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November 2007 Update
Introduction
Hello everyone! It seems I am just squeaking in with this update. We go by Eastern Time here, sorry if you live closer to GMT or down under. We will now be going back to monthly updates. So expect a December update.
This update will cover:
Community Highlights
Developer/Staff
Ascension Updates
Beta Spot Contest News
Community Highlights
Threads that are of particular interest to the staff:
Amadeus's "When will you consider Ascension successful?" poll . We love to see your responses.
BlindOldMan's "Once the closed becomes open" thread .
keen's "Voting System" poll . This is your chance to have input on the design of server voting.
Reminders:
- We want to encourage our new members to take the time to introduce themselves in our "Introduce Yourself " thread.
- We encourage all our community members to chat with us via IRC - the quickest way to ask a question and get a response from the RenWerX team. More information can be found here .
Back to Work
Rooster128 has been hard at work these last few weeks. He had been slacking off due to school. Some of his work will likely be posted in the December update.
He also writes in his personal blog (no link) "This quarter, for a long time, I will not be working. I need to work on Ascension (www.ascension-game.com) (which is an awesome game I've been helping to make...". We will be glad to have him putting more hours into Ascension.
Staff Promotions
Byte has been promoted to engine lead while Novanix, the former lead, has stepped down to focus on management and other areas. Byte has been with RenWerX since before work started on Ascension. He is a highly talented programmer with experience on multiple engines and projects. We are very happy to have him leading the engine staff.
New Staff
We have two new staff members to welcome:
Synergic has joined the scripts department. He is a very capable scripter. He is also Himura's brother-in-law, but we won't hold that against him.
Levani has joined the music department. You will find he is a talented musician.
Leave of Absence
Unfortunately, HellSpawn07 (Sound Effects) has taken a leave of absence. We hope to have him back with us as soon as possible. He has been doing excellent work since taking over the sound effects.
Inside Ascension
This is a brief highlight of some of the things going on inside Ascension.
Engine Coding and Scripting
Byte has been working on a new system for updating Ascension. The old system was developer oriented. This new system will be more suitable for beta testers.
Synergic has fixed some problems with the CTF gametype.
AnimateDream finally fixed the AI targeting algorithm! I had been (unsuccessfully) helping with the original, but he has found a much simpler solution.
Music
DjBjra’s music department continues to put out good work. This month we have two tracks hand-picked by our new artist – Levani – for your review:
Beta Spot Contest News
It is time for another contest to win a Closed Beta spot. This contest will be much quicker than the previous contest. The details are tentatively scheduled to be posted on Thursday, December 6 at 11:59:59 PM Eastern. If there are any changes we will let you know.
If you wish to discuss this update, you may do so here .
- Teratos