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The Painter's Playground

TPP 1.04 Released!
A few changes have appeared in The Painter's Playground, especially for Daily Challenges!
* New topics have been added
* You can now use all tools on dailies
* You can also use all colors
* You have total freedom for the Daily Challenge!

A few other more minor things have been changed or added, but you're not likely to actually notice them ;)

Enjoy,
Bob
NZM

Huion Tablet Winner! Big Congrats to Kirbyrocket!!!
...And Steam user Kirbyrocket has reached Artist Level 50! Big congrats to them, and everyone else who took part in the contest! The tablet is in the mail!



Thank you all so very much for playing. Happy Painting!!

Patch Notes 1.03
Feb. 22 at Noon EST, The Painter's Playground 1.03 is available. A lot has been accomplished in the past two weeks, and we couldn't have done it without our awesome community of artists and collectors.

Here are the patch notes, please read carefully, since it differs from the previous announcement.

Fixed:



  • Cleared up a bug that was causing improper displays in the leaderboards.
  • Cleared up an even more insidious bug that was giving everyone the wrong number of "thumbs given".


Changed:



  • Zoom level has been increased.
  • The base calculated price of paintings has been slightly decreased.
  • You can now set the prices of your paintings
  • lower*, as has been requested.
  • Removing a painting from being on sale can lower its market value. Seller beware!


Noticed:



  • Something I put in a long time ago, and forgot about...
  • When you're in the Harbor, you can press 'S' on the keyboard to see which paintings
  • you* are selling.
  • You can also press 'W' to see which paintings you are showcasing.
  • I'm not sure whether this will be developed further, removed, or left alone.


Added:


First Major(-ish) Update Coming!
Hello TPP community!

Ryan & I have been having a wonderful time seeing all your art, and talking with you about how we can improve the experience.

The first sizable update is coming this Thursday 2/22/18. It will *not* contain new tools, those will take longer, and it won't have any really huge game-changing things, but here is what is *already done*


Fixed:



  • Cleared up a bug that was causing improper displays in the leaderboards.
  • Cleared up an even more insidious bug that was giving everyone the wrong number of "thumbs given".


Changed:



  • Zoom level has been increased.
  • The base calculated price of paintings has been slightly decreased.
  • You can now set the prices of your paintings
  • lower*, as has been requested.


Noticed:



  • Something I put in a long time ago, and forgot about... when you're in the Harbor, you can press 'S' on the keyboard to see which paintings
  • you* are selling. You can also press 'W' to see which paintings you are showcasing. I'm not sure whether this will be developed further, removed, or left alone.


Added:



  • There is now an "Are you sure" pop-up window when flagging a painting
  • You can now click on an artist's name in the Harbor or Community gallery, and see all their public paintings.
  • You can now use the TAB key to scroll through your favorite colors, in addition to the existing 1,2,3,4,5,6 hotkeys
  • Press SHIFT while painting to save your work in progress. This happens automatically occasionally, but better safe than sorry ;)
  • There is now a "folder" button in the lower right in Your Private Gallery. This opens the media folder on your computer where your local paintings are stored, to make it easy to share your work with the world.
  • So please share your work with the world: twitter, instagram, deviant art, facebook, etc.


Started:



  • Looking deeper into achievement tracking, due to player reports.



So keep those great ideas coming, and all that wonderful artwork too!

Bob / IBOL17

What New Tools Do You Want?!
*ALSO* Please update your games for tomorrows Valentine's Day Challenge!!!


Post Here! <---Click link ;)

Happy Painting!

Bob Ross Roleplay
This is great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tnt6I1hq_Y

LiveStream!
There will be a key giveaway as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfkdkxWq9q8

Fattmat Live Steam Today! Key Give-Away!
Today at 130PM PST/430PM EST time, Steam user/YouTuber/Streamer will be Twitch Streaming The Painter's Playground and will also be giving away 3 keys!

https://youtu.be/PfkdkxWq9q8


Follow along for some Saturday afternoon fun!

Happy Painting!

How did I make these straight lines in about 30 seconds?
DLC key to whoever can figure it out. No, I didn't do this freehand, and I used nothing external to support my hand or mouse.

1.0 Launch! And Contests!!!
…And we’re off! Thank you again to all of our beta testers and supporters for making this game a reality. We are forever grateful.

To all newcomers experiencing The Painter’s Playground for the first time – WELCOME! We hope you enjoy your stay here in Painter’s Port. The community so far has been *wonderful* in every way possible. Bob and I will be quite active in addressing any issues, questions, comments, or concerns through the Steam forum.

Alright, now onto our two launch contests!

DLC KEY CONTEST

Create a LetsPlay video of The Painter’s Playground, and post it here on the Steam video tab in the community hub. It can be anything you want, as long as it’s at least 5 minutes long. Ideas for videos could include a tutorial, tips and tricks, or just you doodling. Once you’ve posted the video, either friend me on here (you can unfriend after I give you the key, if you would like, no worries), or email the evidence to Dorkoski at ohio.edu.

HUION DRAWING TABLET CONTEST
I will buy and send this Huion Tablet to the first player who reaches Artist Level 50. This contest will require some serious work – you’ve been warned haha :D

https://www.amazon.com/Huion-Inches-Tablet-Graphics-Drawing/dp/B00DTPYWBG/ref=sr_1_14?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1516049982&sr=1-14&keywords=wacom+tablet

The only caveat is that I have to be able to ship it to you through Amazon. If by some reason I cannot (or the shipping is insane), I'll send you $20.00 USD through a Steam Gift Card instead.

Now we said we weren't going to do save wipes - and we aren't. BUT if you plan on going for level 50, we ask that you in-good-faith delete your current artist and start over to be fair to newcomers. Thank you!

Post your level 50 screen shot here on Steam and also email the link to Dorkoski at ohio.edu. We get an email when someone reaches level 50, but this will nudge me.

Thank you all for reading. Happy Painting!

Ryan and Bob
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