Seems like I autoincreased the time spent by 300 days, just one dev day before the second pixal birthday. Sorry about the misinformation! 😦

I was suspicious about such a high day count! I’m glad to see a more real number now.

Continued working on the battles, now your HP drops on assaults and your pixals can be knocked out.

TODO

• Implement knocked out pixals, mark them as unavailable on fights
• Implement knocked out expeditions and rescue missions
• Change background according to fight location

Next

• Item depreciation
• Quests?

Aprox. Work Time: 713:20 (712:20 + 1:00)

Continued working on the battles, you can now bump into enemy expeditions, select attacker and defender and make them duel!

TODO

• Implement special rules for pixal assault (reduce HP!)
• Implement knocked out pixals
• Implement knocked out expeditions and rescue missions
• Change background according to fight location

Next, Item depreciation

Aprox. Work Time: 712:20 (709:20 + 3:00)

World browser looks much better now, and works on Internet Explorer!!!

Also, you can no longer go through other expeditions, and I’ve started working on the expedition battles (which will be similar to classic FF fights, mixed with Pixal)

Done

- 0001065: [BAD: Bug Report] World browser doesnt work on internet exploder
- 0000986: [BAD: Bug Report] Blog post not working
- 0000982: [BAD: Bug Report] Error message when clicking "Browse World" without selecting an expedition
- 0000981: [BAD: Bug Report] No reverse navigation from Transfer Equipment Screen

Aprox. Work Time: 709:20 (706:20 + 2:00 + 1:00)

Work resumed, thinking a lot on how to wrap up pixal and release a first public version.

Decided to smash some bugs before going ahead.

- 0000944: [BAD: Bug Report] Typos (slash) - resolved.
- 0001010: [BAD: Bug Report] Magic shield seems to be adding to fireball damage - closed.
- 0001011: [BAD: Bug Report] Healed damage incorrectly located - closed.
- 0001003: [BAD: Bug Report] World browser doesnt work on internet exploder - closed.
- 0001004: [BAD: Bug Report] Welcome to pixal box is outdated - closed.
- 0001064: [BAD: Bug Report] Pixal 2 Year Shirt avalable for buying - closed.
- 0001053: [BAD: Bug Report] Experiencie display gone - closed.

Aprox. Work Time: 706:20 (704:40 + 1:00 + 0:40)

Done

- 0000988: [BAD: Bug Report] Pixal stats not being shown in the fight screens
- 0000987: [BAD: Bug Report] Pixal info is not being shown in the pixal stats
- 0000989: [BAD: Bug Report] Pixal stats not being shown in the setup pixal screen
- 0000992: [BAD: Bug Report] Getting "Too tired to berzerk" on first berzerk and consecutive non-berzerk attack
- 0000998: [BAD: Bug Report] NPE on log
- 0000983: [BAD: Bug Report] Must delete empty expedition when killing pixal

Aprox. Work Time: 704:40 (702:40 + 2:00)

Fixed a bug which is causing the world browser to freeze, will release soon.

- 0000998: [BAD: Bug Report] NPE on log - closed.
- 0000983: [BAD: Bug Report] Must delete empty expedition when killing pixal - closed.

Aprox. Work Time: 702:00 (702:20 + 0:20)

Well, well…

The first version of the “World Browser” saga has been released! This version marks a new age on pixal development!

Check it out at http://slashie.net/pixal

So many things have been done in the course from 0.0.14e to 0.0.15… please have in mind this is just the first version in the path to fully functional world exploration and interactions.

Playtesters, Pixal needs your help! If things appear unstable it’s because they are… unstable 🙂 as with any new groundbreaking version, lots of changes were done! Any of the following are welcome:

• Bug reports
• Exploits
• Usability RFEs
• Funcionality RFEs (Anything fancy this early version inspires you 🙂 )

What can you do in this version?

• Check out the “Expeditions” screen
  • From there you can manage your expeditions (create new ones, merge and split)
  • You can also access the expedition equipment, and equip your pixals
  • You can transfer equipment from one pixal to another
  • Finally, from here you can access the world browser (using the “Locate in World” link)
  • Note that you can only work with pixals which are not “away”, that means they must be in the same place than your current expedition (You can change this with the “Set as main” link)
• Browse the world
  • When you have selected one expedition, you can locate it in the world
  • Navigate the world by clicking the location where you want to go
  • You can change expedition any time by clicking the “Expeditions” link
  • Observe how the “surroundings image” changes according to the terrain and time of the day
• Chop some trees
  • If you walk one of your expeditions to a forest, you can try to chop a tree
  • Use the “Zoom In” or “Chop a Tree” link
  • Select which of your pixal is going to work
  • You need to have a sharp tool equipped
  • Once one of your pixal is working, your expedition is movement locked until he finishes. You may want to split your expedition
• Pick up and Drop things
  • While browsing the world, your pixals can pick up or drop things from the current location, using the “Get/Drop” link
  • Drag and drop the items from the pixal to the terrain and viceversa
  • You can pick up items from other members!
  • In the world browser, you will see a mark in the places where there are items

Remember you can report your Bugs and Requests for Enhancement at http://slashie.net/mantis/ or, if you prefer, you can just drop me an email at java.koder@gmail.com !

I leave you some pics for reference!

Aprox. Work Time: 702:00 (694:00 + 6:00 + 2:00)

• Added tooltips to expeditions in the world browser
• Added walking “animation” to the world browser (expeditions no longer teleport)
• Enhanced performance for expedition movement (This involved refactoring a lot of things, in order to encompass all the data access operations into a single db connection)
• Created the test maps (The Islands of Causality)
• Updated the cells file, added big image
• Loaded the test map (this involved fixing some things around)

Pending

• Forests not being created in the causality island
• Show locations in the map where there are items dropped.
• The transition from 0.0.14e to 0.0.15 in the public server

Aprox. Work Time: 694:00 (689:00 + 1:00 + 4:00)

Done
* Show other expeditions on the map (same icon for all, for now)
* Internationalize all world browser messages and add spanish localization
* Correct size of tiles in map (was resizing them to 24×24 on the browser, now 2x serverside)
* Create new expedition for newly created pixal at a default position

Pending

* Show locations in the map where there are items are dropped.
* Show basic info for other expeditions, on hover
* Do the test map
* The scary transition from 0.0.14e to 0.0.15 in the public server

Aprox. Work Time: 689:00 (687:30 + 1:30)