Talad (Leader/Founder)
Eonwind (Rules)
Tuathanach (Rules)
Zunna (Rules/Settings)
Mordaan (Settings)
Venalan (Settings Lead)
Uadjet (GM Lead)
Emaline (GM Team)
Zweitholou (Art)
Gonger (PR)
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Uadjet: Hello, and welcome to the Developers' Q&A!
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Uadjet: And yes, I debated the placement of the apostrophe in that last sentence.
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Uadjet: This is an OOC meeting where we discuss what's going on behind the scenes and give people the chance to ask whatever questions they might have.
(22:01:33) [chat] Ronasi: *smiles* I promise not to lose any sleep over that.
(22:01:50) [chat] Tutharel: Hello!
(22:02:28) [chat]
Uadjet: Well, it's like a sign saying Grocers', or Grocers, or Grocer's. Accuracy matters. It's the pluralizing of Developer that I was questioning.
(22:02:32) [chat] Ronasi: Finally you look "normal" here Uadjet.
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Uadjet: Oh, I know!
(22:02:58) [chat]
Uadjet: It's so nice not to have to look like a carbon-based life form.
(22:03:09) [chat]
Uadjet: And none of you have spikes!
(22:06:22) [chat] Tutharel: Well, whats the news Uadjet?
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Gonger: It is a Plural Genitive, so it needs the apostrophe.
(22:07:29) [chat]
Uadjet: But it's mainly one developer.
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Uadjet: That would make it "Developer's Q&A"
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Uadjet: Were the developer here
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Uadjet: The developer not being here adds another layer of complication.
(22:08:25) [chat] >Anysu greets everyone.
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Uadjet: But there are other people contributing now, writing quests and making NPCs, so I suppose Developers' is correct.
(22:09:01) [chat]
Gonger: Aye. Development is more than programming.
(22:10:33) [chat]
Uadjet: Now, we could debate this all meeting, but I should probably get on with giving an update rather than discussing grammar and the lack of spikes on carbon-based life forms.
(22:11:08) [chat]
Uadjet: So for the last two weeks Talad's been working on (and having fun with) a procedural dungeon system.
(22:13:34) [chat]
Uadjet: If you like, you can go to twitch or youtube. The latest vid has a ch ecklist of what he's accomplished at about three hours and thirty-five minutes in, near the end.
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Uadjet: But the system is getting to the point where you just set some parameters and you'll end up with a dungeon with occupants, treasure, locked doors requiring keys, traps, and everything you want in a dungeon.
(22:15:39) [chat] >Tutharel claps.
(22:15:45) [chat] Anysu: Dryken that is how you spell it. I tend to spell it wrong.
(22:16:14) [chat] Anysu: cool
(22:18:57) [chat]
Gonger: We should have such a dungeon as Starting Area, and not the Dryken Plane. I still believe the Plane should appear later in the game.
(22:18:59) [chat]
Uadjet: So, if I get access to that you can expecta kikiri dungeon at some point.
(22:19:30) [chat]
Gonger: I sometimes spell Drykken Plane...
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Uadjet: I'm still bitterly disappointed that there was never a kikiri invasion script in Legacy like there was for ulbernauts and Xalpa.
(22:19:50) [chat]
Gonger: What would we do with all those eggs?
(22:21:59) [chat] Anysu: Nods about Dryken Plane
(22:22:33) [chat] Anysu: kikiri invasion sounds fun
(22:24:08) [chat] Anysu: Giant Kikiri low level boss fight.
(22:24:23) [chat]
Uadjet: The Developers who hadn't been GMs wouldn't add it because they thought GMs might abuse it. The developer who HAD been a GM knew for a FACT that we'd abuse it.
(22:26:10) [chat]
Uadjet: As for me, I've been working on quests. I'm about half way through writing the Observatory quests. That is one intro quest, and then three quests per inhabitant.
(22:28:49) [chat] >Anysu claps for Uadjet.
(22:30:21) [chat]
Uadjet: A few of those quests will require either new critters (well, newly placed spawn points) or new NPCs, I've got at least one new NPC for Amdeneir, Homestead, and the new Dsar in Ojaveda.
