1st May
- added login form on index page (it might go well in the top bar too, if user is not logged in).
- also copying Dragow a bit, by letting guests choose a starting-Mythic right there on the index page, to begin registration. Choice of 8 breeds and many pretty preset coats to browse - not yet drawn, of course... It's a cool way to grab attention and lure someone into joining. The rest of the register form will appear if button is clicked, and AJAX could be used to confirm. Very smooth! Though I'll keep the login and register pages with the same content, just in case.
- finally drawn the new Rampant lines and flat colours, wooo... took ages, they're a complex breed.
- thinking of removing the random breeding entirely, and forcing users to preview potential offspring and choose them. This means zero chance of ugly babies or unwanted multiples. If I can set up a JS-based breeding generator (mostly done already) then it could even be free, not costing any MP. Use the tiny thumbnail images for minimal bandwidth.
Or maybe a bunch of pretty divs that show the baby's colours and marks and genes, so you can't directly see their future coat, but can get a good idea.
(you could keep re-rolling over and over, limitlessly, as JS is all on the page)
And then... you can optionally pay MP to generate a full-size image preview, to see if you're correct/sure, before confirming.
2nd May
Forgot what I worked on, but... something.
3rd May
Finally started re-adding colours, testing the new system. Only using the Cyerce breed at the moment.
Keeping notes of the steps needed...
- generate base.png into the array of colours, make sure to create /base folder for them first!
- (later) download them all, TinyPNG, upload again.
- (later) manually draw the Pearl colour (91--), TinyPNG and upload those 3 parts (lightest, middle, darkest).
- (later) resize all these images to thumbnail versions, except the Hatchling and Juvenile stages; making thumb versions of those is pointless.
'Basic' is now 6 digits. The first is a big body marking (like urajiro, darkening, etc) and the other 5 are more minor (dun, dapple, roan etc), will be above it?
Gonna rush to draw Cyerce's basic marks and test those...
Creatures from 1 to 500 have had colours and Basic marks randomised, any after that will all look champagne-coloured.
Oh, and of course, breeding/wild nest are going to be broken until updated with these new genes.
- added login form on index page (it might go well in the top bar too, if user is not logged in).
- also copying Dragow a bit, by letting guests choose a starting-Mythic right there on the index page, to begin registration. Choice of 8 breeds and many pretty preset coats to browse - not yet drawn, of course... It's a cool way to grab attention and lure someone into joining. The rest of the register form will appear if button is clicked, and AJAX could be used to confirm. Very smooth! Though I'll keep the login and register pages with the same content, just in case.
- finally drawn the new Rampant lines and flat colours, wooo... took ages, they're a complex breed.
- thinking of removing the random breeding entirely, and forcing users to preview potential offspring and choose them. This means zero chance of ugly babies or unwanted multiples. If I can set up a JS-based breeding generator (mostly done already) then it could even be free, not costing any MP. Use the tiny thumbnail images for minimal bandwidth.
Or maybe a bunch of pretty divs that show the baby's colours and marks and genes, so you can't directly see their future coat, but can get a good idea.
(you could keep re-rolling over and over, limitlessly, as JS is all on the page)
And then... you can optionally pay MP to generate a full-size image preview, to see if you're correct/sure, before confirming.
2nd May
Forgot what I worked on, but... something.
3rd May
Finally started re-adding colours, testing the new system. Only using the Cyerce breed at the moment.
Keeping notes of the steps needed...
- generate base.png into the array of colours, make sure to create /base folder for them first!
- (later) download them all, TinyPNG, upload again.
- (later) manually draw the Pearl colour (91--), TinyPNG and upload those 3 parts (lightest, middle, darkest).
- (later) resize all these images to thumbnail versions, except the Hatchling and Juvenile stages; making thumb versions of those is pointless.
'Basic' is now 6 digits. The first is a big body marking (like urajiro, darkening, etc) and the other 5 are more minor (dun, dapple, roan etc), will be above it?
Gonna rush to draw Cyerce's basic marks and test those...
Creatures from 1 to 500 have had colours and Basic marks randomised, any after that will all look champagne-coloured.
Oh, and of course, breeding/wild nest are going to be broken until updated with these new genes.