#Pixel Dust

[pluto-planitia]

The Space Saga of Pluto Planitia! #36

Pluto and Pixel are looking to enter an Insect Photo Safari contest. But before they can get started, a clumsy little morel enters the picture. Timothy T. Truffle wants to return to his homeworld clear on the other side of the Galaxy, and gives Pluto a bug-filled reason for him to hitch a ride.

Pluto agrees to give him a lift, but little does she know the number of troubles this truffle has waiting in the wings!

<= Back // To Be Continued!

[whirlwindflux]

My last attack of the artfight season is revenge!

@doeblossom’s Pixel Dust is ready to stream!

[splungecoyote]

Attack of @doeblossom's Pixel Dust

[spacehorsestudios]

Patron's Pinup, April 2025

It's not all OCs all the time. Rivet has a small slip while doing some repair work. If you'd like to see it in full, please consider supporting me at my SubscribeStar. Every little bit counts and is appreciated!

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[stephenkingporn]

Sorry I haven’t posted in so long I haven’t been reading much or buying any books because of paying for Christmas 😩 I’ll make an effort to post more but I am still here!

Also, currently looking for LitRPG recommendations because I’ve been getting into those recently. I’ve read Otherland, Eternal Online and am currently on Pixel Dust so please send me your recommendations 🙏🏻

[orphancookie69]

Disney Dreamlight Valley: Dreamsnaps

So, Disney Dreamlight Valley came out with something called Dreamsnaps. It is a weekly photo submission competition to earn free moonstones. This has pro's and con's, but this was-to me-one of the first unique things this game did. But, like anything else regarding this game, there was not much explained about it.

Before we even get to the ability to do a Dreamsnap, this will start with Venellope's quest. She is glitching and you take a photo and submit it to "fix" her and that starts your dreamsnap journey.

So on Week 1, Dreamsnap Wednesday's, you get a prompt. It will either be a Decoration Challenge or an Outfit Challenge. I noticed a trend where it alternates Decor one week, then Outfit the next week. There will be 2-3 Mandatory tags you have to hit, and 2 Suggested tags. You can sort furniture or clothes by the tags. Every system has a different button for this, but I myself play on Nintendo Switch. Once you are ready to go-you take a photo and click "Submit Dreamsnap". There is also a Dreamsnap Tab in the start menu.

On Week 2, you vote for the submissions you like best. There is no limit to how many votes you cast, you will look at 2 photos and click which one you like better. The minimum amount of voting will get you 50 moonstones per week.

On Week 3, you get your results from that particular challenge in your mailbox (in game). You will get a score, based on how well you hit the mark for the mandatory/suggested tags, and a ranking based on people's votes. The rewards are varying amounts of moonstones and pixel dust. The pixel dust adds up and helps you level up from level 1 to level 10. There is a reward at every level, with a big trophy at level 10. At the time of writing this, I am at Level 9.

The catch is this is ongoing with a new challenge coming weekly. So on any given week you are voting on something, while submitting something else, while receiving the results of something else entirely. So I started keeping track of what challenge was what, the scores, and my submissions. It is possible to send the photo you are planning to submit to your phone, but you need to do so after you take it but before you submit it. Once you take a photo, there is now way to look at previous photos taken to send it to your phone. You send it by way of scanning a QR code.

Now, at the time of writing this post, and since I have been playing since the beginning of the prerelease-I have done 32 dreamsnaps. One would think that by now, I might know what I am doing? If you ask my mom, who I help each week with the submissions, I am a great dreamsnap teacher. But my scores are all over the place, so I decided to look at the numbers and see what a proper analysis would tell me.

For me, I treat every dreamsnap as if its both decor and outfit, hoping that will help my score. One of the problems is, one part of the "win" is objective and the other part of the "win" is subjective. I also have played this since the beginning, which means I have a fully decorated Valley-there is a limit on how many items you can have and I am under it but just barely, but its not like its a baren wasteland. Also, you can not have any "Touch of Magic" items in your photo. No custom creations can be seen or unseen, this goes for clothes or furniture. Having characters from the Valley in with you seems to help, you can also do different poses with different animals when in camera mode. The premium shop changes on Wednesday's as well, save up for the good stuff there.