(22:32:33) [chat]
Uadjet: The NPC in AMdeneir is the magic shop owner, and I'm trying to come up with different things she could sell, to differentiate her from Levrus.
(22:33:06) [chat] Thosor: Moar Diamonds!
(22:33:54) [chat] Arireare: im still kinda hoping for some more clothes and items
(22:34:08) [chat] Arireare: i know a lot of item based things require models
(22:35:14) [chat]
Uadjet: Different clothing can be tricky. Recolored is one thing, of course. I'm just not sure how it would be implemented. Maybe a consumable item, that changes your clothing appearance until you change it? Otherwise we'd need a whole new set of inventory slots, and I don't see that happening.
(22:35:30) [chat]
Gonger: Insanely expensive items with little purpose to remove some money from the game...
(22:35:57) [chat] >Anysu nods at Uadjet.
(22:35:58) [chat] Arireare: like the crazy staffs ive found in the world
(22:36:04) [chat] Thosor: ah, a casino.
(22:36:13) [chat] Tutharel: mmm, gambling. lol
(22:36:19) [chat] Arireare: yea
(22:37:10) [chat] Thosor: More taxes...
(22:37:31) [chat] Arireare: boooo
(22:39:25) [chat]
Uadjet: Oh, I am NOT doing taxes.
(22:39:30) [chat]
Uadjet: I simply refuse.
(22:39:35) [chat] Tutharel: good
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Uadjet: Now, getting players to waste money on silly things, that's totally fine with me.
(22:39:56) [chat] Thosor: Luxury mounts that die early.
(22:40:07) [chat] Anysu: Gambling casino be an idea
(22:40:31) [chat] Arireare: -the dying
(22:40:39) [chat] Tutharel: I still like the wandering merchant idea brought up the last dev Q&A I was at.
(22:41:05) [chat] Anysu: Wandering merchant also good idea
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Uadjet: The issue is what to sell.
(22:41:34) [chat] Thosor: How does that work?
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Uadjet: We have wandering merchants, and they sell map pieces.
(22:42:04) [chat] Thosor: I meant for a money sink.
(22:42:06) [chat] Arireare: i mean there are a few items that arent sold anywhere yet
(22:42:11) [chat] Tutharel: Materials for crafting, insanely expensive magic staves or glyphs, enchanted/randomized weapons/armor?
(22:42:43) [chat] Arireare: theres also things like the compas kifu was looking for earlier
(22:43:06) [chat]
Gonger: We had a gambling hall in Ojaveda, an illegal one. And some fine RP came from it.
(22:43:33) [chat] Thosor: Just need more speakeasys.
(22:43:55) [chat] Anysu: I recall that Gonger. That was some good rp chances there
(22:44:19) [chat] Anysu: And different games to play.
(22:46:51) [chat]
Uadjet: Maybe... games that pay out in tokens, and an NPC where you can cash in tokens for items or tria.
(22:47:06) [chat] Tutharel: Yea. That'd work.
(22:47:22) [chat] >Anysu nods at Uadjet.
(22:47:44) [chat] Tutharel: Or the ability to put wagers on games that already exist in game?
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Uadjet: You can gamble with an NPC in Hydlaa, but I suppose the ability to wager could be added to the dice game, for example.
(22:49:51) [chat]
Uadjet: That would be player v player, but player v NPC could also be added.
(22:51:01) [chat] Anysu: If there was a gambling/gaming place there could be npcs there that not only do the games, but maybe have quests. Quest with faction of the less than savory sort.
(22:51:37) [chat] Thosor: rat faction.
(22:52:35) [chat] Anysu: Like the Cabal of whispers or there is also the 13Wards,
(22:53:08) [chat]
Uadjet: 13 Wards is the rogue/criminal faction. Cabal of Whispers is different.
(22:53:45) [chat] Anysu: The 13 wards then.
(22:54:52) [chat] Anysu: Yeah guess it doesn't say much about the cabal in faction screen.
(22:55:20) [chat] Thosor: Does it mean we have the other side of the crime industry? Police, etc.
(22:55:50) [chat]
Uadjet: Yes, the Octarchy faction
(22:57:01) [chat] Gova: I have max rank in Cabal of Whispers faction, and I'm 100% sure that's not right. I also have no Conclave of Glyphs faction. Linked?
