Announcements - Horse Genetics Game - Dev Forum https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/categories/annoucments/p13/feed.rss Sat, 05 Sep 26 01:53:48 -0700 Announcements - Horse Genetics Game - Dev Forum en-CA Tack packs items will vanish if you buy a horse but don't own the tack pack https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/9590/tack-packs-items-will-vanish-if-you-buy-a-horse-but-don039t-own-the-tack-pack Wed, 24 Aug 2016 09:27:21 -0700 Ammit 9590@/forum/discussions Remove your foals from the pasture! https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/9616/remove-your-foals-from-the-pasture Thu, 25 Aug 2016 06:56:49 -0700 Ammit 9616@/forum/discussions Color Testing Price and Color Based Breeders Clubs https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/9517/color-testing-price-and-color-based-breeders-clubs Sat, 20 Aug 2016 07:45:08 -0700 Ammit 9517@/forum/discussions
Price for genetic testing is now only 100hbs per horse. ]]> Breeding Question https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/9467/breeding-question Wed, 17 Aug 2016 08:59:45 -0700 Ammit 9467@/forum/discussions All About Eras.]]> Candy Time next 24 hours and Candy Pony update https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/9348/candy-time-next-24-hours-and-candy-pony-update Wed, 10 Aug 2016 08:02:02 -0700 Ammit 9348@/forum/discussions
Candy Ponies also say on their page now if they are a candy pony with a link to the turn in page. This message vanishes once they are turned in. ]]> Public Auction backend updates https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/9347/public-auction-backend-updates Wed, 10 Aug 2016 07:14:15 -0700 Ammit 9347@/forum/discussions
I did some general clean up that should speed up the auction running. The sellers fee has been removed. FSYYC Name has been changed to HuntAndJump Auction Bidder (may change). The first 2500 bid now appears instantly, and a few other little minor things you won't see. ]]> Very Large Update to the Search https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/9331/very-large-update-to-the-search Mon, 08 Aug 2016 08:49:37 -0700 Ammit 9331@/forum/discussions

The counter has been changed from showing the horse number to the page name.
Jump to end of search link added
Jump to Page box now works correctly.
Key Filter search options have been broken out to how include a like and a not like option.
Pasture Id option added. Selecting "any" will find any horse in a pasture
Use a comma(,) between two search terms to search for multiple tattoos
Use And option to search for horses with all of the search terms, and the or option for horses with any of the search terms
Breeders club search fields has been added, it works the same as tattoos.
Spaces are important in the new search field, pay attention when using them. Here is using clubs as an example
1. "Champagne Appaloosa" Searches for exactly the term "Champagne Appaloosa" there is non club by this name and you will get no result.
2. "Champagne,Appaloosa" Searches for "Champagne" AND "Appaloosa" It will find a horse registered in the Champagne Club and the Appaloosa Club
3. "Champagne,Appaloosa,Era 4" Searches for "Champagne" AND "Appaloosa" AND "Era 4". The space is Era 4 is part of the club name. Only included spaces when you want to use them in the search.
4. "Champagne , Appaloosa" Tries to search for "PalominoSPACE" and "SPACEAppaloosa" You might get results for tats that have spaces in them, but it will not work for clubs at all. There is no spaces in the names of these clubs.
5. Putting in 3 search terms does not guarantee you 3 unique tats/clubs. Putting "Black,Frame,Tobiano" might get back a horse with a single tattoo that says "Black Frame Tobiano," or a horse with a "Black Frame" tattoo and a "Tobiano" tattoo.
Sort by paper level now includes unpapered horses at the end of the list.

I am aware the link to foals on the horse page is not working. Just hit search a second time to make it work. I have not gotten to this yet.

]]> Weekly Bonus has been changed to Nightly Bonus https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/9341/weekly-bonus-has-been-changed-to-nightly-bonus Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:51:01 -0700 Ammit 9341@/forum/discussions Aug 29th Total Cash held will be capped at 9,999,999 per account | Q&A Inside https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/9099/aug-29th-total-cash-held-will-be-capped-at-9999999-per-account-qa-inside Sun, 17 Jul 2016 14:12:19 -0700 Ammit 9099@/forum/discussions On Aug 29th (the end of this breeding season.) I will making it so you can no longer hold more then 10 million hbs at one time (actually 9,999,999).
Who will this change affect?
The vast majority of our players will never see this 10 mill cap, but a small percentage of our users already have more then that. Some much more. This change will directly affect less then 5 of our players. And it is a big change so I will do my best to explain why this change is happening and what is being done to make the transition as fair as possible.

