September 2021 ROUNDUP - CITY OF TITANS
What We Heard
About Flight

Happy September everyone! The dog days of summer are coming to a close and we wanted to make sure everyone saw work we shared during the heat of it all over this last month. First, in our update "What We heard about Flight", we talked about player experiences as we had lots of you all jumping onto the game to test out flight.
We heard many things about how much people enjoyed flying, that people thought the super fast flying option was exciting, and that the flight animations were very captivating. People seemed to respond overall that they really loved this new travel power as it's being implemented in the game. But we also heard some critiques and in this update, we followed up with some improvements in a patch based on player feedback. That patch is available to players now - for full details,
Click HERE.

SPOTLIGHT ON DOWNTOWN

Our last update featured a visual tour of Titan City's Downtown District. The update announced the complete work of all of Downtown's Landmarks, mogul buildings. The area's roads and most of the architecture there have been completed as well. To read the full update on progress in this district, Click HERE.
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DOWNTOWN: LANDMARKS, MOGULS & MORE
In our most recent update we mentioned that the update was just an appetizer for more information we would be sharing about work done on the Downtown District. In this email, for those who are interested in a deeper dive into Downtown, we have lots to share with you.
GEOGRAPHY
Downtown District will be a massive geographic area to explore. While parts of it are structured in a grid, much of it twists and turns in a labyrinth of roads that form canyons easy to get lost in. The map below shows the general layout of this district which is bounded by Old Bradford (right side of the map) North Eastern Research District (top left area of the map) the Aurora District (left side of the map) and in the very top center of the map, Downtown brushes against a corner of the Alexandria District.

LANDMARKS AND MOGULS
All of Downtown District's Landmark and Mogul buildings have been built now and here is the complete list of each with links to pages describing the structures:

  1. ANDTeam Tower - Mogul
  2. Central Transit Terminal - Landmark
  3. Church Alley Graveyard - Landmark
  4. Clubson Garden - Landmark
  5. Common Center Construction Site - Landmark
  6. Defiant Energy Tower - Landmark
  7. De Sang Building - Mogul
  8. Deckler Fountain - Landmark
  9. Fiero Tower - Mogul
  10. First Bank of Titan City - Landmark
  11. Fitzgerald Square - Landmark
  12. Gallowglass Enterprises - Mogul
  13. Hotel Tethys - Mogul
  14. Laurel House - Landmark
  15. Kaya Corporation - Mogul
  16. The Kelvin Building - Landmark
  17. La Tuse International - Mogul
  18. One Avatar Plaza - Mogul
  19. Orbit Room - Landmark
  20. The Last Stroke Building - Mogul
  21. The Liberty Building - Landmark
  22. Majors Tower - Mogul
  23. The McKendrick Building - Mogul
  24. Monument Plaza - Mogul
  25. Poseidon Square - Mogul
  26. Prometheus Plaza - Mogul
  27. The Simpson Center - Mogul
  28. Skyspire - Mogul
  29. St. James Cathedral of Titan City - Mogul
  30. SurGuery Consulate - Landmark
  31. Thorman Tower - Mogul
  32. Titan City Stock Exchange - Landmark
  33. Truitt Tower - Mogul
  34. Van Der Kirk Tower - Mogul
  35. Vigilance Building - Landmark
  36. Waterford-Johnson Enterprises - Mogul
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HISTORY
Downtown Titan City is the iconic 'center of town' for commerce, architecture and a concrete jungle for Titans to swing, jump and fly through. With daunting heights and a mix of old and modern city character, Downtown is fascinating to explore. From its plazas, mini-parks and squares on the ground, to its sculptures, sky bridges, and aerial super bases in the sky, it's a vertical wonderland for the sights and senses. Downtown is not only stunning aesthetically - it's where some of the most exciting action happens in Titan City!

Built over the course of a century, its soaring spires and spectacular towers stand as testaments to the city’s enduring strength. Noted Titanite Chester Gilbertson once described the area:

“This is the beating heart of a city. Even as the city sleeps, the streets are alive and restless. People stride to work full of purpose, or play on sidewalk and skywalk chasing their idle pastimes. Ranks of automobiles throng the streets, and the skies are always full of birds, planes, and super women and men.”
From the early years of the Steward’s Bay colonies through the turn of the twentieth century, this area contained a crowded, busy assortment of offices, apartments, government buildings, and stores. The fire of 1908 reduced the entire area to charred rubble.

