Today and tomorrow - Follow up on the last few days

Remember that Mugginns is having a stream tomorrow! If possible, go see him work :-) And make sure that he works. If he slacks off you better shout profanities at him!

Work
So, first thing's first. I have not been able to do anything today, and I will likely be unable to do anything tomorrow. Sunday I will try to catch up on the content I could have made today and tomorrow.

Screenshots
Fans are still taking screenshots I understand. I'm looking forward to seeing what you guys are coming up with. I'm also happy that you guys are helping in this matter. It is really great to have a community help out with this, as people like you know the game's aesthetics much better than I could ever hope to. And I'm also looking forward to seeing what you guys think is the best parts of the game, deserving of a screenshot, be it maps, fights, conversation or what ever you guys think of!

Ads
As for the advertisements, thanks for all the votes! I'm happy to see so many people giving us their opinion so we can decide whether to do so or not. Please keep the votes coming!

We are only considering this, so this vote will determine whether we actually implement ads!



This is pretty much it!
Remember muggins stream, taking screenshots of the game and to vote on the ad thing!

As always, you guys are awesome! We're really working hard to give you guys the content you deserve!

Crouler

Advertisements - We need your opinion

So, I've been thinking of enabling advertisements on this blog. It would generate a bit of money if people clicked on them for us. However, I also realize that some people might turn away from the blog, and possibly the game if we did that. So I'm asking you guys, would you mind if we added advertisements to the blog?

I'm starting a poll - Vote and let your opinion be known! Any comments on the issue should be posted in this post. :D

(Edit - If we begin using ads it would be sidebars, not pop-ups needing your creditcard numbers, birth of date, social security number, the day of the month of the year of satan and your soul in the process)

Crouler

Edit: I did some work today, lol - only fixing today though!

Fixes:

• Fixed clipping issues at the butcher, where the player could walk through the wall several places (hopefully fixed)
• Fixed event that made the player walk in to rocks when walking to the farm from the crossroads just south of everlight.
• Made a clearer sentence for the same event, using correct English instead of Engrish xD
• Fixed the slut at the Everlight Inn. She will now recognize that she has been with you before as she was meant to. A slight error in the order of switches fucked it up.
• (edit)Fixed fan at the temple in the capital not recognizing you after having had sex with you once already, as she was meant to.

Reminder

Just to remind everyone,I'm gonna do a live stream on 01/February/2014 at 18:00 GMT+0 for an hour.My taste in music might not be to everyone's taste,but that's what a mute button is for.My channel can be found in the 'Live Streaming' section of the blog.

Castle Update

Since I have to redesign all the rooms a few times the ground floor has taken a while,and since I've added more stuff to my tileset it'll take a while longer.It's pretty close to being finished (again).To give an idea of how much is done,of 36 rooms 27 are done,and this is just the ground floor.I still have a basement and the infinite hall from the matrix to make.

That's all for now folks

Still Alive

~M~

Update log 29-01-14

So, I almost finished up the new storyline I've been working on.

I need to make a quick extra thing where there is a purpose of choosing one side over the other.

In any case, I worked for a few hours, and I'm content with what I've done for the day!

Content:

• 2 Parts to the questline
• Various fixes on stuff in the questline, which I made yesterday.

I've had responses from you guys, and I hope we'll be getting some screenshots!

If you do not know about the screenshots, read the end of the post I posted yesterday!

As always, thanks a lot for your support, we are working tirelessly to bring you a huge new update!

Crouler

Update log 28-01-14

So, onward we go. Cranked out some hours of work today, once more lol.
I'm doing some mechanics to make the transactions with the NPC's go smoothly and without any bugs, and while it is fairly simple, it takes a bit of time making one for each choice.

I did however manage to further add to the questline!

Content:

• 3 New parts to the questline I'm currently working on. 

While it may not sound like much, I hope it turns out to be less tedious than I think it will to play it lol.

Not much else to say today! Work is still progressing smoothly, and I aim to keep it that way so we can get something to show you guys!

Also, allow me to propose something to you guys!

Screenshot time! (We need screenshots!)

We need some screenshots that show the world of Alone! 

The beautiful, the dark and creepy, the epic! If you want to take some screenshots of your favorite parts of the game, feel free to upload them on the internet somewhere, and post a link below! I'll be adding some pictures of the game, AKA your screenshots, so people visiting the blog can see what the game is all about!

