Project Gorgon - User contributions [en]

Developers

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== Involved in Development ==
=== Eric Heimburg - Citan ===
'''Eric Heimburg "Citan"''' is the lead developer of Project Gorgon. He has over a decade of experience working as a Senior and Lead Engineer, Developer, Designer and Producer on games such as Asheron’s Call 1, Asheron's Call 2, and Star Trek Online. He announced the start of development work for Project Gorgon on June 18th, 2011.
* His birthday is August 19th.
* Citan and Srand's anniversary is April 1st.

=== Sandra Powers - Srand===
'''Sandra Powers "Srand"''' was Citan's partner in both life and Project Gorgon development. She served as co-lead developer on the game. Sandra previously worked as a Producer on Asheron’s Call 1, Asheron’s Call: Throne of Destiny, EverQuest II, and EverQuest II: Echoes of Faydwer.
* In February 2022, it was announced that Sandra had a rare form of cancer.
* On January 25th, 2025, Sandra passed away at the age of 52.
* For many years, Sandra was an established member of the WOW community, maintaining the fansite Petopia and creating Warcraft Mounts. Her in-game name was "Mania".
* There are two tributes to her in WOW. The first is the "Beastmaster Mania" NPC behind Trueshot Lodge in Highmountain. Ainamiss the Hive Queen in Tanaris is also a reference to Sandra.
{{Quote|source=[[Dev Blog: July 12, 2023]]|I'm srand (Sandra), co-lead developer on Project: Gorgon along with my husband Citan (Eric). Way, way back in the day I worked on Asheron's Call 1 as a coder and a producer; on Project: Gorgon I've done a little bit of everything except art.}}

=== Admin Jackencola ===
'''Jackencola,''' (as Rummencola) was invited to be a Volunteer Guide in 2018. In August of 2018, they became an Elder Game employee as '''Admin Jackencola'''.
{{Quote|source={{Ability icon|Treachery Trooper's Battle Cry|32}} Jackencola (February 2024)|I manage the event system and do development for events. As of recently, I have begun doing development work for other things in game. I handle customer support tickets and do the majority of policing in the game.

Aside from that, it's whatever random task is assigned to me.}}

=== Admin Lemons ===
'''Lemons,''' (as Sims) was invited to be a Volunteer Guide in 2018. In October of 2018, they became an Elder Game employee as '''Admin Lemons'''.
{{Quote|source={{Item icon|Lemon|32}} Lemons (2022)|
I manage the bug database, and more recently I've been helping with QA testing. I help with customer service when needed (moderating steam forums/official pages, very rarely replying to e-mails). I sometimes help create and set up live events (things involving scapegoats, mainly). Hmm.. Other than that, I do pretty much anything srand/Citan need done at the time.}}

=== Nick J Vaccaro - Nikodemus ===
'''Nikodemus''' is a professional programmer who began working as a contractor on Project Gorgon in February 2021. They have made major contributions to the UI, redesigned the targeting system, implemented player mounts, added fishing, and solved hundreds of player-submitted bugs.
* Their personal website is https://nickvaccaro.com/about
{{Quote|source=Nikodemus (February 5th 2024)|
I focus primarily on Quality-of-Life changes and bugfixes; my goal is to take all the brilliant design ideas of the others (sometimes including players!) and make them as accessible and smooth as possible. Ocasionally I sneak in some animation and VFX work, because who doesn't want to have a little fun from time to time? But none of the animation bugs are my fault, definitely not... that's uhh, some other guy. /gulp.}}
=== "Asset Guy" Tony===
The mysterious '''Asset Guy''' was first introduced by Admin Jackencola in early April 2024. "Asset Guy" is a professional 3D artist and designer who made their first contributions to Project Gorgon in the June 2024 update.
* [[Lice|Some players]] suggested that '''Asset Guy''' should have used the name "Slickodemus," but it was ultimately rejected.
* "Asset Guy" is Nikodemus's brother. Nick & Tony also partnered up to launch Synersteel Studio, releasing the narrative puzzle game Valley of Shadow.

