This blog is now formally moved to
http://www.wurmonline.com/blog/ where the whole team blogs. It will be a lot more interesting and active. See you there instead!
tisdag 2 juni 2009
lördag 16 maj 2009
Libilian Outlawz aftermath
This was taken yesterday, on the morning after the raid. There used to be long houses on the walls and of course as you can see the wall itself has been breached.
fredag 8 maj 2009
What a day!
This month Wurm Online has a 6 page feature in PC Gamer UK! 6 pages!
The article was fair and just and well written. It explained what Wurm is about and captures the feelings that we want to convey.
I want to congratulate and thank the team and the players as you're all involved in what makes Wurm noticable in such a way.
Other things I've been busy with is refactoring the client, changing protocol and stuff in order to thwart old hacks. I've been talking to potential investors and I've assisted Egal some with getting the new server up and running. Oh and looking at bugs trying to find out the reason why some animals disappear at times. Adding some debug functionality since I have troubles reproducing the bugs at will.
I am currently looking at changing food for the better and also skill rolls need some tweaking to handle difficulties above 100.
Player Of The Week is Drega who reported the mount safety bug and Team Member Of The Week is Egal for working hard with the new server!
Enjoy the weekend - I know I will!
The article was fair and just and well written. It explained what Wurm is about and captures the feelings that we want to convey.
I want to congratulate and thank the team and the players as you're all involved in what makes Wurm noticable in such a way.
Other things I've been busy with is refactoring the client, changing protocol and stuff in order to thwart old hacks. I've been talking to potential investors and I've assisted Egal some with getting the new server up and running. Oh and looking at bugs trying to find out the reason why some animals disappear at times. Adding some debug functionality since I have troubles reproducing the bugs at will.
I am currently looking at changing food for the better and also skill rolls need some tweaking to handle difficulties above 100.
Player Of The Week is Drega who reported the mount safety bug and Team Member Of The Week is Egal for working hard with the new server!
Enjoy the weekend - I know I will!
måndag 6 april 2009
Moving forward with the server setup
Like, a few weeks ago I managed to wreak havoc upon this game I develop. The effects weren't actually dramatically noticable in player count but quite a lot of the game masters and some developers quit in disappointment. Because of the lack of totally pvp-free servers and the hit to morale the community suffered player count is slowly slumping.
Now, I think that it is safe to say that I made a mistake and a rash decision. The discussion we have now in the forums could have been started instead of opening up for kvk (kingdom versus kingdom) fighting. There are probably some benefits as well with the way things happened though. Someone learned something or so. I probably did:)
Now it is pretty clear that Wurm is moving towards or splitting into a pvp game and a non pvp game on different servers. We are discussing on whether it should be possible to move between these games and if so how.
The main issues with letting people move between pvp and non-pvp servers are:
* Spies coming from and returning to the safe servers
* Loot disappearing into the safe servers
* High skills trained in safety
* High quality items created in safety
* People coming to the safe servers with high fighting skills, killing unique creatures then returning
Some people care about these issues and some don't think that it is a problem.
There are suggestions for solutions to limiting the negative effects of them. I think that we will have a solution ready within a few weeks.
Team member of this week is Enki - he's been around helping out for so long it hurts. I remember he made some useful diagrams over trader prices years ago when I was debugging those.
Player of the week is Awesomefusion. He's been such a force in pvp that it's helped balance it:)
All in all I feel that Wurm is moving in a positive direction again.
Now, I think that it is safe to say that I made a mistake and a rash decision. The discussion we have now in the forums could have been started instead of opening up for kvk (kingdom versus kingdom) fighting. There are probably some benefits as well with the way things happened though. Someone learned something or so. I probably did:)
Now it is pretty clear that Wurm is moving towards or splitting into a pvp game and a non pvp game on different servers. We are discussing on whether it should be possible to move between these games and if so how.
