Much like those we’ve run in the past, this activity has two categories - one based on your characters and one based on you, the player. For each category, your task is to show us a personal room, house, or other space that is important to you or your character. This can be a home, a safe or special place, or a “dream” space. You may complete this activity through art or writing, with specific guidelines provided below.

This activity runs from September 23rd to 23:59 Server Time October 7th! No new entries will be accepted after the end date, but the submission form will be open 23:59 Server Time October 14th.

• Your entry must portray a personal space associated with yourself or your character. The space can be a personal room, house, or other space that is important to you or your character. This can be a home, a safe or special place, or a “dream” space.
• Art-based entries:
  • The entry may be created in any medium, from drawing to creating a depiction of the space in another game such as Minecraft.
  • Your piece must show a reasonable amount of effort equivalent to at least the level of a clean sketch.
  • Your entry must include a link to the character’s profile (relevant for character entries only)..
  • Your entry must include the name of the program used to create the image.
• Writing-based entries:
  • Entries should use descriptive language to describe the space and its content.
  • Your entry must include a link to the character’s profile (relevant for character entries only).
  • The entry excluding the title and profile link should be at least 150 words long.
• You may create as many entries as you’d like, but you only receive credit for one entry (art or writing) in the character submission and one entry (art or writing) in the player submission.

Note that these examples are mostly character examples rather than player examples, but player entries can look something along these lines as well!

The participation prize for this activity is the Rainy Day Background. Each player may earn up to two participation prizes - one for entering a piece into the character category and one for entering a piece into the player category.

In addition to the Rainy Day Background, we will be raffling off three special prizes! In the order they are drawn, these prizes will be the creation of new player-inspired items.

• First: A background item inspired by a brief description provided by the winning player
• Second: An avatar background item inspired by a brief description provided by the winning player
• Third: An avatar background item inspired by a brief description provided by the winning player

Each winner will be provided a copy of the item they helped inspire. The new background and avatar backgrounds will then be placed in Lands Within for all players to enjoy! Each player may earn up to two raffle tickets; one for entering a piece into the character category and one for entering a piece into the player category.

In order to be eligible to receive participation prizes and be entered into the raffle , you will need to fill out a submission form with your entries. Please do not fill out this form until you are completely finished participating in this activity. The submission form will be open until 23:59 Server Time October 14th.

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Yay a vista event! Been wanting to flesh out a few settings, and now I’ve too many ideas and don’t know which ones to work on ahh~

Time to excitedly build things.

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In regards to the art-based entries, would a Youtube video touring the space count? For instances such as Minecraft or Terraria where it could be difficult to get a sense of the whole area in one screenshot.

polygone A video tour in the place of screenshots would definitely work! :D

omgomgomg I love this event and its prizes so much!!! :D Super pumped that players will have an opportunity to influence Mycena’s items 8D I will definitely make use of Minecraft as an option HAHA catch me in three weeks emerging from minecraft without a clue as to whats going on in the world

What if the important space isn’t owned by the player, but spaces owned by the player aren’t places of comfort, safety, etc. and so aren’t a favorite or important space at all? O-o Cause I, personally, do not find much comfort in my own home and do everything in my power to not be there, so the space I had in mind isn’t in my house ^^; Would my entry still be allowed?

Rowyn

It says it can be any safe space (even a dream place) so that should be fine I imagine o:

Rowyn Oxton is correct, the space doesn’t need to be owned by you!

I’ve clarified the wording on that guideline point to the following: “Your entry must portray a personal space associated with yourself or your character. The space can be a personal room, house, or other space that is important to you or your character. This can be a home, a safe or special place, or a “dream” space.”

Would a photo collage count for an art entry? I’d really like to enter an art submission for once but drawing isn’t my strong suit. However I enjoy taking (admittedly not that great) photos and I like making (again, not particularly great) collages.

If a collage wouldn’t count, would making the space in the Sims work since we’re allowed to use Minecraft? I don’t play/have Minecraft but I do own the Sims 3 and it has a pretty expansive build-mode including an option to customize the colors/patterns of furniture.

Oxton Myla Awesome! Thank you! :3

Nephele We could make that work! The collage would need to be something more artsy than placing the pictures on a canvas and doing simple rotations/arrangements—I’ll put some examples in a spoiler so you can get an idea of what I mean, but basically unique cropping or more complex arrangements is on the level of what we’d be looking for!

Just wanted to ask since I saw we’re allowed to use games, could we use The Sims to create the personal spaces?

Avis I haven’t played the Sims in.. yearsandyears but from what I remember, rooms are pretty customizable, especially nowadays? So yeah, that’s fine! :D (also pinging Nephele again because I missed that you asked this exact thing!)

Myla, that’s good to know. Thank you for the quick response.

Thanks for the info Myla!

Myla

So for entering this,do we echo it to you guys thru the forms?Or do the forms automatically submit them?

Dragongem23 To enter this activity, you will first post your submissions to its respective submission thread. Once you’re finished with your entries, you will use the submission form (which is a Google form) to link me to your entries.  I get the info from the submission form automatically, so there is no need to echo me in addition! :D

Kay thank you Myla!

y’all im gonna fire up animal crossing happy home designer this weekend be prepared

Myla

the description provided by the winners of the raffle, can that be ANY description or do the images created have to tie in to the winner’s submissions?

Miranda The description does not need to tie in with your submissions—it can be anything. :D

Myla oh sweet!! thank you~

Get those entries in!! :D

!! D:

I thought it ended on the 9th, today. ;~:
(Don’t know why I wrote that time down. >_>)

WAH I really wanted to do the thing too. :c

Myla
Any chance I could get the thing set up today for the participation rewards? ><

polygone Oh no, that’s really sad—I’m sorry about that! Unfortunately, we don’t take late submissions so as to keep everything fair.

Heck. I really wanted that background too. :c

I’m in the same boat polygone. I thought yesterday was the 7th, and whoops, the 7th already passed. We can admire the bg from afar together ;.;

Just a quick update: glitch and I will have time to do the raffle and participation prize distribution this weekend! :)

Myla  Thank you for posting, I was wondering where my cute backgrounds were =)  this was a fun thing to do!

The participation prizes have been distributed!

The raffle will be drawn live at 17:30 ST tomorrow (October 22) :) You can watch it here

glitchMyla
I didn’t get any participation prize. Did my entries not qualify, or did someone miss me?

Edit: Oops, I didn’t realize there was a form to fill out :‘D