Why is this change happening?
In the past we had a show system where you spent money on entries to win money in payouts. This was a very stable way to run a game economy because the ratio of money in to money out was very controllable. It was great for me. It was however VERY difficult to learn how to master. Our new show system is much easier and better for our members but worse for me. Once a horse earns a point that point will pay out for the rest of it's life with no extra effort or expense. This is like printing money and printing money always leads to inflation.

Why is inflation bad?
With inflation the value of each bit of currency (in this case the hb) become less and less as time passes. In games similar to ours, it is common to see newly created horses being worth nothing. They can hardly be given away. While super horses will be so valuable that only the ultra elite can afford them. Often with almost no in between. Games with economies like this are unstable, unfun, and unfair.

How do I know this change needs to happen now?
Since the day the game was created I have been keeping a close tab on our economy for signs of inflation issues. Over the years I have implemented changes such as money bleeds like damages, and money sinks like more expensive breeding options and buying things with ivs. These things work for small adjustments but the new showing system has surpassed what small adjustments can account for. Watching the sales lists and breeding list is showing a growing trend in all or nothing values, and the numbers of users with massive cash reserves is becoming too large. The time to act is now before it becomes a problem and hurts the playability of the game.

Is this change unexpected?
No. From the day our current showing system was put into place I knew it would in time cause inflation. A check on how much you could earn from showing was ALWAYS coming, I just did not know what form it would take until now.

What other options is there?
There are several ways I can limit the inflation. I could return the game to a money out money in system like the old showing which would get rid of showing bonuses. To me this is the WORST idea. I could reduce the amount of money you could earn by having a hard (max amount) limit on the showing bonus or a soft (diminishing with scale) limit that reduced the amount you could earn as you bonus got bigger. This would work but I think it punishes players for investing lots of time and money in the game. I don't believe in punishing my most engaged players. I could put in a mandatory bleed. This would be things like a fee for having a big stable or a charge for having to much cash. I personally think that is confusing and again punishes people for playing the game well.

Why is this the best option?
Of all the options available to me this is the only one that does not punish people for playing the game well or limit the amount of money they can earn. It only limits how much they can sit on. A user could theoretically have a bonus of 70 million hbs per week (because of a switch to daily payout see below), spend all their hbs every day on game play and/or IVs. They would need to own about a quarter of a million horses for that to happen. I don't think anyone is going to hit that cap. It's large amounts of stagnant money that cause problems with game economies and unbalance them. As long as cash is moving we won't end up with the poor and the ultra rich. A 10 mill cap forces players to move that money or they lose out on bonus.

With this system there is no limit to how high players can get their bonus. The only limit is on how much you can horde. A player who spends their money regularly will not be affected, only those who are earning more then they can spend. The cap strongly incentivizes spending and converting to IVs. That gives ME more reason to give you fun things to spend those IVs on.

What will happen if I ALREADY have more then 10 mill hbs?
If you already have more then 10 million hbs you should start converting your extra cash into IVs, until you are under 10 mill. All super funzy stuff to buy from the game will happen in IVs not hbs so there is no reason to hold it as cash.

What if someone does not see this/convert to ivs in time?
I willing be adding an alert to the game that will tell a player they have more then 10 mill that will link them to this post. There will be about 5 and a half weeks for people to convert their cash to IVs. After the 29th I will convert all the extra cash held by players above 10 mill into ivs and then bring them under 10 mill myself. No hbs will be deleted, I will make sure they get converted so no one loses their savings.

What will I be able to do with those IVs?
In September we are going to have a week long festival of crazy things to spend those IVs on. Including pastures for that week only, and a special fantasy gene for that week only. I have a few ideas in mind and will be looking for more ideas too. Long term I also will be adding in many "status" items to purchase to burn IVs on like metallic body paint for your horses and other fun items.

What happens if I earn more then 10 mill hbs?
Any income earned that goes over 9,999,999 from any source (sales, breeding, showing etc) will simply vanish from the game. It is the players responsibility to keep an eye on their income. If anyone is earning money so fast that they can not keep up with all the millions of dollars they are raking in the problem would be how much they are making not this new system.

