Escapade.fun - Next-Gen Multiplayer EE with a growing community

Zumza · 2024-05-30 19:37:07

🎉 Dear Community,
We are thrilled to officially unveil Escapade! This exciting project reimagines the iconic gameplay and refreshes the look of Everybody Edits for a new generation of users. It’s everything you loved, now with a polished, modern touch. Escapade is an independent project created by passionate community members and is not affiliated with any previous owners of Everybody Edits.

🌟 Why Escapade?
Escapade delivers a polished rendition of the beloved Everybody Edits, featuring:
Improved stability and performance for smooth gameplay.
Full compatibility with Everybody Edits maps – jump back into your favorite creations and relive the magic of your past worlds!
A fresh new visual design that reimagines the classic look for a new era.
The introduction of Featured Worlds – browse and explore weekly spotlighted creations!
New game mechanics to come!

🎬 Check out some Gameplay Videos
Expand the elements below to reveal the Youtube videos.
▼Video by JoeyC
▼Video by Rivelka

👥 Join the Community
To learn more and stay connected, join us on the Escapade Discord Server – your gateway to updates, discussions, and sneak peeks of what’s coming next.

🎮 Try Escapade Now
We invite you to embark on this exciting Escapade with us!

skullz17, John, Edilights, Rivelka, Dencc, ExFabian, Onjit, drunkbnu, carbon3715, Jorc, Raven

John · 2024-05-31 02:47:23

Looks great! Where's the link to play?

Tomahawk · 2024-05-31 09:50:40

Zumza wrote:

We're happy to unveil our project

Who’s “we”?

Edilights · 2024-05-31 10:21:58

Tomahawk wrote:

Who’s “we”?

The community
(Answer is given.)

MartenM · 2024-05-31 11:06:04

Is this a multiplayer client or single player?
Looks impressive anyway.

Zumza · 2024-05-31 12:23:54

John wrote:

Looks great! Where's the link to play?

Thank you! We will gradually release access to Escapade. To be among the first that have access to it, I recommend joining the Discord server.

Tomahawk wrote:

Who’s “we”?

The core team & community collaborators. 3 of my partners never played EE.

MartenM wrote:

Is this a multiplayer client or single player?
Looks impressive anyway.

Thank you! This is a multiplayer in-browser client.

ExFabian · 2024-05-31 15:56:47

Damn, is 2024 going to be the year of Everybody Edits?

Edilights · 2024-06-01 19:09:16

It started . :^)

Zumza · 2024-06-03 23:48:34

Edilights wrote:

It started . :^)

Indeed! Escapade is now open for trial at https://escapade.fun

Kirby · 2024-06-05 01:30:20

pls add a way to register other than connecting with discord

N1KF, Snowester

Zumza · 2024-06-07 13:56:18

Authenticating with Google is now an option.

Onjit · 2024-06-09 10:21:38

that thumbnail look a bit familiar

NoNK · 2024-06-24 21:13:47

ee in the past was like "the game is dead no one will ever remake it" now we have like 5 remakes competing at once and statistically at least 3 more i haven't even heard of yet

N1KF

ExFabian · 2024-06-24 21:33:04

NoNK wrote:

ee in the past was like "the game is dead no one will ever remake it" now we have like 5 remakes competing at once and statistically at least 3 more i haven't even heard of yet

ee is still dead, it's just the same 100 people who keep this game from getting buried, of which 80 just dwell around either making or playing high effort eeo worlds from time to time
most people call themselves "ee veterans" but they wouldn't hop in to a round of boss to code...
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Ant-99 · 2024-07-01 13:01:09

Did you port the physics from the Flash source? They're very accurate to how I remember the original physics. Well done.

Zumza · 2024-07-01 13:19:04

Thank you! The physics engine in Escapade was written from the grounds up with the goal of preserving a similar game-play experience to EE. We had a few bugs of our own along the way, but with the help of community feedback we quickly identified and patched them. Ott was the MVP in this aspect! <3

One important mechanic feature Escapade has is the no-delay auto-jump. (We might make this an opt-in feature depending on what the community prefers).
I recommend this world (https://escapade.fun/world/k7HGKbwFnbVr) if you want to see how fun that is!

Also, here is a world that comprises most of the known EE gimmicks to make an even better idea of how close Escapade's physics are to EE.
https://escapade.fun/world/u-octo-lab

Zumza · 2024-07-10 15:25:03

We're happy to announce a new feature: starting now, users can register and log in using their email! Previously, registration was limited to Discord and Google accounts only.

Upcoming Building Contest:

Get ready for our upcoming building contest! More details about the contest will be available later this week. We suggest entering our Discord Server to be up to date with all information regarding this event: https://discord.gg/TcPXknnpAx

Zumza · 2024-07-18 22:11:55

Escapade Building Competition

Theme
Nostalgia The theme centers around nostalgia. Think back to the moments that you fondly remember and bring them to life in your world.

Timeline
Early Registrations and Jury Entering: Started on 12th of July.
Building Period: Begins on 26 July 2024 16:00 UTC.
Building Deadline: Finishes on 12 August 2024 16:00 UTC. Any late submissions must be registered before this date.

Team Rules
Team Size: The maximum team size is 4. We suggest teams of 2.
Membership Restriction: Members cannot be part of more than one team.
No External Help: Teams must build their worlds independently, without any external assistance outside of their team members.
Team Structure Changes: Changes to team structure are allowed until 26 July 2024 16:00 UTC.

Judging Rules
Private Worlds: We recommend you mark your contest world as private until the building period ends.

