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Hello watchers!

First off, I want to thank everyone for being so patient and willing to test the competitions! This will help us get a handle on what is going on with this judging cron. We do have a report ready to go for tonight's shows, so we will have an exact idea of who should have received what! It would be VERY helpful for you all to continue in our competition thread ;) I have also made note of a few competition suggestions and home to make some modifications to our system in the coming week. Remember, we love suggestions for improvement!

Next, we got a bug with notifications fixed up today! As of now, you will only get a ping when someone replies to a thread you created. We will be integrating user "tagging" next week!

Finally, we are still working on our issue with automatic upgrades + gem credits. We have pinpointed the problem, but it will likely take through the weekend to get patched up. Until then I am still manually crediting/upgrading everyone! I appreciate everyone who has upgraded/purchased credits. Thank you for helping fund our continued development!

Now, onto the pretties!

Today's release is a MH oldie, the Skrael! This breed can be found and created in the War lands. We will slowly add additional mane/tail/wing colors over the weekend! Also, we have noted the minor layering issue on this breed. This was a flaw in how I broke up the layers, which we will get fixed up over the weekend. However, this breed is still an absolute beauty!

Skrael

Lastly, onto the spotlight of the day! You all have been making so much progress with your horses in the competitions, so today was a tough one.

Today's spotlight horse is

HAUNT!

Celestial Equine has a few brand new breeds! We are working really hard to get each world bulked up before January 1st. At this time players can enter horses in competitions, interact with other players, and more! Please keep in mind this game is still in-development, but we are making tons of progress each week.

The Lennex

The Skefilo

The Siri

The Apalala

Celestial Equine now has 35 enabled breeds with 22 more to go by our grand-opening. Hop on over and create your account today!

Hello everyone!

I am searching for a developer to complete Celestial Equine's credit shop. We are experiencing issues post-payment, which has resulted in manually upgrading players/crediting premium currency purchases. Purchases are successfully captured through Paypal, so it just needs finishing out. Please send a PM if you are interested and I will get you some additional information!

I am not sure if this is the appropriate area for a post like this, but I am interested in purchasing some advertising spots on other SIM games! I am not getting as much action from Adwords as I originally anticipated (I assume it needs some tweaking), so I have some extra advertising budget. I am happy to pay for either a newsletter to current member lists, or perhaps a mention in a news post!

If this is something any site owners are interested in, please message me here or reply to this thread so we can discuss details!

Hello watchers!

I hope you all had a relaxing weekend. As promised, we have been full steam ahead getting breeds enabled within our Celestial worlds. Over the weekend, we enabled the following breeds:

• Skarul (War Lands)
• Valentine (Love World)
• Shalduri (Tropical World)

I am now taking a break from adding breeds to thoroughly check the builder to ensure all images are loading properly. We are aware of the following image issues:

• Bay body color in the heavy base
• Storm body color

If you found an error not listed here, please let me know! Before adding more genetic options, it is important to fix any current mistakes.

Next, we have counted the votes for our next big feature!

BATTLE!

As soon as we get through our current errors, we will begin working on the battle feature. If you are interested in a preview of the battle area, check out the preview news post here.

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To wrap up this news post, here is a list of our priorities for next week:

• Item functions
• Presidential perks
• Top club horses
• Notification system
• Misc horse profile edits/finishing up
• Cash shop errors
• Battle

Hello TGL community!

I have finally started advertising Celestial Equine and was wondering what AdWord ad's everyone preferred? The service has changed so much since I was using it for Marvel Horse, but it looks like these changes are for the better!

I have started two text ads and one of their "ad idea" ads that have the responsive feature. Have you guys found the "ad ideas" to work better than the image ads that you have designed yourself? I imagine I will play around with it a little bit, but I would love your input! Also, what are your favorite key words?

The special day is finally here......

COMPETITIONS ARE UP AND RUNNING!

To enter competitions, complete the following steps:

1. Navigate to your desired world

This should be a world that has breeds available for creation/a world you have created horses in

2. Click the "Compete" button

3. Search shows based on your desired parameters

4. Enter away!

As you can see, there is an "enter all horses" button for upgraded users. With that being said, user upgrades are now fully operating in the cash shop! If you did not win an upgrade, I highly suggest checking out upgraded gameplay if you are interested in access the premium builder and easier class entry.

