Exhibited Press

Okay guys, I just thought I'd give you an update on how the new layout is going, and when exactly we can see it coming.

Right now, I'm down to just the most boring, tedious parts, but my actual list for things left to do is the shortest it's been, and I'm so excited!

I have decided to set a date for when we can expect everything to go in.

On Wednesday 9th November, the mods will begin the process of board cleaning, where we'll rifle through old topics and neaten everything up.

On Thursday 10th November, the site will be going down so I can begin the process. I'd recommend everyone who needs to login on that day basically either hold off, or ensure they can be quick, as I can't guarantee what time exactly we'll go down. Moderators will still be logging in to help with final testing, and further board cleanup.

The site will be down for a total of one day.

On Friday 11th November (11/11/11), we will RETURN, and you'll all see the new layout, new features, and have tons of fun!

I've been trying to check for as many bugs as possible but as with anything new, there are probably going to be bugs in general when we launch, so just keep an eye out.

Right now the gurus have access for bug fixing and I'd like to politely ask if they could step up the hunt for any bugs in the running to launch.

Jot this one down in your diary folks!

A quickie. I was going to wait until the new layout for these, but you guys haven't had an update in a while, so thought I'd release now!

Tyme redrew all of our fish! :D



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It's Halloween on Exhibited, and the halloween events begin today! :O

Club Wars

That's right, Club Wars! It's Halloweeeeeen! And each club has stayed true to its particular affiliation and set a curse on all of their club members! Feather become Evil Penguins, Quill become Witches, Claw become Werewolves and Tooth become Vampires! Find weapons around the site to defeat enemy clubs!

Users who participated in Club Wars (and defeated 50 enemies or more) and whose club defeated the most enemies will win 2 scales on the 1st of November! Users from loser clubs who also defeated 50 enemies or more will get 20 tokens in a sympathy prize.


Zombie Tag

Remember this from last year? Tag each other on the boards to keep scoring points. The top 5 people on the 1st of November with the highest scores will each win prizes!


Trick or Treating
Each of the mods can be tricked or treated (except Kitty!) once a day. Successful treats earn you a cookie. Tricks earn you something else..


Scare Kitty
Kitty is a tough one to scare, but do you think you have something that can really scare her? Try her farm once a day - if you manage to scare her, you get a scale!


Pumpkin Carving

Find pumpkins around the site and take them to be carved! Hopefully you'll get the full set you want for your shelf!


Have fun guys! :D:D

Alongside the new layout (we're so close it hurts ;0;) we're going to start having an official Exhibited comic! This will hopefully bring some weekly laughs (smiles at least!) because everyone needs some comedy!

Because I'm so impatient (and excited), I figured I'd show you guys sneak previews of the upcoming characters. :D

Click any image below to get the fullsize image.


Khan, our resident male Velociraptor. Don't let the adorable fluff fool you - he'd be quick to bite your face off!


Nemi, a female Nemicolopterus. Whilst not a species native to Exhibited (yet), she's sure to entertain! Found frequently on Jeff's horns, and hunting out shiny things.


Willow, a female Allosaurus. Pretty and mysterious, she's the most dangerous out of the bunch!


Jeff, a male Torosaurus. Contrary to the rep Torosaurs usually get, he's the smartest for sure! If only he cared...

There will be one more side character who will appear every so often, but we'll keep him a secret for now. 8D

Right now we're needing a name for the comic, so post any and all suggestions you have here!

Happy October!

For the first of the month, we have a new donation item - the Devil Horns!



Devil Horns will morph your dinosaur into our newest species - the Carnotaurus!




Carnotaurus comes to us with a Halloween theme in mind and has lots of spooky, awesome markings. ;D

If you can't donate, then the over 13s chat will be having a quiz where you can win yourself a couple tonight at 1pm EX time. The under 13s will have a quiz too, with the time and date to come!

In other news I was planning on getting the new layout in by now but it didn't happen sadly - however I'm working every day and hoping to get this in for this month. If that doesn't happen don't fret - I've coded the halloween events on both servers just incase.

We'll be starting our Halloween games on the 17th - 5 of them in total!

Oh, I just love October!

So, I've been working flat out on Exhibited lately, and I just want to say that the new layout is so awesome, current EX feels very plain and amateur by comparison. It's getting so close and I'm so excited!! I'll be launching new EX with new features too, so stay on the lookout. At this moment in time I don't need any regular testers besides mods (and gurus). :)

Also!

