Post by PinkCrown on Feb 16, 2014 16:35:00 GMT
That is the question.
Or the question might be, why have I locked Ari in the secret llama cupboard and taken over this weeks dev thread?
Especially for you, I corralled the various mods and harassed them into writing a little bit about themselves.
Because there are about a bajillion of us, it's going to be split into a few different posts, so don't worry if you don't see someone on here yet, they'll be in a later one.
Iamallama
Name/Additional Nicknames -
iamallama/llama
What I did in FO -
Started as a moderator, eventually did some dev work for moderator tools. Ended up not playing for a while but kept up on stuff in the secret moderator only places.
What I do/will be doing/would like to do for Llamaquest -
What I do? Stuff. Will be doing? Too much. Like to do? Just play. I wish this damn thing would just build itself.
What I do in real life -
I program. When I'm at work I program, then go home and program some more. What are you guys doing to me!
Favourite Game -
Whatever I'm making at the moment. At least for a little while. I now know why Gamer was such an odd character.
Lighterthief
Name/Additional Nicknames -
Lighterthief , LT, feef
What I did in FO -
Mainly content creation, which included brainstorming area's, creating tiles, map design, sprites, items, etc. I would also try to guide the Arty staff people.
FO ads, like the kong promo's and facebook ads.
General imput on mod stuff and game direction
What I do/will be doing/would like to do for Llamaquest -
Basically the same, anything art related. Hopefully we will be able to build a proper art team in the future. Right now I'm still working on drafts and experimenting in style.
What I do in real life -
I am a professional Artist(Painter).
Favourite Game -
Impossible to answer haha. I haven't played an awe-full lot of games but I have good memories of the first MMO I played in college, Entropia Universe. And I adore anything pixelated. Chrono Trigger and anything from Zelda to name a few.
MurdockSiren
Name/Additional Nicknames - MurdockSiren/Murdock/Moarduck/Murduck/MurduckSurun - Quack!
What I did in FO - Mod for 2-3 years, watched chat and kept all the kiddos in check. That eventually turned into testing of new zones. Checking mobs/drops/collision tiles/graveyard pos/mob pos/npc pos. Then in later years I became the overseer of the Drama/Off Topic section of the forums, and occasionally helped out NS with support. I also wrote and came up with all the quest content (story/npcs/quest structure/rewards/pos) for NCC.
What I do/will be doing/would like to do for Llamaquest - After making my glorious return after a year long hiatus, I have been modded (ty llama). So I'll be modding the forums and helping the staff submit ideas for the new game. I would eventually like to take my mod skills into the actual game when it gets finished, as well as help with any non-code/non-art related content. Be that ideas, quest writing, story writing, or whatever pops up that I can be useful for.
What I do in real life - Head of Inside Sales for a Plumbing Manufactures Rep Agency. Same job I've had since 2005. I sit behind a desk and take calls and do computer work all day. Fancy I know.
Favourite Game - Final Fantasy XI. I played it for 10 years of my life, it is more a part of me than any other game I have ever played. Final Fantasy XIV is shaping up the same way lol.
Fossile
Name/Additional Nicknames -
foss, fossile
What I did in FO -
I played a little and sat around a lot near the end. I did a little bit of art staff work.
What I do/will be doing/would like to do for Llamaquest -
I hope to work with LT and the art staff. I wouldn't mind making music for the game.
What I do in real life -
This and that. I sometimes work at a library. I watch an adult with a disability. I do some random jobs.
Favourite Game
- FF6, Chrono Trigger, FF7, Legend of Zelda.
Ari
Name/Additional Nicknames -
Aridosa /Good Twin/ Ari / Carebear/ Catlady/Bubbles
What I did in FO - Well I started out as a regular player when a co worker said that I needed to try this game. He sent me a request on FB and I didn't look back after that. I joined a couple guilds before I found my home in The Force. When that ended I was in Glass Dragons (then became Leader) and then GD merged with the LazerKittens in 2013.
I also had the Mod Abuse/Stalking thread. It started out with just me finding afk mods and taking pics with them while my sprite was nekked (after I was modded I started to stalk everyone). Then I just wanted to meet them all.. I added every single one to my friends list. And slowly tracked them down I would like to say before the game was ending I could call them my friends
I was chosen with a small group to become the first and last Mini Mods. It was one of the greatest things I think that could have happened to us. It gave me an inside look at what they did and also showed me that they are all amazing people and that each one brought their own characters to our group. I was really glad to meet and get to know them more.
What I do/will be doing/would like to do for Llamaquest -
I like stoof on the forums, help with the Dev Blog, and when the game starts I will be Support.
I'm pretty excited about this position and can only hope to do as good of a job as Nightshade did.
