The first phase of our major Character upgrade has been completed. Our dolls are over 10 years old now and were created in flash. A lot has changed since then and flash is pretty much dead - even YouTube has stopped using it! For us this was a major issue, as flash doesn't load on mobiles or tablets. It has also got slower and more unstable for desktop users too. Characters have switched to PNG images in all parts of the site now and you should already noticed a huge difference in the speed of the site.
There are a few changes. Shops and galleries can no longer have a different experience than profiles. Animated clothing or experiences are static now. If you play Marapets on desktop, flash will still be used at the Lush Fountain and Wardrobe previews. The next phase is the revamp of the Male Doll. We have been busy redrawing and fixing all male clothes. Yesterday we completed 434 male clothes - officially half way done!
The Gonk and Equilor can now wear the Space Fairy Costume. The Equilor and Troit can now wear the Toddler Costume.
We completed a Server Update yesterday without any downtime. For those interested, we have installed Railgun - this cuts down on bandwidth, transfer time, and overall page load times. Railgun caches these differences in memory to make page processing as fast as possible. Marapets now runs even faster than before - we hope you noticed the changes!
The Agatha, Capone, Edwina, Nimble, Sneaky and Tokem can now wear the Ball of Moonlight Yarn.
Ah wait a minute, does that mean that if we sent something for the Fashion Show, we'll have to redraw it for the new male base when it's out and send it again?
I love the Toddler Troit! so adorable. Glad to see the characters getting some well needed attention. Now would love to see some of the older wigs redone.:thumbsup:
Ah wait a minute, does that mean that if we sent something for the Fashion Show, we'll have to redraw it for the new male base when it's out and send it again?
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We redraw them anyways, it's the DESIGN that gets approved after all, so I'd say it's fine, personally. Don't take this as actual confirmation though.
