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7. Thermin (Assist art on being complete)
7. Thermin (Assist art on being complete)


===Clean Up===
===Promotions: Peak 200 by 2015 Initiative===
In addition to development projects, there is the promotions initiative I am attempting to both flesh out and participate in the execution of. Right now we are merely in the brainstorm phase of understanding what we want to do with promotions, my ideas have several points that ultimately hope to lead to: a larger number of content contributions, a larger more permanent development team and a larger player base.


For the clean up, we can add all weapons and their power level that are to be released over the next year. This would include weapons that use the new frames as well as weapons that use the old.
My main goal is to move forward the "Peak 200 by 2015" initiative. This promotional attempt is to find whatever ways possible to drive the number of players on the official server to peak at over 200 real players. I feel to accomplish this task, we may need to:


Short Sword, Rapier, Nunchuks, Slingshot, Halberd
* Invite volunteers from The Mana World's larger community to participate in the growth of the promotions initiative.


Clean up Priority List:
* More strongly define guilds and attempt to provide stronger assistance to the creation of guilds, including contributor participation in guilds and/or the guild as a content contribution team. In the past up to today, TMW guilds have a tendency to include developers and we should attempt to encourage this behavior within guilds and guild members.


1. Add equipment frames to expanded player sprite.
* Make a database of all media about The Mana World on the wiki.


2. Make weapons to go with new equipment frames.
* Create a "Look Who's Talking About Us" wiki page with links to a large variety of reviews and youtube videos featuring The Mana World. Should include not just a link, but a description of what is included in the video to encourage viewing.


3. Gather all weapon sprites that are release candidates [RC] and prepare them for addition.
* Shut down all old media The Mana World made from before this initiative and create, if possible, a new replacement description. Attempt to make any new descriptions, including user names and passwords, controlled by TMWC so updates can occur more easily. The promotions team would have access to these user names and passwords on an individual use basis.


4. Fix and experiment with shields, adding if they work well enough.
* Find out how to incorporate The Mana World as a non-profit and create advertising banners to be placed at approved locations, paid for by donations collected by a TMWC approved Treasurer.


====Player Sprite Equipment Fixes====
* Continue steady content updates and add updates about what is going on to the forums to encourage use on the forums. Keep regular wiki updates. Active forums and wiki reflect the activity in the game, though they aren't necessarily the same, they are a way to show the curious that we are both worth playing and contributing to.
'''Chest'''


(*) Assassin Female
* Attempt to create a promotional alliance with: Aethyra, Whispers of Avalon, Evol Online, Manaplus, Manasource, Invertika and Source of Tales. Find ways to combine promotional efforts to include these other games, to show that we exist in not just a community of players, nor just a community of developers, but also a community of games. We *are* free 2D MMORPGs. We all want help with development. We all want to be played and all share some link to The Mana World. By showing a community of games, I believe a higher overall potential to generate contributions will occur for all games.
 
(*) Assassin Male
 
(*) Bromenal Female
 
(*) Bromenal Male
 
(*) Chainmail Female
 
(*) Chainmail Male
 
(*) Cotton Female
 
(*) Cotton Male
 
(*) Fine Dress Female
 
(*) Fine Dress Male
 
(*) Forest Armor Female
 
(*) Forest Armor Male
 
(*) Leather Female
 
(*) Leather Male
 
(*) Light Platemail Female
 
(*) Light Platemail Male
 
(*) Robe Female
 
(*) Robe Male
 
(*) Short Tanktop Female
 
(*) Short Tanktop Male
 
(*) Sorcerer Robe Female
 
(*) Sorcerer Robe Male
 
(*) Tank Top Female
 
(*) Tank Top Male
 
(*) Terranite Female
 
(*) Terranite Male
 
(*) Tneck Sweater Female
 
(*) Tneck Sweater Male
 
(*) Valentine Dress
 
(*) Vneck Sweater Female
 
(*) Vneck Sweater Male
 
(*) Warlord Plate Female
 
(*) Warlord Plate Male
 
'''Feet''' [[User:Wushin]] (Complete)
 
