tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66387339393903069602012-01-28T06:59:34.496-05:00The indie MMORPG experimentOver00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.comBlogger1551100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-34953155725390846762009-07-30T21:48:00.001-04:002009-07-30T21:51:31.697-04:00

Buying virtual items is now common!As seen on MassivelyDirect link to survey results

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Never paid attention to Champions Online until today. Seems that they finally got what an Hero MMO should be about: Permanent interactions with other players.I never really got into CoH/CoV because you group for the sake of leveling (the objective doesn't matter) and PvP seemed so far away from me poor casual player.From what I understand, the availability of PvP and zone scenarios seems to be

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Bought it, love it!Amazing graphics, smooth gameplay, easy enough for me on normal mode. I also like the narrator between each level. Really makes you feel part of a fantasy book.Available on Steam for $30.

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For some weeks I'm allowing myself to play games from time to time, you know, just to remain sane and think of something else!Well I almost forgot how it was fun. First game I bought was Zeno Clash. The reviews were praising it's hand-to-hand combat system and they were right. You really get to enjoy throwing punches. The game is beautiful and the look is very different from what we usually.

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... and saw nobody on my old server (Tarquinas). I did all major cities, cantina and big player cities and saw nobody. I never ran into anyone. I'm sure there's still some people there but when I checked, it was bloody empty.Since it was free, I decided to hang around a bit, see what happened to this game I had great fun in. Checked the server and Starsider load was "very heavy" so I went there.

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... for US residents only: http://www.indiegamechallenge.com/Well, it would have been a nice opportunity. Anyway, back to work on positive stuff...

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Finished in 7th place.Not too bad considering the last game I was splitted all over the map. Didn't last 3 turns. Hard to do anything that way...Just 1 position too low to make any points. Too bad. Better luck next time I guess.

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Seems that adding quests created by players was a good idea considering that CoH and now SWG are doing it...Now if I could only come up with something that AAA titles could copy...

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I'm posting on my blog at MMORPG.comLast post: Dealing with the Good, Bad and Ugly as an indie MMO devMy page there: http://www.mmorpg.com/profile.cfm/username/Over00

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Now I want to play a smuggler... http://www.swtor.com/info/holonet/classes/smuggler

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I like this thread: http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=536297But why? ... (!)

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Just stumbled on this video from Jeff Tunnell's blog (another blog I should have put on my reading list some time ago).You might like or not the style of this guy but the message is pretty clear and you honestly need to hear things like that from time to time.

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How are they able to put that much content online.Either they have a big marketing team (well, it's Bioware after all) or they are not that far from release...

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Yep!That made me thought of a new "unexploited market segment" for Golemizer: The only game you can play at work if your boss has cut Flash from your PC!So if you're stuck in a cubicle with nothing to do, Golemizer is for you!Seriously though (hmm, but I was serious!), it shows that if you believe in what you do and put a lot of work that there's some chances you'll be able to reach your

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I spent some time reading the comments about that article on mmorpg.com about RMT.The first thing I remembered is the reason why I don't spend much time on these forums... And then I remembered over 10 years ago playing Magic: The Gathering... Some were able to buy very expensive (and overpowered) cards while I was playing with an elf deck and still had fun.Not sure there's more to say beside

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I'm currently working on a system that will be able to get directions from point A to point B wherever you are in Golemizer. Well, almost...When I first started building the MMO framework, I had no real idea of what game I would build with it so I made some decisions that would give me more freedom. An example is that at first, zones reached through a "portal" had no idea to which portal they

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If you're intested in steampunk MMOs (beside Golemizer of course...), Gatheryn is now accepting beta registration here: http://www.mindfusegames.com/index.php?option=com_user&task=editIt seems Steampunk is getting more love from MMOs recently. Of course, it's all coming from Golemizer... ;)The one that is the most freaking me out is Neo Steam from... Atlus Online. Atlus... Dr. Altus... Of course,

