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Shurikan · 08-03-2014

While reading through the Official Graal Forums I came across this post.

http://forums.graalonline.com/forums/blog.php?b=330

A lot of the thoughts in the blog post have been thought by both players and developers alike, but we still have not improved as much as we would like to have.

What is possible but would need encouragement:

I think the best thing we could do at the moment is to really press for better tools (as mentioned in the post). A lot of tools used for Graal development (gani, world editor etc.) have become outdated or are missing features or assets that could really improve and speed up development on servers.
Are these tools currently being worked on? (I don't know they may be) but if we wish to grow, our tools need to grow with us.

As stated in the article as well, the Graal community has really separated into two parts. Mobile and PC. (which most likely has to do with the subscription fee for PC) I would really like to see both sides interact more.

What would be awesome but unlikely:

The article mentions having all of the most talented developers come together to work on a server. (this sounds almost impossible with how things currently are). The only way to accomplish this would be by paying the staff. I think it would be amazing if staff were paid (even minimum wage) to think of ideas and produce a server for all platforms. With multiple dedicated coders things would get done in a timely manner. GFX artist could all agree on a certain style and work to produce graphics to fit those standards. If this was done properly and executed in a fairly timely manner this server would get lots of players (pc and mobile) and definitely could earn back what it took to pay the staff members. Like I said this is just a dream but something I would love to see happen.

What do you think? Are these goals unable to be accomplished with how Graal is ran?

Would it be possible to accomplish them and if so how could it be done?

(posted at 3:00 A.M. please forgive if I sound like I am drunk.

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Shurikan Shurikan Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,245	Time for change? (players+devs) While reading through the Official Graal Forums I came across this post. http://forums.graalonline.com/forums/blog.php?b=330 A lot of the thoughts in the blog post have been thought by both players and developers alike, but we still have not improved as much as we would like to have. What is possible but would need encouragement: I think the best thing we could do at the moment is to really press for better tools (as mentioned in the post). A lot of tools used for Graal development (gani, world editor etc.) have become outdated or are missing features or assets that could really improve and speed up development on servers. Are these tools currently being worked on? (I don't know they may be) but if we wish to grow, our tools need to grow with us. As stated in the article as well, the Graal community has really separated into two parts. Mobile and PC. (which most likely has to do with the subscription fee for PC) I would really like to see both sides interact more. What would be awesome but unlikely: The article mentions having all of the most talented developers come together to work on a server. (this sounds almost impossible with how things currently are). The only way to accomplish this would be by paying the staff. I think it would be amazing if staff were paid (even minimum wage) to think of ideas and produce a server for all platforms. With multiple dedicated coders things would get done in a timely manner. GFX artist could all agree on a certain style and work to produce graphics to fit those standards. If this was done properly and executed in a fairly timely manner this server would get lots of players (pc and mobile) and definitely could earn back what it took to pay the staff members. Like I said this is just a dream but something I would love to see happen. What do you think? Are these goals unable to be accomplished with how Graal is ran? Would it be possible to accomplish them and if so how could it be done? (posted at 3:00 A.M. please forgive if I sound like I am drunk. )