=HS= Design Notes April 20th, 2012: Spring Cleaning


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4/20/2012 12:11:35

Randor the Red
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Randor the Red

April 20, 2012
Spring Cleaning!
As our veteran players know, we are still in Beta which inevitably comes with the ever so popular bugs. Recently players have been seeing some overdue fixes to improve certain items (especially ones that carried over from Alpha). The bridge between artist and coder is not always clear; since Dumoose has been running me through the basics, I am able to be both when is comes to certain items starting with the guns. With this new-found knowledge, I have been tweaking long guns so that they will no longer look like they sticking in the ground and reposition them more correctly while keeping firing animation the same (though some items had to have "extra" animation to make more sense and run more smoothly). With help of our testers like PostMaster we are compiling a list of things to fix over the next few months such as CC (ie. color customization) errors in armors and items. This week there will be no extra release as we have been uber busy (eg. rolled out PvP and BP war begining of week *see last DN Post*) fixing and testing to get a new system of doing the guns which will now go much faster... go team go!

Next week we’ll be releasing some Player Suggestion Items! Polistar has already started on this project, and I myself will be doing some. The plan is to have player suggestions much more often, but our first priority is to clean out the older files and optimize the item system. After we get things organized we can move forward. Cinderella has been helping out with writing (as a testament to her infinite patience with me, she is correcting all my typos now) and with her help, we will be getting the HS storyline back in motion.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Yergen for his mentoring while he uses his amazing skills on AQ3D (Artix.com). While working on AQ3D he still the time to make sure I don’t blow up HS anytime soon (he has dibs on that lol)!

Many players have been asking for a Movie Plex update, Soon as things speed up again, we will do a Summer Blockbuster themed update (I’m sure they not going to run out of those any time soon). To all our players who support HeroSmash we at Artix Entertainment thank you and will continue to provide best fun games possible. Battle On!

AQW

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4/20/2012 12:24:27

megakyle777
Member

quote:

BP war

I'm sorry Randor, but a Battle Poll is NOT a war. A war has the entire community going up against a army of foes. That has been the definition ever since AdventureQuest. I get that wars were replaced with battle polls because evil was always winning, but you know what you could do? NOT HAVE GOOD VS EVIL WARS. Have a war against the Clock Blocker or something where both sides fight him for different reasons, or have an evil vs different evil war, or radical good vs no so radical good or something. THAT would be a war. A Battle Poll, my good sir, is NOT a war.

Not that I'm against the polls mind. And sorry if I came across a little strong.

< Message edited by megakyle777 -- 4/20/2012 12:25:38 >

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4/20/2012 12:43:24

Randor the Red
Member

One side fighting another to win is a war not tea time lol and HS is not AQW also. but feedback is always welcome

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4/20/2012 12:51:12

megakyle777
Member

I was referring to ALL AE games, including this one before Battle Polls. Maybe I was a little inaccurate in the way I placed my statement. Normaly, wars have some kind of storyline rather then just for an item, which is what this is. I mean, It does not have to be a SERIOUS story to be a war, but it needs SOME reason to fight other then an item otherwise it's just fighting for the sake of fighting. Besides, since it is PvP that takes place in an arena setting rather then, say, for the sake of the planet or something, it could quite possibly be considered a large amount of normal battles.

But again, not opposed to battle Polls. I just don't think they are wars.

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4/20/2012 13:20:27

Drakkoniss
Creative!
Constructive!

I sincerely thank you, Randor, and the rest of the AE team for attempting to improve the game so constantly, even if the updates had been a bit slow, previously.

It is good to hear that you will be improving the engine and specific codings to make things easier and swifter, and I am especially pleased that you will be doing player suggestions more often. XD

I like new dynamic behind the battle polls, where we shall now be able to decide how an item progresses and improves as it progresses. Could make for some very interesting possibilities, down the lines...

I think I might print out an image of my character and use him as a template to draw helmets, and possibly armors or other such things, soon. So far, my suggestions have mostly been weapons, while I indeed do have ideas for other types of items, every so often.

Know what I would find interesting, later? Both battle polls and normal wars going on at the same time. Now THAT could liven the game's dynamics up! lol

You must realize, Dealer, the Battle Polls are PvP oriented. They are to allow for an incentive for people to actually PvP, when it is so skewed in many ways and cases. Perhaps later there will be a way to convert PvP tokens to war waves, and new PvP locations or modes will be released as the wars come, like how winter produced different maps, too.