The Proof is in the Numbers:

I logged my results on a note on my phone, emailed them to myself, and put them into a google sheet. Here is what I found:

For combined outfit/decor

I average a 45.47 score

I average a 56,914 ranking

I average 554 moonstones

I average 139 pixel dust

For Outfit alone,

I average a 48.12 score

I average a 54,096 ranking

I average 646 moonstones

I average 142 pixel dust

For Decor alone,

I average a 42.99 score

I average a 59,556 ranking

I average 468 moonstones

I average 137 pixel dust

My Best Dreamsnap:

My best submission is Winter's Here (#24). An outfit challenge, 77.59 score, 11,114 ranking, 2500 moonstones, and 178 pixels.

My Worst Dreamsnap:

My worst submission is Arendelle's Showcase (#25). A decoration challenge, 26.72 score, 85,353 ranking, 300 moonstones, and 127 pixel dust.

Best Decoration Dreamsnap:

My best one is actually one earlier, but I was not saving them at the time. The one I can show is Holiday Cheer (#21). Decor challenge, 56.87 score, 58,567 ranking, 600 moonstones, and 157 Pixel Dust.

Worst Decoration Dreamsnap:

The worst one is It Came From Outer Space (#27). Decor Challenge, 23.85 score, 59,242 ranking, 300 moonstones, and 124 pixel dust.

Best Outfit Dreamsnap:

While my best submission ever is already posted, I will show this one that was my higest ranking one. A Day at Disney (#22). Outfit challenge, 57.46 score, 15,289 ranking, 1500 moonstones, and 158 pixel dust.

Worst Outfit Dreamsnap:

My worst one is not saved, maybe a good thing in retrospect? But I will show you Under The Sea (#20). Outfit challenge, 32.46 score, 85,575 ranking, 300 moonstones, and 133 pixel dust.

Tips:

No touch of magic items

Make sure Decor and Outfit are on point

Bring in characters

Pose with pets

Buy clothes and furniture, you never know when you are going to need what.

Pay attention to the premium shop, you never know when you could use the stuff there.

Hoard supplies to be able to make stuff at a crafting table to be able to use for photos.

Decorate the valley, within the limit.

Use all the options in the camera: poses, shot types, filters, frames.

This was an interesting dive into whether or not the system is rigged or what I could do better. If you want to look at your own scores, take a look at your mailbox. What tips and tricks would you add to this post?

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[temp-unu]

lil utmv sprites >:]

DA ORDER OF WHO DEY R WILL BE IN DA TAGS EHE. use for. whatever. if u want.. :3

if you request some, theres a good chance ill do em!!! especially if they like.. never get any art ehe.

OK TATA~

[shouj0]

darling, even the moon gets lonely sometimes...

composed by the moon, assembled by me. 🌙

[pigeonstab]

[pluto-planitia]

The Space Saga of Pluto Planitia! #35

Just when it seemed our simians were done for, the Handarliums swooped in and saved the day! With the Super-Ball Ship having finally landed, the Trilitarians of Alcorra 12 help clean up, with some parting words given to our would-be poachers.

Now Pluto takes off with a fleet of transports, to help return everyone to their home planets! After that? You'll just have to see, on the next Space Saga of Pluto Planitia!

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[whizvinn]

pfp masks, free to use

reblogs & likes appreciated !!

[wolfchans]

BANG CHAN x FENDI ♡ W KOREA

[indigo-flowers09]

Tumblr has indoctrinated me into liking Horrordust FUCK!!!

i need someone to hug me like that bro…

horror by sour apple studios

dust by the dust ask blog idk the name bro

[stephenkingporn]

I finished the 3rd book in the 3 book Pixel Dust series yesterday and I feel like I’ve lost a friend I was enjoying these books so much! It’s the first time I’ve ever felt like this after finishing a series and I’m not sure what happens now…start again from the beginning?