(22:58:34) [chat]
Uadjet: Maybe. I don't see any conclave of the glyphs in my factionlist either.
(22:58:43) [chat] Anysu: There is a Conclave of glyhps? That isn't in my faction list either
(22:58:52) [chat] Anysu: lol
(22:59:01) [chat] Anysu: Said same thing.
(22:59:43) [chat]
Uadjet: But KNM would be a good way to drain tria and get out some nice but not game breaking items. Like those armor sets that I give out that aren't available elsewhere. Like Brigandine, or spidersilk.
(23:02:22) [chat] Arireare: i need more silverweave
(23:02:27) [chat] Arireare: lol
(23:04:29) [chat]
Uadjet: Well, giving out items with loot enchantments would be something Talad would have to approve of. Of course he'd have to approve of anything, but that might be a big ask.
(23:06:25) [chat] Ronasi: Kind of like the requests for more shortcuts? ;-)
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Uadjet: Somewhat similar, yeah.
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Uadjet: But I do like the KNM idea. I'll see if I can track down the setup.
(23:07:49) [chat] Arireare: sorry what is KNM?
(23:07:56) [chat] Tutharel: Yea, I was about to ask the same.
(23:08:22) [chat] Thosor: ears perk
(23:08:35) [chat] Anysu grins
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Uadjet: Oh, Kore Nekka Mansa. I may have spelled that incorrectly. They're a shady group out of Ojaveda that ran a gambling hall.
(23:08:51) [chat] Anysu nods
(23:08:56) [chat] Tutharel nods
(23:09:50) [chat] Anysu: Nice.
(23:10:23) [chat]
Uadjet: Oh, and I found where Kormia is meant to be.
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Uadjet: It's on the northern road between BDRoad2 and Amdeneir.
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Uadjet: The floating orb marking its lcoation is underground.
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Uadjet: That took a while to find.
(23:11:03) [chat] Tutharel: Small announcement, the subreddit has reahed 11 members. A small step but a step none the less.
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Gonger: And someone put a bounty on my head when the gambling hall was closed down.
(23:11:42) [chat] Ronasi: Good job Tutharel
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Gonger: Strangely enough, nobody ever tried to collect that bounty (1 million tria).
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Uadjet: Who would they hire? You?
(23:12:30) [chat] Tutharel: Also, I'm working with a "larger" content creator (about 1k subs) in recording gameplay and producing videos on the game. I will be streaming the whole process on my Twitch along with events (I will make sure to ask before streaming next time. Sorry about that Anysu.) and hopefully this will generate some more traction for our small community.
(23:12:45) [chat] Tutharel: That's all I had.
(23:12:55) [chat] Thosor: I swung but you ducked, a ducked dwarf is hard to hit.
(23:13:22) [chat] >Anysu nods at Tutharel.
(23:13:36) [chat]
Uadjet: Thanks, Tutharel!
(23:13:44) [chat] Tutharel nods
(23:14:06) [chat]
Gonger: Uadjet, will there be a final plague event in Ojaveda?
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Gonger: Like, our noble band of characters discovers the truth behind the plague and helps wiping it out?
(23:14:34) [chat] Anysu: That is a good question, Gonger.
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Uadjet: I was planning that, but timing was the issue. Waht I had in mind would involve Devs, but maybe I can just run an event where the plague is resolved before adding any NPCs to the new dsar.
(23:15:33) [chat]
Gonger: You had some memorable characters in those plague events. I liked a lot that old fellow who went back into the plague zone to be with his wife.
(23:16:33) [chat]
Gonger: Garratch was the name.
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Uadjet: Yeah, I liked that guy too.
(23:17:03) [chat]
Gonger: He would make a fine leader... (hint, hint,...)
(23:17:56) [chat]
Gonger: And maybe the whole plague was created by villains through poisoned water (Paajah, for example) to destabilize the city.
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Uadjet: There was also the woman with aspergers. I'm not sure if that came through vefry well, but it was the event with the magical rain.
(23:19:07) [chat] Anysu: Isn't the means about how the plague came about part of lore?
