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December
28th, 2007
The secret Titan battle has been revealed! If your heart skipped a beat and your mind is racing... you are not alone. This is what we have all been waiting for. An encounter that will set the game back on the path of the main storyline. I am sharing this secret with you as a reward for defeating the war (in place of releasing the battle that is not yet ready) . We have been working on this for a while and it was our every intention to launch on time, however with so many of our team visiting family and the rest of the team battling off the cold that went around the lab... we hope you understand us postponing this a week to make sure it is done right. Once again, I am very sorry. However, look at bright side.... your impending demise at the hands of an unstoppable villian has been temporarily pushed back. Use this time wisely to prepare yourself for the battle to come! So, instead of ending this year with a bang we are going to start 2008 off with a HUGE bang! An encounter with Sepulchure is not be something you will soon forget... Congratulations on winning the Frostvale war this week and we hope you are enjoying the boss fight. Prepare for your gift boxes to open as we usher in the New Year! Join Cysero and I here on the design notes every day next week as we share the upcoming plans we have created for DragonFable and leak out nuggets of information about your upcoming foe. FORUM QUESTION: There is just a little bit of time left to influence the upcoming event. What powers do you think Fluffly (the Undead Dragon of a Knight of Darkness) possess? See you on the forums! |
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December
25th,
2007 There have also been quite a few positive comment made on the music in the post-war Frostvale. This little music loop was composed and performed by my real-life roomate and best friend, Canon. It went kinda like this: *One half hour later* Canon: Listen to this and let me know how on target you
think I am for what you need. *3 minutes pass* Canon: Here. This is his first bit of music for DF, and the first real music loop that we've actually had (the Dracolitch doesn't loop and the cave music isn't REALLY real music). If you guys like it, let us know and we can start adding more loops like this to the game. It makes the load take a little bit longer but In the end, you guys really tell US what to do, this is YOUR game... so whatever you like, we add (if we can). Thanks for making this a great year for DF and a great year for the Artix Entertainment community. We've got big plans for the upcoming year, and the game will only keep growing. With your help, it will KEEP being one of the best games on the internet! Merry Christmas and happy Holidays! I'm going to go practice my uke more. |
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December
24th,
2007 FIRST! The Deathknight test armor has JUST been released! Ballyhoo has returned to DF with a BANG bringing a FREE test armor that ANY player can try on and use for as long as they like (Until Ballyhoo once again vanishes into the mists).
Just click on the Ballyhoo button in town, watch the sponsored content, and then the armors is yours to wear until you log out! You can go back and get the armor as many times as you like, as often as you like! Enjoy! SECOND! Artix, Canon (my real life roommate), Alces and my friend Tempus all got together and got me a WICKED Electric Ukulele! Here is Mr. Fancy Pants (my Uke) next to Canon's guitar, which is apparently his big brother.
But Cysero, you say, I wasn't aware that you knew how to play the uke. I don't, dear friends, but when has that ever stopped any of us from doing anything? This pretty much seals the deal for my place in the band. THIRD: You guys are nearing the end of the Frostval '07 war, and soon you will be facing Xanta Claus. IF you are powerful enough to defeat him (I wonder how many of you will admit defeat?) then you will unlock Act 4 of A Frostvale Tale. That is the post-war town of Frostvale where many gifts and surprises await both free and DA player alike. But i feel that i should prepare you for one of the surprises. You know that little Music checkbox in your sound options? You might want to flip that puppy into the ON position. I doubt that I will be updating the
Design Notes on Christmas so I'll take the time now to say that I hope
that whatever you celebrate
around this time of year brings you peace, happiness and at least a bit
of unexpected joy (The unexpected kind is the best kind). Happy Frostval
to One and All! |
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December
21th, 2007 As a special reward, if you beat the war by the end of next week, we will release the highly anticipated third Titan fight next Friday! TWO massive endings in one week. Can you think of a better way to end 2007? Art Contest Winners Released... There are 48 winners!
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December
19th, 2007 * and Sometimes floating, limping, hovering, riding (headless horseman is so lazy), and occasionally teleporting.
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December
18th,
2007 That's all I got. |
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December
17th,
2007 To make it up to you, I just put them back and it boosted you guys to 33%! The first Cutscene has unlocked and you guys are tearing through this war, which is great! I hope that you guys are having as
much fun as I am. This time of year has always been my very favorite
and I turn from a cheeeball into a MASSIVE CHEESE MOON during the holidays.
We've got all of our decorations up in my apartment, and I've been
wearing a Santa hat everywhere, every day since I bought it last Thursday.
