K, prep for massive amount of text! I pretty much typed out everything that was in the screens of CleoSombra's (again... we need to all hit up her thread as thanks for the awesome screens, at the very least!)
Cleo's forum thread (No, I did not edit the texts, there are areas where it was 'missing' text... and I'd REALLY love to know the questions to most of these answers, but this is what I had to work with and I'm grateful I had it!
heart Thank you, Cleo! )
Also, I was happy that I recognized a few of the guild members usernames coming up in here! Good job guys!
On with the show!
Mavdoc : No Christmas event, but lots of good stuff coming soon.
Mavdoc: I wanted to tell everyone tonight; the plan is to release Coliseum next week!
biggrin Mavdoc: There are 3 different modes and I believe 5 difficulty levels
Mavdoc: Enough to keep you busy for quite a while I think
smile Mavdoc: No PvP... yet
Mavdoc: One day we will find a way to implement it
Mavdoc: But it'll probably appear first in Coliseum
Mavdoc: Sorry, I do respond to PMs... when I have time
Mavdoc: But I've been busy
Mavdoc: Another thing I was going to mention--today I put the finishing touches on Boardwalk
smile Mavdoc: You should be able to get into BB in about a month with the headstart tickets if everything goes according to plan
smile Mavdoc: I'm not sure if I can discuss prices for anything yet
Mavdoc: But rest assured, it'll be under $100
wink Mavdoc: Yeah, better news this time
smile Mavdoc: Undermountain I'll be working on next, and will probably be the next area released.
Mavdoc: Cleo-- the whole zOMG! team currently is swarf, Bron, JK and myself ^^
Mavdoc: GTFO, no Boardwalk is done now.
Mavdoc: Just needs to go through some testing and setup
Mavdoc: We'll be adding more events to it later here and there when we can
Mavdoc: But as far as the headstart hangout, that's done
Mavdoc: Raiko, I'm sure there is-- but I just don't know it
razz Mavdoc: Archaic: the same one as which?
Mavdoc: Sorry in advance if I miss a lot of questions xP
Mavdoc: Bye Fox
smile Mavdoc: No Christmas event planned -- we have our hands completely full with other things I listed
Mavdoc: Khrate: I think the tree will be in Barton though
smile Mavdoc: At least I hope xD
Mavdoc: Raiko: we use Flash Actionscript, Java and Groovy
Mavdoc: Yup, you'll have to say goodby to the fountain pigeons for a week or so! xP
Mavdoc: We are using Flash CS3
Mavdoc: It took a TON of work to convert from AS2 a few years ago
Mavdoc: It pretty much delayed the game by a good deal
razz Mavdoc: Sega: we decided against any combat in Boardwalk for right now
Mavdoc: But there should be plenty of places to hangout there
Mavdoc: Backend is Java I believe -- yeah
Mavdoc: We're gonna have pirate fluffs at some point. That would be a wasted opportunity it seems like otherwise.
wink Mavdoc: HidingShadows: noted
smile Mavdoc: Yeah, we're not going to be up(dating... [assumed]) our code anytime soon xD
Mavdoc: We'd need much more help on (??? I don't know T.T)
Mavdoc: Seems like clan chat would be worked on, but that would be swarf and I don't know what's on his plate currently
Mavdoc: Haha-- you'll have to wait on news of the pets xD
Mavdoc: JK will be on later tonight
Mavdoc: Kain: all the support and help in getting zOMG! out in public knowledge has been so awesome. We appreciate it so much
wink Mavdoc: Best thing you can do to help is purchase any of the items we'll be selling and tell friends about them too
Mavdoc: Great sales would assure a strong future for the game
smile Mavdoc: Multibass: you can buy as many as you like!
biggrin Mavdoc: We actually closed the gap on Rally
smile Mavdoc: swarf was telling us last week that we're neck and neck with them
Mavdoc: Now we just have to BEAT them! >
smile Mavdoc: Rabid: I doubt old MCs would be made available again. They really wanted them to be bought at the time.
Mavdoc: Gothic: sorry I don't have a date yet for the cursed pumpkin, but it is soon! I just talked with JK today about what would be in it
Mavdoc: No hints for now either
sad Mavdoc: longname: naw, it means you have an awesome life
smile Mavdoc: Just talked to JK about it -- Vivox keeps changing ther code, meaning we need to keep updating it for it to work
Mavdoc: Since we don't have enough people to look into it, that becomes really hard
sad Mavdoc: Skype works pretty well if Vivox is giving you problems
Mavdoc: Vivianne: nope, not this year-- probably just the same Barton Christmas from previous years though
Mavdoc: We have too much going on with Coliseum, Boardwalk, pets etc
Mavdoc: Looked away for a second and all of a sudden there is talk of pools? ?_?