What I do in real life - I work 3rds at Walmart as an overnight stocker/CSM. I also manage a minecraft server and am taking some college courses working my way to a teaching license.
I love children but only thing is I am short and don't want to teach kids taller than me. So I will most definitely not be teaching Jr High or High School.
Favorite Game -
PS2 - I would have to say all time fave is FF7 and FF9 although I do love FFX also
Gamecube - Luigi's Mansion
PC - FO (ofc) Minecraft and Path of Exile
PinkCrown
(saving the best for last amirite)
Name/Additional Nicknames -
Pink/Evil twin
What I did in FO -
For a long time I just modded chat and stalked support. Eventually I got into helping sort out the story, including doing redos of old areas to make them fit into the general story we had going on. Also did a bit of 'guide' writing for the new ps3k, mod tutorial stuff, various writing bits and bobs really.
What I do/will be doing/would like to do for Llamaquest -
I will be doing basically the same thing. Helping decide on the overall story, quests, little fun bits, and various other wordy things.
Banhammer is at the ready, as always.
What I do in real life - I am a fancy sounding Development Manager, for a company that makes high-tech outdoor clothing, mostly for emergency services.
It's not really that fancy, I write our bids for contracts, ISO processes, and a bunch of random other things like interviewing people.
Favourite Game - So difficult, so so difficult. But I'll go with Neverwinter Nights. The most beautiful RPG ever to grace my laptop, it's a classic.
Donations
Standard notice that donations can be given via the above link, anyone donating over $5 will be given 'supporter group' status, including access to the supporter forum and a fancy golden name.
Things are a bit quiet just now, but hopefully as we get more and more done, we'll be able to ramp up the stuff we can do with you guys
Additional:
What's goin on?
We are chugging along. There hasn't been much activity because we have said most of what needs to be said so far. We have a broad outline about what is going to happen and are just waiting for development to catch up so we can start generating content. The character select scene has been created and I'm working right now through this weekend on the character create screen. Once that is done the next stop is the game scene. Loading data for the game, content and features.
I emptied the paypal donations along with some of my own money (hooray for bonuses) and made two big purchases of the server software and Unity pro. So we are well underway and this is pretty permanent now. Next up is saving some money over the next few weeks/months to setup a game server (which really isn't needed until we hit alpha because I can test all I want locally during development).
Or the question might be, why have I locked Ari in the secret llama cupboard and taken over this weeks dev thread?
Especially for you, I corralled the various mods and harassed them into writing a little bit about themselves.
Because there are about a bajillion of us, it's going to be split into a few different posts, so don't worry if you don't see someone on here yet, they'll be in a later one.
Iamallama
Name/Additional Nicknames -
iamallama/llama
What I did in FO -
Started as a moderator, eventually did some dev work for moderator tools. Ended up not playing for a while but kept up on stuff in the secret moderator only places.
What I do/will be doing/would like to do for Llamaquest -
What I do? Stuff. Will be doing? Too much. Like to do? Just play. I wish this damn thing would just build itself.
What I do in real life -
I program. When I'm at work I program, then go home and program some more. What are you guys doing to me!
Favourite Game -
Whatever I'm making at the moment. At least for a little while. I now know why Gamer was such an odd character.
Lighterthief
Name/Additional Nicknames -
Lighterthief , LT, feef
What I did in FO -
Mainly content creation, which included brainstorming area's, creating tiles, map design, sprites, items, etc. I would also try to guide the Arty staff people.
FO ads, like the kong promo's and facebook ads.
General imput on mod stuff and game direction
What I do/will be doing/would like to do for Llamaquest -
Basically the same, anything art related. Hopefully we will be able to build a proper art team in the future. Right now I'm still working on drafts and experimenting in style.
What I do in real life -
I am a professional Artist(Painter).
Favourite Game -
Impossible to answer haha. I haven't played an awe-full lot of games but I have good memories of the first MMO I played in college, Entropia Universe. And I adore anything pixelated. Chrono Trigger and anything from Zelda to name a few.
MurdockSiren
Name/Additional Nicknames - MurdockSiren/Murdock/Moarduck/Murduck/MurduckSurun - Quack!
What I did in FO - Mod for 2-3 years, watched chat and kept all the kiddos in check. That eventually turned into testing of new zones. Checking mobs/drops/collision tiles/graveyard pos/mob pos/npc pos. Then in later years I became the overseer of the Drama/Off Topic section of the forums, and occasionally helped out NS with support. I also wrote and came up with all the quest content (story/npcs/quest structure/rewards/pos) for NCC.