(X) Assassin Female
 
(X) Assassin Male
 
(X) Boots Female
 
(X) Boots Male
 
(X) Bromenal Female
 
(X) Bromenal Male
 
(X) Fur Boots Female
 
(X) Fur Boots Male
 
(X) Warlord Female
 
(X) Warlord Male
 
'''Hands''' [[User:Strealyn]]
 
(X) Assassin Female
 
(X) Assassin Male
 
(X) Bromenal Female
 
(X) Bromenal Male
 
(*) Generic Female
 
(*) Generic Male
 
'''Legs''' [[User:Wushin]]
 
(*) Assassin Female
 
(*) Assassin Male
 
(*) Bromenal Female
 
(*) Bromenal Male
 
(*) Chaps Female
 
(*) Chaps Male
 
(*) Mini-Skirt Female
 
(*) Mini-Skirt Male
 
(*) Pants Female
 
(*) Pants Male
 
(*) Shorts Female
 
(*) Shorts Male
 
(X) Skirt Female (Skirt needs a male and Female version for 1.5)
 
(*) Skirt Male (Skirt needs a male and Female version for 1.5)
 
(X) Terranite Female
 
(*) Terranite Male


===See Also===
===See Also===


* [[User:Wombat/Old_Pages]]
* [[User:Wombat/Old_Pages]]

Revision as of 17:35, 5 August 2013


What I'm working on and will be working on:

1. Clean up (Add frames to equipment to include new attack forms, new weapons for new attack forms)

2. Tonori Expansion (Ghost monster, some equipment, NPC poses and accessories)

3. Crypt (XML animation testing, submitting to git)

4. Argaes Expansion - Trade City and Lumber Camp (Tileset development, new monsters)

5. Balance (Help establish game balance)

6. Barbarian Village (Assist art on being complete)

7. Thermin (Assist art on being complete)

Promotions: Peak 200 by 2015 Initiative

In addition to development projects, there is the promotions initiative I am attempting to both flesh out and participate in the execution of. Right now we are merely in the brainstorm phase of understanding what we want to do with promotions, my ideas have several points that ultimately hope to lead to: a larger number of content contributions, a larger more permanent development team and a larger player base.

My main goal is to move forward the "Peak 200 by 2015" initiative. This promotional attempt is to find whatever ways possible to drive the number of players on the official server to peak at over 200 real players. I feel to accomplish this task, we may need to:

  • Invite volunteers from The Mana World's larger community to participate in the growth of the promotions initiative.
  • More strongly define guilds and attempt to provide stronger assistance to the creation of guilds, including contributor participation in guilds and/or the guild as a content contribution team. In the past up to today, TMW guilds have a tendency to include developers and we should attempt to encourage this behavior within guilds and guild members.
  • Make a database of all media about The Mana World on the wiki.
  • Create a "Look Who's Talking About Us" wiki page with links to a large variety of reviews and youtube videos featuring The Mana World. Should include not just a link, but a description of what is included in the video to encourage viewing.
  • Shut down all old media The Mana World made from before this initiative and create, if possible, a new replacement description. Attempt to make any new descriptions, including user names and passwords, controlled by TMWC so updates can occur more easily. The promotions team would have access to these user names and passwords on an individual use basis.
  • Find out how to incorporate The Mana World as a non-profit and create advertising banners to be placed at approved locations, paid for by donations collected by a TMWC approved Treasurer.
  • Continue steady content updates and add updates about what is going on to the forums to encourage use on the forums. Keep regular wiki updates. Active forums and wiki reflect the activity in the game, though they aren't necessarily the same, they are a way to show the curious that we are both worth playing and contributing to.
  • Attempt to create a promotional alliance with: Aethyra, Whispers of Avalon, Evol Online, Manaplus, Manasource, Invertika and Source of Tales. Find ways to combine promotional efforts to include these other games, to show that we exist in not just a community of players, nor just a community of developers, but also a community of games. We *are* free 2D MMORPGs. We all want help with development. We all want to be played and all share some link to The Mana World. By showing a community of games, I believe a higher overall potential to generate contributions will occur for all games.

See Also