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March Newsletter

Posted 23 February 2024, 12:59:41 EST :: Last edited 9 March 2024, 12:19:16 EST by Staryon

✦ Happy Spring, Sushi Rolls! ✦

This month's newsletter is jam-full of updates including new ownership of the species, a new adventure prompt, mod hiring, and more!

If you have any questions, please ask us in the community discord server. Enjoy!

Sushi Dog Discord

Change of Ownership for Sushi Dogs

Can you believe the Sushi Dogs group is turning 11 years old this year? Sushi Dogs has been around before that, too!
If you've been around for most of it like I have, then you've heard it before: Sushi Dogs has a new owner!

What does this mean?
Well... nothing really, yet! (Besides me changing a lot of things on the masterlist...)
For those unaware, kayy and I have been in Sooshes together when we both joined as mods in 2017. That's more than half a decade!
We did a lot of group work together, and a lot of development I personally helped with. She was the calm to my storm. This is why when life got hectic for her, I offered to handle the community as much as I could. This meant learning how to upload site assets, prompts, newsletters, and more! It was a big undertaking but I did it for my appreciation for Kayy and my love of Sooshes. She was just as passionate for the species as I am, and I am forever grateful for everything she helped set up in the species! This site wouldn't be so manageable if it weren't for her, and I again thank her for the dedication to it.

Though she has stepped down as owner, I'm excited to know that she is able to participate in the species as a regular member again. I have lots of ideas and plans I'd love to come to fruition, and nothing is more exciting than being part of the community to get those surprises. I'm already well-equipped for this role as the fill-in for her absence, so if you enjoyed any of the previous festivals, thank you! I do my best to take in suggestions and ideas from the community, and I will continue to do my best from here on out.

I cherish Kayy with all of my heart, and I know this was a big decision for her. Her role with me in Sooshes was a lot of my life, and I am eternally grateful. I wish her all the happiness in the world! So please don't feel like she stepped down due to a lack of love; it was quite the opposite. She wanted the community to get more and felt she was no longer able to dedicate herself to that. I know it was a hard decision for her, and I just hope she can come to enjoy and love Sooshes as much as we always have.

My treasured art from Kayy from around the time we first became mods. Time flies!

Snowfall Festival Winners

Custom Sushi Dog Raffle

Each submission to the festival prompts granted one ticket for this raffle, for a max of 7!

Available artists: aisu, PrinceDipper, Rannarbananar, Staryon
This Sushi Dog custom is allowed up to 3 gourmet OR winter seasonal traits. You can mix-and-match those as well!

Grand Prize Winner: ThorinFrostclaw

Feel free to comment here or DM Staryon the artist of your choosing to establish contact for custom details.

Seasonal Traits Bundles

One entry was granted to each user who submitted an entry to the festival prompts for this raffle.

3rd Place: LightWind
You've won 1 seasonal trait and a winter pet box!
2nd Place: Robotic-Sparks
You've won 2 seasonal traits and a haute potion!
1st Place: GlitchedOcelot
You've won all 3 winter seasonal traits and a Sooshapon Token!

For 3rd and 2nd place above, please comment here or DM me on Discord with which traits you would like!
For a refresher, the winter seasonal traits are: Gemstone Cheeks, Patterned Bandana, and Magic Aura.

Congratulations to everyone, and thank you for participating!

A new adventure prompt is now live!

Ready to gain more virtue points to further your quest to become mythical? There's a new adventure prompt live today!

Seems like there was a giant crash! What was it? Are you brave enough to check it out?
Maybe you want to befriend one of the strange creatures mingling around? No matter the purpose, maybe you can solve this mystery for the town!

ADV - Crash Landing

Bunny Hop Day approaches...

Sounds like the eggs are back and some Sooshes are hiding along with them...
Worried about being too slow or unable to find the time? No worries! This year, all Sooshes will be raffled off to give members ample time to participate in the hunt and still have a chance to take home a sweet Soosh.
As usual, eggs will have goodies inside so you still take home some fresh new stuff even if luck isn't in your favor!

March 31st, 12pm EST the hunt begins!

Sushi Cat OTA on March 9th & Sushi Dog Carat Auction on March 16th!


To celebrate Star's new ownership of the species, he has designed two cute and fun Sooshes that don't require IRL currency to obtain! Better save up those carats or maybe keep a hold of those Sooshes you want to mirror...

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Some members in the discord got a sneak peak at the upcoming designs during a livestream!

We're Hiring!

We opened a pool in the past but with restructuring, we have different needs now!
There are a few openings, so please be sure to read these jobs clearly to know which one(s) you want to apply for.

Approvals Mod

  • This moderator is responsible for approving soosh designs in our design queue. This role has vast knowledge of our traits, unallowed features, and guidelines regarding accessories on designs. This role is best suited for someone with a keen eye for detail, and good memorization to ensure sooshes do not break any design rules. You will need to have an easy time transferring images and text from our site to an offsite source for the entire team to approve together. You will also need to be comfortable rejecting designs and informing users of the issues to resolve. You will also handle appraisals for the species.

Discord Mod

  • This moderator is responsible for managing the activity in our official discord server. This role sets up and hosts game nights, giveaways, drops, and more they see fit. This role is best suited for someone who can work independently and take feedback as needed. You will have access to bots used in the server and their dashboards in order to set up giveaways, drops, and more. This is a more technical role and is best suited for someone already with experience running a server and its bots.

