New Update Confirmation & Delays


Hey all. Spring time is flourishing, and so are preparations for the next server updates!

The development team has been working hard on a major technical update to the server's framework, which is the migration from Paper to Sponge. What that means is that the development workflow is going to be faster after this update, as Sponge works much closer to Vanilla Minecraft than Paper does. Thanks to this migration, we're benefiting from a deeper customization of game mechanics and a general avoidance of sketchy coding work-arounds. If you'd like to learn more about the technical aspect, @cotander will be happy to tell you more.

That being said, we decided to release a server version 3.1.2 before the Great 3.2 titled Moria Update.

The 3.1.2 release is going to feature the new recoded server. It will serve as an intermediate update between the Eriador update and the Moria Update, as we are planning on using this occasion to find the potential bugs that might arise because of the migration.

Moria Update

We need to delay the release of Moria, both because we need to ensure that the server works correctly on Sponge in time for the massive event we are planning, and because summertime in general is a better gaming period than April/May (historically, it has always been better that way). But do not be sad, for we've prepared a little sneak peek for you in the form of a little TIMELAPSE!

Here's the sneak peek :)
https://youtube.com/shorts/lYZmmRNWyrQ




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Small update. Next month, we will start planning for registering the company locating in Thailand. The company and team will focus on developing the "CollabTech". There is a sign of more organizations are going to join us this journey in the future.

Here is a definition of CollabTech:

"A platform that enables everyone to ‘get to the point’ quickly and facilitates immediate collaboration through building blocks of best practices from various experts in the fields."

Well, without the rooted passion originated from this warm community, we might have not progressed this far. Keep pursuing for your dreams, guys! :)

I know it's tempting but whatever you do, don't press any of the moderation buttons that show up on resource pages! It won't be until Tuesday that we'll be back in the office to look at any of this :(

Congratulations to the_pharaohs_cat for his promotion to the role of Head Builder on our server! The Head Builder will fulfil the responsibilities listed below in coordination with the Empire War staff team:

1. Authorising the initiation of projects regarding the development of maps for Empire War.
2. Overseeing the renovation and improvement of maps already on Empire War (including design standards and direction, prioritisation and logging changes).
3. Overseeing the preparation of new maps for Empire War, including adapting maps from both EpicQuestz and older versions of Empire War. Specifically, ensuring aesthetic standards are upheld when preparing maps for gameplay, and the most appropriate texture changes are made when converting a map from use in the EpicQuestz resource pack to the Empire War resource pack.
4. Overseeing the building of lobbies.
5. Overseeing the preparation of the server aesthetically for events such as Christmas.

Recently, I teamed up with a country-level association to support 1 of 4 of our products. They would support with some costs and I offered them free of charge of services. The first product would benefit them about launching new campaigns and gaining insights from many industries, which were crucial things for any association.

Though the product was not developed yet and it was all about concepts. Well, I felt relieved. Having a first super user of a product of this level was not easy. It was worth to make a celebration anyway. 🎉

Besides, been hitting by depression, again, but I am looking for a way to make myself feel better.

Small update. The first planned product of the startup team got paused as we found out that business would be more stable with good source of the financial. So yeah, we then needed to shift 1 of 4 product concepts to be the first priority. Now I'm into learning about marketing and people behaviors, to cook up the new product (as a digital platform) off of the chosen concept.

P.s. A secret hint, if you want to develop a product, try to look for its fundamentals then try to twist them. You may shift or change the paradigms and make the bridges between those paradigms and fundamentals. Once successfully found the stable bridges between ideas.. Boom! There, that is the new product concept!

P.s. #2 Hey, creativity and having fun are the keys. 😁

Small update. Successfully made a startup team of 3 guys. The team made of a programmer and visionary artist (me), certified financial planner (and also a programmer), and marketing tech specialist.



P.s. Wellandel is still in my super long roadmap. Once all necessary things are ready, it will be revived haha.