• New quest released, this puzzle-related quest is quite hard.


• Green treasure maps / chests released if quest is completed.


• New gem (from new green chests, not mining), which can be used on the master ring, necklaces and to upgrade scroll teleport book.


• I've banned some players who were alt trading and or botting manually. This didn't show up in the discord as I manually bannned them (groups of accs) but it explains the lower player count. (Total unique players online didnt not go down which is perfect, we have about ~90 unique online players 24/7)


• I've changed my mind on trading, I've begin the work to create a grand exchange system where you can trade items with other players via a centralized system - more details will follow.

• You may now take a snapshot of your gear and equipment to share with others (camera icon in inventory and equipment panel).


• You may now right click the charcoal pile to see how much is in it.


• Skipping a hunting task now has a confirmation popup.


• Maximizing a hunting task now has a confirmation popup.


• Saving a bank preset now has a confirmation popup.


• I'm currently working on a new quest, it's in the quest log but it's not startable yet.

• Bronze Pirate Boss achievement moved from champion to elite.


• New pirate boss now in the hunting pool.


• New pirate boss now drops a water page, along with his guards.


• New hunting shop perk.


• Added shortcuts to use hunting perks in hunting panel.


• New steaing chests added, can you find them? (fart noises)


• Buff: agility course in forstfale now gives more xp and new loot.


• Fix: accuracy bug not working as intended when player was attacking monster.


• Fix: dying to bosses still charges coins without having killed them at least once before. Also applies to ghostly deranged mage.


• Fix: dying to any monster gave a message in chat hinting boss cost of coins.

• New boss fight with unique drops added, can you find the area to fight this not so retired pirate?


• First Dragon equipement released.


• Fix bug where falling objects during combat would still damage you even if you stepped off the tile.


• You will not lose any coins when dying to a boss instance if you have never killed them at least once before.


• All monsters that require level 60 hunting to kill have been reduced to level 50 temporarily. (Until new hunting pools gets released)


• Nerf dodge cooldowns by increasing its timer, they are way too OP, it made pirate boss and will probably make other bosses too trivial.


• New bundle with unique reward. Can you find it?


• Added a bunch of achievements related to the new content.


MAJOR COMBAT ACCURACY CHANGES:


• Previously, hit chance dropped off very sharply the moment an NPC's defense exceeded your accuracy: even a tiny difference could cut your hit rate nearly in half.


• Now it works on a smoother 10% per point scale: if an NPC's defense beats your accuracy by 1, you have a 90% chance to hit; by 2, 80%; by 5, 50%; and so on. No matter how tough the enemy is, you'll always land at least 1 in 20 hits (5%), so you're never completely locked out of dealing damage.


• Don't forget the NPCs now have that same change when trying to hit you, making defence a more important stat to have.

• Low level engine code combat changes, see comments below.


• Attacking animations are more pronounced, this is subtle but you might notice a better feel of npc animations when they attack.


• Fixed running while meleeing an enemy that's walking, avoiding dancing loops.


• Engine now supports new sound effects, which have been added now.


• New potion.


• New pirate boss will be ready in the next update quite soon.

• Reworking premium system, basically will be moving from PayPal to Stripe.


• There seems to be a weird bug where timers are slowed down (monsters respawn at a slower rate, meteor moves less often etc) I'm investigating this.


• Working on a boss related to pirates.

• Added a new add-ons tab in settings.


• Ability to toggle true tile, which might help with boss mechanics.


• Abiltiy to toggle off player shadows, helping to know if falling fire or other projeciles are falling on you (useful for giant flufflare).


• XP progress now shown in the middle of the screen, you may turn this off and revert to old system with add-ons settings mentioned above.


• HP bars now have show true values.


• New level up message popup.


• Warroot seeds now instantly grow at the Phantom mansion.


• If you didn't know, you can dodge with the F4 key, which is now added to the tooltip.

• Upcoming: Raids 1 code has begun, get ready for some new BiS items and awesome (hopefully) combat action! This is probably the most exciting update I've been working on to date, will take a few weeks to finish.


• New special farming plot released in the ghost mansion cemetery, they will make spirit-related seeds grow instantly.


• The auto banning bot has been upgraded and will be re-enabled soon after my findings.


• Added ghost pepper & seeds from monster drops.


• New hard achievement.


• Better bank searching.


• Bunny ears no longer obtainable.

• New agility course released, can you find it?


• Achievement reward changes, see the achievement tab for details.


• Added more ~10 achievements.


• Added new shop in the chef's backroom.


• Buff seeds from pickpocketing farmers.


• Fix the spam "No dodges available" message when using tears of the dodging master.


• Fix agility counter attack spaghetti patch while I fix the overall projectile system - your projectile when counter attacking should now land correctly.


• Fix a bug where hunting expeditions at early levels stopped you from getting stronger monsters.


• Fix a bug where making fires / using bondfire did not calculate xp per hour in the UI.

• New agility course.


• Stamina potion re-introduced, it now reduces the number of ticks per obsticle.


• An axe shop has been added to the game.


• Sleeping now replenishes your run energy.


• New champion achievement + fixed ghostly deranged mage achievements.


• New shortcut key [f4] which uses a dodge if you have one ready.


• Silent gloves drop rate from first agility arena nerfed, 5x rarer.


• Fix display bug where sometimes dodging bosses showed the monster hit splat damage on you, without applying the damage.


• Fix bug with brewing where potion popup no longer worked.

• Agility has been released - won't say more. Goodluck!


• Bronze scroll no longer gives a running boost.


• Worship run ability removed.


• Withdrawing via right click from bank is now compatible with bag upgrades from cage animals.


• Stamina potions can no longer be brewed.


• New achievements.

• Fix and improved the lag when too many items were dropped on a single map area.


• Fix crystal dune hp bug.


• Fix hard achievement bug not triggering on hell floor 3: "40 Hit Splat"


• Fix bug where using a badge would stop attacking your target.


• Fix bug where glass could be smelted anywhere.


• Fix bug with random crafting UI above chat showing up - also reworked it a bit, try it out.

• Engine change: You may now make items while walking or doing any other activity.


• New potion: Large recoil potion - deal 10% damage back to the enemy when they hit you, rounded up.


• New achievements. (mediums, hards, elites)


• Fix a bug with "Feeding the dead" hunting perk not giving double XP on some monsters.


• Paper has been added to chest as loot, and most monsters in omboko now drops paper.


• Better trading logs added to target alt traders.

• Increased the chances of getting lower level hunting expeditions when refreshing a new task.


• Auto bury (feeding the dead perk) now applied on all bones dropped from crypt skeletons in one tick.


• Auto bury (feeding the dead perk) now fixed with giant flufflare.


• Optomized auto bury on monsters that drop many bones to reduce lag (all xp given at once).


• Reworked the hunting panel UI.


• Continue fixing botting tool, it had some problems with logging empty entries.


• New progress video will be ready in about in 1h FLAT MMO EP 6 | WE SAVED MARIN! (NOT REALLY)


• ***I randomly tuned into Liam's stream on discord and others joined for which we talked about the game, content and what's coming. I think I want to do this more often, on a weekly basis. Got some super useful feedback and it's nice to talk about the game with you guys. + I need some help with Summoning / raids ideas.

Botting News:

• The first development milestone of the bot detection system has been completed and is now in testing. The tool monitors player behavior and can automatically identify and ban accounts engaged in botting (only if it's 99% sure). It's not active just yet as I need to make sure it's working in production. It'll be turned on if everything goes right and should start applying bans.


• I had to tweak the tool quite often, and an easy way to stop most of the bots could be possible if custom scripts wern't a thing - though I don't think the trade off is worth it for now at least.


• Please note that the detector mentioned above does not have 'favorites'. It's striclty uses numbers/facts to issue bans on everyone online - so catching a ban is never to be taken as a personal attack.



Easter Event:

• Like party hats, bunny ears can now be obtained! I used the same code as party hats to save time and focus on botting/trading rework. They will become tradable once the event ends mid April.



New Skill - Summoning!:

• The new skill I've been working on is on its way.

• Fix bug where aggression slayer perk continued working after completing a hunting expedition.


• Fix some achievement bugs, which caused some to be reverted/changed.


• Fix a bug where the reflect badge never killed an enemy, even if they had 0 hp left.


• Fix a bug where players could use badges from the bank using shortcuts.


• Minor UI changes.


• Ability to mute players via settings.

• Phantos mansion expansion #2.