General Mod

  • This moderator is more flexible, and is able to help in numerous facets of the community. This role is best suited for someone with skills in art, discord, and database management. You will be knowledgeable in all things Sooshes, and will help in areas that need that extra hand during busier times. If you love being helpful, and love to learn new things, this may be a great fit for you!

Moderators are paid with in-game currency on a monthly basis. You will also gain the privilege of participating in monthly mod sales, which is optional.
Moderators also help develop future events, traits, and get special behind-the-scenes looks at future content!

Apply now!

Site Changes 03.01.2024

Limited Opening Changes
  • Shop items no longer have limited stocks. Everything is unlimited! Items do not sell out that often anymore, so this is no longer a concern of ours for users to buy items in large bulk.
  • The Enchanted Mirror is permanently open now! No longer must mods and members be burdened by the mirror's limited magic. Pommelraie has noticed that every Soosh that looks into it gets stuck inside now, so he has a special disclosure form and the mirror in its own separated room now. Great thinking, I guess, Pommel!
  • Koinpeito forms are closed. This is going to be temporary as Staryon works on things behind the scenes. If you are in desperate need of KP, feel free to DM Staryon or comment on the post. However, if you can wait, I suggest so as there may be changes to the cash shop in the future!
Rarity Changes
  • Adjusted colors for all rarities
  • Added Specialty, Seasonal, and Felidae rarities. This was to divide up the previously overfilled Limited trait which is now retired.
  • Supreme Soosh and Celestial Soosh have had the term "Soosh" removed for redundancy. They are now just Supreme and Celestial respectively. This also allows this rarity to be tied to their unique traits.
  • Specialty holds the remaining traits that are tied to more abstract situations such as Limited Foods and Magic Affinity. It also holds the Confetti Swirls trait as that is our special trait to celebrate all things sooshes during our anniversary event.
  • Reverted Weresoosh back to Vampsoosh.
Trait Updates
  • Adjusted all previous seasonal traits to move from Limited to Seasonal rarity.
  • Enchanted Bell and Kitty Whiskers are now under the Felidae rarity.
  • Celestial (theme) has been changed to Cosmic (theme). This is to help encompass the more abstract themes allowed previously, and because I hated seeing "Celestial (theme) Celestial (rarity)".
  • Changed Cosmic (theme)'s rarity from Limited to Celestial.
  • Similarly, Specialty Food (theme) has been changed to Limited Food (theme) so we did not have "Specialty Food (theme) Specialty (rarity)". Also limited helps further push the fact that many sooshes with this theme will never share it with another due to copyright issues or retired allowances.
  • Added Colossal trait - this trait is for the large build that Supreme rarity sooshes exhibit to further differentiate them from standard sized sooshes. Also mods and members kept forgetting the village leaders were big.
Masterlist Adjustments
  • Added Bihead, Trihead, Triptych, and Diptych subtypes. In the current framework, the subtype class works best for these. The former build traits to differentiate these bodies are now retired.
  • Sooshes are now classed by their highest rarity trait. This is why we needed the build trait for Supremes, and the adjusted rarity for the themes for Celestials. This does mean any Soosh with 1 mythical trait are classed as that mythical type - wow! Others with mismatched traits will be classed as the type they most resemble.
  • Created new character categories for previous owners of the species. OFF (official) will only contain original Witchpaws/Spikedpeach sooshes, while CHI (Chital), KAYY (Kayy), and STAR (Staryon) will contain their designs respectively.
  • Created new character category for collaborated designs (CLB). This is due to the confusion on older designs that were done by both the original owner and a second party.
  • Created new character category for moderator designs (MOD). This is once again to help divy up the types of designs better so members no longer get confused vs who is/was an owner, mod, or guest artist.
  • Created sub-masterlist for NPCs so new members have an easier way to separate them for use in prompts.
  • Numerous adjustments to masterlist code numbers for sooshes to make up for new categories separating large chunks of designs. This mostly affected GST sooshes, so make sure to update any off-site links accordingly!

Road Map

Priority Updates
  • Patch art! A lot of patches never got art as we were stretched very thin during events. With the hiring of new mods, we hope to alleviate a lot of this and have a lot more focus on site assets.
  • Reuploaded/redrawn assets.
  • Site images. This includes shop art, inventory art, and others!
  • Readjusting Soosh's categories and correcting their numbers.
Planned Updates
  • Site refresh! I do adore the teals and paws used for Sushi Dogs but as we further push into foodie culture, I feel that a rebrand would help solidify that.
  • Site asset refresh. This includes renaming items, updating or changing their art entirely, and more.
  • New items! We've said this before and we've done it for seasonal traits, but now that those are mostly caught up we're able to focus on other traits now.
  • More extensions! I won't specify which, but this simply means more things on-site to interact with.
  • New events and prompts!
  • New things for Sooshes! What could this even mean...?
Known Issues
  • Mirror purchases don't go through for members 90% of the time. It has to do with the coding for different currencies allowed for purchasing, so this may be removed in the future if it cannot be resolved. This is a very tedious process behind the scenes so it's difficult for mods to manually send Sooshes!
  • Patches were never made for previous festivals, or were oversized. This will be corrected in future updates.
  • Mismatched art styled assets. We are branching away from the faux-sticker look, but this requires reuploading many of the site's first items.
  • Koinpeito purchases need to be reenabled so users can continue to purchase slots or items using IRL currency.

