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The most recent Looney Pyramid buzz is happening at the [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1239614786052261/ Starship Captains Facebook Group]. Be part of the conversation! |
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There's also a [https://discord.gg/zmjH2Yd fan-run Looney Pyramids discord] |
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== Pyramid Arcade == |
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==Summer 2023: New domain== |
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Wiki page moved to a new domain this summer and work is still on going to update and review the database of games. |
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==February 2021: Raffle Contest by Looney Labs== |
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== Rebirth of the wiki == |
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To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Looney Labs has launched a contest in which players can earn raffle tickets by completing tasks that engage with the brand. Prizes in the raffle consist of [https://www.looneylabs.com/contest rare items], many pyramid-related. Prizes will be announced in greater detail in the coming weeks by Looney Labs. You can [https://gleam.io/ByOvL/looney-labs-first-quarter-rare-item-bucket-raffle register for the contest] here. The last day to enter your raffle tickets will be '''March 28, 2021'''. |
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==New Option for Viewing Games== |
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'''New in 2019''': Two additional options for viewing games: |
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<br>[[Games by Release Year]] This lets users see '''''all''''' pyramid games by their date of release, and will automatically update whenever a new game is added to the Wiki. Currently there are '''{{#ask: |
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}}''' games listed with descriptions for your browsing pleasure. |
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[[Count of Games by Design Stage|Games by Design Stage]] This lets users see '''''all''''' pyramid games by their state of completion, from Initial Design through Playtesting to Complete. This list will automatically update whenever a new game is added to the Wiki. Currently there are '''{{#ask: |
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| ⚫ | After some consideration, we have done a dump and restore of just the latest version of all pages; this loses all history and all user accounts, but preserves the content of the wiki. The old wiki is still available read-only to browse the history |
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[[Year::>1989]] |
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}}''' games listed with descriptions for your browsing pleasure. |
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== Recent New Games and Articles == |
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| ⚫ | If you had an account on the old wiki, you will need to re-create it on this wiki. The actual user pages are preserved, so once you create your account you should get your old user page back. Note that there's nothing stopping someone else from creating an account with your old user name; apologies for that. |
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* [[Nomids]] (2020), playable with [[Pyramid Arcade]], becomes the latest pyramid game to be published. |
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== 700+ pages about |
== 700+ pages about 500+ games == |
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September 2019: the site has grown to include over 500 pyramid games! Thanks to everybody who has helped to make the pyramid community and the Icehouse Wiki grow! |
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== Pyramid Arcade == |
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| ⚫ | Looney Labs ran a [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/looneylabs/pyramid-arcade Kickstarted] project featuring a brand new boxed set of pyramids and tons of neat new other components for pyramid games. They called it [http://www.looneylabs.com/games/pyramid-arcade Pyramid Arcade], and it shipped to customers in late 2016. Check it out if you haven't already, and start playing and designing games with all of these great new components! |
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April 2011: We replaced [[Existing Games]] with two new pages: [[Published Games]] and [[Award-Winning Games]]. All fan-made games, regardless of state of development, are now listed under [[Community Games]]. [[Games Under Development]] no longer lists games directly. If you're a designer, make sure your game didn't get lost in the shuffle. [[What Can I Play?]] was also culled at this time, but new entries are welcome. |
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* Andy Looney's [[IceDice]] becomes the most recent published game. |
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Andy Bond won the 2010 [[Ice Awards|ICE Award]] in June of 2011 for his game design, [[Pyrinoes]]. |
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| ⚫ | After some consideration, we have done a dump and restore of just the latest version of all pages; this loses all history and all user accounts, but preserves the content of the wiki. The old wiki is still available read-only to browse the history at [https://www.icehousegames.org/old-wiki/ https://www.icehousegames.org/old-wiki/]. |
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The 2011 [[Ice Awards]] process is underway! Please see the fan club forum (at Ning) to participate. |
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| ⚫ | If you had an account on the old wiki, you will need to re-create it on this wiki. The actual user pages are preserved, so once you create your account you should get your old user page back. Note that there's nothing stopping someone else from creating an account with your old user name; apologies for that. |
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== Upgrade, With Semantic Annotations == |
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The Great [[Homeworlds]] Tournament of 2020 is beginning. The tournament is held online, so anyone can participate. See [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbYqfJo-XJX6vQrGcKTkQjWOMW9ib7kudlw9ZGreelgiWQLQ/viewform Instructions] for how to register and join. |
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Along with an upgrade to the latest version of MediaWiki (hopefully the image troubles are now sorted), we now support [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki annotations]. [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Introduction_to_Semantic_MediaWiki Instructions and explanations over here.] (Just to forestall any arguments, if you're wondering "which way" to annotate a given property or aspect of something, the officially admin-supported answer is "both, and we'll sort it out later.") - [[User:MiSuBa|misuba]] 02:46, 16 June 2008 (UTC) |
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== Game Infobox Redesign == |
== Game Infobox Redesign == |
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== Older News == |
== Older News == |
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See the [[Project:Site News/Archive]]. |
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Latest revision as of 11:29, 30 April 2024
The most recent Looney Pyramid buzz is happening at the Starship Captains Facebook Group. Be part of the conversation!
