Difference between revisions of "Template:Current Events"

Revision as of 00:30, 11 November 2012

• Nov 10, 2012  KAGoween Finals!
  The finals are this week end, starting with the runners up match between YB and BoW at ~21:00 GMT and then MOLE vs POWER for the winners title at ~22:00 GMT.

• Nov 10, 2012  HOTFIX: Build 572
  Hotfix coming as soon as it’s built, along with less sticky/slow water.

• Nov 7, 2012  Classic Actually Probably Final Build 569 + Insight
  More bug fixing went on these past few weeks, with both good and exhausting results.

• Nov 4, 2012  KAG Comic: Jomeo and Ruliet
  For those that missed it, the most recent “Adventure of Meow” strip...

• Nov 1, 2012  Video: Automatic Script and Sprite Reloading
  KAG now has automatic script and sprite reloading.

• Oct 26, 2012  The Great Kagoween Tournament
  Some higher-ups in the community have been working hard to get together a tournament between 4 of the larger and better known clans.

Older Events

• Oct 26, 2012  Dev Peek: The Saw, Logs, and Planks
  ♫♪ I’m a lumberjack and I’m okay, I sleep all warmup and I work all game! ♫♪

• Oct 23, 2012  Dev Peek: Boat and Shop Art and Discussion
  Expect a new workshop system, and several different boat types...

• Oct 18, 2012  Build 548 - Classic ~Final
  We’re coming up to a very large release of KAG, but here are some fixes for Classic.

• Oct 17, 2012  Video: Let's Play KAG
  A wonderful "Let's Play" video with Andy, Darcia, and SirSalami.

• Oct 3, 2012  Video: How New Vehicles Will Look
  This is a glimpse of how the all new vehicles will look.

• Sept 29, 2012  Cortex Command hit 1.0 on Friday!
  Our friends at Data Realms have finally hit the “full version” milestone for a project

• Sept 28, 2012  Bringing it All Together
  2 Weeks since last update? Better fix that!

• Sept 13, 2012  Build 514: Mute/Ignore
  I’ve just pushed build 514. Its a smallish update, with one main focus: player muting/ignoring.

• Sept 10, 2012  Announcing KAG Single Sign-On and Garanis' Projects
  While there haven’t been many updates to KAG itself over the past month or two, interesting things are coming on the infrastructure and API side.

• Sept 9, 2012  War Mode, Full KAG and the fairly immediate future
  What a mouthful.

• Sept 7 2012  Build 507 changlog
  This is my best attempt at a changelog - once Geti is back online he can fill in the bits I'm missing.

• Sept 6 2012  Hotfix Build 507
  Build 507 is out with some bugfixes and small changes.

• Aug 27, 2012  How Supports will Work
  This is how support will work while building castles in the upcoming big release.

• Aug 19, 2012  Patches today (B489)
  Fixes!

• Aug 18, 2012  Quick Fixes for Classic B488
  We’ve been taking note of complaints from the community Re: classic gameplay,...

• Aug 8, 2012  Scripting Progress and Massive Rewrites
  That basically sums up the past few weeks.

• Aug 4, 2012  What it's like to play a game as a Developer
  Unfortunately ;)

• July 30, 2012  Archer Sprite
  va va voom

• July 30, 2012  New Installers/Packages
  New installers/packages for Mac/Windows/Linux are now present on the download page.

• July 30, 2012  Build 469: Hotfix
  Just to let you know I’ve just pushed a hotfix for a couple of issues that sprung up...

• July 30, 2012  Build 469
  Build 469 is out and is mostly made up of an assortment of seclev additions + several miscellaneous changes.

• July 21, 2012  Workshops Week
  “But we already have workshops…”, you’re thinking to yourselves.

• July 19, 2012  Build 458
  Build 458 is out and the main new feature being introduced is security levels, also known as seclevs.

• July 18, 2012  Hotfix for Beep Abuse
  A hotfix has been pushed out to address the beep issue that is being abused increasingly wide across servers.

• July 18, 2012  The Adventure of Meow
  The KAG team have been wanting to share the excellent work of xiaojin67 for some time!

• July 16, 2012  Intrusion 2 is out!
  We’ve been scheming with a few other like-minded indies about getting the word out about each-other’s games,...

• July 13, 2012  New Inventory System
  A little something that I carved out today.

• July 10, 2012  Unconnectable Network Stabilized
  The aforementioned network issues should have now stabilized, please report on the forums if you see any new issues.

• July 10, 2012  KAG Network Outage
  There is a partial outage with the network provider that delivers connectivity to the datacenter where the KAG servers are.

