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BYOND 455 Before & After

+100 Internets to the BYOND staff. I don't know how they do it, but these updates rock.

Posted by SuperAntx on Friday, November 13, 2009 05:46PM - 10 comments / Members say: yea +16, nay -2

Looking for an artist!

I'm still desperately looking for an artist. If you or anyone you know is not currently busy with schoolwork, please direct them to the forum post. Keep in mind most of the artwork is done and you'll only be required to draw small details and fix up some of the current stuff. If you decide to stick around there will definitely be more maps to come.

I'll be making an announcement about Decadence sooner or later, depending on how the artwork pans out. Until then there wont be any beta sessions.

Posted by SuperAntx on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 04:33PM - 2 comments / Members say: yea +0, nay -0

How many BYONDers are women?

Poll: What gender are you?

Male 88% (72)
Female 11% (9)

Login to vote.

More importantly I'm trying to decide if there are enough women on BYOND to warrant a female icon and female voice clips. If you know any, please direct them to this poll.

If you are a woman, please comment on how important it is for you to have a female icon to play as.

Posted by SuperAntx on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 04:35PM - 19 comments / Members say: yea +4, nay -0

Small Update

*blargh*

Posted by SuperAntx on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 01:37PM - 9 comments / Members say: yea +7, nay -0

Decadence Beta - Day 3

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There will be another beta session today at 5pm Pacific. We'll be playing Team Slayer mostly.

I've made a lot of changes to the zoom mechanic. Movements should transfer over from one mode to the other so you no longer stop dead in your tracks. There's also a 'double zoom' feature for long range weapons. If you press Z once it will zoom out to the normal distance, pressing Z again will zoom out to max range, pressing Z one more will unzoom. Hopefully players will begin to scout ahead as intended.

Zooming also automatically crouches, you no longer have to hold the space bar. You're always going to get a bonus to your accuracy and you'll be protected by whatever cover you're standing by. You can also press the space bar while zoomed in order to remain crouching after unzooming.

The cover mechanic has had a few notable changes as well. The first change I made was to make all cover around you useful rather than just the cover directly in front of you. If you're facing to the side with cover above you and a bullet comes from the north, the piece of cover above you will still protect you even though you aren't facing it. Because of that upgrade, players are also now able to turn and shoot in any direction while crouching. You'll still be dealt full damage if bullets hit you from an unprotected angle.

There are also a few changes to the weapon balancing and map layout.

NOTE TO BETA TESTERS: Please leave your comments on the forum so I can read them when the beta session is over. I can't remember everything said during the beta and you can be much more thorough on the forum.
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Posted by SuperAntx on Thursday, October 08, 2009 12:21PM - 7 comments / Members say: yea +2, nay -0