WoW Games - War of Wizards

Hi WoW Testers,

We just thought we’d bring you up to date with the ongoing development plan. We’re risking putting dates to it but even if these end up off target, the plan at least orders the processes to come.

Time-Line

(DONE)
Start 1st Play-Test on New System
Receive Orders (in various mail formats)

(COMPLETED 1-2 weeks)
Recreate signup system
Link Players in game to new signup system
Automatically generate list of players with orders submitted

(CHRISTMAS)
Create Automated Turn Running System

(FEB)

Hi All,

We have done some tweaking to the website look and feel. Hope you all like. Lets us know via WDG .

Cheers
Chris.

Well as many of you know we are replacing the old signup system with a new database back end and front end. Now that we have the order processor working and our first trial playtest running, the focus has gone back to the signup system.

Below is a link to a mock up of what the new web management interface may look like.
http://www.wowgames.net.au/site/mockup.html

Well after rebuilding the server, setting up a new order management system we are ready to start our first play test. I expect things to be a little bumpy for the first few weeks. Focus now is on completings some of the integration with the new database and provide a website to login and see everything a player will need to see.

Thanks to the 14 playtesters who are going to help us through these next few weeks of very initial testing and development. Appreciated.

Any questions / comments or concerns please contact us.

Hi Guys,

The big news is, we're about to start the first play test. Initially, the game won't look any different to the old one but it is testing all the back end coding. As the game progresses, we will be trying to implement features such as systems allowing turns to run automatically once all orders are recieved/all players check a run turn box.

WoW ... literally ... I have spent the better part of two days trying to get email to be received by wow server that can then be on processed by the mail processor ... should have been a 10 minute configuration .... why so complicated ... one word SELinux ... I was just about at the point of turning the Linux security system off for good. However I finally managed to come up with a way to allow everything to work. Very frustrating couple of days ...

Soon will need some help from people with some basic system testing... Details to follow in the next few days.
Chris

Hi guys,

Another update on WoW progress and a chance for input. The sign-up system and the back end data-base surrounding it, are almost complete. You guys will soon be able to do your first bit of testing by SIGNING UP!!!! Not particularly exciting I know, but it will lead into some real play testing. On the subject of play testing I've currently got expressions of interest from;

Jay
Rob Newcombe (Rathnagz)
Darrell Lias
Darrell Penning
Neufeld, John Jeff
dhillwheal
S Kennerley
John Weaver
Aaron Schwarz
Göran Örnhed

Drop me a mail if you want your name added to the list.

Hi All, A quick weekly update to all.

So another week and some more progress ...

Hi Guys,

Good to see so many of you are still floating around and interested in the WoW project. I'm just finishing up an MBA at Oxford University, so hopefully I have learnt something useful to apply to WoW. Having had a break from WoW, it's really good to be able to have a fresh look at it. Technology has advanced somewhat since we started the project 14 years ago, so hopefully some of our old ideas may now be more realistic to implement. Some good points have been emailed through the WDG already and to summarise;

Firstly thanks to everyone who has been busy posting on the WDG group with their suggestions on what can be done for the relaunch of WoW! There have been many fantastic suggestions posted over the last week. We have been capturing them all for later discussion as soon as we are ready.

At mimimum Harry or I will be posting a quick update at least weekly with our progress be it small or large so you know where we are at and what is happening next.