Firstly (imagine a booming, Zeus-like voice as you read this): we've inverted the world! What I mean by that is that we've moved the noob/overworld-entry zone to the center of the world, and more difficult regions radiate out from there, with the most difficult (palace) zone forming the final outer ring of the world. Previously, … Continue reading Everything’s gone topsy-turvy
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Imagine One Of These In Your Lettuce
Welcome back to the release notes for the week, friends and potential-friends. The Dig's final boss now takes its true form, a grublike mechanical worm. Defeat it quickly so you don't have to think about where it might have been, or if there are more of them somewhere in the walls. You might not have … Continue reading Imagine One Of These In Your Lettuce
The First Real “Friendly Friday”
Because we're adding a very preliminary friends list! This is just a first cut to work out the UI kinks. So right now friends are very limited! To see your friends (or lack thereof), you just open the inventory menu; they're like left and right hands. You make a friend by typing "/friend <friendname>". You … Continue reading The First Real “Friendly Friday”
Friendly Fridays will now begin at 11am PDT
Just a quick post to let you know that we've decided to begin Friendly Fridays at 11am PDT instead of 3pm PDT. This will hopefully make it easier for folks in Europe to join us at least part of the session. The ending time will remain unchanged at 10pm PDT. We'll be adjusting our build … Continue reading Friendly Fridays will now begin at 11am PDT
I Dig, you Dig, we all Dig the Dig
This week's changes are mostly a grab-bag, as our work on the Friends List and Tutorial is still very much in progress. But it's a grab-bag with some goodies for sure! Case in point: the art for The Dig (aka Escort Mission) has finally been completed, with the exception of its final boss which will … Continue reading I Dig, you Dig, we all Dig the Dig