Hello, fellow DRODers!
Good news -- we are wrapping up work on the new Smitemasters Selection this week. I would expect we send the CD off to print by the time the next newsletter is out. Also, here's some news about the June forum contest. And some news about new stuff, and even some news about old stuff.
Make your own Riddle of the Bar
Based on
Tahnan's winning creative writing entry in the May Contest, DiMono has set up a new official contest for June. Now, it's your turn to create a hold based on his story, which has been dubbed "
The Riddle of the Bar"
. Participants have until June 23rd to submit their hold, which must contain something like 3 levels and .14159 rooms. Yeah. Something like that.
http://forum.caravelgames.com/viewtopic.php?TopicID=31845
Gemcraft Labyrinth
This Flash game, the third offering in the Gemcraft tower defense series, receives the "
Oh, my! Where did the time go?"
award for this month. For anyone who likes tower defense games, this one features a DROD-like level map of the overworld with 13x13 rooms where each leads into the next ones. Besides all the rooms, there are mighty Challenges to conquer in specific rooms and a series of "
knobs"
you can twist to create customizable challenge modes for each level to make this a game you can play for hours and hours.
The Big N's Next Big Project
Just a couple months after Nintendo released the
3DS with glasses-free 3D, Nintendo revealed its "
Next Big Project"
at E3. U got it. I've got two assignments for you. First, share what type of game mechanics you'd like to see on the "
Wii U"
system, either in new titles or within existing franchises. Second, it's up to you to judge -- game-changing innovations or ultimately just gimmicks? Now: Fight!
Where have all the old-timers gone?
For those wondering "
where have all the flowers gone"
, you might be interested in this forum thread:
http://forum.caravelgames.com/viewtopic.php?TopicID=31807
Can you believe the online DROD community, in its various incarnations, is now around ten years old. In Internet years, that's a lifetime or more. So, some of the veterans on the forum are no longer just veterans -- they're feeling
really old.
If you're a Forum Old-timer, or even just a veteran, or maybe still a whipper-snapper, come stop on by here to say "
hi"
and sit a spell. You'll even find some tidbits on the newest DROD news. So new, it hasn't even happened yet!
Besides that, here's a shout-out to Schik for being one of the oldest of the Old, and working tirelessly to make the Caravel community such an awesome place. I say he should consider giving some of the fogeys that are still around official Underground Empire-like titles such as "
5th Forumite"
, according to the order that they signed up, to show alongside their posts. Old people deserve their respect.
The way-back machine -- forum fairy tales
If you're not feeling old just yet, then I've gotta tell ya, just reading through the old threads on the forum can provide you a healthy dose of nostalgia. I'm giving
gamer_extreme_101 a Don't Ask Award for this forum fairy tale -- if he can still scoot on over here with that walker of his -- that was posted almost six years ago, to the day:
http://forum.caravelgames.com/viewtopic.php?TopicID=6675&page=1#68313
Till next time!
-- Mike
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Gandalf? Yes... That's what they used to call me.
Gandalf the Grey. That was my name.
I am Gandalf the White.
And I come back to you now at the turn of the tide.
