World of Progress Beta: Need Feedback / Testing

Good afternoon TIGForums,

First off, I'm new here. I've read TIGSource for ages but never posted. However, I've been working on a project for the past few months as my first foray into actually seeing something through. You can view a poor excuse for a dev blog at http://segfaultgames.blogspot.com.

The theme of my project was the "zero-player" genre, made famous by Progress Quest. I loved watching my little character beat things down and buy better stuff. But the personal connection was limited and the interface was bare-bones. Its charm was that I didn't have to do anything in order to reap the rewards, however insignificant they may be.

So I put on my programming cap a few years later and built "World of Progress." It's what's I'd call a Beta now. It's probably got some bugs and it's probably not up everyone's alley, but I wanted to bring Progress Quest into a more attractive wrapper as well as add some immersion into the game.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/5mj4ny5meqm/WofP_Beta_21110.exe

World of Progress is a World of Warcraft themed zero player game. No, you don't actually play WoW, but the character you create performs most of the same functions that one would in the game, including questing, raiding, dungeon runs, and bartering. The magic in this is that the game pulls from the WoWHead item database for loot drops. You character will equip or sell it based on some shaky math in addition to earning achievements and acquiring mounts. All of this leads up to an "Awesomeness Score" that is an aggregate of all of your adventures as well as the pride in knowing that your character has a unique equipment loadout, etc.

Note that World of Progress doesn't play by the rules of WoW (two 2 handed weapons? sure!), nor is it very reverent. It's full of nuances and innuendo that I put forth as a feeble attempt at humor. It's got a little bit of language, too. But I wanted it to be a tongue-in-cheek simulation of some of the thoughts people have while playing WoW. I'd recommend reading the latest Blog entry to see some of the game mechanics before asking my why your character has no attack power or strength...

So without further ado, I submit a World of Progress Beta to you. It's got a ways to go if people show interest and I hope that I don't get a cease and decist letter from Blizzard.

Under the screenie is the link. It's a self extracting EXE that you can extract anywhere on your computer. I suggest putting it on your desktop so you can easily delete it if it sucks

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Thanks for your consideration!

Tr0n

PS -- Some info to meet forum guidelines:

System Reqs: Windows XP/Vista/7 w\ latest .NET Framework.

Type of Feedback: Feedback on the ideas put forth in the game and if it runs on your PC. Suggestions for features will be asked for later.

Failure to introduce oneself in the sticky's post: My bad. I shall shed a tear for my insolence.