This turned out to be a blessing in disguise. City planners redrew the area’s layout, replacing the tangle of winding, narrow streets with a grid of wider thoroughfares suited to automobiles. More importantly, the demand for new construction lured visionary architects and builders from all over the world.

In the 1920’s and ‘30’s, its skyscrapers achieved worldwide renown. The “shining spires of Titan” became as symbolic of the city as its burgeoning hero population. Even today, no image of Titan City is more iconic than that of a hero perched on an elaborately molded skyscraper, standing watch over the city.

Several buildings suffered serious damages in Hurricane Atlas, and a few even collapsed. Most of them have now been replaced with Postmodern equivalents. The new construction also finally jump-started a project that had been discussed since the 1930’s: an attempt to connect skyscrapers with a network of skywalks and platforms, creating a true “vertical city.”
Downtown is home to a number of commonly recognized neighborhoods, including:
  • Fountain Street is named for a very small fountain rebuilt there soon after the fire of 1908. This area is home to Titan City’s tallest skyscraper, the Liberty Building, as well as many other famous structures.
  • Where flowing stone and colorful ornamentation characterize Fountain Street, Armistice Street is a place of reflective glass and steel, echoing interiors, and the biggest of big business, including the famed Titan City Stock Exchange. Cape Chasers may want to visit the Orbit Room revolving restaurant, a popular hangout for crimefighters.
  • Next is Fitzgerald Square, named for the united city’s first mayor. This small neighborhood contains much of the downtown area’s retail and residential space.
  • Named for the common pasture that occupied this area long ago, Common Street is the least healthy part of downtown. This area boomed in the postwar years, and many mid-rise buildings were built. Common Street suffered greatly in the economic contractions of the seventies, and now many of those buildings are empty or in serious need of repair.
  • Perhaps the most unusual feature of Downtown is the Skywalks. The skywalks connect the upper levels of several of the tallest buildings at the intersection of the Fountain Street and Armistice Street neighborhoods. A “vertical neighborhood,” this area includes enclosed and open skywalks connecting the buildings, as well as several rooftops.
FACTIONS
Downtown is home to a huge, wildly eclectic range of superbeings and superpowered groups. Some of the more frequently glimpsed groups include enforcers of the Black Rose, the Aether Pirates, and the ePunk Radicals. Prominent supers often seen in the area include Captain Orbit (who can be found, obviously, at the Orbit Room), the speedster Celerity, and a host of others. Nearly every prominent hero and villain in the city has fought in or at least passed through Downtown on multiple occasions.
We hope you enjoyed this summary of recent work done on Titan City and the detailed look at Downtown District!

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Thank you for being with us – We look forward to sharing more progress with you soon!
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President, Missing Worlds Media
Nate "Dr. Tyche" Downes

Business Director
D C “Terwyn” James MacKay

Business Director's Assistant:
Jonathan "Mentalshock" MacKay

Project Lead
Chris "Warcabbit" Hare

Public Relations
Lead: Tim “JWBullfrog” Devlin
Richard “DesViper” Miller
Paul “Warlocc” Tanguay
Nathan "Red Warlock" Purkiss
Jason "PenitentRebel" Comerford
Sebastien "Artemis Planck" Maik

Design and Programming
Senior Gameplay Engineer
Fred "AmiEvil" Prince

Senior Programmer
Richard "AvelWorldCreator" Robertson

Gameplay Design:
Tannim222
Dave "Dvandom" Van Domelen
Bill "Felix" Giffen

Programming
Jamie "GeeksGoneBad" Cunningham
Walter "iathor" Milliken
Michael "voidforge" Hall