• New solo boss released in the phantos mansion, achievements tied to this.


• New hunting shop perk (Aggression).


• New fruit available, including its seed + pie.


• New achievements, including a few champion achievements that actually requires skill. (Not RNG based-ish)


• All pies now require a much lower cooking level to make.


• Granite boots now protects you from the heat, similar to stone boots.


• Added a new graphite source, can you find it? (Fart noises)


• The current graphite rock that depletes will automatically stop you from mining it.


• Bats now drop fruit more often, new ghost bats added around the Phatos Mansion.


• Fix a bug where sometimes when a deranged mage respawned - the incorrect animation/projectile was being used.


• Shortcut / QoL: Command /tb (for telebook) added to use scrolls, no need to have the book on you.

• Farming contracts will now lean towards seeds you have to plant instead of giving random ones, I've also added rockshroom, seashroom and moldshroom seeds to the mix.


• Completing a fruit tree contract now gives you more points.


• Added mansion library with new unique items released, including BiS boots & gloves + more.


• Fixed a display bug where the default character look for everyone was what you set.


• Crafting bamboo into strips is now 25x faster.


• Converting bamboo strips to paper now costs 100 coins instead of 1000.


• You can now purchase paper directly from the omboko shop.


• New chest to steal from, can you find it?


• Added achievements.


• QoL: Using points for rewards from spirits (example: bondfire spirit) is now a 1 tick action instead of 4.


• Fixed a bug where players could not loot the stealing chest in the mad monk/priest instance while having a pet.


• Working on a local /mute command to mute players to never here them yell, chat or pm. I wanted to do it for this update but got carried away with more mansion content :'(


• New youtube progress 5 vid here: FLAT MMO EP 5 | STILL HATE TIGERS

• 10% chance that mining node rock becomes shiny, yielding 3x ore and XP.


• Enchanting damage orb 3 now gives the appropriate XP and now works with enchantment potion.


• Chat box optomization - I saw on discord that after long sessions that the game would lag, and I think it was a problem with chat box which I've now fixed.

• New settings interface, accessible from top right of screen - next to sound/music toggles.


• You may now choose none-related-music sounds to be on, essential, or off. See settings in the top right corner of the screen.


• Added more sound effects for a bunch of various actions.

• Phantos mansion released (phase 1, much more content to be added here).


• Haunted woods released.


• New chests to steal from added.


• More monsters added to the hunting level 50-60 pool (still more needed, so not uncapping it - sorry).


• Added some achievements.


• Nerf farmers on low level seed drop rates (see why here).


• Tweak: The number of ice golems for a hunting task required to kill has been reduced.


• New youtbue progress vid here: here

• New volcano bundle released.


• Firemake pet released.


• It's now possible to cancel farming contracts every 24h.


• Starting to add a bunch of links from the game to the wiki.


• Fix a bug where using combat worship spells did not affect stats, until when switching weapons.


• Fix a bug where players could not join a team for bossing.


• Fix a bug where getting a 'failed' stealing message caused errors in the xp / h calculations - also fixed the success rate message to be accurate.


• Fix a bug where sleep would not deplete when stealing.


• I think we are going to see our first raid quite soon :). Hardcores will be able to team up with normal players for raids, as damage done / raid impact is what rolls the loot - making boosting impossible.

• Two new worship abilities released.


• Two new potions.


• New mushroom seed / related potions have been released. I won't say where to get them, can you figure it out?


• Added tooltips for potion UI section.


• Flamesters found here now drops hot berries more often.


• Added some achievements.


• Fixed a bug where tree farming contracts sometimes gave fruit trees.


• Fixed a bug where trading players and entering input as '1k' or '1m' etc crashed the game.


• Fixed a bug where having woodcutting potion with omboko axe did not give 2 bamboo strips.

• North of Frostvale expansion


• Ability to upgrade your inventory item stack once again!


• New badge with new combat mechanic released north of FrostVale.


• Badge emblems are no longer a thing - you get the badge directly now.


• Fire badge drop rate from giant flufflare reduced, and can now be dropped from normal flufflares.


• Air & electric, grass, water badges released - all obtainable in different ways (monster drops, shops, minigames).


• Hunting mask's 15% damage bonus now applied AFTER weakness, so quite the buff.


• I'm tempted to just add a bunch more of achievements, but I'll wait and talk about my thoughts in episode #2 of my progress vids


• New progress video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XyS90OLyBM



Bug Fixes:

• Combat engine: fix a bug where large aggressive monsters would get stuck under you.


• Fix packsack icon being purple for everyone.


• Fix display issue with shop cards showing you didn't have the coins when you did.



QoL:

• You can now withdraw/deposit/sell items by entering inputs like: 1k, 10k, 1m etc.

• Ability to upgrade your inventory items, can you find how oka?


• Ability to right click an npc that can be stolen from to view what they can give.


• Stealing from an NPC now shows the success rate in the chat box.


• Continued tweaking the combat engine, aggressive monsters now reverted to only seeing players in 6x6 tiles range (exceptions with bosses and some npcs). So Silkfang baby spiders is back to what it was before.


• Clicking a quest now shows you the skill(s) level(s) required for it.


• Fix secateurs attack animation.


• Fix a bug where spear was not working on large monsters from the right side.


• Working on progress video, you'll see it soon. Here's my first one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsJScsvpaio

• Warroot may now be grown / fought.


• Added combat achievements related to Warroot.


• Earth pages may now be stolen from the Jafa outpost stall.


• There is now a rare chance that a meteor filled with gems come crashing down.


• New achievements.



Bug Fixes: (Thank you #flatmmo-bugs & Bradells for compiling the bug list)

• "Feeding the Dead" hunting perk now works on bosses.


• "Boss Hunt" hunting perk now works properly, requiring at least 1 kill to get said task.


• Those who lost their thick barbed wire from stealing chest can get another one from it.


• Fix a bug with fermenting desert barrels never triggered.


• Possibly fixed dead healing bats still healing noctyrix.


• Palm tree seeds no longer in tree farming contracts.


• Paper crafting now shows all possible teleports.


• Still more bug fixes to come.

• Rewrote a part of the engine for NPC combat behavior to smooth out pathfinding and reduce erratic movement when engaging players, especially larger npcs which caused inconsistencies. Also, npcs which are attacked from a safe spot (which means both left & right tile are inaccessible from your character) will try to path to you, and become stuck if they cannot reach you, making tagging npcs to then spear easier.


• Warroot seeds obtainable from farming contract reward crate, but not plantable yet - harvesting this seed will start a medium level boss, giving new unqiues for perm farming buffs. More on that later.


• Large enchantment potion now works when enchanting multiple orbs (+ fixed thorn leaf orb), also removed multipliers over x3 as it was too overpowered, besides you can get those numbers now at lower level if enchanting potion is active, giving brewing more buck for its money.


• Ability to enchant multiple runes for ice/thorn/lava orbs.


• Omboko stall now gives bamboo strips & paper.


• Using the omboko axe gives you a 20% chance of bamboo becoming a strip when chopping automatically.

Added a farming timer on the top bar for players to easily track what's growing and what's ready.

Fix a bug where farming contracts could ask for hp seeds which do not exist - those who have this task will have it automatically reset.

Buffed harvest amount on mushrooms. It used to be amount = (farmingLevel / 5) + 10, it's now amount = farmingLevel + 30

Brewing XP buff - brewing vials used to give 0 xp. Now, normal vials give +50 xp, large vials +100xp and huge ones +150xp. This should help with early levels without making end levels overpowered.

Ability to enchant multiple spell orbs based on your enchanting level (see image below).

All mushroom seeds grow time quadrupled, along with their xp. Also, there are way too many mushrooms coming into the game, so the yield remains the same for now as I monitor it.

All tree seeds now have a lower farming level required to plant (now matching its woodcutting counter part)

Farming contracts may now be completed by talking to Bob in the greenhouse, which includes greenhouse wide rewards and items (new seed too, which is not a leaf, mushroom or tree seed).

New brewing XP source, nothing crazy.

Teleport scrolls are now tradable.

Using remote sell worship ability no longer closes the bank interface.

I just wanted to share what I have in my mind and what I plan on working on in the next coming weeks for the game. I did a poll in the discord I probably should not have put 'in the next update' here, but it's nice to see what people want. So here's what I have in mind:


Bank Rework:

Completely rebuild the bank from scratch. This will allow players to sort items differently, create different bank tabs, replace items with other items and better UI overall.


