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Byond isn't the only site getting a facelift these days...

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:04:25 +0000

http://silveraindevelopment.com

I've finished modifying an e107 theme and I'd like to get people's opinions on it.

Alpha server shutdown.

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:50:30 +0000

I shut the server down as there was a bug found that deleted a user's windowhandler datum which caused the game to lock up completely from the user's perspective.

I will try to locate this bug and start working on a tutorial, which will hopefully alleviate the problem with many users logging off after less than 3 minutes.

Vault of Heaven V 1.25 Patch notes. Also the server is up!

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:04:51 +0000

Current patch notes

Also the server is up for the next few days barring a major bug/crash.

Release a general version of Project Manager?

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:12:38 +0000

One of the tools I've been working on recently for my own development team has been a project manager for keeping task of what needs to be done and who is doing what.

One thing I've been asked is if I'd release a general version for other byond users/teams to use. While I don't have a problem releasing it, I did hardcode in a lot of stuff that I would have to change for a general use Project manager.

So while it wouldn't be more than a few hours of work, I would rather not bother if nobody is going to use it.

Screenshot of the current build

Vault of Heaven is recruiting - Artists, Musicians inquire within.

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:42:51 +0000

Vault of Heaven is a turn based RPG currently under development. The endgame so to speak for the game is to provide a quality game that is worth a 20$ pricetag.

Right now we are looking for members with experience in the following skillsets.

- Traditional art
- Pixel art (Static objects, like turf and scenery)
- Pixel art (Animated objects, like npcs,battle sprites, and effect sprites)
- Music (BGM/sound effects)

If you have experience in another skillset that you feel would be useful, you are free to apply, however we are not recruiting for the following:

- GMs/Admins
- Testers

Team members would be expected to communicate with other team members via the Silverain project manager shown here:

Anyone who is interested in applying can send an application to techgamer @ Gmail.com with the following information:

First name
Byond key
Area of expertise; how experienced you are; some examples of your work
availablility
preferred contact information

Ugh, this game is terrible

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:50:45 +0000

Where are the dragonballs? Where are the energy beams? It's almost as if you aren't even trying.

3/10

Don't use this forum for Vault of Heaven discussion

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:35:05 +0000

http://silveraindevelopment.com/e107_plugins/forum/ forum_viewforum.php?7 is the main site for Vault of Heaven discussion. I won't be putting updates or answering questions on the hub discussion forums

EDGE_PERSPECTIVE?

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:32:02 +0000

I set the client perspective in my game to EDGE_PERSPECTIVE, and it works fine for the largest, and biggest map, but on any other map, the camera will go slightly off the map if I head near the edges.

I just know there is something obvious I am missing.

Edit: Oh, the obvious thing that I'm missing is that you have to manually set the map bounds.

VOH Testing - Next test tomarrow.

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:17:13 +0000

Patch notes (0118 build)

- Levelling and Class levelling is in. A quick postmortem screen has been added to see how close your characters are to levelling after the battle and to show what item drops were found.

- Bolster skill Fixed and changed from 5% strength buff to adding 1/2 of the user's main level as a strength buff for his team for one turn.

- Extended the forest area by two maps.

- Fleshed out the forest areas. Not just Grass tiles and path tiles anymore!

- Fixed Logout bug. People logging out wouldn't be registered by the server, this kept server player counts artificially high and didn't signal when someone logged out.
- - Guess this is still bugged, oh well!

-Fleshed out the directions a bit. Eventually there will be a full tutorial teaching you what to do.

-Fixed the bug with the battle song not stopping when the battle stops.

- Optimized dodge/crit calculation formulas. These get called a lot.

- Fixed Diagonal movement bug.

Thanks to everyone who tested before and more thanks to those who gave feedback.

Doing Testing for Vault of Heaven [Done]

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:21:03 +0000

I decided to do a bit of testing today since work on VOH has been dragging really badly due to external factors.

I figured I'd throw up the game for a bit and get people's general reactions and maybe a few bug reports or two.

There's not that much to do to be honest, besides equipping items and fighting the basic monsters, but I would like to show what's done regardless, even though quite a bit of work I've done isn't really in a testable/showable state yet.

Things that are not bugs or are already on the list to be fixed:

BGM continuing to play after battle
No EXP/CEXP/AP for beating enemies
No Item drops
Diagonal movement

Thanks for those of you who paged me bug reports, ima grab something to eat tonight and then get cracking on them tomorrow.

I'm going to try to throw up the game at least once a week so that those of you interested remain interested!