=== Ryan Fritz- Silvonis ===
'''Silvonis''' is a member of the Project: Gorgon Development Team with the title of '''Producer'''. In this role, they oversee the coordination of development efforts across the team, helping ensure projects remain organized, priorities are aligned, and communication flows effectively between developers and other contributors. Silvonis is also involved in game development and design.

In addition to production duties, Silvonis oversees the project's web infrastructure and online services, including the administration and management of the official website, forum, shop, and wiki, as well as the support system and related backend services. They are also responsible for press outreach, media engagement and advertising.

=== Conor Brace - Wyrmrider ===
'''Conor Brace''' is a composer, sound designer, and game designer from Austin, Texas. His music is featured as background tracks in most dungeons and zones.

Wyrmrider is the name of a character he once used in-game.

His personal website hosts clips of Project Gorgon music, information on the game's instrument system, and details about his other musical projects.
; http://conorbrace.com/
; https://soundcloud.com/conorbracemusic
=== Aaron Victoria - Aviticus Gladius===
'''Aaron''' is a friend and sometimes development partner of '''Eric Heimburg.''' Around 2013 he began working on his own MMO using the Gorgon Engine, Legends of Etherell: Antavia. The game was still being worked on as of 2019. His company has provided art assets to Project Gorgon in exchange for programming support for Legends of Etherell and other projects such as Valiance Online.
* Interview discussing partnership with Project Gorgon:''' https://vimeo.com/104481081'''
* Facebook page for Etherell: ''' https://www.facebook.com/LegendsofEtherell/'''
{{:Volunteer Guides}}
=== Pre-Alpha and Alpha EMs & Moderators ===
: '''Auriel''' was the game's Event Moderator between pre-alpha and 2015. She was known for running live activities, and was known for doing unexpected snazzy things such as teleporting players, resurrection, and being almost invincible.
: '''Mortitia''' was listed as a Moderator on the 2014 forums.
: ''' Nimor ''' was listed as a Moderator on the 2014 forums.
: '''Secret Mods''' - Three or Four additional players had moderator powers between pre-alpha and 2015. These individuals have requested that the Wiki not list their information.

== Citan's Forum Posts ==
{{:Citan Forum Posts}}
== Silvonis's Forum Posts ==
{{:Silvonis Forum Posts}}
== Srand's Forum Posts ==
{{:Srand Forum Posts}}
== Jackencola's Forum Posts ==
{{:Jackencola Forum Posts}}
== Lemons' Forum Posts ==
{{:Lemons Forum Posts}}

