WA3 Update Thread - Pictures (and answers) only edition

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:18 am

I noticed that some users are unhappy about all the speculations that are going on in the official thread that keeps them from just seeing pictures, so I will be including all pictures of WA3 updates here, along with the date, and the message.

This topic is locked intentionally. For discussions, please go to the official WA3 update thread here.

All times are in EST (Eastern time), with DST (if applicable).

Picture 1, posted on Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:20 pm

I wasn't sure if this thread is a good idea, given that I don't know how much longer it'll be until WA3 is ready (if it is ever ready). But I thought I'd post a picture once in a while of what is on my screen. I'll try to do that once a week - assuming there's something to post - and hopefully we'll see the final game in less than thirty pictures.

There'll be no comments from me on what anything on any picture is (feel free to speculate away), but I will say that these will be (at first) from very early test versions. As such, you'll likely see stuff that is unfinished, not working, or will not make the final game.

So, here's Picture #1. See you in a week!

Picture 2, posted on Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:59 pm
Here's Pic #2, this one('s) very much a WIP.

Picture 3, posted on Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:19 pm
#3 attached

Picture 4, posted on Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:41 pm

#4 A slightly different view. What could it be?

Picture 5, posted on Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:16 pm

#5... Stinky on the way into a bright light.

A little early this week - and no picture next week as I'll be away from this computer.

Picture 6, posted on Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:11 am

Back on schedule...

Question 1, asked on Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:13 pm by tails the fox, replied on Tue Aug 24, 2010 11:49 pm

tails the fox wrote: So MS whens The WAE Coming Out Anyways? I really want it (not to be greedy) But i am thinking we all wanna know the release date?

Midnight Synergy wrote:I mentioned this in the beginning - no release date. At least multiple months away.

Picture 7, posted on Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:47 am

This week's pic is "by popular request".

Picture 8, posted on Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:39 pm

This week:

Picture 9, posted on Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:26 pm

Another week, another pic:

Question 2 and 3, asked on Sat Sep 11, 2010 5:36 pm by chaz730 and on Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:40 am by tails the fox respectively, answered on Thu Sep 16, 2010 7:18 pm

chaz730 wrote:I thought I came up with POTZ? :/
http://pcpuzzle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19768

tails the fox wrote:MS Can you please say or at least give us a clue at what the stinker texture will be used for?

Midnight Synergy wrote:It's always been Planet of the Z-Bots. I'm surprised some people are suprised at that.

Also, the Alien - you've seen it before, of course (although not in WA).

Picture 10, post date unknown (the post that refers to the picture was gone)

Picture 11, posted on Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:55 pm

It's Friday, here's Pic 1 of 2 of the ultra-obscure hints toward what Indigo might do.

(pic 2 of 2 next week)

Picture 12, posted on Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:54 pm

Picture time. Mini-indigo clue (2 of 2). Maybe some other interesting things?

Picture 13a, posted on Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:43 pm

This edition of "picture of the week" comes a little earlier than usual.

It's the molecular structure of ibuprofen.

Translation: I threw my back out this week and will be minimizing "sitting at my computer" for a little while. Hope to be back with a new pic of the week on Friday the 15th.

Picture 13, posted on Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:18 am

again:

Question 4, asked on Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:43 am by Technos72, answered on Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:34 am

Technos72 wrote:Ok. Thanks for letting us know.

So you said programming and done right? Does that mean you're in the adventure designing stage?

Midnight Synergy wrote:Not quite... there are some things left, and the editor needs to be updated with the new bits & pieces.

Question 5, asked on Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:34 pm by Sammy_P, answered on Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:47 pm

Sammy_P wrote:PLANET SPECULATION

Uo: (Picture 3)
Barren: (Picture
Java?: (Picture 13)

Midnight Synergy wrote:Possibly, but not all planets were listed in the Midnight Post.

Question 6, posted on unknown date by yot yot 5, answered on unknown date, quoted on Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:11 am by Fluffshery

Fluffshery wrote:MS actually said that his original idea for indigo magic was suite similar to an idea yot yot had.
MS's exact words:
Midnight Synergy wrote:As to Indigo: My original idea for it (as well as large parts of the POTZ plot) was actually quite similar to what yot yot mentions. Stinkers would even revisit the same level at different points in time, and interact with past and future versions of themselves. Is this idea still part of POTZ at this time? Well... TIME will tell, won't it.
Yot yot's idea:
yot yot5 wrote: I just hope indigo magic is going to be EPIC!!! Here's my idea:
You begin a certain level with indigo magic. You have to shoot a barrel, and then return to the exit. A gate is in front of the barrel, and the button is on the other side of this section.
You solve the level by stepping below the gate, and shooting the barrel with pow. The gate blocks the way and the shot is wasted; or is it???
You now use indigo magic to go back in time to the start of this section. You step on the gate button, and the other you shoots the barrel through the safely opened gate!

