Ghost

Enjoys hats.

Monday, March 28, 2016

Silly hat time!

That was just the best idea ever, so let's make it a thing. So um, let's see.. how about a light and fluffy contest where you guys draw a picture of (we won't be judging on art quality), build, or describe the most strange, goofy, and generally ridonkulous Frostval hats you can imagine. Bonus points will be awarded to hats that: a) Look like your gramma knit it, b) Can be seen from space, or c) Might be your weird aunt's cat that she wrapped up, you think?

However, bonus points are pointless because we are not using a point system to judge this, haha! The contest will run until Dec 26, whenever I get around to shutting it down, but probably early in the day. The winning hat will be chosen by how hard it makes us laugh. Don't worry about making up stats or descriptions, but feel free to describe it if we may not have a clue what it is... :P

PRIZES: 

The winner gets his/her hat in game, available to all at the end of Frostval! And bragging rights for having the worst sense of style ever. That's it. But come on, you know you want that title. Let's do this!

Ghost

is back for a week!

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Tuesday with Ghost!

Wassup!  Man a lot of time has gone by since I've had the pleasure to post here, I trust you had a great Frostval :D

Anyways you're probably wondering why I am here… I have super light duty over at AQW this week so I get to help out with DF, and I am very pleased because I get to work alongside Dracelix on the walkaround between Swordhaven and Falconreach! I've missed working on DF, so this'll be fun! We've got a plan and a map, but what kinds of stuff do you guys want to see along the road? Maybe your idea will get included! 

 

Swordhaven Walkaround

 

Ghost

Monday, October 1, 2012

Dear Dragonfablers,

For almost six years I've had the pleasure of contributing to this wonderful game.. We've been through a lot, y'know? Like that time we hatched our dragons, or when we beat up that noob Drakath.. or like how he morphed into the biggest and deadliest weapon that Lore has ever seen and we whooped his sorry behind again!  I remember when I animated the Dragonlord armor the first time, thinking “MAN, I sure hope these guys like this cause I am having a blast!” and then years later thinking about what a nooby animator I was back then and re-animating it from scratch, putting everything I had into it because I wanted to give you guys the best stuff I could make.  It’s been an absolute blast, and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it.

Yep, been through a lot of changes and developments…  and I won’t lie, there’s another one coming.  I’ll just say it straight up, because really, is there any other way?  I am transitioning to the AQW team. 

This week I am still making content for DF but also beginning to work on AQWorlds.  Tomix will be taking up the reigns as lead Animator, and DF has also acquired another animator, Hizu! You may have seen some of his work on HeroSmash and AQWorlds already. I know you’ll extend him a warm welcome.

The decision to make this change was not made lightly, but I am certain that DF is being left in capable hands. Geo, Rolith, Tomix, True Mortal, Eric, Dracelix, and Hizu all want to bring you the best DragonFable possible. 

Thanks for all the fun, it’s been an awesome ride.

Battle On!

Geopetal

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Tuesdays With Tomix!

Tomix has been working hard on getting Pyromancer done for you guys and he has a crazy amount of new skills for you to check out this week!

This Friday
Oh noes, Ghost's main computer went BOOM! So those pirates that were going to help clear the docks on Friday are going to be delayed slightly! No worries, though, I have a good source that they're at least sending a stealthy pirate through (definitely NOT a stinky ninja) tomorrow that will have special weapons to help get heroes in town armed and ready.

When the Lorian Gryphon Express delivers its mail this Friday to Ash though, he should get a special note for you.... Are you ready to help clean up the mean streets of nighttime Falconreach?

Ghost

needs a vacation from his vacation

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

I'm back!

Well, maybe you didn't even know I was away, but on July 31 my wife and I and some of her family got in a van and drove South.. all the way to Illinois to visit with some family. Which is a pretty big trip considering I live in New Brunswick!*  I got to explore USA a little and even found a little blacksmiths shop in West Virginia, nestled in the mountains.  