== Blog Posts & Long Forum Comments ==
This section chronologically organizes backups of posts made by the developers across three separate blogs. The oldest blog posts (beginning in 2010) are from the Elder Game blog, a website run by Citan and Srand where they posted thoughts about the game industry. Eventually that blog become dedicated to Project Gorgon themed posts. In 2014, posts shifted to the second Project Gorgon forum. The most recent era of posts are from the current (third) forum's blog section.
; Navigation Notes and Useful Links.
* Clicking on any blog post will allow a user to read a copy of that post.
* Each blog post entry on the wiki has a link to the previous and next posts chronologically plus a link to return to this page.
* The oldest blog entry is: [[Elder Game: Indie Games, Prototyping, and Fun Finding]] - Posted by Citan on June 14, 2010.
* The first mention of Project Gorgon is: [[Elder Game: Punditry is dumb. Switching to developer mode!]] - Posted by Citan on June 18, 2011.
* The first blog entry on the second forum is: [[Recent Site Changes]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, October 14, 2014.
* The first blog entry on the third forum is: [[Citan's Bug Reporting]] - Posted by Citan in 2016.
===== 2023 =====
: [[Game News, 2023-11]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, November 10, 2023.
: [[Dev Blog: July 12, 2023]] - Posted by srand (using Citan's blog account) on Wednesday, July 12, 2023.
===== 2022 =====
: [[Town Hall Q&A #3, Part 1]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, May 28, 2022.
: [[Dev Blog: February 2022]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, February 20, 2022.
===== 2021 =====
: [[Town Hall - July 11, 2021]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, July 11, 2021.
: [[Town Hall - June 14, 2021]] - Posted by Citan on Monday, June 14, 2021.
: [[All About the VIP Membership Program]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, May 22, 2021.
===== 2020 =====
: [[All About the Guides Program]] - Posted by Citan on Monday, August 17, 2020.
: [[Dev Blog: Say Hello to Playable Fairies]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, February 21, 2020.
: [[Dev Blog: Let's Brainstorm about Housing]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, February 14, 2020.
: [[Dev Blog: The Life and Death of Charged Pig]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, January 30, 2020.
: [[Event Blog: Crafting Caravan 2.0]] - Posted by Jackencola on Thursday, January 16, 2020.
===== 2019 =====
: [[Dev Blog: April 2, 2019]] - Posted by Citan on Tuesday, April 2, 2019.
===== 2018 =====
: [[Dev Blog: November 15 2018 - The Demo Is Live!]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, November 15, 2018.
: [[Dev Blog: August 28, 2018]] - Posted by srand (using Citan's blog account) on Tuesday, August 28, 2018.
: [[Dev Blog: June 18, 2018]] - Posted by Citan on Monday, June 18, 2018.
: [[May 2018 Developer Blog]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, May 6, 2018.
: [[Reddit MMORPG AMA!]] - Held on Monday, April 23, 2018.
: [[Steam Integration is Coming! How Will it Work?]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, February 11, 2018.
===== 2017 =====
: [[New UI Preview]] - Posted by Silvonis on Monday, November 27, 2017.
: [[Dev Blog, Oct 18 2017: The New UI Is Coming!]] - Posted by Citan on Wednesday, October 18, 2017.
: [[Project Gorgon will be offline on Sunday!]] - Posted by Citan on September 20, 2017.
: [[Recent Gear-Mod Changes]] - Posted by Citan on August 28, 2017.
: [[Augmentation and Transmutation Changes]] - Posted by Citan on August 28, 2017.
: [[Dev Blog, August 5, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on August 5, 2017.
: [[Dev Blog, July 7 2017]] - Posted by Citan on July 7, 2017.
: [[Dev Notes, June 6, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on June 6, 2017.
: [[Dev Notes, May 30, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on May 30, 2017.
: [[Dev Notes, May 2, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on May 2, 2017.
: [[Dev Blog, April 20 2017]] - Posted by Citan on April 19, 2017.
: [[Dev Blog, April 9 2017]] - Posted by Citan on April 9, 2017.
: [[Dev Notes, March 10 2017]] - Posted by Citan on March 10, 2017.
: [[Dev Notes, February 17, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on February 17th, 2017.
: [[Dev Blog, Feb 8, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on February 8th, 2017.
: [[Alpha, QA - and why we need you!]] - Posted by srand on Saturday, January 21, 2017
: [[Dev Notes, January 16]] - Posted by Citan on Monday, January 16, 2017
: [[Dev Notes, January 2, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on Monday, January 2, 2017

===== 2016 =====
: [[Dev Blog, December 22]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, December 22, 2016
: [[Dev Blog, December 9]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, December 9, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, November 23: On Balancing MMOs]] - Posted by Citan on Wednesday, November 23, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, November 13]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, November 13, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, November 3]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, November 3, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, October 28]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, October 28, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, October 20]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, October 21, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, October 11]] - Posted by Citan on Wednesday, October 12, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, October 3]] - Posted by Citan on Tuesday, October 4, 2016
: [[Dev Update, September 24]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, September 24, 2016
: [[Dev Update, September 15]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, September 15, 2016
: [[Quick Update, Sept 6]] - Posted by Citan on Tuesday, September 6, 2016
: [[Quick Update, August 21]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, August 21, 2016
: [[Developer Info Round-Up]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, August 13, 2016
: [[Quick Update, August 7]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, August 7, 2016
: [[Quick Update, July 30]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, July 30, 2016
: [[Animal Handling Revisons]] - Posted by Citan on Tuesday, July 19, 2016
: [[Citan's notes 5/6]] - Posted by Citan on May 6, 2016
: [[Introducing Vendor Stalls]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, April 7, 2016
: [[Citan's update: Enthusiasm]] - Posted by Citan in 2016
: [[Citan's Gardening Limitations]] - Posted by Citan in 2016
: [[Citan's Potion Belt]] - Posted by Citan in 2016
: [[Citan's Bug Reporting]] - Posted by Citan in 2016
===== 2015 =====
: [[Kickstarter 3: Updates]] - Posted between July 26, 2015 and August 28, 2015. (Updates continued between December 2015 and March 2018.)
: [[Website Was Down! ... New Website Coming Soon!]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, November 1, 2015
: [[The Pain -- and Joy -- of Alpha-Testing]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, September 25, 2015
: [[Nighttime Update! Level 60 Skills!]] - Posted by Citan on Wednesday, July 15, 2015
: [[January Update]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, January 22, 2015