[orphancookie69]

Disney Dreamlight Valley: Dreamsnaps! (Updated)

I have previously made a post about Dreamsnaps, I will post that link early in the body, but have since made more progress on trying to figure out the system!

Here is my first post, and if you don't know much about dreamsnaps, it is a good place to start: https://www.tumblr.com/orphancookie69/743784638706778112/disney-dreamlight-valley-dreamsnaps

I will recap some of the basics, as it is relevant to the updated knowledge:

Week 1: Challenge 1

Week 2: Challenge 2 | Voting on Challenge 1

Week 3: Challenge 3 | Voting on Challenge 2 | Results of Challenge 1

And so forth. There are two types of challenges:

Outfit: Tags based on clothes

Decor: Tags based on items

There are two types of points:

Mandatory: Your photo can not be submitted without hitting the minimum of these

Bonus: you will get extra points for these (these used to be called suggested)

Once you have your results back you get the following data:

Score

Rank

Moonstones

Pixel Dust

There are 10 levels of Dreamsnaps that you move through with the Pixel Dust. You get items as you progress through levels 1-10, ending with a big trophy.

(Just a note-I am not sure how credible the information I got is, but so far it seems to be playing out like they said it does. ) So the next question is, how does scoring work? Scoring is supposed to go as follows:

20 points for mandatory tags

20 points for bonus tags

Remaining points for ranking (plotted on a bezier curve)

Pixels: your score + 100 (rounded up)

Your moonstones is rewarded based on your voting ranking:

For Example: this is my submission for Dance Party

I had the following results from it:

46.93 score: 20 points (mandatory)+20 points (bonus)+6.93 (ranking)

104,163 ranking: 6.93 points when I ranked this low makes sense

600 moonstones: I was in the top 70%

147 Pixel Dust: 46.93+100=146.93 (rounded up)=147

Some people say the higher the tags, the better. I have not found anything to support that. I think this leads to the question of, how to do well in voting? I recently joined a site called www.starlightdreamers.com and my profile is below:

It took a minute upload all the information and images, but it also helped me to start keeping track of my tags (to see how that plays into things). They took my data and here is my (as of writing this post) data:

Best Results: Winters Here (2500 moonstones-Rank: 11,114)

Lowest Results: Timeless Magical Style (300 moonstones - Rank: 112,610)

Total Moonstones Earned: 39,400

Average Challenge: 656 moonstones

Decor Average Challenge: 580 moonstones

Outfit Average Challenge: 733 moonstones

There is an interesting feature on the site that people can like or leave reactions to your submissions. So I started posting it before submissions were due to gauge future voting reaction, also to see what other people were posting.

Back to New Orleans: 53 likes/1 reaction - 900 moonstones / Ranking 54,506

Dance Party: 44 likes/2 reactions - 600 moonstones / Ranking 104, 164

Autumn's Magic: 47 likes/3 reactions - Currently in voting

Based on this, I would make the hypothesis that Autumn's Magic does better than Dance Party but not better than Back To New Orleans in ranking. We'll see what happens.

It is true, I don't "sell my soul" for moonstones and will sometimes not do the popular thing just for "free moonstones". Especially after seeing all my photos together in like a portfolio thing-I don't mind playing the unique or true game. But here are some Tips I have read from other players:

Have a path down the middle

One big building or object behind you

2 identical objects around the one big thing in background

Hide fireworks behind the background items

Add sparkle

Keep colors in theme

trap characters in the photo

There's no such thing as "too cluttered"

Play with camera angles or filters

There are items (like the stage and bonfire) that will gather villagers (without breaking your game)

Have good lighting

Avoid empty foreground

Use special effects

People vote quickly for eye catching photos

Respect the theme

Keep it simple

I might try "selling my soul" one time to see if it gets bought, if I do-I will make a follow up post to let you know how it goes. Who is already joining the starlightdreamers.com? Hope this helps, and don't forget to have fun!