Joelgc.com/Avatars

On Joelgc.com, avatars are the primary way for users to represent themselves. When creating an account, users are assigned a default avatar that resembles Ena from Season 1, with a primary blue color and secondary yellow color. By participating in events or finding Easter Eggs on the website, users can unlock additional customization options to further personalize their avatar.

## Customization Options

Users can customize their avatars through five main options available on the "Character" page in the website's settings:

### Characters

The character a user chooses determines their overall appearance. Available characters include:

* Ena (Seasons 1 and 2), The Shepherd, Hourglass Dog, Merci, and Taski Maiden from the *ENA* series.
* Margo and Ula from the *HANDS UP* series.
* Cassandra from the *Deadline* animation.

These characters appear at the bottom of the homepage and a more detailed sprite can be found on the user's profile page. The character chosen also affects the noise made when speaking a user's profile message.

Characters can be further customized using skins.

### Skins

Skins are different outfits or appearances that can be applied to the character you have chosen. Some skins are exclusive to certain characters, meaning only those characters can use them. The type of skin equipped may also alter the character's available animations. For example, some skins may add new animations or change existing ones.

### Animation

Animations are actions that your avatar can perform on the bottom of the homepage. Standard animations include Stand, Walk, and Sit. Certain characters or skins have unique animations:

* The Hourglass Dog's Spin option makes it spin across the bottom of the homepage at a much faster rate than walking.
* Cassandra's Shaking option makes her shake in place with an afraid expression. This animation option was added in v2.2 of the website.
* The Ena Full-Sadness skin has the options Run and Cry, which replace Walk and Sit, respectively. Choosing the former will make the avatar run very quickly back and forth across the bottom of the homepage, while the latter will make the avatar sit in place and cry. This skin also has no equivalent for the Stand animation.
* The CarolENA skin has an extra Sing option, which will make the avatar stand in place and sing while covering their eyes. This originally changed the website's music to the track "ENA Sing Their Carol" by VLIF, though this does not appear to work as of the Christmas 2022 event.

### Colors

Colors can be used to further personalize a user's avatar on Joelgc.com. Any character can have colors set for them, but visual differences will only appear on skins related to the Default Ena skin or certain accessories, such as Ena-related plushies. Users can select a primary and secondary color, which can be the same or different. The primary color will appear on the right side of the avatar's face, while the secondary color will appear on the left side.

### Accessories

Accessories are small items that can be placed on top of an avatar's head on Joelgc.com. Many of these accessories are only available during website events, so if a user did not unlock them during the event, only the default Ena Plushie accessory will be available. Most accessories are plushies of the website's characters, but there are also non-plushie items such as the Turrón.

## Available Customization

Below is a list of all of the avatar-related characters, accessories, costumes, and colors that users can unlock on Joelgc.com.

These elements are unlocked through various actions, Easter eggs or limited-time events, which reward the player with more customization options. The requirement for unlocking each customization option will be listed on the right.

## Unusable Customization

There are certain avatar-related characters on Joelgc.com that are not available for use by normal users. These characters have appeared at the bottom of the homepage, but there are no customization options that allow normal users to use them. A list of these is below.

## Trivia

* On April 29th, 2023, the skin Ena Variant 1 received a visual update to better reflect the character's design.
	+ Ena Bunny V2 got its visual update the following days.
* Ena is the character with the most skins by far, having a total of 27 skins, including Default.

## References

1. ↑ Easter 2021 event announcement on Tanya Hastur's Twitter
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Halloween 2021 event announcement on Tanya Hastur's Twitter
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Christmas 2021 event announcement on Tanya Hastur's Twitter
4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 Christmas 2022 event announcement on Tanya Hastur's Twitter
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Easter 2022 event announcement on Tanya Hastur's Twitter
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Easter 2023 event announcement on Tanya Hastur's Twitter
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Halloween 2022 event announcement on Tanya Hastur's Twitter
8. ↑ Winnners of Easter 2023's competition