Can extra income be auto converted into IVs?
No, cash moves around in hundreds of places in the code. Trying to do that would be a nightmare, prone to all sorts of bugs. Again if you are making money so fast you can't notice earning 10 million I need to tone down how much you make.

I ran out of room on this post. More to follow!
]]> About the recent banning of several long standing members https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/9188/about-the-recent-banning-of-several-long-standing-members Mon, 25 Jul 2016 05:59:46 -0700 Ammit 9188@/forum/discussions https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/complying-coppa-frequently-asked-questions.

These adults where contacting this underage child on Facebook and playing the game with her. She was banned from the forum so she would not be interacting with adults. Violating a federal law is a big deal and if I knowingly allow it to happen it can get the game shut down and worse. While these are some long standing members that I hate to ban they have shown they can't respect game rules and have put the game in jeopardy for everyone. I have no choice but to permanently ban them from the game.

It may take me several days to sort through all the back long of who is involved. Some people may be unbanned and others added to the ban list. There is a lot to go through. EDIT: At this point all members that will be banned have been banned.

My apologies for having to post unfortunate news/drama, but if I don't post what's gong on in cases like this nasty rumors have a tendency to spread and cause more unnecessary drama. Please, if a member is banned from the forum or game they are banned for a good reason. I hope this is the last we see of this sort of thing.

]]> Changes to Ice/Nexus with gene clubs https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/9095/changes-to-icenexus-with-gene-clubs Sun, 17 Jul 2016 05:15:55 -0700 Ammit 9095@/forum/discussions
The ice club is now called the Fantasy Breeders Club and it allows ice and nexus horses to be registered.
Homozygous ice horses can now ONLY be registered in the Fantasy gene club. Het ice is not effected.**
You will have until Feb 1st 2017 to breed Ice out of your LB lines for other clubs. ***

**I did some testing this morning and looked at all the ice horses on the LBs both het and hom for ice. There is not really that many. I also found that there are exceedingly few hom ice horses on the LBs. Not even the Ice Club really had any that where trophy contenders. I feel comfortable blocking hom ice registries now because it won't be taking away any potential trophies.

***You have less time then HJ1 because it is based on having enough time to breed replacement horses. You breed faster then they do.]]> Tack System Updates https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/9061/tack-system-updates Thu, 14 Jul 2016 07:35:04 -0700 Ammit 9061@/forum/discussions
New features include dynamic color and no pricing.
-> You can customize your tack by changing the colors of items using HEX codes.
-> Tack from now on will be unlocked based on your upgrade level and in future purchasable packs. There is no longer a per item fee for tack.

Lots more features are coming for tack as well as a better GUI for tack purchasing but for now you are up and running at least. ]]> New nameless # creation https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/8932/new-nameless-creation Mon, 04 Jul 2016 11:53:46 -0700 Ammit 8932@/forum/discussions Lethal Kit combinations have been slightly changed https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/8772/lethal-kit-combinations-have-been-slightly-changed Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:07:14 -0700 Ammit 8772@/forum/discussions Private Treaty Breeding for Premium Members | No breeding rules allowed on the public list anymore https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/8907/private-treaty-breeding-for-premium-members-no-breeding-rules-allowed-on-the-public-list-anymore Sun, 03 Jul 2016 08:33:05 -0700 Ammit 8907@/forum/discussions Introducing Private Treaty Breeding

How Private Treaty Breeding works.

If you have a premium upgrade go to. Community >> Buddy List. Add the id number of any user you would like to be on your buddy list. Then select the horses to stand for private treaty from the Private Treaty Breeding section and set a price.

From then on until you remove the horse anyone on your buddy list can breed to that horse, regardless if it is up for public breed or not. (Be sure to remove the horse if this was a one time only breeding)

This is a brand new feature and rather complex. I have tested it to the best of my ability, but I would give this a few weeks before you rely on it 100%. Use it with members you really trust for a bit on non ultra special horses.

->Add yourself to your own buddy list and be able to live cover your own horses with out putting them up public.
->Private Treaty Breeding horses stay on the list until you remove them. They do not get taken down during season changes.

Just a note right now Private Treaty horses always show on the members public page and always show a for breeding button. I am still working on that. It doesn't let you breed during the off season or after a mare is already bred but it looks like it will. Just know that is on the still needs finished list.

