Ueda Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 It's always nice taking time to look back at a full year of Nin Online running as an actual realized game. As of now, we've had almost 4 years of live service operation since launching Open Beta in May 2017. It feels like such a long time ago now that I actually lose count of how long it's been and have to check announcements to remember. For those who don't know the full history of Nin Online, the game project started development in mid-2013. We had multiple closed and open alpha tests, before finally launching Open Beta in 2017. This recap post is something I try to make time for every year to gather all my thoughts on the state of Nin Online and the state of Nin Online's continued development. Some random "year in numbers" stats This year, we had 10,000+ new registered accounts and 7,478 new forum posts. We localized the game service to Brazilian Portuguese. We added 263 new patch notes... Of all those patch notes, here are some of the highlights of running Nin Online for 2020... Game server recreated in C#, replaces our Visual Basic 6 server operation! Networking replaced from Winsock networking to Mirror. Unique Clan Clothings Improved Idle Animations for player and NPC characters. Village special abilities (buff WoF ) Crazy new crosshairs (rainbow spin woo) Flicker improvements (won't fail to flicker when player's front and back and blocked) First level 50+ content (Blood puppet factory area) Optimized large packets including map packet sizes by 60% Ninja Dodgeball Event 7 new side missions Added signboards in villages for directions and on-screen instructions for aviary and scroll shops New GM event system (the /eventjoin system) Moved stash from Gumi to dedicated UI button Added 43 Gold/Silver exclusive emoticons 5 Chunin Exams, 3 mini-events in the middle of the year, Anniversary Event, Halloween Event & Let it Snow event Added a friggin' gun FINALLY Fixed random DoT / Maplock bug 104 new items (not all released) 28 new mobs & npcs (not all released) 11 new jutsu animations (not all released) Nin Online Podcasts I had a lot of fun on the 4~ Nin Online podcast episodes I did this year, including the one where the new client was shown off! It was nice to talk to everyone we interviewed and hear their stories about the community and experiences in-game. I hope to do more in the future! The year of player contributions I have to say that this year has been a first in the amount of people stepping up to create art or hire people to create art, independent of any direction from myself, for Nin Online. It all began with people learning to do pixel art or getting others to help create clan outfits for their own clans, other clans and eventually entire pieces of content like weapons and Christmas cosmetics. Thank you for everyone who went out of their way to contribute to Nin Online your time and money, and I'm happy to have help! The new server software The importance of the replacement of our old server software to our new C# server... cannot be understated. It's been so nice knowing the server isn't crashing when it reaches 100+ players anymore. With the new server moving to C# also comes the added benefit of a modern development environment which has helped so much in solving bugs like just today fixing the years old bug of people getting damaged by random NPC poison/bleed effects. Without the new server, this wouldn't have been possible. The way our new server handles errors like a boss, not resulting in crashes, has also been something we previously never accounted for but has been so great. Transparency & Optimism for 2021 Honestly, I feel that the second half of 2020 was slower than I would've liked it to be in terms of content updates. Also, I took a long break for the majority of December to play Cyberpunk 2077 and watch Community. :p I have a lot of optimism that things will pick up with the start of the new year, we have work and people lined up to help me in the coming months, including my plans to steal Wolf back from his big game studio job soon. I am excited to start 2021 with some content updates dropping as early as January. On top of that, Nin Online has been performing a lot better than past years financially (thanks to more players stuck at home during the pandemic and the new brazil localization), and with that I'm able to start paying people more to work on Nin, which is going to be a great going forward. Gratitude Finally, I just want to thank the Nin Online team who have really helped me with Nin Online this year. Thank you @TheWolf for working with me throughout the year. Thank you @Kenock for leading the expansion of Nin Online's game service into Brazil, constantly pestering me to work on specific issues and telling me whenever the server crashes. Thank you @Erox for being a big help with support, moderation and running events. Thank you @Serias for actively helping me with art and also moderation. Thank you @Robin for helping with the new server project. Thank you @Seth for his continued assistance despite having a busy year attending school. Thank you @Sezu for joining us again this week and already contributing a bunch of the upcoming content. Thank you @external & @Lucass for helping us moderate discord. EDIT: On one last note, there's something I'd like to say that I forgot to write about when I posted this... In a year like 2020, where myself included, a lot of us were forced to spent a large portion of it cooped up at home, the community has been a nice place to enjoy a social environment with stakes beyond short rounds of finding out who the imposter is, or running through obstacle courses with strangers. Nin Online is a special game, but not just because of what the game is, but what the community has made it become. The Nin Online community is amazing - we have "petty drama" every day, we feel strongly defensive about what they represent, and people have friendships (and pseudo enemies) that go beyond what casual interactions in other games allow you to... because you guys spend months to years in it, interacting with one another, making stories and a history of meaningful events in our collective imaginative world. Nin Online Community is truly something like no other. I have not felt the amount of comradery and stake in a long time, and as much as I try to stay neutral