What I do/will be doing/would like to do for Llamaquest - After making my glorious return after a year long hiatus, I have been modded (ty llama). So I'll be modding the forums and helping the staff submit ideas for the new game. I would eventually like to take my mod skills into the actual game when it gets finished, as well as help with any non-code/non-art related content. Be that ideas, quest writing, story writing, or whatever pops up that I can be useful for.
What I do in real life - Head of Inside Sales for a Plumbing Manufactures Rep Agency. Same job I've had since 2005. I sit behind a desk and take calls and do computer work all day. Fancy I know.
Favourite Game - Final Fantasy XI. I played it for 10 years of my life, it is more a part of me than any other game I have ever played. Final Fantasy XIV is shaping up the same way lol.
Fossile
Name/Additional Nicknames -
foss, fossile
What I did in FO -
I played a little and sat around a lot near the end. I did a little bit of art staff work.
What I do/will be doing/would like to do for Llamaquest -
I hope to work with LT and the art staff. I wouldn't mind making music for the game.
What I do in real life -
This and that. I sometimes work at a library. I watch an adult with a disability. I do some random jobs.
Favourite Game
- FF6, Chrono Trigger, FF7, Legend of Zelda.
Ari
Name/Additional Nicknames -
Aridosa /Good Twin/ Ari / Carebear/ Catlady/Bubbles
What I did in FO - Well I started out as a regular player when a co worker said that I needed to try this game. He sent me a request on FB and I didn't look back after that. I joined a couple guilds before I found my home in The Force. When that ended I was in Glass Dragons (then became Leader) and then GD merged with the LazerKittens in 2013.
I also had the Mod Abuse/Stalking thread. It started out with just me finding afk mods and taking pics with them while my sprite was nekked (after I was modded I started to stalk everyone). Then I just wanted to meet them all.. I added every single one to my friends list. And slowly tracked them down I would like to say before the game was ending I could call them my friends
I was chosen with a small group to become the first and last Mini Mods. It was one of the greatest things I think that could have happened to us. It gave me an inside look at what they did and also showed me that they are all amazing people and that each one brought their own characters to our group. I was really glad to meet and get to know them more.
What I do/will be doing/would like to do for Llamaquest -
I like stoof on the forums, help with the Dev Blog, and when the game starts I will be Support.
I'm pretty excited about this position and can only hope to do as good of a job as Nightshade did.
What I do in real life - I work 3rds at Walmart as an overnight stocker/CSM. I also manage a minecraft server and am taking some college courses working my way to a teaching license.
I love children but only thing is I am short and don't want to teach kids taller than me. So I will most definitely not be teaching Jr High or High School.
Favorite Game -
PS2 - I would have to say all time fave is FF7 and FF9 although I do love FFX also
Gamecube - Luigi's Mansion
PC - FO (ofc) Minecraft and Path of Exile
PinkCrown
(saving the best for last amirite)
Name/Additional Nicknames -
Pink/Evil twin
What I did in FO -
For a long time I just modded chat and stalked support. Eventually I got into helping sort out the story, including doing redos of old areas to make them fit into the general story we had going on. Also did a bit of 'guide' writing for the new ps3k, mod tutorial stuff, various writing bits and bobs really.
What I do/will be doing/would like to do for Llamaquest -
I will be doing basically the same thing. Helping decide on the overall story, quests, little fun bits, and various other wordy things.
Banhammer is at the ready, as always.
What I do in real life - I am a fancy sounding Development Manager, for a company that makes high-tech outdoor clothing, mostly for emergency services.
It's not really that fancy, I write our bids for contracts, ISO processes, and a bunch of random other things like interviewing people.
Favourite Game - So difficult, so so difficult. But I'll go with Neverwinter Nights. The most beautiful RPG ever to grace my laptop, it's a classic.
Donations
Standard notice that donations can be given via the above link, anyone donating over $5 will be given 'supporter group' status, including access to the supporter forum and a fancy golden name.
Things are a bit quiet just now, but hopefully as we get more and more done, we'll be able to ramp up the stuff we can do with you guys
Additional:
What's goin on?
We are chugging along. There hasn't been much activity because we have said most of what needs to be said so far. We have a broad outline about what is going to happen and are just waiting for development to catch up so we can start generating content. The character select scene has been created and I'm working right now through this weekend on the character create screen. Once that is done the next stop is the game scene. Loading data for the game, content and features.
I emptied the paypal donations along with some of my own money (hooray for bonuses) and made two big purchases of the server software and Unity pro. So we are well underway and this is pretty permanent now. Next up is saving some money over the next few weeks/months to setup a game server (which really isn't needed until we hit alpha because I can test all I want locally during development).
-iamallama
. I hope you're doing better and feel free to take a hiatus if you feel obligated to. 