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Girlfriend being out of town friday, I went to see Star Trek. I'm not a fan of Star Trek. Not because I don't like it but because I never really cared about it. The little I know is what I read on wikipedia. My verdict? Great movie!Ok, nothing to blow your mind away but I didn't mind to pay way to much to see it anyway. I guess it was easier for me to like it exactly because I didn't cared about

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I'll spare you the "boy, it's been a long time I haven't updated this blog..." and jump straight to the interesting part.Building an MMO was a big task. Enormous task. There's good reasons why everyone is telling don't do this as a first project. I did it anyway because that was honestly the only thing I was interested to build.The downside is that when you try to do a lot of systems at the same

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Just a small post to thank the people at www.zam.com for their post about user created content in City of Heroes: http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=17624.Everquest is also allowing it to some degree: http://www.over00.com/2008/12/player-created-quests-in-everquest.htmlOf course I won't pretend Golemizer did it first (that's been happening way before my time in MUDs and surely elsewhere that I'm

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Well, it sure looks better than the previous one and will make it easier to insert new stuff: http://www.golemizer.comWill I be revisiting the game interface one day? Well, I'd like to but I will not be handling that myself. So in time it might get done. There's always so many things to do!

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Blainville, Canada - March 30, 2009 -- Dave Toulouse, an independent game developer, announced the first free content expansion, Diluculo Island, for the free web MMORPG Golemizer (http://www.golemizer.com). A free 2D steampunk MMORPG, Golemizer requires no download or plug-in to play and features a rich sandbox environment. Following the path of a mysterious scientist named Dr. Grant, players

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The new server is online for some hours now and everything is running smoothly.To my surprise, nothing bad happened in the process of transferring everything.CPU usage is currently about at 2-3% which a lot better than the previous 50%-80% (and sometimes 90%+...) on the old server.It took 6 months to get to the limit of the previous server, let's see how long this one will last.

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Well that's a surprise. Have I told you how much I like the web? Only the web can get a website built by a french canadian featured on TV in Texas!Source: Golemizer on FOX Houston

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If you're indie, don't do an MMO. If you're a hobbyist, don't even dream about it.Ok, so the post I'm referring to is 4 years old. Funny how the web is changing everything. Of course Golemizer is not the typical 3D AAA MMO "next WoW-Killer"... But still, it shows how the definition of MMOs have changed over time.Source: Clicky

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First issue here: clickyI already said I wanted my glowstick. I'll be there.Hype mode on!!!!

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I invite everyone to rate Golemizer on Cool site of the day: http://www.coolsiteoftheday.com/frmindex.htmlThis page will link to Golemizer only on friday, February 27.

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And I thought they were supreme beings living without that kind of material needs... :/Seriously, I need to remove some websites from my RRS reader...Source:http://news.mmosite.com/content/2009-02-25/20090225042131786.shtmlhttp://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/89682-Free-MMOGs-Cost-Money-Toohttp://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/02/23/guess-how-much-players-spend-in-a-free-mmo-every-month/

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Drifting Willow made an amazing job taking screenshots of every zones in Golemizer before cleaning up the old houses (of players that haven't been around for more than 60 days).Seeing this is really amazing for me: http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6918/mapbeforewiki.jpg

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I finally unwrapped my copy of Flash and decided it was time to experiment a bit. Using javascript for Golemizer allowed me to ship the game after a year of development but wasn't of great help for marketing purpose. Most portals and review blogs/websites are focusing on Flash games. Golemizer could have fit some of them but since it's not in the Flash category, it complicates things a bit (it's

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Finally! This will greatly improve client performance for Golemizer (and next project not yet ready to talk about)!Communication between your browser and Golemizer's server is done using a web service sending JSON data. To parse the data received in JSON format, the javascript function eval() is used. Native support of JSON will make the parsing of this data much faster than using the eval()

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-84378719938366071992009-02-09T17:04:00.001-05:002009-02-09T17:07:52.059-05:00

http://www.gdc-canada.com/It's still at the other side of the country but at least closer.Hmm... just saw registration fees...

