Swervin

Greetings Noveans!
 
The Creepy Constructs contest judging is now over and the results are in! 
 
The folks here at Novaquark absolutely loved all the designs submitted. They went back and forth many times and finally all the results are in - and the creepy thing is, the two entries that got the most votes, also got the same amount of votes. It is my pleasure to tell you that instead having a tiebreaker, we've decided to give TWO Noveans the honor of receiving the first place prize!
 
Thank you everyone for participating and we'll be announcing another contest next week to get you in the winter vibe mood.  ❄️
 
If you haven't had a chance to see these creations in person, just head over to the Alioth Exchange and go outside of the red hall and have a look! Beware of at least one creepy crawler climbing up the side of an outpost though. 🕷️
 
OUR TWO ENTRIES TIED FOR FIRST PLACE ARE:

Vylqun:


Wossi86:

 
Second Prize goes to SWERVIN:
 

 
THIRD PRIZE GOES TO SEEKEROFHONJO:
 

 
A huge congratulations to everyone for such creativity and voxel work! The prizes will be distributed next week.
 

Greetings Noveans!
 
We’re excited to announce a new event: The Novean Challenge! Join us starting this Thursday November 9th @ 19:00 UTC for the first of five weekly challenges that will be livestreamed on our Twitch channel. 
 
All six of our participants will be streaming their Dual Universe game feeds and compete against each other to see who can complete the challenges before them. But wait, there's more! To even the playing field, they will also be starting from scratch, with no advantages and rules they must follow - along with not knowing what the challenge will be. Get ready Noveans! 
 
But wait, there's even more! Check out this very awesome promo trailer created by Swervin: 
 
 
 
Our first six Noveans who will be competing are:
 
RyanPryde
Dracks
Ammiziva
SeekerOfHonjo
PE902Gaming
Zeiffer
 
We’ll stream the challenges from our Twitch.tv/DualUniverse, joined live by our fabulous contestants and NQ hosts. 
 
Join us for the first challenge on Thursday, November 9th, at 19:00 UTC.
 
We look forward to seeing you there! Get ready for the Novean Challenge and for our first episode!
 
NQ-Nyota
Evil Challenge Creator

As daylight grows shorter, the nights are darker and the decorations get creepier!

That's right Noveans, it's time for our Creepy Outposts Contest! 
 
Whether you are a pro voxelmancer or a beginner who is learning how to build, this is a great contest to participate in.

Creepy Outpost Contest Information:

We have chosen three of our favorite starter outposts for you to modify/decorate. The three outposts are:

Outpost Cozy
Outpost Dojo
Outpost Mod

We want you to decorate/modify one or all of the above starter outposts in a creepy theme. Make it spooky, make it funny, make it eerie, but make sure it remains recognizable and creepy/spooky. You must keep it on the same sized core. You can change colors/materials, interior/exterior furnishings to your liking, but make sure that it is clearly identifiable as the starter outpost you modified. 

Please note: We ask that you limit the amount of lights used in your spooky decorations/remodels.

The starter outposts are available for sale at the UEF shops, or you can head down to the castle by the Exchange and grab a free copy of each with the dispenser you will find there. 

How to Enter:

When you're done decorating/remodeling either the Outpost Cozy, Outpost Dojo or Outpost Mod, please submit your outpost to us via this form: https://forms.gle/kJmDZG8Guc2pf5g37
 
Once your Creepy Outpost construct has been reviewed and qualifies, it will be placed near the castle by the Exchange for everyone to see and enjoy its creepiness! 

Deadline is November 6th, 2023 at 18:00 UTC.
 
Prizes to be won:

First prize: A special in-game title
Second prize: 30 days game time
Third prize: 10 million quanta

Will your starter outpost be full of tricks or treats? We can't wait to see what you come up with! 🧡☠️🤡🍬

Ohh that's pretty, thanks for the screenshot!

