The AP Guide
The AP Guide
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AP - Art Points -
You earn Art Points each time you depict your Shedu either in artwork or stories. These can help you improve your cat. Certain AP milestones will give your cat special bonuses.
Besides that, particular amounts of AP can be converted into SP (Stat Points). With the help of those you can improve the stats of your cat.
If you raise your Shedu`s stats, the offspring of the cat will also inherit better qualities. So taking care of an already born cat`s progress is important and beneficial both for the cat itself and for future generations.
There are three types of AP:
AP - standard Art Points. These can be assigned only to the cat depicted in the art/literature piece/entered in the show. These AP are gained through drawing your cat/writing about it; they cannot be placed in the Bank. They should be applied directly to the cat. They may also be listed as AP [bound].
AP [unbound] - These AP are normally gained in raffles or as additional prizes in shows. These can be stored in your bank and assigned to any cat of your choice. Each cat can get only 250 AP [unbound] in their lifetime.
AP [lit] - These AP are given for the literature pieces centered around your handler character (and does not affect the story of any particular cat) and can be assigned to any cat, but each cat can only get 250 AP(lit) in total.
GENERAL AP REGULATIONS
GENERAL AP REGULATIONS
IMPORTANT: All art to count for AP must be fully submitted to DeviantArt (Cannot be in Stash). Art gained from other sites must be uploaded to DA (with permission from artist + Link back to original art).
*Events of Deactivated account/deleted deviations will be handled on a case-by-case bases
We have worked to make our Art Point system as fair as possible for all, paying close attention to eradicating the loopholes that allowed and invited for AP-grind.
Instead of that, we arranged points in the way that makes participating in group events and creating story-driven, meaningful art to be the most rewarding approach.
Before we dive into AP calculating, we would like to stress out that art points given by the Shedu group should not be perceived as an indicator of artistic worth of any of your arts. The AP system is just a part of the game. It leans on objective qualities that can be evaluated universally.
TYPES OF ART ACCEPTED
TYPES OF ART ACCEPTED
By Origin
New pieces
Old art
Gifted art
Commissioned art
Literature
600 words minimum
Languages allowed (without the need for additional, specially translated English short summary):
English
Russian
Stories in other native languages are allowed, but with mandatory summary in English.**
Visual Art
Traditional 2D art
Digital 2D art
Additionally the follow types of visual art are accepted, however the AP system is not set up to evaluate these types:
3D art
Photo-manipulations (you can earn AP for these only if you do those as part of completing rare certain tasks. Photo-manipulations can not be used in the group as your main type of art.)
Physical Art
Crafting
Sculpture
We do NOT accept:
Artworks made on lined paper
Traditional artworks that were photographed with phone/camera and were not turned in the right position before uploading.
Senseless multiple images on one sheet (more than 3 images of the same cat in one piece that are not connected in any way of sense nor in a way of composition). Comic pages do not fall under this restriction.
Artworks that are smaller in size than 400 X 400 px to count for AP (You may still do badges, avatars, dolls, etc)
Art that is the result of art theft in any way or form.
AP MILESTONES
AP MILESTONES
When you reach a certain AP milestone you will be able to convert your AP(art points) into SP (stat points). And apply those SP to your cat`s stats. However there is an important rule.
9 STAT POINTS CAP RULE
Stats earned by AP have a cap limit. Once a stat is increased by +9 points it cannot be raised again until all other stats have likewise earned +9 points. This cap only applies to AP stat increases and does not include stats gained from other sources. (Such as SPC, IFS Achievements, show prizes etc)
THE MILESTONES
50 AP
adds 1 extra point to 2 stat categories of your choice. But it can not be one and the same category. (I.e. you can not add 2 points to “spe[_]”. You`ll have to add 1 point to “spe[_]” and 1 to any other stat category)
Baketora, Bayun, Munchkin, Arabian and Komainu Shedu Cats: Gain +1 Breeding slot
100 AP
adds 2 extra points to 2 stat categories of your choice. But it can not be one and the same category. (I.e. you can not add 4 points to “spe[_]”. You`ll have to add 2 point to “spe[_]” and 2 to any other stat category)
Baketora, Bayun and Komainu Shedu Cats: Gain +1 Breeding slot
Baketora, Bayun, Munchkin, Arabian and Komainu Shedu Cats: Gain +1 Breeding slot
150 AP
adds 3 extra points to 2 stat categories of your choice. But it can not be one and the same category. (I.e. you can not add 6 points to “spe[_]”. You`ll have to add 3 point to “spe[_]” and 3 to any other stat category)
Baketora, Bayun, Munchkin, Arabian and Komainu Shedu Cats: Gain +1 Breeding slot
Baketora, Bayun, Munchkin, Arabian and Komainu Shedu Cats: After 150 AP, no more slots are gained by AP (Total 3 slots earned by AP)
200 AP
This milestone does not give any additional direct stat point boosts. Instead your cat will receive one of the following traits (trait will be decided by RNG):
Heart
gives extra bonus points to offspring
+ 10 scoring points in each flat race to cat itself
Surefoot
gives extra bonus points to offspring
+ 10 scoring points in each steeplechase or street race/rooftop race to cat itself
Sweet Soul
gives extra bonus points to offspring
+ 10 scoring points in each halter/liberty show to cat itself
Natural Born Jumper
gives extra bonus points to offspring
+ 10 scoring points in each show jumping event to cat itself
Devil of Agility
gives extra bonus points to offspring
+ 10 scoring points in each street race or agility event to cat itself
Dancer
gives extra bonus points to offspring
+ 10 scoring points in each dressage event to cat itself
The bonus clarification:
The 200 ap bonuses give a small stat bonus to cat's future offspring (it does not affect cubs already born).
The bonus points to scores are only applied to that specific cat and not its offspring.
Eternity 250+ AP
This only applies to cats that have had their 200AP validated by admin and has been published on their log.
A cat cannot advance to this stage until this has been done.
For each 50AP after a cat has earned its 200AP bonus, the cat shall receive:
+3 extra points to 2 stat categories of your choice. But it can not be one and the same category. (I.e. you can not add 6 points to “spe[_]”. You`ll have to add 3 point to “spe[_]” and 3 to any other stat category)
*** SPECIAL 2000 AP ACHIEVEMENT ***
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