Prompts

Created: 29 August 2022, 18:34:10 UTC

Last updated: 7 August 2024, 00:02:59 UTC

PROMPTS

What is a prompt?

Think of prompts like a task that you must complete-- they include a theme or idea, a requirement in art or writing, and reward you special items or currency for completing them.

Completing prompts earns you Sparkles, which you can use to buy items, MYOs, and more! You earn just for participating, so what are you waiting for?

How can I participate in a prompt?

1. Pick your prompt

Click here to view our list of prompt categories. The categories have general information about the types of prompts within! Please note that some categories may still be displayed even if there are no current active prompts within them.

From here, you can click a category to view the prompts within it, and then can select which prompt you wish to complete.

Please note that:

- Some prompts may have time limits, and cannot be completed after these time limits are over...
- ...some prompts may also have prerequisites or requirements before you can complete them...
- ...and some prompts may have a cap of completions before you can no longer submit to them again.

2. Create your content

Each prompt will have a listed requirement, as well as mediums that you can use to complete them with. Generally, most prompts can be completed with either art or writing-- but it's best to double-check just in case.

Each prompt will have a description of what the prompt is about-- you can use this to guide your drawing or writing to make your content.

You must complete the minimum requirements for the prompt before you can submit to it. If you submit to the prompt, but have not completed its minimum requirements, your submission will be rejected! While you must always reach the minimum requirements, you can put in extra effort beyond the minimum for more rewards.

Don't forget to click "show details" to see prompt requirements and descriptions!

3. Submit

To submit your prompt, you can either upload it offsite, or in the gallery onsite. Make sure to pick the right gallery category, if submitting to there!

When you’re ready to submit, click on "submit" under your chosen prompt.

If you submitted to the gallery...

...You can select your gallery submission from the "Gallery URL" section, and won't need to paste in a link.

If you uploaded offsite...

...then paste the link to your submission under "Submission URL".

In the submission comments, you should put important information, such as bonuses being applied, items being used, or anything else, like a link to other prompts if it's required.

Please attach all characters being featured in the prompt! To do this, click "Add Character" to add a character to the submission. From the dropdown, you can type a character's name or code to fetch it from the list, and then you can click to select it. If successful, you should see an icon of the character pop up!

If the prompt requires it, then you'll also be asked to add the required rewards under the "character rewards" section.

When everything is done, though, you should be set to submit!

Check Your Link!

Due to recent changes and a few different reasons related to this change, Discord image links are no longer feasible for prompt image links. Please link from websites such as sta.sh, deviantart, imgur, or the onsite gallery.

Toyhouse Link Trouble

Please check your toyhou.se characters before submitting using toyhou.se. If you link to a gallery submission of a character that is hidden in any way, then staff will not be able to view it and your submission will be rejected.

Character guidelines

Character-focused prompts must be submitted to with a main "focus character". Only this character will receive any character-specific rewards (Unless stated otherwise.)

You can submit to a prompt with a focus character that does not belong to you, but you will not receive any character-specific rewards for it, and you cannot transfer them to another character after the submission has been processed.
Therefore, if you want to earn any rewards for one of your characters, you and you alone must complete the prompt.
You can mark the focus character when adding characters to your submission.

You can include other characters in your prompts beyond the focus character-- these are characters you can include in your prompts:

A character that you own
A character that belongs to another user, must have gift art set to "yes" or "ask first", the same goes for writing.
- OR permission from the character's owner to include them in the prompt.
An NPC or community character

While you can have other characters show up in prompts, or complete a prompt with another user's character as the focus, similarly, you cannot complete a prompt for another user, and all rewards and associated progress will be given to your account and not another user's.

All other prompt limitations still apply, such as per-user restrictions. Per-character prompts cannot be completed using another user's character.

WHAT can I draw for a prompt?

You can draw a character in their canon form, as well as alternate forms, whether they’re canon or not. If you’re only good at people, quadrupeds, or anthros, just draw whatever you’re comfortable with! Or, if you want to switch between all of them, you can too!

Prompts themselves are intended to be very open. Just stick to the theme, but go wild otherwise, and let your creativity flow! We'd love to see what you make!

Can I submit multiple prompts at once?

Yes! You can have unlimited prompts pending/submitted at once. Please just submit them through multiple submissions.

What quality do prompts have to be?

Prompt submissions don’t have to be masterpieces. We expect a level of effort, though, so pure sketches won’t be accepted for prompt submissions.

Writing prompts can be a bit more malleable, they don’t necessarily have to be whole narratives as long as they clearly tell what the characters are doing or would do, or clearly displays personality.