Toad Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Nearly finished The development of the dwarf quest is nearly finished. Its been nearly finished for the last couple of weeks. Nearly finished can be quite a drawn-out stage sometimes, and thats definitely been the case with this project. In the last blog, Mod Mark talked about how hed played through the quest in its rough-and-ready state with placeholder graphics, and said he had some changes he wanted me to make. Ive made those changes, and I agree with him that the plot revelation works better now. Apart from that, Ive spent my time polishing every detail of the quest, to take it from the just-about-working version that Mod Mark played, to a piece of content wed be happy releasing to you. This polishing stage is a quite different kind of job from starting to write the quest. Its as if the project disintegrates from one big job into lots of little jobs - this NPC doesnt have chat written if you talk to her at one particular quest stage; that puzzle will get stuck if you teleport out at the wrong stage; the timings in a cutscene dont quite line up - and so forth. Blue blocks begone Before and after Before and after One of my tasks has been to replace the placeholder graphics with the final graphics as the Graphics team create them. You remember the screenshot I showed you a while back of a new area made up of blue blocks? Well, here's what it looks like now... Adding the graphics is sometimes a simple swap, but other times it involves major changes to the code. For example, the basic layout of the area in the screenshot is the same, but the exact proportions are slightly different from what I mapped down, which means the code for the action that takes place there had to be changed slightly. At other times, the graphics might not be quite what Id wanted, or might not work properly with the code, so Ive had to get them changed. Theres a lot of back-and-forth between Content and Graphics at this stage of a project. What happens next When I say the project is nearly finished, thats nearly finished as far as this project stage is concerned; that doesnt mean its about to be released. Once Ive got the whole quest working without any bugs Im aware of, the project will go into the QA stage. That means the QA team will find the bugs I wasnt aware of and send them to me to fix. Im expecting to be able to send this quest to QA within the next couple of days. Another thing happening now is that the quests text goes into editing (to catch any spelling and grammar errors and make sure all text is in the house style), and translation. Thats actually already started - so if I change any text now I have to send a note to the editor so he can look at it again. Finally, its at this stage in a project that we start thinking about any extra website features that well release along with it. Weve decided that for this quest well be doing a new Lores and Histories story to be released at around the same time. Writing that is my next task once the quest goes into QA. We have a title Back in one of my early blogs for this project I told you how the quest didnt have a title yet, because Im rubbish at coming up with titles. Well, at this stage of a project we really need the final title to be defined, so Ive racked my brains and come up with the following: Forgiveness of a Chaos Dwarf. A nice, intriguing title, I think. It tells you that at least one chaos dwarf is involved, but who is it forgiving and why? You will just have to wait and see. Project: New Dwarf Quest Tags: development, dwarf, quest http://devblog.runescape.com/view_post.ws?post_id=22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonni Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 the words dragon warhammer randomly popped in my head when i read this oh well sounds like a decent quest dedicate your idle computer power to a scientific project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runeman231 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 I'm actually very excited for this quest, even though the dwarf storyline doesn't interest me much. I'm probably after a shiny new reward... =P~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkjab Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Sounds alright I enjoyed the little read. And now...we wait for it to be released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth_Poet Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 the words dragon warhammer pickaxe randomly popped in my head when i read this oh well sounds like a decent quest :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master_Smither Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 I imagine this is what they are recruiting others to test this weekend. Can't wait for it but maybe I'm expecting too much from it :| the words dragon warhammer pickaxe randomly popped in my head when i read this oh well sounds like a decent quest :D +1! Click for My Blog670th to 99 Smithing July 21st, 07 |743rd to 99 Mining November 29th, 07 | 649th to 99 Runecrafting May 18th, 08 | 29,050th to 99 Defence October 20th, 08 | 20,700th to 99 Magic November 8, 08 | 47,938th to 99 