AA - New feature descriptions
Based off of the comments I received from the last entry, here are a couple of quick comments on the new game HUD (see the screenshots in the post below for reference).
You'll notice that a green bar now runs along the top of the main HUD. This is pretty simple to explain: like WoW this bar displays your experience and how close you are to reaching the next level. I made this addition to the main HUD based upon input from private testers.
Also new to the HUD is the snake's tail. Aside from displaying your character's level, the circle changes color. When the circle is blue it is safe for your character to logout. The circle turns red when you are in danger (in the dungeon, engaged in PvP etc.). If you logout while the circle is red, you'll drop half of your gold.
This penalty system will prevent players from abusing their ability to logout anytime.
You'll notice that a green bar now runs along the top of the main HUD. This is pretty simple to explain: like WoW this bar displays your experience and how close you are to reaching the next level. I made this addition to the main HUD based upon input from private testers.
Also new to the HUD is the snake's tail. Aside from displaying your character's level, the circle changes color. When the circle is blue it is safe for your character to logout. The circle turns red when you are in danger (in the dungeon, engaged in PvP etc.). If you logout while the circle is red, you'll drop half of your gold.
This penalty system will prevent players from abusing their ability to logout anytime.
Posted by SilkWizard (Default) on Tuesday, December 05, 2006 02:21PM
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#40 Eskihomey36:
the question is, IS he still working on it?
Saturday, August 09, 2008 12:46AM
#39 Hulio-G:
Meh, relax or atleast drop the psychology.
You're probably right about the state of the game now. But who likes revealing a half drawn drawing? Let the guy finish his painting. If he let another painter work on his portrait, styles would clash and it wouldn't be the same. Besides only the owner truly knows if the work is complete...What we see is simply what we "see" and that's it. That doesn't mean we know everything. We think it's great now when it could be twice as good when he feels it's finished.
I mean I take a look at this guys history and he takes long at just about everything but it always comes out good in the end. Rushing never did any good except crush motivation and sometimes it can take more then a year to regenerate.
Thursday, July 24, 2008 03:26PM
#38 Zaole:
He could release it as-is and it'd be great.
But instead he's going to let it rot forever, and put all of his good work to waste.
Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:57PM
#37 Eskihomey36:
maybe give the coding to someone else to finish?
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 03:22PM
#36 Popisfizzy:
Zaole wrote:
> Necroing some comments on a BYONDMembers site got you that pissed off, Pop? Wow.
Nah, that was me annoyed. Few people have seen me truly pissed off.
> To Hulio: This game was actually supposed to be completed and released several years ago.
It's common knowledge that AA is vaporware.
Saturday, March 15, 2008 05:43PM
#35 Zaole:
Necroing some comments on a BYONDMembers site got you that pissed off, Pop? Wow.
To Hulio: This game was actually supposed to be completed and released several years ago. I'm not saying I'm mad at Silk for holding off or getting married or anything, but sometimes people like to just stop by and let Silk know that they are still interested in his game and would love to be able to play it, further motivating him to work on it. No one's rushing him. (except for a few retards, I'm not referring to them though)
Saturday, March 15, 2008 05:31PM
#34 Hulio-G:
(To the impatient): Good things aren't made in a blink of eye.
I myself being a long time fan of Proelium(Silks earlier work) am pretty interested in this project. What are comment's like these really going to do besides tick people off? How are you trying to make him react? "Let me rush AA because of a few ignorant people"? If it's made quickly it's going to look like it. No one's forcing you to wait, If you want crap go play what's already out there.
Friday, March 14, 2008 08:55PM
#33 Popisfizzy:
BleachBastard wrote:
> It'd be nice to play this game though.
> Thanks for the updates.
It'd be nice for you to not necro a fucking post.
Thanks for being a douchebag.
Friday, March 14, 2008 07:58PM
#32 BleachBastard:
It'd be nice to play this game though.
Thanks for the updates.
Friday, March 14, 2008 06:02PM
#31 CyberHound:
F34R wrote:
> Holy crap dude, I love the way you haven't worked on this game in like 2 months yet it was supposed to be released last june!
>
> You pass!
Do you obsess over AA's development status this much? Honestly, stop being the creepy ex-boyfriend who keeps calling drunk at 3 a.m. to serenade out-dated love songs.
Monday, January 22, 2007 05:44AM
#30 Bwgmon:
F34R, er, Cepheus fails at life. Die and try again.
Monday, January 22, 2007 04:30AM
#29 Schadenfreude:
F34R wrote:
> Holy crap dude, I love the way you haven't worked on this game in like 2 months yet it was supposed to be released last june!
>
> You pass!
Life happens, and sometimes theres just better things to do with your time then code a game, even if you don't like Silkwizard, comments like that just make you seem ignorant.
Ah of course, its just CepheusSeriphos, I shouldn't have even wasted my time on that bozo.
Sunday, January 21, 2007 08:18PM
#28 F34R:
Holy crap dude, I love the way you haven't worked on this game in like 2 months yet it was supposed to be released last june!
You pass!
Sunday, January 21, 2007 07:52PM
#27 Karnlor:
Plainly put, i don't think i've ever seen -any- game with such a high penalty, excluding turn-based games in which you log out -in- battle.
Logging out in a combat zone and having penalties for it is probably the worst thing to do, 'specially if you don't want constant complains and retaliation.
If anything, yea- Keep the mob, if logged out in a combat zone, in-game for 5 minutes or so vulnerable to anything. But also give the option to log out with special input which gives a 30 second prompt of inactivity for you to log out completely in a PVP zone without waiting 5 minutes.
For example:
Log out without using command to do so:
-5 Minute remainder of your character being stuck in place.
Use the command to log out, correctly:
-30 Second standby, must stay completely idle; then logs you out safely.
Saturday, January 13, 2007 08:47AM
#26 BigBoiD:
You should go into public testing already.
Saturday, January 06, 2007 01:59PM
#25 Vexonater:
eew @ bumping
Saturday, January 06, 2007 01:14PM
#24 Prodigal Squirrel:
/cry
I think this game is going to make my project obsolete. Good thing I haven't got too far into it.
Saturday, January 06, 2007 11:33AM
#23 Schadenfreude:
Bwgmon wrote:
> SilkWizard wrote:
> > I think that what it boils down to is that one of my favorite aspects of MORPGs is Player vs. Player. Anything that I can do to make PvP more enjoyable is definitely a priority.
>
> I just hope PvP doesn't become as tiresome as Proelium's.
> (The people doing it, I mean.)
"You n00b!, all you do is summon kittens and spam behind them!!!"
"That soo gh3y!!, he's camping our guild hall!"
"like omgfmfoxrs, stop teaming and fight me one on one with half your hp down and not using any spells like a man!"
"Can someone change map?, this one is ghey."
Hahahahha
Wednesday, December 06, 2006 03:56PM
#22 Bwgmon:
SilkWizard wrote:
> I think that what it boils down to is that one of my favorite aspects of MORPGs is Player vs. Player. Anything that I can do to make PvP more enjoyable is definitely a priority.
I just hope PvP doesn't become as tiresome as Proelium's.
(The people doing it, I mean.)
Wednesday, December 06, 2006 01:09PM
#21 SilkWizard:
I think that what it boils down to is that one of my favorite aspects of MORPGs is Player vs. Player. Anything that I can do to make PvP more enjoyable is definitely a priority.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006 09:58AM