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But you can create Mario's levels!I'll never stopped being amazed by what I find in Golemizer... lolClick to zoom

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Just for fun (well, actually, a bit for fun but in fact to test proof an idea...), I did some extreme testing on Golemizer on my PC.I wanted to see if the code was able to handle an extreme number of NPCs. So I created 100 000 rabbits without caring much how dirty it was done (for i=1 to 100000, that's all). The results?...My machine is an Intel Core Quad, Q9400 @ 2.66GHZ with 4 GB of RAM, much

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If anyone have ideas or can help...In my quest to reach a larger audience, I need to figure a way to create an alternative interface of a smaller size. The point is to be able to submit the game to game portals so they can show Golemizer on their own website (without any pop-up). Not being a Flash game makes it harder to convince portals to put the game on their website so I need to make it

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It wasn't an easy update to push online as misinformation have lead some players to think that the focus was shifting away from golems.However, after explaining how the whole system is working, the reaction is now much more positive. Sure, there will still be some adjustments to make but overall it should open new doors to Golemizer.I'm pretty sure that in no time I will receive comments in the

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Following this story for some days now, the result is this new wiki about MUDs.MUDs are not something I ever been into, mostly because I was unaware of their existence at the time I could have been interested by them (and the lack of internet connection didn't helped...) and that now I'm happy just reading about the subject.Worth to take some time for neophytes like me in the subject.In other

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Nice simple article on gamedev.net. Take a look here: http://www.gamedev.net/reference/art/features/CoderGameArt/I like the part where he's saying to avoid animations. "Use a theme that doesn't need it. Spaceships don't need much animation.". A bit late, but I understood that one by myself some weeks ago... :o

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I don't know if it's because of the holidays or more probably the fact that I tried to stay away from Golemizer for 2 weeks but the annoying lagging bug is finally fixed! I posted the details on the forums (http://forums.golemizer.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1141).While the bug itself was quite easy to fix, the problem was to actually being able to reproduce it on command. Without the help of some

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Whatever it means/doesn't means to you, have a nice time!** Incoming transmission **.........** Unknown commands **........./getshipactionpanel/useshippart/addtohangar/removefromhangar/selectblueprint/selectshipedit/addparttoship/removepartfromship/entership/getshipinfo.........** Transmission incomplete **

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But Golemizer did it first! ;-)From what I understand, the system isn't opened to everyone and players had access to dev tools? (or they just provided the ideas and it will be coded by developers?). Anyway, it doesn't seem to be integrated in the game.Nice try Sony, but you're not quite there yet! :-POf course I'm just teasing (but who? anyone from the Everquest team reading this?!). I just think

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Nice stuff: http://somesum.wordpress.com/

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Haven't been very active online recently though it doesn't mean I'm not at work behind the scene.So no new big changes are planned for Golemizer short term though I'm still juggling with a possible weapon system. I want to make sure it doesn't shift the focus away from golems but I know such system would probably be a popular addition. If I come up with something satisfying me, it might be added

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I wanted to create a world where players could surprise me well, I never get tired of looking at some settings created by players: http://www.polydump.net/golemizer/gallery/

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Well, it seems that I'm living at the right place after all!From Gamasutra: http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21157

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I don't know how I've been able to live without that much speed (yeah, I finally received my new machine). It was taking a good 5 minutes to compile and another 5 minutes to start the server on my machine. Now imagine this while trying to debug... fix, compile, start, check, doh!, fix, compile again, start again, doh again! ...