A few tweaks:
1: no more then three stinkers at any one time (so you can only fling across time twice).
2: if you touch, kill, or even alter the other you, a paradox will happen and you DIE!

Picture 14, posted on Fri May 04, 2012 4:34 pm

You know, I probably shouldn't, but I can't help myself...

(and no, there's no update on release dates at this time - just "when it's ready". There's still a long way to go)

Picture 15, posted on Sun May 27, 2012 11:49 pm

Dum de dum...
(and no, summer seems unlikely. Not impossible, but very, very unlikely)

Picture 16, posted on Sun Jun 10, 2012 5:07 pm

Speaking of grues: A little dark today...

Picture 17 (originally named Preview 16 in file name), posted on Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:42 pm

Ping...

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 6:01 am

Video 1, posted on Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:46 am

Here's "something different":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gFS6OOACn4

Question 7, posted on Sat Jul 21, 2012 6:28 am by Derp, answered on Sat Jul 21, 2012 8:33 am

Derp wrote:Hey... I JUST NOTICED 2 THINGS!
Wonderland is lightly based off of the Mayan Tzolkin calender!

Month 1. Pop = One of the rainbow magics
Month 2. Uo = A planet in Wa3.
Month 3. Zip = Perhaps Indigo magic? (For some reason I thought ZIP would be a good name...)
Month 4. Zotz = Potz? Zotz? Maybe inspiration for name?

Is this a coincidence?
(I doubt it isn't. )

Midnight Synergy wrote:Haha, that's funny. But it's a coincidence. I actually just googled the calendar to scan for other names. I still don't have a good one for indigo. I've just been calling it "indigo" for so long now. I didn't find anything.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 11:14 am

Picture 18, posted on Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:36 pm

Slow week, but still, here's something. Hope you like squinting.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 4:10 am

Message 1, posted on Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:59pm

No updates this time around, I had some emergency travel to do. All well now, I hope.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 6:15 am

Picture 19, posted on Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:26 pm

Well, I think I have officially put in the final gameplay element. WIth this "start and stop" development, I keep thinking of new things to put into the game in the interim, leading to some serious feature creep. For example, the last element was supposed to be a single new "creature", which then ended up being two different creatures, with the second version having three different subtypes.

Needless to say, there are a ton of new toys to play with.

But I think this is it now.

I also went through the list of posts of request and bug-reports, and have added/fixed a number of things (although not all, of course). Today's preview pick is in relation to one of those items.

Question 8, posted on Fri 17 Aug, 2012 12:22 pm by Wonderman109 and on Fri 17 Aug, 2012 11:22 pm by Emerald141, answered on Sun 19 Aug, 2012 01:25 pm

Wonderman109 wrote:I think 'Foggy' will make very evil puzzles in the game and the editor.

Emerald141 wrote:Making the player hard to see in order to increase (fake) difficulty? blah

Midnight Synergy wrote:Foggy will not influence puzzle difficulty, it's just a nice visual effect.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Sat Aug 25, 2012 4:19 am

Picture 20, posted on Fri Aug 24 2012, 10:20 pm

Another editor screenshot.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:34 pm

Picture 21, posted on Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:15 am

Beep!

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 5:47 pm

Picture 22, posted on Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:08 am
Beep.

And on the topic of the 10th Anniversary... yes, I do plan on sending something out, but it's going to be more of a quiet celebration. No big announcements yet. Keep expectations in check.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 10:25 am

Video 2, posted on Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:23 am

The new update is available in form of a little teaser trailer to mark the 10th Anniversary of Wonderland:

http://pcpuzzle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24244

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:56 pm

Picture 23, posted on Sun Nov 11, 2012 7:49 pm

Floing, Pow, Blink, and F........nevermind.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:42 am

Picture 24, posted on Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:44 pm

Boink.

This WA3 update pic comes with a special 'shout out' to the folks who have put together (and kept up) the Wonderland Wiki. It's actually been a great resource for me these days... a quick way to remind myself what kind of glasses OobibanDeNoobi had, or how to spell Zoopi Lala.

Great job, and thanks!

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:15 pm

Picture #25, posted on Sat Jan 05, 2013 4:07 pm

First of 2013.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:45 pm

Message 2, posted on Thu Feb 07, 2013 9:32 am

Sorry for the lack of updates... it's been a very slow month.

But things are ticking along. I've been spending most of my time on the hub lately, fleshing out conversations, side-quests, etc.

I should have a new picture up soon-ish (certainly by next weekend).

Slow and steady...

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 12:06 am

Picture #26, posted on Thu Feb 14, 2013 1:03 pm

A Valentine's Card in form of a screenshot:

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Sun Feb 24, 2013 4:13 am

Question 9, Message 3, mentioned by Wonderland King on Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:52 am, answered on Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:51 pm

Hi,

obviously, a "race" is not on. WA3 will be ready when it's ready, and that is going to be quite independent of the number of posts in this topic.

