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I want to read more! You are a great author, and I don't think the number of people willing to sign up for this collab will be average...

Here's the inventory button from the UI Fire219 has been working on: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6532603/BuzzCraft/invbutn.png

Do you like it? Your feedback is greatly appreciated!

Our MMO was the first started, early in 2010. We aren't the first completed MMO, although we aim to be the first made with Scratch 2.0. Also, *brohoof*.

Also, for those who care, here's a link to the beta version of the original BuzzCraft concept thing: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/AwesomeFish/2485571

BuzzCraft will not be built on any of JD1's engines. The old beta I uploaded was partialy created by him, but the final version won't be anything like it. It will hopefully support many players.

We hope to see support integrated in Scratch 2.0, though I doubt it. We haven't thought on it much, but I have basic Java knowledge and should be able to host a server.

Stuff you may want to look at:

An old intro made by Fire219: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/AwesomeFish/2486561
Box art I made a while ago: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6532603/BuzzCraft/box.png
A concept dagger I made: (good thing I'm not working on graphics) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6532603/BuzzCraft/awesome%20dagger.png
Pokemon-style subtitle template I'll be using for the game: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6532603/BuzzCraft/Subtitle%20Template.BMP

Your opinions are greatly appreciated, we'd love to here what you thing we can do to make stuff better. Also, I'm working on redesigning the logo (you can see the old version on the box art image I linked to) right now, and your input is more than welcome! What did you like about the old one? What didn't you like about the old one? How can I improve upon it?

Again, thanks for your input!

fire219 wrote:

bobbybee wrote:

AwesomeFish wrote:

BuzzCraft will not be built on any of JD1's engines. The old beta I uploaded was partialy created by him, but the final version won't be anything like it. It will hopefully support many players.

No, but what will it's server be made in, precisely?

Probably Scratch. Before you start complaining about how it will be slow, it will be in Scratch 2.0, which is A LOT faster than 1.4. In my own tests, 2.0 Prealpha (Scratch Day '11 version) is actually, believe it or not, at least 200x than 1.4.

This assumes 2.0 will have mesh support (the prealpha doesn't). 

I don't think it will--the protocol mesh runs on isn't supported in 2.0.    However, I am making a modification to implement some mesh-like support.

Here's chapter one of the story:

-Chapter One-
You hear a voice coming from an intercom. "Attention staff and students. Sorry for the interuption. There is an intruder in the building, this is a code green. I repeat, this is a code green. Thank you, and have a nice day." "Whaaat? I thought this day couldn't get any worse, but it did. This is a school. Or some giant tortue chamber for bad students. Wait... isn't an intruder alert a code red? Who cares, I should be hiding, there's a code re... green! Er.. I'm the intruder, aren't I?" "Kid, shut up. They'll hear you." I scream and look around. "Who are you? WHERE are you?" "Nice going kid, now we're all gonna die. I'm a misshapen. You're a human, I see. Us misshapen are invisible. Other than our bright orange eyes, which we try to camaflauge. We're alchemests. All of us misshapen. I assume you need a potion. Everyone needs a potion. Just get me the ingredients and I'll make it. By the way, misshapen can sometimes read minds. Only once in a while. I see you could probably use a pygmacon potion. Turns you into one of those pig monsters. You'll be able to sneak around easily, and the ingredients are easier to get than the invisibilty potion's. I warn you though, the potion tastes horrible." You see a scroll lift itself from the floor and unfold beside the floating orange eyes. "A bubbling sapphire mixture. It smells like fruit and dirt, but tastes like vegetables and blood. Well, I wouldn't drink it if I didn't have to, but you obviously do. I'll need the blood of a rat, a petal of a pink flower, and an inch of yarn." [You then must kill a rat in the kitchen, which has been evacuated, take a piece of yarn off the floor in one of the bedrooms, and find a flower in the garden, which somehow grows all it's plants on concrete, without water or sunlight. If you step inside a patrolling guard's sight range, they kill you and you respawn in the armory with the misshapen. After completing the quest, return to the misshapen for a cutscene.] "Good job, now drink up." You drink the potion and cough. "Perfect, you look just like those pigs! Now ask one of those guards for a master key, 'cause you lost yours. Then escape, and run fast, until you find the elves. They have pure white skin and purple hair. They'll probably be practicing their magic somewhere. Tell them you were sent by Skyflame. Good luck!" You run outside and tell a passing guard: "I think I might know where the intruder is, but I lost my master key, can I borrow yours?" "Whatever." You take the key and run outside. And run. And run.

