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grumble More MyBB updates

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:14:36 -0600

Hiah everyone. Looks like its that time of the month again, and MyBB released a new round of updates. What this means for you, dear users, is that I will be locking down the forum for a short amount of time this week (Wed., Thurs., or Fri.) to update. Hopefully (cross your fingers), ithis will be a short and easy update. Worst to worst, you'll be forumless for a couple hours.

Dajon

LAN party woo

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:35:58 -0600

So I asked my parents at dinner if we could have a LAN party here this Thursday, and they said yes. The LAN party is officially on! Basically come any time after school ends (3pm-3:30pm would be best). I want to test out Revenge 2 a bit sometime during the party just so we can see how stable it is.

People coming:
Kevin
Anthony
Evan
Steve
Hunter
Matt Clarke

Games we'll play:
Diablo 2
Starcraft
Revenge 2
Xbox 360 games (any that Hunter may bring, if he brings his 360)

Site updates

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:30:49 -0600

Did a few site updates today. Biggest update is the movement of the ad from the right side to the bottom of the pages. Also added it to the forums so that it would get more views. (So check the forums often!)
Also changed the revenge 2 screenshot format so that they'd be thumbnails which you click to see the full size.

As usual, let me know if you find errors.

Dajon

Just so you all know...

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:48:06 -0700

Just so that everyone is aware - I'm currently working on a new version of the tracker. Not to brag, but its looking pretty fracking good (ok, not visually, but the features are amazing.) It will also eventually integrate with other features on the site, such as adding and editing news posts (a longtime request ;-) ) and sitewide account management. I might even try to integrate our sitewide accounts with the forum. In the extreme long term, this might also turn into a way to do content management. Basically, I'm writing myself out of a job here :-D. Ah well -- gives me time to work on interesting stuff, rather than upkeep.

The toughies are going to be finishing this piece and the content management. Given a sufficiently quiet house and a good supply of sugar, adding/editing news can be completed in a couple of days. Now finding days where I can stay up coding until 4 or so... might be a challenge. Perhaps instead of the next LAN party we should have a hackathon with gaming breaks? IE: I'll work on my stuff, you guys will work on yours, break for games when frustrated? It'll be a riotous good time.

Now, off to figure out how graphing broke itself between the last time I worked on it and now.

So very sorry, I couldn't resist bragging...

(also, I think my IDE is confused. Apparently its not really built to deal with having 3 languages in the same file. HTML + PHP + JavaScript = one confused IDE)

Advertising on TGC + MISoft Studios... dead?

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:04:09 -0700

I'm sure we all remember MISoft Studios, run by Matt Rock and seemingly a competitor on TGC forums. Well they don't seem to have weathered their hiatus as well as we did; their last update was in September. Here's their site: http://www.misoftstudios.com/ They seem to have done what we realized a while ago does not work with a small indie team, which to juggle multiple projects at once. Maybe they're just not updating, but who knows. Maybe I should also mention that we should never try to push BioFox as a company, because from reading MISoft's site, it comes across as very arrogant.

Let me just say I am not really making this to rag on them, but to point out that we have a good opportunity to really advertise BioFox on that site. Seeing as that is one of the best gaming communities I know of, and the best place to advertise for DarkBasic games, it's obvious we should target there. This means me making a WIP thread mostly, and us making regular updates so that people really get hooked. I won't make one for awhile because the multiplayer isn't done. The best time to do it will be when we are making the media so that people see the awesome mechanics in a demo then watch as we add all the cool textures and music.

Wishlist for site upgrades

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:53:48 -0700

Hey all,
I'm gearing up to get back on track with working on the site. The list of things I wanted to do with the site (which was in my head >.<) is long lost. I've only got a couple things that I remember:

1 New tracker
2 Upgrade email system (include proper logging, link removal/filtering, image filtering (did you know someone can pwn your computer by making you look at an image?))
3 Forum fixes (notably making all the missing images appear)
4 change forums to use same menu code as rest o site (backend change, its really just 2 different files and I need to change 1 reference)
5 Forum retheme/finish theme
6 News posting/editing interface
7 Some sort of content management/easy editing

So, what do you guys want to see?

