Greetings once again, Hatchling!
The day is finally here! It's Tirsy's 1st birthday, and quite a day it has been so far! From enjoying the lovely night on Jubilee to celebrating with friends all over, Tirsy has had a good adventure to remember. And you too get to experience the Jubilee Island!
Jubilee Island and its Lore
The Jubilee Island is a mysterious island that appeared in the middle of the Yunmai Sea, which spans the distance between the mainland and the Windweaver Cove. It is said that over 250 years before, that the island was created by a powerful Aura dragon named Eraxius. As time passed on the barren island, the natural energy from the various species who visited the island helped transform it into what it is today, a lush and pleasant island full of many landmarks. One of the most memorable landmarks is the Great Jubilee Tree, which is where the island's name derives from. This tree stands atop the high cliffs of the island where it overlooks the entire landscape below.
There's something special about this island that draws the attentions of all Dragons when they feel like celebrating an event or major incident that is important to their history. As such, we find Tirsy's friends who have come up with the plan to celebrate Tirsy's Birthday with a bang! Quite literally, as they have lined the island with Pop-Rocks that resemble a glowing explosion in the sky when launched. Tirsy is asked to enjoy her night and explore everything the island has to offer, from finding gifts left by her friends to collecting 99 star fragments Zal'Nirak showered onto the island to make it shimmer with excitement!
As each dragon celbrated on the island, statues were created to honor the memories made there, and to show where their celebrations took place. Some even say that these statues contain the spirits of past lives...but that can't be true...right? Spirits come and go they wouldn't just stick around on such a pleasant island, would they?
Being as Tirsy's birthday falls relatively close to a celebration of the spirits, her friends have also decorated the ruins in the center of the island to resemble a spooktacular place with grim fog and spider webs. Ippa has even created a spooky pumpkin patch to add that extra flare to it! So as a new era dawns upon Tirsy and her friends, as well as the game and a new year begins for our beloved baby dragon, we leave you all with the gift of the Jubilee Island and all it's lore heavy contents.
Special Notes
When we started we wanted to just make a simple exploration dragon themed game. Building off of the inspiration of fun classic platformers, we evolved that idea into what it is now. Further additions created a unique blend of nostalgia and inovation, delivering a special dragon game that we love! In the coming months we'll be refining everything about the game, its lore, characters, and even wrapping up the last of its levels with some special TLC. Once we complete this task, Tirsy's Tale will finally be ready for full release on Steam and other platforms! We're getting so much closer as we release each update and there's not much that remains, but some things still need fixed or made better before we're satisfied with the end product. After full release, there will of course be continued content updates for special seasonal events and the like too.
There are also 3 brand new achievements to coincide with the release of Jubilee Island and the anniversary/Tirsy's birthday event. So be sure to explore, discover, and celebrate with Tirsy so that you too can shine with the achievement stars!
On another note, we have officially added in many "Special Thanks" to our community's members throughout the many levels inside the game now! They can be found anywhere and everywhere, if you can figure out how to see them that is. But we have high hopes for the future of the game and its players. Many of you have discovered lots of things that we ourselves have overlooked or missed entirely, and because of that we thank you all for your assistance! We hope you'll continue to enjoy Tirsy's Tale and all its future content to come before it's full release out of Early Access.