2003/11/16 16:28:37.9849 US/Eastern
If you have a house, you can now watch TV with any critters you have.
The link for TV is at the bottom of the page in your house (in usertown).
Note that watching TV in the real world
is not highly recommended: you would often be
better off reading a book or visiting Mudcritters!
Whoever finds ther amulet of Yendor in the Maze
get to keep the only one in the game. As well as being
valuable, it allows you to take ownership of the
Palace of Yendor in usertown.
Put a comment in the chat room, or send an email, if
you want to see more Flash-based games or not.
The existing ones are at the Seaside. Some people like
them but others have complained that they don't want to, or can't,
use Flash.
If you find a bug, please report it. You can just drop a
note in the help forum. Sometimes a bug that's bothering you may not even show
up on our computers unless you tell us about it.
2003/08/24 10:51:59.6395 GMT-4
Bug Found
Emerald helped us find a bug in the new-user
creation systems. Now we know why we haven't had many
new accounts for a week or two. Thanks!
New games (Lava Tunnel and Bacteria Storm) were
added to the Seaside area. Both need Macromedia Flash 6 plugin
to installed in your browser.
Thanks to Tazzy for reporting a serious bug that prevented
people from buying pets at the petshop. It's fixed.
2003/07/07 15:27:30.4255 GMT-4
The Frobozz Magic Company has returned from bankrupcy and is back in the
stock market. Unfortunately, everybody who had shares int he bankrupt
shares lost all their money. Too bad, that's just how the stock market
works. Be careful and take note of what comapnys are safe and relaibel and
which are risky.
There have been some improvements to the chat rooms and help area to
let you find comments from specific people.
The mudcritters store sells shirts,
lunchboxes, cups and other stuff with either a science theme
or mudcritters logo. This is real-world stuff, not just inside
the mudcritters world.
Until the last day of May 2003 you were able to
use the code DADGRADS
to buy real mudcritters or science items with a $5
discount (real money). The stuff is still available though.
We accidentally introduced a bug in the maze that a few
users may have seen, where it would complain about "script
errors". That bug is was fixed in Feb 2004.
There was a problem back in 2003 in the Region of Doom where some of
the waiting critters were not showing up. The seating capacity of
that area was not set of for as many critters as now exist in this
world. It's fixed now (at least until we get more than 50,000 critters).
Older news...
For older news, see the back pages.
When we remodeled the Village a while ago, we lost some
features. They're back again -- you can find the memory game, for
example, inside the Library.
Some improvements to the Maze of the Unknown have been
made. Digging works properly and some problems with teleporters
and other special features at lower levels are fixed up. If you
haven't been down in the maze recently, try it! To get to the really good levels you
might have to buy a key from somebody though.
If you find the maze confusing or have other suggestions, please
make them in the Help forum.
The nail hammering game in the Village
was not paying properly. It should be
paying everybody who works at it now. If not, please let us know.
The look of the Village has been totally remodeled.
The face-lift is not quite over, but you can check it out now.
If you visit the new FINANCIAL BUILDING in the Village,
you can get to the new Mudcritters STOCK MARKET. It's
also home the the ADOPTION AGENCY, where you can rapidly
get rid of excess pets.
Those of you who have found an access ticket may
have discovered the BATTLESHIPS game lurking at the Seaside.
While it is not fully open yet, it is playable as a
preview if you can find one of those tickets (they could
also have been used for visiting the new Village before
it was officially opened.)
We have finally changed the login procedure so that you must type in your
user name mudcritters, but we try and guess it for you when possible.
There is a new adoption agency in the Village, where you can quickly get rid
of excess critters and get paid right away.
We have finally changed the login procedure so that you must type in your
user name mudcritters, but we try and guess it for you when possible.
There is a new adoption agency in the Village, where you can quickly get rid
of excess critters and get paid right away.
The newpaper has been upgraded a bit along with some other behind-the-scenes
changes that should make the site run a bit faster. This includes the possibility that
your critters will just find objects while you are doing other activities. The more
critters you have, the greater the chance that one of them will find something.
More assorted items can now help you in the region of doom: mirrors, pens,
swords, etc. If none of this stuff is available in the store, it can often be found in the
maze.
Of course, we welcome your suggestions for improvements, changes or
additions.
Did you notice that this newspaper now loads much faster
most of the time? (Changed October 2002.)
The maze keeps track of who's explored the deepest.
The adventure games like Toonesia now give you money when you beat your
previous high scores.
The financial pages show who's making or losing money, but only show the
exact amount for your buddies.
The house-building interface has been improved, but it's still very costly
to build a house.
Toonesia, a new region, is now open on an experimental basis.
A financial section has been added to this
newspaper (that's page 2). Is it too hard to find?
Please let us know.
Other news that came to some users in their mail...
August Mudcritters updates
Every user account must have a valid email address associated
with it. Please check yours if there is any doubt it's up-to-date and
working. If you haven't gotten email from us in over 2 months, there
might be a problems (as we send news updates about every 4 to 6
weeks).
There is now a post office in the Village, where you can
send messages to other players if you have then on your buddy list
and they ALSO have you on their buddy list. (The buddy list
rule prevents you from getting messages from strangers.)
There is a candy store in the Village now.
There have been some bugs fixed in the recently-added
Cottage adventure that should make it easier
to use if you try and pick up objects by clicking on them.
Some bugs in the Maze were fixed. You won't find lost items
with blank names, anymore, I hope.
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