And thank you everyone for attending today's tour. See you on some of the future ones I hope. ❤️

Mark your calendars and find time in the coming days to embark on a journey of the crazy kind, as we celebrate our anniversary in Dual Universe with our Birthday Bash Tour! Where will we visit? Who will be our pilot? What will you see? Have a look at the schedule below to see which time(s) you can join us! Will you be the type to hangout inside our ship with a drink and dance floor or are you the daring sort and don't mind your feet dangling? Join us and find out. We hope to see you there!

Here's your chance to visit places you may not or new area of your favorite places in style. Grab your party hats, let's get this celebration going! And don't forget to pick up gifts available on the ship! (Not while in VR though, we want you to be able to keep the presents!)

Where does it start? 

All tours start and end at the Institutes on Alioth.

You can find the Institutes destination on the Points of Interest or at this location: ::pos{0,2,28.9637,95.1703,282.4727}
 
Want to VR?

Simply join VR with: NQ's Birthday Party Tour Bus

Remember: Any items you get while in VR will be lost when you disconnect from it, so plan accordingly!

Tour Dates & Departure Times:

(Tours are estimated at minimum one hour in duration, but can last longer. Bring some snacks.)

Wednesday September 27th, 18:00 UTC  (2:00PM New York/Toronto time)
Thursday September 28th, 15:00 UTC (11:00AM New York/Toronto time)
Friday September 29th, 18:00 UTC (2:00PM New York/Toronto time)
Saturday September 30th, 21:00 UTC (5:00PM New York/Toronto time)
Wednesday October 4th, 23:30 UTC (7:30PM New York/Toronto time)
Thursday October 5th, 18:00 UTC (2:00PM New York/Toronto time)
Friday October 6th, 21:00 UTC (5:00PM New York/Toronto time)
Saturday October 7th, 18:00 UTC (2:00PM New York/Toronto time)

Tour Bus Safety Guidelines

Stay safe!

We’ll do our best to make sure these journeys are safe and secure, but we cannot be responsible for any lost items in case of emergency. So, we advise you to please arrive with empty inventories on your characters and make sure to leave your valuables in your containers before hopping on our tours. There will be a rez node available should things go topsy turvy and we lose some sprinkles.

Please listen when you're told to return to the ship. We know it's easy to get lost in the marvels of the bases before you, but please don't hold us up. Pay attention to when you are called back or you might get left behind.

Want to Livestream The Tour(s)?
 
Please let us know which tour(s) you will be streaming along with a link! We'll save a VIP spot for you so you can get all the best views. Please contact NQ-Nyota or reply to this thread as to when you plan on streaming. Many thanks!

Are you ready to celebrate one year of Dual Universe Noveans? Let's DU this! ❤️ We hope to see you on the tour!

Your Tour Guide,
NQ-Nyota

Noveans: Time to Celebrate! 
 
With the upcoming anniversary/birthday of Dual Universe on September 27th, it is a great opportunity to share some sightseeing with friends and to see just what everyone was able to accomplish in the past year!  We are pleased to announce another yummy tour for all of to devour. 

What we need from you is to suggest locations that you would like us to visit. You can recommend your own territory, or favorite ones that are must see. From the giant cities to the terraforming magical places, please fill out this form with where we should go for this tour. You can submit as many locations as you wish to and the icing on the cake is that the places we visit will also receive a special anniversary gift! 

Times and schedules will be listed in the coming days so that you can plan ahead. (We welcome you to suggest days/times that are convenient for you by responding to this post or on the form, we will do our best to have a mixture of them as always but please understand, it is not always possible to include specific day/time requests.)

Get ready to party in style Noveans the birthday fun begins next week.

Are you ready to get the birthday party started Noveans? We hope to see you there!
 