World Specifications
You will receive your team's contest world for free from an admin
Size: 200x200 or 100x100.
Worlds Catalogue: All valid contest-submitted worlds will enter the worlds catalogue and have play sessions preserved for all users, just like campaigns.

Difficulty
The worlds should be designed to accommodate our judges who have never played EE before.

Prizes
1st Place: 300 per team (including a special secret exalted version of a smiley, for each member)
2nd Place: 200 per team (including a special secret plain version of a smiley, for each member)
3rd Place: 100 per team (including a special secret plain version of a smiley, for each member)
Runner-Ups (next 2): 80 per team
$10 Giveaway: A $10 prize will be given away to a random member of a random valid entry.

To sign up as a contestant please enter the Escapade discord server: https://discord.gg/TcPXknnpAx . There you will also be able to learn more information about the jury process.

Alternatively, if you don't have a discord account, and wish to participate in this contest, please send me a PM here on the forums with the following content:
Team Name
World owner (please use in-game player name)
Members (please use in-game player names)
World Size 200x200 or 100x100 (we will assign you a world without any cost, you can let us know later if you haven't yet decided which option you want to chose)

Good luck building and bringing your world to life!

John

wjyg · 2024-07-25 16:50:21

wow, finally added mail to login, but sad its say Uncaught (in promise) ReferenceError: grecaptcha is not defined, prob recaptcha blocked me cuz google is banned in china
thank you, google
so can you find an alternate way which not blocked pls
edit: i searched web and its say recaptcha.net is official mirror site for china, and it can be used, i have not tried yet, and idk how to set it up, so prob you are going to find the answer, thx a lot if you make this work for me

Zumza · 2024-09-22 17:19:19

🎉 Nostalgia Building Competition Results 🎉

The time has come to announce the winners of the Nostalgia Building Competition! We had amazing builds which were all very appreciated by the jurors.

🥇 1st Place: Monumental Memories (Team: Myths Crew - SarahTheGuard, 02468, MacAndCheese)
Link: https://escapade.fun/world/k7MMrrfrqWvN

🥈 2nd Place: Ode to Minebot (Team: Morépaté - GroundPound, Waamy)
Link: https://escapade.fun/world/k7MMrpsxrR9b

🥉 3rd Place (Tie):
Adventure Time - Final Battle (Team: The ROEE - edilight, andy77799)
Link: https://escapade.fun/world/k7MMrmsPK7Rb
Zombie Night (Team: turewjyg is bored - turewjyg)
Link: https://escapade.fun/world/k7MMrvnszHqd

🎁 Rewards have been distributed to all the winners for their outstanding contributions!

These incredible entries will now be featured as the weekly featured worlds for everyone to explore and enjoy! In addition, they will also be preserved in the archive worlds collection for future nostalgia trips.

A huge congratulations to the winners! And a special thank you to everyone who took part in reliving these nostalgic moments with us!

We’d also like to express our gratitude to everyone who helped make this contest possible — from supervisors, and judges, to all those behind the scenes.

ExFabian, Joeyjoey65, N1KF

Kirby · 2025-01-08 00:39:52

help i cannot connect to this level and get a popup that says "Lost connection to server"

https://escapade.fun/world/k7K9WRhzVrMp

seems like i can join other levels just fine

plz fix

Zumza · 2025-01-10 23:40:45

4 hours ago something has happened to our server provider OVH. At the moment, as OVH has not informed us of anything - I don’t know what’s the issue and when it will be resolved. Unfortunately, our latest backup is from 7th January 2025 and we might have to resume to that.

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Kirby wrote:

help i cannot connect to this level and get a popup that says "Lost connection to server"
https://escapade.fun/world/k7K9WRhzVrMp
seems like i can join other levels just fine
plz fix

I'll look into this.

killer12 · 2025-01-20 16:36:14

0 world online, but the game is not dead NOOO!!

N1KF · 2025-01-20 23:39:30

I do have to wonder about the future of this game, since PixelWalker is more popular and has much better performance.

Are there any plans to export the worlds if the game goes down?

Zumza · 2025-01-23 17:15:42

N1KF, I believe you're asking about this due to the incident caused by OVH (our service provider), which led to the temporary unavailability of the game.

I apologise for not updating the situation on this forum.

We restored functionality within 72 hours of the incident by using a relatively recent backup (3 days old by the time the incident occurred), though this could have been done even sooner if I hadn’t initially hoped OVH would address the situation more quickly. A week later, the data hosted on OVH became available again, allowing us to merge the data and fully restore all progress related to campaign progression and world building.

Regarding performance, the differences should theoretically be negligible. However, we are aware of certain quirks with Firefox, particularly on Linux-based operating systems, caused by the browser not accessing hardware acceleration features, and we're committed to addressing these issues in upcoming updates. Right now, I can only recommend you to use an updated Safari or a Chromium-based browser like: Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, DuckDuckGo Browser.

Currently, the project development is on hold. However, I have communicated my availability to assist Josh, the maintainer of EEOffline, in developing a better file format to support all EE-like games. Additionally, I’ve offered to help PixelWalker’s team create a tool for porting worlds from Escapade to PixelWalker.

I assure you, Escapade is highly unlikely to close in 2025, as it remains the only multiplayer web client that enables the community to re-experience campaign levels with physics closest to the original EE. PixelWalker has taken a different approach.

Regarding popularity, I’m not entirely sure how the two projects compare in terms of monthly active users, but I don’t believe the difference is significant. From what I’ve observed, Escapade is the preferred choice for many members of the community, primarily due to the availability of campaign content.

I hope this answers your concerns.

N1KF

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