jakubhi

Today I have added in the structure and code to create upgradeable buildings in MagicDuel. These will allow players to pay resources towards a project which will, over time, grow and provide additional functionality. An example of this is a treasury that if properly maintained will grow and allow more items and creatures to be stored.
There is a wide range of possibilities with this that I plan to expand this to encompass and I am sure the A25 team can come up with ideas that I have not even considered! Some examples include contributing resources to your lands armoury to provide bonuses, charging fees at land boundaries (if protected!), and even the ability to blockade scenes and other areas in a "war footing". Or you could have a community shed which, is improved would allow a wider range of items to be grown, and tools to be used. The ability to "upgrade" a scene using this framework is pretty wide so I am open to ideas about how you could create an upgradable building.
The start of this however is the humble building, a framework that allows contribution towards resources in MagicDuel. For the moment the underlying code and tables are in place and I plan to continue the work to make it more functional.
I will detail more information once I have the first instance implemented and I can demonstrate how it works within MD. A25 members are welcome to ask my questions on our PM thread beforehand however as the (read only interface) is currently up. Please note nothing you see below is currently fixed. 
 
 Example A25 Interface for viewing building templates 

 
 

What about reddit? 

So, since my return I have been considering what project to throw my obsessive energies into.  On the one hand, I’ve realized that my sweeping Lost Path Adventure clickie quest only encompassed lands that MP3 could reach, and that a Loreroot and a GG quest are begging to be created.
On the other hand, those would not address the most pressing need of the realm, that being the dwindling population.  You all may be slow-boiling lobsters, but my 8-year absence gives me a disturbing perspective.  With the GWI project stalled, it would be premature to try to draw in more players.  The process needs to be, in sequence:
1) Fix the bugs, soft locks, and polish the rough edges.
2) Create a more engaging initial experience, with better tutorial function to create an understanding/appreciation for the game
3) Only then wage a publicity campaign, focusing on text-based venues like Facebook
4) Deal with wrinkles as we get feedback, smoothing the path of integration.
I am hereby offering my services as Project Manager for GWI.  I’m not asking for coding tools (yet) but rather for some authority to act as Creative Director, and be able to ask for help to change things without running polls and surveys at every step of the way.  An important function here would be to put a buffer between the critical voices of veteran players and the admin/coders doing the hard work.  There is little risk in this path, because a) there’s not much I could do to screw it up permanently, and b) change can and will continue, as long as we persist.
Am I qualified to take on such a role?  If the complexity of my Lost Path adventure is not proof enough, I offer my past RL experiences as PM/QA/R&D driving the technical side of creating a multi-million dollar business unit within a large corporation, small business owner/operator, university adjunct professor, leader of cub scouts and baby soccer, cat herder extraordinaire at various times as committee chair and/or board member at our church, writer, and survivor of fatherhood.  I also wasted much of my youth creating and running D&D worlds.
Here are some high points of my proposed plan, in those 4 phases:
1) Fix the bugs, soft locks, and polish the rough edges.
        The riddles must be fixed – they are a major negative right now
        Tools must be shorter duration, but replaceable to avoid soft lock
        The arena error messages need to be gone
        Does anybody make the balloon work?  I’ve not managed it yet.
2) Create a more engaging initial experience, with better tutorial function
    Scenario-setting intro – tell the story of a castaway, marooned in a strange place
          Ask a bunch of leading questions that help solidify the player's RP character in their minds
    Door-bell – new players trigger STORM and red admin message, to draw help
          Recruit more alts to greet and interact with newbies
          Get some role-play and combat happening on the island
    Lots more help and explanatory clickies to spoon-feed the cautious players
          Bling and flashes and action
          Bird nest talks about creatures
          Shells scattered everywhere, linked to the newbie power-ups and creature slots
             Each shell adds a layer of spin/understanding of the energy process
             “I am the soul of a creature past.  I will manifest as you choose.”
             “Do not fear harm, you are in a place where all that is behind you.”
             “Be brave.  The spirits of your friends will always be with you.”
             Etc.  With a dozen shells scattered around the island, are a tutorial
    Get some more diverting mini-quests going right there on the island
3) Only then wage a publicity campaign, focusing on text-based venues like Facebook
      We need an active Facebook page to “sell” the game concept
             People who engage in Facebook and the like will be more attracted to MD
      It must accurately pitch the differences and virtues of the game
            Not an arcade shoot-up, rather a mind-trip etc. etc.
      If every player got every friend to “like” that FB page, we could get in a wave
            If GWI is engaging enough at that moment, it could snowball
4) Deal with wrinkles as we get feedback, smoothing the path of integration.
    We will learn to target our advertising, and reduce newbie surprise
    The MP3/MP4 training problem might be solved
    Overcrowding of the space/server resources might be new
            We might need more resources, RP items generated, avatars, etc.
    We will learn about hurdles and integration issues and fix them
Others with different interests will continue refining other aspects of MD according to their own creative vision.  I have some passion for this project.  I hope you will all support me in this effort.  Thank you.             