We have a new background - the bottom of the waterfall background! We already had a background featuring the top of one, so it made sense that we get to put our dinos at the bottom too! It's restocking in the background store right now.



Also, could all EX Gurus please go to the Guru Board. Thanks!

Markings!

Ank has kindly redone some of the older heavy tiger and leopard markings. A full list:

* T Rex Heavy & Common Tiger
* T Rex Heavy Leopard
* Sinornithosaurus Heavy Leopard
* Megaraptor Heavy & Common Tiger
* Linheraptor Heavy Leopard
* Eoraptor Heavy Tiger
* Eoraptor Heavy Leopard
* Dilophosaurus Heavy Leopard
* Deinonychus Heavy & Common Leopard
* Buitreraptor Heavy Leopard
* Bambiraptor Heavy & Common Leopard

Some previews:


Heavy Tiger T Rex


Heavy Leopard Sinornithosaurus


Heavy Leopard Bambiraptor

I also finished something else today, something that was suggested by Clara and which I'm particularly in love with!



Right now, I'm about 70% finished of the new layout and just got done with battles, trials and items. When I'm 100% done, I will be requesting for testers on the boards, and picking some from there, so keep your eyes peeled!

It's our favorite server ninja's birthday today! In order to celebrate, considering all the wonderful work Rykos does for us, we have a new WWRD (What Would Rykos Do?) plushie stocking in the stores today.



On other notes, some markings have been redone. I'll be uploading them at the weekend. :)

It's the 1st of the month! Which means... A new monthly donation item!



The Rainbow DNA Modifier will let you choose which marking type you want your dinosaur to be. Not heavy/common etc, but the pattern itself - so leopard, blanket, etc. You can only change to a marking that exists for that species though, of course!

I also have individual DNA modifiers that I'll release in the scale shop at one point, too.

Regarding other updates:

All updates and work is being done on the other server for EX at the moment, which is why there's a slight lack here. Among them are:

* Trials are being revamped to be more seperated. You'll have to register a dinosaur for one trial type and trialling should be easier now.
* Racing trials will allow you to place bets on them.
* Hunting trials will no longer be player-createable.
* Agility will have different course types unlockable per dinosaur once they've been entered in enough trials.
* Conformation has a chance to win double points with a second first place, due to all species having seperate 1st-10th places.
* There will be a new trial-type; Strength Pulling, specifically for the larger dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus Rex. Coincidentally, they are banned from Agility (for obvious reasons!!)
* Battle moves now have to be learned through levelling up, rather than by just appearing when you have the right strength.
* Battles now have 2 healing moves, and 3 dodge moves that have the chance to boost stats. They'll only boost stats 1 time during the battle each though to avoid mass-spamming. ;D

There are tons more also, but those are what I've been working at the moment. I'm trying to hurry everything up because the new EX is really just so awesome and I want you guys to see it. @.@;

Also, we have a third map incoming. Preview here:



And finally, we have a new NPC coming with the new layout. Well, we actually have several, but she is the one I'm most excited about:



Her name is Vadoma.

Thanks for being awesome, EX!!

I'm making some steady progress on EX version II and just thought I'd give you all an update.

The vast majority of the site is done, but some of the bigger features (battle revamp, breeding caps, trial revamp, etc) need some hefty work so those are going to be what slows me down. But rest assured they will be worth the wait. :)

Once I have more of those finished I'll be seeking testers.

For now, here's a preview of how user shops now look:



As a note the boards will be switching once again from BBCode back onto HTML. I personally detest BBCode and think HTML is much easier and has much more customization. We'll still have the buttons to slip BBCode (or rather HTML now!) into the textbox though, and I'll try to mass-convert most of the bbcode tags into HTML when we swap over to the new layout. :)

ALSO:

I'm going to be adding in a new achievement system, to replace trophies! All the old trophies will be converted into achievements (so nope, you won't lose any!) and we'll have bunches and bunches more. From the usual things (having x amount of money) to silly things (like compressing 100 sausages). I want to use this news post as an opportunity for you to post any achievement suggestions you have here, along with names for them. :)

For example, our 100k EXD trophy will be called "Saving for a Rainy Day" on the achievement system, and things like that. Really looking forward to hearing some suggestions!

And finally, on the 13+ boards I posted a suggestion topic about trials. I need you guys to reply and share ideas with me so I can finalize what to do about them and get them done.

PHEW.