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Mystic Sands - Short Video Contest!

[h2]Are you feeling creative?[/h2]

Mystic Sands is here, packed full with all-new props, locations, and clothing items - a filmmaker's dream!

This contest, we're looking for short video entries, rather than GIFs. You can now upload videos with sound to make your stories and creations that much more interesting!



In our previous contest, pumpkin22/7, CandyBober and Gelato won the "Fruit Parade" with their incredible entries. Here are our previous winners:

pumpkin22/7 - "From Hunter To H(a)unted"
https://imgur.com/a/mtJJ2Bj

CandyBober - "This is what I call a real artist"
http://imgur.com/gallery/Ttu3zWm

Gelato - "Fruit Festival"
https://imgur.com/a/hnIVZpK

🌟 The Prizes:
We're looking for three talented creators to impress us with their short videos...
Each winner will receive a GIF Masters Hat, and 5 Cryptic Artifacts!
Cryptic Artifacts can be used in obtaining our brand-new Mystic Sands event items.



🌴 Theme:
The theme is Mystic Sands - your short video must be located in Shard of Wiqqarra or Amara's Fountain!

🧙‍♀️ How do I participate?
Post your entries below this announcement or in our #mystic-entries channel over on discord.gg/witchit!

📜 Rules [Important!]
Videos must be between 1 and 30 seconds. Longer entries will not count!
You can edit your videos with text, images and other media - copyrighted media will be deleted!
Your friends can help you record and edit if necessary - but only the person uploading is eligible for the prize!
Entry filetypes can be MP4 or a YouTube Link. GIF is permitted if you upload using Imgur!
Winners of the Fruit Parade are not eligible for prizes this contest to allow for others to win. Winners of earlier GIF contests can enter but can only compete for one of three hats.
Community staff can enter but cannot vote on their own work.
Offensive/rude content is prohibited. Rules still apply to competition entries!
Twitch Clip Links are permitted, but only if you're the streamer featured in the clip!
Your videos can include gameplay, or be completely animated in another software - as long as it distinctively relates to Witch It and primarily features at least one of the new maps!
You are limited to ONE ENTRY - make it your best work! You may delete, replace or edit your entries as much as you want during the contest period. Entries edited after the deadline will become void!

Important Tip: Toggle your in-game UI while recording by pressing ALT-J! (In most cases, we highly recommend this as this may improve your chances to win)

Entries Open: 6th November 2021 Entries Close: 20th November 2021 @ 11:59pm (UTC)
Use https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter to convert the deadline to your local time!

Winners will be judged by Barrel Roll Games and the Community Team! Enjoy yourselves!

Patch 1.2.1 - Ancient Key Hunt

⚠️⚠️⚠️ Update: All codes have been found. Thanks for participating! ⚠️⚠️⚠️

We've hidden some secret codes within the new Mystic Sands content...

Find one of the codes and post it in discord.gg/witchit under our new #ancient-keys channel - if you're the first to find that code, we'll grant you a special reward...

Find multiple codes and combine them together to discover a bonus reward...

See you in the hunt! ⭐

Important Notice: We'll update this announcement when all codes are found!
Only one code can be posted in #media per person. Ancient key owners cannot participate.

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[h2]Patch 1.2.1 (Hotfix) Changelog:[/h2]

Added: Hidden secret game codes on ‘Shard of Wiqqarra’ & ‘Amara’s Fountain’

Changed: Collision of the Hunter start zone Pyramid on ‘Shard of Wiqqarra’

Fixed: Several stat saving issues including leveling exp, cauldron exp, achievement granting and daily quest progress
Fixed: The collision of the campfire so the Chimneys are back to normal
Fixed: The witch was unable to climb a specific ladder on Amara’s Fountain (Hunt a Hag)

Enjoy!

Majority of issues fixed

Most of the issues, especially the crucial ones, have been fixed.

As compensation, every player receives 5 extra Cryptic Artifacts! (For those who have played by now, you might have noticed already.)
This means, if you lost all your Cryptic Artifacts you would now have 20 of them.

Sorry again, for the inconvenience! >_

Major issues with our backend

Unfortunately we're suddenly experiencing major issues with our backend. This breaks many of ingame functionalities like leveling up, quests, steam connection, ... . We're currently doing our best ( and even more >_
We're really, REALLY sorry, especially since you guys told us already how happy you are with this update, sorry for the inconvenience!

Join the "Mystic Sands" event!

★ 2 NEW MAPS: ‘Shard of Wiqqarra' & 'Amara’s Fountain’!
★ 80+ new 'Mystic Sands' themed skin items!
★ 50+ new props!
★ New achievement 'I’m taking this home'!





★ Patchnotes

Patch 1.2 (Mystic Sands Event)

Join the ‘Mystic Sands’ event! Play on the maps ‘Shard of Wiqqarra’ & ‘Amara’s Fountain’ and collect Scarabs to obtain ‘Mystic Sands’ skin items.

Added: 2 new maps (Shard of Wiqqarra & Amara’s Fountain)
Added: 50+ new props
Added: 80+ new skin items
Added: ‘I’m taking this home’ achievement
Added: Mouse wheel controlled zoom for field of vision of controlled props
Added: New metal & crystal impact sounds for various Hunter projectiles
Added: Fill A Pot playability for ‘Morgaryll Forest’ (wip)

Changed: Temporarily activated Grunewald Library blood moon version

Fixed: ‘Tourist’ Achievement
Fixed: Required player amount to obtain achievements
Fixed: Removed falsely displayed ‘Change Team’ option for mid-game joining Hunters
Fixed: Witches’ Cauldron recipe information update after switching between craftable and non-craftable recipes

‘Mystic Sands’ content will be available for ‘Creative Mode’ in a later update in combination with a new map contest.

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