Bring BioFox back from the dead

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:13:19 -0700

The last six months have been the least active BioFox has ever seen. I attribute this to a few things; college application, senior work loads, jobs, ect. Whatever the reason, we need to get it together push through at least one more game before the end of the year. Revenge 2 is that project, the perfect way to get back into the groove of things by revisiting our classic game.

To make our transition clear, I'll post what we need to do:

-Clean up the site, including the World Order pages and the game status
-Take Neal off the staff list, since he hasn't had any real contributions
-Post our plans for the new game and our future
-Renew our domain and hosting space (donations will be needed)
-Start working on Revenge 2

Just as a note, our current budget is 25.95 (including cash and project wonderful funds). That's a 8.09 profit over six months or about 1.35 dollars a month.

Forums work again

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:54:15 -0600

The forums work again!

MyBB's 'upgrade' actrually worked! IE: it upgraded to a (minutely more) secure forum. It even managed to find the theme stuff.

Oh, and godaddy broke our website - they deleted the index file, and I csant do anything about it during the day.

Password welcome went away.

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:40:42 -0600

In case you didn't notice, the password info welcome box went away. I decided it had been around more than long enough.

Nonetheless, write forum is still on my list of things to do. I dont want to put up with the security bugs in this one. ugh.

Anyone mind if I disable the forum?

New images

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:53:26 -0600

So you might notice I changed a couple of images on the forums. I spent about 5 hours offline last night making a backup and had nothing else to do. And I think they look ok, but i want to kill photoshop, because it didn't alphamask them and they came out with white edge which I had to go reedit.

Reminder: we still need lots of new images for the board! Please contribute!

school must be starting....

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:24:41 -0600

because almost all the referrers listed were searching for ti83 games. Its kinda too bad we dont have any new ones (nor do any of us want to write them).

Oh well, at least they're downlaoding

sigh Another day, another PHP-Injection attack...

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:09:21 -0600

Not to worry, our site is still completely secure. This is the advantage of writing all our code with a security mindset.

However, this is a reminder to all of you with access to the visitor tracker not to go to any strage websites listed, ESPECIALLY if they are in the 'pages viewed' section of the front page, and in the format '/index.php?page=http://{url}'. THESE ARE ATTEMPTED ATTACKS AGAINST OUR SERVER. While they are all unsuccessful, it is simportant to note that there may be other malicious content in the webpages. Unless you want your browser pwn'd, don't go there.

Also, watch out for page referrers you don't know.

Conclusion: Website is secure, but don't go to odd webpages.

Revenge 2

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:03:24 -0600

I believe some of you already know about this, I've been working on it for a while now. World Order is more Manette's thing, so I've been doing my own project. There isn't really any playable demo yet, it's still in its alpha stages. Here's a recent screenshot:

Tell me what you think. Also, questions are welcome.

Now that schools pretty much over...

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:28:39 -0600

What's everyone doing with their summers? Lots of code, traveling, slaking off, etc?

I plan on finishing a couple projects of mine and sailing.

Forum Rules

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:47:09 -0600

Here are the rules to follow, just keep these in mind.

1. No abusive language, as in ragging on a single person and calling them mean words. Swearing is allowed, but not against someone else. You'll be banned a few days for it.

2. Do not post useless threads. It just wastes space and is annoying. And also, do not put threads in the wrong section. If you're new, we'll cut you some slack.

3. Just as a forum courtesy, try not to double post. Just edit your first post with the edit button (looks like a note pad).

4. Don't put your personal information on these forums. While they are ours, we cannot stop people from seeing it. So if you put addresses, phone numbers, or any other personal things in your post or profile, it'll be removed by a moderator.

5. Have fun.

BioFox FAQ Last updated 1/13/09

Tue, 20 May 2008 17:00:16 -0600

Last Updated ***1/13/09***

TO ALL VISITORS: This forum is a public forum and open to anyone who wants to join. So please join!

