Essence merger - Complete!
Essence's merge with OGCore has been complete!
You can find all the information and downloads to Essence in the new Essence sub-forum.
http://forums.onlinegamecore.com/viewforum.php?f=51
Yours,
Robin
Posted by: Robin on November 02, 2008 - 4:45:40 PM - EST (0 comments)
What Are You Doing?
What are you doing at OGC?
I know I haven't been too active as of late, but I'd love to know where people want us to head. Let us know. What are you doing? How is it going? Are you looking forward to anything? Wanting something more? Let us know!
Posted by: James on October 27, 2008 - 1:10:36 AM - EDT (17 comments)
Stolen work.
If you find these anywhere:
http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/i ... #msg272308
Make sure you tell everyone that they can't be freely used.
Someone stole them from Mithlomion's game Megalith.
If I find anyone using them, I'll ban you from all the communities that I have power on, which is a large portion of these sites, and get in touch with the administrators of the others to make sure you're never allowed to make a mirage-based community again.
Thanks,
Robin.
Posted by: Robin on August 10, 2008 - 12:03:34 PM - EDT (15 comments)
Mantis
If you aren't aware of it, please read the announcement.
Get on Mantis and register.
http://mantis.onlinegamecore.com
Mantis is a bug reporting program so we can keep track of problems that we need to fix.
Posted by: GIAKEN on July 14, 2008 - 4:17:01 PM - EDT (5 comments)
Website and Recap
Let me start off by letting everyone know that our website is finally online with a great theme by Nex (Nex666). It will serve us well! Also, nifty forum integration was added by Liz. Very sexy. Now, let me recap the last few days, as many of you still may not be sure what is going on.
Many of you, in fact all of you, should know that both Elysium and Playerworlds have been dieing for quite some time. Community inactivity and general lackluster tones have plagued them both. After realizing this, Liz and I came up with a radical solution that would hopefully spark both communities into new life; we would merge them. The solution was a gamble, but it seemed to be the best option.
Liz, Giaken, and myself met and came up with a name, a name which wouldn't bring about the cliche of "ORPG" which has become a bit plain, but would describe the intent of our community. Online Game Core fit the bill. All of the projects we hoped to support were core instruments for designing online games, which could become ORPGs, but are not inherently at the start. The project began, and a domain was purchased.
After that, we began the transfer of users from both the Elysium and Playerworlds databases. This took awhile, but with Cruzn's help, Liz pulled it off. We deleted users who had no posts, as they are apparently inactive, and finally set up the boards here. Afterward, we announced ourselves to both communities.
It seemed to be going smoothly, but Joost, owner of elysiumsource.net, regretted his decision to give the domain to Liz, and demanded it back or he would sue. Though Joost did not have any case against him, Liz returned the domain, and agreed to "not support Elysium." It is the general concensus that Elysium will surely die because of this, though it is only speculation.
As such, Elysium Diamond will be discontinued here, and it's replacement, Asphodel Source, which is to be closely related to Elysium, shall take its place, as long as Eyns which is still in production.
We also began talks with Robin, owner of Essence, to discuss it becoming part of the OGCore Family, and these discussions are still being had. The end of that road is uncertain as of now, but it is looking promising.
So in conclusion, OGCore is not a replacement for Playerworlds, Elysium, or anything else. It is a home for a family of related projects which all provide a core, whether it be closed or open source, to making online games. We hope that this new community can help itself grow and prosper, and help all of the software reach new heights and prosperity. Please help us, the administration, in making this dream possible. Welcome, to the online Game Core!
Posted by: James on July 07, 2008 - 4:22:24 AM - EDT (2 comments)