Why do I care about Everybody Edits?

ByteArray · 2018-02-26 17:30:34

Hey guys! For those who don't know, I do weekly "game dev logs" every Sunday on my YouTube channel. Well, yesterday I briefly mentioned the progress I'm making on my own game, and felt like talking about why I care about EE. I essentially talked about the reasons I have for continuing to push forward to create a better future for the game. Here's the video:

TLDW: I've been playing since September 2010, and I really feel like the game hasn't explored its full potential.

But there's actually more that contributes to my feelings about the game. I started playing around the time when I was getting more serious about learning to make my own games, And of course being about 10-11 years old, I didn't think too much about the monetary side of game development. But as I followed the development of EE, I learned that it was actually possible to make games for a living.

And I suppose I looked up to Chris Benjaminsen as a role model. I even made drawings at the time of me being a part of the team (some of which can be seen in the video). He had created a game that many people including myself enjoyed, and was able to make decent money doing it. I remember having very mixed feelings when he left the game, and that contributed to me playing the game less over time. Especially over recent years, I've felt that the game that had once inspired me was being mishandled, and being taken in a very different direction. I guess no one seemed to take the future of EE seriously, and I wasn't sure how to feel about it.

But even as I became distanced from the game, I kept being drawn right back to it. I even briefly ended up on the team at one point in 2015, but I was only 15 at the time and my game development skills weren't that great, so I was barely able to help with anything. I ended up drifting away from the game again, only occasionally playing around in the game with my brother Kentiya.

Recently, however, I felt like experimenting with HTML5 for game development and I thought it would be fun to recreate the "Old Everybody Edits" that was accessible at the time. I called it HaxEE (based on the tool I was using to make it), and ended up creating my own separate PlayerIO server and implementing the modern physics. When it was functional, I posted about it here on the forums. When people started playing it, I instantly found that people actually liked it. I guess it reminded them of a simpler time, back when EE wasn't so bloated and full of disconnected and unnecessary features. Sure it was missing some of the good stuff, but people saw potential in it. And I found that there were many people out there that felt the same way I did about the game.

They didn't want the game to die. And in some sense, many of us would rather go back to the old EE and restart from there, but this time in a better direction.

So I hope that helps to explain more of how I feel about the game.
I don't know for certain what the future holds, but I know a future for EE is possible.

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IanJanes · 2018-02-26 18:14:24

Well for someone I've never seen I can tell you're good for the community, game, and general well being here. I'm glad someone like you is around!

-Thanks

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Anatoly · 2018-02-26 18:34:37

You talked about EE like EE is a part of your life.

Everyone is chaotic here, I agree.

Abelysk · 2018-02-26 18:36:44

AnatolyEE wrote:

You talked about EE like EE is a part of your life.

Everyone is chaotic here, I agree.

A game developer's life is games. True words.

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Guest. · 2018-02-26 20:34:21

AnatolyEE wrote:

You talked about EE like EE is a part of your life.

Everyone is chaotic here, I agree.

what??? game developer has been playing ee as long as he can remember and dares say ee is part of his life? unheard of

Kira · 2018-02-26 22:39:38

Hope in Everybody Edits is long gone. I played your game called blockworm or whatever the name was and actually saw a future in it, it doesn't lag, it's clean and looks fun to play.
I think you should focus on what really matters here.

sad to hear but true

this comes from an old optimistic right there

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Zoey2070 · 2018-02-26 23:05:15

i still cannot believe that you look identical to bruce

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Luka504 · 2018-02-26 23:58:41

Zoey2070 wrote:

i still cannot believe that you look identical to bruce

My god, the first thing I noticed in his video is how his chin looks like it can cut through diamonds like daaaamn.

On topic: It's really nice to see how passionate you are about what you do and that you are willing to do something to save EE, but I really feel that EE rn is just a hollowed out shell of it's former self and has no real chance to rise from the ashes.
I don't wanna sound like one of those ''Lol omg EE is so dead xDDD I remember when EE had a thousand players mrshoe lol'' people, but I really have to agree with them that this game used to have like a 1000 players at a time, and now it's a rarity for the online number to even reach triple digits. EE used to have such a sweet little charm to how simple it is, but nowadays all the optimism and hope from the past has been quashed by pretty much everything post-2013.
I believe we really need a reboot of EE. Since right now EE is in a state where it repels players. The first few minutes of joining EE are the absolute worst minutes of the entire game. Nothing makes sense, everything is complicated and the lag, my GOD THE LAG. A 16-bit 2D online game about smiley's and blocks shouldn't eat like 70% of my CPU. What the ****. It takes as much of my CPU as most 3D games I play.
TL;DR - Revamp ee because ee is in a **** position thanks

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Minimania · 2018-02-27 02:32:14

Kira wrote:

Hope in Everybody Edits is long gone. I played your game called blockworm or whatever the name was and actually saw a future in it, it doesn't lag, it's clean and looks fun to play.

So why are you still here again?

