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The State of The Wyvern Inaugural Address

Greetings, Adventurers and thank you for reading the inaugural edition of The State of the Wyvern. The State of the Wyvern is a periodical that will drop every few weeks that snapshots the state of Tale of the White Wyvern, highlight certain games and player rankings as well as talk about recent changes to the games and our plans. We're also open to hearing what you think about the game as it moves through time so feel free to chip in your thoughts.

Current Player Leaderboards

Tale of the White Wyvern has a few in-game places where you can see how players are currently ranked. The first is the current player rankings you can view by (L)ist Players -> (S)ee all... Read All

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 08/03/2019 at 08:56pm

Thanks for the State! GG top players!

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 08/03/2019 at 11:30pm

I tried to put my horse armor on Tiberius, but he just ended up killing me. Be warned, Tiberius does not like to horse around.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 08/04/2019 at 05:35pm

So far, it's going great! I'm really enjoying the game!

Tim wrote on 08/09/2019 at 10:40pm

The game is great, I forgot how much I enjoyed playing these kinds of games.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 08/11/2019 at 05:13pm

What’a the secret to leveling up so fast? Is it player fights?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/11/2019 at 05:44pm

> What’a the secret to leveling up so fast? Is it player fights?

Yep. PvP is a pretty big experience boost. With that, you have to balance it with not being equipped properly. For instance you can level faster but if you don't have a high enough weapon or armor, forest fight become hard. So it's a push and pull thing.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 08/11/2019 at 06:08pm

Thx!

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 08/12/2019 at 02:17pm

Seriously, I've been stuck at level 4 for a while now because I had enough exp to level up, but now not good enough equipment to beat the level 4 master lol

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 08/12/2019 at 04:27pm

I’ve been through that, Adam.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 08/12/2019 at 04:40pm

PvP nets you a crazy amount of XP when you win. The hardest part is keeping gear leveled with you.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 08/13/2019 at 04:28pm

The addition of the outhouse is most welcomed. The forest was getting pretty nasty with everyone doing their business out there! :P

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/13/2019 at 04:42pm

> The addition of the outhouse is most welcomed.

All Travis and I work on are the most important things for the game!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/13/2019 at 04:43pm

🤣

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The Original Hype Launch Campaign: Get Your Free Wyvern DLC!

Jon and I want to thank everyone for checking out Tale of the White Wyvern, it was an incredible amount of fun! Now, after giving you all a taste of the game, we are going to be sharing the game with the larger world, and if you help us you can earn some free in-game DLC! Starting today, if you retweet or share the game on Facebook or Reddit, we will send you an Original Hype DLC code for 500 gold, 2 gems and the Original Hype player title!

Cheerful Ghost Tweet to RT:
https://mobile.twitter.com/_cheerfulghost/status/1155849834366156800

If you shared the game on Facebook or Reddit let us know in the comments and we will message you the DLC code privately here on Cheerful... Read All

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/29/2019 at 05:20pm

I shared on Facebook and tagged Jon.

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/29/2019 at 06:34pm

DLC code message to you Greg!

Thanks!

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/29/2019 at 07:23pm

Thank you! :)

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/29/2019 at 07:23pm

🐉

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/30/2019 at 06:06am

Wait a second...Travis said "for 1,500 gold," (see line four of this post) but the screen shows 500. I think you have a typo in this post, Travis, or you owe me 1,000 gold haha.

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/30/2019 at 12:21pm

Oh right, that’s a mistake in the post it’s supposed to be 500 gold not 1500.

Button_Smasher wrote on 07/30/2019 at 01:31pm

I just retweeted - @rzbreaks twitter account.

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/30/2019 at 06:45pm

Code messaged to you. Thanks Smasher!

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 08/02/2019 at 05:22pm

"Young Billy" hit me with his "Smashed Pumpkins." LOL I get that one!

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Play Tale of the White Wyvvern Right Now!

Tale of the White Wyvern is a text based, high fantasy, sword and magic adventure mini-MMO that you can play with your friends, and is finally here and ready for you to play by heading over to https://thewhitewyvern.com! We’ve spent the last few months working hard on the game and are happy you can finally play it! We also wanted your first day in game to go smoothly so we created a Let’s Play you can watch above to get a taste for what to expect in game!

Tale of the White Wyvern is in open beta, so let us know if you have any questions or run into any bugs. We have instructions you can read before you play from the game menu, and we also offer tips along the way to... Read All

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/28/2019 at 03:24pm

🐉🐉🐉

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 07/28/2019 at 04:34pm

Thanks for making this Jon & Travis!