I won't force anyone to do this, but it would help out quite a lot! So please consider contributing with your screenshots!

Crouler

27-01-14 update log (part 2)

Made some more of the questline I've been working on.

A lot of outcomes in this one, so there is a lot of quests for me to make in this one quest, as different choices leads to different things happening. Anyway, I'm close to done with this, and I'm pretty happy about it so far!

Content:

• 2 New parts to the questline I'm currently working on. (14 parts in all, seeing as each choice makes a new outcome happen, but the player will only see 2 in one playthrough lol) 

That's pretty much it for now. A lot of work is going in to this quest, even though It was meant to be a short little thing. Once I'm done with this I will be doing a new quest, of course, and I will work towards filling up Fuar. Once I've filled Fuar I will work on the new areas to the capital, and after a while, the castle should be done, and I'll split my time between the capital and the player's castle!

Thanks for your patience, even though we have not had any actual game releases for a while, and won't have for some time yet, you guys are still here showing your support! 

I can only tell you that I'm really happy with the support, and hopefully, with the next release, I'll be able to pay you back with a huge release, adding tons of new area's and tons of new quests!

Crouler

Update log 27-01-14

Right, so this was mostly done yesterday, as it has just turned to the 27th lol.

Anyway, I added a new questline, I will be working on it some more.

Content:

• Added 3 stages to a new questline. (A stupid bandit doing stupid work, and allowing you to help her. Nothing criminal though, lol.)
• Added new items (bones) for the questline
• Edited Cobolds to drop bones.

So far bones only work for the questline as a "gather and get a reward" but I'm planning on making it usable for other things in the game.

Worked a couple of hours today, and got a decent amount of work done, as there was no need for any sex scenes. That sped up the process a lot lol.

Anyway, that's it for now. I might add an update, should I make some more once I wake up tomorrow!

Crouler

Update log 26-01-14

So, I finished a small questline in Fuar. The one with the naked lady.
The sex scenes took forever to make, which is why this relatively short quest ended up
taking a lot of time and effort to create.

In any case, I will no go on to make some other, non-sexinvolved questlines.
I think they'll have no sex at least. I'm planning on filling up Fuar with a variety of small quests, making it a much more vibrant city!

Updates:

• 2 New parts in the quest mentioned
• New sex scene.
• Edited sex scene to accommodate the story so it could be done multiple times.

Now I shall go back to my little Game making cave and isolate myself from society to create even more content for Fuar! 

I hope you guys are looking forward to the next update! I'm really looking forward to releasing it!

As always, thanks for your support!

Crouler

Whats Behind the Magic Door?

Frink: Yes, over here, n'hey, n'hey. In Episode BF12, you were battling barbarians while riding a winged Appaloosa, yet in the very next scene, my dear,you're clearly atop a winged Arabian! Please do explain it!
Lucy Lawless: Uh, yeah, well, whenever you notice something like that... a wizard did it.
Frink: I see, alright, yes, but in episode AG04-
Lucy Lawless: Wizard!

Due to Croulers unreasonable demands the player castle will contain an inordinate amount of magic/godly interference,warping space-time to accommodate all its guests.So much so that Stephen Hawking has taken an interest.
That being said,the ground floor of the player castle is done.....or it would be but Crouler the Merciless demands more.On the bright side,I did make a start on the castles 1st floor(then i found out how many rooms he wanted),and will be going with some sort of magic door system.

*vent,vent,vent*


~M~

Addendum to my last post.

Greetings, once again I have news regarding my condition. The 29th, on January, I will be having a simple out-patient surgery done. They will be repairing the torn labrum of my left shoulder. The recovery time for this process is 3-6 months. Since this processes is on my left not my right, I should be able to continue to make maps. However, for the first three weeks I will be on down time.  So after Friday, or for  those reading after midnight Today. I will be slow going on making maps.

I have already spoken to Crouler, and we have agreed that I should take a break.(huehuehue) Though when I return we will be discussing a sidequest, that I have been working on since I began making maps. You may have been noticing a girl with purple hair, in a area inaccessible to you in earlier revisions. I believe Crouler has taken them out now. Those girls do something, and will get you something. They are also an easter egg  of a common character I have for games. So please be patient.

To summarize for the TL:DR people: Shit is hurt, gettin it fixed, more stuff in game.