No more breeding rules on the public list

Just like with public sales the public breeding list is for everyone. Just like it says in the rules. You can not make restrictions or regulations about who can breed to your horse, what kind of horse they can breed to it, what testing they have to do, what they have to do with the foal etc.

Please do not ask me a ton of questions about "is this specific thing ok." If you have to ask you already know it is borderline. Don't make it a problem with other members and it won't be a problem with me. You do NEED to remove any rules you have on your stallion/mare pages ASAP though. There is no getting in trouble for it yet but they are now against the rules and there may be punishments someday.

Why is this change happening?

The number one source of drama and conflict on this site is breeding rules. Removing the option to start fights over it and giving people a way to breed privately will solve the issue. ]]> How can we fix "Available To Adopt" https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/8745/how-can-we-fix-available-to-adopt Tue, 21 Jun 2016 13:03:31 -0700 Ammit 8745@/forum/discussions
What is the current state of the program? ]]> New tile mode https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/8643/new-tile-mode Wed, 15 Jun 2016 05:38:02 -0700 Ammit 8643@/forum/discussions Happy 10 years old HuntAndJump! >>>>New Genes, global refresh, etc. Check Here! https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/8352/happy-10-years-old-huntandjump-new-genes-global-refresh-etc-check-here Wed, 01 Jun 2016 08:22:19 -0700 Ammit 8352@/forum/discussions ou will have to refresh foals if you want to add tack or a tattoo though. It will give you an error otherwise.

w20 is now in the game as is w10. w20 is permanently in the GMT lab for 1 token. w10 is in the lab for this month only at 10 tokens.

Sorry this is not a very complete post. I still have stuff I need to get in and updated and no time to do it!

Yep HuntAndJump is 10 years old today. I can't believe it! Thank you to all my awesome members for 10 great years.

To celebrate we already have ...

30% off barns, and tokens through June 10th.
10 days of special herd helpers!

We will also be having 10 days of herd helpers.

w10 and w20 will be added to the game in the next day or so as well. w10 will be purchasable with GMTs and w20 will be on normal creates.

]]> Rank 3: Homozygous w20 https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/8414/rank-3-homozygous-w20 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 10:31:36 -0700 Ammit 8414@/forum/discussions http://hj2.huntandjump.com/add_horse_form.php?dhh=197602]]> Updates to blocking: You MUST update your block messages: https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/7823/updates-to-blocking-you-must-update-your-block-messages Thu, 21 Apr 2016 06:50:28 -0700 Ammit 7823@/forum/discussions
This change has been made to make reasons for blocks going in crystal clear, along with facilitating discussion between the two parties and helping reduce drama.

Once the new buddy only breeding system is in place it will be against the rules to block a member for not following public breeding list rules. This includes past incidents. You may update your messages on these incidents to allow them to skip the purge but after the new breeding system is in place those blocks will also be purged.

All block messages must be updated by June 1st or your blocks will be purged

]]> Breeding Restrictions will soon become AGAINST THE RULES. https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/7824/breeding-restrictions-will-soon-become-against-the-rules- Thu, 21 Apr 2016 06:52:44 -0700 Ammit 7824@/forum/discussions
They are not against the rules just yet but this is a heads up to let you know this is coming so you can plan. Don't want anyone taken off guard.

Why is this happening? Breeding restrictions cause a lot of problems and drama between players, they make new members feel unwelcome or worse feel like they have to dispense arbitrary rules to other new players to fit in. Some of the rules I have seen put up range from incredibly overbearing to downright strange and bizarre. Basically game members have abused stud rules and lost the right to have them. People who wish to have that level of control over offspring will need to use private friend only breeding leaving public breeding for everyone.

I am not positive how this will all work but it will be in place Julyish. You will also get an in house breeding button so you wont have to list your stallions public to live cover. ]]> Please mind the sloppy posts and use proper capitalization/grammar/punctuation. https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/7291/please-mind-the-sloppy-posts-and-use-proper-capitalizationgrammarpunctuation- Wed, 16 Mar 2016 12:44:58 -0700 Ammit 7291@/forum/discussions
This game is for ages 13 and up so members are expected to write like teenagers and adults. Please make sure your spelling looks at least close to accurate, you capitalize your sentences, use punctuation etc. When people write legibly and intelligibly it elevates the quality of discussion, encourages everyone to act more maturely, and prevents confusion and drama.