(23:19:09) [chat]
Gonger: Well, I do not remember all events as well as others... Difficult with 377 events (we need a 500 events Achievement...)
(23:20:24) [chat]
Uadjet: Yeah, the highest achievement currently is 100.
(23:20:40) [chat] Tutharel: 250, 500, 1000, etc. would be nice.
(23:20:51) [chat]
Uadjet: 1000?!?!
(23:20:57) [chat] Tutharel: yessir
(23:21:29) [chat] Tutharel: gotta have that long think. Gonger needs something to work towards, right?
(23:21:33) [chat] Ronasi: Cheers. Long live PlaneShift
(23:21:44) [chat]
Uadjet: Holy cow! There are... 856 events total, but like 100 of them are simply called "test".
(23:22:01) [chat]
Gonger: Anysu, not sure whether the plague is part of the lore, Uadjet would know about that... But who says all lore is true? Remember the old saying: "History is written by the winners."
(23:22:16) [chat] Arireare: i may have found a way to update character models and creatures
(23:22:36) [chat] Tutharel: If we had more GMs, more events could be run during the week or something eventually. *shrug* I just know PlaneShift will be around for a long time. 1000 doesn't seem too out landish.
(23:22:39) [chat] Arireare: tyring to get it setup now
(23:22:49) [chat] Tutharel: Sweet, Arireare!
(23:22:56) [chat]
Gonger: 856 - 100 = 756. 756 / 2 = 378.
(23:23:16) [chat]
Uadjet: Ah. 828, Some must have been deleted.
(23:23:49) [chat] >Ronasi listens intently to Tutharel.
(23:24:19) [chat] Tutharel: Maybe at different times as well for those with different timezones.
(23:24:37) [chat]
Uadjet: That's valid, and small events can be done as well.
(23:24:48) [chat] Ronasi: Good luck with that Arireare!
(23:24:50) [chat]
Uadjet: Little encounters, like 30-45 minutes.
(23:24:50) [chat] Arireare: id apply to do basic GM stuff but my online time varies wildly
(23:25:43) [chat] Tutharel: Same here. I just have a kid on the way so idk how much longer I can play as much as I have been playing recently.
(23:26:30) [chat] Ronasi: That's exciting news Tutharel
Congrats
(23:26:41) [chat] Tutharel: Thank you.
(23:26:47) [chat]
Uadjet: Huh. My first event was #465. Other than a few run by other people, the rest are all me.
(23:27:04) [chat]
Gonger: Call the kid Anysu, Gonger, or Uadjet
(23:27:21) [chat] Anysu: eek no..
(23:27:25) [chat] Tutharel: That's funny, Gonger. Her name will be Isla. Sorry.
(23:27:32) [chat] Ronasi: What a record you've set, Uadjet.
(23:27:42) [chat]
Gonger: I hope you reserved that name already in PlaneShift.
(23:27:43) [chat] Anysu: That is a very pretty name Isla
(23:27:56) [chat] Tutharel: I might have to.
(23:28:00) [chat] Tutharel: Good suggestion.
(23:28:01) [chat]
Gonger: Uadjet, this means I participated in almost all of your events.
(23:28:19) [chat]
Gonger: Anysu, you are way too modest!
(23:28:59) [chat] Anysu grins
(23:30:32) [chat]
Uadjet: Okay, but we're well past the hour and realizing that I've run about 375 events (not counting the double events when Legacy and PSU were both running) has me wanting a nap.
(23:30:35) [chat] Anysu: Aye I have left a mark in this game. Amazing and I am Thankfully. Even have a table that hope will forever be a part of my continued legacy here.
(23:32:08) [chat] Anysu: You all awesome;
(23:32:18) [chat] Anysu: Thanks for the update Uadjet
(23:32:26) [chat]
Uadjet: So let's bring this meeting to a close. Thank you all for coming,a nd I'll see you all again at the next meeting in two weeks. Until then, have fun playing and maybe try adn event or two!
(23:32:43) [chat]
Gonger: Do not forget to leave this room before Quitting.
(23:32:54) [chat] Tutharel: Thanks everyone for the ideas and Uadjet for the updates!
