The New Year’s Podcast is available here, including some of the usual New Year’s review/forecasting and questions from the forum.
There are RSS and iTunes feeds for the podcasts.
Cheers!
Kinak
Archive for the ‘Metroplexity’ Category
Podcast 2010 – Happy New Podcast
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010Festive Updates
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009We have a festive batch of interface updates and bug fixes today… most of which seem to involve gang warfare… hmmm…
- In possibly the most festive update, there is now a gift link in player’s profiles. Top notch suggestionf rom TekRunner.
- Chat now includes a /channel command that will tell you about which channels you’re in and which you could be in. Good suggestion, Wyrd.
- Also chat related, the long-standing request for doublepost prevention was taken care of. Thanks to Llamaman and The Kitchen Sink for getting this on the list a ways back.
- In “shopping” encounters with old coins, your number of old coins in inventory should appear before the choices. Good suggestion, Steaming.
- Corrected some database problems causing issues in PvP. Thanks for the bug reports Caradal, xKiv, and Pyren.
- Changed the Dock’s name in Gang Warfare. If that sets anything on fire, be sure to tell me. Thanks for pointing that out, Vholes.
- In another old request off the list, gang message and description changes are now displayed in the gang log in their own section. Thanks to The Kitchen Sink for that one.
- Also corrected some very festive typos with help from Plus4, Mag, Vholes Piper, and Factitious.
Cheers!
Kinak
Podcastrophe VI – Have a Very Merry Podcast
Monday, December 21st, 2009Festive Knit Hat
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Zack has a new item available at his House of Coins in Southside, in case you’ve been cold with all the snow.
As a one coin item, it’s pretty straightforward. After the last podcast, I decided to try my hand at an actually simple item.
It shouldn’t be hard to use or require terrifying puzzlesolving skills, but it still isn’t quite what it appears at first glance… or second glance. The third glance should do the trick, though.
I’m pretty sure this is as simple as I can bring myself to make an item. Feel free to drop over to the forums to discuss it and tell me if I nailed the simpleness, need to try harder, or should stick to weaving complex layered narratives pretending to be item abilities.
Cheers!
Kinak
Ho! Ho! Huh?
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009On today’s special holiday episode of the devblog, we have:
- We’ve added a personal touch to the Abominable Snowman leaderboard, revealing where you stand. Thanks for the suggestion, Man Mobile, and some bug finding from Mag.
- Horned Snowmen will no longer use their ultimate “Turn your weapon into a Brain Staples Single” attack. Thanks for the suggestion, Mag and Deathknight.
- Fixed up some icicle errors. Thanks for the bug report, Valera.
- You now need to be in the Slags to give Hel her Christmas gift of a containment suit. Thanks for pointing this out Pyren and Vholes.
- Larry’s extra-special gift is likewise better given in person. Good suggestion from a ways back, thanks to Mr. Green.
- Thanks for some very festive typo fixes from Mag, Valera, Argeth, and Al.
- Also, the Flying Eyes got an early Christmas present from yours truly.
Cheers!
Kinak
Podcast V
Saturday, December 12th, 2009Ho ho ho
Friday, December 11th, 2009Nice handful of updates and new features heading into the holidays.
- New characters now start with an extra day’s Energy, Body, and Hunger to help them start off on the right foot. Good suggestion, Sir Cheddar.
- You can now set yourself to other positions along with being leader in a gang, allowing you to receive the recently added recruitment notices among other things. Thanks Mag!
- Added some missing quest log text thanks to Plus4 and Wyrd.
- Fixed an weird interaction between Secrets of the Cube and Dreamslayer. Nice catch, Genesis Rhapsodos!
- And a special thank you to Mag, Thrillhouse, Dyffryn, Wyrd, Vholes Piper, and Caradal for helping stomp some typos.
And did you see that? It looks like it’s starting to snow.
Cheers!
Kinak
Interface Updates
Friday, December 4th, 2009We have some interface updates and an interesting bug fix today.
- Entering chat will now automatically /who for your primary (oldest active) channel. Thanks for the suggestion, Wyrd.
- Net targets found in searches will now have their names appear as links, saving the need to search through the list for a new site. Good suggestion Harrakan.
- All clickable or hoverable text in the game should now give a distinct cursor to separate it from all that boring old readable text. Thanks to Wyrd and Al for this one.
- Resolved an interesting bug where skill bonuses where being double (or, you know, octuple) counted. Thanks to DerMagus and Amasius for reporting it!
- We’ve also got a parcel of typo fixes from Argeth, Wyrd, Caradal, Mag, and Glass. Thanks!
Cheers!
Kinak
OmniMall 0.3
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009OmniTech is pleased to announce a special holiday update to OmniMall.
- OmniMall is now able to handle gift transfers (whether goods or Credits) for a negligible fee. Not only can you do all your holiday shopping on OmniMall, now your recipients can pick them up without either of you leaving the comfort of your Net connection!
- For those who are already members, OmniMall is now available anytime and anywhere through our new comm site.
- When placing an order in OmniMall that matches existing orders, you will now be informed of this rather than immediately filling them.
- A new expert system helper, Malla the Llama, was introduced to suggest how to fill existing orders.
- When you send a gift to someone who has access to OmniMall, they will receive an automated message.
- Malla the Llama was removed after three testers destroyed their comms and stormed out of the building.
- “Lack of Malla the Llama” added to features list.
Thank you for shopping OmniTech.