Trout's Spring Festivities 2018 visual, property of Dappervolk.
Trout's Spring Festivities is a seasonal, cooperative event taking place during two weeks of spring. Its first occurrence was pushed to a later date and took place from August 9th to August 31st 2018.
- "Oh hello there, world-hoppers! Before you ask, what I’m holding here isn’t another Sprout like me, it’s a puppet that I just made - his name is Mr. Turnip! You see, Magdalene told me that there are traveling performers who make a living from doing plays. And since my Turnip fields have been struggling lately, I got to thinking that maybe I could try to put on a play of my own right here in the forest! The thing is... I’ve never done anything like this before, so I could really use some help with preparing everything. If you have a spare moment to lend a hand, there are lots of things to work on below!"
Event Participation[]
Players earn event points by completing different tasks (see Event Hub section) in order to unlock personal prizes.
Player points are added together to fill up a communal progress bar. If the bar is filled before the end of the event, a seasonal quest will be unlocked for the whole site, expanding the seasonal story and lore. Additionally, new overtime goals and rewards will unlock. The quest will be changed after each year of successful completion. If the deadline is not met, the quest will not unlock that year.
Prize Tiers[]
The rewards are distributed through a tier-based system which players will have to reach through continuous efforts. Prizes are distributed once the event is over. Achievements are awarded based on level of participation. Unlike regular Achievements, higher-ranks will not receive the lower-rank trophies.
In Beta, the top 25% players on the leaderboard received a rare animated clothing item, which carried over into official launch. All achievements given also carried over.
Elite Carry-Over Prize (Beta)[]
Score in the top 25% to receive this reward on top of your tier reward. The Spring Bloom is our first animated clothing item, and winners of this rare item will get to keep it for official launch!
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Participant Tier[]
You will be awarded the Spring Festivities trophy simply by participating!
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Bronze Tier[]
Score over 1000 points to earn the rewards from the Bronze Tier! Prizes include the Spring Festivities trophy, the Spring Bob Hairstyle, Spring Trousers, and 3000 potatoes.
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Silver Tier[]
Score over 5000 points to get the rewards from the Silver Tier! Prizes include the Spring Festivities trophy, the Spring Bob Hairstyle, Spring Trousers, Spring Leather Boots, Spring Flair Hairstyle, 5000 potatoes, and 300 turnips.
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Gold Tier[]
Score over 10000 points to get the rewards from the Gold Tier! Prizes include the Spring Festivities trophy, the Spring Bob Hairstyle, Spring Trousers, Spring Leather Boots, Spring Flair Hairstyle, Spring Floral Cape, Spring Cardigan, 30 Day Premium Account Badge, 10000 potatoes, and 1000 turnips.
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Overtime Prizes[]
No overtime prizes were available in Beta but are planned for the next iteration of the event.
Event Hub[]
Beta Event Hub from Aug 13, 2018, 7:02AM (DV time). Scores removed.
The event hub can be found under the "community" tab or through the banner on the front page. To earn points, players can claim and finish tasks given on the page. These tasks need different times to cool down after being performed in order to redo them. Each one gives a different amount of static points. The tasks are as follows:
Gather Refreshments![]
- "We'll need to serve food to the guests, would you help gather some for me?"
- Give trout an edible item.
- Earns you 20 points. 45 minute cooldown.
Practice a Magic Trick![]
- "Practice Item Alchemy once to make it a part of your world-hopper performance!"
- Alchemize an item.
- Earns you 85 points. 4 hour cooldown.
Spread the Word![]
- "Help me spread the word about the performance by helping someone out with a Daily Errand Quest!"
- Complete a Daily Errand.
- Earns you 15 points. 30 minute cooldown.
Practice With Your Pet![]
- "Prepare for your performance with your pet by interacting with them once!"
- Interact with your pet once.
- Earns you 25 points. 1 hour cooldown.
2018 Event Results: Success[]
Trout's Spring Festivities 2018 success visual, property of Dappervolk.
The 2018 Beta event was successfully completed. The end of the event was announced with this piece of dialogue:
- "Congratulations on completing our first major event! Thanks to all your hard work, we were able to collectively make Trout's play venture a resounding success!"
- "When news of Trout's endeavor spread, hundreds of helpful world-hoppers banded together to ensure that his play would become a reality. Many of the denizens of Three's Forest showed up to support Trout, even Glume attended the play because world-hoppers kept persistently reminding her about this need-to-see event of the season for 3 weeks straight. Magdalene was delighted to see Trout implement what she had taught him about traveling performers, and Barclay was at the edge of his seat throughout the entirety of the play. Even residents of Louise Hill made their way to the event, most notable of which was Bearnard, who was very pleased at the Turnip-themed entertainment. Trout could barely contain himself when he noticed that the best farmer he'd ever known actually showed up to watch his play. Lilia and Fantasia also went back to the refreshments table countless times in order to sample the huge variety of foods that the world-hoppers had gotten together. All in all, the success of the event would surely be remembered for years to come."
Top Ten Scores after the 2018 festivities during Beta test.
Event Data [1][]
- 2,745 users participated. 676 Gold Tier + 172 Silver Tier + 467 Bronze Tier + 1,430 not reaching any tier (but still receiving the participation trophy.)
- 687 users received the animated item.
- The top score was 45,975 points, achieved by God (#4)
- The 20 highest-scoring players contributed 717,815 points (7% of the bar).
Implemented User Feedback[]
Originally, filling the progress bar before the deadline would end the event (and distribute the prizes) early. This received vocal negative response from the players, who felt it added too much uncertainty since players with limited game time were not allowed to pace themselves, and that it also went against the "cooperative" nature of the event since putting more effort into filling the bar would shorten the amount of time for other players.
The Dappervolk staff announced that this restriction would be removed from the event in the future. Instead, there would be an "overtime" bar with stretch goals to encourage players to fill the progress bar early.
Visuals[]
History[]
2018-08-09: Event introduced in Beta.
2018-08-24: Achievements were updated to reflect the different tiers. Only the participation achievement existed before.
2018-08-31: Beta test of event completed.
References[]
- ↑ https://dappervolk.com/news/21-trouts-spring-festivities-conclusion August 31, 2018
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