The main issues with letting people move between pvp and non-pvp servers are:
* Spies coming from and returning to the safe servers
* Loot disappearing into the safe servers
* High skills trained in safety
* High quality items created in safety
* People coming to the safe servers with high fighting skills, killing unique creatures then returning
Some people care about these issues and some don't think that it is a problem.
There are suggestions for solutions to limiting the negative effects of them. I think that we will have a solution ready within a few weeks.
Team member of this week is Enki - he's been around helping out for so long it hurts. I remember he made some useful diagrams over trader prices years ago when I was debugging those.
Player of the week is Awesomefusion. He's been such a force in pvp that it's helped balance it:)
All in all I feel that Wurm is moving in a positive direction again.
fredag 13 mars 2009
Mount code coming together
Yesterday afternoon I finally got the riding synchronized and the speeds are pretty good now so now I can move on to equipment.
You can add a saddle, bridle, (and horseshoes to horses) and your mount will move a bit faster. This equipment side could be made very intricate using all sorts of equipment and requiring horse grooming equipment etc, but that would just make it a hassle to ride.
Some equipment used as a bonus is good because you can ride without it and it will add to the economy.
We'll probably see these changes coming in a week or two.
The big discussion now is about the survival of HOTS because of dwindling numbers. We'll see how many players stick around until I can make the kingdom work properly.
Player of the week is Phennexion who wrote about his experiences with trying to play HOTS in a very good way and also came to say goodbye in irc afterwards.
Team member of the week is our lead designer Mortimar. He's been under a lot of pressure these last months with work and studies but is rounding up his team for a push. Good luck with that and everything else Mortimar!
You can add a saddle, bridle, (and horseshoes to horses) and your mount will move a bit faster. This equipment side could be made very intricate using all sorts of equipment and requiring horse grooming equipment etc, but that would just make it a hassle to ride.
Some equipment used as a bonus is good because you can ride without it and it will add to the economy.
We'll probably see these changes coming in a week or two.
The big discussion now is about the survival of HOTS because of dwindling numbers. We'll see how many players stick around until I can make the kingdom work properly.
Player of the week is Phennexion who wrote about his experiences with trying to play HOTS in a very good way and also came to say goodbye in irc afterwards.
Team member of the week is our lead designer Mortimar. He's been under a lot of pressure these last months with work and studies but is rounding up his team for a push. Good luck with that and everything else Mortimar!
fredag 27 februari 2009
Interesting week
Well, this one was interesting.
Darkfall released. I have been looking forward to it very much and honestly I've been pretty nervous about loosing a lot of customers to it. It seems that it will not be that bad.
The launch received a lot of criticism and I read that there is a lack of content. Someone claimed that it basically is all about running around killing anyone in sight and that it becomes pretty boring quickly. Now I am sure that is not the whole truth but it probably doesn't have all that jazz that they promised. This is good for us Wurmers I believe but I find it kind of sad that every MMO release seems to hold less than it promises.
I know far too well about post launch issues myself and can only gasp at the humongous task they have of debugging the game now with real players.
One discussion in the forums that I heard a lot about was the Nickromancer case. I removed the skills he received for the second time of becoming a Champion, as well as added a death so that he has as many as he had before the suiciding. Some people will still think that it is unfair. Things are never fair. A bug was involved that should have prevented the last suicide in the first place and a lot of people was upset so I decided to use the bug as an excuse to revive him. I am sure there is some way to hunt him down properly if you really want him permadead.
I do know that I don't want Vynora priests to live among the Hots like Nickromancer does so something will be done about that.
Another discussion was of course the MR region creature spawns on wild. It turns out that they actually do have a lot less spawns in their area. This could be because players destroy those spawns but from what I could see in the logs fewer spawns actually managed to spawn there as well. The numbers are too low to be statistically valid though and in the next update I have updated the spawn rates overall.
