In today's update, we're laying out a few details about our impending launch of the Marketplace Revamp!

A majority of Flight Rising's major features have been refactored and revamped in our ongoing quest to optimize and upgrade the code base, and Marketplace is next on the list! Below, we detail some of the details and enhancements you can expect when the revamp launches in the near future.

Tabs That Make More Sense

A lot of the feedback we received in the Suggestions forum was about how Marketplace merchandise was organized. To use a specific example: when the site first launched, there weren't very many specialty items, and so having them all share the same tab wasn't much of an issue. Since then, however, we've added dozens of new genes, expanded item categories into Vistas and Scenes, and the specialty tab was becoming simply overloaded and difficult to browse.

With this revamp, and after analyzing player behavior as well as reading your feedback on how you like to browse, we've made the following changes that we feel will ease some of the pain of looking for the items you want:

• Genes and Breed scrolls have been moved to their own dedicated tab.
• Scenes and Vistas have been moved to their own dedicated tab.

[Caption: A screenshot showing Marketplace with its additional new Genes and Scenes & Vistas tabs.]


Would it be a Feature Revamp Without More Searching and Filtering?

Another area that we received lots of feedback about was that there really was no direct way to search or filter the currently stocked items. Good news, everyone! Utilizing the same new tech that we employed in other revamps, we're bringing expanded search and filter parameters to the Marketplace.

It will be possible to filter results in most tabs by things like name, minimum/maximum price, color, whether the item is or isn't present in your Hoard or Vault, etc.

And perhaps the most popular request we receive is the ability to simply do this:

[Caption: A screenshot of a dropdown window in Marketplace depicting that it is now possible to filter genes, either by modern breeds or individual ancient breeds.]



Flash Sales

A new addition to the Marketplace Revamp is flash sales. Twice a day, an item will be chosen for the flash sale and be sold at a discount for 12 straight hours, regardless of when Marketplace goes through its typical rounds of restocking. This item will also stock in unlimited supply, so most players that want to get in on the sale will have a fairly ample window of time to take part!

(NOTE: Flash sales and dominance discounts cannot be combined. If the player's flight is currently dominant, the item will sell at the flash sale price since the discount it is greater than the dominance discount.)

[Caption: A screenshot of Marketplace depicting what it will look like when an item has been chosen for a promotional flash sale.]


Taking Stock of What You Have

In the current version of Marketplace, we do communicate on some tabs whether you have an item in your inventory, but the functionality is fairly basic. We're expanding this idea to all tabs and will be giving extra context on just how that item is part of your account, and even using the new functions of the Hoard and Vault to help you get to it easier.

For instance, say that you're browsing the Scenes & Vistas tab, and you locate a vista you really like but can't remember if you've purchased already. In the Marketplace Revamp, there will be two icons next to the item:

• Treasure Chest Icon: Indicates whether or not you have an extra copy of the item in your Hoard and/or Vault.
• Picture Frame Icon: Indicates whether or not you have the vista either applied to your account already, and/or if you're using it on a dragon's profile.

If you have an extra copy of the item, you can click or tap the treasure chest icon to be taken to exactly where it exists in your Hoard or Vault.

[Caption: Screenshots of Marketplace showing what it looks like when browsing a forum vista that you already have a copy of or already have applied to your account.]



The Marketplace Revamp is nearing the end of development and is currently going through testing and final polish. We hope to have it launched very soon! Although the feature is nearly finished, please don't hesitate to provide feedback in the Suggestions forum; we're always reading and considering new ideas.

Last week's round of What Am I has ended.

The item description was: Watch out, this creatures breath will turn anything into ice.
The answer was: Icera.

8 out of 11 Ichuans answered correctly.

A new round of What Am I has started. Good luck!

Congratulations to our Snapz! of the week winner: Booyaa


If you want to have a chance to win next week, make sure to keep your Snapz! updated and current for the season.

Today's winning Mega Money Madness number is: 4962

There were NO winners.

If you want to be a winner next time, check out the Mega Money Madness under the GAMES icon.

Hello and happy st patricks day my darlings! Theres alot to get through so lets get started!!

Some minor updates-

***I've been working still to add npc quests to places... so keep a lookout for that!

****Thanks to user LostinEscape- The energy bar under your pet now works correctly!

***You can now see a pets genetic information under their bio in their profile! (I plan to make/do this a bit better when restless returns and can help but for now this works fine!)

**If you run into an issue with your pet not being in the right category- Ive found a bug where pets species get mixed up somehow so you'll have a hounda appearing as a catari(and in its tab) Or soe other pet... just let me know if this happens to you.. I'll get in the DB and match them to what they look like. We're working on trying to figure out why. XD

***Fixed the "Did you really think this could be bought in this shop?" Problem... Issue was a space in the shopname...Let me know if you find others that do this.

***Theres a new (old) game in the casino- you can now choose to bet candy or beads when coinflipping with Trent. Good luck.

NEW SHOP ITEMS

There are some new shop items thanks to user PixelDream.

For the Days of clover (which is march basically)we have:

Habibi's holiday-



Caratrise's candy-




NEW BOSS FIGHT!

There is also going to be a new boss fight starting today and continuing till the end of march- the clover bear!



If you'd like to see more info about him- and what you can get please go here--

Be on the lookout for the boss fight banner to appear on the main page when everything is ready!

Everyone can attack him once a day- and once defeated everyone can collect the prizes.. (up to five)

Back to work!!