to everything, watching people form their own personas or show their character makes being around the community a very enjoyable experience. In 5 years, I don't know if Nin Online will still be around, it might be. In 10 years, who knows? But the one thing you'll surely remember from your time here are the experiences with people you shared here. People will come and go, nobody can stay entertained on something forever. But during your time in the community, enjoy your share of stories and impart enough for others to remember you. That's what community is about, and on a bigger scale, what life is about. I appreciate what everyone here contributes in their own way as a person to the whole community. Enjoy your petty drama and discord pvps, because it's a privilege to feel such strong emotion about something and because who knows when the next time you'll feel so strongly about anything is, Thank you! 22 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ueda Posted December 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Past year Recaps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alak Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 NIN ONLINE!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hageshi Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 This has been my second year on Nin. And even though I took breaks both years I don't regret the few thousand hours I sunk in. I'm glad to have put in work for the game through the Wiki and some minor bugs ( ). But I'm also thankful for all the fun memories (and not so fun ones) I've made and the countless friendships formed. Thank you guys. Looking forward to a new brighter year. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leevi Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Looking back on it 2020 has been a good year in terms of content such as events and such. Can’t wait to see what 2021 has in store. Guess I won’t shake this addiction . Another year ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ueda Posted December 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Hageshi said: This has been my second year on Nin. And even though I took breaks both years I don't regret the few thousand hours I sunk in. I'm glad to have put in work for the game through the Wiki and some minor bugs ( ). But I'm also thankful for all the fun memories (and not so fun ones) I've made and the countless friendships formed. Thank you guys. Looking forward to a new brighter year. Thanks for your help with the wiki/fandom this year, and thank you to @Angelik Date for helping with art 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuta Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 clap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyouko Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 These are some lit accomplishments! Great job team! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etsu Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Great job honey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsuya Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Thanks @Ueda for give us some fun and Good luck for the new year incoming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Avatar Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 5th Year on nin online , i started in 2015. every year it keeps geting better and better @Ueda Thanks for making this happen. and i look foward to spend my 6th year on nin online 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumaki Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 *happy monke noises* 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defyo5 Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Good job Rory! also im pretty glad see the strongest art creator back to us, Sezu. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sab Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taku Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 E nós! Nin BR Avante 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antar86 Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 Great job! I love all of the updates and development that happend this year I hope land of iron and new client get released soon too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utzotz Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 I'm an old player, you could call me veteran at this point. I remember yet when Shirou was the Hokage and honestly I gotta say, the game has developed in a very good way past few years. There's plenty to do as the new content is constantly added, the PVP is more balanced that it used to be and despite some things that need to be fixed yet, Nin Online became something you definitely should be extremely proud about, Ueda. These words aren't just driven to you, there's a lot more people behind the project and you all did some awesome job. I wish I will ever manage to do something as big as you all did, not necessarily a game of course, but basically anything. I will happily stay with you all till the day my interest and wants disappear, which is not to be soon, I'm more than sure. Let's make the 2021 even more memorable! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54Xe Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 new mobs and new jutsus, im excited now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roei Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 It has been my 3rd year of the game, and I still cannot explain with words how much I love Nin Online and it's community. I know that each and everyone of us has deep love for the game, (And are pretty much addicted at this point ) and will always cherish the past years we spent time on this game, with the people we love. We will continue making Nin online the Awesome place that it is, and help New Players see what Nin is all About! From the my bottom of my heart, I love you guys. And although I haven't contributed much I hope to do so in the upcoming year of 2021~! Edit: And remember Fuuma OP~! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 Thank god 2020 is over. I will continue my boycott until my personal minium requirements for game content are met. Thanks for this year all of my frens. Lets spread the love. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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