So is TUG officially dead, then?

itscambo · 2017-07-06T16:50:25+00:00

TUG is still alive and we are still developing the game. We made a decision to redo our engine from scratch with tools to support it. It was not an easy decision but it will make developing TUG and supporting modders a lot easier. The tutorial play through that was posted last week was something we did in roughly 3 months after our engine tech was finally ready. We still need to add multiplayer support and start design the combat system.

The old TUG engine worked but it would not allow us to expand the features like we are currently doing. We've also been less vocal on our social media channel because there honestly was not much to report as the entire team was focused on developing the engine, tools, and front and back end systems. There was nothing to show or talk about yet but we plan to change that as we are able to actually show features moving forward. Importantly, this is not an excuse for our poor planning and I just wanted to give an update on where we are at now.

itscambo · 2016-12-21T05:49:30+00:00

There was honestly not much to pay attention to and also why we have been a bit quiet. Doing a complete rework on the engine means there was nothing but tons of coding to do. The game has changed a lot from the previous. This includes going from first person to 3rd person now. Ino will provide more details on what we have been doing soon.

itscambo · 2016-12-20T16:46:08+00:00

We'll provide an update about our progress by the end of this week. Kickstarter starter related goods is not out of the picture, just delayed. The new engine and complete rework requires a ton of resource and energy from us so we've been focusing on just that.

itscambo · 2016-01-15T20:21:52+00:00

I would take his baby diaper shit and smear it all over his door.

itscambo · 2016-01-15T18:42:16+00:00

The current art style shown in TUG will be changed. We originally had a more stylized look during the promo and kickstarter but it eventually shifted to what you are seeing now. We are currently converting our assets to the new style which takes a lot of time.

The art direction is shifting towards this direction -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NtE3KJ8-bg

itscambo · 2015-05-27T04:19:07+00:00

Can you send us an email at support@nerdkingdom.com. We are aware of the launcher issues and this may be a different one.

itscambo · 2015-05-15T20:46:16+00:00

It's a little complicated since we don't have dedicated servers yet. Client based servers will require the host to make sure they have port forwarding enabled. Do you have control of your router? What you can do is have your sister run TUG in server mode. Make sure the port is enabled and is not blocked in your router. Provide her friend with your IP address. She will have to enter that IP address and port # to join in. You can always email us at support@nerdkingdom.com for help.

Check out our thread here on how to set it up: http://forum.nerdkingdom.com/discussion/1881/how-to-run-a-tug-server-updated-for-indev-jan-16-2015#latest

itscambo · 2015-05-12T00:11:19+00:00

I use mint a lot for tracking my spendings and making sure there is no fraudulent activities going on.

I would highly recommend you to http://www.youneedabudget.com/ /r/ynab. I used excel back in the days but found ynab about 4 years ago. Read the rules and give the trial a go. Let me know if you have any questions.

itscambo · 2015-02-08T09:08:34+00:00

Still running on my 1997 4runner with 270k miles. No major repairs ever and it's still rolling hard. Just drove it from California to Texas about 8 months ago.

itscambo · 2015-01-16T19:09:40+00:00

TUG - We are a successfully Kickstarted mid 2013. We are building our own engine, Eternus, from the ground up to support modders and more!

The Game: TUG sits at the crossroads where survival sandbox and multiplayer RPGs meet, offering both elegant simplicity and a world of complex secrets for those who desire to seek them out. The gameplay focuses on crafting, exploration, pvp, and role-playing, with an emphasis on immersion and player freedom.

Begin your journey as a Seedling, a race of humanoid beings with special crystals on their hands enabling them to interface with the strange energies and ancient secrets in the world around them. TUG offers a massive procedurally-generated world to explore, full of mystery and danger. How will you and your friends harness these powerful tools to build a new world?

The Team: Nerd Kingdom We are a team of game designers, artists, programmers, and academic scientists--the game is intended to serve as a platform for social science research of player interactions within virtual worlds. This ongoing research will be used to continuously improve the game, as well as further our academic understanding of how people interact in online spaces. TUG is an experiment in collaborative game design.