Mac Specialists:
Walter "iathor" Milliken
Todd 'Scavenger' Kogutt

User Interface Design
Zack "Shadow Elusive" Singer

Chargen:
Charles "CLoganArt" Logan 

Repo Men:
Richard "AvelWorldCreator" Robertson

Webpage:
Prototyping
Kevin "AngelWolf" Soucy

Composition
Lead: William “Robin” Strickland
Continuity Lead: Cy “Aquashock” Coughlin
“Conundrum of Furballs”
Edwin “Web of Hope” Stagmer
Daniel “Space Moose” Pawtowski
Eric “Beamrider” Pawtowski
Marty “Jargonaut” Dubin
Tom “Kid Dynamo” Stillwell
"Ambidreamer" Joshua and Pat "Binajane" Dexter
Kaylan “SithRose” Lyndell-Lees 
Dave "Dvandom" Van Domelen
Dylan “milandare” Mair

Art 
Art Lead: Charles "CLoganArt" Logan
Former Art Leads: “Petalstorm”, Jessica "Yoko" Weaver 

2D Department
2D Lead: “Ashenfall”, “Cajun Catfish” 

Graphic Design:
Lead: Donald “ArtStrong” Armstrong 
Edward "Wolfgang" Aragon

Finish Artists:
Donald “ArtStrong” Armstrong
Dale “Black Gold” Yaddow
“Cajun Catfish” 
Charles "CLoganArt" Logan 
“Joerden” 
Jae “Pyewackit” Worthigton 

3D Department
3D Lead: Jamie "GeeksGoneBad" Cunningham

3D Technical Artists:
Jamie "GeeksGoneBad" Cunningham
Charles "CLoganArt" Logan 
Paul “Amvin” Barber
Luke Simpson (interiors, instance maps)

3D Graphics and Texturing:
Donald “ArtStrong” Armstrong (3D Lead, Promotion)
Nathan "Red Warlock" Purkiss
Bryan 'Ganzfeld' Ruby
Robert “BobMc” McNamee
“Flesh Forge” (3D character models)
Carlos “Marcianit” del Campo
“CapedKay” (costumes)
“Ian”
”Robo Knight”

Concept Artists
Paul “Amvin” Barber
Donald “ArtStrong” Armstrong 
Ashenfall
Robert “BobMc” McNamee
Dale “Black Gold” Yaddow 
Charles "CLoganArt" Logan 
“Copper Cockroach”
Rick “Dark Ether” Lamb
Dave "Dvandom" Van Domelen
Jamie "GeeksGoneBad" Cunningham
Nathan “Red Warlock” Purkiss
Edward "Wolfgang" Aragon
“Cajun Catfish” 
“CapedKay”
“DPad” 
“Exile” 
“Joerden” 
“Nutcracker Z06” 
“PepRally”
Jae “Pyewackit” Worthigton 
Gerard Michael “Witchkin” Tupaz

Comic Book - Hijinx
Hijinx Created By: Dave "Dvandom" Van Domelen, Chris ‘Warcabbit’ Hare
Artist/Concept Artist: Dale “Black Gold” Yaddow
Writer/Editor: Tom “Kid Dynamo” Stillwell

Environment / City Design
Nathan "Red Warlock" Purkiss (city architecture, landscapes, environment designs)
Richard "AvelWorldCreator" Robertson
Nate "Dr. Tyche" Downes (terrain, districts design)
Zack "Shadow Elusive" Singer (procedural buildings)
Rick “Dark Ether” Lamb (buildings placement, Victory Beach, SY Island designs)
Carol “Lloralei” Kirk (districts design, Moguls) 
“Coffee” (Moguls) 
Thomas Djalloul (Environment Artist)
Ashenfall (2D maps, street layout, districts design)
“DeathSheepfromHell” (city area overall design)
William “Robin” Strickland (city area overall design)
“Kitsune 9 Tails” (city area overall design)
“Catbunny”, “Beamrider”, “SpaceMoose” (NRD district design)

Instance Maps:
Zack "Shadow Elusive" Singer
Bryan 'Ganzfeld' Ruby
Luke Simpson (interiors, instance maps)
“Nutcracker Z06” (instance maps)
Thomas Djalloul (Interiors, instance maps, Island)

Audio
Audio Effects
Original Music Written and Produced by Tal “Masada” Kliger
Environmental Sound Placement by Nathan "Red Warlock" Purkiss

Additional Music by:
Sean Payne
Peter Lalush
Guest Music Written and Produced by Nicolas “Hellwreckage” Grandell
Soundtrack available on Glitch Mode Recordings
glitchmode.com

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