The point is that there are many possibilities about how the game shall advance. In my oppinion, it shall most likely be possitively, and new sollutions shall be made once the actual storyline advances. Untill then, however, let us just agree not to get too angry, shall we, hmm?

Oh, yes, and on that note, Randor, normal wars provide a unique advantage over the battle poll system, which must be taken into account- lower level players will be abel to more easily compete, without being discouraged or displeased with the game itself too much. Just a thought.

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4/20/2012 16:12:05

Sir Night
Member

Good to see that the game hasn't been completely abandoned. I wonder, will there be an Avengers Movie Plex?

As to wars, I think the best way would be actual PvP battles similar to the team battle mode that we have now. Then the war could be decided by which side has the most victories of individual battles. So instead of casting a vote you would pick a side to fight for.

< Message edited by Sir Night -- 4/20/2012 16:15:04 >

Post #: 6

4/20/2012 16:17:12

Purple112
Member

quote:

Good to see that the game hasn't been completely abandoned. I wonder, will there be an Avengers Movie Plex?

I agree. I was really getting worried that the game was spiraling downward, but good to know we should be back on track within 1-2 months.

AQW

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Post #: 7

4/20/2012 16:35:56

star screamer
Member

OOH!
Interesting!
We haven't been abandoned it seems now!
And I agree with ol' Crocy's idea there!
Picking a side would be interesting!
But there is a downfall to neutral and chaos players,
unless they add them as actual in game factions...

AQW

Post #: 8

4/20/2012 19:49:31

darklord841
Member

@randor

Just a little correction from me a war is an armed conflict between two different nations(or sides as in herosmash)

While battle polls are an armed battle between two sides fur an item

Wars have a conflict to be resolved

Battle polls have items to win

Edit:There is one update that wuld rlly impress ervyone, I think that is if u guys add more powers in general, but also some movie themed powers fur the movie plex, that would be epic.

Merged post, please use the button to add to your posts.
~Plasma Charge

< Message edited by Plasma Charge -- 4/20/2012 20:00:32 >

Post #: 9

4/20/2012 22:28:18

Chuck the Awesome
Member

Just a thought: does anyone want spectators, why or why not.
Also, Randor, can you give us the list for the items you changed. You should also fix the pet capes(king zong for example). They seem to go into the ground after you do something. Sorry, I don't recall what it is.
~Chuck Honey bunches of oats
(pardon my incorrect grammar in the first sentence I didn't know what to put)

< Message edited by Chuck the Awesome -- 4/20/2012 22:33:56 >

Post #: 10

4/21/2012 0:58:55

Crystal Lion
Member

Good to hear that bugs fixes are on the way. I'm being cautiously optimistic about this, though.

Post #: 11

4/21/2012 7:33:00

plebster
Member

Randor you're a legend. Favourite AE staff member because you're the only one who has stuck with herosmash completely. Please don't ever quit working on HS because you're our only hope of getting out of beta, and a very good hope as well, as long as you stick with us!

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4/21/2012 10:33:07

Cookielord12
Member

Yes something mentioned of the storyline!

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Post #: 13

4/22/2012 7:44:32

Devastate
Member

You have my trust Randor. Thank you, just.. thank you. :)

Post #: 14

4/22/2012 9:47:52

blank452
Member

Super awesome stuff Randor! Good to know Yergen still cares for us over here and that the storyline is getting a stoking. Bring on the fire!!

AQW

Post #: 15

4/22/2012 21:05:35

Red Komet
Member

Wonder what the movie items will be

Post #: 16

4/23/2012 0:40:03

zanathos
Member

@Red Komet: Hopefully Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, and Amazing Spiderman inspired items.

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Post #: 17

4/23/2012 21:23:18

tahu4260
Banned

Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, and Amazing Spiderman will these be the movie items?
then Ill get some smashcoins again lol

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Post #: 18

4/26/2012 16:34:25

vulkan
Member

meh, we already have an iron man themed armour for the pvp founders and a batman armour for the normal founders, that narrows the field slightly.

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Post #: 19

5/1/2012 9:51:03

alexjones50
Member

quote:

Next week we’ll be releasing some Player Suggestion Items! Polistar has already started on this project, and I myself will be doing some. The plan is to have player suggestions much more often, but our first priority is to clean out the older files and optimize the item system. After we get things organized we can move forward. Cinderella has been helping out with writing (as a testament to her infinite patience with me, she is correcting all my typos now) and with her help, we will be getting the HS storyline back in motion.

finally some hope for the future of herosmash.

AQW

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Post #: 20

5/1/2012 18:45:42

kodix101
Member

Nice job cleaning the game.

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