#appondale

[fleabag-15]

long time no see uhh ermmm uhh * scratches my head * ive been playing alot like . ALOT of anjimal jam i did this for an art contest i entered last month

BUT ALSO it was part of a video actually !! Its super fun you should watch it here and i did animate this picture a little bit which i put under the cut :-)

[chewedpencileraser]

this is where i post from if it even matters to you guys

[germofwheat]

hey how long has this plinth been here

[violetsquare111]

recreating animal jam (classic) in minecraft, part 2: lost temple of zios! this took a while but it was a lot of fun. managed to get it finished up right on my birthday :)

tour of jamaa township here, world download here

[allpages]

this song rules and stays cemented as one of my favorite main themes in the game. also digging this cover art :)

[adventurebasscamp]

i need to stop thinking about how badly i want to do every single area i'm not doing while im working on the aj mc world

[cyanogen-miasma]

Otto the Elephant Alpha

I did this months ago and got bogged down on his spawning animation and forgot to post - I'm not planning on finishing the spawning animation, but it's a Sun-looking thing

Otto plays a part in what I like to call the Appondale War, which is this little thing I have going on in my animal jam AU

where, essentially, in the time where the animals were distrustful of each other and took their heartstones with them, some of the animals went to Appondale, and the different species vied for control of the savannah - the animals going there being animals that come from the savannah eg elephants, crocodiles, lions, hyenas, rhinos, cheetahs. Otto was the leader of a group that was trying to defend Appondale against the Phantoms while trying to mend the distrust between the animals in Appondale. He failed, and was felled and imprisoned in the elephant heartstone, but when the Alphas brought elephants back to Jamaa, he was given Alpha status for his valour. Contrary to his Sun motif, he actually defends against the Sun by bringing rain to areas with droughts, and letting smaller animals gather in the shade he casts. Pretty stand-up guy.

[terriyyaki]

Big ol rant about aj lore and new things with the update I don't think people have seen :)

OKay, so we all have seen the newest update KABOOM Club Geoz is back new bundle night of the phantoms boom awesome update. Amazing update since getting such small updates I think we can agree this is awesome but I've found something else ajhq hasn't told us about. There has been no mention of the notes scattered across Jamaa.

The only notes I've found so far at located at The Lost Temple Of Zios, Appondale, and Coral Canyons. 

There is quite a bit of mention of light and dark throughout this update we've got the message at Club Geoz where Greely is talking about and questioning why Club Geoz is back and makes mention of how its music can be a source of light and dark energy. Then there is the new bundle which contains two recolors of Greely's armor titled Greely's dark side armor and Greely's light side armor. 

Greely is a big part of this at the moment. He's on all of the notes and he's the only alpha talking to us about this (makes sense phantoms are this emos hyper fixation) Even Play Wild has mentioned Greely.

Throughout the notes, Greely tells us about the lines of power and how they work. Greely also talks about the phantoms being able to cross from their dimension to ours and how they might even be able to cross to other worlds. 

Right now I do not know where this is going to go but ofc Ima speculate, just keep in mind I'm going to throw around some stuff I know ajhq can't do at the moment with the state ajc is in. 

I think this is an amazing set-up for a new adventure or event. Throughout the adventures we've gone to the fortress (correct me if I'm wrong) but I don't think we've ever gone to the phantom dimension aside from something like the phantom vortex, what does the phantom vortex even count as? You can access it in ajpw so maybe ajhq wants to do something similar here? 

There is a mention of how the lines of power can be activated in the note from The Temple Of Zios. "These lines can be activated by great astronomical events such as an eclipse, or by the collective, focused energy of many animals working together." We've seen the lines of power work in an eclipse but... many animals working together? again I think this could add to some event maybe an adventure but I see this one leaning towards something just happening in Jamaa. I want to quickly not so quickly touch on Juno. When the lines of power reappeared their statue started to glow yellow showing some activity. There are now items revolving around them in the diamond shop and also in the phantom vortex? I don't know much about the lore of Juno and I'm not about to go check so bare with me and correct me anywhere you like. I questioned the phantom vortex earlier maybe the fact that Juno's armor is there could suggest Juno is in the phantom dimension? which again... IS AN AWESOME SET-UP FOR AN ADVENTURE. Imagine it. Greely is worried about the phantoms and wants us to go into the phantom dimension to investigate and gather information. Using the lines of power or something along the lines maybe even the light and dark energy from something like Club Geoz we make it into the phantom dimension. While searching and finding information we could stumble across traces of an animal or something in here with us. Notes or bits of armor or items, or it could just be a large reveal instantly of Juno trapped by the phantoms! we get them out and return to Greely and the other alphas. TLDR: There are notes in aj talking about the lines of power Juno and Greely are important, we may get a new adventure or event sometime. MORE LORE WOOOOOO!!!!!!

[downp0urr]

I FOUND ALL OF THE BLINKYS!!!! Locations below the cut!!!