Classes will run at 12:00am tonight! If you missed yesterday's post, I highly suggest taking a look to read about competition prizes.

In addition to competitions being completed, we finished up the following areas on the horse profiles:

• Fixed barn browsing bug
• Fixed error in profile header
• Fixed coat color issue
• Enabled Points (earned after classes are judged)
• Enabled health area
• Enabled horse notes
• Enabled mood
• Enabled physical condition
• Enabled interaction
• Enabled competition stats (competition tab)

The remaining areas of the horse profiles will be finished up on Monday!

Unfortunately, horses with bugged coat colors will not be fixed. You are more than welcome to keep them as they are still correct otherwise! If you would prefer your horse be deleted, please respond to this thread.

Check back tomorrow for additional updates!

Another big day of updates!

After dealing with the terrible database issue, we finally have all body images uploaded to the system again! The basic horse creation area is completed along with our issue with creating stallions!

We also finished adding our Gruele breed, which is available for creation in the Ruins! I will continue adding additional horn/mane/tail colors.

As of now, we are aware of the following errors regarding creation:

• Missing body color description on profile (basic creator)
• Layering error on horns/mane

We are hoping to have these errors + competitions finished up tomorrow!

I read this topic last night and thought to myself, "wow, that is really awful".

Fast forward to this morning.....I am re-uploading every body image for the dynamic image layering system as we speak Hurray for horrible accidents!

Lemorsea is now a land of seclusion and paranoia. Horses are pitted against one another, families ripped apart, in a twisted race for dominance. Betrayal and death are given as herds compete for territories and power. So, what will YOU do? Are the spoils of war and treachery enticing enough to lead you down a destructive, bloody path? Or will you aid in the reconstruction of the Lemorsea of old, claiming territory simply to keep it out of the wrong hands? In this exciting fantasy-equine RPG, every decision you make counts; the health and future of the land rests with the horses that inhabit it.

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2 hours ago, Design1online said:

Eventually what I settled on was letting the user do /action where the action is what they want to do (kick, bite, escape, etc) and then write their text.

This is the concept I was really imagining in my head! I do like the idea of an emphasis on user-created content (the written portions).

8 hours ago, Dinocanid said:

I don't think forum style RPs have phased out, in fact you'll probably still find quite a few active ones if you search specifically.

I think actions accompanied by short little post would be a good idea. Also, how long would these little short stories have to be? Is a certain word count required to progress? (Like a paragraph) Mostly because, from a personal standpoint, I'm not so good at writing. I used to RP well when I was younger, but I fell out of practice and could never regain the skill lol. I'm not sure if there are very many in my shoes, but if there are than having an action to accompany a shorter post instead would be great. It could be a thing where you do an action and it sends a message along with it, which contains what the user typed (if they typed at all), that's what I plan to do with player-to-player interactions on Wild Souls. 

Thank you, @Dinocanid! Glad to hear someone is familiar with the roleplay idea. I was thinking maybe certain herds could be marked for the users wanting to really show off their writing abilities, and then having other herds with less of a focus on wordcount.

Thanks for the input! Excited to start getting Lemorsea in the works again ;)

Hey everyone!

I am interested in the community's opinion on old forum-style RPG games. I used to be an avid equine rpg player, but I am not sure if this craze has died down. I am not sure if anyone remembers my other project, Lemorsea, but I am gearing up to resume it's production in a couple weeks!

Basically, this is a fantasy equine RPG where users are the game characters! Players claim herd land, battle, and follow a fantasy story line. I will release more information in the near future, but a main portion of the game is user "posts". Traditional horse RPG games required users to write little fan-fiction type posts (short stories) which allowed their character to interact with other characters.

Do you all think this has phased out, or would you be interested in player a game like this? I can easily adapt this feature to having set "actions" a player can do which would be accompanied by a short little "post", but I am interested in the community's input!

I would suggest using the framework from @Design1online to get your project started! I imagine she has a thread started around here that describes the features of the framework. It is very affordable and easy to customize to fit your game needs. I cannot remember it's exact price, but I am pretty sure it is under $500. This knocks out a lot of the boring items (registration, initial navigation, pet creation, genetics) that normally stalls development.

