Hello Readers. If you don't follow the comments thread of Within BYOND, the last edition had something of a .GIF battle between Skirmish, Severed World, Wolf Pack Battalion, DragonVerse Online, and Epoch. Check them out because they all look great. When developers compete, players win!
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BYOND continues its growth with an improvement in map rendering. Lummox JR warned us that 508.1290 was coming, and it was bringing clear map rending and the fattening of the once thin Webclient. A previous developer post outlines some long time bugs and feature requests that he is aware of.
Lummox JR also did an ask me anything session for the Space Station 13 (The game, by-the-way, also got a shout-out at the E3 Convention.) Reddit community to help address the change in ownership, and to help outline his goals and identify concerns. Check it out.
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Overlooked in the last edition of Within BYOND, Silk Games has changed their view on publishing development updates that aren't quite ready for release. To accommodate this change, Silk Wizard has been publishing news updates for NEStalgia on a weekly basis. So far he has covered tentative plans for player ships, laying the framework for larger player capacities, and NEStalgia and the webclient. Weekly updates are typically posted on Thursdays, so keep an eye on their blog.
DanteVFenris, following his weekly update schedule has posted two logs detailing advancement and additions to Cursed Luck. First dungeon: Complete. First Boss: Complete. Party interface, clothing and dyes: Complete. Feature creep: Growing rapidly.
Mr. RJT has posted an early preview of The Dying Breed, a zombie survival game. The game is reported to be in a playable state, and a download may be published soon. Follow his Shoutbox for short and simple updates.
In the news this week for Sigrogana Legend 2 is the addition of one new skill for 17 different classes. A short description of each skill is included in the update, along with a series of adjustments and bug fixes.
Inutaishos has posted the update log for Azusa Generations v2.2, and headlines the addition of five new armors, each with a special ability that is bestowed upon the wearer. Full information about each of the special abilities are depicted in the log.
Ninja RPG Kage no Odori: Rise of the Tengu has new updates to present. A new fishing mini-game, 6 new ninpo, Fast traveling, weapons, enemies, and vanity items. Speaking of vanity items, AvidAnimeFan held a poll to determine which items would be most preferred, and it looks like he had all of them produced. Looks good!
Anthro Esoterica is a new role playing MUCK (Multi-User Character Kingdom) where players take on the role of a furry animal. The game is currently playable, with constant updates and plans to add more dynamic features, such as music sharing, building, custom icons, and dynamic content for multiple RP scenarios.
Evi of Au is back with a new game: Dead State is an isometric turn based zombie fighter. Currently the game is a demonstration where players can experiment and bug test with moving around the map and fighting zombies using the players in the group.
Kidpaddle45 has started a development log for Shinobi Online, a multiplayer ninja RPG. Work has been done on the basic systems, combat, interface, stats, and inventory management. Plenty of impressive screenshots are available to watch in the development logs.
BYOND Resources
- Bravo1 published a tutorial on how to approach accurately setting the sight on your next digital laser gun.
- And if you need bent-out-of-whack lines, Rotem12 shows how to make lines that look like lightning bolts.
- BYOND has a limited display of real-time strategy games. KingCold999's Open RTS Library can help get you started!
- Pirion has published a method of using a DLL to make HTTP/HTTPS GET and POST requests.
- Eric Matyas has added five new masterpieces to his collection of free music tracks.