So anyways, I say all that to say this: Man, I am charged up and ready to go now for the coming events in DF!  Tomix did a great job on the cutscenes while I was away, and I was quite comfortable leaving them in his capable hands, but I did get to miss it quite a bit. So much so that the first thing I did on Monday after meeting with Geo and the gang and ingesting lots of coffee was to plug in my guitar and make some pumped-up music. It won't be released this week, but maybe you can figure out what it'll be used for. So.. want to preview it?

http://cms.dragonfable.com/df/images/MUSICTestar 2.swf 

 

Alright, time to get back to work!    /runs away

 

*Canada, that is.

Ghost

Friday, June 15, 2012

Dragonlords, etc

Here we go... 3 weeks into this DL revamp now and I'm sure glad it's Friday! I spent the better part of the last 2 weeks just on the animations for DL, and then I was fried so I took monday off to go camping with my wife*, and then this week I was like yeah no problem, I'll setup the color custom version of normal dragonlord, and apply the art for evo dragonlord, and setup the cc version version of evo on Tuesday. No problem, cause I can just copy it all over from the originals right?! 

...

Noop! I can't. And so therefore it took way the heck longer than a day, lol. Oh man, I am always doing that to myself... having no concept of how much time something actually might take. So what I did manage to do for this week was setup the color custom DL, and the evolved DL. Those are done, art&animation-wise! And I'm getting close to done on the color custom evolved DL**, but I think that'll have to wait until next week. 

 

For Justice!

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Ghost

Blaaargh

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Of ghosts and gravol

Heya! So, um…  this week we kinda had to change up our plans. We were going to release the next quest in the search for the professor, but unfortunately the beginning of week didn't go the way I had planned. I got punched in the face by a stomach flu and it wiped me out on Monday. By Tuesday I was still K.O.'d and so I asked my wonderful wife to speak to Geo on my behalf.  It went something like this: 

 


 

*spoiler part removed*

Charis: Hey (Charis here) Ghost asked me to sign in & let you know that he's "in & out" today… lol - stomach flu…  I'm gonna go wake him up & medicate him again in a min though so I'll ask him.  

Geo: oooh ouch, ok

Charis: Gravol knocks him out - lol 

Geo: I think he has Aika mostly done, so we can do that this week so it's easy on him.

Charis: Once he sleeps that off he'll be fine, I think.  

~some time later~

Charis: He's slightly incoherent but he said "Yah, tell her that… tell her… um… yeah, it should probably have a… quest in it.  No, it should have a … tell her probably that…" lol 

Geo:  yeaaah, let's plan on that so it's an easy week. I'll check in with him tomorrow then, have him sleep for now

 


 

So.. SURPRISE! We're releasing Aika Village this week, lol. Geo is laughing maniacally right now because the cliffhanger she wrote at the end of last week's quest will be extended! Hehe, so evil. Anyway, you'll be able to travel to Aika via the gryphon in Falconreach. It's a quaint little beach town on the East coast. Here you'll meet Lilka, captain of a small ferry, who will take you to Sho Nuff island. In the future, Aika will be tied in to a large walkaround that connects Valencia to the Sandsea, and also to Willowshire. Not sure if there will be a quest this week since we lost a lot of time, so my apologies. Next week will be great though!

Ghost

GUIding you to a decision.. AhahaHAha*cough*

Monday, April 30, 2012

Vote on DF's new GUI!

G'day! So the weekend is over and the initial shock of the new GUI should be starting to lose momentum. We've been reading your posts on the forum about it and because there were such mixed feelings about the info bar and the quest complete sound effect, we are giving you guys the opportunity to vote. We love you guys and take your opinions very seriously, and we want to ensure you are getting the most out of DF so please take the time to voice your opinion. 

Cast your votes here: http://forums2.battleon.com/f/tm.asp?m=20284730

Ghost

Tomix, stop looking at me like that.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The Gateway To Lore

Wassupdate.

