Hello Realmers,


Many thanks for participating in the public testing session this weekend! Trying out the new features and balance changes and communicating your feedback to us is very valuable to the team. We have been reading the ongoing discussions (yes, all of them) on different platforms. In addition to that, in order to give the PT feedback some organization, we ask you to fill this form and provide us with a summary of your PT experience. Your voice is being heard, so please be civil and try to give us your objective and unbiased opinion in the best structure possible!


As we mentioned in the last Discord Q&A session, we never have and never will tolerate cheating. With the upgrade of Realm of the Mad God to Realm Exalt, our ways of tracking cheaters also advanced.

That being said, we want to give you a little more detail on what’s happened in the past few weeks. We now have ways to track which accounts have been using a hacked client to play the newly released Oryx 3 on Flash instead of on Realm Exalt. After an in-depth investigation, we found more than 2000 who took advantage of an external party/hacked client to get access to the Mad God 3.

Each of those accounts was banned, and approximately 150 of those bans were permanent. The difference in our actions depends on a thorough investigation for each of the accounts individually! The results were based, as they have always been, on an account’s history (if you have been banned and for what in the past). That also determines the duration of the ban. Since the amount of accounts is pretty big, it took some time to review each of the said accounts and take the appropriate action.

On the subject of permanent bans, we want to again emphasize that our tracking for cheat detection on Exalt is superior to that of Flash. While we want to continue taking a very firm stance on cheating, we would also like to stress that non-permanent bans do not mean the cheaters are essentially scott-free. Should these accounts have a second violation (which will be noticed very quickly now), more extreme action will be taken since they have already received their warning.

Cheating is a violation of our ToS and we won’t tolerate it. Breaking those terms will get you banned!


And now, something for the immediate future: the September Daily Login and the Discord Events Calendars are here!


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Beta 383:
-Correct clock detection box
-Correct detection of train when hovering over track repair manually

The first part of Episode 1 update with patch and stability correction

I’ve been a level designer at Crowbar Collective since around 2007. My first task after joining was to rework Undertow and bring it up to the standards of other multiplayer maps we had at the time, although that version was never released and was subsequently redone again; it was still a great learning experience. Following after Undertow I started work on the later parts of Unforeseen Consequences (the coolant labs & lower canals sections) & then onto assisting with detailing and level design work on a few parts of Questionable Ethics.

Following the mod release in 2012 I & others set about working through the large number of bug reports we had received and endeavored to resolve all possible combined with making level design & visual improvements where possible. A few old blog posts I wrote regarding the fixing endeavors can be found here & here if you are interested in reading more. I also assisted in detailing & optimization work on the multiplayer map Crossfire.

My primary focus for Xen development was assisting in extra detail work that was needed on the Xen chapter followed by early blockout work and assisting in arting sections of the Gonarch chapter; in particular the headcrab canyon and water cave & assisting in detailing sections of Interloper chapter both interior and exterior.

I’d always enjoyed tinkering with map editors that came with games I played like the Age of Empire series & Red Faction, but I think my interest in modding and then subsequently game development stems from being introduced to Half-Life modding by an old secondary school friend of mine. He was part of a modding community called TWHL (The Whole Half-Life) from there I started to experiment & make levels for various competitions they ran and then onto joining various Half-Life and Half-Life 2 mods before joining Black Mesa.

I don’t think I could point to one specific thing but trying to figure out creative ways to overcome hurdles that are thrown your way due to engine limitations and such has been the general gist of working as a level designer while on Black Mesa.

When the Hammer model viewer would break constantly requiring it to be restarted. But then realizing that I could fix it by simply closing the browser and moving the mouse cursor between the 3D & 2D views to resolve the issue instead of restarting the entire program: that was definitely a boost to my productivity when it came to arting levels and in particular the various parts of Xen.

While I didn’t directly study game design, I did however for Graphic Design & Communication which indirectly helped in regards to composition, lighting & detailing among others for my role as a level designer & environmental arting.

