Non-Disney Online Games Virtual Family Kingdom Thread

[gshawen]

Looks like they are doing more live testing. You have to go directly to the login link to get in.

There is an interesting bug, with some characters being tinier than others. Very odd.

And here's a picture of it (yay, I have enough posts to add pics now!) :

What is the link to get logged in?

 

[aengus]

What is the link to get logged in?

gas the first page of this thread has that info

 

[SharkMeal]

I see they are done with the testing, so I'm in but it's single user mode.

It says beta day 8a and I am able to change my clothes and my toolbar
was updated.

The clothe-changing option is a lot quicker than VMK's and I really like it!

But the boys still don't have very good hair but the second option is
a lot better than the one we had originally @_@

I have one problem though, I see other people in your screenshots that have
the beta day 1 shirt. I registered on the very first day, and I don't have a
beta day 1 t-shirt.

 

[debbi801]

I see they are done with the testing, so I'm in but it's single user mode.

It says beta day 8a and I am able to change my clothes and my toolbar
was updated.

The clothe-changing option is a lot quicker than VMK's and I really like it!

But the boys still don't have very good hair but the second option is
a lot better than the one we had originally @_@

I have one problem though, I see other people in your screenshots that have
the beta day 1 shirt. I registered on the very first day, and I don't have a
beta day 1 t-shirt.

I just checked and I don't either. I was there on day one, I even have a screen shot of me stuck to the side of the building. LOL Mybe it will be there when it goes back to regular opperations.

 

[Bugdozer]

Virtual Family Kingdom is Closed for the Night,
and will reopen on Friday at 12:00 noon Pacific time.

Update from the developers:

We ran our final tests this evening with the customization of characters, and with the help of our devoted beta testers everything went great!

We will resume operation at 12:00 noon pacific time!

Thank you all for your help, see you in our new virtual world!

Your development team

Bug

 

[lizbeth374]

I don't have my beta day 1 shirt either.

 

[cyre]

Once again they had opened it up last night around 230am or so east time. VFK_Fusion dropped in, as well as Sara! Sara as in founder Sara. She was a very nice lady. She answered questions and was very nice. She said it was her first time in the kingdom!

Some things she mentioned:
-There will be animals. She said she saw horses and said they were awesome!
-Bugs are still being worked out on friend lists and to be patient
-There will be pay features in the game, and stay tuned for those. She did say that the game we see will still be free, just that there will be pay extra features. One of those being parental controls. She didn't [wouldn't?] elaborate on that, so I guess we will see.

 

[VMK_Mouse]

I just love all the shadows with no ppl.

 

[MissVMK678:0)]

LOL

 

[Bugdozer]

Once again they had opened it up last night around 230am or so east time. VFK_Fusion dropped in, as well as Sara! Sara as in founder Sara. She was a very nice lady. She answered questions and was very nice. She said it was her first time in the kingdom!

Some things she mentioned:
-There will be animals. She said she saw horses and said they were awesome!
-Bugs are still being worked out on friend lists and to be patient
-There will be pay features in the game, and stay tuned for those. She did say that the game we see will still be free, just that there will be pay extra features. One of those being parental controls. She didn't [wouldn't?] elaborate on that, so I guess we will see.

Hi,

I find this post very very interesting. I certainly have no issues with games that you pay to play BUT this game is NOWHERE ready for that. This game-if you want to call it that is not at the stage other on line games are to justify paying to play it. Right now it is a fancy chat room at best. I am more then willing to give them the time they need to get the game up to par but I think they are very premature mentioning paying for this game. They are months if not longer from being a smoothly functioning game. It will come-not overnight which is fine but neither should talk of paying be thrown at us yet. Proceed with caution is what I say. I am rooting for them to make a success but I am doing it with open eyes and being cautious as I go. Be very careful......

Bug

 

[aengus]

I am at least glad they finally admitted it, in the past staff were denying it despite the terms and conditions page

 

[SkippyPaul]

WELCOME TO OZ............the shirt actually reads: I came to Oz and all I got was this tee shirt haha hey.That is sweet and I in the front, with the pretty hair, heh, with others talking to Sara until well after 2:00 am EST. She answered some questions, like will we be getting normal size feet, and eye brows.

