The Everybody Edits Blog

Release Thursday – Window package, Music Blocks and Bug Fixes

Chris Benjaminsen — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:42:05 +0000

The Clever Everybody Edits player will by now have realized that we for the past months have had a new release every single Thursday. One of the goals of getting more people onboard was to have a steady release cycle and I am very happy to announce that so fare we have succeeded.

Windows

Todays release contains the whole new window brick. The bricks are above the player and semitransparent and should do well for houses etc.

Trapping NOU under some windows.

Blocks out of beta

We also got around to taking the Piano, Drum and Mineral blocks out of beta. Non beta players should be extra happy about this one.

Minor changes

Most of this week where used fixing bugs. Most noticeably we did a lot of bug fixing on the Friends system in preparation for releasing it to everyone. Below is the full list of minor changes.

Changed the Everybody Edits website to a minimalistic design.
Fixed bug where users playing as guest on Kongregate would get a popup.
When playing on the Everybody Edits website, the url will now change to reflect the current level
Diamond smiley will no longer persist between worlds.
Fixed bug where the room a friend where online in would not be shown
Fixed bug that would incorrectly kick you when switching levels fast
Fixed bug that allow players to crash the game by sending specially crafted chat messages
Fixed bug that would make the smiley blink when first joining a level
Added new and improved bad word filter
Updated art for checkered background to make it flicker less
Worlds in the profile will now be scaled if to wide for the view
Fixed bug where none chatting users could sometimes chat
Improved profile security

The whiteboard at the office

Chris Benjaminsen — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:22:38 +0000

This is what we are currently working on!

Whiteboard at the office

This week in Everybody Edits, Prison pack and bug fixes

Chris Benjaminsen — Sat, 05 May 2012 19:14:40 +0000

This week we used a lot if time bug fixing the friends system. Hopefully we can have it out in the hands of everyone very soon. The updates to the friends system is still pending release but we got around to releasing the new police smiley and prison pack.

You can now build a real world troll prison

While we are quite happy with the pack, we are working on a fix for the flickering that happens when you move around.

We also finally got around to moving the coins to the decoration layer, such that you no longer can hide a coin by standing on top of it.

Guest fails to troll

Play Everybody Edits with friends

Chris Benjaminsen — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:10:50 +0000

The Everybody Edits friends system is finally here! To allow for this large change we created a whole new section on the Lobby screen where you can see info about you, your friends, worlds, and items.

The new profile top

To invite real friends, simply click the +Add button on the My Friends tab on the new lobby screen, and type in their emails.

Simply click the +Add button to invite friends

When they accept, you will be able to see them, their online status, and in which world they are playing, directly on the friends chat.

Friends have green usernames under their smiley and in the user list.

Also, you and your friends can now chat in-game, even if none of you have full chat.

As we are still testing out the friends system, you have to be a beta memver to actually try it. And since the system is still in beta, we might occasionally clear all friends during testing.

Other changes and fixes:

The news section has been moved to an overlay that appears when a new version has been released.
The game will now remember which smiley you were using between games.
We fixed a bug where a single user could be online in multiple worlds at the same time.

These made my day.

Chris Benjaminsen — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:00:22 +0000

Normally I don’t frequent the fan forum, but when I do, I always find great stuff. Todays amazing find goes out to jakery who produced the below gifs.

Easter 2012 Update

Chris Benjaminsen — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:13:10 +0000

In this version.

Today we released the easter package which has 5 great easter eggs you can use for your easter themed levels!

New Everybody Edits easter package

We also went ahead and introduced the Carnival background package which takes the art style from the candy package a step further.

Everybody Edits Carnival Background Package

If you see Julian, say hi!

He is known as MRSHOE in the game and with his help we should finally be able to get into a regular release cycle!

Julian as MRSHOE

Julian is the development power behind 99% of the new changes made to the game. Below is the list of all the great changes he has already made to the game.

System that allows you to view profiles in game rather than going to the website.
- Hold shift to open on website directly!
Implemented the Sigh smiley
Implemented the SciFi Package
Implemented the Easter 2012 package
Implemented the Carnival background package
Implemented new profanity filter.
Rewrote the UI alignment code for better support of 3rd party websites such as Kongregate.
Fixed a few spelling errors here and there.
Fixed two bugs that would prevent you from entering into some worlds.

Wow, we are back!

Chris Benjaminsen — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:25:10 +0000

Hey Everyone,

If you are a heavy player of Everybody Edits you will no doubt know that we have had a long period after Christmas where the amount of updates to the game have been close to zero, long story short the co-operation with Peter did sadly not work exactly as we wanted and thus I had to find another solution.

Today I am happy to announce that such a solution has now been found. I convinced a small Danish game development studio called Space Time Foam to help me out building the game and the last week one of their Developers Julian have been working full time adding items and fixing bugs.

We are still just starting up the relationship, but the plan is to have at least one person working full time on the game. Thus if you are an Everybody Edits fan, you have a lot of cool new stuff to look forward to!

Happy jumping,
Chris Benjaminsen

Massive New Year 2011 Discount

Chris Benjaminsen — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:06:23 +0000

Christmas is over, this does however not mean that we are done giving gifts! The following items are now 50% off.

Brick packages which are 50% off
Canvas, Black Block, Candy, Factory, Glass & Secret

Smilies which are 50% off
Angel, Bully, Commando, Girl, Ninja, Nurse, Templar, Terminator & Worker

Happy new year!

Introducing quick chat.

Chris Benjaminsen — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:43:27 +0000

I just added a new feature that gives everybody in the game access to a quick chat. Quick chat is small pre defined messages that should help people without chat communicate a bit.

Quick Chat

You can access the quick chat by clicking the chat icon or simply hit alt+0-9

[EDIT] Woh, that was spammy! Quick chat now only appears as in game chat bubbles.

Christmas Ultimate Fans

Chris Benjaminsen — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:50:55 +0000

Congratulations to todays new ultimate fans!

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