I try to watch streams of Black Mesa when I have the chance, usually lurking, however. They’re a great source of seeing a wide spectrum of people playing your game and seeing if something does or doesn't work to perhaps try and improve it. My particular favorite thing to do is watch people's reactions to seeing parts of Black Mesa for the first time, the reveals of Xen & Gonarch and its subsequent chapter-long battle never get old to see.

Poke 646 is usually one that springs to mind whenever I think of old Half-Life mods that I had a lot of fun playing, But I think special mention should be given to the many multiplayer based mods that I have sunk many hours in to like Day of Defeat, The specialists and in particular Natural Selection which was a personal favorite with its interesting gameplay & setting. In recent years Half-life: Echoes has been a standout, along with Caged, Year Long Alarm & Azure sheep among others.

I will always accept pineapple placed atop a delicious pizza, especially on a sourdough base.

Hello there!

First of all we want to thank you for your attention! We have good news, brand new update is here. This version contains not only balance change, bug fixes and other cosmetic changes, but also new features. It was a great experience to talk to you and get your reactions. We think new update can make gaming experience on red planet MEGALAN 11 more interesting! Here is the list of changes:

• graphic enhancing
  
• more sounds
  
• fauna aggression balance change
  
• repair parts balance change
  
• you can exit to menu
  
• drone companion is added
  
• and other slight tweaks

Thank you for being with us, have a great day!

Hello guys,

more than one year has gone by since we published Scribble It! via the Steam Early Access program on the 26th of july 2019.

It sure has been a wonderful journey with ups, downs and everything in between. We are thankful for all the support we had and continue to have from you guys so thanks a lot! With the upcoming patch 1.0 we are officially leaving Early Access. Looking back at the first playable versions of this game and all the things that have happened since last year sometimes feels a little unreal.

A whole lot of updates, some smaller some bigger, transformed the original ingame UI into what it is today. There is always room for improvement but we sure came a long way.



But not only the way the game looks while playing it changed. Learning how to design accessible and intuitive UI elements is sometimes harder than it might seem and presented a major challenge for us. In July we completely overhauled the way of creating and updating a lobby and that was almost certainly not the last time we changed big UI elements :-P.



Now here comes the big news: Not only will we leave Early Access when releasing the next patch but we will also make a part of the game free-to-play. There will be a free and a full version of Scribble It! in the Steam store, everyone that already owns the game right now automatically owns the full version.

We thought a lot about going this route and while this is a big change we are convinced it will have a positive impact on the game. By taking this step we hope to acquire new players and create a better multiplayer experience for everyone.

Please note that we are very grateful for every single one of you that supported us during the last year and that we will continue to listen to you like we always have!
Detailled information on the free version and when 1.0 is going to be shipped will be released soon.

Cheers,
the devs

Mayhem and Mutiny is back, and Dark Matter has invaded the New Frontier again!

Now that the paradise is the scene of unspeakable sets of Minor and Major Arkfalls. Any sense of the innocence that once marked these lands is gone. In its place the Mutineers have risen to try to fulfill their nefarious duty.

From August 31st to September 28th, this event will be running for four weeks, bringing its top activities from the past!


Mayhem and Mutiny event in Defiance 2050 is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC and brings its themed prototype titled “Eshkizhiwa” that can be obtained from the Paradise Territory Vendor by completing both daily and weekly event contracts. Upon completing event contracts, you will also get rewarded with Purified Gulanite, Reputation and a guaranteed Legendary weapon with Devouring Essence Fusion Set!



During the event take on the Dark Matter remnants by collecting all the Crystals for the potential of the most acknowledged Replication Synergy to confuse your opponents with projected holograms and finish them off with a massive explosion upon death of the holograms.



Strap into your favorite vehicle to hunt out Dark Matter at Major Arkfalls and get the full set of Devouring Essence weapons and mods that will both drop from the Mayhem and Mutiny Caches available from the Ex Inanis vendors and the Defiance 2050 store.