Farming Requirements:

Adjust (mostly reduce) level requirements for farming seeds, specifically tree seeds. Also, increase the timers for seeds that take only 5 minutes to grow by like x10. Also increase experiece by x10 and yield. Having 5 minute timers doesn't really make sense (exception for seeds like barely, but even then).


Farming Contracts:

Introduce farming contracts which would be an alternative way to obtain new items and farming XP. I already have ideas for contract specific seeds/rewards here.


Magic Scroll Book:

A new item that allows you to read it, and it will show all teleprot scrolls you have on you and bank, for which you can just use directly.


Clan System:

New system that allows players to create new clans, and invite other players to join. This will require rewriting chat system to allow different tabs and stuff, similarly to what flatchat does but keeping the chatbox in the same location. This will be tricky.


Team Account Mode:

When the clan system is complete, teams account mode will come next. A game mode where you can create a team of 2 - 5, and you'll all be hardcore with the exception that you can trade between each other.


New skill on its way:

Slowly fletching out the ideas of releasing a new skill, I've started some work on it. More on that later.


As you can see the backlog is big, and things are subject to change. For now, I can't wait to implement each and everyone of these. I'm also reading suggestions in chat and had some talks with `fool` on adding alternative skilling methods (brewing, worship, etc) - and it was said that stealing's flexibilty in training was a good approach. It's just a bit tricky when it's a buyable skill, we don't want to tank resource prices.

Finally the last update regarding blocking alt trading for same accounts/ip certainly has had an effect, a lot less players with same ip connected. Keep in mind that team accounts that are coming will be able to trade on the same IP/account just fine. And playing multiple accounts will also be allowed, could be quite fun actually.

• Spent the last 3 hours reviewing reports, bans will be issued in the next coming days as I confirm them. Keep reporting bots guys, it may seem like nothing is being done at surface level but the data is stored and can be reviewed anytime from me, even months after reports come in. (As I'm doing that now)


• It is now no longer possible to trade with a player within the same account.


• It is now no longer possible to trade with a player that shared the same IP address.


• I have now appointed a new moderator to help me with keeping things clean, congrats @ Mairuu! :D You will always be the master at chopping trees in my heart


• Sorry for the lack of content updates, I've been traveling this week and will be leaving again in a few days for irl business ventures, but I have Mount FrostVale lined up to be released in the next coming weeks (exciting!)


• I want to share that with my limited time (which I'll have more soon hehe) makes it hard for me to not produce more content and to focus on these issues, but it's a very valid point that this work must be done. It's not fun, feels like a chore for me, but it's for the better of the game. Once this ban wave goes through, I'll jump back on content & bug fixes and will issue another ban wave later on. (I'll try to do it once a month). Just know that if you botted now, and didn't catch a ban, it does not mean that you're in the clear as you could be banned 2 months later, even if you stopped botting.


• I love coding this game so much (content!), I've even convinced my spouse to start working on pixel art so you might see some new stuff popping around the game ;P (decorations, flower pots in houses, etc) - Just remember that we are all doing this to enjoy the making of games. The number of hours I put into this is crazy, and I'm not in it for the money as most of you know. (Could spend my time actually doing contract work - but that's way less exciting than what we got going here) - I have so many exciting ideas for raids, so let's keep the momentum going and advertise this small little game to your friends! Love this community even with the hiccups we got hehe!


• Last but not least, do not bring any discussions about botting in #flatmmo-general or #flatmmo-screenshots, keep it in #flatmmo-report-abuse.

• A new desert bundle has been released, can you find it?


• Ancient spear obtainable.


• There is now a message if you roll a treasure map while already having one on you/in bank.


• Ability to make bonemeal from more types of bones.


• Fix a general flickering bug, which was most noticeably visible on pets.


• Slime hunting level requirement reduced from 50 to 25.

• A new tutorial for new characters released - I think this one is REALLY good. If anyone wants to try it out can create a new character to do so - would love some feedback.


• The new tutorial above might cause some flickering of tab icons for exisitng players.


• All types of mushrooms may now be planted in the greenhouse.


• Hunting perk: "Feeding the dead" is now applied to all bones dropped from crypt skeletons.


• Removed the need to wear gloves when stealing from stalls.


• Added the ability to hide pets.


• Fixed a bug where a player completing a bundle changed the map reward for everyone.


• Fixed a bug where the greenhouse bank was set to view only.

• Added more bundles, with a twist.


• Green house added.


• Thorn leaf orbs released.


• Dynamic shadow resizing based on npc width.


• Items on ground now have a label.


• Selling items now shows coins label.

• Bundles have been to the game. You can optionally complete them from the panel on the left - this will be used with the new tutorial I'm working on.


• I've disabled the tutorial for the time being while I work on a new one, you may now select if you want to be a hardcore account while character creation.


• Tooltips added to status numbers (hp, zzz, worship pints, total level etc) on top left of ui

• New sub-panel accessed in your skill levels to track your XP gains for your session (including xp per hour).


• New sub-panel accessed in your monster drop log to track loot obtained in your session, this must be activated first on every login for now.


• Clicking a free spot for a lobster cage now auto uses it if you have it in your inventory.


• Fix a bug where damage hunting masks did not work on rogues or clouds expeditions.


• Killing a boss in a group will now reward all team members a monster kill in the monster log instead of the one who last hitted it.

• Hardcore accounts may now team up with other hardcore players for bossing.


• I've decided to uncap the earning of hunting points, so now you'll gain them even though you're maxed on hunting level cap. It's a bit cruel to have this capped for players putting so much effort in hunting, and because it takes a long time to make new monsters to increase level cap I've decided to make this change. I could easily make a bunch of random monsters with high stats and increase hunting level cap, but I want to be careful to not just flood random monsters with no meaninful lore/drop so that's why it's taking time. Quality of quantity.


• Reduced treasure map hutning perk from 8000 to 5000 points required to purchase.


• Noctyrix now in the hunting pool.


• Soaked bats now have 1 hp instead of 25.


• Fruits obtained from fruit tree seeds has been buffed.


• New potion released.


• Treasure maps drop from combat xp have been re-enabled, they still drop from monsters too.


• Teleporting during banking will now close it.


• /bank command released, which opens your bank in view-mode only from anywhere.


• Fixed the achievement: Foodless Solo Silkfang (elite) achievement.


• Fixed the achievement: Dig & Ferment, now works with hell shovel.


• UI: Popups now have a pronounced shadow + grey border

• New characters created can now be customized (hair, shirt/pants color etc.) - existing characters can visit the hair dresser in Mystic Vale for a make over.


• Fix a bug where killing Noctyrix while bats alive set them as "hidden", causing healing bats to heal the boss on the next round and soaked bats to extinguish the flames.


• New Noctyrix drop (bat ears).


• Going through a bunch of reports for botting right now, already banned a few - I need to code it so that banned accounts no longer show up on hiscores, this is what I'll be working on. Some players also legitimately watch movies or do other things while mindlessly clicking to grind, barely looking at the screen or chat, which can easily make their behavior look automated even when it might not be. (I used a foot peddle before and was accused of botting for not responding and stuff, so I know this can happen here lol, a bit embarrased saying this)

• Issues with players clicking to walk/run around the map sometimes had dead clicks has been fixed. Kiting enemies in combat should feel way smoother now.


• Issues with players talking to an npc where its left tile was blocked from an object now works.


• Clicking an NPC to chat while they were walking causing you to dance has been fixed.


• Clicking an NPC to attack while they were walking causing you to dance has been fixed.


• Walking animations for every monster engine changes, you'll notice that when they walk they feel more alive and reactive.


• Removed dim effect during dialogues when speaking to npcs - got a lot of complaints about the flickering aspect of it.

• New solo/duo boss released in the dark caves. This one is tricky to solo, but doable.


• New archery armour set.


• New boss pet.


• There is now a server message for boss pet drops.


• Reduced boss HP from doubling for each additional group member to only increasing it by 50%. (Buff)


• New achievements related to the added boss.


• Added a confirmation popup when deleting a bank preset.


• Fix XP from pine logs crafting.

• Been working on a new duo boss called Noctyrix. The boss is actually done and working, but to be safe I want to do more testing so it will be released in the next update. Can you find the enterance?


• Fix a bug when casting a certain spell applied that weakness when switching orb types.