Instead of a screenshots, I'll give a tidbit of information this week: Indigo Magic is NOT a combination/rehash of previous powers. It's something very new.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 5:30 pm

Question 10, Picture #27 originally asked by Wonderland King on Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:13 pm, answered on Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:11 pm

Wonderland King wrote:Patrick, what's your latest estimate for a release date? I hope to confirm my theories about indigo F-magic soon.

Release date? You trust me to speculate on a release date with my track record????

I'd say a few more months... but ya never know. It's not over until Qookie sings!

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Wed Apr 03, 2013 6:22 am

Picture #99, posted on Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:59 pm

Warning: April Fools!

New pic. Lots of new stuff to see in Wonderland. New planets, new mechanics... it's a huge game now! Here is a pic of the squad level combat levels.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:11 am

Message 3, posted on Sun Apr 21, 2013 8:41 pm
April hasn't been kind to development. I've had some issues (including family health issues) to deal with... hence the silence.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:56 pm

Message 4, posted on Mon Apr 29, 2013 1:08 pm
Spoiler Alert:

No Wysp is not the bad guy. C'mon guys (and gals), would I really do that? It's Wonderland, not Film Noir.

Having said that, I will not guarantee an entirely happy ending to WA3.
Ooooooooo..... !?!?!

Message 5, posted on Mon Apr 29, 2013 1:17 pm

Hi all,

I really want to ensure that WA3 gets done and done well by summer's end. There's still a lot to do, and I think I will need to consider getting some help from the community.

* I haven't decided on levels yet. So far, I've designed them all myself, and it may actually be more work to set everything up for level submissions than doing them myself. Possibly more on that later.

* Closer to release, I will ask for a set of beta testers. Don't submit your name to me yet, it will be ignored. I will send out a message when it's time.

For now, I thought it would be interesting to see what folks could come up with for the official Wonderland Adventures 3 Logo.

Similar to Wonderland Adventures: Mysteries of Fire Island, the logo should contain the original Wonderland Adventures logo, followed by a larger design for "Planet of the Z-Bots".

Rules:

1. Email your submission to midnight@midnightsynergy.com with Subject "WA POTZ Logo Submission" by May 19. Do not post your submission here and help keep the suspense.

2. I will select possible contenders and post them here after the deadline, at which point everyone can post their preferences.

3. I would prefer .bmp or .png format. .jpg will work in a pinch. Make the image larger rather than smaller, so that it can be scaled easily to different sizes.

4. By submitting you agree that, if picked, your logo will become the main WA3 logo used in the game and on other material. You will be given credit in the game's credit section, and a free copy of WA3 upon release, but there is not other payment for the work.

Best,
Patrick

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Sat May 11, 2013 3:59 pm

Picture #28, posted on Thu May 09, 2013 6:24 pm

Today's update picture is "a little different".

I'm sure most of you can figure out exactly what it means, though!

Comment #1, Picture #29 posted by Master Wonder Mage on Fri May 10, 2013 7:28 am, replied on Fri May 10, 2013 7:53 am

Master Wonder Mage wrote:And if you put Wonderland Adventures on Atari, a time paradox would be created that would destroy 2/3 of the universe.

Or it just wouldn't run.

Or it just would end up looking like this:....

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Mon May 27, 2013 6:50 am

Picture 29, posted on Fri May 24, 2013 6:33 pm

Tadaa!

See the logo thread for more info: http://pcpuzzle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24703

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 1:48 pm

Picture 30, posted on Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:39 pm

It's been a while since the last actual in-game screenshot update...

so here you go: spooky! dark! green!

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:30 pm

Comment 2, originally posted by jdl on Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:05 pm, answered on Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:00 am

jdl wrote:It would be interesting if there was a crowd sourcing contest for the WA3 program Icon.

That's an excellent idea! My icons are terrible.

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 4:47 pm

Picture 31, posted on Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:38 am
Soooo many choices...

tyteen4a03 · Post by **tyteen4a03** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 3:14 pm

Message 6, posted on Fri Jul 05, 2013 3:36 pm

Hello all:

Just a general progress update, sans Screenshot this time.

Development is going nicely. The game is definitely in the home stretch now. I just have a few more adventures to design, as well as the “end game”. After that I will be selecting testers to try out the game for a month or two while I finish off some of the “other” stuff (like title sequence, menus, website, etc). A final release looks very likely for sometime in the Fall of this year, probably October.

However, I will be taking some time off for the next ten days (and will be out of email contact).

I’ll post more details, as well as details on how you can enter your name as a potential tester, in about two weeks time when I’m back online. Please don’t submit “testing requests” until then (they will be ignored).

Patrick