First some general info:
-Homepage: http://www.biofoxgames.com

-Downloadable Games (and their latest version):
Immortal Guardian 2 (v1.02)
Revenge (v1.01)
Immortal Guardian (v1.32)
TI-84 Games (N/A)

-Additional Downloads:
RevengEdit (Revenge editing tool, v1.01)
Revenge MapPack 1 - Depths of Hell
Avatars/Banners/Sidebars

-Games no longer available for download:
Super Squid Squad (v1.6)
Super Squid Squad 3 (v1.0)
A Pirate's Tale (v1.0)

-Current Projects:
Revenge 2

-Dropped Projects:
Aniro
Residential Horror
Shooting Gallery
Lightning
World Order

Nobody asked these questions, but someone may in the future, so I'm giving the answers now. Please post any other questions you have in this thread, thanks.

1. Can I program/model for your games?
Not at the moment, but we can notify you if we need your help if you send us an e-mail or post here on the forum.

2. Can you guys make me a game that...?
No, we do not make games for people's individual needs. If all you need is a small program that does a math equation or something like that, then that's okay.

3. When will you fix that bug in Immortal Guardian that messes up the save files?
We have and you can download version 1.32 on the site now.

4. Is Revenge playable over the internet?
Revenge is built for LAN play only. But, it is possible to play it over the internet with friends by using a virtual LAN program, like Hamachi.

5. What computer languages do you use to program?
DarkBASIC: Immortal Guardian 1 + 2, Revenge, Super Squid Squad, A Pirate's Tale, BioMap, Revenge 2
C++: Super Squid Squad 3
TI-84 BASIC: Games and equation solvers for the calculator.

6. What's BioMap?
It's an engine that we wrote to help us make maps for games like Immortal Guardian and Revenge. It reads text files and creates a map based upon what's written in the text files. You do not need to worry about it if you aren't developing games with DarkBASIC. It is currently on version 1.6. Both Revenge and IG use BioMap v1.5. IG2 uses v1.6.

7. Are all of your games free?
They are all free to download, we don't plan on selling any of them.

8. What is your official website?
http://www.biofoxgames.com

9. What's your e-mail address?
http://biofoxgames.com/email.php
Go there to send your e-mails to us about whatever.

10. How old are you guys?
We're senior boys in high school.

11. What software do you use to make your games?
We use DarkBASIC Professional for developing most of our games. It is a dialect of BASIC that is used primarily for making 3d games. For more information, please visit http://darkbasicpro.thegamecreators.com/ .
We have used Microsoft Visual Studio .NET for making Super Squid Squad 3. This allows you to write in C, C++, Visual BASIC, and other languages. Professional game developers use this to make their games.
We develop games for graphing calculators on TI-84 graphing calculators.
For everything else: Microsoft Paint / Photoshop (images), Cartography Shop 4 (maps), Blender (models), Notepad (to make maps for BioMap).

12. Can I join your forums, or is it just for you guys?
These forums are public and are open to anyone who wants to join. Please join, you don't have to pay anything or do anything other than post here. We would love to have more people join these forums.

13. What are the system requirements for your games?
IG2, BioMap, Immortal Guardian, Revenge - Microsoft Windows 98+, DirectX 9.0c
SSS, SSS3, A Pirate's Tale - Microsoft Windows 98+
TI-84 BASIC games - A TI-84 calculator

14. Where can I download DirectX?
DirectX: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.mspx

15. Do your games run on Mac OS X?
No

16. What is Supremacy Engine?
Supremacy Engine is the engine that World Order was being built on. It was coded by Jrock.

17. Can I use your engines to make my game?
First of all, you will need DarkBasic Professional, and prior experience programming in the DarkBasic language in order to make any use of them.
Second of all, we are not giving any of our engines away now. There is a possibility that in the future, they will be available, but it won't be anytime soon.

Welcome to the new Boards!

Sat, 17 May 2008 20:29:55 -0600

Hey everyone, and welcome to the new boards. They are still a bit rough around the edges, as is fairly obvious. Anyone willing to give some time to help get them jusssssttt perfect would be much appreciated.

Things to be done:
Make sure all threads are here
Make sure all posts are here
Make new images (MyBB defaults are not built to be over grey/black, it appears)

Let me know about any problems you run in to.
Have fun!