XxAtillaxX · 2018-02-27 02:52:55

I half expected to open the topic and see: "read title"

Onjit · 2018-02-27 05:23:18

Zoey2070 wrote:

i still cannot believe that you look identical to bruce

there are dozens of us! dozens!

Zumza

Jorc · 2018-02-27 06:58:44

ByteArray wrote:

my brother Kentiya.

wait what

kentiya is your brother?

holy ****!!!!!!!!!

ByteArray

Kira · 2018-02-27 13:09:24

minimania wrote:

Kira wrote:
Hope in Everybody Edits is long gone. I played your game called blockworm or whatever the name was and actually saw a future in it, it doesn't lag, it's clean and looks fun to play.
So why are you still here again?

What even is that supposed to mean?
Doesn't mean I can't play the game right?

Sometimes you should probably keep your comments to yourself.

TaskManager · 2018-02-27 13:28:24

Kira wrote:

Sometimes you should probably keep your comments to yourself.

Says the guy that **** left and right
STRONG kek

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Minimania · 2018-03-02 03:05:08

Kira wrote:

minimania wrote:
Kira wrote:
Hope in Everybody Edits is long gone. I played your game called blockworm or whatever the name was and actually saw a future in it, it doesn't lag, it's clean and looks fun to play.
So why are you still here again?
What even is that supposed to mean?
Doesn't mean I can't play the game right?
Sometimes you should probably keep your comments to yourself.

If you don't enjoy this game at all, why do you even stay?

No, seriously, that's not good for your mental health yo

soniiiety · 2018-03-02 05:45:04

Zoey2070 wrote:

i still cannot believe that you look identical to bruce

i seen what you mean, its looks like that he is 2d because he blends so easy like and illusion because of the shapes and everytime i watch his videos ai get weird feeling like a horror movie, no offense idk why it is i talked to him before on discord

clone?

another me?

or is it because of the camera video or graphics

idk its like that its spiky likes sharp knfitnes on all angles or metal spikes but expect like and effect and all pixels.

some one please tell what is? because hes videos are diffrent idk how or what it is,

Zoey2070 · 2018-03-02 06:13:09

soniiiety wrote:

Zoey2070 wrote:
i still cannot believe that you look identical to bruce
i seen what you mean, its looks like that he is 2d because he blends so easy like and illusion because of the shapes and everytime i watch his videos ai get weird feeling like a horror movie, no offense idk why it is i talked to him before on discord
clone?
another me?
or is it because of the camera video or graphics
idk its like that its spiky likes sharp knfitnes on all angles or metal spikes but expect like and effect and all pixels.
some one please tell what is? because hes videos are diffrent idk how or what it is,

no, it's just his chin i think

soniiiety

Onjit · 2018-03-02 07:15:15

Zoey2070 wrote:

soniiiety wrote:
Zoey2070 wrote:
i still cannot believe that you look identical to bruce
i seen what you mean, its looks like that he is 2d because he blends so easy like and illusion because of the shapes and everytime i watch his videos ai get weird feeling like a horror movie, no offense idk why it is i talked to him before on discord
clone?
another me?
or is it because of the camera video or graphics
idk its like that its spiky likes sharp knfitnes on all angles or metal spikes but expect like and effect and all pixels.
some one please tell what is? because hes videos are diffrent idk how or what it is,
no, it's just his chin i think

but what is a chin, if not the illusion of the reflection of one's soul?

something to think about

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soniiiety · 2018-03-02 23:12:35

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Onjit wrote:

Zoey2070 wrote:
soniiiety wrote:
Zoey2070 wrote:
i still cannot believe that you look identical to bruce
i seen what you mean, its looks like that he is 2d because he blends so easy like and illusion because of the shapes and everytime i watch his videos ai get weird feeling like a horror movie, no offense idk why it is i talked to him before on discord
clone?
another me?
or is it because of the camera video or graphics
idk its like that its spiky likes sharp knfitnes on all angles or metal spikes but expect like and effect and all pixels.
some one please tell what is? because hes videos are diffrent idk how or what it is,
no, it's just his chin i think
but what is a chin, if not the illusion of the reflection of one's soul?
something to think about

oh also i don't think it my reflection idk, but it does look like his chin blends so well that he looks 2d or flat that he doesn't even have 1, but i can see his mustache and beard

Minimania · 2018-03-03 01:53:06

Onjit wrote:

Zoey2070 wrote:
soniiiety wrote:
Zoey2070 wrote:
i still cannot believe that you look identical to bruce
i seen what you mean, its looks like that he is 2d because he blends so easy like and illusion because of the shapes and everytime i watch his videos ai get weird feeling like a horror movie, no offense idk why it is i talked to him before on discord
clone?
another me?
or is it because of the camera video or graphics
idk its like that its spiky likes sharp knfitnes on all angles or metal spikes but expect like and effect and all pixels.
some one please tell what is? because hes videos are diffrent idk how or what it is,
no, it's just his chin i think
but what is a chin, if not the illusion of the reflection of one's soul?
something to think about

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