NOBLE MASTER GAMES OPENS JAVA GAME TOME

Honolulu, HI - August 19, 2008 — Noble Master Games has created the Java Game Tome, a game showcase platform for Java game developers.

The Java Game Tome is an internet site that focuses entirely on games written in the Java programming language. Games run as Java Applet, Java Webstart or via download. Games are available for all major operating systems including Windows, Macintosh and Linux.

The Java Game Tome showcases and accepts Java games from all genres including Action, Adventure, Arcade, Role Play, Puzzle, Sport, Simulation, Strategy, Education and Casual games. Games are entered by their category including commercial and free games as well as single and multiplayer games. Players can rate and comment on games in the Java Game Tome providing feedback to the developers.

The Java Game Tome is free for both developers submitting their games as well as players viewing, rating and commenting on the games. The Java Game Tome is available at:
http://www.javagametome.com.

Noble Master Games is a Honolulu based company, established in 2006, to serves as a resource for the global gaming community at large.

Thanks to Mercer, a new tournament has been setup: join the King Slayer’s Ransom Tournament!

The tournament is set to start on November 1st and is played on the DaindenByTravisII map. The winner is awarded the AO Stein. Second and third place finishers will receive a bumber sticker.

Again, many thanks to Mercer for sponsoring the event. Feel free to pass around the banner below.

The Java Game Tome is the premier source for all games and fun Java related. The Java Game Tome is a showcase platform for all Java game developers.

…and it has just opened its doors!

Please visit the Tome and support the Java game developers by voting and providing feedback for their games! Thanks for you support.

We are excited to announce the addition of a new set of tournaments! The AO Darkness tournament is played on the Asia map and is scheduled to commence on January 9, 2009. The winner will receive the AO Darkness T-Shirt. Our 3rd International AO Stein Tournament will begin on May 1, 2009. The winner will receive the prestigious Noble Master Stein.

We also added a couple of membership upgrade tournaments. The winner of each tournament wins a free membership upgrade for 2 years. The free membership upgrade tournaments start on the following dates:

• December 29, 2009
• March 5, 2009
• May 15, 2009

All tournaments are free to enter.

Please feel free to use the banners below to advertise the tournaments. Thank you for your support!

Noble Avatar has opened its doors with a free online avatar generator. Pick your personal avatar from over 15 trillion combinations. Spice up your forum, blog, game and online profiles with an avatar combination from Noble Avatar.

Noble Avatar allows customizing gender, head, hair style and accessories. Avatars can be exported as image to your desktop! Try the Java Applet or download the application for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and UNIX.

Web Site: Noble Avatar Generator | Maker | Creator

Avatars by Mei-Li Nieuwland aka Liea - http://liea.deviantart.com.

New Aevum Obscurum 2.6.18 includes an avatar generator for user accounts. From now on all accounts are identifiable not only by username but with a custom avatar. The avatar generator includes male and female heads, hairs, hats and many many other components; currently fifteen trillion combinations are supported, give or take a few!

The actual avatar images were drawn by Mei-Li Nieuwland aka Liea. Liea did an excellent job creating attractive avatar components for both male and female heads.

To thank her, visit her profile at Deviant Art for more information:
http://liea.deviantart.com.

Avatar generator screenshot:

Version 2.6.15 is out and includes a major GUI overhaul. The chat panel has undergone changes allowing for multiple chat channels. There are fixes/bugfixes for various annoyances. The Europe map has been updated to match the interface: bluer water and brighter colors.

It all comes down to making AO prettier, so you don’t have to be ashamed of playing an ugly game in front of your friends!

Let’s welcome the two participants in this blog entry: income and expenses. Turns out, Aevum Obscurum generated about US$2300 gross income in 2007. This includes both membership fees and advertisements where membership fees pose the majority (about 90%).

There wasn’t actually any profit being made. Game server costs run about US$120 per month. That includes a root server and web server. Also, 5% of the actual gross income includes fees imposed by the various financial institutions. Furthermore, some of the money (~US$150) has been given out as tournament prizes. Also not considered are software and graphics acquired as well advertisements paid.

Basically, the profit comes to US$0…

Noble Master Games thanks all its players for the moral and financial support received during 2007.

The latest AO update features a couple of new tournaments:

• Free membership upgrade tournaments (April 15, July 15, October 15)
• The 3rd Aevum Obscurum Championship Tournament (September 4)
• The 2nd International AO Stein Tournament (May 1)

Join now to compete!

AO Stein Tournament banner. Feel free to distribute:

Development of tiicoon is fully underway! chanfan (*) is responsible for all the pretty stuff, while the king (**) is writing the code that eventually puts it all together - we’ll see. Thanks to chanfan’s efforts, it at least looks great so far!

Current tiicoon code progress: Total Lines of Code: 27922

Please note, that those 27922 lines of code do not include comments and line breaks. Including comments and line breaks, the total is about twice as much: ~56000 lines of code. Considering a book with about 50 lines of text per page, we are on page number 1120 and counting…

Aevum Obscurum in comparison is comprised of 58997 lines of code. The total page count comes to over 2000! Still half-way to go for tiicoon.

Current development screenshots (for upcoming version 0.6.0):

* chanfan: Pixeljoint Profile
** king: AO Rating