Archive for the ‘Metroplexity’ Category
Monday, November 30th, 2009
Dropped in a few minor updates over Thanksgiving.
- There are now descriptions of the stats, available by clicking on their names in the left pane. Good suggestion, Steaming.
- There are descriptions in the quest log for the connections between steps in the main quest, in case you need a little nudge. I forgot to list this one a few updates ago. Thanks, Plus4!
- Killing the poet now properly removes the quest for his friend out of the quest log. Thanks again, Steaming!
- And we have an impressive crop of typo fixes including help from Mag, Borkman, Wyrd, Pyren, Cryptodynamic, Sir Cheddar, and Vholes Piper.
Cheers!
Kinak
Tags: Borkman, Cryptodynamic, Mag, Plus4, Pyren, Sir Cheddar, Steaming, Vholes Piper, Wyrd
Posted in Updates
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
Zack’s gotten ahold of a new item… a strange remnant of the massacre at Halloween. Check with him in Southside for details.
A couple notes to head off questions.
- Its a two coin item and it’s powers aren’t immediately apparent. There’s a fair bit of twisting and turning in there, if you’re into that.
- Like the puzzle box, only the base form is tradable.
- It neither requires you to have participated in Halloween nor will it play directly into future global content.
Cheers!
Kinak
Posted in Updates
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
The third Metroplexity podcast, featuring ramblings on games, timelines, and spading, is now available.
Click Here
There are RSS and iTunes feeds for the podcasts.
Cheers!
Kinak
Posted in Podcasts
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
I have some updates to report, but also a bit of forewarning:
There is some scheduled downtime on the server from 5-11pm server time on Friday. That translates into 11am to 5pm Central Time. Our hosts are moving some servers around in the data center, which potentially might take less time, but shouldn’t be more than six hours without catastrophe.
- Added a “Last Hacked” in the left hand pane when appropriate. Thanks for the suggestion, Al.
- Your current effects are now updated when you receive Fae Eyes or Ocean Eyes. Good catch, Soulmech.
- New contacts now result in the Contacts link up top being highlighted. Good suggestion, Al and Juntao.
- Corrected some errors with saving account preferences. Thanks, Morwen!
- Also fixed up a slew of typos from Nyther, Man Mobile, Wyrd, Caradal, and Mag. Thanks!
Cheers!
Kinak
Tags: Al, Caradal, Juntao, Mag, Man Mobile, Morwen, Nyther, Plus4, Soulmech, Wyrd
Posted in New Features
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
The second Metroplexity podcast (featuring PvP, kittens, Techniques, and undiscovered content) is now available.
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There are RSS and iTunes feeds for the podcasts.
Cheers!
Kinak
Posted in Podcasts
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
A few updates to record during and after the Halloween madness.
- Gang logs will now “stack” identical messages if they follow immediately after each other. Good suggestion, Mr. Green.
- There’s now more feedback after taking care of the Fang’s boss that there’s a bit of work left to do. Thanks, Al!
- Hitting enter in Firefox/Safari when changing the preferences for pane layout won’t change your avatar anymore. Good catch, Mr. Green!
- Leaving a channel in chat won’t change which channel you’re speaking into (unless you left that one). Thanks Wyrd!
- Areas displayed in profiles are now more precise. If anyone can remind me why I didn’t do this before, though, I might change it back :) Otherwise, thanks Al!
- Tearing silly amounts of items now gives appropriate errors. Thanks, Mr. Green.
- Also corrected a whole slew of typos thanks to Borkman, PaidPiedPiperPal, Argeth, Pyren, Mag, Artie Effham, and Edwahd
Cheers!
Kinak
Tags: Al, Argeth, Artie Effham, Borkman, Edwahd, Mag, Mr. Green, Pyren, Vholes Piper, Wyrd
Posted in Updates
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
For your listening, or getting-questions-answered, pleasure, we’re pleased to announce the first edition of the Metroplexity Podcasty thing.
Click Here
In theory, you should also be able to access RSS and iTunes feeds for future podcasts. Don’t quote me on that one quite yet.
Cheers!
Kinak
Posted in Podcasts
Saturday, October 24th, 2009
As anyone who’s organized a big party can tell you, it’s a lot of work. The poor bastards organizing the Metroplex U Halloween Bash this year are already starting up.
I’d sure they’d appreciate some help, although the whole “not being a student” thing might give you problems. But I have faith in you :)
Of course, there are other people with different ideas of how things should turn out. They might appreciate your help too, although they might not jump out and ask.
You probably guessed that your choices are going to matter, but there’s a bit of a catch: everyone’s choices effect the final outcome. That means different encounters and rewards for the party, even a few changes that extend further down the road.
Good luck and happy pre-Halloween!
Cheers!
Kinak
Tags: Halloween, Holidays
Posted in Announcements
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Lots of updates this week. I’ve been puttering around fixing stuff and haven’t gone back to actually post the list, so I apologize if I missed anything.
- Made some sneaky improvements to the riot quest. Good suggestions, Llamaman and Plus4.
- Lo should now respond to Dr. Amundsen’s death properly. Good catch, Soulmech.
- Hitting Enter will search the Mall properly now in Internet Explorer. Thanks for the bug report, Polygon.
- The Ghost Ship should now show up in Completed Quests. Good call, Llamaman.
- Fixed some weirdness with Mikhail acting as questgiver if you let Lo die. Good catches, Happy Yeti and Factitious.
- Targeting a hacking defense twice won’t make the targeting arrow go away anymore. Thanks Wyrd!
- Entering hacking from an encounter will now work properly if you only have 1 energy left. Good eyes, Happy Yeti.
- Corrected an issue with Time Bomb not entirely destroying defenses. Thanks JTN2002!
- I broke Kingly Favor and Ghoultouched with code for the new donation item. Thanks to xKiv, Bonbon, and Borkman for helping me track these down.
- Also corrected a whole load of typos thanks to Mag, plus4, Wyrd, PaidPiedPiperPal, Blarghgh, Jick, and Thrillhouse.
Also, bats.
Cheers!
Kinak
Tags: Blarghgh, bonbon, Borkman, Factitious, Happy Yeti, Jick, JTN2002, Llamaman, Mag, Plus4, Polygon, Soulmech, thrillhouse, Vholes Piper, Wyrd, Xkiv
Posted in Updates
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
The october donation item is in. It’s just a little something, not a huge block of content, but it has a lot of neat stuff going on.
A few things that you’ll probably want to know before deciding whether you want to grab it:
- It grants the first permanent (cross-reset) skill.
- It’s a one coin donation item, which means it’s primarily self-contained and focused on uses rather than content. It also means its mysteries shouldn’t still be bugging people in four months.
- Its mechanics are inspired by Kingdom of Loathing’s Librams, so a huge shout out is in order there :) Thanks!
Before anyone asks about other skills being made permanent: Not yet.
Cheers!
Kinak
Tags: Donation Items, Zack
Posted in Announcements