December Newsletter

Posted 3 December 2023, 11:08:12 EST :: Last edited 7 March 2024, 09:36:01 EST by Staryon

✦ Happy Holidays, Sushi Rolls! ✦

This month's newsletter reveals Autumn Harvest Festival winners, shows off the advent, and a reminder of our returning festival!

If you have any questions, please ask us in the community discord server. Enjoy!

Sushi Dog Discord

✦ Autumn Harvest Festival Raffle Winners ✦

3rd Place:
Haute Potion + Autumn Pet Box
sheepuns

2nd Place:
Sooshapon Token + Autumn Trait Item (Color Change, Glowy Cheeks, Object Head)
arawruh
(Please let me know which trait item you want!)

1st Place: Smoked Lava Cheese Buns

Qualeo !

Congrats to every winner, and thank you all for participating in our festivals!

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✦ The Advent Calendar is live! ✦

Every day in December, a new Soosh is revealed for the holidays! Are you itching to preclaim one? Or excited to hopefully bid on another?
You can check out all the teases of the themes here, and check out pricing to help you decide if you want to nab one for a holiday gift!

Advent Calendar

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✦ Secret Soosh Reveals✦


To: 0Koji-chan From: garlitbread


To: Amber-Nemyris From: Sealveri


To: Andreaigaku From: Blu-jayz


To: arwen From: RaiinbowMochii


To: awkwardnuggs From: Andreaigaku


To: Blu-jayz From: Fucal


To: booplet From: Vixen-dawg


To: c_candy From: ThorinFrostclaw


To: CarrsCrap From: c_candy


To: ChupacabraPrincess From: CarrsCrap


To: DessertDingo From: Sibbo


To: Fucal From: GlitchedOcelot


To: garlitbread From: DessertDingo


To: GlitchedOcelot From: Kyasarinn


To: Kyasarinn From: LightWind


To: LightWind From: Qualeo


To: Mew From: NaiKat


To: Mooncyder From: Mew


To: muthecat From: TanuKai


To: NaiKat From: slug


To: PaddlePudds From: 0Koji-chan


To: pygmypear From: Mooncyder

To: Qualeo From: ChupacabraPrincess


To: RaiinbowMochii From: pygmypear


To: Robotic-Sparks From: PaddlePudds


To: Ryokatsu From: booplet


To: Sealveri From: sheepuns


To: shadesofangelite From: Skywardthedragon


To: sheepuns From: muthecat


To: Sibbo From: awkwardnuggs


To: Skywardthedragon From: Snek


To: slug From: shadesofangelite


To: Snek From: Ryokatsu


To: TanuKai From: arwen


To: ThorinFrostclaw From: Amber-Nemyris


To: Vixen-dawg From: Robotic-Sparks

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✦ Snowfall Festival returns next month! ✦

And with that, we are back in our seasonal rotations for the festivals! Sounds like there may be a couple of new traits this time around though... I wonder what they could be?
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And that's all for this month! We hope you are as excited as we are! 
As always, feel free to comment or send us a message if you have any questions!

November Newsletter

Posted 6 November 2023, 11:07:17 EST :: Last edited 6 November 2023, 12:00:43 EST by Staryon

✦ Happy November, Sushi Rolls! ✦

This month's newsletter reveals the mid-festival update, Dream Soosh Raffle, Secret Soosh sign-ups, and advent calendar details!

If you have any questions, please ask us in the community discord server. Enjoy!

Sushi Dog Discord

✦ Autumn Harvest Festival Raffle Reveal ✦

3rd Place:
Haute Potion + Autumn Pet Box

2nd Place:
Sooshapon Token + Autumn Trait Item (Color Change, Glowy Cheeks, Object Head)

1st Place: Smoked Lava Cheese Buns

This feisty Soosh has the new and fun Object Head trait; good luck to everyone entering the raffle!

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✦ The mid-festival update is live! ✦

Welcome to the usual mid-event update!

Seems like it's time for some sub quests to those who have already completed the mainline quests, or maybe those who just want to have a little more fun during the event!
The Sub Quests prompt is now live!

The Holiday Shoppe is stocked with our free Monster Candy Loot Box - just an extra 100 event currency to help you decide on a minor purchase or maybe save up for a bigger one!
Check out the shop!
 
✦ Mainline Quest End Dates ✦

As a reminder, the end dates are different for the main quests so our team has plenty of time to grade everything in time to prevent any rejections that cancel out the rest of the quest submissions.

Part I: November 28th
Part II: November 29th
Part III: November 30th

Prompts above close at 11:59pm EST on their respective dates.

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✦ Secret Soosh Signups ✦

Every year when the colder months begin to creep upon Culario, sooshes from all over join together in the Sanctuary to celebrate the Winter Snowfall Festival. A particular favorite activity is the exchanging of art between sooshes in the "Secret Soosh" event!
So come sign up and get paired with a random secret partner in this exciting art exchange event!

Only 50 members will be accepted for organizational reasons, so sign up soon!
If we do not hit the limit before the end of the month, entries will close on November 26th.

Sign Up Now

 

✦ Dream Soosh Custom Raffle ✦

Nov 06 - Nov 30 @ 11:59pm EST

Yes! Our dream soosh raffle is back again for our 2023 Winter Advent Calendar.
For the past four years, the final spot in our annual advent calendar has been reserved for a free custom by fawncore for a random member of the Sushi Dogs community. This year is no different!