• Potentially patched an issue where sometimes the server would lag. The issue was related during long lasting silkfang instances. Basically the baby spiders we're marked as hidden when killed instead of deleted. This means, after hours of an instance being open, thousands of spiders were walking around the room (even if you can't see them). Suprised the server didn't straight up crash with 1200 npcs in one room!


• Treasure map drop rate for all bosses has been increased.


• It's now impossible to get a map drop from an npc if a map is already on the ground.


• Technical: Continue the work on the core game engine, with this next change - we are literally saving 50% of packets being sent to the client. This is really crazy and although this doesn't change game play at the surface, it's a huge improvement on the networking side of things, and reduces server costs monthly by ~50 USD (which scales with player base!) - Great news all around!!


• Mad monk "boss" no longer heals randomly, but rather on a set timer. Also added healing splat on enemies to make it clearer.


• Nessie related items from inventory no longer removed between games.


• Added 2 rare artifacts from mining meteor's & alien.

• Farming pet released.


• New potion.


• Fix a bug where the achievement "Lochness Fishies" was no longer working due to the new addition of the rare gold fish.


• New achievement (hard): Complete the lochness monster minigame after firing all the colored fish at once, including the rare gold fish.


• ENGINE WORK: Reworked NPC pathing and how data is sent to client, this indirectly fixed a bug with idle pet animations. I'd like some parmesan for my spaghetti please.


• BOTTING: I've gotten complaints about legit players being annoyed at the pickaxe being unequipped, especially mobile players. I've implemented a smart way of doing it, where players who have less bot like actions will get this event less frequently.


• BOTTING: Started going through the list of reports for bots / alt trading to eventually ban hammer them. Some of them are false reports, remember that we have players who do one skill at a time or other weird accounts which seem suspect but is totally legit and fine. Even got reports on hardcore players accused of alt trading. All I'm asking is to report players if you really know they are breaking rules as it is a waste of dev time investigating legit ones.


• I'm going to do a live Q&A stream on player questions, talk about the botting situation, and explain my the future of this project. Date of stream coming very soon, earlier than later. Stay TUNED.

• The new collection log system is now released.
• You can access the collection log via the bank interface or in chat with /collections.
• Other items removed from collection log, such as burnt food & the banana cake & event items - If I missed any I'll add them too.
• Beads necklace from dwarves are now untradable.
• Collection log now has untradable items to complete - more will be added with time.
• Added easy, medium, hard, elite for collection log - removed champaion as I'm reworking it.

• Technical: Projectiles (desert wall eyes, falling flames etc) in the backend were coded in a way where a new Thread would be created for each of them, which is computationally heavy. It's now been changed to Scheduled Executor Services. E.G. Goal of this was to reduce server load and potentially reduce the lag we see on occasion.


• Added a diamond premium scroll. This scroll acts excactly the same as the gold premium, but with a diamond F icon - only that is lasts for a year when consumed. I'm grateful that a handful of you have been using the gold scroll monthly for over a year now, so this scroll is the same but at a discount if you buy more coins in bulk.

• New hunting monster released. Can you find them? It has a unique drop of 1/400, and is a new source of gems (rare still)


• Bot detection measure has been added - players that fit specific parameters will have unexpected results when mining small nodes. If you're a normal player and not a bot, you have nothing to worry about.


• /detach - Ability to detach the chat into a popup window


• /autoyell [on/off] - changes default chat message to yell or not per session


• Maps dropped from monsters buffed by quite a bit, especially high hp monsters (from 5x to 10x more common!)

• Got back from my weekend with some friends only to see a raging discord, and I agree with most of the messages - some a little mean :'( - with good reason. I will be setting aside the downloadable client to address the issues mentioned from the community.


• I absolutely admit that I have been putting aside the banning feature. It's not something fun to code, and with my limited time I tend to turn towards content/bug fixes - but this was my mistake and now it's time to get things in order.


• Added a functional banning module. Players may also now report others if they suspect of any rule breaking (right click player to report them). I'll probably review them weekly and bans will be in waves - maybe mods will eventually get access to this too, but not just yet. (yes I've seen the messages about needing more mods, but you have no idea how careful I am with picking them, but we do need more for sure)


• In the works: I'm adding a separate server where botting & alt trading is allowed. Any account that joins this world will be locked to it (with confirmation screens ofc), so it won’t affect the rest of the game. This is for players who enjoy scripting/making bots, or pushing systems in that way, while keeping the official server fair and competitive for everyone else. They will also be exlcuded from the hiscores. I mean, and I have to admit, making bots for this type of game can be FUN. So I'm giving them an official sandbox for them to have fun. This will also reduce the amount of work to ban them, as hopefully some of them will join this new world. Server costs will go up but I think it's worth it!

• 2 new unique minigame related fishing tools looted from water spirit (using nessie points) released.
• One of the above items dropped allows you to sometimes fish randomly a gold fish, and using it in the cannon will increase your points for that round.
• Fix a bug where the 4 man team achievement only trigged on the player who got the kill, now everyone in the instance should get it.
• Hardcore accounts will now get the achievement above automatically even if the team size is 1.
• Achievement (hard): Complete 5 hunting expeditions in one session.
• Achievement (elite): Complete 20 hunting expeditions in one session.
• Achievement (elite): Fix the cannon in the nessie minigame with all types of cannons.
• I keep putting off working on the downloadable client for other updates, will now actually focus on the client hehe.

• Treasure chests: There is now a rediculous rare chance of getting pirate gold fishing tools (cosmetic), or the priate's gold itself to craft them. (Ranges from 1/30k to 1/70k per chest roll)
• The items above have been removed from collection log as it's stupid rare - they include a server message for it should someone get one
• Cold damage in frostvale now applies correct value to hp.
• Fix empty lantern not being used when filled with slime oil.
• Fix pine tree with snow on them requiring a ridiculous amount of ticks.
• Fix a bug where players were getting treasure maps on xp drops from combat related skills - those are obtained from monster drops.
• Harpoon now sold by Sad Jack, also added a fishing cage spawn under the beach.

• 2 New stealing stalls with unique items.
• New pie, and 2 new fruit tree seeds + fixed XP on dragonfruit pie.
• Berries now last 20m instead of 5m.
• Ability to enchant ice orbs.
• Having consumed hot berries will make you no longer take damage from anywhere in frostvale.
• Dropping a treasure map on the ground and getting a new one will now reroll the dig spot instead of being stuck on the same one.
• Fix a bug where making lava orbs with enchantment potion didn't give two orbs.
• Achievements (elite): Enchant lava and ice orbs in one session, without having berries active.
• Achievements (hard): Fish angler fish in the dark cave with a lit lantern.
• Achievements (medium): Kill any boss in an instance with a four man team.
• Achievements (medium): Chop a pine tree that has snow on its branches.
• I'm going to spend the next few days taking time to work on the downloadable client - this could take some time so daily updates might be reduced for a few days. Very excited for this one though, and I think it's worth it.

• A new quest has been released in the Frostvale area.
• New stealing chests.
• Fixed desert heat no being applied anymore.
• Fix pine log description.
• Technical: Upgraded game server CPU/RAM to see if it helps with lag we get once in a while - if this doesn't work, then I'll have to figure out what the problem is and/or open more worlds.

• Pine logs are now a thing, chop down any pine tree to obtain them.
• Pine tree seeds released.
• Pine heart and its respective torch added to frostvale bank.
• Frozen & Hot berries consumable - obtained in respective regions such as volcano & frostvale (monsters, fishing, lobsters etc).
• New lava elemental orb released - which can also be made via enchanting (can you find it?)
• Pigs have been added in honour of the wiki masters: The Bacon, Mairuu & Liam. Working on quest / boss related for this shortly.
• Added server message to anyone who reaches 25m, 50m, 100m, 200m etc xp in any skill.
• Achievement (hard): Obtain both hot and frozen berries from fishing, in the same session.
• Achievement (hard): Collect frozen berries from a lobster cage in forstvale.
• Achievement (easy): Consume some bacon while standing next to a pig.
• I was afraid of losing players due to the rollback mentioned in the previous post, but we somehow broke another record of players online within the server being restarted only 12h ago? Great news!!!

