Depending on how the days on the calendar fall, there will sometimes be three weeks in-between writings of Within BYOND, instead of the normal two weeks, as is what happened for this edition.
Hopefully everyone had a nice and safe Halloween holiday. Lets see what's been happening around BYOND.
BYOND Engine
The BYOND staff have been busy making upgrades and improvements to the web client, an interface which uses HTML5 to display games created with BYOND in a web browser. The latest updates include a tool bar which provides access to the D-pad, and other configuration options.
You can help test the web client by downloading the latest beta version and posting any bugs that you run across in the Beta Bugs subfourm. Additional there is currently an official Space Station 13 test server which is being used to test the web client in larger games, more information on this test is available on this reddit page.
BYOND Games
BTeKs has joined the Feed team as a pixel artist, while Feed itself has seen changes as to how players will gain levels and survive in their environment.
In what is roughly 3 weeks time, Manio has taken Extinction from concept to near completion. Extinction is a survival game where the player, a survivor of a wreaked ship, find themselves stranded on an island. To make matters worse, the island is home to a large array of dinosaurs. With a dozen updates, Extinction offers a large world to explore, and it isn't all on land.
Gluscap games has brought the role playing game, Boundless to version 0.5 and set a goal to complete the game by version 1.0. Boundless now has a PvP mode, skill trees, and a tutorial for new players.
Poplava's board conquering strategy game, Frontline Assault, has been updated and is now fully compatible with the web client.
Starvisitor's King's Plane is an interesting cross between the classic game of Chess and Tic-Tak-Toe. It looks like the game is won via the honor system, find someone you can trust when you want to play.
Devourer Of Souls has posted update logs for Sigrogana Legend 2, bringing the currently version to 1.01. The game now features a new class called the Tactician and a new advancement system called Legend Authoring.
Continuing his Footrace series, Yutput has offered a hint to the eventual successor of Footrace for the Holy Grail.
Phloem, by Magicsofa has received a musical upgrade, in addition to some bug fixes. Not sure what Phloem is about? Check out the new trailer.
After a long hiatus, Chwgt has been able to obtain computer access and is ready to continue work on The Olympians.
Zombie Attack, the shoot-em-up zombie and exploration game by Phat T has been released, keep an eye out for live servers.
BYOND Resources
- GatewayRa has published a DMS control to allow the usage of a gamepad controller when using the Web Client.
- Alex Peterson's newest library, Command Line Interpreter, strips out fluffy human language, so that commands can be processed by computers.
- SuperSayu's Controller utility provides controllers, hooks, logging, and more, to help keep code running smoothly.