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And the answer is obviously just "Because it can be done"...World of Warcraft first level 80

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I'm finally getting rid of my old junk! It was quite painful to watch everything being so slow and freezing on every occasion. A simple code rebuild was taking about 10 minutes which was making debugging hell on earth...So here's my new tool/toy:- Intel Code 2 Quad Proc Q9400 (2.66GHz, 6M, L2Cache, 1333FSB)- 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM- 320GB Serial ATA Hard Drive- 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT-

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Sunday night, tired a bit, want to relax. I just figured out that Star Wars: Clone Wars was finally running. Guess I must have been living in a cave for the past weeks.The show runs on CTV in Canada but I missed the first 6 episodes. No problem! Opens iTunes, find Clone Wars, Add to cart, login... "Your account can only buy from the canadian store"... Ok, get into canadian store, no Clone Wars

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-453480269961789072008-11-09T21:24:00.004-05:002008-11-09T21:29:00.183-05:00

I just pushed update #10 that includes the mail system. Most games have this kind of system and it should help a lot communication and guild management.Now that the system is added, it will link others like player merchants, guild application and /report command later. It opens a lot of possibilities.Should have been there from the start, yes... Like probably a lot of stuff. But hey! It's there

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-37766788806311022372008-11-08T01:29:00.005-05:002008-11-08T01:37:35.553-05:00

I am now providing code and buttons to allow anyone to put Golemizer on their gaming portal, blogs or any other websites.The key here is to spread the word about Golemizer without caring about money at this point (I'm referring about the ads on the front page of the website). Advertisement costing quite a lot and not always efficient (and prohibited anyway since I have ads on the website), this

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-75038962253563302892008-11-03T21:55:00.000-05:002008-11-03T21:56:31.989-05:00

Thanks to gdmacd for this video!

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-10429975941413315392008-11-03T10:02:00.001-05:002008-11-03T10:02:50.940-05:00

Blainville, Canada - November 3, 2008 -- Dave Toulouse, an independent game developer, announced quests created by players in the free web MMORPG Golemizer (http://www.golemizer.com). A free 2D steampunk MMORPG, Golemizer requires no download or plug-in to play and features a rich sandbox environment.Providing more creative opportunities to players, the latest update of Golemizer introduced

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-40469343032188195322008-10-30T23:59:00.003-04:002008-10-31T00:08:14.580-04:00

Tonight I fixed a bug, fixed a dungeon and approved a bunch of quests and still feel like I didn't do much. Bah, send your time over here, I need more. Without going into too much details, there might be an opportunity opening for me with my current employer that might help dedicate more time to Golemizer (and upcoming projects) in the long run. Anyway, waiting an answer from the boss...So to

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I posted some guidelines on how to use this system here: http://66.45.246.76/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=679Two small quests have already been approved and I can't wait to see what players will be creating.Of course, these new tools will be very useful to me to build more content, specially targeted at new players to start with.A press release should follow once more content has been added.

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-65442236737198999612008-10-26T14:40:00.003-04:002008-10-26T15:28:55.994-04:00

I've been lurking around some boards related to SWTOR and I'm not sure if it would make an interesting subject for social analysis or if it's just depressing. I'm talking about every "I hope there will be X", "What would you like to see" and "If it's not in it, I won't play it" posts.Of course, everything here just concerns those actually posting on those boards which is, as we all know, only a

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-18901937569714703052008-10-23T19:25:00.001-04:002008-10-23T19:25:32.233-04:00

Let's give this a try.Wondering why you don't see me online often? Did I forgot about these bugs you told me about? Those interested to follow me real-time can follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Over00You won't find personal stuff in there, 99% of the stuff there will be related to Golemizer.I don't know if I'll get tired of it but I'll give it a try. It will last the time it last but

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-82369778296823587902008-10-21T21:47:00.005-04:002008-10-21T21:59:05.339-04:00

ok, I get it... I need to update my browser... Well, according to the new Star Wars: The Old Republic website.I should get a new computer in the following weeks (I swear I have suffered enough of using this old crap I still dare to call a computer). I guess that by the time this game is released that it won't be powerful enough to play it.The good side is that by then, maybe I'll actually have

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-52758942144850403812008-10-19T23:22:00.003-04:002008-10-19T23:44:28.331-04:00

Ok, so Vendetta online were faster than me: http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/pcc. Their system has more features also (like the ability to spawn NPCs). But hey, is it still good if I say that players will be able to create some quests in Golemizer?Tonight I gave access to GMs to the test server so they can take a look at the "Quest NPCs" I added. These NPCs are quest givers that can be customized