Artix and Zhoom of having a jam session in the music room
so I'm going to go have a listen and demand that they perform things
that are well past their current abilities. |
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December
14th, 2007 "I want to put my head through my computer screen, but I am really having fun!" - Cysero DOUBLE DRAGONFABLE RELEASE IS LIVE! Next time, on DragonFable! P.S. I changed the icons on the buttons in town. Do you like it? |
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December
12th, 2007 The charity provides video games, books, games and toys for hospitalized kids who are going through things most adults have never had to deal with. We are very pleased to announce that thanks to you, this year we were able to support Child's Play! All three games contributed... and if you look on their site we are even listed as a corporate sponsor. Thank you for making a difference. This is a great charity and I think that if anyone has the inclination and a few spare bucks your should donate through paypal, or hit the Amazon wish list and help a specific kid in a specific hospital. If you have ever had anyone that you care about get really sick then you can imagine how much this would mean to these kids and their families. https://www.ChildsPlayCharity.org/
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December
12th, 2007 P.S. The holiday art contest is going so well. We are going to make you a special card too! Behind the Scenes |
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December 7th, 2007 The contest thread will close Monday, December 17th at 5:00 pm EST (server time), with the winner being announced on the 21st of December. Band Names! |
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December
6th, 2007 MECHQUEST ADVENTUREQUEST T-SHIRTS
THE BAND!
Now, I know what you are thinking..... probably something like "OMG YOU PEOPLE ARE INSANE STOP DOING STUFF ALL THE TIME... LIKE LEARN TO RELAX OR SLEEP OR SOMETHING!!!!!!" Well, this all goes back to that post we were talking about a few weeks ago. The one about making goals for yourself. One of my life goals, is I wanted to play in a band. On that note I would like to announce: We suck. But since Warlic is the only one of us with any previous music talent (he did get his degree in songwriting) it is to be expected. Zhoom, as you might have expected is learning drums at an insanely fast rate. (Note: We got electronic drums so we could turn the volume down and not get... you know... evicted.) This brings me to the point of this post. To make a goal you have to set some sort of reasonable objective. My grandfather recently came to visit and when he heard we were doing this he said, "in order to be a real band, you need a name, an original song and play it live in front of an audience.". Well... we are working on a few songs but we certainly do not have a name. Then I got to thinking... maybe if you help us come up with a name. Especially since it is highly likely that our lyrics will all be revolving around AQ/DF/MQ.... yup, start groaning now! Then... once we get a song or two down we can play our live performance... in front of you. (maybe I should have asked the others permission before posting this, lol) See you on the forums! P.S. Cysero said he would not join the band unless we found him an electric ukelele. (Do they even make this?)! DragonFable
NEW Art Contest Starting Tomorrow! I have so much more... but I better get back to work. Today I am making a random fourtune cookie generator and a magic eight ball. Oh, check your email for the DragonFable newsletter. I just sent it out.
Battle on!
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December
5th,
2007 If you haven't already checked them out, Thyton has two more quests for you in the Shadow of the wind village. One of which allows you to have a brief conversation with the ninja's old enemy Okuchi No Okami. On the other side of the island, Rhubarb has two more quests available... the end of the pirate quest chain and the titan battle. This quest chain also allows you to see the true birth of Captain Rhubarb I'd like to talk more about the amazing
job that everyone on the DF staff did to get these four quests out
to you two days early but I'm really tired and I want to go home. |
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December
4th,
2007 Think you guys might wear something like this? Shirt Suggestions? We have forums for that sort of thing.
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December
3rd, 2007 DragonFable Release on WEDNESDAY! * In my home this is typical. "Woof!" Daimyo, shhh. They are trying to read. So in DragonFable, this Wednesday night expect two quests and the FIRST of THREE TITAN FIGHTS! (At long last... and the third will dive us right back into the main plot of the game.) In other news we had a double birthday last weekend -- Happy birthday Oishii and Thyton! As you can see below, Geopetal baked them a very special cake.
We were pleased with how well the server was handling the new Character Pages (Here is mine -- well, this is my real character. I do my testing on a different one). Honestly, I was a little scared of releasing the MQ and DF pages at the same time, but it looks like everything went ok. This year we are doing Frostvale: Part 2 in DragonFable (Do not worry, if you were not here during last years event you will be able to play through the quests... the dungeon was really "cool".... then join us for the new event!) We are going to be doing gifts again this year too.... so please post on the official wish list thread on what new in-game item you would like as a rare (feel free to draw pictures.) Oh, I nearly forgot. Geo is going to post a brand new contest this week that will have a "AQ/DF/MQ 2007" theme spanning all three games. There will be more prizes than you can shake a twig cake at. See you on the forums!
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