See you all after the surgery, with a drugged up update.

-Naki

Update log - 21-01-14

So, I've finished a lot of writing today, and thought I'd give you guys a run down on what I'm doing, like back in the good old days when I kept you guys up to date lol.

Content:

• Finished up some spriting, made a (semi-)custom sprite for a naked woman outside Fuar Inn.
• Finished up normal dialogue for said womans wife.
• Finished sex scene with said womans wife.

This will be a quest that is quite silly. Normally, a small quest like this is easy to make with little effort, only taking a limited amount of time to make, but a good sex scene easily takes me 1 hour to make, and there will be a few here, so it will take a bit to completely finish it up.

Anyway, that's it for today!

Thanks for always checking up on the blog, it really helps out a lot!

Your support is what keeps this game going, so thank you so much for everything!

Crouler

Absence for a bit: and stream details

I had recently caught some sort of flu, I am over that now, however this week is a big week for me. I got several appointments to get a condition sorted out. I have two torn labrum, so I am seeing a surgeon to get set for surgery. So this friday I will be pushing out as many maps as I can.  Expect me to be streaming for quite a bit. Time won't matter as you can most likely pop in and watch.

Crouler lives! All hail the Croulzors! :D

So, I'm still here. While Muggins is slaving at the maps, I'm drinking margaritas on a southern beach while banging enough ladies to make the Divine cry out with envy, I left all the work to everyone but me.

Actually, that's a lie... But, in a perfect world, this would happen.

As things are, we are working hard on making a good update for you.

I'm currently working on some random quests here and there to make the world more lively.
A quick heads up about the next release!

The next release will not only have the player castle but 2 new major areas to the capital,
The commons and the noble's area.

That mixed with the castle will add A LOT of new area to cover, and Fuar is still not filled.
So, I would like to make it clear right now, while I'm working to make content for all areas, when they are new there will not be much to do right away. Only the necessities, like you saw in Fuar. Fuar is pretty much empty of content except for the Mugginns quest.

I will however make it known that all areas will have the same quest and stuff-to-do density as the rest of the game! We can however not add a completed area such as Rei-Long Oak in one update, and it will take many releases to make it on par with that, the capital or Everlight. In the end it will be just as good though.

In any case, while muggins is still working on the maps I will do my best to add some stuff to do in the empty areas that can be found around the current game, so hopefully you'll have lots to do in the next release!

As always, thanks so much for all the support! Our fan base keeps growing, and it is all thanks to you guys!
It feels amazing working with the goal of giving you guys something to try, and I'm proud to be at the very center of it all!

You rock!

Crouler

Castle Report

Okay,so the second version of the castle is coming along nicely,despite random changes and distractions.The Kitchen,Guards Room and Inner Bathing Room are done,3 rooms need some detail and 3 other rooms need assignment.When that's done I can get started on the next floor(it's a big job),and then possibly another floor after that,and then I have to build a town after that(a very big job).

On a side note;
I'm gonna do a live stream on 01/February/2014 at 18:00 GMT+0 for an hour if anyone's interested.You can find my channel in the Live Streaming section of the blog.
Odds Are

Yours,

Mugginns A'Gogo,
Keeper of the Brass Monkey,
Banana Whisperer Extraordinaire,
Watcher of Chickens,
Slayer of The Terror,
Usurper of the Throne,
Lord Admiral,
Master of Ceremonies,
Inventor of Original Sin,
HomNomNom Veteran,
Code Map Monkey,
Got Your Nose,
Protector of the Sacred Gnome,
Coffee Nut,
In Too Deep,
MIA,
Traveler of Arcane Lands,
Illegitimate Child of Scrooge McDuck,
Not All There,
Minister of Sinister,
Rude Dude,

~M~

It's Quiet...

...too quiet....

So,I'm not sure I'll continue to stream map making since there was only 41 viewer minutes for an hour video.I guess my work just isn't that interesting.
Just a small update,didn't get much more done since the stream,got caught up with painting and such.I'll be putting in a good few hours tomorrow though,that ought to make up for my fun time.
That is all.