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/28/2019 at 04:52pm

What's the difference between staying at the Inn (which costs $400) and just logging out while in the Town Square? It seems you could save money by doing the latter, but I'm assuming that would leave you vulnerable to attack. It also seems you can attack people who are in the bar? The bartender said you can call someone down and they'll get first hit. Can you clear this up for me?

Personal request: would it be possible to get a custom color scheme? Maybe we could create one in the game. I don't have a problem w/ the color scheme, I'm just curious if it'd be possible to change it to something other than the other included themes.

Also are you going to be sending out the social media hype link and rewards?

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/28/2019 at 05:19pm

> What's the difference between staying at the Inn (which costs $400) and just logging out while in the Town Square? It seems you could save money by doing the latter, but I'm assuming that would leave you vulnerable to attack. It also seems you can attack people who are in the bar? The bartender said you can call someone down and they'll get first hit. Can you clear this up for me?

It's pretty much as you say. Plus:

* You can only attack people at your level or higher or one below you. So level 5 can attack 5 and up and level 4 but no one level 1-3.
* Staying in the Fields (quitting the game normally) makes you able to be attacked by people (with the rules above)
* You can pay to stay in the Inn (400 gold * level). This means people have to spend money to Call you Out plus you get one bonus. If you stay in the Inn you always get the first attack(to give the Inn a further bonus). (with same level rules above)

> Personal request: would it be possible to get a custom color scheme? Maybe we could create one in the game. I don't have a problem w/ the color scheme, I'm just curious if it'd be possible to change it to something other than the other included themes.

It's something Travis and I will add to the list. With that, what color scheme are you thinking about?

> Also are you going to be sending out the social media hype link and rewards?

That's going out on the 29th so check back tomorrow for more information on that!

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/28/2019 at 05:39pm

ALSO your Inn stay lasts until you log in next and experience a new day. Then you need to rent another room.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 07/28/2019 at 05:42pm

Does staying at the inn regen health?

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/28/2019 at 05:49pm

Thanks for the clarifications. So, if you log out while in town, you're in the fields while logged out?

The color scheme I have in mind is a black background with blue text and purple for the highlights (like the parenthesis "()" surrounding letters/keys to press to activate action). I was surprised and pleased to find out that it's not just a keyboard game, but it's also point and click. :)

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/28/2019 at 06:02pm

> Does staying at the inn regen health?

No. You can heal at Helga's to pay to regen health. Also you regen health when a new game day hits. Also you have a random chance to regen health in the forest.

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/28/2019 at 06:05pm

> Thanks for the clarifications. So, if you log out while in town, you're in the fields while logged out?

Yep. Stepping away from the game at any point drops you to the fields.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 07/28/2019 at 06:05pm

Cool. Thx for the info.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 07/28/2019 at 06:06pm

I played my first day, and was totally transported to high school (other than the fact that I was playing on my phone lol).

Travis and Jon, you two have done a fantastic job creating this game! It honestly feel super good playing it!

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/28/2019 at 06:07pm

❤️🐉

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/28/2019 at 06:19pm

> I played my first day, and was totally transported to high school (other than the fact that I was playing on my phone lol).

That's the basis of what I have going on in my head about creating a marketing message. Something like (in a deep voice) take a trip back to 1995, the era of the BBS. Cheerful Ghost brings you a game reminiscent of your favorite BBS games. Come check out Tale of the White Wyvern.

Something like that anyway.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/28/2019 at 07:48pm

I was leaving the forest and was attacked by something and couldn't run away (I didn't want to anyway). I killed it and now I have -1 fights. :( Will I lose one when they're replenished or will it just refill?

I was having trouble withdrawing all from the bank. It said "enter nothing for all" and I didn't input anything and I withdrew 0, tried again, same thing, was reporting the "bug," tried it again and it worked. Maybe I didn't do it right until the last time.

Oh, ok, now after depositing all w/ the "deposit all" button, I tried to withdraw 800. I typed "800" in the text box. It said I withdrew 0, but that I had 800 on hand. I don't know if there's some kind of bug/discrepancy or I just did something wrong. In the end it works out.

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/28/2019 at 08:03pm

> I was leaving the forest and was attacked by something and couldn't run away (I didn't want to anyway). I killed it and now I have -1 fights. :( Will I lose one when they're replenished or will it just refill?

You get all 25 at the new day.

> I was having trouble withdrawing all from the bank. It said "enter nothing for all" and I didn't input anything and I withdrew 0, tried again, same thing, was reporting the "bug," tried it again and it worked. Maybe I didn't do it right until the last time.

Should be fixed now.