• I was so happy to release the update yesteday and that quickly changed when the update timer wouldn't start. This meant that player profiles could not be saved on reboot. Worst possible outcome is players lose about ~5min of progress, since profiles save every 5 minutes. Well, turns out that the function that saves was never being called due to a subtle but impactful change I made to improve lag in the recent week. I went to bed quite pissed yesterday and slept like crap to say the least. I'm really sorry for those who were affected by this bug, please contact me if you lost meaningful items (rings, scrolls, masks etc) as I can check the log and refund those items. Same for massive XP losses. Hopefully not too many people were affected.
• Now that I've slept on yesterday's problem, it's time to move forward and implement safety features to prevent this from happening again.
• Fixed update timer.
• Fixed periodic save issue.
• Added custom admin commands to force save everyone.
• Forstvale bank should now be working.

• Northern fields & Frostvale village released (Can you find it?), obviously this area is in work in progress and will be quickly expanded in future updates, excited content to come!
• New elemental orb.
• New fish.
• New monsters - which have been added to hunting expeditions.
• New worship teleport ability.
• Bunch of new items.
• Collection log in bank no longer includes holiday items or sigils.
• Fixed a bug where having anti poison potion active still caused 4 damage instead of 1.
• Achievement (hard): Kill the giant flufflare with ice orbs.
• Achievement (hard): Kill a cave, jungle, desert and ice beetle in one session.
• Achievement (medium): Sleep in any bed in the Frostvale village.
• Going to post images shown below on updates that are meaningful, like this one. Click them to expand it.

• Technical: Made some changes with how player saves are handled. As you might have noticed, the player base has increased lately which has caused an issue with lag. I believe the reason for this is that player saving happens in the main game loop. What this means is that every X number of ticks, a player profile is saved - which can causes on average ~80ms of work. A game tick is 500ms, so if multiple player profiles are saved on the same tick, the tick for that game loop exceeds 500ms, causing the lag. So now saves are now managed by a seperate thread, seperate from the main game loop, allowing the game to continue to run smoothly while saving occurs. I've also added other heavy related functions on another threads which should further help the main game loop to stay healthy and under 500ms per tick.


• The good news with what's mentioned above is firstly, the player base is growing :D. The servers running this game are very weak, we're talking 2GB of memory, including the database. This signifies that the issue is NOT a problem with the game engine, but the saving aspect of the code. That being said, I plan on opening more worlds should the player base increase, which will easily solve this problem anyways - plus that means less fighting for resources. I'll probably introduce a new world should we reach 250+ online, which I think can happen easily.


• Last but not least, I'm also rewriting the npc combat engine. This will make adding more bosses easier and makes me add mechanics like never seen before. Also, I want to mention that I do not like bosses that are just a 'stats check', as it can just be annoying. I'm thinking about the mad monk. Too low defence? Dead for sure. OKish defence? Click boss and mass eat food and hope for the best. Good defence? Tank and kill. This is not a fun experience, and while it's ok to have some bosses like this, it won't be the case for most of the upcomming ones, including raids.


• Thanks everyone for the mad support, really. This is so much fun and I think we got something. Thank you to all of those who have bought donation scrolls to support me and to help pay for server costs. I'm not making any real profit from the game but at least I'm breaking even with server costs, and I can only thank you guys who donate for it. Much love!! See you in the next update.


• I'm also working on a downloadable client to play on, but more on that later

• New simple mini boss, can you find him? Hint: It's linked to the cemetery.
• New stealing chest & artifact.
• Slightly nerfed treasure chest loot, rings unaffected. I also added stardust as a drop.
• Unpowered orbs looted from treasure chest now changed to a crate to solve full inventory problems.
• Saw suggestions on discord about a collection log, I implemented it via the bank, see achievement below.
• New achievement (champaion): Collect and bank every single tradable item in the game.
• Minor bank UI changes.
• Made some optimizaton changes in the core game loop to reduce lag spikes - I have other ideas if this doesn't work.
• The flatmmo.com main page (accessible only without login session) has been changed.
• Dev tool released, /ticks now will send you in chat box the time it took for the game loop to run, it should be under 500ms for no lag, anything over = server lag.

• Ability to find treasure maps randomly when skilling, or can be dropped from any monster. These are quite rare.
• Ability to solve the treasure maps mentioned above for some good loot, including new rings.
• 5 Rings released, rings are a rare drop and exclusively obtained by opening treasure chests.
• Ability to forge treasure chest keys, using the anvil in the bottom of the pirate ship.
• New hunting perk.
• UI: Stealing from a stall now shows a dialogue, similar to stealing from rogue chest.
• UI: Current online player count on top menu bar.
• Reached an all time high of players concurrently online today, nearly 200.

• Completely rewrote the tutorial for new players - existing players must create a new character should they want to try it out.
• Worship UI changed - not having the level now dims the button, when it's red it just means you lack the worship points.
• Fermenting barrels fixed.
• Started the work on a very excited update - for skillers and pvm'ers. (Treasure maps)

• The Jafa Outpost spear shop is now open (for those who completed desert temple quest)
• The Jafa Outpost pub is now open (for those who completed desert temple quest)
• Opening the bank now will automatically open your inventory tab on the left.
• Fixed a bug with deranged mage instance interfering with desert temple boss instance.
• Changed a mechanic for desert temple boss - he now teleports around the room instead of walking / flickering.
• Players who teleported out of the prison area in desert temple without mining the one way wall can now access the area if the quest is completed.

• The desert temple quest is finally released. I suggest you play with sound/music on for this one. This quest took over 40h to code, and I'm sure some will complete it in 30 minutes - it's not easy though.
• Party hat event is now over - they are no longer obtainable and will never be in the future.
• Party hats are now tradable.
• New achievement (hard): Complete any hard quest.

• I am back from vacation, finally made it home after cancelled flights and delays.
• Skippable hunting unlockable tasks added to hunter's shop.
• New hunting monsters released.
• Ability to combine all 4 hunting masks - this mask can be dropped but is stupid rare (main way is to combine it)
• New areas east of the Omboko cemetry & east of Mystic Vale.
• Ability to trade hunting masks for different kinds - visit the witch's badge shop.
• New artifact.
• /clear command added to clear chat box.
• Added a few stealing chests.
• The achievement to bake two perfect pies has been bumped to a champion achievement given how hard it is.
• New achivement: Kill an ogre using an ogre club.
• New achivement: Bury ogre bones in hell with the help of the worship skill.
• New achivement: Attack a pirate with a damage orb (4) using a magic staff.
• New achivement: Go through any vine using a machete.
• Event for party hats will end on next update in the following days.

• Christmas event released! All monsters & bosses have a very rare chance of dropping a party hat, and there's an even rarer chance of getting it while skilling. The color obtained is random, and can only one can be owned.
• A new dungeon has been released - can you find it?
• New monsters - which have been added to the hunting pools.
• New fish.
• New pie type.
• Fix ancient ore spawning more frequently.
• New achievements & fossils / artifacts
• Sharks now have a reduced tick rate.
• Note: Christmas parties/family get togethers will consume all my time for the next few days - and then I'm leaving the country. So after this update - there won't be much noise on my side until I get back in early January. I got massive plans for early 2026 for the game though - already excited to talk about it when I get back!

• Speed run highscores, unfortantly that means all current records needed to be reset - achievements related to this will remain as completed if you did them.
• Monster/Boss kill times now start ticking at soon as the boss spawns.
• Added a hide player shadows toggle.
• Fixed brewing in hiscores.

• Mining changes: If you start mining a rock, you will always get the ore, even if another player mines it before you. Basically keep that mining animation going if the rock is depleted as you'll get the ore everytime.
• Also a quick note on the change above: People are quick to point fingers and accusing others for auto clicking, but for the ancient node it's not the case. If you didn't know, clicking a depleted node will auto mine the node as soon as it becomes available - without any interaction required. I'm not trying to dismiss the fact that we have people who bot/autoclick but it's important to not accuse anyone without having 100% proof.
• The back room in the chef's house now has a bit more to offer.
• Fix a bug where adding a uncooked pie removed the cooked version in your inventory.
• Remove "Firemake Showoff" achievement as there is no pie that currently increases the firemake skill.

• Intro to cooking pies in ovens for temporary stat boosting. See the chef in Everbrook for more info.
• New potion.
• New stall to steal from.
• New fruit tree & its respective seed.
• Thieves hideout now requires level 10 stealing instead of level 10 in melee.
• The explosion animation it giant flufflare has been reduced to be less intrusive.
• Banana cakes may no longer be made.
• More achievements (sorry krim) - one of them being quite hard / rng based.

• Fixed poison damage not proking.
• Fixed meteor not moving locations.
• Fixed occasional lag spike.