Yours,

Mugginns A'Gogo,
Keeper of the Brass Monkey,
Banana Whisperer Extraordinaire,
Watcher of Chickens,
Slayer of The Terror,
Usurper of the Throne,
Lord Admiral,
Master of Ceremonies,
Inventor of Original Sin,
HomNomNom Veteran,
Code Map Monkey,
Got Your Nose,
Protector of the Sacred Gnome,
Coffee Nut,
In Too Deep,
MIA,
Traveler of Arcane Lands,
Illegitimate Child of Scrooge McDuck,
Not All There,
Minister of Sinister, 

~M~

Streaming Details!

Greetings folks, Naki here. Taking a hint from Muggs, I am putting my livestream on a schedule.  So this SUNDAY-1-12-14. At about 3:00pm Central,(USA) time. I will be livestreaming a map making. As the Mugs, said: My choice in music is different.  Also be sure to ignore the fact that I usually search it all in youtube. You will likely hear the same songs every now and again. You can just turn the volume down.

Also during the stream I encourage you to talk. Feel free to AMA.

Further details: I will be working on the castle gardens. The whole thing is a segmented deal, so I will be making maps that are not connected. Muggins or Crouler will do that in post. This way they can use what they want, and use the other stuff later.  My stream will last anywhere from one hour to three. Possibly up until my D&D session starts at 7:00pm.

-Naki

PS: Look out for cocknboob landmarks.


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Update
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Sorry about not streaming, I have come down with the flu. I really did not feel up to it, and slept all day instead.

Just An Idea

Right you lemons,the player castle is coming along well(would be better if Crouler didn't randomly want to add rooms) and should take much longer before I can get started on the other half of the list.So far I have the ground floor set up and hope to get the 1st floor done soon.I'm not sure if there'll be a 2nd floor since all the rooms a pretty big as it is.

On a side not;
I watched some of Naki's livestream an thought I might give it a go in case anyone wanted to see what I'm working on.I plan to stream on Friday( 10th,Jan,2014) at 18:00 GMT+0 for an hour.If people like it then I'll keep doing it,otherwise it'll stop there.In case some of you arent sure what time that'll be where you are,Crouler has provided the World Clock. Just keep an eye on Dublin in the list,when it turns 18:00 that's when I'll start.Apologies in advance for my taste in music.I'll have Crouler add my channel to the Live Streaming section of the blog
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EDIT: My channel should now be in the Live Stream section of the blog

Yours,

Mugginns A'Gogo,
Keeper of the Brass Monkey,
Banana Whisperer Extraordinaire,
Watcher of Chickens,
Slayer of The Terror,
Usurper of the Throne,
Lord Admiral,
Master of Ceremonies,
Inventor of Original Sin,
HomNomNom Veteran,
Code Map Monkey,
Got Your Nose,
Protector of the Sacred Gnome,
Coffee Nut,
In Too Deep,
MIA
Traveler of Arcane Lands
Illegitimate Child of Scrooge McDuck
Not All There

~M~

Status update on AloneXP

So, we've given you all the silent treatment. And we're not particularly proud about it lol.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you guys in on what we are doing.

As a lot of this now is new maps for the upcoming player castle, I can't really give you a lot of details as it would just be a list of rooms you'd have no idea on what means.

So anyway, we are currently working on the player's castle and the island it is on.

So Far we have the beaches, made by Naki. Mugginns is working hard on the castle itself and all the rooms within. As most of you should know if you did the main quest, last current part the outside of the castle has already been made. But the interior is another story, and the only thing currently made on the island (except for Naki's new stuff) is the entrance you've seen as well as 2 other upgraded stages of the same map.

So what we need now is to finish up the currently needed parts of the castle.

So to wet your appetites, allow me to give you a very short list of some of the things we are adding in the next update!

• A bedroom for the divine. The divine can sleep and:
• (A dressing area) change his clothes! You've whined about it and I wanted in, so here it will be!
• A ball room. 
• The player will be able to host banquets for people. Other's will invite the divine to theirs too.
• A bathing area, inside and outside.
• Office
• A sort of room where the divine makes his plans and such.
• Throne room.
• To tend to your ego.

These are just a few of the things I'm excited about personally. This is not to mention any outside areas, or the city that will start flourishing around the castle.

Also, Mugginns told me he would give you guys an update on his progress tomorrow, so be sure to check that out!

Anyway, I hope you guys are staying patient! Love you all, so please don't leave me! :D

Crouler

Livestreaming

Sup, been a while since you heard from me, right?

Well I am livestreaming a new map for the game. You guys be sure to take a looksy :D

-naki