There's also a fan-run Looney Pyramids discord
Summer 2023: New domain[edit source]
Wiki page moved to a new domain this summer and work is still on going to update and review the database of games.
February 2021: Raffle Contest by Looney Labs[edit source]
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Looney Labs has launched a contest in which players can earn raffle tickets by completing tasks that engage with the brand. Prizes in the raffle consist of rare items, many pyramid-related. Prizes will be announced in greater detail in the coming weeks by Looney Labs. You can register for the contest here. The last day to enter your raffle tickets will be March 28, 2021.
New Option for Viewing Games[edit source]
New in 2019: Two additional options for viewing games:
Games by Release Year This lets users see all pyramid games by their date of release, and will automatically update whenever a new game is added to the Wiki. Currently there are 561 games listed with descriptions for your browsing pleasure.
Games by Design Stage This lets users see all pyramid games by their state of completion, from Initial Design through Playtesting to Complete. This list will automatically update whenever a new game is added to the Wiki. Currently there are 561 games listed with descriptions for your browsing pleasure.
Recent New Games and Articles[edit source]
- Nomids (2020), playable with Pyramid Arcade, becomes the latest pyramid game to be published.
- Nickel (2020), Xero-G (2019), Override (2019), Elemental Towers (2018), and WarpShips (2018) are the newest fan-made games. Check them out!
700+ pages about 500+ games[edit source]
September 2019: the site has grown to include over 500 pyramid games! Thanks to everybody who has helped to make the pyramid community and the Icehouse Wiki grow!
Pyramid Arcade[edit source]
Looney Labs ran a Kickstarted project featuring a brand new boxed set of pyramids and tons of neat new other components for pyramid games. They called it Pyramid Arcade, and it shipped to customers in late 2016. Check it out if you haven't already, and start playing and designing games with all of these great new components!
Rebirth of the wiki[edit source]
Due to some technical issues with upgrading MediaWiki, the software for this wiki had not been upgraded in years. Eventually, upgrades of PHP on the web host led to the wiki to stop working entirely.
After some consideration, we have done a dump and restore of just the latest version of all pages; this loses all history and all user accounts, but preserves the content of the wiki. The old wiki is still available read-only to browse the history at https://www.icehousegames.org/old-wiki/.
If you had an account on the old wiki, you will need to re-create it on this wiki. The actual user pages are preserved, so once you create your account you should get your old user page back. Note that there's nothing stopping someone else from creating an account with your old user name; apologies for that.
Current Contests[edit source]
The Great Homeworlds Tournament of 2020 is beginning. The tournament is held online, so anyone can participate. See Instructions for how to register and join.
Game Infobox Redesign[edit source]
Can you help us improve our venerable infobox, Template:Infobox Game? The new infobox should have available the list of parameters shown on Talk:Infobox, although it doesn't need to use all of them. See Talk:Infobox for the discussion.
Older News[edit source]
See the Project:Site News/Archive.