride will also be sweetening the pot with billions of influence (exact numbers to be decided later, because we've got a lot to hand out!), as well as awarding consolation prizes to other entrants! To Summarize: The contest runs from now until June 29th, 2025. Final results will be announced and prizes awarded on June 30th (The golden title may take longer to appear) To enter, post using the provided template in this thread by the above deadline One entry per player. Assistance from others is allowed, but prizes will only be awarded to the submitting party Happy Pride! -Everlasting Pride Everlasting Pride Discord Link

Everlasting Pride AE Contest: Entry Link Everlasting Pride Basebuilding Contest: Entry Link Calender of Club Events: https://tinyurl.com/mtzyux9u

Hello! This year, as in years past, Everlasting Pride will be putting on our celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride the last Sunday of June, which will be June 29th, 2025 this year! But of course, the ITINERARY! 2:00 PM Eastern: Kallisti Wharf Train Station Pre-Party – DJ Eros will be spinning music to kick off the fun! 3:00 PM Eastern: 2025 Everlasting Pride Parade – STREETS OF PRIDE! – Kallisti Wharf has hostile forces roaming the streets now, so feel dress up as your favorite fighting game character to dress down any feisty foes as Eros plays tracks from his favorite beat-em-up games! 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM Eastern: 2025 Everlasting Pride Festival in Echo Plaza with Costume Contests – During this time, we'll also be offering tours through our Pride Through the Ages Float Competition Participants (This is a multi-shard event and may require shard hopping!) 4:00 PM Eastern Costume Contest: Pride Flags! – You know the drill! Show us your flashiest, glitteriest, queerest costumes with the Pride Flag colors of your choice! 6:00 PM Eastern Costume Contest: LEGALLY DISTINCT PRIDE ICONS – Eddie Jupiter, Boopaul, the Purple Ladies—dress as a fun and festive knock-off! (Don't wanna knock the ToS lol) 8:00 PM Eastern: Pride Through the Ages After Party Gala at the Penny Palace (GLITTER-15236) – Enjoy a set by DJ Midnight Masque dressed in Pride looks inspired by fashion throughout history! 9:00 PM Eastern: Costume Contest: Pride Through the Ages – Matching the theme of the gala, line up with your best historical Pride looks And of course, several other wonderful super groups and clubs will also be putting on fantastic events throughout the month, so be ready for an exciting June! If you're interested in joining in the planning or would just like to join our community, click this Discord Link!

A design I've been happy with; something more sidereal.

Base Code: VISIT-25931 Base Name: Dyer Resort Builder/Owner: @Ruaidhri Shard: Everlasting Theme: Nature A lakefront resort with a functional cabin and ample fishing.

I've added an overhaul of the Animal Fur and Reptilian textures, based on the pack in this post: It's titled Animal Fur and Reptilian Texture Overhaul, and having tested it with the City Mod Installer, it all seems functional.

I'll check that out!

Edit: This pack should now also be available from City Modder under the title 'Animal Fur and Reptilian Texture Overhaul' For anyone that's used the Animal Fur texture with a lighter color, you're familiar with the way skin shows through in sections, creating a patchy appearance. Which sucks! So I've gone through and adjusted various textures to deal with that issue. The image below provides a before and after where white has been selected for the palette. The texture pack can be found here, and instructions are included: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WpNoqY1dhgdCd0RmzO6mXWCsUwKbROmn/view?usp=drive_link DO NOT perform this install while your game is running! It shouldn't break anything, but it WILL cause your game to crash and need to be restarted. Enjoy!

Shard: Everlasting Base Code: VISIT-27061 Builder/Owner: @Ruaidhri Special Considerations: I suggest having music enabled (Music Volume set to 15% or higher) to get the full effect of the rainy ambience!

By the way, a member of our team put together a visual tour!