[/IMG]

 

[VMK_Mouse]

Hi,

I find this post very very interesting. I certainly have no issues with games that you pay to play BUT this game is NOWHERE ready for that. This game-if you want to call it that is not at the stage other on line games are to justify paying to play it. Right now it is a fancy chat room at best. I am more then willing to give them the time they need to get the game up to par but I think they are very premature mentioning paying for this game. They are months if not longer from being a smoothly functioning game. It will come-not overnight which is fine but neither should talk of paying be thrown at us yet. Proceed with caution is what I say. I am rooting for them to make a success but I am doing it with open eyes and being cautious as I go. Be very careful......

Bug

Well said!

 

[Belle1997]

Glad they mentioned it. Yes the game is a long way from any paid features. But I figured this is how they would make revenue. No different than most on line games now. Webinz has pet of the month. You do not need to buy the animal it just gives you extra activties you can do, but in no way takes away from the game.

Even disney you need to buy nintendo games to get extra features in D gamer. Or their fairies site will be tied to product merchandise.

What I read did not upset me in the least. Maybe if disney had done this we would still have VMK. Like the only wayto purchase piraye pins was through VMK then they could have tracked the money better.

So the game will stay free just not all of it. No different than the people who went to the parks and got the quest items to the people who could not afford to go.

So no panick here.

 

[cteddiesgirl]

Once again they had opened it up last night around 230am or so east time. VFK_Fusion dropped in, as well as Sara! Sara as in founder Sara. She was a very nice lady. She answered questions and was very nice. She said it was her first time in the kingdom!

Some things she mentioned:
-There will be animals. She said she saw horses and said they were awesome!
-Bugs are still being worked out on friend lists and to be patient
-There will be pay features in the game, and stay tuned for those. She did say that the game we see will still be free, just that there will be pay extra features. One of those being parental controls. She didn't [wouldn't?] elaborate on that, so I guess we will see.

So we will have to pay to have parental controls and keep the kids safe? Imo that should come without paying for it. After all, it is a Family Kingdom. I would think that we should have to pay to loosen controls.
This somewhat disappoints me.

 

[cyre]

So we will have to pay to have parental controls and keep the kids safe? Imo that should come without paying for it. After all, it is a Family Kingdom. I would think that we should have to pay to loosen controls.
This somewhat disappoints me.

That's the first thing I thought... before we make any judgements, we need to see what they're going to do. Either Sara missed what I asked, or just didn't want to answer it at the moment... stay tuned I guess.

 

[Bugdozer]

So we will have to pay to have parental controls and keep the kids safe? Imo that should come without paying for it. After all, it is a Family Kingdom. I would think that we should have to pay to loosen controls.
This somewhat disappoints me.

You took the words right out of my finger tips How can they even consider charging for parental controls in a game they are pushing as a family kingdom. I just wonder how many people are looking through rose colored glasses as they are desperate for something. Once again I have no issues with the pay to play but not at this point in the development of the game. Just makes me even more cautious. They don't even have a secure login which anything that requires a password should. They should not have even opened without a secure login. When I question staff about it I got the "they are working on it" Seems the "they are working on it" has become the VMK "soon"

Bug

 

[Kelsie]

So we will have to pay to have parental controls and keep the kids safe? Imo that should come without paying for it. After all, it is a Family Kingdom. I would think that we should have to pay to loosen controls.
This somewhat disappoints me.

I couldn't agree more and if they do this, we as a family will no longer be visiting this site.

I am very concerned if this is the case, not just for my family but also to continue allowing VFK discussions on the DIS. There are just too many children here to promote a site where you have to pay to make sure they are safe.

 

[KrazyPete]

I couldn't agree more and if they do this, we as a family will no longer be visiting this site.

I am very concerned if this is the case, not just for my family but also to continue allowing VFK discussions on the DIS. There are just too many children here to promote a site where you have to pay to make sure they are safe.

Paying for the parental controls doesn't make sense to me either. However, I think it's a little premature to talk about blocking discussions of the game based on this one comment. Can I just ask where the concern for the children is at when people talk about Sims, Second Life, Gaia, Maplestory et al? It really seems like VFK is held to a different standard and I'm curious to know why.

 

[aengus]

They obviously know what their game plan is, and since they do they should take advantage of that website of theirs and spell it out clearly what their short term and long term goals are.