WWWest-Online Development Blog

From Dentist to Fugitive

krazny — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:33:38 +0000

In my previous post I started telling you the tale of John Henry “Doc” Holliday. I know it’s been a while (and I apologize for that), but let’s pick the story up where we left it. The Education and Consumption of John Henry H Not long after the incidents in Lowndes County, John Henry Holliday packed up [...]

A Legendary Lunger

krazny — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:36:01 +0000

When I was a kid, cowboy costumes were common enough, and we all had cap-guns modeled after six-shooters and old rifles, but we didn’t really know much about the West; we hadn’t even seen any westerns. This probably had something to do with growing up in a country half a world away, with a rather [...]

Oh, Calamity! (cont.)

krazny — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:00:11 +0000

In my last post I started telling the story of Calamity Jane. Rowdy, hard-drinking and rough, Calamity Jane was arguably one of the most iconic characters of the Old West, and without a doubt one of the most notable women of the time, and has secured her place firmly in Western lore. We left [...]

Should We Use Ajax?

Scopti — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:08:40 +0000

I know I promised to write a bit about cross-domain issues, but before I do that, I think we first need to understand some of today’s web technologies and methods. These days almost all web applications are Ajax-powered, and we are no different. In fact, since our main game page has quite a long loading [...]

Dark Clay With A Silver Lining

Stego — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:02:05 +0000

In a previous post I told the story of the California Gold Rush. We thought about telling you about some of the other gold rushes of the era, but none of them were nearly as interesting or influential as the one in California. But then it occurred to us that, since gold wasn’t the only [...]

Oh, Calamity!

krazny — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:03:47 +0000

As stated on our home page, WWWest Online will offer equal opportunities to all players, be they male or female. The real Wild West, however, was not so even a playing field. If I were to ask you to name some famous people from the Wild West, how many men would you name, and how [...]

Mounted Mail

krazny — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:31:47 +0000

America’s a big place. Anyone who’s been there can tell you that. Even if you’re only looking at the area west of the Mississippi, you’ve still got quite a few miles between the Pacific and yourself. And if it seems big now, when we’ve got cars and planes to whisk us across it, imagine how [...]

A Hundred Years Ago, Today

krazny — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:35:05 +0000

We’ve mentioned before that with WWWest-Online, we don’t just want to entertain you; we want to provide some historical information, too. And since, as the saying goes, it’s never too soon to start (or perhaps “there’s no time like the present.” Take your pick…) within the month we will start providing you with tidbits of [...]

That Face Looks Familiar…

krazny — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:34:07 +0000

Whenever you join a new community, be it game, professional network or social platform, one of the first things you are required to do is to pick a picture or avatar to represent yourself. Obviously, you first pick a name, but let’s leave that bit for another post. As with more or less everything on earth, [...]

There Can Be Only Two

Scopti — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:14:24 +0000

If you follow this blog you might have noticed that we talk a lot about the history of the Old West; the history of it all is very important to us, since our game lore is based on it. Having said that, we also care a great deal about today and tomorrow: since we are [...]