This week along with the rest of the release, we will probably* be launching a new login screen for Dragonfable! We want new players to get a good taste of what they're in for as they dive into the game, and so we've spiffed it up. In addition to the Seppy bg you see when you login now, there will also be 4 new themed screens that may show up instead when you login. The character select screen also has a new look, and the character creation area will be updated as well. We've also tweaked the aesthetics of the GUI** and you'll notice some slight changes through the in-game menus. And to top it all off, we also gave DF a special theme song that will play as you login. But don't worry, you'll be able to mute it if you want. :P

Pswd pl0x

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Ghost

Loves making places to explore

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Another round of facelifts!

Heya!  It's been too long since I've posted so I wanted to show you guys a bit of what we've got coming up!  Chapter 1's closing, and subsequently Chapter 2's beginning, has seen a lot of changes to Dragonfable. The game even looks a little different. Much of the walking areas between towns are now accessible, leaving lots of interesting things to explore, there are plenty of new places and quests to explore, and Falconreach & Oaklore have been completely re-vamped to name a few. Most of the towns even have music. But we're not done yet... Here's a sneak peak at some updates you can expect to see in the coming future! 

Serenity's Inn is getting an upgrade! 

Serenity's Inn, Falconreach

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Ghost

gained a dungeoneering level

Friday, January 6, 2012

The Tower of Brightmist is now live!

If you walk North from Twilly in Falconreach, you will be able to enter the Auction House for the first time!  There are currently no auctions happening, but Gris the owner is setting up shop and is looking for some special items for his grand opening, and he's heard that you are pretty good at getting the job done*. Speak with his assistant Nati to begin questing for the shining elixir, hidden deep within Brightmist Tower. Adventure awaits you, adventurer!

 

gris

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Ghost

is wearing a different hat this week

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Brightmist Tower Preview

This week while Geo takes some well-deserved R&R, I get to build a quest for you guys! Last time I did that it was the Ruins of Sil, but this time since I only have a week to build it, it will have to be a little less complicated. Enter: Brightmist Tower!

Brightmist Tower

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Ghost

mostly wears tuques

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Silly Hat contest announcement!

Judging this contest has been extremely difficult, as there were so many hilarious entries. But one hat *cough* stands above the rest… heh.  Behold, the winner of Silly hat 2011 - The "I want to break every cutscene in the game cause I am just that awesome" hat!

neckpain

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Ghost

enjoys wandering

Friday, November 11, 2011

Point B to point… Q?

Where I live, every year a local farmer's market grows a GIGANTIC corn maze on their property for people to try and get hopelessly lost in. And this year the maze was especially massive, at least two football fields in size.. * which may as well be miles because when you're in there you can only see a few feet in front of you, and you can't remember how you got to where you are.  

Well, this year Charis and I decided to try it. At night. With a flashlight. We took our awesome nephew Brayden (the kid who designed and animated the braydenball when he was 8.) and his friend. It rocked! We got very lost even though we had a map.  We eventually got our bearings and although I got us lost a few times more we eventually made it out in about an hour and a half. It was really fun, but I learned that when you are in a maze, even if you have a map you still feel very disoriented the entire time. And if you lose your place, you're toast. It's awesome!

Well, I've done my best to create that type of feeling for you guys today.** Log in now and check out the ruins of Sil, available from the gryphon in Falconreach. Hopefully you will have a lot of fun, and I invite you to join the chaos on the forums.  We've hidden some goodies, so get in there and try to find them! 

It was so big this year that somebody actually got so lost that they called 9-1-1!  - He didn't realize that he could just walk in a straight line through the corn to exit, lol! 

** That feeling of hopelessness, despair, and omg this is really fun. 

Ghost

Is craving pumpkin-flavored goodies

Friday, September 30, 2011

Khy'Rhian Outpost, and Mogloween Storybook!

The next quest in the True Mortal saga is now live!  Nivalis is not about to make your journey an easy one, so be prepared. The Khy'Rhian Outpost awaits you!  To access this quest, travel to Stoneheart Fall. You can get there by leaving Falconreach's Eastern gate, and travelling north. When you find a shady guy with a giant wolf, you've found the right place. Or.. the wrong place. Depending on how you look at it. :P

Outposter

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