• New quest.
• New achievements.
• Mining pet released.
• New mute system in place - mutes now carry over on server restart and are account based. Also muted player can no longer /pm.

• Added a new quest.
• Added some achievements.
• Added /played command.
• Working on hiscore for boss kill times - which will come with an interface change of the current hiscores.

• New level 55 worship ability.
• Added some achievements.
• Reduced bonemeal required to plant all fruit tree seeds.
• Potion timers now have abbreviations for minutes, hours - creating less noise on the interface. I know this change won't be liked by everyone, but it saves a lot of packets/networking costs.
• Fix a bug where "~" and "=" would cut off in chat.
• Fix achievement player badge icon.
• Fix a bug where sometimes quickly switching gear manually didn't register clicks.
• Fix incorrect dig animation with hell shovel on sand piles / orbs.
• Fix volcano eels achievement.

• There are now multiple hidden chests to steal from (some in plain sight - some require riddle solving, some just hard to find)
• Filling lava now has a price. The Ali gang is back in business, if you get the lore.
• The fire fluff boss' falling fire now deals 10 - 60 damage instead of 10 - 160.
• It's now possible to use the dig worship spell without having to equip the shovel.
• Fully rewrote code on how environmental spells from monsters works. I've applied this code as a test on giant flufflare, and will be using it in the desert temple quest. It lets me easily add crazy boss mechanics in the future, where I can set dynamically images, frames and speed of attacks for such spells - as well as target a player, all players, or players with a certain weakness, player with lowest health etc. The possiblities are endless, and it's quite scary hehe.
• Did some bonemeal changes for fruit trees thanks to the flatmmo wiki, they now use much less bonemeal, but will take ~15% longer to grow now.
• Giant Flufflare boss will no longer be assigned in the level 20 hunter bracket (It's at 40+ now).
• New achievements.
• Hunting level cap increased to level 60 - it is now possible to claim the achievement icon next to username if you complete them all (Champion achievements are excluded). Quite the flex if someone gets this.
• Potential (maybe?) better fish xp/h at mid level. I'll let you guys figure this one out.

• New badge.
• Earth totem released.
• Digging in a desert grave to fight a rogue now has a rare chance of ... disturbing the earth goblem.
• Jafa Outpost new areas preperation of the new quest coming.
• Fix bug about an error raised when converting bamboo to paper (using the option "make me the most possible").
• I will be away for the next 5 days, when I get back; desert temple quest will be released.

• Navigate to the settings tab and set up some keyboard shortcuts to quick equip or use badges with F keys.
• Might split desert template quest in two parts - more on this later.

• Added a rogue timer to track trip times - tied to an elite achievement.
• Added achievement category icons.
• Added a few achievements.
• Completing every quest in the game will grant you with a quest icon next to your name. For now, desert temple quest is not required to get the icon due to it being still in developpement.
• Completing every achievement in the game will grant you with a achievement icon next to your name. For now, champion achievements are not required to get the icon due to it being impossible to complete.
• Fix bug where making earth orbs did not work with enchanting potion.
• In about a week from now, it will cost coins to make lava from the volcano. I'm letting you all know before the change comes.

• Cactus logs & Magic logs may now be used on the bondfire. Magic logs can now also create normal fires.
• Magic tree seeds now obtainable from birdnests, and can be planted/grown.
• You may now use the spacebar during npc dialogues, and keys 1,2,3,4 to select different options.
• Storm cloud is now weak to earth spells instead of air spells.
• Ability to enchant unpowered orbs into earth orbs.
• Stealing pet released.

• Magic trees released - they may now be chopped in Mystic Vale.
• Magic logs craftable into stardust or weapons.
• Every tree now has their own tree stump graphic.
• Added a few more hunting tasks, capped raised to 55.
• The hunting expedition for the monster clouds now works on both the normal clouds and stormy clouds.
• Bank presets for none-premium players has been raised from 1 to 3.
• Fix bug where it was impossible to loot pirate's chest with a pet.

• Fixed rogues display issue when killed + fixed chickens having 10k health.
• Technical: Reworked core npc animation engine. Basically, an attack animation will now be prioritized over standing/walking animations. This is essential as monsters (such as desert mage) have unique attack animations that signify the type of attack used - for which the player needs to react. Now, the animation should always play in full, even if the npc is walking. This update also reduced the amount of packets sent between client / server - reducing overall networking usage. If you see any bugs related to this, please let me know in discord.
• Rogues now have an increased timer for when the disappear (increased x 3).
• Removed common messages from server messages (leafy gloves, bird feed pouch, any level gained under 80).
• We have a new and first Mod! Mute system v0.1 released.

• Rogue minigame now always shows grave locations, and active ones are cleary identified.
• Fix bug where rogues spawning for a certain player could attack someone else.
• I've made the tab/panel buttons not draggable, it should help with failing to open them quickly when accidently dragging. Thanks Katrina for the discord videos on reporting tick issues / changing tab issues.
• Currently looking into re-writing combat/animation engine for a cleaner feel when fighting. It will also probably fix issues with dead ticks indirectly, which is great and a must before more complex bosses/raids.

• New solo minigame where you can hunt down rogues in the desert.
• Power melee armour released, and best in slot archer & magic armour also released (Related to minigame).
• New other unqiue items released (Related to minigame).
• Bamboo can now be crafted into strips, which can be turned into paper.
• Ability use the enchanting skill to make teleport scrolls (1 from thieves hideout shop, 1 from new minigame for now).
• The maximum stack of bamboo has been increased from 100 to 1000.
• Added a few achievements.
• Pumpkin masks are no longer obtainable.
• Good progress on desert template quest, still not ready for release yet.
• New unqiue ip concurrent player count record again today.

• Blog post added below this, but read the update log first as some of it is related.
• A mage can now be stolen from in Mystic Vale.
• Ability to grow 5 new types of fruit trees.
• A new shop added in thieves hideout.
• Stalls have been added in every town which can be stolen from daily.
• Nerfed accuracy from druids and red mages.
• Fixed bug where desert mages from temple would use their special attack on next spawn instantly if they died using it.
• Players will now get notified if their premium scroll is sold on the scroll market (also works if you are offline during the sale, you'll get notified soon after logging in).

Stalls A.K.A Dailies:

I've added stalls which players can steal from on a daily basis. I'm unsure if this one-click daily training & looting method is the way to go. I've been going back and fourth about how to implement this, so I just released it and I'll wait a few weeks for some feedback on it. Not a fan of dailies, but this kind of is just that. The XP drop is nice though. I don't want to add too many dailies like this, but a few I think is fine, open to feedback in the discord.


Fruit Tree Seeds:

I've added the ability to grow fruit seeds which are mainly obtained by stealing from stalls. These fruit seeds are designed to give players the abiltiy to train farming through a different path. Tree seeds are the most common way for massive xp, but fruit seeds help players who don't enjoy finding bird nests to get farming seeds that actually give somewhat good XP. Fruit seeds are a middle ground, they take much longer to grow than tree seeds found in nests, and also give less XP then them. I want tree seeds from nests to remain the best XP/h for farming, so this just bridges the gap between that and regular mushroom/leaf seeds.


Cosmetic Equipment Overides:

There's been some talks (and to my suprise some support) about adding cosmetic overrides where players can purchase or obtain items to change the look of their character. Example: I am wearing a gold body armour and can cosmetically make it pink / shiny / whatever for others to see. I am not in favour of this, and will never implement such feature, even if it means more revenu (could easily sell cosmetics) - I just don't like it, not one bit. People should flex their hard earned items from gameplay imo. - won't poll this, won't implement this.

• A new skill has been added: Stealing. Obviously only early game content is available for this skill for now - very limited.
• New silver premium perk related to new skill (It just increases AFKability).
• Some good progress has been made for the upcoming quest: Desert Temple. The stealing skill will be a requirment for it.
• Added 2 new achievements.

• Changed the interface for premium - it now has its tab/panel again.
• You may now buy and sell premium scrolls via the global market.
• Hardcore accounts may no longer mine gems discovered by others.
• Fix a bug with planting cactus seeds which caused screen to freeze / flicker.
• The message "You are too tired to gain xp, find a bed to sleep in!" is only sent one instead of spammed.
• There is a rare chance that a unique limited halloween items spawn anywhere on the map - keep your eyes open.

