What's ShiningTed up to nowadays?

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  1. Endarire

    Endarire Ronald Rynnwrathi

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    Greetings, Ted!

    We're (or at least I'm) curious as to what you're doing lately, especially regarding ToEE and KotB. What may we know now?
     
  2. Shiningted

    Shiningted I want my goat back Administrator

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    Well... regarding ToEE I am working on this domain spells mod. Folks can track my progress HERE as I update each bit done.

    Re KotB: for the past year or more I have been working on a 2.0 release, or a new release anyway. The 1.0 release (and subsequent patches) allowed you to play the mod from beginning to end - from entering the Keep to defeating the Big Boss in the Caves of Chaos - but did not have any of the alignment stories that were initially intended to be a major, beginning to end element of the game (as opposed to ToEE where the alignment vignettes only really gave you a reason to be in Hommlet and after that the game generally played out the same way. I've taken the opposite approach in KotB - you know why you are there - to seek adventure on the frontier - and then that adventure should unfold according to alignment to some extent, or at least alignment should provide a meta-narrative for what you are doing). 1.0 also lacked the Orc Caves, the most complex (plot-wise) of the Caves stories.

    2.0 will include the LG plot, the LE plot, the Orc Caves, various bug-fixes, additional stuff (some new artwork etc) and a substantial rebalancing of both XP and loot to make the game more, well, balanced.

    2.0 is advancing slowly due to personal reasons, but it advances nonetheless :) It looks mostly finished - the alignment-specific quests are done, the LE ending fight is done, the LG ending fight is almost done (the Psions are being a bit of a pain) - but the are innumerable minor things to do at each juncture.
     
  3. maalri

    maalri Immortal

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    Sounds like wonderful additions S.T. and just so you know we APPRECIATE You and all you do around here!
     
  4. Endarire

    Endarire Ronald Rynnwrathi

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    Thankee, Ted!

    Good job for continuing ToEE and KotB! You can do it!
     
  5. Shiningted

    Shiningted I want my goat back Administrator

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    Then how come you all missed my birthday yesterday? It's right on the front page!!! :rant:

    Don't feel bad, my mum and my brother missed it too. Wtf is with that? The kids though were counting the days, and wifey came through with a dvd I really wanted :dribble:
     
  6. Mathalor

    Mathalor Member

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    I never check the front page, but happy birthday regardless.
     
  7. sirchet

    sirchet Force for Goodness Moderator Supporter

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    I wish they would just stop reminding me every year that I'm one year closer to "Game Over". Heh heh :p

    But Happy B-Day oh Shiney One!
     
  8. Shiningted

    Shiningted I want my goat back Administrator

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    Thanks dudes. Saw mum today, still no word. Whiskey tango foxtrot?

    Working on the Domains spell thing right now :)
     
  9. florian1

    florian1 Established Member

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    Happy Belated, Ted.

    Your mom probably doesn't want you to feel your age.

    Me, I am happy when my birthday slips under the radar. Gain a year that way, I figure.
     
  10. maalri

    maalri Immortal

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    I don't check the page EVERY Day, but I am very sorry that I missed your Birthday, O Shining One!

    I hope, absentee relatives included, that you still had a good one and that you are in the middle of your best year ever. Sincerely.
     
  11. Shiningted

    Shiningted I want my goat back Administrator

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    Actually, I do feel this is going to be my best year ever. Haven't felt this positive in a long time :)
     
  12. Endarire

    Endarire Ronald Rynnwrathi

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    Alleluiah!
     
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