• July 10, 2012  Unconnectable Servers No Longer Displayed in the Server Browser
  The server browser will now no longer list servers which time out upon being joined.

• July 10, 2012  Rewriting How Blocks Work
  So, I’m rewriting how blocks work, so they can be loaded from scripts and carried as actual objects.

• July 5, 2012  Seclevs, Blocks and Physics Headaches
  Multi-block constructions like ramps are underway, as well as server-side security levels.

• June 25, 2012  Maintenance complete
  The process was a success, lasting only 5 minutes due to extensive preparation!

• June 25, 2012  Database Maintenance is starting
  Maintenance begins now!

• June 24, 2012  Progress, setbacks, boats and ropes
  We're working on API and scripting. Boats and rope attachments are underway.

• June 22, 2012  Hotfix on 428
  Another hotfix featuring fixes, and a revamped Quick join logic.

• June 21, 2012  Important: Planned maintenance 09:00 UTC Monday, June 25th
  Maintenance has been rescheduled--several systems will be down for some time.

• June 20, 2012  Map/Server Ingenuity by OnR
  This server is not about fighting, but carefully jumping through platform puzzles.

• June 20, 2012  Hotfix on build 428
  More fixes, and removed advertising in installer.

• June 19, 2012  Build 428
  Tweaks and bug fixes, including the one where admins crash on collapses.

• June 17, 2012  Maintenance Debrief/Lessons Learned
  Maintenance didn't go as planned, but we know what to do next time.

• June 17, 2012  Ongoing database maintenance
  You may be unable to log in due to database maintenance.

• June 17, 2012  KAG time-lapse video "Wood & Water"
  Great fun ingame.

• June 16, 2012  Minor Build 424
  Some API changes.

• June 14, 2012  Hotfix on 421
  Slight changes to the code.

• June 13, 2012  New build with completely new server browser interface
  The server browser has been upgraded!

• June 13, 2012  KAG Dev: Deploying a boat
  Video of testing boats.

• June 12, 2012  Hotfix Build 421
  Addresses the "Mash C to Mine Faster" bug.

• June 11, 2012  Faster server browser released
  A complete overhaul of the server browser back-end.

• June 10, 2012  Scripting in the works!
  We're working toward scripting per-component for all entities!

• June 7, 2012  Build 415 hotfixes
  A few changes and bug fixes.

• June 6, 2012  Wood & Water Build Released!
  Wood and water, direct to the faces of full version players everywhere!

• June 2, 2012  Deadline Announcement + Water and Wood almost here!
  Current plans for getting KAG feature-complete.

• May 28, 2012  Easy KAG server renting
  Rent a server at http://kag2dservers.com/ now!

• May 24, 2012  A brief discussion about IPv6
  You can support this important event.

• May 24, 2012  Re: Modding
  Please don't PM devs for bugs or suggestions--use IRC, Forums, or Mantis.

• May 23, 2012  This week's cool stuff
  Water, wooden blocks, and configure-able shield bashing!

• May 22, 2012  Build 394 fix for dedi on older linux distros
  Use this if your linux server was broken!

• May 21, 2012  What's coming next
  We're working toward version 1.0, starting on water and wood!

• May 15, 2012  Heads Tweak
  Wrong pixels on some in-game heads have been removed.

• May 15, 2012  OS X 10.5.x issue resolved
  This is for OS X 10.5 users who have had some problems.

• May 15, 2012  Autoupdate issue resolved
  Your game should have no problems automatically updating now!

• May 15, 2012  Last chance to get KAG for only $9.99
  The price will increase to $12.99 after today's hotfix!

• May 14, 2012  Fighting the undead - Now with friends! (Build 393)
  Multiplayer zombies, accompanied by a ton of fixes and features!

• May 13, 2012  Interrupt while we're waiting
  Just a few small more fixes. The party system will be changed too.

• May 13, 2012  Release Holdup - Should be out Monday
  We hope to bring you the next build by Monday!

• May 9, 2012  Soldat is 10!
  Soldat has reached it's tenth anniversary! Also, expect new heads soon.

• May 8, 2012  Just an informal reminder
  Report bugs on bugs.kag2d.com. No need to bother the devs!

• May 2, 2012  Combat Fixes and Exploit Patches
  Problems with combat are being fixed.

• April 28, 2012  Fixes Galore
  Many bugs are being worked out for the next build!

• April 23, 2012  Build 370 Released!
  Spectator mode, changes to resource counter, increased mod-ability.

• April 19, 2012  Post-Birthday Developments
  Many planned features are in development.