Attack December 19, 08 | 37,829th to 99 Hitpoints December 24, 08 | 68,604th to 99 Strength February 4, 09 | 27,983rd to 99 Range February 9, 09 | 9,725th to 99 Prayer June 8, 09 | 6,620th to 99 Slayer December, 12 09 | 4,075th to 99 Summoning December, 28 09 | 3,551th to 99 Herblore February 24, 10 | 3,192th to 99 Dungeoneering November 11, 10 | 146,600th to 99 Cooking December 29th, 10 | 11,333rd to 99 Construction June 7th, 11 | 16,648th to 99 Farming August 1st, 11 | 19,993th to 99 Crafting August 2nd, 11 | 89,739th to 99 Woodcutting Janurary 1st, 12 | 55,424th to 99 Fishing May 9th, 12| 60,648th to 99 Firemaking May 12th, 12 | 16666th to 99 Agility May 17th, 2012 | 24476th to 99 Hunter June 1st, 2012 | 57,881st to 99 Fletching June 1st, 2012 | All 99s June 1st, 2012 | 3183th to 120 Dungeoneering July 24th, 2012 | 2341st to 2496 Total level July 24th, 2012 | Completionist Cape July 24th, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albel Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 the words dragon warhammer pickaxe randomly popped in my head when i read this oh well sounds like a decent quest :D Exactly what I though of. Dwarfs deal with mining...so mabey...just mabey a dragon picaxe. I might get 61 mining for this now :D [hide=Quotes]Albel/JustinAlbel doesn't say anything anymore, just comes in, leaves an arrow and vanishes into the night :(Probablypractising some euphoniumYou nearly had me fooled, you fooler youEuphonium/10.9/10. To me, always associate Albel with musical stuff in OT.Everyone with a goatee and glasses is Albel now.lmfao albel m8 wat r u doin, hi though. [/hide][hide=Runescape Achievements]99 firemaking(2007), 99 woodcutting(2008), 99 fletching(2009), 99 magic(2010), 99 cooking(2010), 99 farming(2011), 99 construction(2011), 99 runecrafting(2012), 99 Hunter (2014), 99 ranged (2015), 99 HP (2015), 99 Slayer (2015), 99 attack (2015) 99 Defense (2015) 99 Prayer (2015) 99 Summoning (2015) 99 Strength(2015) 99 Herblore (2015) 99 Dungeoneering (2017) 99 Mining (2017) 99 Crafting (2017) 99 Smithing (2017) 99 Thieving (2017) 99 invention (2017) 99 Fishing (2018), 99 Divination (2018), 99 Agility (2018), MAXED (05/17/2018)[/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterDexter Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 I imagine this is what they are recruiting others to test this weekend. Can't wait for it but maybe I'm expecting too much from it :| the words dragon warhammer pickaxe kin randomly popped in my head when i read this oh well sounds like a decent quest :D +1! NVM. Ontopic: well, only a month and a bit (?) to go to see the first content we've been following from the beginning. I'm really excited. :D Especially about the plot twist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3hitm4g3u Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Dragon warhammer would be cool. So would dragon pickaxe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Quest reward access to level 95 slayer monsters that drop Dragon Pickaxes please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chained_life Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Oh good, another 1 hour long quest that I will forget within the same day as completion . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master_Smither Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Quest reward access to level 95 slayer monsters that drop Dragon Pickaxes please. Best suggestion all year =D> Click for My Blog670th to 99 Smithing July 21st, 07 |743rd to 99 Mining November 29th, 07 | 649th to 99 Runecrafting May 18th, 08 | 29,050th to 99 Defence October 20th, 08 | 20,700th to 99 Magic November 8, 08 | 47,938th to 99 Attack December 19, 08 | 37,829th to 99 Hitpoints December 24, 08 | 68,604th to 99 Strength February 4, 09 | 27,983rd to 99 Range February 9, 09 | 9,725th to 99 Prayer June 8, 09 | 6,620th to 99 Slayer December, 12 09 | 4,075th to 99 Summoning December, 28 09 | 3,551th to 99 Herblore February 24, 10 | 3,192th to 99 Dungeoneering November 11, 10 | 146,600th to 99 Cooking December 29th, 10 | 11,333rd to 99 Construction June 7th, 11 | 16,648th to 99 Farming August 1st, 11 | 19,993th to 99 Crafting August 2nd, 11 | 89,739th to 99 Woodcutting Janurary 1st, 12 | 55,424th to 99 Fishing May 9th, 12| 60,648th to 99 Firemaking May 12th, 12 | 16666th to 99 Agility May 17th, 2012 | 24476th to 99 Hunter June 1st, 2012 | 57,881st to 99 Fletching June 1st, 2012 | All 99s June 1st, 2012 | 3183th to 120 Dungeoneering July 24th, 2012 | 2341st to 2496 Total level July 24th, 2012 | Completionist Cape July 24th, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mdeoxys Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Nooo, I don't want a new dwarf quest! I like the story line and stuff but it will probably have a too high mining requirement so I can't do it. :x ohh well, We'll just have to wait and see how things unpack. Proud (retired) Tip.it Times Editor! Tip.it Times Archives TET event forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bauke Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Nice read. Would like a few more teasers though. Just one picture that barely showed anything. Oh well, more surprise. Twitter ||| Google+ ||| Facebook ||| LinkedIn ||| My very interesting weblog about science Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollyc3 Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Borin, is the quest here yet or what? 2376/2376 total achieved - May 2009 Retired Dec 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirror Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Nearly finished...isn't that every update? -.