To enter, simply fill out the entry form using the link below. The winner will be decided by random chance, with the design revealed on December 25th. More information and rules are provided on the dream soosh giveaway entry form. Entries close on November 30.

Enter Dream Soosh Raffle

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✦ 2023 Advent Calendar ✦

This year for the Sushi Dog advent calendar we are celebrating that warm and fuzzy feeling the holidays give you. And more so what food really makes you feel that way!
Do you look forward to something warm and savory to share with your loved ones, or a special sweet treat when no ones looking? What food gives you that sense of nostalgia and hominess that you just can't find any other time of the year?

Like last year, the themes will be shown in advance as "A gift for someone who loves ___", but we are going to do a twist on this with the gift being for someone who loves a key ingredient in the dish!

Our focus is to showcase our love of food, and thus have a Soosh represent the same love! Of course, the exact food won't be shown, but we hope the mention is enough to help you decide on potential adopted Sooshes... and they still need to be revealed on their respective dates, of course!

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And that's all for this month! We hope you are as excited as we are! 
As always, feel free to comment or send us a message if you have any questions!

October Newsletter

Posted 3 October 2023, 09:34:34 EDT :: Last edited 3 October 2023, 11:20:10 EDT by Staryon

✦ Happy Autumn, Sushi Rolls! ✦

This month's newsletter reveals the anniversary raffle winners, the new Autumn Harvest Festival, and plans for this month regarding sales!

If you have any questions, please ask us in the community discord server. Enjoy!

Sushi Dog Discord

✦ Anniversary Event Raffle Winners ✦

We hope everyone enjoyed the raffles for the event! 10 years is a long time and a big deal, so we had to go all out for it!
There's quite a few new Sooshes heading into new homes, so let's go ahead and reveal the owners:

✦ Raffle Winners ✦


FTO Raffle


Won by: MellieFox


WTE Raffle


Won by: PaddlePudds


DTE Raffle


Won by: slug

And the Free-to-Enter Dracosoosh raffle winner is...

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Congrats to

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Congratulations to every winner here! We're so glad you guys were here to celebrate with us, and we look forward to many more years with Sooshes.

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✦ The Autumn Harvest Festival is live! ✦

The Autumn Harvest Festival is live on-site!

This event has two separate questlines you get locked into once you submit a first part - it's personal preference!
Are you a stickler to traditions, or are you one to change it up once in a while?
Check out the prompts!

The Holiday Shoppe is stocked with the new festival items! As usual, we have 3 new seasonal traits, a pet box, and the raffle ticket to enter the Autumn Harvest raffle!
What are the prizes? Wait and see during the mid-event update in November!
Check out the shop!

Since the shop still has previous seasonal traits for those still deciding which trait they desire, here are the new trait items for easy findings:
Fallen Leaf - grants COLOR CHANGE
Glow Stick - grants GLOWY CHEEKS
Headless Plush - grants OBJECT HEAD
These traits have their descriptors to clarify how each one works, so please check them out in our traits guide!
 
✦ Prompt Changes ✦

We love the community's enthusiasm on finishing every prompt before events end, but sadly we have had to make some adjustments to prevent repeated issues and delays in closing events!
Questlines will now have different deadlines for each part - the final part being the final day of the event. Each part beforehand will end a day earlier than the one after.
For clarity and easy understanding, here are the due dates for this event's questlines:

Part I: November 28th
Part II: November 29th
Part III: November 30th

Prompts above close at 11:59pm EDT on their respective dates.

These changes are to ensure members can correct any issues regarding their first parts - in the past, if you submitted all three at once and had any rejected, it could prevent you from getting any event rewards if you waited until the last day!
We don't mean to be strict, but we cannot handle multiple part last minute submissions, so please try to keep these dates in mind. Don't forget to read over the prompt guidelines thoroughly, or ask in the server if you are confused on what is needed.
Thank you everyone!

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✦ Frightfully Fun Festivities ✦

October has a long-standing tradition of sales that we are still sticking to... but also changing it up!

✦ Trick-or-Treat Gacha Sale ✦

The artists have been chosen and set to their themes!
The GAs for the Trick-or-Treat sale are:
Rocco, Tamurachii, care, Kyu, Alexdream12, and Miizue!

What are the themes, you wonder? That'd be too much info!

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01001100 01001001 01010110 01000101: 1698768000
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And lastly... seems like there are two Sooshes rarer than the others in the mix..!

✦ Weekly Mythical Auctions ✦

That's right - we're doing the mythical auctions for three weeks leading up to the gacha sale!
Wait... didn't I mention something about changing up the tradition? Nocte's convinced me - seems like it isn't just Vampsooshes that will be in the mythical spotlight this month! Sounds like a tricky mythical is finding ways to get into the festivities.

Auctions may be revealed earlier on-site as Star will be on vacation during the last two, but comments will not be opened until 12pm EDT on their respective dates.
Carl will generously offer his help again by notifying in our discord server when auctions are live, so don't forget to join and pick up our Soosh Sales role!

Auctions are on Saturdays @ 12pm EDT, with end dates 2 days after auction start

October 7th: Tamurachii
October 14th: linborghini
October 21st: Ponkochi

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✦ Well Wishes to the Wedded Couple ✦

For those who didn't know...
Our owner, fawncore got married this past Saturday!

