Only two more users will be able to win the "Explorer Badge". The second user to find it will get a bonus of 50,000 points!!! So keep looking, it is here somewhere!
I am still fixing bugs on the website and in games. Heres an overview of what I have done this week:
I fixed a bug in the Mario World game that was keeping game objects from preloading their graphics, leading to enemies to sometimes 'disappear' temporarily while their graphic changed. I also fixed a few behind the scenes bugs in Mario World. I am going to be making Mario World 'playable' next by integrating the race system into the CND website and making it so you can switch from zone to zone within Mario World.
Big news! I am working on a new multiplayer game, which I am calling Star Sky 2 right now, but I am not sure if I will maintain that name or come up with something (much) better. It is a space RPG which incorporates 8-bit graphics, space invader arcade gameplay, asteroid PvP gameplay, and an RPG meta-game (leveling up, items, etc).
I do not know how far I will get in this project. Currently you can fly around single-player and engage enemies that are sitting around. When you destroy an enemy it enters you into a seamless combat cloud where you are now engaging in space invader gameplay. I have the space invader gameplay in but you cannot collect items or xp yet and the space invaders just fly around... They do not shoot bullets yet. There is no sound. I will put the game online once it has more playability... IE, space invaders fight back and you can earn XP and items.
The website has a lot of leftover bugs to clean up. Sorry for those who have lost your High Post Count, contact JeanMarc and he will correct it for you. I have fixed the bug that sent people back to '1 forum post'. I have also fixed several bugs relating to players public profile (recent posts and email this user).
JeanMarc has been awesome enough to hand out Terra's Rose... Thank you Jean. :-)
I am now off school so I will try to do some more awesome updates.
Also, if you have a phone with the android operating system then you are in for a treat, because I am developing my new Star Sky game primarily for the phone. There will be an online version too, but since it will be making use of touch screen interface, the game is optimized for the phone.
The Android OS is simply amazing. If you are going to get a new phone I highly recommend getting an Android phone (there are many of them). Personally I have the Droid and it is way better than I thought it would be... It is easily better than the iPhone and probably even better than the new iPhone coming out due to all the restrictions Apple imposes on its customers.
People have been complaining for a long time that they haven't received their Terra's Rose yet. Well, today, I just gave away the Terra's Rose that the people were asking for. So, now, people can play as Terra.
Hi guys! It is finally that time, I have launched the new website onto the official CND domain and retired the old website completely.
I am frantically cleaning things up and fixing bugs. Please let me know if you encounter any bugs.
Also, check out our first contest, 'Explore the New Site and Win!' You can win the trophy 'Explorer Badge' if you win the contest. There will be only 3 winners so check it out now.
I have been spending a lot of time working on my new mario game, and very little on the new website. Hence why you aren't seeing a lot getting done, but trust me, it is. I will put a new youtube video up soon with the updates to the Mario game.
I continue to add more things to the to do list than I can remove, and I have decided that I'll have to transfer the site BEFORE I am done with the to-do list. That will be some time this week. I crossed about 3 things off the to do list today, and added about 3 more.
As an example of something I added: Introducing Trophy Showcase! In your account page you can select up to 5 of your trophies to be 'showcased' in your public profile. Trophy rarity are also shown, which is a number from 1-100 denoting how rare the trophy is on the website. Have fun showing off your trophies!
I wrote a script to transfer the user database, so now you can log in to the new site with your old user account. They are on separate databases though, so any changes made to your account on the new site will be wiped sometime later this week!
Theres a new fun thing for the site! Its automated contests, they occur every month and are based on Mini-Games.
Whoever has the most points for that month in each mini-game will be rewarded with a special trophy for that month. I am finishing up the coding for this system right now and then I will choose special trophies for each of the mini-games. Since only 5 of them will be given out per mini-game per month, these trophies will be especially rare!
As far as progress goes for transferring this new site and making it the main website, I just don't know! I thought I would be able to do it this week but my to do list is getting longer, not shorter.
And check it out. My Mario game is BACK! Yeah, I know, that one that has been offline for 3 years and 90% of the mail I receive relating to my websites is from someone begging me to bring it back online... Well its BACK BABY. And so is my other multiplayer game, Star Sky. I've integrated their chatrooms with CND so regardless which you are playing you can see the chat of people in the other games... I figure that otherwise it would be even more rare to run into other players (if chat wasnt shared across games). Plus this was something I needed to do anyways (have a special chat server) for future games so I just got it over with and worked my butt off to get these old games upgraded.
Star Sky has received some balance fixes for the different ships. I was playing it a while and I started figuring out which ships are too good and which are crummy. So I balanced them a bit. Also I added music to the game... It is some soft pretty piano music. Theres just something about space that is peaceful; even in the mist of a spaceship battle.
I just got the Starcraft II beta today... So I wasted all my night playing it. Pretty freaking cool!!
And then I'll be gone all weekend snowboarding, and next week I will be studying all week for midterms. So no more progress until the 1st of next month. :-(
Theres a new fun thing for the site! Its automated contests, they occur every month and are based on Mini-Games.
And so is my other multiplayer game, Star Sky. I've integrated their chatrooms with CND so regardless which you are playing you can see the chat of people in the other games... I figure that otherwise it would be even more rare to run into other players (if chat wasnt shared across games). Plus this was something I needed to do anyways (have a special chat server) for future games so I just got it over with and worked my butt off to get these old games upgraded.
Pretty freaking cool!!