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-40626170305551980792008-10-08T09:09:00.005-04:002008-10-08T09:36:53.704-04:00

Since last sunday, the game is now running on the new dedicated server. Finally! Everything should be much more stable now.Yesterday's update saw the addition of rules of conduct and new commands for GMs to use (mute and ban). While I wish there will be little reasons to use those, with the crowd that keeps getting bigger, tools are needed to handle problematic situations.With 4352 accounts

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-56630360239558334222008-09-29T09:00:00.006-04:002008-09-29T14:37:03.750-04:00

UPDATE: Server back onlineUnable to reach server, yadda yadda yadda. Got my host on the problem once again.I ordered a new dedicated server with theplanet.com and if everything goes right, it should be online this week. I'm hoping to have the game playable on it by sunday, October 5th.It's really frustrating that I had so little problems with the current host for such a long time and then

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-88927755529609298812008-09-26T11:48:00.002-04:002008-09-26T13:00:11.183-04:00

Contacted host support. It's the whole machine that is down so all websites are unreachable.Update: Received a confirmation that the problem is on my host side. "We are aware of the problem" was the answer I received.While waiting, found this host: www.wiredtree.com. Anyone have experience with them? Cause it seems that I might need to switch host, unfortunately...Update: Server is back online.

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-83078480413954629372008-09-22T09:02:00.005-04:002008-09-22T10:13:19.877-04:00

I'm unable to access the server this morning as well as the control panel to order a reboot.Also, support of Solar VPS seems currently unreachable.This is the whole machine that have a problem. More on it later.update: Been able to reach support. Now waiting...update: Everything is back to normal, hopefully for a long time. Still have no idea what happened, waiting for my host to get back to me

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-35181824160801117352008-09-21T20:36:00.002-04:002008-09-21T21:02:53.418-04:00

Here's some stats, just because I like stats, since the official launch on September 14.Accounts created since official launch: 762Players that have played since official launch: 801Players that have played this weekend: 264Most simultaneous players online (recorded every 30 minutes so not totally accurate): 24 on September 15Gold of the richest character: 594The number of recurring players is a

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-6055935961326425422008-09-16T20:13:00.005-04:002008-09-18T09:18:23.653-04:00

If you're interested to learn a bit on where my inspiration comes from for Golemizer, there's a nice interview with Gene Endrody on Freetoplay.biz that shows the path he followed.His story prove that even if you're not part of a big studio, there's still place for independent game developer on the MMO scene. His success has been a major inspiration and a big boost of motivation while I was

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-39184957498805024892008-09-14T12:57:00.002-04:002008-09-14T13:03:36.617-04:00

Quebec Canada, September 14, 2008 -- Dave Toulouse, an independent game developer, today announced the release of Golemizer (http://www.golemizer.com). A free 2D steampunk MMORPG, Golemizer requires no download or plug-in to play and features crafting, pets, player housing and player cities."I played Golemizer when it was in Beta and think it is a really interesting game. I'm excited to see

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-63080340039844845432008-09-03T08:41:00.002-04:002008-09-03T09:00:48.772-04:00

With the help of Armando Elizondo, you'll see some improvement on www.golemizer.com.The default page shows Dr. Altus working on a zombie and the login page of the game shows the zombie now alive and Dr. Altus again.I'm very pleased by the result. It gives the game more personality and helps visitors to know what the game is about in the first seconds of visiting the website. Most people don't

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-15689145892476495492008-09-02T22:48:00.004-04:002008-09-02T23:25:32.924-04:00

When I was young, I would play for hours and hours (and some more) with Construx. I never really bothered to build the models shown on the boxes. I guess that since they were showing it on the box, it was obvious that I could build it so there wasn't any point doing so. My fun was to create, experiment, try new things. The project I was the most proud of was a simple driving game. Using the Power

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-85968656947634851422008-08-25T09:35:00.002-04:002008-08-25T09:51:33.604-04:00

MMO project, remote work, no relocation currently needed... hmm, that was exactly what I was looking for a year ago and that lead me to Golemizer. Now I just need to convince myself that my spoken english would have not be good enough...Click here to read the post on Psychochild's blog and I'm wishing him and anyone joining him great success with this project!

