Path of the Vampire forum

This sticky will be used to keep people notified of where we are with current updates, and what we are currently working on right now. The idea is to give players a sense of how far along we are with things, and to show people that we are indeed working on stuff behind the scenes which take a long time to pull off in between bug fixing and responding to correspondence.

The first post in this thread will keep people updated with the list of current projects and their estimated completion rate, and subsequent replies will update everyone on more detailed progress as we go

Current Projects

Development Team
New chapter (50% complete)
Enchanting (10% complete)

David
Patching up server migration related issues / bugs (80% complete)

Josh
New Hunting Area [Player Preference for September] (95% complete)

Small progress report from me today regarding migration-related bug fixes: I've fallen behind a bit, but I've been trying to tackle a few important and tricky to fix bugs. Such bugs tend to take up half a day at times, when I find myself unable to find the issue responsible. Today I'm working through some of the most urgent ones.

Just so people are aware - I'm going to be working on bug fixing once I've caught up on my current task list which includes:

• Finishing up the reunification
  • Which mostly just entails tidying up loose ends on Blood. There's a post about it here
• Finishing making the PurpleGoth skin mobile friendly/responsive (it's most of the way there, I just need to make some cosmetic changes).
• Finishing restoring the wiki aesthetics (which is also mostly done).

Then of course I'll be devoting my time to:

• Completing Chapter 8's prep work
• Tackling bugs
• Whatever wins the vote here (Don't forget to vote!)

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Also, related:

I have updated this thread, which shows some of our long term plans. Anything you guys suggest which gets high votes (but does not win) will be added to the list as well so that you guys have a quick reference sheet every time one of the votes rolls around.

Got tons done with the reunification today. All that's left for it really is:

• Territory redistribution
• Lair ownership transfers (if the previous owners are interested, obviously).

Of course, people are still free to continue turning in transfer requests for characters/lairs/etc. But I'll be mostly considering this concluded by mid-way through September.

Territories have been redistributed on Blood - I'm still accepting character transfers from Blood to Path, as well as lair transfers on Blood (see that forum for details). Otherwise, I'm going to be calling the majority of the reunification process complete.

This means my primary project right now is creating the new hunting/training/npc area per the player preference for September. Expect more on that tomorrow!

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Currently working on the September player preference request - just updating you guys that it should be ready at some point early next week most likely after I finish up the NPCs and have done some testing!

Just to give people an update, the new training/hunting/NPC area is essentially complete. David and I just need to do a bit of testing and then it should go live along with a surprise update that David has been working on, and a couple of other smaller surprises as well!

You can also expect the next preference thread to go up at some point by the end of this week! <3

Ello everyone. I'm going to be catching up with PMs and bugs today, and then working on the surprise update, which might not be finished today, but will be very soon. Expect a few glitches with NPC battles today.

I'm working on fixing the territorial battle system, so just a heads up that things might be weird on that page, and possibly on the index page for a few days.

Hey everyone,

Josh and I have decided it's best to keep you all in the loop and be transparent about everything, but please don't take what I'm about to say as doom and gloom, because it's not the end of the world, and it's hopefully temporary. We do have solutions in mind if things carry on, so don't panic.

For the past few months Path has barely been covering the costs of the server (which is now much less than it was this time last year). It's now to the point that the amount we get doesn't even justify us working on Path for one hour per week, so now it's become a hobby for us and we're only keeping up with it in our spare time, where possible. As for me, I'm trying to build another business while also looking for employment so my time is very limited, and I'm often exhausted in my spare time.

So with all of that said, we're going to focus purely on fixing bugs for the next few months, as those are the things that are most urgent right now.

Also please note: we're not going to shut Path down. It will be here for you all to play as long as we can cover the server costs long term, and we won't just cancel it immediately if we fall short of the server costs for a couple of months, so don't panic.

Sorry everyone, and thanks for sticking around and being patient. It really is appreciated.