It’s that time again! Zack has a new item available at the cost of two unearthly coins.
Like the first two coin item (the Mysterious Puzzle Box), this one has a lot of content. Unlike the box, it’s a bit more sprawling, tying in to the crafting system in a bunch of more and less subtle ways. Zack, as always, has some hints on where to start.
There is also a thread on the forum for discussion and a celebratory hint about the puzzle box.
Cheers!
Kinak
The first donation item is now up! Check out Zack at Mikhail’s in Southside for some details.
It has a lot going on, more than many donation items probably will. It lets you interact with attributes in a couple of new ways, has several forms, and can be upgraded as you learn its secrets. Using it works sort of outside the normal Energy structure, so you can play with it without worrying about running all your Energy out.
I think it’s pretty cool, but I’m new at this whole “donation item” thing, so we’ll see how it turns out together.
This item will rotate out eventually, but it probably won’t be for quite a while. I’ll give quite a bit of notice before that happens.
As a side note, the item is only tradable in one form. You can change it back and forth from that form, so it’s not soul bound or anything, it’ll just work better if there aren’t four versions of the item in the Mall.
On a people are awesome note: unearthly coins were being duplicated due to a bug briefly today and both people who the bug affected reported it. Three cheers for ThrillHouse and PaidPiedPiperPal. Hip hip huzzah!
Cheers!
Kinak
So, the good news is that I’m going to have a lot more time to work on Metroplexity. The bad news, as you can probably guess, is that it’s because I got laid off. No worries about the server or anything for now, I’ll give an update if that situation changes.
Other than that, here are the updates for today:
And extra thanks to everyone for reporting bugs, making suggestions, proofreading, participating in beta resets, fighting in gang warfare, and just generally enjoying the game. Always a pleasure.
Cheers!
Kinak
I haven’t done one of these for about three months, so figured I should outline roughly where things are headed.
First off, we’ve grown into a pretty healthy user base and people seem to be enjoying themselves, which is definitely the important part. The server hasn’t started slowing down, that I’m aware of, or costing an arm and a leg. And we topped over 1000 encounters and 500 items in the database recently, which makes me smile.
Have three short term things that I’d like to clear up before the Survivor’s Quest:
The Survivors quest is a the next leg in the main quest line. It’s a chance to really dig into the existing characters and areas, I’m looking forward to it.
When the Survivors quest goes in, I’m going to be handing out the first wave of Beta Reset awards, then changing the rules a bit (it’ll be a surprise). That’s a change from what I said earlier, but you should still have quite a bit of time to speed run in the current environment if you’d like.
After the Survivors quest I’m going to go through another batch of sidequests, small content improvements, and interface stuff like I’m doing right now. This is where the Asylum gets reopened post Dr. Amundsen.
Once we get that nice polish again, the OldTown quest is next. Might change the rules on the Beta Reset contest again, might not, but I’m thinking I’ll hand out another batch of prizes after each main quest line chunk.
Cheers!
Kinak
First off, hello to everyone from Kingdom of Loathing! Nice to see all the new faces. If you run into any bugs, even seemingly trivial stuff, please send me a message or bug report.
I believe I’m caught up on all the messages and bug reports for now, so if I missed anything, feel free to resend it. I am actually still in the process of moving, but I’m supposed to be settled with internet access by Friday.
Here is a quick rundown of the bug reports that we’ve caught up with:
Cheers!
Kinak
Just wanted to give a quick status update. The good news is that the next sidequest is over half done, the bad news is that I’m about to move and will be only intermittently available for a week or so.
I’ll try to keep up with bug reports while I’m out, which hasn’t been a problem before. Just wanted to give a head’s up about the new content.
Preparing for the move is why I was out for a week and why updates have been a bit slow. Once I’m done moving and things have calmed down, I should be back to my normal update schedule.
Cheers!
Kinak
For the next week, I’m going to be out of town (looking for apartments in preparation for moving). I’ll try to keep up on Bug Reports and messages, but apologies in advance if I fall behind.
Cheers!
Kinak
I’ve gotten a couple requests to activate the forums on the wiki. They should be up and running now.
Direct link should be: http://wiki.metroplexity.com/forum:start
Cheers!
Kinak
Update: It’s up and running again.
Wikidot, which hosts our wiki, is down right now. I’ll post updates here if I receive any, but most likely, we won’t hear anything until it comes back up.
The game server doesn’t have any connection to the wiki and is humming along just fine.
Cheers!
Kinak
Just wanted to give everyone an update about where the game is and where it’s going, since it’s been a while.
What I’m up to:
There will be some more crafting sprinkling in there as well. On the long front, the chat pane will start doing something with Gang Warfare and will be slowly expanded into actual chat functions as needs demand it.
Cheers!
Kinak