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[slohand]

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Oh my that would rock lol... I think we need to wait until more work is done toward on Yserbius... I have been researching alternatives to actually having to hard code the whole game today and am coming up with some amazing things. There is alot of technology out there that would lend itself to the development of Yserbius provided folks would get away from trying to hack the old version. The Old version will not work anymore so we have to find technology that will work. Well I have found some, quiet a bit actually It will cost money of course,, but I will swallow that pill myself for right now. I will announce more when I am have the facts and more information. i have said to much already. Slo

 

[Tiger]

You goina be workin on programming that full time? If so, might I make a lil suggestion.... Set some guidelines for Navic and I, since we're admin as well.... Like what programs/projects we can work on without your consent/input...? For example.... The T-Shirts, StoreFront, PhotoAlbum, Forum intergrations (money, flags, modifications).... Contests, setting up SourceForge ect....

I found the site while doing research for news on here.... lol

This will basicly free up time for you to work on helping programm new Yserbius... I can't program, and really don't have the pationents for learning something as indepth as YS is goina be.... I can maintain PHP, but thats about it... Like I said, I can't program PHP either... Unless I have steps and the code needed to make something work... My site's modded up the yin/yang.... lol But only because there's documented information on doing it....

Graphics, yes... I can do graphics and animation... (even been working on Poser animations... ) I'm willing to put some money up, if ya need it Slo... Just let us know whatcha want to do.... My vote is, give Navic more stuff to do!

Oh, was that my outside voice? :roll:

 

[slohand]

hehe

I am going to be putting together a Game Design Proposal with the next few days is why I am not wanting to say to much,, sure Yserbius is a game already in existance, My Game Design document will put it all out there for us (the team) to decide on and how we will modify the game document once that is done we will lock away the original Game Design Proposal to prevent it from being altered by any one person. All modifications to the document will need approval of the developement team so we can take into consideration impacts to design, game, cost, schedule. In this document I will offer my Ideas for alternative methods of programming this game. I must say I am going to be proposing Ways of programming that I am able to at least grasp. we do not have programmers running out our ears here. so We going to all have to learn some new here guys lol... that is why the way I am looking into will facilitate an initial release of the game that may gain enough attention to foster a effort to create a better system..

I am also going to be proposing several new features not originally in Yserbius of course these can be Optional features that players can turn on and off more will be covered in the Document.

To be quiet honest I set up and ran the first Version today having both the server and client side shell on my PC no wmind you the little or no graphics had nothing to do with Yserbius, I was able to however activate a com between a Client and Server and move a character around in 3d sprite mode I will explain more and if I can actually find someone with a server to lend me I will set up a demonstration but no promises.

Now locke is working on a project I am thoroughly interested in and will be the basis of this whole project. without that tavern be it in what ever form it may come in, Yserbius will not be Yserbius without it. so I am researching to make sure his work will intergrate into what I am proposing. more to come on that.

As for responsibilities and such with the site and all, I will put together a plan for us to talk about this weekend I need to get past tommorow when this proposal goes in the client. So my weekend may be a bit more relaxed lol.... Slo

 

[Tiger]

Sounds great! Hope ya get a lax weekend... =)

Also, since Spell's offered his services, might I suggest keeping the Dev board in the loop too... I know Spell personally (lives here in AZ, and his son's married to my sister)... He's a programmer first and formost... I've added him to the Dev team, since he's interested in helping out... I've asked a few friends for the latest VB programs... Which met with a brick wall... :lol:

One of my friends has an older version, which I played with along time ago... Made a car go from left to right! Woot! :lol: But thats about it... If ya need some help with something thats, not easy, but more general in nature, I'll be happy to learn it.... I'm not afraid to learn if there's documentation (step by step is really nice!).... Lemme know Slo, my sword is at your command... :wink:

BTW, where's Navic lately? Miss his input...

 

[slohand]

Does Spell have access to the Private Development Forum also

Does Spell have access to the Private Development Forum also i cant ever insure i will post in both of these areas perhaps we should just move the private one to a public area and delete the other one. what do you think? Slo

 

[Tiger]

Well.... I wouldn't move the private Dev form public... I gave him access to the Private one and he saw it.... So it's all good on that front... What do you think about using SourceForge? I've been reading on there... We may even find more programmers...?

 

[slohand]

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I will look into Sourceforge. I havent gotten alot of good stuff to experiment with there. I am not sure how it will work with what we are attempting to do. it may serve as a point for folks to download the latest and see where we are at seeing how this is propreitary technology that will be used to create this I am not sure how it will work under OpenGL we will look into it. I fo rone have always been for keeping the materials public so in case one person quit or something it could be picked up and continued by others. Slo

 

[Tiger]

Agreed.... :!:

 

[Navic]

BTW, where's Navic lately? Miss his input...

