As everyone can tell I've been pretty busy lately so I haven't been around much. I am doing a few things behind the scenes (occassional tweak here and there just when I go through the coding and think it could be done faster/better/more securely this way or that way) but the bigger projects have been put on the back burner for the time being while I gather my time together and get things organized again. x3 I want to really do something drastic with Exhibited but time is holding me back. What with the new year coming in I feel it's time EX got a few massive changes. :) I'd like to: 1) Change the layout to something that will stretch to full screen no matter what size your browser is. 2) Convert a lot of old code to use the newer, speedier code that I've been working on. 3) Change the gameplay in places. 4) Rework the entire battle script and make it a lot more complex, detailed, fun and fast! 5) Potentially develop an Exhibited iPhone application so you can feed and train your dinosaurs easily and take up less data usage on your contract plan when accessing via mobile web. 6) Incorporate the park feature. 7) Rework the moderator tools and bring in another line of moderators. There's so much I'm eager to get my hands on but I'm restricted at the moment. I'm actually considering recoding the entire site fresh (again.. lawl!) with all the new features in stages, and sort of roll over onto an Exhibited: V2 method. I think if I was to do this I'd include a feature that you clicked to say "keep my account number" so I could clear out a lot of old, unused accounts that players signed up for and never logged in again after the first day. Free up the database so to speak, and work on optimizing everything where possible. If I was to do this, what exactly would you guys like to see? What are some things that bug you that you'd like to see changed or removed? What are some things that you'd just love to see added? Is anyone strongly against me going ahead and doing this, and would prefer I kept EX on the same system and just "built on it"? There would be no downtime if I went ahead and did this, everything would carry on as normal and then one day, when it's all ready, the transfer would be made. :3 This is a really long, rambly news post. Let me know your thoughts in the comments section.
