Posts made by Taika

@Cobaltasaurus There's a bunch of things, I think that need looked at or fiddled, or I need a walkthrough of how to add things myself (for adding in Hurt Locker equip / merits). Iirc, there was trouble with adding gear, temprooms need added, etc. Job 1 has an old working list of things to do, bb1 has the code updates from back when, or bugs we found.

At some point I'll need boon tracking/trading code and territory tracking code. I've settled on something that players can 'play' that'll be similar to settlers of catan (I trade 3 wood for 2 sheep, so I can upgrade this stat). And I know I want blood pools tied to population, because limited blood makes territory valuable.

Just need a hand figuring out the mechanics for it XD Cause I suck with mechanics and breaking/fixing the number crunchy bits.

If anyone wants to swing by, chat, lend a hand, idea bounce I would love any of the above. ^.^

ETA: Also need to start building theeeme. If my vampy person doesn't kick in soon, just gonna start making it so it gets done

Alrighty. Proof of progress!

Got a couple of rooms desc'd up. Added a waste water plant, a power plant, have a library, science center, and a couple of other places of interest. Running out of ideas for neat things to toss on the grid as I'm digging and brainstorming. Suggestions would be welcome!

Started adding the grid spaces to the wiki, with an overview desc and a list of the places of interest within. It ain't pretty, but it's there!

No force! Just a way to reach me if I don't happen to be on when others might be looking to chat or get something done. I'm more than happy to pop on, unless I'm driving or sleeping Working on descing and generating plot ideas at the moment.

Alright, it's the 2nd, time to get shit moving again. Also, skype sucks, so I'm giving Discord a whirl. Username is Pestilence#7260 :3

Get back to chugging along on TDM after the holidays. I was eaten by babysitting (not doing that anymore - lil brats wouldn't stop biting my kid >.<), getting sick, vending and the like. Post-holidays my schedule is considerably freed up to get back to world building :3

I'd like to learn more MUX code, but I'm afraid wiki is beyond me.

Yeah, I suck. I didn't even realize how long I ghosted for - that's how crazy things have been @.o

My phone doesn't always ping on it, but my Skype is taikaovtings if you want to poke at me or if I lose track of days again like a goober.

Gah, I got eated by the dread Arr of Ell. I thought I was ready for holiday vending, but no, no I wasn't. And the vendor crud that laid us all out for two weeks. With 2 more weekends of vending and a 6 hour road trip ahead of me for the holidays, I'm probably going to continue to be a bit awol until after the 1st of the year. Just a heads up, we're not dead, just slow for the holidays.

@surreality Go check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NazOQsPlyOE These are something that have been huge on the fb groups I follow, and they are -gorgeous-. Google images has a ton of them. They make my color loving heart pitter-patter.

@surreality - I've been eyeing an anodizer and a jewelry welder. Just too far out of reach. I'd love to custom anodize some titanium and niobium scales and rings. I saw a dice bag someone did that was anodized as one piece, so the color fade was just gorgeous. So much envy for being able to do that.

@Ganymede - With all the shit on your plate right now? Don't worry about it. For reals. You have an insane job and kiddos, and a sick lady to tend to.

Unless it helps you get a mental breather, then go for it. But: you're not allowed to feel bad or guilty. stern face

@surreality - So much this. Naming is easy, since it's 'this weave in these colors and this size'. Or like 'Rarity Themed (weave) in (size)' with drop downs for different lengths.

The lightbox I have I paid like 6 bucks for on Ebay. It's flexible plastic and uses magnets to hold it together, otherwise, it folds flat. I have the same issue with space, because toddler (plus babysitting 2 more, cause I'm not nuts enough!), and my entire workspace is a 2'x6' folding table stuffed in my bedroom and, thus, collects all the other crap that tends to pile up on flat surfaces.

I have trouble talking a piece up, too. I'm like: it's shiny, and sturdy, and shiny, guys, buy it! I feel SO WEIRD trying to tell people this thing is amazing and perfect.

Even my booth is really simple, flat surface, couple little boxes to plop hacky sacks and flask on, two bracelet bars, and a turny thing with faerie bottle necklaces my oldest makes (trying to teach her about money early).

I just don't have a head, at all, for what is attractive. I look at etsy shops and scoff. I don't care about the background or the driftwood, I want to see the piece, not fancy things for, effectively, curb-appeal. XD

I have a small 1 cu. ft. light box, my problem is finding cool things to drape stuff on. Like oh: there it is, it's a bracelet, it's shiny. Here's a, uh, a rock! Yes, with the bracelet. Oooh, a bracelet holder... with the same damned bracelet... And of course, I'm sure I get 'marked down' for using the same 2-3 props, but for realz, changing the prop doesn't change the product and warglebargle. If I had the cash I would just pay someone to do the photos for me and never look back, since it's all items I can make again.

Started a google doc to begin the process of working out a Settlers of Catan-like territory system.

I have a couple of goals: I want to keep it simple, or at least easy in the sense of 'oh that makes sense and is easy to remember/reference with a wiki chart'. I want to keep it off of pc's sheets. It's a lot harder to min-max for a system when it never involves a +sheet.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZmCgVVuuWb0Mj41qoZWFOaoOd9rZvC-nwFMHxn_9GIE/edit

I have editing turned off, but commenting is on. I'm definitely open to suggestions.

On a side note, we have altered the xp cap to 75 from the daily payouts, to keep prps rolling after folks hit that mark. 75xp is still plenty to make a well rounded or a pretty sharp sheet with, in 2.0.

@surreality Do you have a website? I want to see the awesome things :3 But also need some inspiration motivation to get my shit up on my shopify. In two months I have managed to get seven things out of over a hundred posted and I just dread it. I hate taking pictures, I hate writing the descriptions. I just want to make things and have them magically disappear and leave money in their place >.<

The wiki has pictures! Wooo! Not much else, yet, but I have a gentleman working on getting the bones built for templates and formatting. I can fill in blanks readily enough, once I have forms for them.

thedescentmux.com

I do not. I've finally got a good idea in my head of what the landscape is looking like, and getting the grid built up and desc'd. Next step, for me, is finding a wiki guru to help set up the bones and templates, and working on some npc's and defining the territories more. IE: the worst of the worst live in St. Louis proper, and the zoo is in Clayton (a dangerous zone often avoided), the marketplace is in Normandy, etc.

I am not real rulesy, so a lot of the BL's and such are being run through Death and Famine (Famine being crazy busy).

I'm working on building up story ideas and hot spots for rp and prps. (I made a spot for river pirates. PIRATES!)

Most of the code is in and working, just needs some fine tuning (like the +map works and has the right map, but doesn't track locations, yet). Sort of waiting on feedback from my rulesy folks before having an idea of how much cgen stuff needs to be tweaked.

After what took way too long (cause I'm dumb XD) we have guest logins working on TDM again. CGen is closed, etc, but if anyone is interested in popping by and hanging out, the addy is 104.131.108.211 2860.

I'd come play, but I can't seem to hold a connection, even with a 5 minute client timer and keepalive set. It idles me out or dc's every minute or so, sometimes sooner.

I'm not sure, @Royal, I wasn't handling the MC's. But now I have another thing to add to my to-do list XD

It hadn't come up, to be honest. I left Gany's old pc and one other. In case Darwin wanted to come and hang out while we renovate the joint. (I like having a few extra folks hanging out for bouncing ideas off of.)

As far as I'm concerned, if Gany would like a staffy bit, she can have a staffy bit. There's no pressure or obligation - the help is appreciated either way :3