Six years ago I setup the digibutter forums. It was just a typical phpbb install which I started modifying, adding features like alternate characters and items that could be used on posts, users, or even on the entire site itself. Various "mod plots" kept me up late at night frantically making changes to the site. I wanted digibutter to not just be a forum, but an entire world. I found the limitations of phpbb to be too much, so I decided to start from scratch and made the site you see now aka "Nerr 1.5"
Nerr 1.5 was a hybrid forum, social network, and news site. I finally had a good foundation to build my crazy features on top of and Nerr 2.0 would return the site to it's former glory. But I was burnt-out (for lots of reasons, not just this), so I went on a hike for 6 months and got some new perspective. The truth is forums don't make good games. All the role-players left (do people still do that?) and anyways, I would probably just end up making a gaiaonline clone (which I think is about dead now?).
So that brings us today. Nerr 2.0 never happened and Nerr 1.5 is showing it's age... but I still want to make a game and I still love this community. All my ideas that I had for the original site still want to exist. So I've been working on a *real* game... a Massively Multiplayer Online Platformer sandbox (MMOPs?) that many of you have been testing (and fighting) in the beta-lands. Coming soon an entire world to jump, run, and build in. A Super Paper Mario MMO of sorts.
"But what is to come of digibutter?" you ask. Nerr 3.0 of course! digibutter.nerr will continue as a place of discussion, but with a more chat-like feel. It will run on the same server as the bitlands game, so there will be some interaction between the two. It's not quite ready yet, but expect some nice changes in a few weeks.
I haven't been this excited since 2007. Try out the betalands (especially Doopliss' clever levels) if you haven't already, and let me know if there is anything in particular you'd like to see in Nerr 3.0
Thanks again for sticking around, this place wouldn't still exist without [you]
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this doesnt mean im coming back though. im not coming back here to face constant harassment every day. i was just curious if anything changed here.
The only thing I personally want from 3.0 is items. You know the thing I was begging for since 1.5 started. It was really fun messing with them, and you could probably do a lot with them in betalands, if maybe you added some RPG mechanics like super paper mario itself has. But, that's a lot of stuff, so I'm not asking for anything specific, just some more complexity would be fun. Like, complexity that isn't required for newbies to grasp immediately, since it's just a simple platformer. But something that can be learned and toyed with over time for a more enriching experience. I think the easiest way to at least start that would be to develop some sort of inventory system rather than just a hotbar, mainly just make more space for items, if you were to add them. But, again, that's just all future hopes, aside from the countless suggestions I said about world options, I'm pretty cool with the direction it's going in.
I hope these changes become more enticing to new members. I tried getting some people on here before, they didn't seem to stick.
will there be digital butterflies
'cause, you know, it's digibutter and all
like here's an example of cross forum-game functionality; there's digital butterflies you find in-forum that you can use as currency in game
Long live digi! Heil Farnis!
we used to be kids
Wow, didn't even realize how much y'all have changed since I was last here. Legitimately interested in this Bitlands thing you've got going (although it isn't loading for me, so...)
oh hey ? Block, all you need is one of the latest browsers (firefox, chrome, IE10). Let me know if you see any other errors or anything. The "?" in your username might be causing problems.
Suddenly the oldies are crawling out of the woodwork
You guys are freakin' awesome
Also, I've actually seen this thread from the moment it was first posted, Digi is just sometimes a pain with logging me in and out. It's so fickle with how it works, it seems. I'd probably post a bit more if I wasn't logged out randomly half the time.
oh wow lol
L2sage
Man..if only I'd stayed around longer than the 3 days I initially did...that would've been about a year ago, I think..
L2sage