> Oh, ok, now after depositing all w/ the "deposit all" button, I tried to withdraw 800. I typed "800" in the text box. It said I withdrew 0, but that I had 800 on hand. I don't know if there's some kind of bug/discrepancy or I just did something wrong. In the end it works out.

Should be fixed now.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 07/28/2019 at 08:30pm

Greg, it's possible you were doing all those deposit/withdraw steps while we were actively squashing a bug there.

Everyone, thanks for joining up and playing, it's fun seeing a ton of people enjoying this game.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/29/2019 at 07:38am

> No. You can heal at Helga's to pay to regen health. Also you regen health when a new game day hits. Also you have a random chance to regen health in the forest.

You regen some health, right? I just logged in and I'm missing some health. Although I wasn't sure if I had stayed at the inn when I first wrote this comment, I now know that I did, because I tried to buy a room and it said "no need to pay twice."

Also, I'm sure a new in-game has started, but I only had 1 fight. :( Time is currently 3:35AM EST.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 07/29/2019 at 02:05pm

I think it missed that midnight new day. I had 0 fights and could still sleep in my room.

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/29/2019 at 02:11pm

> I think it missed that midnight new day. I had 0 fights and could still sleep in my room.

Yeah, somehow the new day didn't trigger. I manually ran it this morning. Should be good now!

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 07/29/2019 at 02:32pm

thx Jon!

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/29/2019 at 07:25pm

I thought it was funny when I killed "Travis the Barbarian," but killing "Red Neck" really made me LOL.

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/29/2019 at 07:25pm

> Travis the Barbarian

I have a few Travis references in the game.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 07/29/2019 at 10:29pm

I sprinkled in a couple Travis references in the bits of lore I wrote, but they’re somewhat esoteric. One is easier to spot than the other.

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/29/2019 at 10:32pm

> I sprinkled in a couple Travis references ...

IT'S RAINING TRAVIS!

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/30/2019 at 01:10am

> I sprinkled in a couple Travis references in the bits of lore I wrote, but they’re somewhat esoteric. One is easier to spot than the other.

Dude, "esoteric!" I wrote a play in high school for a class project and it was totally esoteric! One of my recent game reviews has an esoteric title. :) (Yes, I did look up the meaning of "esoteric" as I've heard of it before, but didn't remember/know what it meant.) Mostly what I'm talking about are music references.

I'm still finding it humorous that I killed "Red Neck." I feel like I stomped all over his "Don't Tread on Me" flag/license plate.

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Tale of The White Wyvern Launches July 28th!

In January, Jon and I started development on Tale of the White Wyvern, one of the coolest things we’ve made together, and this July 28th you will all be able to play it! Since the launch date is right around the corner we wanted to talk to you about how the launch will happen, more information about awesome launch day rewards, some information about how gems and in-game partnerships will work, as well as special Cheerful Ghost Member exclusives!

Tale of the White Wyvern Cheerful Ghost Launch on July 28th
We want to launch the game for users of Cheerful Ghost on July 28th as a thank you for being with us for the last seven years! Truely, Tale of the White Wyvern is a... Read All

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 07/15/2019 at 04:29pm

I plan on playing on the 28th.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/15/2019 at 06:14pm

I plan on playing on the 28th.

jaelte wrote on 07/16/2019 at 02:35am

Count me for playing on Sunday, July 28th.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 07/16/2019 at 03:51am

I hope to get some horse armor.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 07/17/2019 at 05:43am

This is seriously very exciting. I can't wait to play on the 28th!

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/20/2019 at 03:38am

Awesome, thanks everyone!

> I hope to get some horse armor.

We'll see what we can do.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/20/2019 at 03:50am

>> I hope to get some horse armor.

>We'll see what we can do.

Oh! Like Minecraft! Give me some Diamond Horse Armor! Hehe

On a more serious note, I think some one should create an event for this. :)

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/24/2019 at 04:53pm

https://i.imgur.com/aGy2X6R.png

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/27/2019 at 03:00pm

🐉 happy Tale of the White Wyvern launch eve! 👻

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/27/2019 at 06:57pm

When exactly is the launch? Is it 12:00AM PT?

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/28/2019 at 04:04am

Hey Greg. I'd love to do a midnight launch but we didn't have that in the plan. Mostly likely we will do that for our next game.

We're planning on Noon PT tomorrow. But that said, I'm hoping to push it live before Noon PT tomorrow and if I do i'll post to the site right away about it.

