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Those who have read Tech Tree for a while may have realized two things about me. One is that I've never been a big fan of Star*Scurry. The other is that I try to take measures to avoid bias and then end up finding out that few people really care.

The reason I bring this up is because I just replaced Star*Scurry with GrimTunnel in the featured list. Having created both games and written the guild standards, I can say that only the latter meets current feature checklist.

However, Star*Scurry was placed by a former King/current Bishop and I have not bothered to try to find people to review GrimTunnel. If any of you have a problem with this decision, then feel free to speak up.

  • DRHero's robotic RTS, Future Wars, has been added to the guild so that it can be tested. A server was up today, but was taken down for updates. There is no download available at the moment so the listing is considered temporary.
  • Today was the last day for people to join the GamingDomain guild's Efencea tournament and registration appears to be closed. Troy1121 wants to have the brackets available by April 20th. Vermolius has stated that he and the rest of the Efencea team are working hard to release a new version of the game on the day before the tournament. Tayoko's new graphics are sure to be welcomed, but I'm unsure how many of the planned modes and mechanical changes will be implemented.
  • Acebloke has announced some future updates to Wargames which might be released by next week. Air Superiority will be available, the number of medals to earn will be doubled from 6 to 12, and trading will have undergone some interface changes. While teasing another update with notes to himself, Acebloke is also trying to start a debate on how alliances should be handled.
  • I don't know how long this has been going on, but I spotted multiple Standings links when skimming through the guild's games this week. I don't think they have been fully implemented yet, but medals are being added to Bakasensei's Age of War, Mobius Evalon's Chess and Squeegy's Faith.
  • We've known that no more robots have been standing for a while. Today, I realized that DDT's website domain has expired.
  • Geldonyetich's MORPG is temporarily going by the name Project Cyberverse and will indeed feature RTS elements. Rather than taking on the role of a specific character, players will manage the environment, create encounters, and then send NPCs on quests in an effort to build and/or destroy dynasties in a persistent world.
  • Alathon has given a brief combat synopsis for his steampunk blend of strategy and adventure, Rupture. Battles will consist of timed turns with up to 3 players/NPCs. The units of each player will flee whenever their main unit dies. Each unit may have its own abilities and some attacks can be chained.
  • Hiding under the guise of a cheap marketing ploy, BYOND RPG is amassing an army of white tigers to use as mounts for their cavalry. Beware. I've heard that their units keep their upgrades in latter battles.
  • I updated Occupied Forces with scores and interface changes. Pictures are included (along with some CSS changes to my blog). I also decided to change GrimTunnel's score model. It's now open to everyone and it fits the dungeon crawling theme better.

    I'm currently working on an update for PathWrath 2.


I didn't post the 3rd and 4th parts of the first episode of The Dogface show because some of it was NSFW. However, the second episode has started.

I admit that I watched a fansub of Dragon Ball Kai. I won't, however, be watching the live action movie.


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As always, a fun read every week. Good job.
I don't remember saying we would be releasing a new version. I do remember saying that we would be providing a current version for the tournament, though. 10 Days remaining.

Hiding under the guise of a cheap marketing ploy, BYOND RPG is amassing an army of white tigers to use as mounts for their cavalry.

Don't worry, as soon as we figure out the power locked inside that meteorite that just struck we'll be unstoppable.



Ah, I had interpreted "a new version out before the day of the tourney" as a release. =)
ACWraith wrote:
Ah, I had interpreted "a new version out before the day of the tourney" as a release. =)

Kinda does, I initially meant to just let the tournament players see the newest version but I guess a release would be in order.
That Dragonball movie really does look completely stupid. I actually was a fan...I might watch it just to laugh at it. I'm sure I'd get a good kick out of it. When I first heard of the movie being made and saw some scenes in the trailer, I thought it was a joke at first honestly.
Tayoko wrote:
As always, a fun read every week. Good job.

Agreed. Never stop doing this. Great work you're doing here.
Vermolius wrote:
Kinda does, I initially meant to just let the tournament players see the newest version but I guess a release would be in order.

I'd keep that idea. It might increase the interest in the tourny. You could release it to the wider audience a bit after the tourny is over. cents += 2
TheMonkeyDidIt wrote:
I'd keep that idea. It might increase the interest in the tourny. You could release it to the wider audience a bit after the tourny is over. cents += 2

Lots of work to do over the next 9 days.

Vermolius wrote:
Lots of work to do over the next 9 days.

Yeah. Easy for me to say, I know.
Good luck with it, tho.