Just a suggestion! Good luck!

Here is my two cents regarding Kickstarter.

YES - it does work!

I had a successful Kickstarter campaign, however, they can be more trouble than they are worth. I highly suggest not running a Kickstarter until you are nearly ready to launch beta. I know, the purpose of a Kickstarter is to fund your project, but I have yet to find or experience a development period that runs smoothly. My Kickstarter was funded two years ago, and we are still in beta mode (honestly, not even beta yet). Luckily, the backers of my project were happy with regular updates and still monitor progress to this day. However, this could have been a terrible situation for me after dealing with multiple shoddy programmers (obviously spending a large amount of that funding amount on them) if the backers wanted refunds.

That being said, a really good Kickstarter to take a look at is Flight Rising's! You can check it out here:

This is the picture perfect pet game Kickstarter, which had an amazing fundraising result. I am not suggesting you directly copy this setup, but this is a good reference point for figuring out what to include. Videos are very important to these backers! Hope this helped

Hello!

I am on the hunt for some mini-games to add to Celestial Equine. These games will be replicated/modified for each of the worlds. If you have games available, please post them here along with a price and description. I am able to swap out art, etc.

Thanks in advance!

I know you guys are getting sick of my reviews (too bad, hehe), but I need to post one last review of my final team member! Many of you are drooling over the design of Celestial Equine, and I need to make sure everyone knows the master behind the magic! @Passage has completed every designs seen at Celestial Equine, with the exception of the few I literally created by stealing the elements provided in other designs. Id say it is safe to say Passage can take credit for 100% of these amazing designs!

Not only was she prompt, but she truly took time to understand the purpose of each feature. And let me tell you, I am probably the worst at explaining what I am wanted! I think this comes with the territory of assuming everyone has access to my brain (turns out they do not, ha!). Passage DRASTICALLY undercharges for her designs, but I believe we are working on fixing that issue of hers ;) I highly recommend Passage for any design work if you have a desire for beautiful, clean work that attracts all types of users!

Check out her work in action at Celestial Equine!

Thank you, @Bravefoot! Development has been such a nightmare at times, but we are so blessed to have found @PaulSonny. He has been putting in some major hours (even on the weekends, he is crazy) fixing bugs and getting us back on track. I having my fingers crossed for a full grand-opening around January 1!

At that time, we will shift gears to development of Lemorsea (a new twist on horse RPGs). Lets all say a quick prayer for Paul as he has a nice little pile of programming work in front of him ;)

I was browsing the review area and was shocked to see @Pepper-Head was not listed!

Pepperhead is the official item artist over at Celestial Equine! Thus far, she has produced some great work. She has done an excellent job matching our unique style and takes constructive criticism in stride! Of course, there is little room for critique with her art. I have been so happy with the sketches she has provided! Here is a little preview of the work she has completed for Celestial Equine:

New worldshoe/logo:

I highly recommend this artist for other games in-development!

August 27 Updates

Hello all! We are currently working on the following areas:

• Basic horse creation
• Creation errors (can only create a "mare")
• Competitions

We hope to complete these areas within this week! We also have a goal of completing our breed book, breeding, and breed registration area this week!

We are still full steam ahead adding breeds and getting new areas prepped for programming. Because we do not have a programming update, I have decided this would be a great time to introduce our breed book and breed registration feature! These areas are locating within the world clubs

First, lets go over the breed book! In each world, players will be able to access a breed book. This area lists details of each breed and is in alphabetical order. This is a great tool for checking out breed information or seeing what breed you may want to focus on next. Here is the preview we just received from our HTML/CSS team!

Breed Book Home Page

Next, here is what the actual book pages will look like! Again, these are fresh from our HTML/CSS team!

Breed Book Entry

Each world will have their theme integrated to these designs, much like the other areas you have seen fleshed out in each World.

Next, we have our player-created breed feature! Once we have crossbreeding finished up, players will be able to register their own breeds if they happen to unlock a unique combination of genetics. We will explain this feature once we get it fully integrated, but this truly is my favorite new feature of Celestial Equine! The following page is a preview of the Registration Home page. Players will be able to view their pending registrations, and view how many Registration Scrolls they have on hand. As previously mentioned, registration scrolls are required to register a new breed. Check it out!

