Back from PAX!
I had a great last few days at PAX, where I got to show 8BitMMO to the attendees. I had a kiosk in the REACTOR booth, and many folks stopped by to learn about the game. I handed out my entire supply of 1,000 postcards and demoed the game a few hundred times.
Many people had already heard of the game, or even played it previously. A few fans stopped by too, and it was an awesome experience to meet them IRL.
It was also a great opportunity on the business side – I got to meet media outlets that had previously covered us online and ones who are interested in doing so in the future. Additionally, a number of industry folks stopped by, and we discussed some very exciting plans for the future. 😉
On Sunday I got to DJ for about twenty minutes for an impromptu dance party (DJ RobbyZ!)
It. Was. Awesome. 😀
Steam Greeenlight!
We just got greenlit for a future Steam release! Woo! 😀
Quarterly Dev Update
I just sent out the quarterly e-mail update newsletter. Here’s an update on everything I’ve been working on for the past four months.
75k users! And Keys & Doors is live
We just hit 75,000 registered users!
Also, the keys & doors update is now live: There are now three different key/door pairs, and keys generated are unique to each city. You can give/trade players keys or have them autospawn. Use them to give only specific people in a city access to a building, or to make dungeons more interesting!
I have added one to the first dungeon, the Law Offices of LOL & LOL.
Visit us at PAX!
I will be demoing the game at PAX! If you’re going to the expo, be sure to swing by 🙂
MMO Attack’s Top Ten Retro-Themed MMOs
We’re #3 on MMO Attack’s Top Ten Retro Themed MMO’s!
Shirts!
I’m getting ready for PAX and realized I needed to get some new shirts ordered. If anyone else would like to also get a shirt, now’s the time! I’m going to close out ordering on Monday at 3PM Pacific, so get your order in now if you want one 🙂
Read on for product details:
Next Update: Keys
Next update will let you get keys that you can use on new special key doors. There will be three different key/door pairs, and keys will be unique to each city. You will be able to give/trade players keys or have them autospawn.
Use them to give only specific people in a city access to a building, or to make dungeons more interesting!
Game Reviewers mob & New Swords are out!
Lots of changes in this update:
- New mob: Game Reviewer.
He does not move quickly, but has lots of hp and is strong. There is a good strategy for taking him down, but I’ll let you discover it! - New mob: Dire Game Reviewer
- New weapon: Blue Sword
- New weapon: Red Sword
- Your health now increases with each level gained.
This change is retroactive — just respawn to get your new max HP - Monsters will no longer attack through the ceiling/floor
- Fix for lost permaitems bug
Psy has created a dungeon for the game reviewer – once its populated with some nefarious mobs, I will link it from root. It will be targeted for players who are level 3 or later.
