AfterWorld Survival Forum

• When coding a game, you not only need to learn the coding language but adjust your mind's logic to the way it operates. So for the average computer user learning any form of code can be daunting and take years to master. Think of the changes you've seen from Alpha to Survival and realise those transfers were not simple cut and paste.
• Dedicated Logic underwent a MASSIVE project in transferring Alpha into Survival. The changes that were required involved the team having to re-learn and adapt the different languages, engine logic and mathematical formula's and on top of this they were required to remove zoning which in a would have enabled them to keep coding at a far more simple level as it was zone restricted.
• The team also had to upgrade the hardware to accommodate the size of the land and new resolutions resulting in larger file transfers on their server. Therefore they were required to also learn new technologies to implement these changes.
• As with any business a cash flow is required and unfortunately we have seen how volatile the cash flow can be for DL. The business actually rely's on a financial model that asks you to pay for what you think the game is worth to you. As a bonus your given awdd to improve your gaming experience. This can be interpreted differently however that is the basic form of a donation. With this in my mind I see the community has a lot of opinions to share but are not willing to pay for the experience that Afterworld provides or for it's future.
• As this is not a commercial game, people must understand anything here requires time. How much is dependent on the task at hand. In trying to isolate how long it has been since Afterworld last had work done on the code, I have found that I believe the work has never stopped, but rather slow down. This is quite simply due to the available hours to work on the project. At no point has Afterworld Survival closed down which in the face of a crisis shows exemplary Survival skills.
• New registrations have closed therefore we have become a community whether we get along or not. To keep this community alive players really need to start to provide ways for others players to have some fun with. Alpha created a lot of divisions amongst players however Survival has taken us to the other end of the scale where we can work together to improve the game for eachother. This is actually the first time players have truly had a closed test in Survival. When Alpha was running and Survival was in test phase there was no point in testing when your time spent there was going to be lost. Therefore I feel like we're now part of Afterworld Survivals future success in a small way.

Windslow, i agree with your conclusions in general, and it also gives a general idea about the nature of problems.



At the same time there's always a risk to get carried away and start thinking we know everything. Truth is, there's many players here who know something about client-server systems, networks, databases, programming, but none of us is an expert in game design and specifics of engines. This includes me, you, as far as i can tell even Zen and dalewj!!! 


Har har... er, um, sry.


Well yea but seriously, each of us knows something, from a little different angles and as a group we collectively might even add up enough knowledge to get a rough idea... but that's it. As soon as we try to go into all these ever important tiny details without any inside information we run the risk of making factual mistakes.
Althou, i admit, it's so damn tempting to try go there sometimes. 

Bit of shame there is not a huge disclaimer on the facebook page that it is just a fansite.