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3/19 – More changes coming to VMK? You betcha! Plus news on the Tomorrowland Quest and upcoming Earth Day Ride-A-Thon! Not enough for you? How about a sneak peek into the future! Yavn's got the news - now get in the know!
Happy Monday! How you doing out there? Everyone have a good weekend? Here at VMK HQ the week is off to a roaring start - everyone's busy as usual getting new stuff ready for release. Last week, I chatted about some of the new features just around the corner and today I've got more info about that! Just remember, none of these features are in the game yet, but stay tuned and I'll let you know as soon as they are up and running.
Smooth Moves
At VMK Labs, we're always hard at work on improvements! Here's a feature has been in the works for a while now - so without further ado, I'm proud to announce that players other than room owners will now be able to move items in Guest Rooms!
Let your guests move this item - or not.
Now wait a second, before you get worried that your Movie Rewards Home Theater will go walking away, let me give you the facts on this cool new game feature!
As you can see from the image above many items will now have a new 'Let Guests Move This Item' button. When checked this feature will allow anyone in your room to move the item. I should also note the item options include 'Move' and 'Not Take!' So put your fears to rest - there is no way another player can take an item from your room and keep it, nor will they be able to place items into your room from their own inventory.
Pretty cool huh? I should also mention two more things: One, not all items will have the move option, so you'll need to look at the item first and see if has that capability. Second, all your items are set by default to non-movable - so don't worry about your stuff that is already placed in a room - no one's going to be able to take or move it.
Tomorrowland Questing!
Our vision of tomorrow is always changing, so it shouldn't surprise you that Tomorrowland is always changing too. Since it's been a while since we launched the original Tomorrowland Quests, we're super excited to announce 6 brand new Quests that will replace the current in-game Quest.
Now you'll finally be able to get your Driving, Underwater and Inner-Space Magic upgraded to 2 Stars. If you haven't completed the current Quests you've only got a little more time left, otherwise you'll only be able to get 1 Star for each spell type.
The Deep Sea Diving Suit Magic Quest Pin. (Try and say that five times fast!)
But wait, that's not all! We've also got a brand new
Disneyland in-Park Tomorrowland Quest launching soon too (as the original print-from-home Tomorrowland Quests are no longer available). Like previous versions of the Quest, this new Quest is only available online. Need some extra incentive to get to Disneyland and play the new Quest? How about a brand new prize: Introducing Red Inner-Space Magic!
Stay tuned, we'll have a launch date for all the new Tomorrowland Quests (and the Inner-Space Suit Magic Spell) very shortly!
More VMK Changes
Now that I've got you excited about moving furniture - we still have a few more tricks up our sleeves to help make the game even better:
A Face in the Crowd
Do you have difficulty looking for a specific character in a room? Do you end up clicking everywhere to find them?
Move your mouse over a character to display their info.
Well friends, the days of clicking are soon to be a thing of the past. Just glide your mouse over a character and you'll see their name pop up right above their head!
Enhanced Trading Window
Step right up and see how we've redesigned the trading interface to help make trading better! Now you'll be able to click any item and get information about it - including how many Stars a pin has.
The new trading window.
Also, the only dialog you will see in the interface will be from player to player, no more messages from the game regarding items. We have also removed the 'Ask To Be A Friend' button.
Navigator & Event Rooms
Special event rooms will now be called out on the navigator and will be displayed at the top of the room list. No more lining up for an event room and finding out you are in the wrong place!
Earth Day Ride-A-Thon
Show your support for the environment - join us Friday, Saturday and Sunday for our latest Ride-A-Thon! Aside from the good feeling you'll get by supporting the cause, you'll also get some really cool goodies... What goodies? Well, in honor of supporting a 'green' cause, how'd you like to earn yourself some VMK green? Green as VMK bling, or what we call credits!
That's right for taking a ride in the Earth Day Ride-A-Thon you'll get 1,000 credits, if you ride each day you could earn 3,000 credits. But hey, don't think you're going to break the bank by riding over and over - you will only get 1,000 credits each day no matter how many times you ride. And I wouldn't let those credits burn a hole in your pocket - especially since a little birdy told me there's gonna be some really cool stuff on sale soon!
That's a Wrap!
Just in case you're counting, that's 2 weeks in a row with new features! But what about new rooms and items? Well... I did promise I'd give you a hint... here you go!
Hmmm...
I know I said I would be in Hong Kong and Tokyo this week but the trip was delayed a few weeks so I'm here till early April. Don't worry it's all good, I just want to make sure everything for the upcoming build was A-OK before the trip and I was able to sneak in a few more surprises! Speaking of surprises, word on the street is that I'm going to 'surprise' 33 lucky winners with a Q&A session in Club 33... stay tuned, more info to come!
See you in VMK!
Yavn
your far braver than I.
I don't like you yavn
!!