• April 17, 2012  Happy Birthday KAG!
  It's the one year anniversary of KAG's conception!system.

• April 15, 2012  Developments of the last week
  Geti on the latest achievements in coding including a new scriptable entity

• April 15, 2012  Zombie Fortress Video
  Commented video about trying to survive the zombie horde.

• April 11, 2012  Build 360 Released!
  Hotfix for some more bugs.

• April 11, 2012  Build 359 Released!
  Multiple bug fixes from last build.

• April 10, 2012  Changes Large and Small
  Update on plans for the future of KAG and War/Overworld modes.

• April 8, 2012  Linux Fix
  Fix for Linux users.

• April 5, 2012  Build 353 Released!
  New feature: Throwing corpses!

• April 2, 2012  Security Breach Hoax
  Considering a lot of you are taking it very seriously, the security breach thing was a hoax...

• April 1, 2012  Direly Important Update (Build 349)
  Patches to an exploit allowing malicious code into KAG. Pls update ASAP!

• March 28, 2012  Build 346 Released!
  Several more bug fixes...

• March 27, 2012  Build 345 Released!
  Several bug fixes and a few tweaks...

• March 18, 2012  Guards vs The World
  A promotional event where guards face off premium players...

• March 16, 2012  Current Direction
  News update on progress of game development after GDC...

• March 8, 2012  Geti, Notch and Ace of Spades
  Geti playing Ace of Spades behind Notch’s back...

• March 2, 2012  Zombie Fortress Single Player
  The release of a single player zombie survival mode.

• February 24, 2012  A word from Geti
  The necessary fixes contributing to delay of the new release.

• February 19, 2012  MM's Developer Blog
  MM blogs about his current thoughts on game design.

• February 15, 2012  KAG is Essential to Have
  KAG is making more and more of a splash, getting featured on G4!

• February 14, 2012  Wrapping up zombies
  Everything that is going to be added, has been added.

• February 11, 2012  Day 1 Testing
  Quotes from how the current testing is going.

• February 7, 2012  Teasers of Next Release!
  More new things coming in the next release!

• February 6, 2012  Payment Options Aplenty!
  More payment options are coming soon!

• February 3, 2012  Zombies Soon!
  Soon you'll fighting zombies as a team!

• February 1, 2012  KAG wins JiG 2011
  KAG has won the "Jay is Games" award for best casual indie game 2011 in the category "Strategy or Role-Playing"!

• January 25, 2012  Even More BRAAIINNSSS!
  More Zombies Updates! Also, patch explanation.

• January 25, 2012  Free premium!
  Click here for information!

• January 23, 2012  BRRAAIIINNNSS
  Updates on the zombie progress.

• January 19, 2012  Wang tiles
  With the upcoming zombies patch, it seems randomly generated castles are in the works.

• January 17, 2012  News Roundup
  KAG has been making a splash in a lot of places lately!

• January 17, 2012  BUILD 274 RELEASED!
  All bug fixes, no new additions.

• January 13, 2012  Vote KAG! (JiG Best of 2011)
  KAG up for voting in the Best of 2011 awards at JayIsGames.

• January 13, 2012  New engine news clarification
  Explanation about transitioning to a new engine.

• January 12, 2012  Duel map with radiosity lighting
  Screenshot showing off radiosity lighting on a duel map.

• January 10, 2012  Real darkness
  Zombie AI and lighting system.

• January 6, 2012  BUILD 265 RELEASED!
  More fixes in this new release.

• January 5, 2012  BUILD 262-263 RELEASED!
  A new workshop system and many fixes in preparation for zombies and war.

• January 4, 2012  New Release Imminent
  Build 262 about to come out.

• January 1, 2012  Test build available
  Test build 260 available on the forums.

• December 24, 2011  Merry Xmas!
  Christmas greetings and IndieDB editor's choice award.

• December 20, 2011  Little zombie survival screenshot
  Showing off zombies in the night.

• December 20, 2011  KAG Tournament!
  Tournament on December 26-27.

• December 14, 2011  Lighting!
  About the upcoming lighting system.

• December 12, 2011  New map format
  An improved map format is being created by MM. On other news: 2500 full version sales crossed!

• December 8, 2011  Grrrrrr… mmmmh…
  MM works on Zombie Mode.

• December 6, 2011  King Arthur’s Gold. Now on Mac.
  Mac version is out now!

• December 4, 2011  Mac version en route!
  A Mac OSX version of KAG is coming soon; a test build probably within 24 hours!

• December 4, 2011  Linux version fixed
  Linux build 228 got some autoupdate fixes.

