So it's just under 2 weeks since the initial trade went through on Thursday 26th of November - Thanks Giving Day! I'm not American so I don't really celebrate it but I do like turkey. I also think its an apt date for us to mark as a day to look back in twelve months time and review what we've accomplished.
I'm going to use this space to talk about what we've been doing and share what plans I can. There will always be things that I cannot share but I will endeavor to be as transparent as I can. With that in mind below are some of the things that we've been up to:
The Team
I've been working hard on getting the right people in place and doing the right things for Monria. Some of these you will see in game, some on the forum and some you will never meet (as they think this whole thing is crazy). I've been spending time cashing in favors and intoxicating friends to get the best advice and support that I can.
Community Initiatives
This is central to our strategy with Monria and some ideas and plans we've been working on include:
This will be a tough nut to crack but we are aiming for a steady and continuous flow of new player sign ups.
I will continue to spend on developing Monria.
We're looking at possibilities to add to the unique atmosphere and a couple of options have been considered:
Small tweaks, changes & fixes
Ant
I'm going to use this space to talk about what we've been doing and share what plans I can. There will always be things that I cannot share but I will endeavor to be as transparent as I can. With that in mind below are some of the things that we've been up to:
The Team
I've been working hard on getting the right people in place and doing the right things for Monria. Some of these you will see in game, some on the forum and some you will never meet (as they think this whole thing is crazy). I've been spending time cashing in favors and intoxicating friends to get the best advice and support that I can.
Community Initiatives
This is central to our strategy with Monria and some ideas and plans we've been working on include:
- Community Advisers Program - We want to support the work done by the existing team and extend it
- Monria Participants Board - A representative board of Monrians given the support to make our moon fun, chaired by the Chief Fun Officer!
- Monria Free Space Travel Program - Its free and we have a Mothership
- Events - We want regular events, we want the community to run events and we want a way to run those events...
This will be a tough nut to crack but we are aiming for a steady and continuous flow of new player sign ups.
- Budget in place for the next 12 months marketing campaign
- Test Marketing started with a mix of demographic targeted ads and MMO Banner ad campaigns
- A/B testing based on analytical data
- Social Media and Content strategy being worked through
- Basic SEO enhancements and Analytics enhanced
I will continue to spend on developing Monria.
- Annual development budget in place
- Analyzing community feedback to drive priorities and gather a wish list
- I cannot reveal anything and this aspect is all on me but I felt another bullet point was in order
We're looking at possibilities to add to the unique atmosphere and a couple of options have been considered:
- Sourcing game music to re-enforce Monria's identity
- Setting up a licensed online radio stream - with Christmas horror music (j/k)
Small tweaks, changes & fixes
- Forum changes to structure and content
- Hosting upgraded
- Fixed the 6 second delay on website load
- some re-directs and caching changes
- adding Call to Actions, structural changes on websites and social media sites
- Exploring possibility of extending the website functionality...
Ant
Rose said you used to do a really good show and had a pretty website 