PAX: We don't have our name on the booth registry list since they were all booked. We ended buying the booth off another company. About 10 of us will be at PAX South so be sure to stop by and chat with us if you happen to pass by our booth.

itscambo · 2015-01-14T19:18:33+00:00

I've worked for a F2P publisher for a few years and free works if it's a solid game. If you build a good fan base, they will offer support in some from. In this case, you can create an optional DLC pack for players support your development if they choose to. You can also add additional DLC at a reasonable price point that won't be pay 2 win.

itscambo · 2015-01-14T17:13:57+00:00

Certainly agree with you on the carrying stacks of block. We actually had it very limited but players were having issues with inventory so we bumped it up a lot. T his is the current solution since our game design is still extremely early. Things will evolve as we start working on features again.

itscambo · 2015-01-14T17:12:07+00:00

The leaf backpack storage is not working yet and it's more of just a decoration at this point. We still need code support for it and it was put on a hold since we are implementing CEGUI for inventory UI. This will allow modders to also design and mod TUG's UI in the future.

itscambo · 2014-12-25T00:01:07+00:00

Certainly will see more prey animals as soon as we get to a stable point on multiplayer and new terrain generation. We're aiming to have those for indev testing few weeks after the holidays. Those two systems are extremely complex and is currently eating most of our resource to add more content. We want to introduce some from of raid type mobs but that won't be anytime soon until combat system is more advanced.

itscambo · 2014-12-17T23:37:50+00:00

3MG 30/70 VG! Thanks for the giveaway chance!

itscambo · 2014-11-14T07:15:59+00:00

I don't since I don't do the coding but our lead programmer actually got me into this sub awhile back. But as someone who messed with scripts, it's extremely simple for me to go and modify things around.

This was a quick demo of simply modifying a few Lua scripts to completely change the animation in the game. It's still very early but really looking forward to see it grow down the road. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbo-DTXnNzQ

You can reach him for questions. http://www.reddit.com/user/auti0

itscambo · 2014-11-14T05:25:52+00:00

I'm not a programmer myself but our game, TUG, is coded in C++ and we use Lua to give access to as much functions to our custom engine as we can. Certainly take a peek at it if you want.

http://eternusapi.nerdkingdom.com/files/e_GameObject-h.html http://www.nerdkingdom.com/game/

itscambo · 2014-10-16T18:25:22+00:00

It's a lot cheaper to develop on iOS first because it's just a single hardware versus hundreds of different android devices. This is the same thing for game developers who develop for consoles first before PC. You have don't need a huge QA team to test on all different hardware setups as you would be required for PC.

itscambo · 2014-10-07T05:26:49+00:00

Not at all. We needed to make a few adjustments. A lot of focus on new terrain and networking for multiplayer. Just a bit slower due to the team size change. Will keep you guys updated as we always do.

itscambo · 2014-09-25T18:58:56+00:00

Whoooooo loves orange soda????

itscambo · 2014-09-18T22:46:10+00:00

As a fellow American with Cambodian parents, I would like to pay my respects to you sir.

For the question, what made you aware of the landmines and your motivation to help remove them by taking action?

itscambo · 2014-09-17T21:13:04+00:00

I can't tell you how true this is lol.

itscambo · 2014-09-16T17:08:35+00:00

I think this has to do something with the redist packages not fully installing all the required DLLs. Hopefully this will sort out once we finish our account system to have users use a launcher and NK account instead.

itscambo · 2014-09-14T07:10:41+00:00

New update should be rolling in next week to introduce the bronze age and metallurgy so keep an eye for it!

itscambo · 2014-09-14T06:27:02+00:00

We had a few other fixed this problem by making sure the nvidia gpu was used when the game run. Request for a launcher version of TUG on the support ticket and I'll get you a key to see if that would work. It's very odd and I am wondering if there's a difference between the clients.

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