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-45289882268891360492008-08-21T09:59:00.002-04:002008-08-21T10:19:03.765-04:00

I did some work to get a cleaner web site with less but more accurate informations. Sometimes, less is better and that's the case for this. See the new web site: http://www.golemizer.com. When I'll get the funds, I'll probably hire an artist to replace the top image to improve the "branding" of the game.I also added a donation system that works quite like KOL's system. For every $5, players will

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-39098527364761405722008-08-16T13:41:00.003-04:002008-08-22T13:56:05.688-04:00

Well, it's from issue 161 (august 5) but it's just now that I had a chance to go through all the emails I was pushing back in my inbox. There's a nice article about Kingdom of Loathing. You can read it here.Now adding a donate button doesn't seems like a bad idea...

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-15463369895423603092008-08-12T20:40:00.005-04:002008-08-12T21:42:39.665-04:00

Players cities have been added to the game for some days now but I haven't got the chance to write about it yet. I'll also thrown in some thought about the new guild golems system that have been pushed online today.My view of players cities is not a core game system, not for now at least. I see it as a sandbox where players can create their own vision of the game. With all the coding I did in the

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-66954794432774338622008-07-30T23:23:00.004-04:002008-07-30T23:42:17.437-04:00

I thought this day would never come! It seems that there's no major/moderate bugs left! The errors log is empty and I haven't received any report about game breaking bugs for some days now.There's still some annoyances left and some tweaks to do but at that point, Golemizer could have been released for 3 years that I would still be saying this. It's quite the reality of all MMOs IMHO, you can

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-36734026888506710522008-07-24T23:15:00.004-04:002008-07-24T23:32:11.549-04:00

It's going very well! The error logs is getting shorter and shorter each day. Yesterday there was about less than 20 logs related to 3 different bugs and tonight's update should at least fix 2 of them and I'll have to wait to confirm the other one is fixed.I've said it before but the comments screen on logout is probably the best feature of the game (well, on my side at least). I've been

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-524011791875403712008-07-16T22:30:00.005-04:002008-07-16T22:58:49.113-04:00

It's been already 1 week since I officially launched the open beta for Golemizer. So far the feedback is quite positive and the comments screen after logout has proven to be quite useful.Having a way to easily allow players to send feedback is priceless. Not much have created an account on the forums but I received near 100 comments from the comments screen.Some stats just because I like stats:-

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-1629089056010734922008-07-08T23:08:00.004-04:002008-07-08T23:44:33.311-04:00

So here it is: http://www.golemizer.comSo what "open beta" means exactly for Golemizer? Well, it's basically the official release of the game. I'll keep the beta tag as long as needed, until I'm satisfied with the global state of the game with active/returning players in it.Beta doesn't mean there will be data reset or any such things. It's mostly a friendly warning for "work in progress". More

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-40352076851899890122008-07-05T11:39:00.004-04:002008-07-07T23:59:28.574-04:00

So the AI system is now using .NET code instead of LUA and everything has been running smoothly since saturday. Memory is stable, logs aren't full of strange LUA errors and I even allowed did some minor improvements here and there.Tonight I finished what you could call the first "dungeon". For now, it's mostly just a place to provide targets to new players so they can play around. At the end

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-75099450753227964592008-06-30T10:48:00.006-04:002008-08-22T13:55:24.002-04:00

It turns out that using dynamically compiled VB.NET code is easier than I thought. Using some nice tutorial, I've been able to quickly rebuild the engine and did some improvement on how the threads are handled. Now the longest part is to convert all the LUA code to .NET, which is almost finished. Beta server should be back online this weekend as planned.While working on Golemizer, I had to

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-9468020192297276712008-06-29T22:25:00.005-04:002008-06-30T09:03:01.142-04:00

After spending a week on this problem and even taking a day off from work friday to try to fix the memory leak frequently crashing the server, it seems I cannot overcome this with the current mechanic. I have tried many things, even refactored some of the code but...Each LUA call from .NET seems to leak memory. I spent a lot of time testing various cases and it all comes down to LUA in the end.