Edit after the tours: Here are the locations we visited, thank you to everyone who join us on the Cakeship and who welcomed us to their bases! ❤️🎂

 


Name: Location:     Tour #1:       Hadron ::pos{0,2,-21.6869,122.4980,129.7891} Damphousse Industries ::pos{0,2,7.9980,118.7774,88.7384} IndusTec ::pos{0,2,9.1374,129.4230,112.5327} TMO Collection ::pos{0,2,3.1020,105.3463,82.6680} Kosmos ::pos{0,2,2.8792,105.6984,75.5553} The Tower of MegaBossLord ::pos{0,2,31.0384,84.7546,289.8985} LSA Industries HQ ::pos{0,2,20.2080,104.3921,50.0352} Pure Velocity Racing ::pos{0,2,39.4096,63.6052,-0.0001} Olympus City ::pos{0,2,75.0991,142.3833,230.8694}     Tour #2       The Dome ::pos{0,2,35.8920,105.1376,4.3109} Dragons Forge & Spire ::pos{0,2,31.5092,109.2929,160.1639} Orrianna's Spaceport ::pos{0,2,2.5048,104.8946,4.7898} SVEA Armoury ::pos{0,0,-197871.2864,70031.1802,123338.8100} Starlantis ::pos{0,0,-1000641.7251,593545.4678,-1418638.6669} Prometheus Space Station ::pos{0,0,13817187.9683,7354075.7083,-269049.5288} XVX Ember City ::pos{0,0,361920.2163,97980.0261,174034.8597} Bork Alioth ::pos{0,2,20.4522,99.5260,86.0460}     Tour #3       Czars Workshop ::pos{0,27,60.4414,0.6439,291.2939} Dead Horse Haven ::pos{0,27,-75.2763,-169.6530,852.8552} FenixGate ::pos{0,27,12.8373,-67.2906,144.5908} Lexikon ::pos{0,27,18.1747,44.4783,155.2728} Sentinels Fleet ::pos{0,22,-22.5165,159.0708,3.7489} Ikara Industries ::pos{0,2,21.3843,130.0209,116.0750} Statue Of Liberty Fly-by ::pos{0,2,44.9450,86.3831,935.4526} Dead Reckoning Shipworks ::pos{0,2,42.0986,86.2630,2.9098} Dolphin Cove Resort ::pos{0,2,38.5201,61.2517,-0.0001}     Tour #4       AJIO ::pos{0,2,23.2256,114.6579,219.0856} Stadium replica ::pos{0,2,-56.5475,97.9482,-0.0000} Titantic ::pos{0,2,40.5511,57.7986,1.4844} AhandInitFlo ::pos{0,2,4.1889,74.9573,23.3274} Unicorn Glue Company ::pos{0,2,1.5792,102.5154,112.1164} Element Library ::pos{0,2,-4.4430,113.4095,41.5525} The Black Lotus ::pos{0,2,19.2897,106.6770,8.4503} Kosco ::pos{0,2,2.8792,105.6984,75.5553} Hadron ::pos{0,2,-21.6869,122.4980,129.7891}     Tour #5       Obsidian Paradox ::pos{0,2,16.8527,83.9961,344.3734} Swervin's Glass maze ::pos{0,2,35.6623,104.2999,-0.0000} TLC ::pos{0,2,55.4676,77.8943,57.7230} Minas Morgul ::pos{0,2,73.3176,-31.1408,434.8853} VO Industries ::pos{0,2,26.8385,76.5585,0.9775} Zedvets ::pos{0,2,37.1376,103.9532,128.9650} Blaue Rose ::pos{0,2,39.7771,119.0713,0.9782}     Tour #6       CCU ::pos{0,2,34.8118,72.6230,260.7268} Stryker Industries ::pos{0,2,23.5091,113.9405,205.2525} Birds of Prey ::pos{0,2,35.8977,123.2930,1.8843} PlanetX ::pos{0,2,41.0178,107.5698,75.2121} The Alamo ::pos{0,0,-708.9293,-33.4185,-521511.0079} Boneworks ::pos{0,2,34.0215,110.2061,125.0697} Wossi86 Twitch Company ::pos{0,2,33.7632,145.9621,283.9261}     Tour #7       Zeiffer ::pos{0,2,19.6974,86.4653,290.1365} IC Spaceport ::pos{0,2,7.9416,79.7373,-0.0001} xItWasntMe ::pos{0,2,34.2876,64.0835,0.0000} Mercurius ::pos{0,2,28.3826,109.6753,129886.0859} SeekerofHonjo ::pos{0,0,109079.3822,434441.4001,149570.2299} Sharktooth Speedway ::pos{0,2,45.6424,75.5307,0.0000} Atlas Museium Management ::pos{0,2,45.3091,86.4826,-27.9521} MAD Alioth HQ ::pos{0,2,27.0993,85.3470,471.8129}     Tour #8       Starwatch ::pos{0,2,39.7697,61.6314,2.8796} Flibust' Station ::pos{0,0,-1205965.6390,1141829.7297,-2720820.3080} Stormy Base ::pos{2,27,-28.7824,13.7458,68.2534} Chalana ::pos{0,27,14.6313,108.1493,310.1708} Scherbenhaufen ::pos{0,27,53.1031,-0.6927,38.0295} Outer Rim Exploration ::pos{0,2,22.9132,-92.6303,125248.9141} BB Enterprise ::pos{0,0,13866943.3449,7395922.6959,-209945.1635} PE902Gaming ::pos{0,0,18076726.6364,22944070.5096,105190.5793} FenixGate ::pos{0,27,12.8373,-67.2906,144.5908}

