• New Playercard Design

• Scrapbook Cover Picture

As you may have noticed, there haven't been new kids coming to Tinkatolli for a long time. About 7 weeks ago, we decided to stop inviting new players, so that we could make some pretty big changes. Today we are putting one of the final important new features in place. There is only one more feature to add before we starting inviting tons of new players in! 
Today, we are introducing Tinkatolli's new leveling up system. When you login, you'll notice that your status has changed. You no longer level up by filling your online and offline status - you level up by collecting badges. 

About badges.You can earn badges for all kinds of things - filling your status, getting something built in Tinkatolli, earning new bling skills, discovering secret rooms and on and on and on... We have a ton of really cool ideas for badges and can't wait to get them in the world. An overview of badges (and collectables) will be coming soon.

About levels.Each level will require different types of badges and sometimes more than one of the same badge. You can see what you need to get to the next level in the bottom of your status panel. Some levels will be easy, and others will be really, really hard. 

About rewards.The rewards for levelup will be changing too - a reward could be a new tinka, it could unlock new Tinka features, or give you a new room in your house. 
What's your status now?

We are going to pretend that all of you are brand new players (you'll get to keep what you have though). From now on, all new players will start at Level 1. They will also start with a one room house. The reward for getting to Level 2 will be a second room to your house. At the moment, you can not get the Sea Glass Hunter badge needed to get to Level 2. But when that is ready, we are going to close off the second room of your house (so we can test if leveling up actually opens the room again  ) One day soon, you will login and discover that the small room in your house is closed off. You'll get a message with some instructions, that will tell you how to get the Sea Glass Hunter badge. 

You may already have earned badges 
If you have done any of the following, you will already have a badge or badges (if they arent there by the weekend, let us know)
- earned dancing or jumping skills- found all 14 hidden eggs

- had your house selected as Tinka pad of the week

- had 5 or more things accepted in the Tinkafair - had one of your makeabled built into Tinkatolli- collected over 10,000 blings

What you need to know- in order for all of your tinkas to show up in your status, you will need select each one, and walk around with it for a few seconds. if they don't appear in your status right away, don't panic - they will (and they will faster if you empty your cache)- as usual there are probably new bugs (but I've fixed some too - so Gelu can take "sticking on the wall in Canopia Cavern" off his list  )
Beta 0.095 can be found at the regular tinkatolli.me/play link or you can go here to make sure you get it:
http://www.tinkatolli.me/play/indexBadges.html