• December 2, 2011  Build 228! Finally!
  The new build comes with better in-game menus, a quick-join feature, in-game access to the manual and other pages, and much much more.

• December 1, 2011  Bug Reports! & More voting to do!
  Finally a bug tracker for KAG and votings for Indie of the Year 2011 via Indie DB.

• November 30, 2011  A story about my recent experience with EA.
  Geti mainly rants about EA, pre-ordering and DRM.

• November 29, 2011  Aus Server up for testing!
  Official australian servers up for testing!

• November 28, 2011  Oh So Close
  Geti tells us that the test build is nearly out! Only minor fixes need to be made.

• November 24, 2011  Off for the weekend, Quick Update.
  Geti goes camping. Yay for him! Also test build soon and possibly no browser functionality this build.

• November 23, 2011  Vote KAG! (for serious this time)
  Quickly to the vote-mobile! Also contains a slight look into the immediate future.

• November 20, 2011  Huzzah! Build successful!
  Geti tells us that he has time to work on his list.

• November 18, 2011  Help out on the Wiki & Bye bye Disqus!
  Geti explains why the ability to comment on the blog was removed in favor of a quick link to the Official Forums. Also a call for help from us, the KAG wiki contributors.

• November 17, 2011  Main Menus overhaul
  MM describes the improved menus he is working on.

• November 15, 2011  Some Changes to run by the Community regarding Builders and Bridges
  Geti runs some ideas for changes to the builder by the community. Make sure to vote and comment on it here.

• November 14, 2011  KAG Minecraft Art
  Some interesting pixel art from the forums.

• November 13, 2011  Some updates!
  Geti mentions the user spike after the feature in TotalBiscuits web show. Also some information about servers.

• November 10, 2011  This Blog post only contained of a picture of the apple logo.

• November 9, 2011  Hello new players!
  MM introduces the game to the new players and gives a brief outlook on what is to come. There is also a mention of the official IRC channel (#kag on quakenet or join instantly by click here).

• November 7, 2011  Master Playing Up & Build 203 released!
  Geti informs the players that the master server authentification is off and MM releases the new build 203. Check the changelog right here!

• November 4, 2011  Build 200 ‘Player Customizations’ released!
  Geti announces the release of the new build 200. Check the changelog right here!

• November 2, 2011  KAG on IGF 2012 !
  KAG was entered into the official competition of the Independent Games Festival 2012.

• October 30, 2011  News on next release
  MM introduces the new idea of a "team unit counter".

• October 24, 2011  Bug/feature? from the test build.
  A video of the new "Knight-Zeppelin" bug.

• October 23, 2011  Server Issues
  Geti apologizes for the broken master server.

• October 22, 2011  Testing testing 2
  MM is polishing the new build a lot, public release is imminent.

• October 19, 2011  Adventures, Overworlds and the “Full version”
  Exciting news about the future of KAG, MUST READ! Overworlds!

• October 14, 2011  Testing testing
  Use the test client to test out new pie menus with MM and Geti.

• October 11, 2011  New ingame menus
  MM announces new menus.

• October 5, 2011  Just a heads up:
  Geti invites to the test build with a draft implementation of workshops.

• October 4, 2011  A new engine
  MM works on a complete rebuild of the current engine.

• October 3, 2011  Interview with MM on IndieGames.com
  MM gave an interview on IndieGames.com.

• September 30, 2011  Go Vote!
  Support the game.

• September 28, 2011  This weeks sneak peek
  Sneak peek for next build.

• September 26, 2011  Call to arms!
  Red, and blue, the biggest recorded single battle ever yet.

• September 24, 2011  Build 158 released!
  Check the changelog right here!

• September 23, 2011  Features Coming!
  Showcase new features.

• September 22, 2011  Build 157 released!
  Check the changelog right here!

• September 21, 20111  Build 156 released!
  Fixed collapsing issues. Check the changelog right here!

• September 19, 2011  One “KAG Day” & Build 154 released!
  New user registrations and total user logins per hour over one day. New build includes “Basics & Building” tutorial. Check the changelog right here!

• September 16, 2011  “New Server Browser” build released!
  New servers browser!

• September 15, 2011  Alpha Funding on Desura!
  King Arthur’s Gold is now officially part of the alphafunding program on the games distribution channel Desura.

• September 14, 2011  Server browser inbound
  Server browser inbound.

• September 12, 2011  Build 142 hotfix
  Check the changelog right here!

• September 11, 2011  What’s next
  Announcement for the bomb workshop and other new stuff.

• September 7, 2011  Build 142 released!
  Check the changelog right here!