I got to attend the beautiful wedding, and it was a blast! Many cherished moments, memories, and fun laughs were had. Even if I was shy and didn't know anyone, I still had to hold back tears from watching one of my closest friends enter this new stage in her life.
I hope Kayy had the wedding of her dreams, and all of us on the team are so happy for her!


If you were unable to sign the last minute wedding gift to her, feel free to leave your congrats and messages here. Even if you already signed, feel free to say it again! Her and her husband are a powercouple that both jointly work on the site and have shaped it into what it is today. I am eternally grateful for them!


If you missed the photos, feel free to hop into the photo-gallery channel in our server to check them out and reply more personally to her!
Once again; Congrats, Kayy!

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And that's all for this month! We hope you are as excited as we are! 
As always, feel free to comment or send us a message if you have any questions!

September Newsletter

Posted 4 September 2023, 11:26:27 EDT :: Last edited 7 September 2023, 08:21:49 EDT by Staryon

✦ Happy Anniversary, Sushi Rolls! ✦

This month's newsletter announces the Team Fight winners, raffle soosh winners, and the current Anniversary event! We'll also briefly mention the next seasonal festival - the Autumn Harvest festival! Yes, it's about that time again.

If you have any questions, please ask us in the community discord server. Enjoy!

Sushi Dog Discord

✦ Summer Starlight Festival Winners ✦

It was a tight race throughout the entire event... both teams were leading at different points! But, in the end, only one can win...

What team won?
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Why, it was

Team Food!

Congratulations! The fight was still tight in the end - Team Food won by only 2 tickets!! 
But the rules are rules so... congrats to my fellow Foodies! I knew we were always right in the end.

Patches will be made and granted during this month. As a reminder, the patches are for the Winning Team (Food), Losing Team (Drink), Traitors (both teams), and Loyalists (one team)! Look forward to them!

Now to get on with it... the raffle winners! We didn't forget about you guys.

 

✦ Raffle Winners ✦

Team Drink


3rd Place: Haute Potion + Any Summer Pet Box
Winner: arwen

2nd Place: Sooshapon Token + 1 Summer Seasonal Trait Item
Winner: Mooncyder

1st Place: Sunrise Soda Sushi Dog
Winner: LightWind


Team Food


3rd Place: Haute Potion + Any Summer Pet Box
Winner: NaiKat

2nd Place: Sooshapon Token + 1 Summer Seasonal Trait Item
Winner: muthecat

1st Place Prize: Choco-dipped Banana Sushi Dog
Winner: Whitefang1738

For anyone who won 2nd or 3rd place, feel free to comment on this news post or dm Staryon on discord to claim your choice of Box or Trait! Thanks everyone, and we hope you all enjoyed!

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10 Years of Sooshes ✦

The discord has been popping off with all of the new happenings - so let me lay it all out in this newsletter!

Anniversary MYOs open again!

This is our yearly free myo event for any member who has not previously created one. This is a free Sushi Dog that is locked to your account - perfect for sentimental designs that you plan on keeping forever!
Check it out here: Anniversary MYO Event

The anniversary questline is live again!

Doing all three prompts will net you 1000 carats, a Party Popper, and a small chance to win a Haute Potion or Enchanted Bell! 

New memories prompt!

Missed out on a seasonal trait you wanted? There's a new chance to earn one - just one! This prompt's difficulty is higher, but it's just one prompt to gain your seasonal trait. Are you ready?
Check it out!

Three raffles to enter!

Are you a FTO? Or do you like writing? If you just draw, that's okay too! We have a raffle for each of these categories!
Just click on the images below to be taken to their respective prompts.

10 Sooshes for our 10 years!

Wow - 10 Sooshes for 10 years of Sooshes! Isn't that something?
Check out all of the designs and their upcoming auction dates - here is their previews!

Monstera Fruit has become an OTA, so feel free to offer to gain a uniquely plant-based Soosh!
Gold Drip Rainbow Cake's auction goes live today - do you want to take home a fluffy, regally excited Soosh? Check it out!

Good luck to everyone planning to bid or autobuy!
We hope you love each design as much as we do.

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✦ Final Festival (they will return!) ✦

The Autumn Harvest Festival is next month!
As usual, look out for new seasonal pet boxes, three new seasonal traits, and the prompts to earn the festival currency!

This is our final one to reveal - we hope you have enjoyed each one! Of course, they will continue to return annually, so look forward to them! I heard there may be new traits in the winter as well...

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And that's all for this month! We hope you are as excited as we are! 
As always, feel free to comment or send us a message if you have any questions!

August Newsletter

Posted 7 August 2023, 11:30:06 EDT :: Last edited 7 August 2023, 11:30:06 EDT by Staryon

 

✦ Happy August, Sushi Rolls! ✦

This month marks the last half of the Summer Starlight Festival, reveals the Art Fight Soosh Raffle Winners, and has news about the upcoming Sushi Dogs Anniversary! An entire decade of Sooshes - wow!

If you have any questions, please ask us in the community discord server. Enjoy!

Sushi Dog Discord

 

Art Fight Raffle Winners✦

This year's Art Fight was jam-packed with tons of Soosh art! So much so that it took a few extra days to make sure everything was approved and ready to go.