I had the same problem while using LR Land Cleanser. Seems like no matter which land's Land Cleanser you use, the problem will still be there. 

I had the same problem while using LR Land Cleanser. Seems like no matter which land's Land Cleanser you use, the problem will still be there. 

Continued experimentation.  Sometimes on defense it gives a won fight point, sometimes not.  Sometimes it denies it because I'm capped.  Sometimes it denies it because I supposedly have no surviving creatures, but I actually do.  Not happy making.  Yes, all this while I'm capped, but it wasn't making sense to me before that either....
I achieved a won count on offense, using life steal elementals.  It says I got negative xp reward, and gave me the win count.

I've seen this before too, under similar circumstances.  Reasons given for not getting won/loss counts are wonky.  I thought I filed a bug report...
Yeah, here it is... 
 

Regeneration is a combat stat. It heals your creatures after you fight with them. Some creatures have it naturally, others may need to borrow yours via influence.
Energetic immunity is a stat that buffers against the negative effects of walking. In particular the higher your EI the less VE you lose by walking in places other than your homeland (doesn't work for No Man's Land citizens).
Trade sense is a stat that buffers against shop prices. The higher your trade sense, the less WI you need to buy armour.
Briskness will increase the amount of heat you can harvest with your Erolin Device.
Initiative is a combat stat. It determines which creature will move first in a battle.
Defence & Attack are interlinked combat stats. If my creature has 10 attack and yours has 2 defence, my creature will do 8 damage to yours (if it uses the "damage" ability).
Power is both a combat and non-combat stat. Mostly it's used to influence creature abilities such as heal, lifesteal, martyrism. Outside of combat it can also influence some spells.
Luck is both a combat and non-combat stat. In combat it will randomly affect your creature's performance, usually helping in an unpredictable way. Outside combat it can give you little surprises sometimes just for walking along.
Volition is gained simply by walking. Gaining more of it has no direct effect as of yet, though it's a good way to compare who has moved around more in the past.
Cartography lowers the AP cost of moving between scenes. If a scene costs 50 and you've got 40 cartography you'll still need at least 50 AP to move there, but it will only cost 10.
The following are stats related to resource gathering, or some to crafting. As far as I'm aware they all do the same thing but for different resources. The more of a particular resource-related skill you have, the more efficiently you can use the tool that lets you gather that resource. Some are easier to guess what they're for than others, but I'll leave it to you to figure out which is for what. Some stats cover multiple tools or activities.
 
All information is based on my own incomplete knowledge, so feel free to correct me.

Herewith, the log from the event this day:

Many thanks to those who did attend, and welcome to Dracoloth, Priest of the Moon.
 
 

Hi, everyone!
As per Ann. 5237, I tried listing everything I could find that took place right after the 15th birthday up to today. I know I missed some months, so please help me in updating this work in progress  (also sorry if I added stuff from before the 15th birthday)
I thought about sending a PM to Chewett but then I figured it would be better for us to work together instead of listing the same stuff on our own, so I made it public.
I tried defining "major categories" for the events, but feel free to suggest other ways to organize those. Here comes the (quite big) list...
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"Realm-wide"
    Announcements Rework
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5021
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5034
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5036
    Work on Consecutive Days - Rewards and updates
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5023
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5065
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5105
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5140
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5145
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19113-365-consecutive-days-reward/
    Resource Stack System Change
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5026
    Donating Hours Project
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5027
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5048
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/18985-a-new-value-unit-donating-hours-of-my-life/
    Darvin's brain 2.0
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5028
    
    Backdoors to guilds and alliances discussion
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5079
    Game Masters (GM's) - Chewett and Mur
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5080
    Nominated Leaders in Alliances
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5081
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5082
    Doors to experimental realms
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5115
    Partially transferable and no transfer items
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5123
    New creature released
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5153
    Introduction of Anniversary Pin Badges
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5165
    Gathering Tools Change
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5168
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19143-ann-5168/
    MD Rework 2021 Project
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5171
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5221
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5222
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5235
    Creature Cards
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5177
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5193
    Creature Shards
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5178
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5182
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5191
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5234
    Altar access rules
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5192
    Creature Marks
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5209
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5223
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5225
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5230
    Introduction of The Bees of The Dead
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5217
    New bringinallonline spell
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5218
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5219
    Upcoming work for A25 team
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5224
    New item: view previous battles in location
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5232
    Discussion on progression
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/18995-of-relative-advancement-and-its-lack-of-progressive-difficulty/
    Work on testimonials
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19026-testimonials-and-teasing-presentation/
    RP Reality discussion
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/18937-discussion-on-rp-reality-and-similar-other-concepts/