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-65063939356410832492008-06-23T15:16:00.005-04:002008-06-23T15:25:00.177-04:00

Preparing slowly but surely for release...I'm not planning a large campaign for now but some efforts won't hurt. I'm not an artist and I'd rather spend money for graphics in the game so I'm trying to keep things simple here. Comments welcomed!Click to see the banner

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-19923888721003269262008-06-19T23:35:00.005-04:002008-06-20T00:01:09.792-04:00

I thought this might interest some people so here's the AI of one of the quest givers in the game.Initialization sectionLOOPTIME=1000; GODMODE=1; HP=10; MAXHP=10;----------------------------LOOPTIME: Loop speed in milisecondsGODMODE: I'd like to keep (most) of my quest givers alive pleaseHP - MAXHP: Pretty much useless here but hehLooping codeinmessage = getheard();name = inmessage.sender;if (

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-902386144835102212008-06-17T17:33:00.002-04:002008-06-17T17:50:18.852-04:00

While beta haven't been very popular, it did helped me. One comment I kept receiving was the poor performance. Not the server (it's doing surprisingly well) but the client. Well I found the bottleneck...Back when the game was still in alpha, I never had any performance problems. There was probably near a hundred cows running around in about 4-5 zones. That was before I completed the characters'

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-137901676945810332008-06-16T20:06:00.003-04:002008-06-16T20:12:02.917-04:00

Eve Online, Pirates of the Burning Sea, a trip back to SWG... Wish I had more time to visit those games.And the following trailer is enough to add Vanguard to my list:http://www.vgwalkthroughs.com/page/guides/4Sigh... I'm feeling like a kid in a candy store with no money in his pockets :-(

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-49794528044294147202008-06-14T17:10:00.004-04:002008-06-14T17:22:41.532-04:00

This kind of test doesn't really tell you anything new, just give you a title to brag about and seek other people like you.Here's my result:SEKA players are usually very interested in the the 'total experience' of a virtual world--meeting other people and finding the unique places within it. They don't care much for PVP or levelling, but meeting up with online friends to see new parts of the

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-15703751700444378592008-06-01T20:15:00.003-04:002008-06-16T20:12:25.722-04:00

Still working on adding content. Some new commands were added to the AI and now the sheriff is in.The sheriff is an NPC that will reward you for hunting a specific golem owned by another player. As long as there are golems in the world, the sheriff will keep giving you missions to hunt them down. The number of missions completed is tracked down so badges or special rewards could be awarded after

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-72709890709795949432008-05-26T23:41:00.009-04:002008-08-22T13:51:25.399-04:00

I had plans for a badge system but didn't want to add it to the game right now. However, I guess Golemizer was laking "Dings", which drive players and keep them playing until the next "Ding", content.Until then, Golemizer was only (if you forget about the casual housing, chatting that some might enjoy as a graphic chatroom) a competitive game, actions coming from the players to battle for the

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-16082322828780623572008-05-23T11:07:00.004-04:002008-08-22T13:55:41.170-04:00

I can probably learn a thing or two from this Super Mario Kart in javascript: http://blog.nihilogic.dk/2008/05/javascript-super-mario-kart.html

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-49430615179558836752008-05-23T08:54:00.004-04:002008-08-22T13:54:03.614-04:00

Psychochild has an interesting post on stages of MMO development. While reading this, I realize that MMO development is not really different from any other web or desktop application.Without any experience of MMO development, I basically followed the same path based on my experience at my day job. I have rarely seen posts linking traditional software development with games so I'm wondering why

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-66482607768553327222008-05-15T18:51:00.003-04:002008-05-19T14:44:11.477-04:00