Here are the winners for each Soosh!
 


Team Vampire Raffle Prize
Winner: Mooncyder




Team Werewolf Raffle Prize
Winner: Silvetz

These Sooshes are transferred to their new owners, and are on a month-long cooldown. Their pets are also character-bound, so they will always have their little friend... it's in their inventories!

Please give a special thanks to Tamurachii for offering to design these prizes last minute (seriously, I'm mildly terrified) just for an incentive for the community. We got a ton of entries this year so we hope the grind was fun for participating members!

✦ Summer Starlight Festival ✦

New sub-quests for the festival went up earlier this month! Now there are new ways to earn tickets and reign your team supreme.
Of course, we need to show off the raffle prizes to make sure you guys know what you are aiming for!

It's also time to reveal the raffle prizes:
 

Team Drink


1st Place Prize: Sunrise Soda Sushi Dog
2nd Place: Sooshapon Token + 1 Summer Seasonal Trait Item
3rd Place: Haute Potion + Any Summer Pet Box

Team Food


1st Place Prize: Choco-dipped Banana Sushi Dog
2nd Place: Sooshapon Token + 1 Summer Seasonal Trait Item
3rd Place: Haute Potion + Any Summer Pet Box

These prizes are so summery, are they not? Hopefully we see some more fun seasonal traited Sooshes in the future!
Once the festival ends, we will be giving out patches for these findings:
Winning Team
Losing Team
Loyalists
Traitors

These patches are simply awards, so please do not be pressured to stick to a team if you want a chance at winning either Soosh. Do note that you can only win once, so you'll be granted the highest placed prize. Thanks so much everyone!

Keep an eye out sooshlings - seems like there's an abundance of Ocean Splashers washing up, so look out for surprise drops in the discord server! They are not confined to any channel, so keep an eye out in case you can take some extra event currency home. There does seem to be more pet boxes in the shop. Where did they come from?

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Soosh Sales ✦

There is an auction batch this month on the 12th - this Saturday!
Theme? Well, I think Sooshes are my favorite animal, but there are some other cool ones.

Seems like there is a crowd of Sooshes coming in next month... It's never been seen before!

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10 Years ✦

Sushi Dogs turns 10 in two days! A whole decade of these sweet Sooshes!
Since the summer festival takes place in August, the anniversary event will continue to take place in September.

Seems like there will be 10 Sooshes to show off all throughout September! You'll have to keep your eyes peeled every Monday and Friday.
These will all be auctions until the final, grand reveal! So if you're looking for a brand new Soosh to commemorate the anniversary, you better start planning!
Not exciting enough? Well... each Soosh do have a new trait from this past year of festivals. If you can't decide what you're looking for, maybe write a list of your favorite seasonal traits and look out for them!

Here are the artists participating:
aisu Alexdream12 Kyu linborghini Miizue
pudipon Rannarbananar Starkindler Staryon Tamurachii

As usual, we will also open up forms to make an Anniversary MYO soosh! This is a free Soosh you can design that is trade-locked to your account. Make a sentimental design, a Soosh form of an existing beloved OC, or a design that you find fun to draw for future art! Each account can have one ANN-XXX design, so if you have never made one yet feel free to start thinking up some ideas.

That's it for this newsletter - we hope this busy season continues to give you guys much excitement!

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And that's all for this month! We hope you are as excited as we are! 
As always, feel free to comment or send us a message if you have any questions!

July Newsletter

Posted 8 July 2023, 11:15:48 EDT :: Last edited 8 July 2023, 11:32:13 EDT by Staryon

 

✦ Happy Summer, Sushi Rolls! ✦

This month has the beginning and end of Art Fight, as well as the start of our Summer Starlight Festival! Not only that, but the long-awaited reveal of the Summer DTE winners!!

If you have any questions, please ask us in the community discord server. Enjoy!

Sushi Dog Discord

 

Summer DTE Winners✦

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Thank you so much everyone for participating in the Summer DTE! We loved each piece of art done by every member, and we hope the future owners will cherish them as well.

Here are the winners for each Soosh!
 


Manta Ray Soda Pop Winners

1st Place: Tigitigerchen

2nd Place: CarrsCrap

3rd Place: Peach_moon



Bubblegum Bottle Fizz Cocktail Winners

1st Place: Celtrist
2nd Place: Robotic-Sparks
3rd Place: roxybirdie



Grapefruit Margarita Winners
1st Place: NaiKat
2nd Place: Bushka
3rd Place: GlitchedOcelot



Dragon Fruit Bowl Winners
1st Place: PaddlePudds
2nd Place: ThorinFrostclaw
3rd Place: Starryservals



Summer Fruit Rolls Winners
1st Place: Mooncyder
2nd Place: Leah
3rd Place: Snek



BBQ Chicken Skewer Winners
1st Place: muthecat
2nd Place: LightWind
3rd Place: saphiresong98

Prizes will be deposited later today! If you are a winner of a DTE Soosh, please DM Modmail in the Sushi Dog discord with your toyhouse username to receive them faster!
Thanks so much again everyone, and thank you to the GAs that let this happen!

✦ Summer Starlight Festival ✦

It's time now Sooshes - which team will reign? Team Food or Team Drink?
The prompts are going live at 12pm! We ask that you stick to a Team this month, but if there is an obvious disbalance next month... maybe it'll be a good time to be a traitor to your team.

