ITS HERE! The MAMMOTH Update Release notes

 

The wait is finally over, and our biggest update yet is out!

Here are the Update release notes so yall can see the latest changes:

The FusionFall Blog 3.0 Update: RETRO Revolution

New stuff, features and Major changes.
- 3 new pages! Visit The Deckshop for new PvZH decks! See the best of the best
racers on Racing Champions! Or see the old developer journals thru the Developer
Archives!
- New Series! Throwback Thursday showcases the old stuff from FFL, like old POTDs,
Videos and more! Every Thursday at a local PC or Phone.
- New Schedule! No more PvZH and UB Funkeys, and our last schedule change for 2017. This is to return to our main focus of the blog: FusionFall.
- New Pages UI! Now the pages have images which you can click to access them. This is to make them more easily accesible and give more emphasis on them.
- All posts from here on out will now contain a little image on the top to indicate the series. This is to easily identify them and give a neat look to the featured posts!
- Front page (Home) now shows 5 posts instead of 10. This is to reduce the loading time on pages and reduce load times for slow computers and phones.


Semi-Major and Minor Changes
- "Popular Blog Entries" is now named "Featured Posts".
- "FFB Schedule" is now named "FusionFall Blog Schedule" and is now featured on text rather than on an image for easier reading.
- "Dexlabs Time Machine" is now named "Dexlabs Time Capsule", and shows up in a different form.
- "Recent Code" is now named "Latest Code".
- The Twitter ad that takes you to our Twitter has been redesigned and now includes Nano Edd!
- Removed the "+1 Button"
- Removed the "Pages" gadget because of the inclusion of the new Pages UI.
- It seems that Trick-Or-Treater forgot to get rid of all the candy hidden around! All candy has been removed.
- Most pages have received a new banner! Any that didnt get one this update will get them next update.
- "The FusionFall Chat" is now named "The FusionFall XAT Room"
- General updates to the images in the devblogs, as some of them were WAY too big and would get out of the blog´s main frame easily.

Goodbye, The FusionFall Blog Early 2016-End of 2017! (Memories)

NO! ITS NOT ENDING! The blog atleast. lol.
Its time to say goodbye to an era of The FusionFall Blog, and enter a new and better era of The FusionFall Blog, where we got new features and things. We cant just let it go in silence! So lets go back thru memory lane and remember this era, which i like to call "2.0".

Thru this 2.0 era we had to deal with crazy guys wearing Skeleton costumes, a huge summer party, so many devblogs and POTDs, controversies, community projects, posts, Twitter, decks, figurines, weird knights, Dodos, Kermit, and delays, but we have finally reached the end.

Honestly, this era was one of our biggest ever. Not only did the blog grew exponentially, but also got to meet and see alot of people, whether thru social media or IRL. I managed to learn how to control a blog with such massive size, and it all started with a little Character Creation Demo. Just shows how far some stuff can get ya.

I want yall to tell me: What was your favorite moment of the 2.0 era? What was your least favorite? What did you like? What did you dislike? What would you like to see in the next era? What would you NOT LIKE to see in the next era?

And with that, i would like to say goodbye to an era that defined this blog: 2.0. It was a great journey everyone. And now we are going 17k strong into the next era...

3.0: The RETRO Revolution

 

This next era will be big, as we will finally get RETRO! Hence the name "The RETRO Revolution". RETRO is finally gonna bring back FusionFall out of the shadows and make it popular again! And with this huge era of changes, it was obvious i had to change the logo (well we didnt even had one but STILL)! Heres the new, improved logo!

Now you may be wondering when is it coming out? I would like to announce that its coming...

TOMORROW, November 12th, 2017!

Tomorrow marks the big change. Get ready everyone.

And with that, i say goodbye to 2.0. It was an amazing journey everyone.

See you on the other side.

~Plants10000

#remember2.0

FFR mini update! NPCs are fully working!

Ok this isnt a devblog or anything really, but it is something that wasnt mentioned. Turns out NPCs are fully working in The Future!
Heres a post that was made by Kevman95 on the threat about the most recent devblog:

"We are just showing that NPCs are all there and working as intended. From what i remember we didnt really show them in the previous update video"

"NPCs are all there and working as intended..."