Location-related
    Necrovion got closed (again)
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/4990
    Logs back in MDA
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5000
    Functional Bed at Knator Vacation House
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5015
    Dreamcatcher at the Howling Gates
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5042
    Scene Improvements
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5046
    Challenge at Champion's Challenge
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5054
    Raven Hold heals LR citizens
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5126
    Unholy Guard in Necrovion
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5152

Player and/or role-related
    BFH is now Mr B
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5018
    Rophs steps down as Wiiya Bubble Weaver
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5019
    Aia handling Avatar and Item images
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5045
    Ungod the Highly Esteemed Treasurer of Marind Bell
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5047
    A25 team: Steno in, Shemhazaj out
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5055
    Ledah rises as the new leader of the Caretakers
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5059
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19022-new-caretakers-leader-ledah/
    The Caretakers Shovel
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19219-the-caretakers-shovel/
    MRAlyon receives Mark of History
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5144
    Demonic God receives Wind Ward spelldoc
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5162
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19134-a-hunt-for-darvin-permanent-quest/
    Aia receives Invisibility level 3 spelldoc
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5163
    Neno returns as avatar manager
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5189
    dst retires from official roles
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5200
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19076-a-hello-and-a-farewell-at-least-for-now/
    Dark Demon says goodbye (for now)
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19020-hello-for-the-last-time-for-a-long-time/
    Sunfire leaves the East and joins Underground
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19003-the-end-of-an-empire/
    MaGoHi and Ledah killed Granos / Aelis killed MaGoHi / Granos killed Ledah / Syrian revived MaGoHi
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19194-proclamation-regarding-death-of-granos/
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19231-yet-another-proclamation-regarding-the-revival-of-magohi/
    Granos killed Curiose (See Bees of the Dead in "Realm wide" section)
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19235-murder-death-kill/
    Cyrus Siridius died and vanished (see quest section)
    
Interface changes/fixes
    User details page updated
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5129
    Changes to achievements page
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5147
    Fixes on research library page
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5150
    Exploring points shown on recruitment page
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5154
    MDA scene fix
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5167
    Gateway Guardians Improvements
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5179
    Personal Papers/Docs/Notebook fixed
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5183
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5184
    Server time panel made visible
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5196
    Combat log updates
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5229

MD Technical updates
    Migration to PHP7
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5004
    Storenow functional again
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5006
    MD moved to new server
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5185
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5186
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19187-md-has-moved-server/
A25 technical updates
    Item Templates for A25
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5012
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5020
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5032
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5033
    A25 Tool Release: NPCTalk
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5072
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5074
    Multiple uses for clickies
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5076
    A25 Checks: playervars#
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5077
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5078
    Animated Clickies
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5112
    A25 Triggered scene alterations and animated overlays
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5113
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5114
    A25 activation rule "daterange"
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5122
    More sounds
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5124
    Healing and damaging with A25: vitality# action
    https://magicduel.com/page/Announcement/view/5125

Quests
    Steno - Word Puzzle
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/18964-md-word-puzzle/
    Steno - My budding role
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/18946-my-budding-role/
    Steno - Awesome Autumn Adventuring Quests
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19043-awesome-autumn-adventuring-quest-registrationrules/
    Steno - Chewett's Proclamation
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19049-chewetts-proclamation/
    lashtal - Cyrus Siridius & the long wave of plushies
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/18936-cyrus-siridius-the-long-wave-of-plushies/
    lashtal - Spread the Taint
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/16156-spread-the-taint-mutate-a-drachorn/?tab=comments#comment-187381
    Ungod - Mazes
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/18942-mazes/
    Ungod - A Constellation Chart
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19051-a-constellation-chart/
    Ungod - The Telescope
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19050-the-telescope/
    Ungod - Between Heaven and Hell, the six types of demons
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19100-wp-quest-between-heaven-and-hell-the-six-types-of-demons/
    ignnus - Truth or Dare
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19121-quest-truth-or-dare-ask-your-right-questions-necrovion/
    Multiple creators - MD 16th Birthday Quests
    https://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/19200-md-16th-birthday-megathread/

Hello,
I have noticed this strange behaviour (see attach).
Basically I see myself as possessed by Mur.
It seems others see me normally though.
Thank you.

Totally not me ????