No worries though - more prompts will go live in August for the festival! Also, seems like there's supposed to be more pet boxes... what's that? You'll have to gift to a friend or foe? What could that even mean? Guess we'll find out!!
 

 

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Soosh Sales ✦

There is an auction this month on the 15th, so look out for it!
Otherwise, save you wallets for the mod batch or for another GA auction batch in August. We hope you love critters!

You might be asking if we already have a theme for this month's mod batch... personally I think it stinks!

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10 Years ✦

Sushi Dogs turns 10 in August! A whole decade of these sweet Sooshes!
Since the summer festival takes place in August, the anniversary event will continue to take place in September.

Everything is under wraps but we hope this decade is fun for everyone! We'll have more details as we get closer to it!

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And that's all for this month! We hope you are as excited as we are! 
As always, feel free to comment or send us a message if you have any questions!

June Newsletter

Posted 30 May 2023, 17:07:13 EDT :: Last edited 2 June 2023, 10:36:08 EDT by Staryon

 

✦ Happy Pride Month, Sushi Rolls! ✦

This month has our annual Summer DTE and the return of Adventures - we hope members have fun participating in this month's activities.

If you have any questions, please ask us in the community discord server. Enjoy!

Sushi Dog Discord

 

Summer DTE ✦

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Looks like the Summer brought out these fun-loving Sooshes around - and what's this? Team Food vs Team Drink?
We'll discuss this team fight further down in the Newsletter!
 
It's that time of year: the annual Summer DTE! This year is packed with delicious designs by:
Alexdream12 , linborghini , Kyu , Rocco, and Tamurachii !
 
As this is a Draw-to-Enter, this means the Sooshes are won via raffle. All you have to do is make a nice piece of art for the Sooshes you desire!
You can only win one, so if your name is raffled off as a winner for a Soosh and you win another, it will be rerolled! This is to ensure more users can win a Sushi Dog (or Cat!) of their own.
There are multiple prizes per prompt, so feel free to enter if you also desire some site goodies!
 
Remember; these prompts are only open for the duration of June so please allot time to enter this month if you have your eyes on a lovely Soosh. 
Good luck everyone!

Check out the DTE Prompts!

 

Raffle Prize Winners

The Spring Blossom Festival has concluded, and with that the raffle has been rolled. Congrats to these winners!


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3rd Place: Sunset Buttercream Cake by Tamurachii
Won by: roxybirdie
 

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2nd Place: Grande Matcha Latte by linborghini
Won by: AcuteExposure

 

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1st Place Grand Prize: Spring Time Cake, Sushi Cat by aisu
Won by: LightWind

 

Thank you, everyone!

This past year has been packed with new events and happenings, and it makes our days when the community expresses how much they love them. We're getting close to finishing our first year of seasonal festivals - just two more to go!

We hope you continue to enjoy them all and look forward to the new traits and items that come with each one.

The current Holiday Shoppe will still be open for another week for any last-minute purchases for those who haven't decided on what they wanted! Raffle tickets have been removed as well.

✦ Summer Starlight Festival ✦

I'm sure you're here wondering what the whole Team Food vs Team Drink deal is.
Looks like you're going to have to choose a team next month and fight for what is better: Food or Drinks!
 
Seems like the summer fills Sooshes with spirit - and every year, they're ready to fight for their chosen teams.
Teams are determined by users' choice, so don't feel pressured to be on a certain team if your Sooshes aren't fitting!
 
The Summer Festival will have prompts ready to show off why your side is better, as well as one for those who are participating in Art Fight as well!
What team are you choosing?

I heard Zero exclaiming that his insides are powered by gamer juice. Not sure what that means exactly, but he seems quite passionate.
Look forward to it, everyone!

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New Adventure Prompt ✦

Are you ready to resume your quest for mythical status? A new adventure prompt will be available this month!

Seems like there's a damsel in distress... in a tower...? What exactly is going on here?!

Find out when the prompt goes live on site, and have fun using your magic to save those in need!

 

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Soosh Sales ✦

We hope you guys don't mind a break from GA auctions!
We have one more auction batch of GA designs coming up this month, but after that there will be a break so the GAs can submit more designs to be sold in the future.
 
Moderator batches will continue as normal - so there are always chances to get a new Soosh for your own. Thank you so much!

 

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Balancing Changes ✦

Watch out: it's time for a patch to balance things!

Specifically in this: writing changes and magic questline adjustments.
 
Writing requirements have changed to require more effort from users. We do love writings by our community, but when an art rpg group has more writing entries than art entries in events, there is an issue.

Writing minimum requirements have been adjusted to be a minimum of 1000 words. We had lowered this in the past for users who claimed writing that many words was far too much, but with the influx of written entries we see that this is an easier alternative to artwork. This was never our intention!

Writing was always meant to be inclusive for community members who did not draw or were not confident in their art abilities. This was never meant to be an easier alternative for artists. Thus, we determined that changes to writing requirements were necessary.
That is not the only change for writing: we are now more thorough as to what we expect from members' written entries.

The requirements are laid out in the prompt guide page, so please read it over if you plan on submitting writings.
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Lastly, to give the mods a bit more of a break from constant prompt submissions, we have limited the Magic Questline prompts to be submitted to once a month per user.
 