As always get the 50x Mayhem and Mutiny Cache bundle for an extra free Legendary item, or the 100x bundle and get a guaranteed Legendary item AND a Prime Devouring Weapon!



The following weapons types have a chance to be Prime with a perfect condition and fixed weapon bonuses:

• Prime Devouring Slickshot (Full-Auto Pistol Low Tech)
  
• Prime Devouring ESP-1588 Armada (Guided Rocket High Tech)
  
• Prime Devouring Thumper (Auto Detonator Alien)
  
• Prime Devouring NRS-500 Commando (Burst Sub Machine Gun High Tech)
  
• Prime Devouring LM-43 Thunder (Light Machine Gun High Tech)
  
• Prime Devouring Mazu Blast Rifle (Full-Auto Assault Alien)
  
• Prime Devouring Street Sweeper (Combat Shotgun Low Tech)

Finally, to kick off Mutineers with style Defiance 2050 store is offering a time limited Frontier Loyalist Pack!



Pack includes:

• MR-KA “Loyalist” T.I.T.A.N. outfit with headgear
  
• Duni Shetarru Racer “Loyalist” vehicle
  
• “Frontier Loyalist” Title

Now it’s time to get your fellow Ark hunters and gaze into the new challenge to be defeated!

* Frontier Loyalist Pack has wrong description in German and French Defiance 2050 In-game Store.

Biggest update this week is the improvements to the messaging system, now all messages are retained, regular chat is server-wide - and pm's work both offline and within servers! The next step will be to update the https://adventure.land/comm/ so it will become more practical and also be a messaging hub (The typing bubble animation is also live now)

Worked on Steam payment integration, it's theoretically ready now, but practically need to do some more work

Observers now automatically update position, both when you are just observing a server, or when you are observing someone

There's a new experimental escapist monster: Tiny Fairy

After the next update, only merchants will be able to join giveaways, but at the same time, I'll probably make Cyberland hostile for merchants, as more and more things are added, don't want to move merchants dominantly to Cyberland - Also congrats to Kolo on Discord for figuring out what "give" does :)

Alpha v3.0.0831 (hotfix update)

Updates/Changes:
- Nothing new this time!

Bugs Fixed:
- Harpooner damage on Whales miscalculated from other non-Harpooners
- Pirate Demands interaction popup not closing sometimes
- Corpse piles causing errors
- Input at Building delivered with null resource causing errors
- Some cities keep trying to bump into player city
- Filter Station range display bug
+ Removed Martin

I am extremely excited to announce that you can buy and play Oneons right now. After five months of development (three of which were implementing player-requested changes), the game is now released. (Prior releases were only available to Steam Curators.)

This public release also coincides with our v1.4.0 release. As far as 1-3 week releases go, it's a smaller one. The game is polished, complete, (hopefully) bug free, and hopefully many of you will play it and give us your feedback so we can improve it.


This release primarily includes more polish (quality-of-life changes) and bug-fixes. The list includes:

• You can now toggle jumbo images, which is an accessibility feature we restored for low-vision players.
  
• The sidebar now presents your stats (including poison) separate from monster stats and recent events.
  
• Critical warnings are now centered and outlined in black so they're a bit easier to read.
  
• Added a button on the title screen to exit the game
  
• Hitting any key on the title screen no longer launches the game (easy to do by mistake)
  
• Added outlines to the Blastinel sprite so you can see it on dark backgrounds
  
• Fixed a bug where the UI didn't tell you about Cactobite damage when you move
  
• Fixed a bug where Cactobites deal double damage when you attack them
  
• Fixed a bug where the tutorial arrow on the first dungeon didn't appear properly

This wraps up changes based on feedback we've received so far. We're hoping to receive more, so don't be shy with your comments!

I am especially looking forward to hearing your feedback: thoughts, concerns, ideas, etc. We read and process all the information you send us, and a lot of that makes it into future releases. You can find me on Discord or Twitter (@nightblade99).