Newsweek Review [Top]

There will be no Trove Creations Digest next week. We will return the week of October 4th.

As the Shadow Tower update goes live there has been some movement on the modding forums as the Dev team starts looking to their next set of projects. Avarem posted a "Call to Modding" this past week for a themed costume pack aimed for Halloween. A number of mods have already been selected for inclusion, with more presumable to follow shortly. See the original post here.

Additionally, Dev Junebug stopped in to give some comments on the current rules for VFX for mods as well as the future outlook for VFX. It appears that Junebug will be officially taking responsibility for interfacing with player-made wings, and also indicated that maybe (possibly, hopefully, we'll see) the rules barring new player-made textures may be loosened to include some very minor additions. See the original post here.

Lastly, the first Trove Creations Digest creation contest wrapped up with a total of 16 Treasure Isles-themed creations being submitted. See the original post with winners annouced here.

Monday, September 28th will kick off the next TroveCreations conest with a to-be-annouced theme and reward (hint).


From now on issues of TCDigest will be accessible early on Sundays via Twitter and then on Trovesaurus on Monday as usual. Additionally, there will be intraweek updates on hot items and relevant forum postings as well as a few to-be-annouced features in the coming weeks. Be sure to Follow @Qoaleth

Twitch.tv Stream Recaps [Top]

These livestream recaps are aimed at collating all and only the information directly relevant to player-made Trove creations.


This past week saw the regular weekly Trove stream on Friday, 9/18.

Trove Livestream (9/18 stream archived here (first 45 minutes) and partial livestream notes here)

  • (Being unable to watch the livestream this past week, there are no TroveCreations-relevant notes this week) 

Top Player Made Creations with Interviews - Week of 9/13-9/19 [Top]

As ranked by Reddit users, the following posts are the top rated creations from this past week here to give you a slice of the player-made creations from this past week. **(There is no guarantee that any of these items will be accepted in-game nor should their inclusion be understood as any type of endorsement. They are selected solely based upon their ratings by Reddit users.)


Only one unfinished dungeon project was posted this past week: Neon City Dungeon


Only one unfinished lair project was posted this past week: Orca


Player creator TheGoodguyperson (IGN: radioactivepotato)offered the top-rated [Pistol] Honey Blaster. See the full post here.

What was your inspiration for this item?

The reason I made the weapon was it was a high priority item type/biome combination and I was on a Medieval Highlands grind for recipes when the Honeycomb Lair gave the whole idea.

What was your biggest challenge in creating this item?

It was my first time making a gun. All the other stuff I made were spears and the guides were very confusing, but I managed.

What words of inspiration do you have for other player creators out there?

To all new designers who read this when you need inspiration think of Jeremy Clarkson with a mustache.


Player creator Deimondou (IGN: Deimondou) offered the top-rated [Hat] Refulgent Cap. See the full post here.

What was your inspiration for this item?

I didn't have any specific inspiration for this item. If any, it would be the Radiant Ruins and a bit of sci-fi themed stuff.

What was your biggest challenge in creating this item?

The biggest challenge I would have to say was the shading of the white parts in order to not make it too rough.

What words of inspiration do you have for other player creators out there?

Try to make something as original as you can, take your time working on your projects, and always listen to the advice given by the community, especially from the moderators.


Player creator GadgetCAT offered the top-rated [Spear] En-Cyclopedia. See the full post here.

Community Contributions from "Rise of the Shadow Tower Update" - 9/15 [Top]

There were 5 new player-made mods introduced in this patch (FriedSushi's Chaos Sail and Shadow Manta Ray mount alongside Milambit's Ice and Fire Foxes and Wings of Lunacy).

There were 8 new player-made Shadow Dungeons added in this patch.

There were 19 new player-made Spears added in this patch.

See the official patch notes here.

Reader Survey [Top]

Last weeks poll asked about which weapon type is your favorite to make. Of the total 38 votes, the overwhelming (perhaps unsurprising given recency) response was the Spear (15 votes) with Pistols coming in as a distant second (7 votes).

There is no poll this week. The Reader Survey will return with the next issue.

 

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