Mythruna

Took a 20 minute physics break to play with custom hair colors: http://i.imgur.com/FLGJRyf.png
(http://i.imgur.com/FLGJRyf.png)

It was a little thing.  Not sure I'll have character customization in the next release or not... sort of depends on how easy other things go in but I still play with the parts sometimes.  If not this version then the next.

Messing with hair color is a break? :) Hehe, great work.

i hate to say it, but i LOVE deep character customization. its the main thing that makes different players unique.

Paul, I don't want to push you too hard, but will you give the option of the colorpicker popping up, so you get every single color to choose from?

a) I'm not sure how else I would do it ?!?!

b) character customization will only be available to donators.

Yes, character customization will be so cool when it is in the game! I can't wait. Great work Paul!

Sorry, every time I have played a game that allowed character customization it would have an option for hair and a scroll option so it chose between the defined colors (red, brown, blonde, ect.)

Awww, seriously? So that means most of the servers will be stuck with a ton of people that all look the same running around :(

Just making sure you know that when it hits alpha, everyone will have customization, right?

when it hits alfa we have to pay money for it right?
(i already donated enough to preorder the game   :D)

Not everyone will have customization in alpha. You're forgetting about the free version.

I cant wait for the next up date  :-\

What a nice different something as simple as hair color can make. I am especially partial to non-natural colors like blue and green  ;D

Yeah, I wanted to support every color as much as possible.  :)

The plan is for the current free server to remain free even when the alpha is out.  To play the full single player game or on official non-free servers, you will have to have a paid mythruna.com account.

The unpaid game will be feature-limited... as will the free server.

On the free server, some features (such as character customization, manipulating physics objects, etc.) will only be available to people with registered accounts or will be severely limited for players without paid accounts.

For example, a free account will be stuck with the (possibly bald) female avatar and probably only able to create one "mobile physical" object at a time.  The first one is incentive that doesn't really affect game play while still letting you easily see the people who have paid... and the second because physics spam will have a real detrimental affect on the server over time.  Spamming 1000 static/hologram chairs all around spawn town is one thing... spamming 1000 physical, moving entities is quite another.

Single player will have similar limits, though the number of owned physical objects will be raised (probably to five) and you will probably be able to (ultimately) create and/or own one vehicle.  Also, there will probably be limits on which skills can be acquired, etc..  And the number of characters+worlds you can create may also be limited... though that's really more of an inconvenience really.

OOHHH okay.... that's good. Thanks :3

Oh, okay Paul. I meant once you have the 'full-release' when we pay do we THEN get to customize, or only if we donate now? I'd hate the customization to be stuck as a 'Early Donation/Alpha Purchase/Beta Purchase' extra thing.

I mean, if you pay at ANY STAGE, such as a Donation or during Alpha or during Beta or after you're done with the game, we'd then be able to customize? I didn't get what you meant by we get to customize by donating. I thought you meant to people who donate, and donaters alone.

Yeah, paying is paying.  You have to have some kind of paid Mythruna.com account to customize your character.  It's just that donating is the only way to pay right now.

...it would be a pretty lame RPG if players couldn't customize their characters. :)

idc either way ima donator  ;D

As long as I can make a canoe or boat, I'm happy.

Only people who have paid will be able to make vehicles on the free server.  As a free player, you can make one physical object of the current size (2.5 x 2.5 meters max) and it could be boat-like but you wouldn't have the ability to steer is other than dragging it around.  It also won't float, I think.

Of course, it may be a while before the full steering systems are implemented for regular vehicles, too... but for those I'm talking about larger things that use full-sized blocks and that floats on air/water.

hmm... Paul, would non-payers be able to access the vehicles the payers have paid for? and also the other way around?

I'm soo glad i donated enough to pre oreder the game now  :D

You could ride on them... but not control them.

Wait... we switched from paid players to NPCs and I didn't notice.

In that case, of course.

As long as I can make a barrel to hide in on land... ;_;

A square* barrel... right? Oh wait, this ain't MC. The world doesn't have to be perfectly square anymore! YAY!!! lol