♥ News ♥
Welcome to May! We're heading into our second year, and our anniversary is coming right up. In fact, prejoin started on May 13th two years ago. How time flies!

This month, like last month, I will have this post stickied at the top of our recent posts. That means when you visit the community, you'll always see this post at the top of the page. Don't be alarmed and think no new games were posted! :3; You'll find them right under this post!

I'll try to include important links in the release post~

♥ Art & Fic Submission Post
♥ Anniversary Art Submission
♥ May Lottery
♥ May Pot of Gold
♥ May Release Zip (finally updated with missing file!)
(Previous zips found here!)

Without further ado, onto the new decks!

( new decks, freebies, birthday freebies, referral rewards )

Congratulations to achuu for the winning design for Akai as Goku! It'll be pretty awesome to see the Initiative with an appropriate Colors mascot! Great job!



Below were our super duper artists. You'll be seeing your works in the initiative, though the winner will get the fun reward of being on the main Initiative page! Please leave a comment here in this post to receive your participation rewards!
Akai's Cosplay 01 by Chuu | achuu
Akai's Cosplay 02 by Lucathia | lucathia_rykatu
Akai's Cosplay 03 by Aru | arushiraoi

This brings the first (but maybe not last) Asobot Initiative Mascot Design contest to a close! My thanks to all for your votes, participation, and support of the Initiative so far as well as to the artists who stepped forward to the challenge! In addition, be sure to check out the alternative Open Fic and Art Submission post from last month that had an Initiative theme! Many awesome contributions were made!

Lucathia stated this before, but this is me wanting it to happen more! Feel free to ponder up your own ideas for spin-off characters, relatives, friends, you name it! There "are plenty of other colors out there, like pink or turquoise, and characters could even be named after fruits for the fruits levels (Mikan would be happy) or after precious stone and metal (Gin would love to have more companions)"! I've stepped forward and thought up sisters for both Kou and Mikan, for example, but i'd love to see what others think! Does the Colors crew have relatives? Friends? Classmates? Space travellers? Aliens? Anything interesting could happen! Use your imagination and show it off in the future with more Fic and Art for the Colors Universe!

Look forward to future contests! I suspect that there are a few in the works!
Muahahaha!

It's voting time! We have our submissions for the contest and now they're available for your viewing, and voting, pleasure!

As a reminder, you were asked to show off Akai cosplaying as the mascot of the Asobot Initiative. "You chose how far he went with his cosplay and how he would represent the initiative.
Some reminders for Goku's appearance (Monkey Typhoon / Asobotto Senki Gokū) were:
♥ Goku has spiky hair.
♥ Goku has pretty impressive sideburns.
♥ Goku wields a staff.
♥ Goku wears an armored top and gloves.
"It's up to you to decide if Akai is going all out for this cosplay or not! Will he look just a little like Goku? Will he look entirely like Goku? The choice is yours!"

Let's see just how creative people got!

( Click to view the cosplays! )

Just a reminder for everyone: Colors Contest 10 is open for three more days!

Be sure to check it out and get your contributions in by August 18th!

You can find the contest post here!

Welcome to the very first Asobot Initiative "Design" contest! After coming this far represented solely by Goku, the Asobot Initiative is in dire need of a proper Colors-related mascot. However, we're not about to abandon Goku or Asobot as our founding idea and mascot!

Your task is to design a proper combination of Akai and Goku, namely with Akai cosplaying as Goku! After submissions close, voting will be open for 1 week. I will have entries up in one post where people can place their vote. The submission with the most votes will become the official combined mascot for the Asobot Initiative within Colors TCG and will be used in all of the update posts as the top banner. You must allow your art to be used in the TCG in graphics such as banners, icons, and cards, of course! However in this contest, everyone wins! All submissions will appear within the Asobot Initiative as thanks for your support in this contest.

( Click here for Character Reminders! )

It's up to you to decide if Akai is going all out for this cosplay or not! Will he look just a little like Goku? Will he look entirely like Goku? The choice is yours!


Other guidelines
♥ Your art must feature Akai (cosplaying Goku) from head to toe.
♥ Your art must be original and drawn by you!
♥ Drawings must be at least 600px wide and saved as a gif/png/jpg file. I will resize your image for voting, but I will also link your original and any extras you wish to include.
♥ Multiple submissions are allowed per member; however you must choose a single specific image for the contest itself. Variations are perfectly acceptable, but you can only enter with one specific image. You are free to include other views of the character, but I will only display one view in the voting post. I will link the rest.
♥ Send your submissions in by email to skyeacadia[at]gmail[dot]com as an attachment. Make sure to label the subject of the email with "Colors TCG Asobot Contest Submission - your name". Please include the name you use in the TCG since not all emails match up with names.
♥ Please do not post your art elsewhere until voting ends.
♥ Contest Submissions will be accepted from now until August 18th!

Feel free to comment below with any questions or comments you may have!

Edit: To be clear: All participants will earn participation rewards in addition to having their art featured. Fret not!

Congratulations to vriska for the winning design for Shirocchi and Kurocchi! They are seriously adorable.