- Oh well, nothing really too interesting. Possibly one of the lamest dd's for me in interest. A reflection is just a distorted reality held by glass and your mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippodo Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Nice, I hope a lot of Mining will be involved in this storyline, just to hear those thousands of people whine who've been ignoring Mining for years :thumbsup:! Due to my epic stats, I have now started WGS (but I still hate spoilers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterDexter Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Nooo, I don't want a new dwarf quest! I like the story line and stuff but it will probably have a too high mining requirement so I can't do it. :x ohh well, We'll just have to wait and see how things unpack. Level 61 Hunter Level 61 Firemaking Level 69 Strength Must have completed Forgettable Tale of a Drunken Dwarf and Between a Rock... There will be an enemy to fight, but we haven't quite decided its level yet. This was said in the previous blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mil Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Good read, seems that their development process for each quest is very long. If this is the same for PKing changes and so on, some of the Developers must be annoyed their work gets removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mdeoxys Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Level 61 Hunter Level 61 Firemaking Level 69 Strength Must have completed Forgettable Tale of a Drunken Dwarf and Between a Rock... There will be an enemy to fight, but we haven't quite decided its level yet. This was said in the previous blog. Let's hope they keep it like this >< brb, Hunter training. Proud (retired) Tip.it Times Editor! Tip.it Times Archives TET event forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zepheras Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 the words dragon warhammer pickaxe randomly popped in my head when i read this oh well sounds like a decent quest :D Exactly what I though of. Dwarfs deal with mining...so mabey...just mabey a dragon picaxe. I might get 61 mining for this now :D I'd prefer a dragon warhammer actually. Ever since the story of the dragonkins, I've found it weird that dragon hachets were part of the weaponary made by them. Why would dragonkinds make tools like pickaxes anyway? If every runite item has to have a dragon counterpart, dragon nails would be....Nevermind. :-# "Do you really want to go back to the time when Falador was grey, lesser demon look like goats, dragons look like cows, hellhound look like cats and your character stands as stiff as a statue?" -F1775 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me_Hate_Libs Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Mobilising Armies was "nearly finished" for like 3 months. This website and its contents are copyright © 1999 - 2010 Jagex Ltd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth_Poet Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Mobilising Armies was "nearly finished" for like 3 months. Well, I believe since the last dwarf quest was released, we've had the entire goblin quest series from start to finish. How many years has it been? I'll take a "nearly finished" for now. Of course, that could mean days, weeks, sometime this year, some next year. Let's hope sooner than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenkana Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 I'm willing to bet that the reward will just be a lot of exp, the bulk of which will be strength. If the CORPORAL beast is this hard, imagine how hard a GENERAL or COLONEL beast would be. a corporal is not even an admirable rank in armies that use that ranking system. Yeah, it is a pking minigame, so any arguments anybody makes will probably be biased.The best way this will end :Everybody just says,"I'm not arguing with you anymore, goodbye."The worst way this will end: I don't really know, psychological warfare? Worldwide thermonuclear war? Pie eating contest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingbrooks Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Good read, seems that their development process for each quest is very long. If this is the same for PKing changes and so on, some of the Developers must be annoyed their work gets removed. they're fault for making lot's of fail ideas :geek: Best Rubik's cube time solve: 27.81 seconds.Completed Facebook Tetris Marathon (670k score)2000+ total with 5 99's, fletching, cooking, attack, thieving and firemaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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