Notch codeveloped Wurm? Cool.

I'm currently working on adding stone and metal mines, once that's done you will be able to build paths and lock buildings (so nobody else can enter). After that I'll work on either chat, pvp or animals. Also, quick question: Do you think the number of trees is fine at the moment, or should I up the spawn rate and/or mass-generate a bunch more?

Hmm interesting, I like the idea. I have now decided to complete something similar in the summer. I suggest to add weapons and enemies, also, add a image tile system as opposed to different shades.

ALSO, REFRESH ENERGY MORE FREQUENTLY!

Having the stamina refresh too fast may make it redundant, but I might adjust the refresh rate or stamina usage to balance it a bit more once some more features are done. As for image tiles, that is quite possible, but it might be a little while before I get around to it.

Also, here's a to-do list of upcoming features.

Make a documentation, what is the stamina refresh rate. Also, moving should not use stamina.

how long does the energy take to refresh I want to cut down this damn tree already

holy shit its been three hours and I only regenerated 4 energy
it's unplayable

I've halved the amount of stamina it takes to complete actions and doubled the max level of stamina (current player stamina levels have also been doubled), see if that improves it a bit. If stamina still causes a problem I will look into creating a more efficient system.

Just fixed a bug that allowed players to build after they had run out of logs, and also reset negative log values to zero.

Yet another update, there is now a stats page with auto-updated statistics about the game. Suggestions for aditional stats are welcome.

Keeping track of this. Also I am on the same square as you. Suck it.

IMPROVE IT, OR I WILL MAKE MY OWN THIS WEEK AND FAIL MY EXAMS!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, I kinda forgot to work on this the past few days, sorry about that.
Mines are nearly done and should be out today, shortly followed by stone paths (possibly also today). Building locks might take a bit longer, but not much.

There are now a bunch of stone and metal mines around the map. These can be mined repeatedly until they dry up, though they will steadily regenerate. Uses for stone and metal will follow soon.

Now you can use stone to build paths - these take 1 stone to create, and require 5 hits to be destroyed. Be careful though: Constructing a path will prevent trees from growing on that tile!

what are paths>

Please have stamina regenerate to full every 12 hours D:

hurr
found elzilcho

and *crag*ing popple oh wow

so how long does it take for stamina to regenerate? i can't move anymore

Clearly this sort of game is not going to work bro.
We lack the patience/other stuff to do to warrant long stamina regeneration times

moving should mot utilize stamina.

it's been like an hour or two and i have like 3 stamina
amazing

I've halved the stamina regen delay again, you should now reach the full 100 stamina in a bit over 24 hours. That's enough to walk across the entire length of the map, chop down 20 trees, lay 100 paths, construct 20 buildings or destroy 20 paths every day.

If that still isn't enough, once I get around to implementing animals I'm planning on having them drop meat which can be consumed to restore some stamina.

My host is currently updating his server software, and unfortunately that seems to have knocked out php (regular html files still display though). Ought to be back up some time today, but I can't say for certain.

A few questions for you:

1. How much longer should I wait (ie. how many more features should I implement) before opening the game for open beta?
2. Would you be interested in some form of referral service and if so, what kind of reward would you want for getting new members to register?
3. Would you appreciate some form of wiki/forum to discuss the game and record information about groups/game specs/etc?

Make it a game first. NPCs + GUI.

ITT: ILP doesn't know what kind of game this is

GUI=Image Tiles

Game's back up now.
NPCs will be coded soon (it's on my to-do list), but I'm gonna wait on doing anything about the site layout until the core features are up and running.

Two new features: You can now use 5 metal to lock a building so only you can enter (it can also be unlocked by the person who locked it), and in your profile you now each have a referral link to give to others (in the future, there will be rewards for referring new members). Also, I'd appreciate it if you took the time to answer the questions I posted a bit further up the topic.

If I started working on this again, would people play it?

Only if you make it an RPG.