Thanks for the update, and I hope the Christmas vacation visiting relatives was a good one? --- Shepherds are the best beasts. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 10:46 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Monte Beta 9 status.
> Hello everyone, > Some of you have been asking us about the status of Beta 9 so I have > decided to respond to your questions publically on list so I can > hopefully address most of you if not all of you at once. > Some of you have been asking us when will the next update for > Montezuma's Return be available for paid users. At this point we can't > give a specific date, and time but it should be out in the next too > weeks. We have had some set backs that we have had to cope with that has > set our schedule back a couple of weeks or so. First, I had a serious > system crash on my laptop, which I primarily use for development, and > was forced to reinstall the entire system from scratch. Then, I had to > restore the Montezuma's Return source from backups which was fortunately > only a couple days old. So between those two insodents I lost arounda > week and a half of time. By the time my laptop was back up and running > again it was time to go on Christmas vacation and visit my relatives for > the holidays. So that further set back any kind of release schedule I > may have had. So I don't really expect my daily schedule to get back to > normal until January 2 or so. > Another popular question we have been asked about is weather or not Beta > 9 will have all 11 levels. The answer is no. One of the things we are > working on in Beta 9 that is going to take some time is monster > invincibility. In the classic Montezuma's Revenge game from Parker > Brothers monsters couldn't be killed with a sword after level 6. This > made each level very difficult and very challenging to beat. In addition > the rooms got darker and darker so we have had to upgrade Montezuma's > Revenge quite allot to adapt to the more difficult levels. > Third, many of you have reported to us the issue with the ledges. I can > assure you we are working on the issue, and hope to have it solved in > Beta 9. > Fourth, some of you have reported to us the strange bug where you can > walk over the spikes. We are also working on this bug, and hope to have > it fixed soon. > Fifth, as for the boss we are working on turning the guardian into a > giant firebird, an eagle, based on what Native American documentation we > can find on the subject. While the information isn't specifically Aztec > in origen we know that firebirds, giant eagles, and such played a > dominit roll in many Native American beliefs in South-Western North > America and Central America. > I hope this has answered allot of your questions, and as always I will > report new news when it becomes available. > > Cheers. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
