ActionSoft and Midnight Mansion's future

[VernJensen]

I just checked, and the source code backup I have is ONLY of Midnight Mansion. It doesn't include other things required, such as SpriteWorld (the animation library), and it's also the old non-HD version.

Better to wait until I get my stuff back out of storage, as what I have wouldn't be that useful.

[triforceguy1]

Nice to see that you are still alive Vern

[josephine]

Hi Vern! Thanks for checking in, and for the explanation. MM is one of my all-time favorite games EVER, still hoping someday we get a new version

[RobSeegel]

It feels like it's been forever, but I remember being really interested in the mansion builder code. Not so much to recreate the old builder exactly, but to re-implement it in a different language. Some of the lower-level, non-ui details would have been helpful.

I hope everyone's doing Ok. I was feeling nostalgic and went to look at the high score list and saw that they weren't operational anymore. :'(

I still occasionally play the last release, and it's really too bad that the Haunted Hills never got the same treatment as the original. I really loved some of those mansions and some of the enhanced features.

[Semi-Native]

Hi Rob. Good to hear from you. I hope you're doing well.

[RobSeegel]

I'm doing pretty good. It feels like a lot of life has happened since I was last active on the forum. Nice to see it still here. I browsed through the messages and it seems like people found plenty of creative ways to keep playing. How are you doing?

[VernJensen]

Yep, my web host changed servers on me a while back and broke everything... including my online order system. I got that working again, then they made more changes and broke it AGAIN.

I hope to get online scores working again... once I get automated order processing back up.

[VernJensen]

If you haven't seen it yet, read my big announcement here!

https://www.actionsoft.com/announcement/

Short version: I'm porting Midnight Mansion to the web, so I can support it better moving forward. Lots of big plans, including eventually a new Level Builder (that I'll be rewriting from scratch) and a port of Midnight Mansion 2, and then brand-new features.

Feel free to ask questions / post comment here.

I'm sorry I've been so lacking in support and communication all these years. I hope the announcement helps explain some of that.