I got my first response from one of my beta-testers for The Cherth Campaign, so I've been taking a break from working on Archipelago to fix those errors. I've also been trying to come up with a condensed version of the large castle graphic, because I only have two town entrances left and I needed three for the old graphic. I think the one I've ended up with looks pretty good.
Also, I've been messing around with making some edited conversation dialog images, and it's coming pretty well. I've got a huge custom graphics sheet, including an all new floor and wall set, and I doubt I'll even end up using half of them in Archipelago. But if I ever need them in future, I'll know where to find them. ;-)
~*Tornac*~ is making good progress on her first scenario, and ZeroPointEngery is coming along well on his second. I'm hoping to have the kinks out of The Cherth Campaign in time for a Feb. 1 release.
~Mistb0rn~
I don't know what the problem was, but I couldn't get Weebly to load the past few days, so I wasn't able to post at all. Until now...
I've been working on Archipelago quite a bit, but it looks like I'm going to need to re-design two of the major towns due to special node limitations. With such a daunting task ahead, I also picked up the demo of Geneforge from the Spiderweb website for some non-exile related playing. I hadn't tried it before, and It's actually really good. I think I'll have to buy the trilogy bundle here soon. It's way better than Avernum.
ZeroPointEngery is making good progress on his second scenario. It may even be ready within a week or two.
And, of course, I'm still accepting beta testers for The Cherth Campaign. Email me at [email protected].
~Mistb0rn~
Well, Zero Point* got a great review at Shadow vale. It's exactly what it deserved, in my opinion.
I'm still looking for beta testers for The Cherth Campaign, so far I have exactly two.
ZeroPointEngery [sic] has begun working on his second scenario, a comparatively serious one.
Completely unrelated, but I was looking around on the internet and Al Stewart is apparently still doing concerts. I prefer the old versions of his songs, but I think it's great that he's still around. Now I'll have to go look up Gordon Lightfoot... ;-)
~Mistb0rn~
I just posted a scenario by one of my friends. It's his first attempt, and I probably wouldn't recommend it, although it does provide a slight amount of entertainment. It is called "Zero Point*" (Written by ZeroPointEngery [sic]) and is available for download under the "Other Scenarios" tab. Please direct all comments to me at [email protected] and I will forward them to him. Also, he would appreciate you leaving an honest review of the scenario at the Shadow Vale forum.
In other news, I am still looking for a few more beta testers before I release The Cherth Campaign. Please email me at [email protected] if you are interested. I would like you to play the scenario and report to me by January 31, 2009 if you sign up to be a beta tester. That should be plenty of time, since the scenario is pretty small--1 outdoor section and around 10 towns.
Merry Christmas!
~Mistb0rn~
Well, I've never done a blog before. So, I guess I'll just put a progress report thing. I just changed the name of my almost-ready scenario from Dragon Quest 1 to the less generic, The Cherth Campaign. I also added a little mushroom-type graphic-thing to the homepage. I still haven't found the right header image, so we'll just go with the default for now.
Archipelago is coming along quite well, I've done about 20% of the outdoors and about 40% of the towns associated with those outdoor sections.
I'm also working on a walkthrough for Cherth Campaign while waiting for Jedi Nescioquis to finish testing it. I could use some more testers, if they'll actually play the thing. I think I'll post on the forum...
~Mistb0rn~