And this is true! Take a look at Computress in the last devblog:


As ya can see: Shes there and is giving out the "Spawn Spree" World Mission. Its actually true!
Who would have thought?




Anyways. This will be the last post before the major update so...
Been nice knowing the old blog.
Bon-Voyage, 2016-2017 FFB... We will always remember you :,)

~Plants10000

New page UI and New Pages! New Schedule and series! The MAMMOTH Update Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of our MAMMOTH update! This time we are taking a look at Page changes and Schedule changes. Lets get started!

New Page UI
The page looks are being changed! Now you will see them at the top rather than at the sides, and with big, nice icons! Heres a concept of it (Note: It wont be like that in the final design)

 

The main pages will be at the top, while "secondary" or other pages will go at the bottom. We will give priority to pages now and will update them with any new posts that are related to them (by adding a link to them).

New pages!
This time around we are debuting 3 new pages! These pages kinda count like series too!

Racing Champions

Back in early 2017 we introduced this series where we would see the best racing scores and give prizes to the top spot each week. Now we are changing it to be bi-weekly (every 2 weeks, so 2 times a month), and we are adding a dedicated page to the series. The format is still the same.

 

The Deckshop

While i did say that we were removing PvZH content, that doesnt mean i can make it a separate series! I have been active over at the PvZH Decks website, and thought of sharing my decks here as well! These wont have a schedule as to when they will be released. Its just a on the side thing i like to do! Just like Racing Champions, The Deckshop will have its own page as well to archive the decks!

The Dev Archives

The final new page is what we call The Dev Archives! A page where you can revisit all the old devblogs, both from before FFU and after! Out of all of these it wont be a series as Devblogs can come out at any point and at any date and day, thus we just made it an archive.

New Schedule!

And now its time for our last schedule change of 2017! This will be the new schedule once the update comes out:

Monday: POTD + Racing Champions

Tuesday: FusionFall 101

Wednesday: POTD + Character Bios

Thursday: Throwback Thursday

Friday: POTD + Item Showcase

Saturday: Monster Bios + FusionFall Videos

Sunday: FusionFall Weekly + POTD Analysis

New series: Throwback Thursday!

Throwback Thursday is a new series where we go back and see something old! Whether its an old POTD, an old video and more! Its a real fun series i guarantee you.

This was Day 2! Stay tuned for Day 3!

~Plants10000

New pics and layout! "The MAMMOTH Update" Day 1

Welcome to the 1st day of what i decided to call "The MAMMOTH update". Why MAMMOTH? Because its huge! Lets check the upcoming changes.

New blog layout
Say "Bon Voyage" to the current blog layout! This layout we have had since early 2016! Its time for a change dont you think? The new layout will be alot more compact on some sides and will allow more room for the main part of the blog: Posts.

Image may not represent the final product. Subject to change!

New pics!

 Pages and posts will now have new pictures! Posts will have an image to represent the series it is like before, while pages will have these and banners too! Really neat and my favorite thing ive made so far on the update.

 

Other stuff

Events and mini-events will remain the same, but of course the blog design will have the new overhauled look!

Thats all for this day! Stay tuned for Day 2!

~Plants10000

FFB Winter 2017 Updates!

Time for the seasonal update post! This time we are tackling the cold of Winter, and all that we will bring for the last months of 2017!

Lets begin with General blog improvements. Our goal this time around is to get back to the main focus of the blog, which is FusionFall. With all the UB Funkeys and PvZH posts the blog got diverted from Fusionfall. The reason UB and PvZ were included in the post lineup was simply cuz there were little to no updates on FusionFall RETRO and Legacy. Now with Weekly Devblogs being a thing and the release of the future coming soon, i think it was time to get back to the focus of the blog.

Im just gonna get this outta the way: No more PvZH and UB Funkeys Posts. They had their course but now its time to get back to the main deal: FusionFall. I will still feature PvZH but in a very minor way, which you will see soon (Hint: They wont be in posts).

