Legate of Mineta Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Something strange is going on with the forum, I'm thinking. Had to access it a different way, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronikai Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 I haven't been able to post anything for a while as well. Here's to hoping this one goes through *fingers crossed* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 Well, I see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Any updates on the greenlight trailer or will this even put behind the regular updates of VB after the Kickstarter is over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Nope, will get started next week, or the week after, I believe. No more trailers to be produced for Belles for a little while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 How many adventure and new background do DLC 17 have already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 IIRC there won't be new backgrounds, because it'd create too much work to account for it in Y2. Adventures, though? Pretty sure at least a half-dozen have been posted/send in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Schwarzbart; I don't think they've done a formal account, but yeah...with the player created ones, and the team created ones...it's got to be easily over 10-15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 That many? Yikes. Watch Avila go from having the least exclusive adventures to having the most overnight. At least I remembered to toss a bone Aranaz' way, so the next in line for last place won't get completely ignored... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 @Metis how many of this adventures are from you? I think I probably in it with one and 2 background unless they did take over the unfinished adventure from me as the Legate mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 I can't really say, since I don't know which adventures actually made the cut. At least a few, though...I hope... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 1) The core Team is pretty stable- we've been together since 2005. We constantly work with contractors and new artists that we meet, however.Was there a project prior to Academagia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 Schwarzbart; Yep! As you know, we also do some 3rd party software. And, there are one or two Special Projects which predate even the Academagia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 No, I don't know about the 3rd party software or I wouldn't ask ^^. Can you share some of this 3rd party work you did before as BCS or are they all under a NDA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 Schwarzbart; NDA, unfortunately but still in games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 An Omni question. This is a big one that I've been mulling over for a long time and I need to air it out. I keep envisioning a sort of chart that looks like a 7 pointed star. Each point represents a pillar and representations of its phemes can be pinned to it. In the center, and in the spaces adjacent to the points of the stars are magic territories that belong to blended magic. By using Astrology to put phemes in their ideal location on this chart, one can then tie a string between any two of them and on various determined points along that path, if you're good you could determine subsidiary phemes related to those two based on phemes located near the string's path. You could rearrange the pillars in any order you wished so that any two pillars could be next to each other to focus on the relationship between the two (say, Gates&Revision) because the area between points is larger and thus can derive more accurate results without other magic getting in the way. What kind of chart would you call this? And does this sound feasible? If this idea is workable, then this will be the focus of potential omni stories, and I would like the Team's input if it is something that may have been tried in the past and if people go insane trying to put the pieces together, etc, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Free; It's feasible, as long as you could re-arrange the Pillars. The use of Astrology here is inspired. As to what it would be called...some kind of affinity map, maybe? There are too many Phemes for a mage to have undertaken a comprehensive study like this, but like Tycho Brahe in his observatory, perhaps only the foundation is needed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Hmm. Interesting... I really like the sound of "Affinity Map" so I think I will call it as such. I would expect that the main limiting factor in this sort of endeavor would be the wizard's own knowledge of phemes. Also, I would expect that due to the number of phemes involved, you would also need a space at least the size of a large classroom to do it justice. Still, a full comprehensive study would not be in the scope of a Y2 adventure. (It is an idea for a Y5 final project though, nya hahah!) For Y2, I would think merely pinning the Y1 Phemes my character knows would be sufficient to show a proof of concept to others. Something on the size of a large game board or such. That version would have to be dumbed-down sans Mastery and Gates but it would still be pretty impressive. Less work too. Though I suppose you could work on that on the sly... What would be the reaction to even a utterly simplified Y1 Affinity Map like I've described if I showed it around? Would there be enough positive feedback to warrant the effort to continue? I'm merely trying to gauge whether building such a thing would even really be possible to do given that this is primarily an omni mage issue and I know it will be difficult to have the time to do that properly while at the Academagia or, more likely, anything more than a simplified effort would have to wait until after graduation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Free; I think the reactions would be mixed- some Instructors would positively encourage you. Others would think it a waste of time and resources. ...others would like to steal it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 And let me guess, those categories are not mutually exclusive, haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 4, 2016 Report Share Posted June 4, 2016 Free; Definitely not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 For the year 2 start can we balance a bad score (<5) in a skill our parents expected us to learn in Y1 with a good (8-10)/ great (11+) score in a other skill they expect us to have learned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Schwarzbart; That depends on the Parents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 Wait, when was that said? While logical, If parents really wanted their kids to learn stuff, they should have made a lasting impression for when the kid arrived at the beginning of Y1, no? (Though I expect that mostly only matters for the wealthy noble parents, and a few specific instances. in which case I don't care.) Humorously I wonder what my char's parents of the traitor background would say to the thought that their child knows and might someday associate their name with Mastery and Gates, too. heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted June 5, 2016 Report Share Posted June 5, 2016 1) What background (combination) make the player one of the few that get a stipend? 2) What is the requirement to keep the stipend for year 2 also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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