Thank you. ]]> It's Saturday, that means Weekend Wishes are up on our FB Page https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/7328/it039s-saturday-that-means-weekend-wishes-are-up-on-our-fb-page Sat, 19 Mar 2016 04:22:06 -0700 Ammit 7328@/forum/discussions https://www.facebook.com/huntandjump/photos/a.870376969640568.1073741827.300293203315617/1177968432214752/

If you have not seen it before be sure to check out our wish granting program!]]> Snowflake gene onsale now until March 15th! https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/6587/snowflake-gene-onsale-now-until-march-15th Fri, 12 Feb 2016 07:59:11 -0800 Ammit 6587@/forum/discussions

TWO DAYS LEFT TO ORDER!

Snowflake is variation of varnish on appaloosas. It requires two copies to show and will only show on appaloosas. Price is 10 dollars per copy of the gene. Snowflake is only for sale until the 15th of March. After the 15th it will no longer be available to purchase.

How to make a manual purchase

Age 1

Age 3

Age 6

Age 9

Age 12

If you send in a purchase please post below to let me know you sent in a payment. I only have short periods of time I can work right now and am worried about missing people's payments. ]]> Two new backdrops! https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/6762/two-new-backdrops Fri, 19 Feb 2016 07:23:37 -0800 Ammit 6762@/forum/discussions
Check out the Midwinter Pasture and Aurora Blizzard Backdrops

Thanks Heart of Valor for these awesome additions!]]> Get your sweets on for Valentine's Week! https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/6589/get-your-sweets-on-for-valentine039s-week Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:31:51 -0800 Ammit 6589@/forum/discussions

We are celebrating Valentine's day with a week of stuff!

Stuff your barn with candy!

Daily Herd Helper give aways start Sunday the 14th and continue until the 20th. On top of that candy time will be running for this whole week with 100 times increased chance of nagging a candy pony. (The value of candy ponies are now 1 gmt each so that I can give away so many of them).

DP will be available in the GMT lab starting Sunday and will be for sale through the end of February.

I have other secret things also planned. Keep an eye out for them :D]]> Riding Pony and Riding Horse body types! https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/6680/riding-pony-and-riding-horse-body-types Tue, 16 Feb 2016 05:19:03 -0800 Ammit 6680@/forum/discussions
As part of our Valentine's week I am adding a very cool new feature to the game body types! The first one to be released will be the light boned type with Riding Ponies and Riding Horses. Just like real life Riding Horses/Ponies ours have a ton of Arabian blood for refinement. They are of course not Arabians though but their own breed that come with all possible genes and can be interbred with the current warmbloods.

Just like height bone size is inheritable. The more light boned ancestors a horse has the more likley they will produce light boned foals same for medium boned horses.

**NOTE ABOUT TACK: Many tack items will look odd with these guys and manes and tails plain won't work. I need to go through and turn off most of the tack options so you can't buy them for body types they don't work with but I have not had time for that yet. Buy tack at your own risk, it may never show up on light boned horses. I will not be modifying tack to make it fit, different body types will get their own tack/manes/tails etc.
]]> Cloning lab price change https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/6580/cloning-lab-price-change Fri, 12 Feb 2016 04:57:55 -0800 Ammit 6580@/forum/discussions GMT Lab overhauled, appy updated https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/6517/gmt-lab-overhauled-appy-updated Tue, 09 Feb 2016 07:56:56 -0800 Ammit 6517@/forum/discussions
DP is already added to the new lab but it is still secret. It will go on sale Valentines day!

Appy generation has also been updated to the current version. Spot generation is now faster and microspots have also been added. ]]> I'm back! https://mail.develop.huntandjump.com/forum/discussion/6278/i039m-back Sat, 30 Jan 2016 04:59:59 -0800 Ammit 6278@/forum/discussions
>If you had made an important post an on the forum while I was away that needed my response please link it below. I won't see it otherwise.
>Please get bug reports in. That is my first priority.
>Since Christmas plans did not happen my goal is to do them second half of Feb. We will see how that goes but hopefully we will have a nice little tado at that time.

(This message posted with an adorable baby snuggled asleep on my chest)]]>