Hello everyone!
For those of you who missed it, we announced the winner and runner-ups of the fan art contest in last week's blurb, feel free to hit that "Previous" button and read if you missed it.
As for the runner-ups, we're sorry about not sending you that PDF yet, we're working on making it awesome enough, so just a little more patience :)
We promised a big announcement last week, unfortunately, what we wanted to announce isn't entirely ready yet. We wanted to present the new MADSOFT Connect platform, as well as the forums for all you faithful readers to join and discuss with one another. We've built a lot of features for connect, but the forums aren't quite complete. I'm working on it though, and they'll probably be done before the end of the week. So check back sometime later this week! :D
As for the other thing we mentioned last week, the "more interactive features that will allow you to get an extra page a week" is basically a progress bar. That progress bar will be filled as you perform certain actions on the Aikonia website such as Facebook liking, commenting, submitting fan art or edits, donating, and more.
If you manage to fill the bar before the end of the week, we'll release an extra page on that day, along with our usual Monday update. If you don't fill the bar before the end of a week, the progress will be carried on to the next week, unless it's the end of the month, in which case the progress bar will be reset! And keep in mind, you will only be able to earn one extra page per week.
Keep an eye on our Facebook page and Twitter stream to be the first to know when we release MADSOFT Connect and the forums!
Have a nice week! :)

Hey everyone!
Sorry for the late blurb entry! Although, we do have valid reasons for the delay, we were making some final tweaks to the brand new official "Project: Velyria" homepage and we wanted to make sure everything was ready before we announced it here :)
We also needed some extra time to decide which entry would win the contest. We loved all of the work you've submitted, and you're all very awesome for even participating in the first place! We felt bad picking a single one, so we decided to also have three runners-up! The winner will receive the print, as well as a pdf file containing artwork, sketches, and Cyril's original expedition report! Unfortunately, we can't send a print to the runners-up, but you will be receiving a copy of the pdf file as well :)
So, here we go, the winner is...Bowee the Cat for Shadows That We Are!
And the runners-up are FiliaFlammae for Aikonia Poster, Cerulean Fox for Ariel and, Cayys for Ariel as well! Good job everyone, and we'll be getting in contact with you shortly!

I'd like to take this opportunity to also discuss some of the features I'm building for the site. First, I'm doing some changes to the comment system. Those include a captcha field to avoid spambots, comment rss feeds, an optional automated email system that sends you an email when someone replies to your comment, flagging comments as spam, liking/disliking comments, and a few more I can't really discuss yet.
We're also planning on adding some more interactive features, which will allow you to get one extra page posted per week! We'll discuss this a little further next week, along with another big announcement we'll have for you then.
Have a nice week! :D

Hello awesome readers!
So, as you can hopefully tell, we did some minor changes to the Aikonia website. Some of you may want to refresh their caches to see the changes (ctrl+shift+delete on most browsers). They mostly involve the header and footer. Tell us what you think! :)
I'd also like to remind you that the contest ends this weekend (February 19th), so if you've drawn something and haven't submitted it to the gallery yet, now is your chance!
Finally, I know I mentioned the forum was on it's way last week, but unfortunately, I decided to postpone that. Although it should be up before the end of February, so in the meantime, keep an eye on the Facebook page and Twitter stream!
Also, happy Valentine's Day to those of you who celebrate it! :D

Hello everyone!
I hope you had a nice week, and I'd like to remind you that you still have less than 2 weeks to submit your fan art to the gallery! The contest ends on February 19th at midnight (GMT -5). We'll then select a winner and send them this awesome 36"x24" print, digitally signed by Katie Tiedrich!
We're also happy to announce that we launched our brand new company website! You should check it out and tell us what you think! Oh, and, since you requested them so much, we're finally working on forums for all of you to enjoy! They should be up some time this week, so look forward to that!
And, of course, don't forget to keep an eye on our Twitter feed and Facebook page for the latest updates!

Also, if you really love what we do, and you're feeling particularly awesome, you should donate! Thanks! :D

Hello everyone!
Earlier this week, we released the Council wallpaper as a print, digitally signed by Katie Tiedrich, for you to purchase! You can also submit your art to our gallery, before February 19th, for a chance to win one for free (we'll be paying for shipping as well, so no worries)!
And next week, we'll be releasing the brand new Project: Velyria homepage! It'll feature a bunch of new information on the game and classes, so look forward to that! :)

Hey everyone,
I hope you all had a nice week! We opened the artwork gallery for you to submit your own fan art or edits last week, and we really love the submissions so far! Keep 'em coming! We'll pick our favorite fan art from all the entries submitted before February 19th, 2011(duh) and send the winner a 36x24 print of this illustration! We'll pay for shipping no matter where you are in the world too! So you don't have to worry about that :)

Hello everyone!
I hope you all had a great week, because we sure did! We finally reached 1000 likes on Facebook! We're also opening up the fan art gallery and uploader later today, so keep an eye on the site! You'll be able to upload any artwork, fan art or page edits you make! They'll show up in the gallery right after we've approved them :)
AND, we'll be running a small contest to celebrate this great week! The best submission uploaded before February 19th will recieve this as a print for FREE (we're also paying for the shipping, so no worries)!
We also posted something new on our development blog, so go check it out!
And finally, we made a few changes to the about page! You can click on each of the team members to view a small bio of each of us!