Next: Blog overhaul. Not just in design like with our events, but in look. We´ve had the same look since early 2016. Its almost 2018, which means we´ve had the same look for 1 year and a half. Its time to change, and im sure yall will like it.

Another change is Minor post changes. Remember the little pictures i would place on the top of posts? Those are being brought back! For now they will only be used for Devblog posts, but expect them on more posts once the update hits.

Finally there will be some Schedule and quality of life changes coming as well. I wont spoil the quality of life changes but i can say that this upcoming schedule will be the final change for 2017, unless something occurs.

With that said, i hope you found this interesting. Expect the changes soon enough!
~Plants10000

FFR Weekly Updates! #1: Shard Migration!

Looks like the months of waiting paid off!
Heres what was said by Womayhem in the latest Devblog:


Hey everyone! As we approach the release of FusionFall Retro’s future update, we are going to be releasing weekly updates detailing the features that we’ve been hard at work on over the past few months.

Today, we will be going over an exciting feature we like to call “Shard Migration”.

Rather than getting the “Network Close” popup that you are all accustomed to, Shard Migration takes effect when the game server (also known as the shard) becomes unavailable. You will get a popup to notify you while it attempts to find a new shard to move you over to automatically. This prevents you from having to restart the game and login again. This feature also removes the possibility of the game crashing when you warp to a buddy (which was quite frequent in the original). No action is necessary, a short loading screen appears and you will automatically resume at the same position on the new shard.

Here’s the popup that will appear when the Shard you’re playing on becomes unavailable:





Once a new shard has been found, you will be greeted with this message:





Note: This system has not been finalized and is subject to change.

We will be doing weekly updates until the release of the Future.
That’s all for this week, stay tuned next week for our next FusionFall Retro news post!

Im just gonna point out the obvious: Weekly Updates

That is just amazing! And it means we will get RETRO real soon. I love this feature as Network closes were some of the most annoying bugs and problem in FF.

Also, i will later make a post detailing our plans for Winter 2017. I can guarantee its alot, and you might like it!

~Plants10000

PvZ Heroes decks!

It seems like the ruler of this world has made some interesting battle strategies and decks! 

Heres his link, humans: http://pvzheroesdecks.com/user/Plants10000/

Go check his decks out, and give him gold (upvotes) and praise! Or criticism, whether you liked the deck or not.

Item Showcase: KNDefense Shirt

Hello and welcome back people of this world called “internet”! Today I want to showcase one of the many battle armours me and my people use on the battlefield: The KNDefense Shirt!

"Defend yourself and the world in this armored top, made entirely of recycled materials"

This great shirt provides great defenses for the young fighter. It gives a total of 85 points of Defense to its wearer, and makes you look good too! The only downside is that only the most trained and agile youngsters will obtain it, as it is a Super-Rare item. Start grinding for one today and join our great kingdom!

A lost Knight.

Hello? Anyone here?

Oh no! It looks like a Knight was left behind by Trick or Treater and Pumpking. What will he do?

Where did everyone went? Wheres Trick-Or-Treater? Wheres my king? Where is everyone?!

Oh look! A computer! Havent seen one of these in ages since their invention in the 1700s, back when i was a young knight! Maybe this will help me send a message of help to my king.

*10 mins later*

There we go. This should be good enough to send help.

“Dear lord and king Pumpking

I appear to be stuck in some sort of dungeon. I need your help in getting out. Can you please send some of your army to my rescue?

Thank you.

The Grand Knight of The Living Dead”

So… Now what.

…

Oh would you look at this! It seems this artifact has some sort of other world inside it. Maybe it can help me contact more people to my rescue!

Seems like its king left a note…

“Reminder: Get to business again and no slacking off.

~Plants10000”

Seems like this Plants10000 is the king of this world. How interesting.

Maybe if I do better than him I can become king myself! Ive always wanted to become a king with a huge spirit to fight after all! This is my chance!

Dont worry my king! I will bring victory once again! For our kingdom! HURRAH.