• A quick message:
  
  FlatMMO has been keeping players hooked way longer than my past idle games. The retention numbers look great based on my logs. I’ve been watching the live stats, and instead of that usual drop-off after launch, players stay logged in (yes some do afk). The Reddit post I made brought in a lot of players, and they ended up staying longer than expected or what I'm used to see. In my previous games, people would usually try them once and leave. This time players are actually sticking around after trying it. (I had about 5% retenion on idlepixel, but now it's so much more than that!) What I'm trying to say is that we have something special here, and with raids being worked on soon is going to make it so much fun. I cannot wait to share this update with you and other stuff that's coming in the next weeks/months!
  
  
• Ability to leave the volcano/graphite area.
• Fix a bug where titanium scimitar was no longer forgable.
• Fixed some tooltip bugs related to equipments & worship.
• The 'close' button for interfaces has had its size increased.
• Minor ui changes on equipment stats.

• The volcano above obmoko is now accessible. Part 1/3.
• Ancient ore may now be smelted, and all equipement related can be made.
• Equipment tooltips now have stats on them.
• Hardcore accounts may now killed tagged monsters, but won't be able to loot the drop.
• Hardcore accounts can no longer use fires to cook food if the fire was not created by them.
• For the halloween event, I think I'll keep it super simple (and boring maybe?). Basically a new halloween item will be dropped randomly everywhere in the world on halloween day. Hundreds will drop so be sure to keep your eyes peeled to snag one!
• New achievements. I think I'll create a sigil for this for those who have all achievements completed (which is no one so far xD).

• New fossil and rare monster remains can now be collected and donated to the new archaeology camp found in the desert. (Thanks bacon for the suggestion)
• Hardcore mode has been released, you'll need to create a new character for this.
• You may now bring a pet in the silkfang boss without issues.
• An npc that is standing over an object (i.e. a ladder) is now attackable.
• Fixed a bug where attacking a monster without a weapon caused some issues.
• Fixed a bug where beanstalk seed could be soaked before starting the required quest - Let There be Light 2.
• A MASSIVE thank you to the player "crushed" for making a third party community website called https://flatmmostats.com !
• Added 1 hard and 1 elite achievment.

• The forest spirit may now redeem evil tree points, which brings in new unique items (gloves, totem, bird feed, new logs, new bow/staff, pet).
• The double XP from evil trees now requires leafy gloves obtained from spirit to work. These gloves also double your points.
• I still feel like the alien gives too much charcoal, nerfed again to 5 - 15, plus a new source of woodchip is released with forest spirit.
• Weapons may now be considered to be multiple types. For example, a blessed bow is of type: Archery & Blessed, axes are of type: Axes & Slash.
• More achievements have been released.
• Fixed bug where going between maps after unequipping a pet resummoned them.
• Clicking a quest in the UI now shows an image on a hint where to start said quest - TRY IT OUT!
• Minor rework on the achievement tab - now uncompleted achievements show on top - along with totals
• Right clicking any monster now shows their HP & your current hit chance based on your equipment

• There is a very rare chance that any tree chopped (except bamboo) turns into an evil tree. The evil tree can then be chopped for the next hour, doubling XP and getting special rewards. An evil tree spawned by a player can be chopped by anyone - and won't speed up how fast it depletes. The reward points can be redeemed somewhere, who can find the area?
• As you can see, the player base just grew quite a bit. Very nice to see that! A bit overwhelming to say the least.
• It is now possible to finish the tutorial with 0 sleep, and a 2 beds have been added.
• Fixed trading which caused game to crash.
• Fixed path finding bug when trying to talk to an npc standing next to a blocked tile.
• Nerfed charcoal obtained from alien from 10 - 60 to 10 - 35.
• Reduced glass required to make beer mugs.
• Storm scroll tradable.

• Looks like some firefox browsers are having trouble connecting to the game, hopefully this new network change fixes that.
• Ground items rewritten, you shouldn't see a difference but this is in preperation of hardcore account mode.

• New huge potion.
• New desert monsters.
• Ability to craft beer mugs.
• Added a label under each npc, is it too overwhelming? Please let me know (white text = normal, orange = attackable, red = attackable and aggresive).
• Minor changes in early quests & npcs such as barbarian in staring area.
• Rework burn formula for cooking, less punshing however requires higher level for 100% cook rate
• Ground items now last twice as long on the floor.
• Barrel's are now consumed when fermenting
• Tutorial changes (might need to refresh cache if you've done it before to see changes).
• Tutorial may now be skipped.
• Pirates now drop barley seeds and beer mugs.
• You'll notice a new quest named Desert Template, however I'm still working on it. It's the biggest quest I've worked on so far but I need more time.

• Why now checkout the new tavern east of everbrook bank?
• New low level seed released.
• Fermenting system released.
• Added more achievements (easy, med, hard, elite).
• New worship ability.
• Huge potions released.
• My next goal is finalizing desert temple tied to a few quests, this will be packed with content and lore which could take some time to code, but I think it'll be worth it.

• As requested by you guys, added a pet slot and took the oportunity to move slots around in UI.
• Fixed a bug related to npc animations not attacking correctly.
• Fixed a bug where players could continue to enchant unpowered orbs after typing /stuck.
• Reduced the worship sound effect.
• May a video showcasing the game here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv6BQwdWqiA

• Donor system reworked. There is no more concept of 'bound' and 'unbound' donor coins. They are just called donor coins now, and any account that had both bound and unbound donor coins have been combined together automatically.
• You now purchase premium scrolls via donor coins to redeem. Those who purchase them can trade them, however they become untradable once traded. Also, you may now upgrade a scroll from bronze -> silver or silver -> gold with donor coins.
• Those who had donor coins on the market will have them automatically cancelled and brought back into your main donor coin pile.
• Note that donor system changes did not change prices, nor did it introduce any pay to win aspect as I'm stricly against it. It's only to remove the confusing bounding system that this was implemented.
• Ability to now trade multiple items in one trade screen.
• Trade limit increased from 1 million to 100 million.

• Woodcutting and Fishing skilling pets have been released.
• Fixed enchantment potion not working on air/electric orbs.
• Players may now set their public profile to private.
• It is no longer possible to get the same hunting task twice in a row.
• Toggling perks from the hunting point shop now doens't close the interface.
• Fixed a bug with pet animations.

• Ability to enchant air and electric orbs.
• A new quest had been added: Let There be Light 2.
• Added a hunting counter on top left of the game screen.

• Buffed bamboo xp, possibly making it the best xp per hour again depending on your axe.
• Some trible feller's have arived in Omboko, with a new axe to come with it!
• A new very rare drop has been added to ent's in Omboko, although it can be obtained via other methods.
• There is now a sound queue when an alien spawns.
• UI: Top bar added to cavnas. I don't think it's too invasive.

• Now tracking all drops as of now, see monster log for details.
• Monster log now ordered by kill count.
• New profile page created by Dounford - You can view your own profile right via useful links or click a player and visit their profile using the link provided there - ill be adding this link in hiscores soon
• Revert game canvas resizing as it was having issues on certain resolutions, will revisit this shortly. (after content updates)

• Appologies for lack of content for higher level players, but I'm going to dive in soon on a new boss and hunting expansion.
• Adjusted the tutorial based on feedback, thanks guys for helping out and testing it.
• Game canvas should auto adjust on smaller resolutions, those with higher resolutions should be unaffected.
• Added background colors when making items.

• New players now have to complete a tutorial to be teleported to Everbrook, it also replaces the baby achievements with tutorial achievements. Old players who have not completed the tutorial will automatically be rewarded with those achievements being completed.
• Reduced the sleep cap by -1 for each achievement tier as I'm adding 100s more in the coming months. The tutorial achievements give 0. Its purpose is to guide the player into completing the tutorial anyway.
• Rare chance that a meteor fully mined releases an alien.
• New pickaxe (not ancient)
• New achievements.

• Starting working on a new tutorial for new players (read today's blog post below).
• Walk destination tile indicator added - might make this toggleable.
• Chat input improvement that fixes bugs with browsers not working to /yell.
• Picking up an item will no longer interrupt current action, i.e: You can pickup a birds nest while chopping a tree without resetting the progress.
• Desert mage hunting level requirement reduced to 30.
• Desert mage top & bottom magic damage increased by 1.
• Fix assembly notes description for Saving Marin's quest.

Ok I admit that the title of this blog post is a bit direct and maybe even a little blunt, but let me share some numbers & stats with you.