Below were our awesome and creative artists. Please leave a comment here in this post to receive your participation rewards!
Shirocchi and Kurocchi 01 by Kelliedee | kelliedee
Shirocchi and Kurocchi 02 by Aru | arushiraoi
Shirocchi and Kurocchi 03 by Eri | vriska
Shirocchi and Kurocchi 04 by Moon | moon_wolfwriter
Shirocchi and Kurocchi 05 by Skie | perarduaadast
Shirocchi and Kurocchi 06 by Rachel | kikinioth

This brings our design contests for Colors Universe to an end. Wow, when we started off with Akai-san, I completely thought we'd never get to the end of the contests, or that they would die off along the way. But here we are, with a complete cast representing all the colors here at the TCG! They are all such unique characters too! They are SO MUCH LOVE. Thank you all who participated and voted. ♥

I have received suggestions about contests for spin-off characters, relatives, friends, you name it. Although there are plenty of other colors out there, like pink or turquoise, and characters could even be named after fruits for the fruits levels (Mikan would be happy) or after precious stone and metal (Gin would love to have more companions) but I believe we have a perfect number of official characters. Anymore would just be not letting go at the right time, though I won't say it'll never happen. It's just unlikely there'll be another design contest for characters. (maybe we can design their house instead, or outfit changes for the current characters *g*)

However, if anyone would like to design unofficial characters and have them interact with our current characters, you are free to do so (and maybe they'll catch on!)

Contests will continue, but they will be different from the design contests!

It's voting time once again, the last for our Design contests! We'll have more contests on our way, though they most likely won't be Design contests, but we never know~. I hope we have a good voter turnout for our last addition to our Colors Universe family! :)

The guidelines were as follows:
Shirocchi's appearance
♪ Shirocchi must be predominantly white.
♪ Shirocchi must have long ears, whiskers, and a fluffy tail.
♪ Shirocchi must wear anklets.
♪ Shirocchi must have markings on its face and chest.

Kurocchi's appearance
♪ Kurocchi must be predominantly black.
♪ Kurocchi must have pointy ears, horns, and a pair of wings.
♪ Kurocchi must have a bell somewhere (an actual, physical, bell!).
♪ Kurocchi must have markings on its back and/or lower body.

Let's see what people came up with for these guidelines! :D

( Shirocchi and Kurocchi~! )

Please take a little time to vote! :D

Voting closes on April 30 at 12 PM PST time (GMT -8). Once you make your vote, please comment below saying you voted to earn 2 random cards! Participants and the winner will receive their participation rewards after voting ends.

Poll #1733268 Design Shirocchi and Kurocchi!
This poll is closed.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 71

Which Shirocchi and Kurocchi would you like to see as Colors TCG's official Shirocchi and Kurocchi?

Whoops, I thought there was more time left, but the deadline is creeping nearer! There are now less than 3 days left for Design Shirocchi and Kurocchi! If you plan on entering, remember to submit your design before April 22 at 12 noon, PST time! That's GMT -8!

Details over here~

I reply to all submissions I receive, so if you've submitted something and have not heard back from me, please let me know and try to submit again!

I wonder what kind of mascots will result from this contest? <3

Welcome to our last "Design" contest! Wow, I didn't think we'd get this far! We already have our 8 Colors characters. Now, we just need to welcome their pets! That's right, this is a contest to design Colors's mascots!

After Gin-sensei returned from his most recent expedition, he brought along two strange creatures, one that was pure white and one that was pure black. He named them Shirocchi and Kurocchi respectively for their colors, though they also had strange markings, so I guess we can't say they're pure white or black? Anyway...

Your task is to design both Shirocchi and Kurocchi together in one image! After submissions close, voting will be open for 1 week. I will have entries up in one post where people can place their vote. The submission with the most votes will become our official Shirocchi and Kurocchi. You must allow your art to be used in the TCG in graphics such as banners, icons, and cards. Be prepared to have your art featured as the model for future pics of Shirocchi and Kurocchi!

Shirocchi's appearance
♪ Shirocchi must be predominantly white.
♪ Shirocchi must have long ears, whiskers, and a fluffy tail.
♪ Shirocchi must wear anklets.
♪ Shirocchi must have markings on its face and chest.

Kurocchi's appearance
♪ Kurocchi must be predominantly black.
♪ Kurocchi must have pointy ears, horns, and a pair of wings.
♪ Kurocchi must have a bell somewhere (an actual, physical, bell!).
♪ Kurocchi must have markings on its back and/or lower body.

It is up to you if you wish to dress them up in clothes or not. *g* They should be non-human though! Mascots please!

Other guidelines
♪ Your art must feature Shirocchi and Kurocchi in the same pic, and they must both be completely visible! (meaning, no part of them should be cut off in the pic, but it's fine if either of them partly covers the other)
♪ Shirocchi and Kurocchi must be mascot-type characters. Not humans!
♪ Your art must be original and drawn by you!
♪ Drawings must be at least 600px wide and saved as a gif/png/jpg file. I will resize your image for voting, but I will also link your original and any extras you wish to include.
♪ Only one submission is allowed per member. Please do not send me variations with other designs. I will only take one submission. You are free to include other views of the characters, but I will only display one view in the voting post. I will link the rest.
♪ Send your submissions in by email to rykatu[at]yahoo[dot]com> as an attachment. Make sure to label the subject of the email with "Colors TCG Shirocchi and Kurocchi submission - your name". Please include the name you use in the TCG since not all emails match up with names.
♪ Please do not post your art elsewhere until voting ends.
♪ The deadline is April 22 at Noon, 12 PM PST time (GMT -8).
♪ TCG players who've won more than one contest may not enter again~, but everyone else is free to enter! <3

Thank you everyone for participating! Our 8th contest has now ended with our winning Gin-sensei going to Gin-sensei 05 designed by osoroi! Congrats!!



Below were all of our awesome artists. Thank you so much for submitting to Design Gin-sensei! I hope you stick around for Shirocchi and Kurocchi too~. The guidelines for Design Shirocchi and Kurocchi will go up soon. :)

Gin-sensei 01 by Kuri | orechibisama
Gin-sensei 02 by Allmia | jessiss
Gin-sensei 03 by Hikarukibou
Gin-sensei 04 by Moon | moon_wolfwriter
Gin-sensei 05 by Hitomi | osoroi

If you submitted an entry, please comment below for your participation rewards! <3

The website has been updated with info for Gin-sensei, yay!