Have a nice week! :D

EDIT: The artwork gallery is now open! Submit your artwork, fan art & page edits!

Hello everyone! Hope you all had a nice week! :)
There isn't much to say this week, just going to remind you that we have 3 wallpapers up on Facebook and deviantArt. Also, we need a few more likes to reach one thousands likes on Facebook! So please share our page with your friends! We'll try and think of some reward if we get to one thousand! :D

NOTE: It may not be very clear, but in the first panel, it's Solaris talking. We'll try and edit that page to make it more obvious, sorry :/

Happy New Year everyone!
We hope you had a great year and that this one goes even better! :D

To start the year off, we've uploaded three new wallpapers to Facebook and our deviantArt group! We hope you enjoy them! Let us know what else you'd like to see from us :)

We'll post an update later today, sorry!
And happy holidays!

Hello everyone!
Nothing much to talk about this week. We're pretty much done with the wallpapers, just doing some last minute changes, but until then, keep an eye on our Facebook page and Twitter stream! Also, we're working on Project:Velyria, we're hoping to have the private beta by April 2011, so check it out!
And that is all, Happy Holidays! :D

Hey everyone!
Thanks for all the comments on last week's page, so keep 'em coming! We love hearing from you!
Not sure if you noticed, but we changed the feature suggestions page. Silly suggestions, or ones with low ratings, can now be rejected. We've also separated the active suggestions from the completed and rejected ones so it's easier for you to browse :)
We'll soon be adding a gallery for edits and fan art, so if you're feeling particularly awesome, send in your art and we'll feature it there!

Happy holidays everyone, and we'll see you next week!

Hello, awesome readers!
If you follow our Twitter stream and Facebook page, you probably already know that we updated the comment system this past week. The changes include a new reply system! We'd love to hear your thoughts and opinions on what you'd like us to add to the comment system and we'll see what we can do!
Besides that, check out the Project:Velyria development blog and Facebook page!

Woo! 500 likes on Facebook! Thanks a lot everyone, we'll be putting up some free goodies sometime soon =D

We released the cast page this week, if you haven't seen it yet, check it out right HERE! Tell us what you think =)
Also, if you noticed small numbers on the archive page, those represents the number of comments each page has. We added that recently and we'll soon be making changes to the comments page! So keep an eye out for this!

There's also some new artwork up on the Project Velyria development blog, check it out HERE!

Hello everyone!
This week is when we release the changes we've done to the site. Katie's almost done with the cast page character illustrations and we figured we'd wait until that's done and put everything up in one shot =)
While you wait, feel free to tell us what you think of the comic so far on this blurb's comment page, Twitter, or Facebook!

Also, check out Project:Velyria's new Development Blog!

Hello everyone! Hope you've had a good week =)
Not much to say this week, we're working on making some changes to the site, very minor, no worries. We'll add the cast page and improve the homepage to give you better access to the suggestions page and our social network pages (Twitter & Facebook). So yeah, look forward to that =P

Also, check out Project:Velyria's new Development Blog!

No blurb this week, again :P
Have a great week!

Hey everyone! Happy Halloween if you celebrate that! =)
We're still working on the cast page, and we'll be putting that "send us a question for the recording" some time this week. In the mean time, check out Project: Velyria! And sign up for the beta =)

Hello everyone! =)
We'd like to talk about an idea we had. Sometime next month we'll be recording a one-time podcast of some sort where we all talk about the game and the comic, as well as answer as many questions you request as possible.

We'll all be participating: Andrew-David, Tim, Katie, and Jose if he has time (He's been super busy being awesome lately =P). If you'd like to leave us a question, simply go to the about page and click on the very large "Call Me" button. It will ask for your name and phone number, and then attempt to call you. When you answer, you'll be able to leave your message through your phone, simple! Once we start recording, we'll say "x person asks: *question goes here*".
If you'd prefer us not to mention your name, then just write "anonymous" in the name area! You can also click on the small "Keep number private" checkbox if you want that to be anonymous as well, either way we won't mention the phone number.

We'll keep that button up for one or two weeks, and then we'll remove it so we can start recording. So asks your questions while you can!

We'd also like to talk about merchandise. Recently we got some suggestions to sell some merchandise such as posters, stickers, t-shirts, and buttons! We think it's too early to start selling t-shirts, but we'd love to make buttons, they sound like they could be fun to do! Although we have to know, would you prefer 1-inch , 1.5-inch or 2.25-inch buttons? We'll also be making a digital pdf containing some of the original artwork and concept sketches for both the comics and the game for you to purchase.
And on top of all that, we'll do a few wallpapers for you to download for free as a thanks for being so awesome! =)

And finally, sorry for the long post this week, but we're also almost done doing the cast page, it will contain some basic information and brand new illustrations drawn for each character shown in the comic so far!

Hope you have a great week! =D

No Blurb this week, sorry. Have an awesome week! :D