It has been a couple weeks since the last blog on community updates, so I thought I'd prove that I still exist.

Help Desk
I went ahead and closed out several items under the "Complaint" category. As stated in the submission guidelines, complaints are just a way to vent that requires no action to resolve. Since the venting was done for admins to see, there was no need to resolve anything.

I will be using my laptop tonight and will try to tackle more Help Desk requests. Some will be bug fixes, and others will be new features.

Chatroom Avatars
Current chatroom avatars are 24x21 pixel PNGs with single color transparent backgrounds. The file sizes are limited to 500 bytes, no matter how many colors there are. This format is old and outdated. Plus, avatars look ugly on newer devices.

New avatars are going to be 32x32 pixel PNGs with single color transparency and 256 colors. For the SDK Community App, the devices with Retina Display will get twice that resolution. It will take some tweaks to chatroom display to get these looking just right across all devices. In the end, the DSi may get downscaled 24x24 images, but that is still slightly bigger and with better colors than the current ones.

SDK Community App
The last release of app came a little over a week ago. It mainly added interface clean-up for the iPad. There were no new features, but it had some tweaks to prepare for the release of iOS 7.

The next version of the app will probably come in late September and include full support for iOS 7. The new features first on the agenda are Profiles and Friend Lists.

HullBreach Online
A big announcement may be coming soon for this game. If/When this announcement comes, it will change everything with the community.

The Mystical Journey
Once again, volunteers vanished off the face of the planet, so development of TMJ completely halted. It's really frustrating that the flagship game of the community never seems to get closer to release, but I am not giving up.

I would like to thank members of the past couple months who helps draft up dialog and level maps. Unfortunately, only a couple members of the nearly 10 volunteers actually produced anything in that time.

Tonight (American perspective), I will reveal something new for TMJ. It will come in the form of a blog with screenshots. The release of this will actually come in about a week. It will be something fun and productive.

UPDATE - I just got home and am too tired to get the item ready to unveil, so it's coming tomorrow night.

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