Registration home

Lastly, here is a preview of the breed registration process. Players are able to select what genetics they would like to be included in their breed and write some brief details. Check it out!

Registration Preview

We are very excited to begin providing daily updates at The Gaming List. Check back tomorrow for additional updates, or hop on over to Celestial Equine and make an account to view these updates at the source!

Hello everyone!

Celestial Equine is charging ahead full steam with development! Thus far, the following areas are completed:

• User Registration
• Player Profiles
• User Messaging System
• News Posts
• User Reviews
• Forums
• Chat
• Player Shops
• Player Inventory
• Bank
• Friend Lists
• Wish-List
• Referral System
• Search
• User Barn Purchases (cash shop)
• World Coin Purchases (cash shop)
• Unlocking Worlds
• Worlds
• Breed previews (world front page)
• Premium Breed creator
• Horse genetics
• Horse profiles
• User created competitions
• Clubs
• Presidential election (per club)

The following areas are still in progress

• Basic horse creation
• Breeding
• Registering new breeds
• Breed Book
• Competition system (almost complete)
• Battle System
• Alter-Area
• Item functions
• Misc Horse Care
• Vet feature
• Beauty Contests
• Misc Games
• Art Depot
• Top Scores (per world)

Another area in development are our world breeds. All breed preview images are uploaded to their respective worlds, but we are still slowly adding their genetics. We have enabled the following breeds thus far:

• TUNDRA
  • Kline
  • Mistlae
  • Yulestrian
  • Zambanii
  • Nulee

• VOLCANO
  • Rouge

• RUINS
  • Muerene
  • Layne

• WATER
  • Incatasi
  • Eatora
  • Aetor

• SHADOW
  • None

• PLAINS
  • None

• SPACE
  • None

• MYTHICAL
  • None

• PRE-HISTORIC
  • None

• DRAGON
  • None

• KINGDOM
  • None

• WAR
  • None

• LOVE
  • None

• SPACE
  • None

• TROPICAL
  • None

• RAINBOW
  • None

• ANGELIC
  • None

• DESERT
  • None

Updates will be given daily in a new post!

@PaulSonny

I honestly do not have enough positive words in my vocabulary to accurately describe how amazing Paul's work is! However, I will do my best.

I was on the verge of having to go on yet another development hiatus with Celestial Equine, which as you all know is a tough pill to swallow. I had been pouring money into this project on a weekly basis for the last year with hardly any progress to show for it. I am thrilled to have found an experienced programmer with a thorough understanding of Pet Games! After-all, this concept can be hard to describe to an outside programming team. After this last week, I have gotten back on track with opening beta by the end of the month! Paul is not only quick, but has excellent communication despite our opposite work hours! He also is very detail orientated and keeps the end goal in mind; a playable game. Rather than leaving one tiny loose-end, he goes ahead and fixes any additional issues found while finishing up a feature!

I highly recommend Paul to anyone looking for a programmer!

13 hours ago, Dinocanid said:

Looks like our ideas are a bit different then. While it will have some fantasy elements, there isn't a very heavy storyline (though there will be one to get things started, the AI could turn things in unexpected directions), the art style is dramatically different too:

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(My half-done drawing)

Maybe our sites could co-exist then?

Of course they could co-exist! I am happy to have multiple options in a market. In all honestly, most players would be interested in both games Good luck to you! I will be watching for your development updates.

Sure thing!

My concept has a heavier story-line/fantasy twist than your description here, but certainly includes many of the main points you've got listed! I intended on starting to work out initial designs (similar to www.Lemorsea.com) around the first of the year. The programming is essentially done, however.

I literally have this project in the works - ha! Great minds think alike!

If you are interested in joining/partnering on this project, let me know! I was finishing up the equine version first (Lemorsea), but id get my artist started sooner if I knew there was interest.

Hello!

Due to a language barrier issue with my programming team, I am needing a small task completed for Celestial Equine. As of now, we have our genetics system complete along with how we set genetics by each breed. Now, we need our creation area completed! Remember, this is a time sensitive issue that needs to be completed within 2 days!

If you are interested, please send a message and I will get you more information!