1. Saperia forest behind the log

2. Crystal Sands behind one of the slides

3. Appondale in Graham’s tent

4. Lost Temple of Zios next to the craft building place

5. Lost Temple of Zios’s observatory (where the telescopes are and stuff)

6. Alpha Headquarters shelf

7. Jamaa Township ledge thing by the water

8. Tierney’s Aquarium (on the Blue Tang or “Dory” fish)

9. Mt. Shiveer inside of a crater

10. Sapphire Shop behind a pillar

the popup got me scrambling but we got it :) yippee

[general-sleepy-beast]

Animal Jam Journey Book Kani Cove

I'm putting together a text/gif guide for the journey book! Were starting with Kani Cove! All the creatures aside from the urchin are moving so remember to be patient it can take a minute or two to appear. The guide will be under the read more!

Fun fact of the day, when the journey book was introduced in 2011 only the underwater areas were included!

From the starting point head up and to the right to find the spotted snake eel, it will be sticking out of the barrel

wait here for a bit and the Nautilus to appear

watch for the cuttlefish its fast-moving and blends in!!

head back to the treasure chest, the sea urchin will be just above the treasure chest, well you're there the parrot fish is to the left get that well your here.

Just down from there is where the conch will be found.

okay be patient with the shrimp it's clearly shy, it will bounce along the bottom of the screen the easiest place to spot it is down from the treasure chest.

head up and right toward the sail, there you should see the cormorant!

to the left of the cormorant/above the treasure chest will be where you can find the manatee and hammerhead shark. These two require you to wait quite a bit!

the reward for this is the toy boat pond!!

Hope this is helpful!! this is one of many I plan on making! I'm doing them in the order they appear in the book unless there's any requests!

Kani Cove●Deep Blue●Crystal Reef●Bahari Bay●Lost Temple of Zios Mt Shiveer●Sarepia Forest●Appondale●Coral Canyons● Crystal Sands●Kimbara Outback●Balloosh

[mourningcttlfsh]

just logged onto ajpw and was going around the map normally. i go into appondale. there is a HUGE crowd of people proclaiming that "WE WILL OBTAIN THE ORB SOON. THEY ARE KEEPING THE ORB FROM US." while repeatedly spawning phantoms. who was going to tell me that animal jam made an alpha item simply titled the orb.

[spacialdimension]

how long has he been here little wildworks plushies! first one is in appondale, in Grahm's tent, the 2nd one is in crystal sands near where the path to temple of zios is (you have to find the right angle for the camera and look near the trees where the slides are), and the 3rd one is in temple of zios, right next to the entrance to Brady's lab! he's very tiny, you might need to zoom in

going to edit this post with any others I find. All of them I've been able to find with a non-flying animal, and they don't give you anything if you click on them, they're just there.

in the Mt Shiveer steam vents! its cold up there. Flew to get a better look at him, but he can be seen without flying

Hangin out by the ants in Sarapia Forest :D

on the secluded little island behind a rock in Jamaa Township. Me too, buddy.

[cosmos-tree-house]

another thing I want to change is that all of the Land Areas are way larger and more spaced apart. the ingame world map & playable area is sort of a condensed version of the actual areas.

Jamaa runs with a mixed economy deal with both bartering and currency; some places use gems and diamonds (usually businesses), others barter and trade (individual). Jamaa Township, the biggest and populous region of Jamaa, uses gems and diamonds primarily. This is because Jamaa Township is the main sort of marketplace for Jamaa, so they use a simpler system of currency (mostly). Lots of selling and buying going on there.

Jamaa Township is also a prolific great-plains biome! So theres some good agriculture in there too. But most of Jamaa's produce comes from two areas; the open corner of Sarepia Forest that neighbors Jamaa Township, and these four beautiful islands right here:

I haven't decided exactly what these islands are named, or if they have individual names, but they are independent from all of the other regions of Jamaa! They recently left Kimbara Outback with the help of Liza and Cosmo (and their apprentices). It's a little farming region! Very hilly with flowery meadows. Hosts a lot of orchards. Gets a lot of sun :)

Kimbara Outback hosts a lot of hospitals and a lot of medical study takes place here. It's also notorious for having TERRIBLE furniture.

Appondale... I'm not really sure if I'm going to keep Jammers owning... little versions of themselves? So Claws 'N Paws is being turned into an animal study facilitation, with a shit ton of equipment for studying wildlife. There's a lot of questions around non-sentient animals, and how it relates to Jammers. Appondale is a very academic region, with a lot of museums!

[allpages]

as much as i love this cake i do wish it were?? thicker?? somehow?? im not sure what i mean by this but it doesnt feel like theres a cake hiding inside there. or that itd be fondant hell.

[adventurebasscamp]

ok, since it's been a long time, here's a bit of an update on how minecraft sarepia forest looks so far! some shots with shaders and some without. (obligatory planetminecraft link)

+ an updated version of sol arcade, and a self indulgent appondale pic because oh my god i am NEVER going to get over how good shaders are

some areas seem a little empty right now, but it'll feel much more complete when i've got all the background trees filled in!

[puppuptrixii]

The pet carer of Appondale and the news reporter of Mt Shiver!