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    If you could build a game without a programmer....

    Yeah, it was Design1online LLC that was building that one. Their website seems to be down at the moment unfortunately and I haven't seen Jade around this forum yet, so not sure what it's status is. Seemed to have been making some good progress though... I think a few developers may have even...
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    If you could build a game without a programmer....

    I think a project like this is a great idea. Not only will it provide those without coding experience a great starting point, but it would also help drive more members to the community. From a programmers perspective having a familiar framework/codebase to build off of is nice, especially if it...
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    Economy considerations in a pet site

    With too many sinks and not enough faucets currency will become scarce and average players will not have much purchasing power. It might become difficult to afford even 'cheap' items from game/npc run shops (which usually have fixed pricing) leading to frustration and a lack of progression...
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    Economy considerations in a pet site

    Both systems have their place (some sites even have both). In addition to allowing the sale of items an auction system often acts as a way for the owners to help manage the economy by removing small amounts of currency from circulation with each transaction (by demanding a small listing fee...
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    Chat or Shoutbox

    Great update! Thanks for all the hard work @Digital the pace of improvements here has really impressed me so far. To be honest I probably won't use the chat much, but I like that it is an option now. My only complaint would be the placement (because like you've mentioned it does take up a lot...
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    Old Member Introductions

    One of the more ambitious goals I have for the game is to make information valuable. I want npc dialogue, quest text, item descriptions, lore, ect. to be more than just passive entertainment or fluff. Obviously not every piece of lore or line of text can be meaningful and stuffed with hidden...
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    The BIG list of Pet / Sim Sites

    StrayDays (http://straydays.com/) Canis Novus (http://canisnovus.com/) Northern Call (http://northerncall.net/) Asmundr (http://www.asmundr.com/) - can register/play now but must pay (it's in paid alpha) Wolf Haven (http://www.wolf-haven.com/) Wild Howlz (http://wildhowlz.com/) Gryffs...
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    Lets Critique This Week: Flight Rising

    I know originally when it opened (after the 3 day head start for Kickstarter backers) registration was completely open, so I don't think the current limitations were the plan from the beginning. Unfortunately FR experienced big problems almost immediately because they had hugely...
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    Old Member Introductions

    Will do. At the minimum I'd like to post those 8 no one got to see sometime to get feedback. It's just a matter of transcribing them from my notepad to the computer, so I might do that this weekend if I have time.
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    Interesting reads?

    I just finished up Red Rising by Pierce Brown. It took me a couple chapters to really get interested but then it hooked me in. If you happen to like dystopia I'd recommend it. Reminded me of the Hunger Games, but with less focus on romance and more on politics and survival.
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    Game Owners "Rewards" functionality

    Sounds great. If I ever get my projects off the ground I like the sound of the adoptable integration feature you're thinking about. If game owners did offer special adopts here in exchange for reviews there would need to be some kind of quality guidelines enforced though (and the owners...
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    What do you do for a living?

    Cool, that's good to know. I have wondered if I was making a mistake taking it rather than something more directly tied to software development, so it's reassuring to hear that my IT experience might be valuable in that area as well. ^_^
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    Old Member Introductions

    Yeah I was. I lost a lot of steam with it when VPL went down. It was too easy to stop without an audience to keep me accountable. I got through 8 more days worth (not counting the 6 I think I had a chance to post) then gave up on it. I'll probably try again some time. I doubt I'd be able to...
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    Old Member Introductions

    Thanks! I really love how you've set things up here so far and can't wait to see how it develops. Will definitely be sticking around. ^^ Sure! That's kind of what I've been trying to iron-out with this prototype I've built... I have several different ideas as to how it could work but each has...
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    Old Member Introductions

    @SingSong Thanks! I'm glad to have found this place. A lot of familiar faces around. I've had to put most of my projects on hold now that the semester is winding down (seems like the professors all conspire to pile us up with work this time of year), but I was able to prototype the...
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    Horizon Zero Dawn

    I've also been playing and have really enjoyed the game so far. Hunting down all of the different machines is a lot of fun, and if you aren't prepared extremely challenging. I've got it cranked up to max difficulty and am also the kind of player to be easily distracted in open-world type...
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    Favorite RPG game story?

    Chrono Trigger is probably my favorite RPG storyline of all time. Radiant Historia and Dragon Age Origins (despite it's abundant tropes and cliches) are close seconds though. I highly recommend them to anyone who hasn't had a chance to to check them out before.
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    Art Theft & Image Angle Skewing

    @Hare It probably wouldn't help find tracers (although they do provide take-down request services and template legal documents that might help deal with them)... but I've seen a couple people on Artists Beware recommend a site called CopyPants which provides services to artists for detecting...
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    What do you do for a living?

    Wow, we have a pretty diverse group here! I'm currently working part-time as the Systems Administrator for a college in my hometown. I'm finishing up a degree in Computer Science, so although we didn't really cover a lot of IT skills (I took introductory Networking and Information Security...
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    What do/did you study?

    I'm finishing up my Bachelors degree in Computer Science this May. In retrospect I feel like I could have learned a lot of the information we covered through self-study, but I like the more structured approach a university setting provides and the deeper focus on topics like algorithms and data...
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