I recently added a nice little system that really get a guild to work together. A golem that each hour gives 1 prestige points to each guildmates. Prestige points are used to calculate rankings and to buy special items.The problem is that since Golemizer is a free game, some people could just create multiple zombie accounts to artificially inflate their guild ranking with such golem (guild

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-59113034805742432202008-05-12T11:06:00.003-04:002008-05-19T14:44:29.862-04:00

I'm expanding the zombie theme here but more will come. Have some nice ideas for mechanical ones and also a special type of golem that won't really be a golem.Think of monuments, statues, ... Building them will provide prestige points to the whole guild on a regular basis (for example: 1 prestige points every hour). While they will be in the golem category, they will be helpless and motionless.

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-60209903140552604972008-05-06T08:57:00.003-04:002008-12-09T00:27:27.789-05:00

Here's two samples. Should be added to beta tonight.Work was done by Mick Hanrahan (www.chunkypixels.co.uk). I recommend him if you're in need of some graphic work. He's very professional and nailed exactly what I was looking for.

Over00http://www.blogger.com/profile/04906998627394523066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6638733939390306960.post-70297603792329433842008-05-05T09:05:00.003-04:002008-05-05T09:44:38.507-04:00

So it's started! For the first time since several months, fresh eyes have seen the game. Quite some bugs have already been found too but nothing really hard to fix.The more you work on something, the more you get buried by it, having a hard time to get back a little to see the big picture and revisit systems you implemented at the beginning. That's why beta is so critical. You need some help to

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Things are going well and the game is in a playable state with enough "content" to test all systems in a more official way.So I'm looking for people that would like to join the closed beta to help test everything and give me feedback on what might be essential to add to get an enjoyable play experience.There's still stuff in development like players' rankings, the art for characters still has to

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"The ancient teachers of this science promised impossibilities, & performed nothing. The modern masters promise very little.. but these philosophers, whose hands seem only made to dabble in dirt, & their eyes to pore over the microscope or crucible, have indeed performed miracles. They penetrate into the recesses of nature, & show how she works in her hiding places.. they have discovered how

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A lot of small stuff being done like adding items, creating new skills to craft them, expanding the world, adding NPCs, ...The most important is probably the "Welcome" zone for new players. I want to get a solid 10 minutes of play/exploration that will help new players to figure what the game is about. After those 10 minutes, they should know enough to start enjoying the game.It means building an

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The last beta update pushed a lot of new data for new buildings. As mentioned before, all buildings will be crafted by players.So far, there's 3 small houses models, 1 medium and 2 large. More are to come but I'll keep them for later. This update expanded the number of zone types available to add more buildings so it will be much faster to add new ones.Here's the screenshot of the starting zone

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Strange but interesting timing here.I planned tonight to work on the data I'll make public for the game. This data will provide state of the world that will show how good/bad you're doing compared to other players.And then this link popped in my RSS reader: http://www.burningsea.com/page/news/article&article_id=10707Pirates of the Burning Sea has an interesting article about how they handle data

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I'm at the point where I feel all the essential stuff is in and it's now time to start building the actual game.The server seems quite stable. Every once in a while an error is logged but it's always related to LUAInterface's matters. Even then, it's seems never enough to crash any NPC, just freezing them for 1 second.I started to install my admin tools on the server and used them to expand the

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As pointed in a previous comment, most of characters in Charas Project are in fact ripped from RPG Maker. Obviously, I cannot take the chance to use those for the final product.Problem is that I'm far from being a pixel artist and that my budget is quite limited to hire an artist. I'm still waiting for quotes from an artist...After drawing a few characters by myself (that was real ugly), Maple

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As posted on Zen of Design. I'm not a fan of those random waste of time but since I've been for a long time into D&D, I've been pushed to do this test. Guess it's a nice way to salute Gary Gygax that passed away last week.My alignment result (lawful neutral with true neutral just 1 point behind) also match the alignement I was mostly playing back then (loved my War Wizard of Cormyr).My result (

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