If you want to grind for carats, Oodles of Doodles was meant to fulfill that purpose. However, on many occasions our mods got flooded with those who found time to grind magic prompts with numerous Sooshes at once.
We love the passion but this overwhelmed us in times of events!
 
We sincerely hope you guys understand the changes, and appreciate the transparency as to why I decided these were for the best.
 
As usual, we do take in community feedback. Does it feel like carats are hard to grind for? Or maybe there just isn't enough prompts to tackle? Do flash prompts need a dramatic return? Let us know in #suggestions-box in the Sushi Dog Park Discord!
 

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And that's all for this month! We hope you are as excited as we are! 
As always, feel free to comment or send us a message if you have any questions!

May Newsletter

Posted 5 May 2023, 11:11:53 EDT :: Last edited 5 May 2023, 11:22:27 EDT by Staryon

 

✦ Happy May, Sushi Rolls! ✦

Back with another news update!
This is a bit of a slower month before we slam into Summer - which means we have plenty to look forward to.

If you have any questions, please ask us in the community discord server. Enjoy!

Sushi Dog Discord

 

Mid-Event Update

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You didn't think we'd forget the free gift, did you? Zero and Cookie are so thankful for the sooshes helping solve the mystery, and have packed some extra petals in a free box that is now stocked in the shoppe!

Check out the Holiday Shoppe!

 

Raffle Prizes Reveal

This event has a few Sooshes that need rehoming! Thus, the raffle will have 3 winners in total - each winning a lovely Soosh.


3rd will get: Sunset Buttercream Cake by Tamurachii
 
2nd will get: Grande Matcha Latte by linborghini

 

1st will earn the Grand Prize: Spring Time Cake, a Sushi Cat by aisu !

This flowery soosh has the Sheer Bandana trait that you can earn in this event!

We hope that this raffle reveal brings more excitement to players who would rather earn Sooshes than traits during the event, or simply have reduced time and unable to grind for the seasonal traits this year. (#relatable)

Thank you, everyone!

This event was quite similar to our previous Snowfall event - just filled with way more sub quests and seasonal traits! No worries though... get ready to pick a side and fight for your honor in the Summer Starlight Festival beginning in July. Want to know the teams? Keep reading!

✦ Summer DTE ✦

The annual Summer DTE is happening next month! There will be 6 Sooshes up for grabs, with one being a Sushi Cat!
Remember, as this is a DTE, winners are just chosen at random. You can enter for every Soosh but only win one. This information is just a refresher so you can plan ahead if you want to participate.

There is one more thing - these sooshes are participating in the Team Fight for Summer Starlight Festival! I can't reveal too much yet, but it has to do with what you enjoy having at the table...

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Soosh Sales ✦

Since we decided on a theme before the newsletter was posted, I'm just going to go ahead and tease the theme for the May Moderator Batch: We hope you love water!

Every Saturday will continue hosting a sale for GAs until the final Saturday each month, which is held for the Mod Batches! We have a lovely soosh by Miizue coming up for auction tomorrow, so look forward to it!

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Returning Activities ✦

The DTE isn't only next month - we are going to bring back Mythical Adventures so you can continue on your quest to mythical status for your Sooshes.
 
The mirror will reopen tomorrow as well! These should happen monthly but please be patient in case the weekends need to change.
 
Alongside this, Star is going to try to host activities to have game nights in the Discord again.
Be on the lookout as he may sporadically host one randomly!
 
Lastly... lore! We have been wanting to focus more on lore and have tidbits written for the community to help develop their own Sooshes relationships with NPCs, their environment, and more. Of course, you are not obligated to follow lore when doing art - keeping everything strictly canon can be restricting! We just want to provide more knowledge regarding Culario and its happenings.
 

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And that's all for this month! We hope you are as excited as we are! 
As always, feel free to comment or send us a message if you have any questions!

April Newsletter

Posted 1 April 2023, 12:08:09 EDT :: Last edited 1 April 2023, 12:08:09 EDT by Staryon

 

✦ Happy April, Sushi Rolls! ✦

This month is the beginning of a brand new seasonal event packed with new traits and pets!

If you have any questions, please ask us in the community discord server. Enjoy!

✦ Soosh of the Month Break ✦

I will be putting this prompt on a break due to low entries every month. For those who entered in March - thank you! I will be getting into contact with each of you to give a separate prize as this is a last second change. I want to take suggestions on how to make this prompt more thrilling and desirable for users, so please let me know in the discord server or down below what you'd like changed!

 

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✦ Spring Blossom Festival ✦

Happy beginning of Spring Blossom Festival, Sooshes!

Woah - seems like there is a massive flower overgrowth problem?! And... flowers coming to life? What is going on?

Figure out by participating in the event questline and solving the mystery in the sub quests!

Gain our new event currency, Petals , by participating in these event limited prompts for the duration of April and May and spend them in the Holiday Shoppe for special seasonal items that can only be found at this time of the year!

Check out the Holiday Shoppe!

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✦ GA Sales Return! ✦

Sorry for the delay - with Kayy's life duties swallowing up her time, I've been allowed to take over GA sales and will resume posting them on Saturdays!
Thus, the first sale starts today:

Shortbread Flower Cookies

 

This lovely collab design by Flufflebear and Ponkochi is an auction open for two days - please take a peek and good luck bidding!


Check out the auction!

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And that's all for this month! We hope you are as excited as we are! 
As always, feel free to comment or send us a message if you have any questions!