~Till next time!
 

Happy Monday everyone!

° St. Patrick's Day Celebration

St. Patrick¢s Day is almost here and we want to celebrate! We will be giving away 1 stallion and 1 mare of both the Irish Cob, Irish Draught, and Irish Sport Horse breeds. All will be equipped with a set of emerald tack & come with a custom breed coin! We also have an extra donated prize of an apatite tack set, thanks to malamuteloves,  which makes for a total of 7 contest prizes! The contest will open today at 6 PM EST/game time in this forum and is free to enter. 7 lucky winners will receive one of the prizes on March 17th.

¢¢° Leopard Irish Cob Embryo

One leopard Irish Cob embryo will be auctioned off for 48 hours after the closing of the contest. This embryo is made from my beloved leopard Irish Cobs, Imma Spotted Rarity and Spotted Across the Room.  This embryo has the chance to carry Lp and Patn2 genes with a guarantee of Patn1 gene.

Good luck with your guesses and everyone have a wonderful St. Patrick¢s Day!

Cheers,

Curly

Lucky Lyra has returned to celebrate St. Patrick's Day! Grab one of her rainbow cauldrons and you can win a rare St. Patrick's Day themed item or iP! But you'll have to act fast! She will be here for 7 days only (17-23rd) and fill her pots with prizes once per hour randomly at either :00, :10, :20, :30, :40, or :50 past the hour. Lyra will post in Announcements when she has found more pots of gold!


Visit Lucky Lyra

3 new prizes have been added this year!
Read more on Ichupedia's Lucky Lyra article.

Every week, we will be selecting a random pet's blog from the Pet Zone. Only up-to-date blogs will apply for this.

This week, the award goes to Cooper, who loves aggravating his hoomans! -- (read the blog to find out more)

For having an up-to-date blog with cute pictures, they have earned their owner Erath a free account upgrade! Congrats!

Make sure you don't forget to put your real life pet images in the Pet Zoneand ADD/keep UPDATED BLOGS to your pet images, so you have a chance to win!

Who knows, they might win the next weekly Pet Zone contest.

Etsy Shop Visit our Etsy store to receive 10% off all of our Merchandise! This lasts until March 27th. In the next few weeks, I will be announcing a Social Media contest revolving around the sculptures, dolls, and pins/keychains. I hope you all are getting hyped for it! In the far distance, dozen's of large, lumbering bodies retreated. Their steps squelching in the mud caused by the melting snow. Spring was beginning to reach out and latch on to the Lunaria wilderness, Winter was giving way, following the natural course laid out before it. "Cousin Klaus, where are they all going?" Remus whispered from his spot leaning against his cousin, his paws making quick work of the braid he was adding to the Arctic's collection. There was a low chuckle from the Arctic that supported Remus' weight. "It's getting warm. Which means it is time for my kind to head back to the tundra." Romulus pulled himself up on the Arctic, dropping a yellow fl

The bait has been hooked, fishing line cast and we have caught Akkrenskarin for this weeks aquarium contest winner!

....Congrats!

¢¢Remember, make sure you feed and care for your fish/tank and collect your nessies bonus daily, if you want a chance to win next week!

Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day and we are getting in the mood to be green. Check out Simply Delicious for some delicious foods for your pet to enjoy.

It's time to head over to Miles Magic Box and see if you can figure out which item is depicted by the artistic rendering. If you do before next week, you'll win a cool prize!

Our line of NPC Stamps have gotten a fresh new revamp! Take a look at the updated designs for the Toy Trunk Stamp (formerly Toy Shop Stamp), Hazel Stamp (formerly Food Shop Stamp), Gabrielle Stamp (formerly Gabrielle Ice Stamp), Messaging Stamp, and Zekari Stamp (formerly ICE NPC Stamp). If you don't already have them in your Stamp Collections, now's a better time than ever to start looking for them. As always, the first four can be found at the United Terrafrost Post Office while the Zekari Stamp can be found inside the Trivia Treasure Trove.



And the updates don't end there; remember the old "Book Of NPCs"? It's got a new title, cover, and updated content inside! If you'd like a refresher of all the hard-working shopkeepers of Glacia, look for the Employees Of Glacia at Ralph's Page Turners or pay a visit to your Library if you've already got this classic in your collection!

Happy new breed day everyone! 

° New Breed!!!

We now have the Knabstrupper breed in Eqcetera! This breed often sports a leopard type coat pattern and comes in black, bays, and chestnuts. The breed excels in many disciplines but in Eqcetera, it is geared towards disciplines using speed, endurance, and power. Knabstruppers are available via custom coins. They will be released into the foundation store March  17th at 6PM for platinum and gold players and March 20th at 12:00PM for everyone. The auctions for somatic mutation Knabs are going up shortly and goodness do they look amazing!!

° Celebrating St. Patrick's Day

We will have a small St. Patrick's Day celebration in the forum where a stallion and mare of the Irish Cob and Irish Draught breeds will be given away with emerald tack sets and a custom coin for each. The contest will open March 15th at 6:00PM where everyone may enter to be randomly drawn to receive one of the prize packages. A news post will be posted closer to this date as a reminder. 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the new breed!

Cheers,

The Dev Team

Just a quick little update of an early release. Trying to get different time zones. These 5 are available in my Etsy now. If you don't want the figurine I can refund shipping and set the figurine aside as a prize More info regarding available digital stock to come! Back to sleep for meeee ~ Zestu