I have been busy coding new bugs. We are currently testing mounts and carts on the test server. I threw in a breeding system with traits as well. Wollschaf who has written great test reports thinks that horse breeding has the potential of becoming greater than boats in Wurm. But that is of course until swimming is made harder so that boats become essential for traversing large water masses.
Anyways, the player of the week is Wollschaf and the team member of the week is Eir. She just springs to mind. I think she said hello and goodbye in irc and it is always nice. Besides you all know she rules!
Darkfall released. I have been looking forward to it very much and honestly I've been pretty nervous about loosing a lot of customers to it. It seems that it will not be that bad.
The launch received a lot of criticism and I read that there is a lack of content. Someone claimed that it basically is all about running around killing anyone in sight and that it becomes pretty boring quickly. Now I am sure that is not the whole truth but it probably doesn't have all that jazz that they promised. This is good for us Wurmers I believe but I find it kind of sad that every MMO release seems to hold less than it promises.
I know far too well about post launch issues myself and can only gasp at the humongous task they have of debugging the game now with real players.
One discussion in the forums that I heard a lot about was the Nickromancer case. I removed the skills he received for the second time of becoming a Champion, as well as added a death so that he has as many as he had before the suiciding. Some people will still think that it is unfair. Things are never fair. A bug was involved that should have prevented the last suicide in the first place and a lot of people was upset so I decided to use the bug as an excuse to revive him. I am sure there is some way to hunt him down properly if you really want him permadead.
I do know that I don't want Vynora priests to live among the Hots like Nickromancer does so something will be done about that.
Another discussion was of course the MR region creature spawns on wild. It turns out that they actually do have a lot less spawns in their area. This could be because players destroy those spawns but from what I could see in the logs fewer spawns actually managed to spawn there as well. The numbers are too low to be statistically valid though and in the next update I have updated the spawn rates overall.
I have been busy coding new bugs. We are currently testing mounts and carts on the test server. I threw in a breeding system with traits as well. Wollschaf who has written great test reports thinks that horse breeding has the potential of becoming greater than boats in Wurm. But that is of course until swimming is made harder so that boats become essential for traversing large water masses.
Anyways, the player of the week is Wollschaf and the team member of the week is Eir. She just springs to mind. I think she said hello and goodbye in irc and it is always nice. Besides you all know she rules!
fredag 20 februari 2009
Nice end of the week
Well, this week has seen some nice progress at least on the test front. In production, shield skillgain has yoyo'd in speed which has been frustrating for a lot of people. The whole shield skillgain situation is a bit embarrassing I must say but I think that it works ok now.
The test server is up and running with a large cart that looks like a sack. You can however hitch a bull or two in front of it and drive it around, provided that you tame and lead the bulls first.
You may also ride certain tame creatures. After some convincing I allowed crocodiles to be ridden as well. Most weird creatures require a lot of body control to be ridden though.
You can download the test client and try these features out at http://www.wurmonline.com/testclient/wurmclienttest.jnlp
That client used to go to the production servers but now it goes back to the test server for mount tests.
Team members of this week and last week are Pryath and Niobe. Niobe is a fantastically good GM and gets the award for last week since she had her birthday then. She was the mastermind behind the new Newtown design.
Pryath is her husband and helps out with client development. He is working on icons and spell effects showing in the client.
The test server is up and running with a large cart that looks like a sack. You can however hitch a bull or two in front of it and drive it around, provided that you tame and lead the bulls first.
You may also ride certain tame creatures. After some convincing I allowed crocodiles to be ridden as well. Most weird creatures require a lot of body control to be ridden though.
You can download the test client and try these features out at http://www.wurmonline.com/testclient/wurmclienttest.jnlp
That client used to go to the production servers but now it goes back to the test server for mount tests.
Team members of this week and last week are Pryath and Niobe. Niobe is a fantastically good GM and gets the award for last week since she had her birthday then. She was the mastermind behind the new Newtown design.
Pryath is her husband and helps out with client development. He is working on icons and spell effects showing in the client.
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