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Voting closed: August 27, 2013, 04:11:25 pm

[Sappho]

I'm working on a StoryNexus game based on DF. Others have talked about trying it before, but I just sort of went ahead and did it. Progress is slow while I learn the system, but it should speed up. Right now I want to do it all myself, as I have a very clear idea of how I want it to work for now, but once I've implemented everything important, I'll probably invite a couple of others to help me develop it.

Riddlerocks

Right now you can't do very much. I have completed character creation. You can enter a few different areas and perform a few simple tasks to increase your skills. You can also come down with a particular affliction, and there is a way to reduce it. So far it doesn't do anything, but it certainly will in the future.

I will keep adding content pretty regularly, and I'll announce on here when it's ready. For now I really need some playtesters to go through and check it for functionality. If anyone finds any spelling/grammar/continuity errors or other mistakes, please let me know.

Eventually I might make this game for-profit. This would be a long ways down the road, but it's a possibility. If that ever happens, however, I will pledge to donate a large percentage to Toady each month, since the ideas generally come from his game. (I'll make sure to get permission from him first if I ever decide to do that.)

So go, try it out, leave feedback here! Thanks!

[Sappho]

This post will contain a list of updates as they are ready.

Spoiler: August 2013 (click to show/hide)

3.8.13:
-Released game for playtesting.
-Added a few production order cards to the workshop area with a couple of options and a new skill.

4.8.13
-Fixed bug with psychologist card.
-Added card: A kobold!
-Fixed bug with new male players not getting their beards.
-Added hunt card outside
-Added a card to rest in your bedroom (chance of healing injuries)

11.8.13
-Added 3 new cards to do with fighting and joining the fortress guard

23.8.13
-Added area: Quarantine Zone (containment area for non-testers)
-Fixed problem with cards staying in your hand when you leave the proper area
-Added area: The Cells (punishment area for troublemakers)

25.8.13
-Added area: Intensive Care Ward (Injured treatment zone)
-Added reset button (in your room) for testers

26.8.13
-Expanded Intensive Care Ward area (possibilities cards added)

27.8.13
-Completed Intensive Care Ward area for now (possibilities cards added)
-Added possible way to reduce troublemaker at the captain of the guard's office.

Spoiler: September 2013 (click to show/hide)

1.9.13
-Renamed “crafter” to “stonecrafter” to prevent confusion.

2.9.13
-Added “fight in the dining hall” card
-Changed Member of the Guard to have ranks
-Major background administrative organizational work

28.9.13
-Added “chef” skill and related card in workshops
-Added “cater a party” card in residential area
-Added “cook a meal” option in your room to reduce injuries as low as 3
-Added hospital card in the residential area where wounds can be treated and doctor skill practiced
-Added Chief Medical Dwarf’s office in the administrative offices
-Tidied up “your room” to hide options you can’t use
-Added “fighter” skill and changed several older cards to use it instead of violence
-“Go Hunting” card outside modified to actually use hunting skill
-Added new area: The mines and new job: Miner
-Added “Share a meal” card in residential area
-Added RNG card “a hauler stops you in the hallway”

29.9.13
-Added card “there’s been a cave-in” to the mines
-Added card “repair damaged mining equipment” to the mines
-Added card “a giant cave spider” to the mines
-Added card “there’s been a theft” to outside
-Added card “gather wild plants” to outside
-Added “training” card (RNG) for guards
-Added card “join a reconstruction project” to workshops
-Added two higher-level production order cards to workshops
-Renamed “Violence” to “Force”

[Vattic]

Looks interesting. Spent a load of actions only to get some kind of bug (Here's a screenshot). Any idea how to get around it?

[Sappho]

Hm... Never seen anything like that. Did you try reloading the page, or logging out and back in? What were you doing when it happened?

[Vattic]

I've tried reloading, clearing cache, and logging in and out. I can't remember exactly what I clicked, but it was a normal part of the interface.

[Anvilfolk]

Same thing for me, after trying "go to the psychologist". It just showed me a lot of code-like text (no webpage, just pure text), and now it's stuck loading!

Unfortunately, it was only my second action, but at least I found a room previously, even though I had only 60% chance of getting it!

[Sappho]

OK, I'll have a look at the psychologist and try to figure out what's wrong. If you send me your character names I can reset you. If I don't figure out what the problem is, I'll contact StoryNexus support, might be something wrong on their end.

EDIT: Okay, yup, it just happened to me too. I don't see anything unusual in the storylet so I'll send a message to support and hope they can fix it or tell me what I did wrong. For now, please send me your character names, I'll re-set you to the start of the game, and avoid the psychologist card until it's fixed.

EDIT2: GAH, I can't even reset it. There's something totally broken in the system. We'll just have to wait until I get a response from support. Sorry about this, guys. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

[Vattic]

I've the same name in game as on here.

[Sappho]

OK, so I can't fix this even by resetting all the characters, so something must be really broken. I've sent the support people an email explaining the situation. I think they're generally pretty helpful and friendly, so hopefully it will be sorted out soon. Unfortunately I am not able to reset anyone's characters - I can't even reset my own character to test the game. Something is just totally messed up. So we'll just have to be patient for now.

What would be really helpful would be if someone can go into the game with a new character, do NOT click on the psychologist card, and see if any of the other cards cause the crash. There are cards in the workshop area, Production Order cards, which are similar in structure to the psych card. If someone could just try those and see if they work ok, it would help a lot.

Thanks guys. Apologies again for the crash. I'll let everyone know when it's working again.

EDIT: It will also be helpful if you can tell me what browsers and versions you are using. The automated support email requests this information in addition to what I sent. Also, if you can tell me approximately what time it happened and what time zone you're in, they also ask for that. Thanks again for the help!

[Anvilfolk]

I'm GMT +0:00, using Chrome Version 28.0.1500.95 m, username Anvilfolk, and it happened exactly when I posted it

[Vattic]

It happened around 4pm GTM and I'm using Firefox 22.0.

Oh and I'm almost certain it was the psychologists card that caused this for me too.

For whatever reason it just seemed to load correctly. Gave me a big play button to click, but this took me back to the screen filled with text and now it's giving me the "Loading..." screen.

Spoiler: contents of the text filled screen (click to show/hide)

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[Sappho]

Yup, I've got the same string of code and "loading" bug. I've sent the extra information to the support address, thanks. Still no response from them but I suppose they might not work on the weekends. Which is a huge bummer because I was planning on spending most of the weekend adding content. I'm certainly not going to work on it when I don't know what's wrong or what they'll have to do to fix it, and anyway I can't test it before releasing it.

This is really pretty frustrating. I'm proud of the bit of progress I've made so far and was really motivated to add more. I hope they fix it soon. I suppose for now I will just type out some notes in a word doc that I can copy and paste into the game creator once it's working again, since writing the descriptions is what takes most of the time.

[Sappho]

AHA! I have discovered the problem, and it is VERY embarrassing. In the manual for the editor it states very clearly that the game engine is very sensitive to formatting tags (html ones like em for italics) and if you forget to close them, it can cause crazy problems.

Well... I seem to have forgotten to close a tag. I just fixed it, and the game seems to be working fine. Lesson learned! The game is working fine now! Everyone feel free to log back in and continue to play, and I'll get back to adding more content.

[Vattic]

Glad to see it fixed.

[Anvilfolk]

Just finished the psychologist visit, and got:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Well, that does feel better. Your time is up, it seems. You wipe the unexpected tears from your face and take a deep breath. Time to face the world with a clean .

So there's a typo at the end!