Projects
Here is a list of the current projects under development.
Quest Docket
Description: A list of quests by various contributors due to be released. Some have more work than others.
Lead: Wombat
Quests: Black Boots Quest, Desert Bow Quest, Chocolate Milk Quest, Sailor Hat Quest, Captain Hat Quest
Information/Storyline NPCs
Description: Some of the quests that use the same variable can be confusing. The game is lacking in enough NPCs that bring the overall backstory and plots of the areas forward. These NPCs are meant to help answer this problem.
Lead:Wombat
NPCs: Nivalis area Information NPC, Nivalis area storyline NPCs
Lumber Camp
Description: Southern Argaes expansion
Team: poison_ivy, o11c
Quests: Save the Dell; the Naturalist quests; ?
Kageville
Description: TBA
Lead: Kage
Quests: TBA
Easter 2011
Description: Easter holiday event quest.
Lead: Tiana
Thermin
Description of Project: Kaizei area town. Once a large human and dwarven town that mined the firerock stones beneath the town, it was devastated by a poison gas leak. During the crisis to survive, the humans and dwarves collaborated on several new technologies to both defend the town from the rampaging Yeti surrounding the town and to find ways to get back to using the mine, despite the poison gas problem.
Lead: Wombat, Lien
New Monsters (Monster drops): Fire Lizard (Firerock)
New NPCs: Gasmask Steam Punk NPC, several dwarf type NPCs, clockwork armor NPC, barbarian NPCs
Items and Equipment: Top hat, bowler hat, monocle, gasmask, wheel lock pistol
South-Western Argaes
Description of Project: Graveyard Inn and Crypt maps. Higher level equipment, Reaper boss quest, introduction of "undead" NPCs, high level gambling
Team: Jenalya, Wombat
New Monsters (Monster drops): Reaper, scythe, the lost, ball lightning
Items and Equipment: Death's hand (area effect wand given as reward), reaper blade (reaper drop crafted into weapon), platemail boots (quest or crafting), new platemail chest (quest or crafting), platemail legs (quest or crafting), visor helmet (quest or crafting), brass platemail chest (love triangle quest), brass platemail legs (love triangle quest), brass platemail boots (love triangle quest), brass platemail gloves (love triangle quest), brass platemail helmet (love triangle quest)
Barbarians of the Ancean Isles Debug Maps
Description of Project: Simple game to test the expanded player set. Will be located on debug maps. New maps, including a town map, will be made to give the game a unique flavor for testing enjoyment. This game may remain a "testing only" release. Game type will focus on solo playing for those interested in testing.
Project Lead: Wombat
Teams
TMW-eA Content Lead: Wombat
Role: Coordinate TMW-eA content. Network and delegate tasks to progress usable content for the game. Increase development participation. Review content for mainline release. Give reservations for requested maps. Give reservations for existing items, equipment and monsters in their respective databases.
Sound
Sound Team: saturn, headsmasher1
Role: Determines if sound on the forums is ready for the game. Encourages people to get involved in sound and encourage players to try their hand at sound. Attempts to meet the [REQ]s of content developers as well as creates any sound that may seem to add to the project, from monsters to maps to battle and beyond.
Art
Graphics Team: Lien, Meway, Skipy
Role: Determines if art on the forums is ready for the game. Requests tags to be put on art topics. Encourage artists contribute to the game and encourage players to try their hand at art. All art must have everything ready to be marked [RC], which includes adding the animation xml. Understand content priorities and attempt to steer art to meeting content [REQ]s when an artist is open to suggestion.
Player-set
Lead: Skipy
General Content
General Content Team: Argul, Wombat, Jenalya
Role: Coordinates non-sound/non-art related content, adds content to the cache branch gitorious repositories. Actively communicates through IRC with the Content Lead and Administration. Channel: #tmw-dev Server: irc.themanaworld.org
Monster Skills
Lead: nmaligec
Role: Deals with monster skills research and development for complex monsters.
XML
Lead: Wombat
Role: Fixes item, equipment, monsters, particles, player-set etc. images and xml for game animation.
Magic, Skills, Maps
Lead: Argul
Role: Develops and reviews magic, skills and maps in the game for testing.