The Creation Space

This week, Howrse have just introduced another new feature - The Creation Space.

The Creation Space is now the place where you submit illustrations for Golden Apple coats via the Black Pearl.

Howrse have also introduced two new items that you can submit illustrations for: the companions (bought with a Horn of Gold) or backgrounds for your horses' pages (bought with a Helios's Ray).

The Creation Space is for all languages (English, German, French etc...). That means if you propose an illustration and it wins the vote, it will be available in all languages and vice versa.

Yes, there is now a vote involved. When you submit an illustration to the Creation Space other players will be able to vote for their favourites. Your coat / background will only be accepted by Howrse if enough players vote for it!

The selection process takes place every month, and follows a specific procedure. This month:

• Proposing illustrations
  16 may 01:00 » 23 may 00:59
  Everyone can propose illustrations using the Black Pearl
  
  
• Validation
  The Howrse team removes any illustrations that don't comply with the rules
  
  
• Voting
  25 may 01:00 » 30 may 00:59
  Players of all languages vote on the illustrations once they have been validated
  
  
• Selection
  The most popular illustrations are selected and sorted by category
  
  
• Publishing
  31 may 11:00
  The selected illustrations are published online in each of the site's languages

Proposing illustrations gets the creator rewards. The day an illustration is published, each illustration earns its author:

• 10,000 equus
  
• Different numbers of passes for different types of illustration:
  • 50 passes For a Coat for the Golden Apple with no limitation on the number of uses or 25 passes for a coat with a limited number of uses
  • 25 passes for a Helios's Ray landscape
  • 15 passes for a Horn of Gold companion

Golden Apple coats have also been changed slightly. Old style coats can now be retired by their owners after 100 uses. Any Golden Apple coats created using the Creation Space will either be published as unlimited coats or as limited use coats (with a fixed number). However, Howrse will now make the decision on how many uses these coats have. The author no longer has any control.

So, get yourselves along to the Creation Space and start submitting your illustrations, voting and enjoying the new graphics that come along. Let us know what you think.

Lucy