Mavdoc: Raiko:I'm a hardcore gamer!
smile Mavdoc: I always have to be playing something xD
Mavdoc: Don't play the Sims, though I have many friends that have worked on many different titles creating the games
Mavdoc: A couple of friends are trying to get me to play Mincraft xD
Mavdoc: I'm kinda more of a action gamer, HD, crazy graphics kinda person though ^^
Mavdoc: Oral: zOMG! used to be known as Battle internally and throughout the site. Gaians have been requesting it since long before I started here.
Mavdoc: I was just able to actually start the project though
smile Mavdoc: Sega-- yeah, I was part of zOMG! since day one, and there were many months in the beginning where I was the only artist on the team! xD
Mavdoc: Sega: JK was there in the beginning too
Mavdoc: He's been here longer than me
Mavdoc: nodname is no longer with us
sad Mavdoc: I didn't hear all the details why, but I guess it just didn't work out
Mavdoc: I think Lanzer played at least some in the beginning
Mavdoc: Oh cool Sen!
Mavdoc: Hahaha
Mavdoc: I haven't heard from fin (Craig) since he left
Mavdoc: I'm sure he'll stop by one of these days
smile Mavdoc: He's still a part of Gaia technically
Mavdoc: Sorry I missed a bunch ^^
Mavdoc: swarf came by telling me Boardwalk should build tonight
razz Mavdoc: What the heck? xD
Mavdoc: Yes, I am single
razz Mavdoc: O o;;
Mavdoc: Anyone else have other questions? xD
CleoSombra: Yes.
Mavdoc: *changes topic8
wink CleoSombra: For statistical purposes only
CleoSombra: Let's say you were trapped on an elevator with one zOMG dev.
CleoSombra: Who would that developer be?
Mavdoc: slevin: we used to have zOMG! plushies for sale!
Mavdoc: I'm not sure if you can
that's a good point
razz Mavdoc: One of the very first things I di (cut off...)
joined Gaia was to design and work with (cut off...)
company for making different plushies xP
Mavdoc: OMG and Gwee were the ones I worked on
Mavdoc: scully: not sure! xD
Mavdoc: My birthday is Tron Legacy release day ^^
Mavdoc: Most recent manga I read was probably Gantz
Mavdoc: That was quite a while ago even though xD
Mavdoc: Yes! I so enjoyed Gantz
biggrin I'm really behind though now
razz Mavdoc: sorry cnoisy-- I must have missed them
razz Mavdoc: Dammed: they'll be new stuff released right around Christmas... It just won't be themed with Santa or snow etc
wink Mavdoc: Sega: haven't heard-- were there new ones that were going to be made?
Mavdoc: I'd love to see all these posters that are getting made
smile Mavdoc: Ah, you updated that thread since I was last there Cleo -- cool
biggrin Mavdoc: Sorry, I was checking out the link
Mavdoc: I'm not dead!
wink Mavdoc: Oh, wait... *croak* x_X
Mavdoc: Spoke too soon
razz Mavdoc: Mavstahd xD
Mavdoc: That sounds wrong somehow
razz Mavdoc: One sec
Mavdoc: But making a new town would be an incredible amount of work (for Bron too!)
Mavdoc: So it might be quite a while till we get to it
Mavdoc: Khrate:yeah, sometimes it feels like we nibble here and there when we can
razz Mavdoc: Sky City might get bumped up the list after talking more with JK
Mavdoc: We'll see what we can do
Mavdoc: Sega: I've been thinking about making an ice/snow level more and more lately
Mavdoc: Hopefully sometime soon
Mavdoc: Maybe in the middle of August
wink Mavdoc: When it's nice and hot out
Mavdoc: Yeah, no clue on a real date X)
Mavdoc: Ugly Duckling: the base south of Village was always something we wanted to do as well
Mavdoc: At one point I got started on it, but shelfed for now
Mavdoc: Sorry, what was the endless question?
Mavdoc: slide: I haven't heard about that
sad Mavdoc: kota12: like the level inside a cow?
Mavdoc: Mayakashi: I haven't heard-- I really don't know
sad Mavdoc: Not sure who monitors
Mavdoc: Well everyone, thank you much for coming out, but I've gotta get going
Mavdoc: Have a great night all!
Mavdoc: You can check that forum post to see when JK will show up.