Chowda wrote on 07/28/2019 at 05:15am

Oh hey everyone. I'll join you on the 28th :)

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/28/2019 at 05:40am

🎉

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Tale of the White Wyvern Development: Three Character Classes

Hey everyone. It's been a quick few weeks since we first dropped the first details of Tale of the White Wyvern and it was fun to see people in the community excited about playing it! As we put the finishing touches on the game for the upcoming beta I wanted to let you know a few more details a bit at a time to give you a taste of what to expect when the game launches.

How Player Leveling Works

In Tale of the White Wyvern you spend your daily turns per day fighting enemies in the forest to gain experience, gold and if you are lucky you may find some gems. Once you gain enough experience and feel you are powerful enough you can go to Tarbreth's Adventurer Training and... Read All

Tale of the White Wyvern, a New Game From Cheerful Ghost

We are very excited to announce Cheerful Ghost’s first game, Tale of the White Wyvern! Tale of the White Wyvern is a text based, high fantasy, sword and magic adventure mini-MMO that you can play with your friends! We were inspired by old-school BBS/text games such as Legend of the Red Dragon, Adventure, Zork, and Usurper.

We’re going to jump right in and show you about the game starting with the main game hub, the Town Square.

The Town Square
https://i.imgur.com/Mch5EyI.png

The Town Square is the main area of the Tale of the White Wyvern where you can do anything in game. Do you want to check out the latest armor and weapons, King Frosthelm’s Weaponry and Asadi’s Armor... Read All

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 06/03/2019 at 02:37pm

I HAVE ACHIEVED MAXIMUM HYPE!

Seriously though, this looks fantastic, and a great throwback tribute to a classic. I can't wait to play!

jdodson Admin wrote on 06/03/2019 at 03:38pm

https://i.imgur.com/z0YaicJ.jpg

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 06/03/2019 at 05:03pm

Looking forward to it. I am still surprised that my monthly patreon does not put food on the table.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 06/03/2019 at 11:11pm

Sounds cool. The title sounds similar to Legend of the Red Dragon. The game looks somewhat similar, also reminds me of Usurper, games I played back in the BBS days.

jdodson Admin wrote on 06/03/2019 at 11:27pm

Tale of the White Wyvern is a love letter / homage to Legend of the Red Dragon for sure. I view it similarly to games that have come recently like Stardew Valley or any of the "Doom Clones" that permeate the industry. Thing is those are just shooters now and no one seems to make LORD clones, but hopefully we start a trend

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 06/04/2019 at 06:08pm

Yeah good call Greg, I updated the post to reflect that. We cover it in the podcast but not everyone will hear that.

BrothersForgeGaming wrote on 06/25/2019 at 09:28pm

Two questions; When can I play this, and when can I play this!? I am a huge fan of text based gaming and this idea couldn't be more exciting!! I fully understand the time constraint issues plaguing us adult gamers. Quick hit games seem to be the way to go when time is a factor. One of the characteristics of retro gaming I enjoy is simplicity. Modern gaming can be all to complicated and often times I give up a few minutes into a game knowing I will never have time for it. I know you touched on this, and I am currently not a Patron contributor, but I would really like to get my hands on an early access pass. It would be my pleasure to promote and review this game on our channel. Either way, I'll look forward to seeing the finished product.

jdodson Admin wrote on 06/26/2019 at 10:19pm

> Two questions; When can I play this, and when can I play this!?

Love the question. I really don't love dropping a date when it's a game we're working on in our spare time because things could happen that change it. That said, should be pretty soon and when we do it we'll drop it on social and here!

> I would really like to get my hands on an early access pass.

If that's something we do i'll let you know. Currently, the plan is to bring it into Beta as soon as possible and my current thought is i'm not sure what a closed beta would do.

My thinking on that is a few fold:

1. I want more people to play this much sooner. A closed beta with a few people would be good to get some private feedback. That said, since the game is VERY time based (you get forest fights every X real world hours) then if we had it to a few weeks that would be a few weeks that only a limited amount of people could play it.

Actually, that's really it, I want everyone to play it sooner so our current thinking, and this changed a few days after we posted this, is an open beta sooner for anyone that wants to partake. Also, the game won't be reset and we'll just balance things as we move on so people don't lose progress.

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The Future Of Cheerful Ghost - Our First Game Is Coming!

Travis and I have been working over the last two months and finally happy to announce that Cheerful Ghost is in development of it's first game! In 2018 we launched our games BBS featuring the best open source web games you can play as the first step in us getting to the point of creating our own games. Each of the games we launched on our BBS so far are single player games and we think that what makes Cheerful Ghost great is hanging out with other users so each game we create ourselves will be multiplayer at their core.

What Are You Making?

We're not quite ready to drop the full details of our upcoming game yet, but I do want to talk about a few things. Firstly, as I... Read All