Your feedback is welcome as always!
I'll post the next chapter tomorrow.

Here's chapter 2 of the story:

-Chapter Two-
You keep running, until you run out of breath. "Where am I, anyway? Is this some detention center for these "misshapens"? And if it is, am I even on Earth anymore? Or is it some strange new world, unknown to most humans?" You stop your pondering when you remember you are supposed to still be running. you continue to run for a few minutes, until you see something very strange looking. It has pure white skin, purple hair, and is practicing magic, just as the misshapen you assume is named Skyflame, said. You walk, or float, as these weird pigs seem to do, towards the elf. The elf looks up from its magic-performing, and freaks out as it looks at you. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" You quickly say "Stop screaming! I am not a pig!" It stops screaming, and says "Ah, pygmacon potion." "I think that is what Skyflame said." "Oh, you were brought to me by Skyflame? Grab my arm, I will take us somewhere more private. You grab his arm, and he does some magic, and you are teleported to a small hut. You have to crouch to move around. The elf tells you to sit, but you refuse when you see how small the chair is, saying "Won't the chair break?" "No, I enchanted it with a Undestructablity Charm." You sit down. "I understand you are wondering where you are." "Yes, and I want to know how I can get out." "Oh, this is going to take a while."


"You are in the Realm of the Eight Infernal Fears. It is split into 8 domains, each ruled by a different ruler. When you first entered this land, you were in the Pigman section, the first domain. The pigmen are as evil as they get, and truley, aren't the brightest bulbs of the bunch, if you know what I mean. You are currently in the Elf section, the second domain. We elves are neutral, as in not on the good or bad side. We prefer to stay out of the constant good-and-bad fight here in the Realm, and practice magic instead."

You let all of this soak in, and then say: "Ok, but how do I get out?" The elf replies: "The only way to get out is to join the 8 pieces of the God Medallion. Each part is guarded closely in the center of each 8 domains." "Why haven't the pieces been joined before?" "There is the problem. Each domain's creatures want to be the only ones to get out. They refuse to settle their arguments, and make peace. If you want to get out, you must get the pieces." You say: "Doesn't sound too hard!" "If you think it isn't hard, you have made a big mistake. Along with being guarded by creatures, there is also a Infernal Fear in your way. It might be poison snakes, or some snake guy with a wand. It depends on what you are scared of. But I am getting ahead of myself! Before you can even THINK about getting the God Medallion pieces, you must pick your side. If you pick the good side, I will take you to the Dragonling domain. If you pick evil, the Evil Creatures domain. Make your pick."

As always, we'd love to hear what you think of the story so far! Chapter 3 splits off into an evil version and a good version. tomorrow I'll post the good version. That'll be the last chapter for a while, as it's the last we have written.

BuzzCraft Progress Report
-04/23/12-

Fish: Subtitles, logo, main menu, music, story
Fire219: Assorted graphics, music, sound effects, story
Soft319: Item Graphics, main menu

Subtitles: 5%
Logo: 70%
Main Menu: 0%
Music: 10%
Story: 70%
Item graphics: 0%
People and creature graphics: 0%
User interface: 10%
Code: 0%

Stuff done today:
Not much, just a rough UI layout concept I made: http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/1309/extremelyroughuilayoutc.png

That concludes today's progress report. Your feedback is greatly appreciated!

I like the logo. Although the sub-title is rather hard to read. Maybe have the flames come out of the text, not in the text itself.

Much better.