Greetings PaperDemons! Here's a quick update on some improvements that we've made over the past two months and a list of our releases since the last Developer update post in August. I wont be going in-depth on future things but will give a few updates on some things that were promised.
This update includes releases v51.3.0, v51.4.0, v52.0.0 , v52.1.0 , v53.0.0
Release Highlights
Block feature
As promised, the new BLOCKING safety feature was released October 3rd. Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on this important feature! You can now block any user which will mutually block art, private messages, and more. You'll find the block button on a person's profile page.
Boss Battles
As promised, we've expanded mechanics to our battle system and have more on the way with Martus' cocktails. As promised, we launched "flash battles" which are battles we'll run during a livestream with a much shorter cooldown (like 10 minutes). We try to plan one fight a month. Check the discord or our PDARPG news for the schedule.
Art RPG Hosting
Starter plan now has access to announcements and guides on their group pages!
We're no longer accepting games to host with us on a free tier for various reasons. We've also simplified our pricing. See our hosting page for details.
Healing
💖 You can now self-serve heal your characters! The PDARPG item healing queue is now closed. Just visit your character sheet and click the new [Heal] Button to use a healing item.
Adult content opt-in
We've made it easier for our adult content creators and connoisseurs to access the Red Curtain. In your other settings page there is now an option to opt-in to adult content. If you're an adult and you opt-in, you'll get the 18+ link added back into the main navigation. This also allows us to maintain the discreetness of the adult section we were seeking when we changed the navigation last May.
Adult content Filters
Filters on the Filters settings page that are for the adult section will no longer appear if you're under age or have not opted in to adult content. We've also renamed some of the filters to have less problematic naming. Some of the names were technically correct but not accurately descriptive of the contents they contained.
Scalability
We were originally going to put the scaling tasks on hold until 2024 to handle other priorities. However, due to recent and upcoming expected growth, we need to start working on ways to put more power in the hands of players to do things like craft items and more to help us reduce tedius admin work.
Crafting
We were planning a whole set of new potions and crafting materials as part of a collaboration with a TTRPG creator. That collaborative project has fallen through. But we're still going to create the new set of 20 crafting materials and potions as planned on our own. We just might be creating them a little slower than expected.
Maintenance
Recent updates included some optimization work to help make the site run more smoothly. The art manage page now loads significantly faster. Additional optimization updates are planned in the next couple weeks as well as additional maintenance and code upgrades.
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Other changes
- Manage art page is now significantly faster
- Bug fixes to mobile view of character sheets
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I removed the submit button from the main nav because most people are submitting submissions for art rpg activities and our instructions say to click the submit button. But there are also submit buttons on event pages. And these buttons work differently by knowing you're submitting to the specific event.
You can still get to the regular submit page by clicking your icon in the upper right.
- Various bug fixes and maintenance updates.