Hi all!
Despite my huge bouts of procrastination these days, I managed to add two fresh projects. :)
Much info about them is still lacking, but hopefully that’ll be added soon :).
Feel free to check them out (and their sites!).
On a side-note, as the amount of functionality is slowly increasing due to Ty’s hard work, I think it’s a good time to allow others access to the newsposting pages as well :). If any of the project people would like access as a news poster to the main site, please tell me on the Shining Source Discussion Forum, and I’ll add & inform you :).
It’s not proper, SF-related news because, to be honest, there isn’t much of that about at the minute. What it is is a fantastically entertaining piece of music, co-written by myself and Edgey from the forums. It’s the theme tune to a brand new superhero, Beeman! Download it here, and let us know what you think right here.
Enjoy the song!
Of course all the project stuff is nice, but I almost forgot about the very most important revelation of the past weeks!
Edgemaster discovered our long lost bouncy ball in a distant galaxy several light years away using exceedingly advanced technology.
Click here to see the bouncy ball in its natural habitat :P
IkitClaw released v1.3 to the Tatakai beta testers. Here’s the accompanying message. :)
Tatakai test release v1.3 has just been uploaded and testers have been notified.
Amongst other things, the new Tatakai has :
- experience for friendly magic – an overlooked feature has been added
- attack action always default selection – avoids accidental stay orders
- individual hero, monster and item SFX
- more flexible image definitions
- introduced town files making each town specific
- variable levels of monster AI
The structure of the resource files has been reworked, and individual town files have been added. I’m currently working on a richer town customisation, allowing shop stock to be set, and eventually have town walkabouts too !
Issues concerning display settings and changes still persist – I need to learn more about the variations behind DirectDraw…
If you want access to the beta as well, feel free to check out the Project page for more info :).
Edit: The Tatakai site has had an update as well. Feel free to check it out at http://kyonshi.co.uk/tatakai/
Hello, Ty here.
Just uploaded a semi-major update to the site. Most of the update is behind the scenes (much like all my work), so you probably won’t notice much.
There will probably be a few broken links hanging around, most likely with images not displaying. Sorry for this, but I haven’t really had time to do fancy buttons and icons yet.
Chances are you’ll notice the little 
buttons all over the site. If you’re new to RSS Feeds, there’s plenty of places to find information about them. The feeds mean you can have our news on your site (with a little programming), as well as get news delivered straight to a n RSS news reader. Smart.
I go on holiday for 2 weeks tomorrow, so don’t expect anything from me. I apologise in advance for anything wrong with the site, but I will endeavour to fix it when I get back.
Cheerio!
