 Randor the Red | May 12, 2013 Happy Mother's Day
Hiya SMASHERS! Thank you for all the birthday wishes last week :) Just like the update last week, we added more items to the Cinco de Mayo Shop onOverlook. Not only did we add the new event shop (Cinco de Mayo), but also the Faith NPC has been reworked. We hope to get all the NPCs on overlook better set-up as a quick tutorial spot for new players. We are currently working on correcting a strange bug that causes NPCs to disappear when you speak to them. We are very close to fixing the bug and also, I have learned how the fact fonts are not being embedded in older maps is the reason some quest show 000 rewards. Now I know how to fix that I will be attempting to fix that issue, while updating older maps asap. As for my Birthday gear, that will be added on the 5th week of Cinco de Mayo shop update. Each week we will be adding new items to the Why? Since my Birthday is May 5th and this is my 5th year at AE we decided to make it a bigger shop event! First gear that was added is the cactus gear with newer click coding on the armor (allowing for full body to activate on click, compared to having to click each part). We are always working on new ideas and ways to make HS unique and better! Latest new gear is the Poncho (Click anywhere on upper body to equip the hand gun - Note: Back hand weapons are purely aesthetic) The Writer and Artist contest will soon have some winners selected. A lot of great artists have submitted applications. We are doing our best to get that out of the way so we can start another (Never Ending Contest?), for those under the age of 18 to get there work directly into HS (More info coming on this soon). Happy Mother's Day!
|  Galanor Bug Slayer | May 01, 2013 Become a Bug HunterThe BugMaster General Needs YOU!Stratos, the BugMaster General, writes: Bug Hunters... unite! OUR MISSION: To confirm every bug, mistake, glitch, hack, typo, and error in HeroSmash that other players report at www.Artix.com/Bugs! NOTE: We are Bug Hunters... not player support! We do not fix bugs other players' characters, accounts, or upgrades.
"The bigger the bug, the more satisfying the squish!"If the line up there makes your fingers itch to grab a mallet and squash something, then keep reading, because you're just what Stratos is looking for! Read on for more details: Please post the following on the HS forum: 1. A link to your HS character page 2. The languages you speak/write 3. A couple sentences about how long you've played HeroSmash, and why you want to help squish bugs. Here are Stratos' requirements for joining the Bug Hunter crew: 1. You need to have Skype installed. This will let him contact you directly about any of the bugs you've encountered. 2. You must be age 13 or older to join the crew, but 18+ is preferred (as we can give you more responsibilities once you've gained experience) 3. Help when you can. We don't have set times for our Bug Hunters to be available, but we would like you to be available to help regularly. 4. Must be able to follow directions... and ask questions! Stratos has a system set up, but if there's something you don't understand, ASK! He wants to help you squish the bugs as much as you want to squish them! 5. Good critical thinking skills are a plus. (Being able to see a problem and narrow down the source or reason can speed the fixing process up.) (Please do not include your age, email address, or Skype name when posting. Stratos will be able to contact you without them. Thank you!) So... What Now? How do I Start Squashing?Stratos will contact you directly if you look like a good fit for this task. It won't always (or even often) be fun. You'll read reports, play HeroSmash until it breaks, then go do paperwork. But you WILL be helping the DF dev team improve the game! Reading reports and duplicating bugs over and over again not for you? That's OK! But DO we need EVERYONE's help reporting the bugs on the Bug Tracker! We can't fix HeroSmash unless we know there are bugs... and that's where YOU come in!
| Randor the Red | April 25, 2013 Earth Week (Happy Earth Day and Arbor Day!)
This week is Earth Week (Earth Day and Arbor Day!), and Polistar has made some cool seasonal event gear. We are currently working on fixing bugs that appeared after the server merging (this is beta anything can happen!) hopefully we can get them sorted soon!
We are getting a lot of contest entries and hope to soon be inviting some new volunteer staff to HeroSmash :). Lycus and I have been planning the future of Overlook. The Super City Bridge will be the introduction to HeroSmash and Overlook will give a quick tutorial, to help get new players started. Wonderp Bread has been busy with a new quest project that has became much bigger than originally planned (chance to face real super powered hero and villains instead of just monsters?). Cinco de Mayo is coming soon! That means it is my Birthday once again, so expect a shop of strange and rare awesome goodies! Not only is my Birthday May 5th, it is also marks my 5th year at AE :) When I first started I was making desktop wallpapers (www.ArtixWallpapers.com) and this week I have been getting a few wallpaper designs in motion (expect to see them very soon!). Head over to www.AQ3d.com and help with alpha testing of our 3D game in development "AdventureQuest Worlds: Legend of Lore" which will be open for testing shortly (see www.Artix.com for details). Finally, have a great weekend!
| Randor the Red | April 15, 2013 HeroSmash Needs You!HeroSmash Needs Your Help Looking for a Few Good Artists AND a Writer! From this moment forward, AE will try to find talent in the community before posting job postings elsewhere when possible. The positions we are looking for are:
These positions require no coding skill but you SHOULD have knowledge of the HeroSmash art style (or storyline, for writing applicants). Want to Create Art for HeroSmash? Read On! Artist applicants must have a legitimate copy of Adobe Flash (CS5, CS5.5, or CS6, must be able to save down to CS5). You MUST be at least 18 year old. If you are under 18, if you don't include your age, or if you start with "I'm not 18 yet, but..." the application will not be considered. Please include in your email:
Want to Write Quests for HeroSmash? Read On! Writer applicants DO NOT NEED to have a legitimate copy of Adobe Flash (CS5, CS5.5, or CS6, must be able to save down to CS5). You MUST be at least 18 year old. If you are under 18, if you don't include your age, or if you start with "I'm not 18 yet, but..." the application will not be considered. Please include in your email:
Please send your COMPLETE application to HSDevHunt@battleon.com If the application is not complete, it will be deleted. And please - one application per person. We will read all the applications. If you are chosen to go through a further interview, we will contact you. Unfortunately, since we will get thousands of applications, we can only reply to those who have what we might need. Otherwise you will not hear from us. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of submitting your resume and portfolio, it probably means that you have not been selected. Good luck, Smashers! We can't wait to see what you've got.