HUNT FOR THE GOLDEN GOOBER

Upon the briny, vast and deep,
The Golden Goober’s secrets sleep,
"All that glitters is gold," they say,
Let’s embark on this treasure hunt today.

Pirates scheme, their hearts aflame,
A cat in gold glitters more, a game!
With cutlass honed and wind-filled sails,
We’ll chase our dreams, catch the tales.

The universe is vast, but we won’t fret,
For we’ve got courage, you can bet.
To find this treasure, we won’t delay,
In this grand adventure, we’ll make our way.

Hunt them down, both near and far,
Betwixt a planet or a shooting star.
With laughter and joy, we’ll persist,
In the Golden Goober’s hunt, we enlist!
 
 
💬Stay tuned for the first clues that will appear next week! 🔍🕵️‍♂️🕵️‍♀️

Hey all!
After a grueling search through the hot beach sands, all in an effort to have a chance at a most precious bonsai tree in their possession, one Novean has emerged victorious and the winner of our Exchange Event raffle is:

JackStryker

A huge congratulations to JackStryker, please contact NQ-Nicodemus, who will hand deliver this most valuable item.

Once Again, we want to thank you all for participating in our Exchange Event. If you haven't had a chance to visit the Exchange, you have until Monday! There's freebies and some amazing creations by our players to see.

We appreciate the help cleaning up the Exchange, you know that sand get everywhere..

The votes have been tallied, the NQ staff members have been polled and they voted - they also discussed all the entries and tried to convince others to vote for their favorites. We take our bots very seriously as you can tell. Even though there can be only three winners, the general consensus here at Novaquark is that these bot entries were incredibly creative, imaginative and skillfully done. A huge thank you to all of the participants. 

If you haven't had the chance to see the bots up close and personal, they are available for viewing near The Exchange: ::pos{0,2,24.7050,99.0905,147.7182}

With no further delay, here are the winners:

First place and winner of the "Brilliant Bot Builder" title as well as three months game time:

LIAM BOT by VANHERCK



Two runner ups that will receive one month of game time each:
 
LA CALCULATRICE by CORRUPTED SOFTWARE


 
STING-E by HADRON
 

 
 
A huge congratulations to all of the winners! Thank you to everyone who participated, we hope that you enjoyed this challenging build contest and if you would like to see more contests like these, please let us know.

Well done everyone, those are some crazy and awesome bots!

Market 6 woot woot, welcome to the neighborhood!