• September 5, 2011  Premium KAG and The Future
  Showcase what’s coming in KAG Premium.

• September 4, 2011  Premium accounts reactivated
  Reactivate of Premium accounts.

• September 3, 2011  KAG trailer & French, Polish & Russian subforums
  KAG trailer from Crashman208 and French, Polish and Russian subforum created.

• September 2, 2011  New website and game accounts & Human Catapult build released!
  New website, Official KAG Forums, Human catapult included, dozens of tweaks, changes and bug fixes.

• September 1, 2011  Server issues & Attention server owners
  The master server has been transferred and the address has changed. Issues with master server login and server downloading.

• August 30, 2011  New catapult ammunition
  Player as catapult ammunition.

• August 26, 2011  Build 130 Released! & Tweaking the HUD
  Most critical issues fixed and improved slightly. Check the changelog right here! Announcement for changes at the HUD.

• August 25, 2011  “New HUD” Build Released!
  Big update that involves improving the game graphics. Check the changelog right here!

• August 24, 2011  Building Ideas & KAG direction change
  Resource bubbles for interaction idea and announce the idea for KAG Gold.

• August 23, 2011  Build 127 released!
  Added anti-griefing solution. Check the changelog right here!

• August 22, 2011  Build 126 Released!
  Fixed some crash reasons and the editor work now. Check the changelog right here!

• August 19, 2011  “Eyecandy” Build Released!
  Huge graphic update and other new stuff. Check the changelog right here!

• August 12, 2011  Graphic update announcement
  Also fixed the long time disconnection of all players after map restart.

• August 11, 2011  Impersonation Issues & More hitches and more good news
  Track down duplicate accounts and news above the release

• August 9, 2011  Pre-orders of Gold Servers Access are over
  The premium players count reached 100 and the pre-order is over.

• August 6, 2011  Interview Over! Also, delays D:, short teaser of new mechanics and animations & A note to server owners.
  MM Interview and announce to the official update. Graphics build has been delayed. New knight mechanics and redrawn animations. Server owners can turn off votekick.

• August 5, 2011  Live interview with MM about KAG
  MM interviewed by QubeTubers.com

• August 4, 2011  Graphics build nearing completion! & Pre-orders help
  Announce new graphics and explain people how the pre-order works right.

• August 3, 2011  No.42 How Not To Be Seen
  Shows a picture with an laid archer who´s hard to see.

• August 2, 2011  Backgrounds & trees
  New backgrounds and fir trees.

• July 31, 2011  Graphics overhaul + tutorial
  MM talks about the next build which will basically be a graphics overhaul, they will also add a tutorial.

• July 26, 2011  Gold Servers Premium Access & a video
  The video shows a WIP build and the blog post introduces "Gold Server" for customers.

• July 25, 2011  About lag & a video
  The video shows a KAG timelapse by Snoopicus, while the blog post informs server owners to set the player limit lower to prevent lags.

• July 23, 2011  Contains a picture as the title
  Announcement of the comming "eyecandy" build. Prettier backgrounds and graphics are comming!

• July 22, 2011  Rendering code
  Hiding in grass will become possible soon.

• July 21, 2011  Mumble crash
  Mumble crashes the KAG client for unknown reasons.

• July 19, 2011  ‘COMBAT BUILD’ 90 RELEASED
  Changed combat mechanics, but will it be more fun? Check the changelog right here and decide for yourself!

• July 17, 2011  Revised background
  Small ambiance update.

• July 16, 2011  99% chance these will come into the game
  Overview of planned features for KAG.

• July 15, 2011  DB digs KAG
  KAG's current popularity rank on ModDB: 2 of 4116.

• 13, 2011  Should outposts give out supplies? & Test build
  There is a poll and a new test build, go vote and play!

• July 11, 2011  This week
  Overview about goals this week.

• July 9, 2011  Subscribe to the feed, Running KAG on OSX & Server browser
  Running some ideas by the community and giving out a workaround to play KAG on OSX. Also please subscribe if you want to get the latest news as soon as they get out.

• July 8, 2011  BUILD 80 RELEASED
  Check the changelog right here!

• July 7, 2011  Team chat usage poll
  Do you use the teamchat? How do you like it?

• July 6, 2011  Google Moderator suggestions & New test build
  Check out the new way of voting on ideas here. Also there is a new test build running, go play it!

• July 5, 2011  Linux client fixed & Battle Screenshots
  Good news for Linux users.

• July 4, 2011  Build 71 hotfix
  Check the changelog right here!

• July 3, 2011  A few days off
  In other news: Geti is on vacation.