| Randor the Red | April 10, 2013 Badges Updated!Hey Smashers! This is one crazy week. I overhauled the in-game badges, and new character page badge art will be added soon! We're not only redesigning but also reorganizing them all. Plus, we added the missing level 20 badge.
GOOD NEWS! The Shadowscythe and Cysero Bacon shirts are LIVE in Heromart! Choose darkness or deliciousness, now in shirt form! Wonderp Bread crafted delectable reward gear to go with each new shirt; unlock them in-game after getting yours from our online store! Each shirt comes with its own badge AND an in-game shop, where you'll find your reward! We will add the Beta Badge once we create a shop and some Smasher-worthy gear for it!
And remember: the next update is Phase 2 of the Super City Mall!
| Randor the Red | April 01, 2013 Return of Spring!Happy Spring Thaw everyone! Once again Pytor the Bunny is back with his shop of seasonal goodies! Where? You will have to find that out for yourself! | Randor the Red | March 27, 2013 Super CIty Mall - Phaze IHiya SMASHers! This week, Phase 1 of the Super City Mall has been released! Instead of 3 difficulty levels, we're raising the bar and releasing 4! (The different areas of the mall will have monsters at levels 5, 10, 15 and 20!) Boss Monster will be added in a later phase. Let us know of any monster bugs or balance issues on the AE Bug Tracker. (Become a Bug Hunter here: http://www.artix.com/bugs)
Currently there are no weaknesses or elemental defenses. (Since there are no diseases in HeroSmash, what should zombies be immune to?)
Wonderp Bread designed all the zombies and did most of the animation himself, so give him a /cheer! (Achievement unlocked!)
Item drops will be apart of phase 2, with shops and quests coming after that. A member-only Arena is ALSO coming soon, where you can test future bosses earn rewards through a Points shop! | Randor the Red | March 21, 2013 St Patrick's Day
This week we re-launched St Patrick's Day in the Park with some new items, so please do check those out!
 Last week, though I was away, I found myself keeping in touch with Wonderp Bread and Polistar. I am glad I did as Wonderp (Bread) created a new monster "Zombie Terrornator". After a lot of tweaks to the look, it came out very cool. As the monster was being developed we learn how sound effects are done properly on monsters (I am hoping that what we learned will allow us to make SMASHables to have working sounds as well).
 I have also finally found a way to deal with death lag on monsters which needs more refining. Now we have all the monsters designed for the mall, the Super City Mall will come out in phases:
Phase 1 - Mall and monsters; so we can test for issues with monsters.
Phase 2 - Storyline/Quests.
Phase 3 - Monster level balancing; to make that it is possible to raise level cap in the future. | Randor the Red | March 11, 2013 Return of the BridgeFirst off, we wish Postmaster General a safe and exciting journey as he delivers a sack of super-secret mail to the outer reaches of the universe! He'll be away for a few months, but don't worry, he'll be back!. Before leaving stockpiled a museum's worth of art and helped out with game-planning. With him gone, I'll have to go back to slow-mail.... I mean email!
The Next Membership Promotion Gear? Wonderp Bread and Polistar as a team are truly amazing! As I mentioned before, they created a super-sized monster for the arena project! Get ready to test how strong you really are! As with any other game in Beta, HeroSmash's environment is ever-changing! I'd planned to update the default armor's appearance, but because of the incredible amount of work involved in that, instead I'll make those new armors available in starter shops for new players. There will be a Member-only color-customizable version AND a few non-CC versions. What colors would you like those to have?
Base, Trim ans Accessory are choice colors Alpha testers are a really loyal bunch! I had a lot of requests for the old Overlook (Super City Bridge and game tutorial). Seems it was a great hangout and many enjoyed standing on the rock to do Super poses. Truth is it was always going to return once I updated the tutorial and other art issues. For now it will return just as a hangout spot to be called "SuperCityBridge". Overlook will be where heroes and villains can get updates and news on latest events, wars and missions. The arena's also getting some final artwork polish done and will be added soon! A few more monsters are also in development for the mall (3 levels of difficulty)! This week I will be away to get recharged. We already decided that the Blockbuster movie-plex rare events will happen more often (how does every 3 months sound?) vs the originally-planned yearly event. We've been polling on the forums to get ahead and the team's been hard at work making your requests in-game reality! The biggest projects right now are the Super City map and the world map.
Wanna hang out? | Randor the Red | February 22, 2013 Happy Birthday Postmaster GeneralThis week we're celebrating Postmaster General birthday, because he's leveled up in real life! Head on up to the Super City Overlook and click the shop button to see a host of happy birthday gear! The team is working on ideas to expand the Smashdome with a monster arena, but we want to know what YOU would like to see there! Let us know on Twitter, Facebook, or the forum and keep an eye on the Design Notes to see what we decide! |
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