Welcome to Wrestling Gamers United Newsletter #462
1) Ropes 2) Prizes! 3) THQ New 4) Uprising Closing
1) Ropes ************** Ropes are working! The programmer went above and beyond the design requirements a bit but I can't fault him for it. All we needed was ropes that bent back when you bounced off of them and shook when there was a mat impact but he put together a system that responds even more deeply. The ropes will actually follow the hands when you grab them for slingshot moves and they bend in all directions as you climb through them etc. so I'm a happy guy. We still need to play with the variables so they appear more like stiff ropes instead of limp rubber noodles but we're gonna move on to the next task and leave that for the overall "make it pretty" stage before we ship. I'll probably post some progress videos of this next week.
2) Prizes! ************* I had a GREAT all day meeting with our web guy, Eric, on Wednesday. Now that we've really really got a game coming and actual content to go with it we're ramping up our marketing plans. Our website has been dead for over a year so it's about time, eh? Eric is going to be taking over our Twitter account and help getting the word out about the Uprising release. I have no idea how to really make the best use of Twitter. Barely got my head wrapped around Facebook. We also talked about making PWX development even more transparent and posting more videos of the game in progress without worrying so much about people who don't understand when they're looking at an unfinished work in progress.
We also want to give you guys cool stuff as our supporter base grows. I see some developers offer things like new screenshots and videos for every new milestone (reach 1000 Facebook fans for example) but we'll be giving that stuff out anyway. Always have. Do you guys have any ideas for cool stuff to do every time we hit a new milestone? Leave a comment on Facebook or the PWX forum if you have any nifty ideas.
Some examples:
-Post video of worst glitch we had so far -Post original PWX story mode script -Show characters that were designed but never used...for a reason. -Make Dave play WCW Backstage Assault for three hours, steam it live, using only female characters.
3) THQ New **********************
I used to look for THQ's logo on wrestling games and considered it a sure sign of quality. And then I rented WCW Nitro. Those days are are officially behind us as THQ announced they are dropping the logo and will start using a new one in the next few months. Times they are a changing...
4) Uprising Closing *************** We're closing the old Uprising page on Facebook so if you haven't done so already please add yourself to our main PWX Facebook page at Facebook.com/ProWrestlingX instead. We're consolidating our online presence so you can easily get all of your PWX news and media without having to skip around a bunch of different sites.
In the meantime and in between time, that's it, another edition of Wrestling Gamers United. Thank you for your support, Dave Wishnowski
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