Sorry guys... work and fantasy football drafts have been taking up my time. Slo knows I've slacked too much since he created this site. My vacations coming up soon, so I won't be on much til after Labor Day. I'll be out 'n about all weekend so talk to ya's Monday.

Nice job finding the radio service Tiger! That'll be sweet...

All this development talk gives me goose bumps I've started mapping the Basement, added to the spell/skills and adding the text when ya use items.

 

[Tiger]

Yeh, it would be... Lets get things moving and push... I mean suggest Slo take some time to do the radio... :lol:

 

[DAVEN]

hey

Hey guys,

Sorry haven't been on for awhile, been travelling for work and haven't been home much.

A few random thoughts:

1 Advertising/Marketing: Perhaps our banner ads should be made with a pic of the tavern/mountain and a couple of character shots, this way, someone seeing the banner would recognize that right away. Visuals are a great way to jar memory.

2 Site Traffic: It would damage the traffic to our site if we send out a newsletter (IMO). We should have the newsletter here on the site and then send out a link to let folks know that the new edition is up.

3 Development: As I mentioned in my post, I am in contact with the former Manager of QA at TSN/INN, I am considering him for a job. We've talked about YS quite a bit, and in my picking of his brain, he says it would be quite simple to get YS up and running again. He know of some folks with the server side software and the majority of the programming would be on the connectivity side (TCP/IP shit). I will keep you posted as this progresses. The new versions of the game are fine, but it's much better to be playing the original.

Okay, that's all I can think of right now, chat at you later

 

[Tiger]

That dev portion would be VERY helpful! Man, that would be awsome... Even if we didn't use it, if we had it for refrence and stuff...

As for the news letter... Well.... I kinda sorta agree.... But really, if people are comin here for YS and wanting to keep in contact, sending them the attatchment isn't going to hurt.... In a world of marketing, emails are powerful forms of communications... Even if the person doesn't open it, or only reads a small portion of the email, by then we've already got their attention.... So providing a link AND the attatchem won't hurt in the long run...

The Banner... Agreed... Totally.... If ya have any idea's, send Slo, Navic or I an email on any new banner suggestions... Like if ya wana make one and send it to one of us, we'll see about gettin it up.... Or if ya don't want to make it... Email me your ideas... tiger-san@tigereyegfx.ne, and I'll work with ya on getting it up...

 

[slohand]

History

Well based on last months We sent out 150 Emails informing folks the newsletter was available for download, of the 150 people 20 people who normaly dont show up ,, showed up of them 7 downloaded the PDF, the rest looked at our current online version and left. the rest of us the active ones and i say active ones by the ones with 10 or more post with is 12 to 15 percent of the population at last check are the ones who downloaded the 36 remaining downloads. So i am of the mind that i would rather send out 200 plus PDF files this month and provide a link to the site on the main page of their email than have just a empty email , I can think of several ways to determine how many PDF files get read also but this is my opionion better a 200 circulation than a maybe 43 download ,, Slohand

 

[Navic]

Back on the subject...

Tavern Slogans...

The tavern owner should create the slogan.

How do we determine who the tav owner is? Moderator? The tav forums that were opened by request of course will be owed by the requestor.
Place a poll and have people vote on the names who post in that tav often?

 

[Tiger]

I think unless someone says something, we should wait on making every joe blow that comes in to the tavern and pretends to own it a moderator... ;-) There's enough of us now... Unless I'm mistaken..

Reason being is cuz YS will sooon be multiplayer... And alotta new people may show up and want to claim it too...

On the flip side, if we maybe post something in General or I can make news on it, asking for Tavern owners, maybe we can give them something as a rank...?

 

[Navic]

Want me to post a poll to see what others think?

How should we describe the Taverns, instead of "Is open"?
- Have a contest for each Tav and vote?
- Have the "Bartender/owner" decide?

Any more idea's?

 

[Cyren]

I like "Here There Be Dragons" for Sword Swamp. That was always Cyren's home and such. I'm pretty sure everyone deserves at least one warning before crossing the threshold and facing all the people who lived there who were only drawing various weapons and thinking "Fresh meat."

 

[Tiger]

Hmmm... I guess go ahead and make a poll.... Though personally, some of the taverns just arn't as busy as others...Want something deep and meaningful?

All the taverns are our homes....

Whoa... Yeh, thats deep... :roll: Anyway, I made my home in Fear Forest... But that doesn't mean I went to other taverns and was known there too... I hung out in.. Uhm... I think Misty Hollow? (Wherever LOV guild called home)... I also made it to RPI some times... Though more of the riff raff made their home there... So I stayed away... :lol:

Anyways, my point? Uhm.... No clue... But I'm sure there's one in there somewhere...