Welcome back! 

  It's time for another holiday update.

(spoilers ahead!)

New Monsters & Scenes

Three new NPCs are available to meet in this new update. They're key players in the new festive quest (more about that below!).
Two of the monsters are a similar species:

Dryads! 

Cela is an evergreen (coniferous) dryad , and Mapelor a broadleaf (deciduous) species.
For Cela's design, I wanted to work in other parts of traditionally winter or evergreen forest elements; such as her pine needle wrists, red-berry bushes from her shoulders, and blue/green hue. She was always pictured through development with a tall, thin figure, like the silhouette of her trees.
Her name, Cela, was changed from the working title of Ceda; as you might be able to guess, this pulls from one of my favourite evergreens, the cedar.

Mapelor was designed after the bushy summer trees. His branches were originally designed to be able to function as (magical) wings, although that didn't make it into the final release. Across his body grows flowers and mushrooms that are built to live in the warmer climates Mapelor is used to. His name is a litter more obvious in origin; the maple tree!

Our final new guest is something a bit different: 
An ice wraith.


Nieva was designed with two elements in mind; she was always intended to be the final boss of the festive update, so on one hand she needed to be sharp, powerful, dangerous. On the other hand, she's in a loving relationship that is features heavily in the festive quest plotline, so she also needed to be soft, approachable, cute. The crystal-like ice that forms around her body has a shape reminiscent of a heart, to show where her passion truly flows from. 
Her name, Nieva, is an easy connection; it means snow, or snowing, in Spanish.

A Frozen Quest

The newest quest in Monster Ambassador involves a reliable theme for the holidays; snow!
The forests that the monsters have happily lived in warmth and peace is now covered in blankets of snow.




The mystery surrounding this phenomenon is based around love, but has a darker tone.

All of these events take place in a new sublocation of the forest; a wintery evergreen forest!

Local Festivities

Aside from the unexpected snowfall, the monsters are ready to celebrate the new year; and the embassy is decked out to match!

Talk to the ambassadors who come to your embassy to find out more details on each of their outfits!



One of the funnest parts of creating new costumes for the monsters is making all the color variations for players to encounter out in the world! Here are a few of my favourites:

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To wrap things up:

(pardon the pun)

I'll see you all in the new year, with more balances, bugfixes, and sexy monster content!
Enjoy the holidays, even if you're not able to visit loved ones this year. We're all in this together <3