When it comes to FlatMMO, I’m not chasing revenue or squeezing every penny out of the player base. My priority is growth, meaning getting more people to log in, explore, and become part of the world. I’d much rather have twice the players with half the revenue than half the players with double the revenue. A bigger, more engaged community creates better experiences for everyone - plus it's fun to see players running around the game world doing their thing. It's kind of why I was afraid to increase the map size, simply because the world would feel more empty since players are more spread out. Anyways, that's a whole other topic.

In the past weeks I've been progamming monitoring tools to track new accounts and how they interact with the game. 80% of new accounts seem to login for 1 min and log out and that's it, the other 20% actually move between maps, begin skilling, and usually login the next day. I'm trying to find a way to keep players engaged when they login. I have a feeling that these players who are suddenly dropped into a world with no clear direction or goals are turned off right away. That's why I'm currently working on a tutorial for new accounts which will be released in a few days.

When this tutorial comes out, Even if you already know what you’re doing, I’d appreciate it if some of you could run through it. I just want to make sure everything feels clear and makes sense for new players so feedback here would be great before I advertise next month.

• Removed map between EB south cows and crazy cat lady.
• Moved heating homes quest near starting area.
• Similarly to xp bars, quests in progress will be displayed there too.
• New maple tree near starting area.
• Fix bug where cactus bow could not be brought into nessie.

• Fix bug where logging in while other players were in animation was not rendering.
• Shops now has a red or green label if the player has enough coins to purchase the item.
• XP Progress bars during XP drops.
• Minor XP curve changes. Basically you'll need an additional (level * 50) xp for each level. This was to make the early game feel more natural instead of gaining a level from 1 kill, 1 log chop, etc. Sadly level 100 is no longer a nice round number of 10,000,000 xp :( Anyone over the level of 20 shouldn't even see a difference.
• Fix normal fire lasting 3 seconds instead of 30.
• I reintroduced the seller in Everbrook after the Discord community revolted against the change. Poor chicken.

• Hunting cap increased to 45, although now you can keep hunting indefinitely but just wont gain XP/points until the cap is increased.
• Attempt #2 to fix fires not despawning, also nerfed fire time durations.
• Fires may no longer be placed on teleport tiles.
• Fix bug where cactus woodcutting / crafting gave no XP.
• Added a few achievements.
• Moved start spawning point to Everbrook town, and replaced useless buyer with a chicken.

I’m getting ready to start sharing the game with new players, which I haven't done before. I'm actually questioning myself if the timing is right and if there is enough content? What do you guys think? To make things less annoying, I’ve added the ability to create guest accounts; so new players can hop in from one mouse click.

I think I'd like to create a 1 minute video before advertising the game. I'd host it on youtube and it would show different activies in the game (skilling, bossing etc). If anyone has picutes / videos of game content, feel free to share it on the discord as I might use it for the video :) - preferably group content.

Like I've mentioned in my other blog post, once the player count starts to go up with advertisement, botting worlds will be released. Hardcore accounts will also be released soon after.

• Added new shortcuts: F2 will eat food, F3 will light fires
• I've added hunting information found here: flatmmo.com/data/hunting.html
• 3 new hunting mask drops released, just as rare as the original one.
• Fixed a bug where the desert camel brought you to an invalid map, defaulting to starting area.
• Reworked firemaking to reduce lag from fires being created, I'm wondering if this fixed infinifire.
• Reworked ticks required to light logs & each log has a longer burning fire.
• Maybe I'll be adding a new way to make infinifires, it was kind of nice haha (bug = feature moment).

• Desert part 2/4 released, stay hydrated!
• New worship teleport.
• Using a badge will no longer interrupt your combat skill.
• New achievements.
• I won't give any more details on this update as it includes a lot of things and I don't want to spoil anything.
• While this update may appear minor, it reflects a significant amount of effort. Please keep in mind that as the storyline expands and its complexity increases, future updates will require more time. I think it's important to release quality stuff vs just pumping out updates daily. Same goes for boss complexity and soon to come raids. So don’t get discouraged if there aren’t updates for a few days—I’m still working on the game every day. Things are getting more complex now, and I want to make sure everything is fully tested before releasing it. I've never been more excited for the future of this game, I'm sure it will succeed, I'm enjoying it so much!

• hunting released up to level 35
• new purchasable in hunting shop using points
• changed hunting mask effect. Previously, it rolled for the monster's drop table once on a kill, and just x2 the loot. Now, it rolls the drop tables twice.
• you will now be rewarded hunting xp even without last hitting a boss in a group
• hunting mask now works on bosses rolling drop table twice
• new elite achievement, a race between mumba and krimineldin
• yell message shortcut: /y [msg]

• part 1/3 of desert has been released - how to get there? I'll let you guys find it out :)
• New tree released, along with a bow and staff
• you may now share referral links and earn 10% of each donor coin purchased, if you are logged in, click here
• added a new game rule, also rules page accessible from links tab in game
• titanium arrows can now be crafted

• meteors released
• fix fire badge
• master farmers have been added with new unique drop, *tips hat*
• giant flufflare will only attack 1 person at a time in groups unless you are on last phase
• giant flufflare magic accuracy reduced from 100 to 10. Wearing archery armour can help you tank damage at the cost of dps. (Might not be super viable until more armour/accessories are released)

• pets have been added to the game; an extremely rare drop from bosses & fire/water minigame spirits. Skilling pets will come soon.
• three new potions.
• demons and gorilla drop table has been buffed.
• ents now have a defence of 6 instead of 8.
• hunting no longer has a cooldown, and a bunch of monsters have been added pre level 30. (Sorry those above level 30, I could just draw and release a bunch of higher level monsters but I want to take my time to get the drop tables right & also focus on new content related drops instead of just adding random existing items to new monsters drop tables)

Wow. This has been the most exciting game to release. Seriously, I'm writing this text right now in my basement and I'm already thinking about my next piece of content to implement. This type of game is something I've been wanting to do since I was like 12 years old. I'm a 34 year old father now, but I believe I've gained enough experience from my idle games (dhoffline, dh1, dh2, dh3, idlepixel) to make something worth while.

I want to thank everyone who plays the game and those who have donated to keep the game running smoothly. As we speak, it's costing me quite a bit to operate the servers but as long as I break even I will keep working on this project, not because feel like I have to, but because I enjoy it very much and want to keep adding more stuff!

I'm also super impressed with the community. I mean Dounford, the scripts you make are so well constructed. It's awesome to see. Also Bacon has been putting tons of effort on flatmmo.wiki, and quick to do so after updates. Warms my heart to see this kind of work from the community.

A big thanks to: abc123abc123 agrodon applefiber atlanter520 axp baha bboutot bd330 buhlahkay333 callmeoddie caoa cole dralina exblackwolf flyinpigs furyshark gilly giraffejesus godofnades hamspiceds hobinyon inxflames jimbob jinxy joenut916 kogarto krimineldin lmaragon mairuu marakesh morgan91 mumba my main pietateip pizza1337 pmaguire13 raichu rannmann reessagny scyntold silentfart7 theroyalcoco velvetbarrel yepc zeragon

First and foremost, let me say that botting is against the rules.

As everyone knows, botting is the act of letting your computer perform actions while you are AFK—for example, clicking trees, mining rocks when ore spawns, etc. Autoclicking also falls into the botting category.

Bots exist in every single game out there. World of Warcraft, OSRS, RS3—all MMOs have bots running around. Since Flat MMO runs in a browser, botting is even easier to do.

Look, I get it. The grind is tough, and you have other things to do, so botting seems like the go-to solution. You also get the satisfaction of gaining items through your script, which probably feels good. However, this game was not designed for bots. I do have a potential solution in mind though—read on.

So, how do we fight bots? First of all, bots on the main world will always be prohibited. My plan is to create a separate botting world. Anyone could create a new character and check the “botting” option, which would give them access to the botting world. Bots would not be allowed in the main world and would not participate in the hiscores.

I’ll prepare this new botting world when I start advertising the game. One small issue is that I want to fix the random crash we’ve been experiencing before opening the doors to the public. The only problem is that I need the server to crash while I’m online to diagnose the issue—and for some reason, it hasn’t been crashing lately. I’ll wait ~3 more days, and if it doesn’t crash, I’ll advertise and open the botting world.

Current players who are botting will be removed from the hiscores and automatically transferred to the world mentioned above when the time comes.

This is my current plan as of now but things might change. Feel free to share your thoughts on Discord.

• All previous updates can be found in the old update log here: updatelog.txt.