===== 2014 =====
: [[Kickstarter 2: Updates]] - Posted between August 29, 2014 and September 27, 2014
: [[The Next Dungeon: Winter Nexus]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, November 8, 2014
: [[Rakshasa (blog)]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, October 18, 2014
: [[Recent Site Changes]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, October 14, 2014
: [[Website Death Penalties Explained]] - Posted by Citan in 2014
: [[Website Words of Power]] - Posted by Citan in 2014
: [[Website Damage Types]] - Posted by Citan in 2014
===== 2013 =====
:[[Elder Game: Cheesemaking]] - Posted by Citan on December 6, 2013
:[[Elder Game: November arrives! Notes about stuff]] - Posted by Citan on November 3, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Racial Game Systems]] - Posted by Citan on October 1, 2013
:[[Elder Game: NPC Systems and Kickstarter Delays]] - Posted by Citan on August 29, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Skill Costs and NPC Variables]] - Posted by Citan on August 22, 2013
:[[Elder Game: MMOs as Self-Sustaining Small Businesses]] - Posted by Citan on August 10, 2013
:[[Elder Game: August Update Still In Progress]] - Posted by Citan on August 3, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Falling through the ground]] - Posted by Citan on July 2, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Pet Classes in MMOs]] - Posted by Citan on June 10, 2013
:[[Elder Game: June Status Report]] - Posted by Citan on June 1, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Notes During A Slow Upload]] - Posted by Citan on May 16, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Gorgon's Archery System]] - Posted by Citan on May 5, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Try the new stand-alone clients]] - Posted by Citan on April 10, 2013
:[[Elder Game: What is Lag?]] - Posted by Citan on April 27, 2013
:[[Elder Game: The flying animal fiasco]] - Posted by Citan on April 24, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Grab Bag Update: Web Player, Skill Swapping, Languages]] - Posted by Citan on April 13, 2013
:[[Elder Game: 4:30am Update]] - Posted by Citan on March 31, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Pre-Alpha 3 server is live!]] - Posted by Citan on March 25, 2013
:[[Elder Game: ETA]] - Posted by Citan on March 25, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Quote of the Day: A Cavalcade of Nightmares]] - Posted by Srand on March 23, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Loot progress]] - Posted by Citan on March 13, 2013
:[[Elder Game: More Stuff Happening]] - Posted by Citan on February 21, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Vendors!]] - Posted by Citan on February 12, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Quote of the Day: WTF]] - Posted by Srand on February 5, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Milk, Vaults & Ulfoi]] - Posted by Citan on January 29, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Progress Toward Pre-Alpha 3]] - Posted by Citan on January 14, 2013.
===== 2012 =====
:[[Kickstarter 1: Updates]] - Posted between October 4, 2012 and November 11, 2012.
:[[Elder Game: Addendum: Matt’s Idea]] - Posted by Citan on December 27, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Toward more interesting deaths]] - Posted by Citan on December 25, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Twitter Updates]] - Posted by Citan on December 19, 2012
:[[Elder Game: AC2 First Impressions]] - Posted by Citan on December 12, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Taunting, Mentalism, and Variety]] - Posted by Citan on December 10, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Death Penalties, Quick Follow-up]] - Posted by Citan on December 2, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Prealpha 3′s Death Penalties]] - Posted by Citan on November 25, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Gorgon Chat Logs, pt 2, and Status Update]] - Posted by Citan on November 20, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Gorgon Chat Logs, pt 1]] - Posted by Citan on November 8, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Kickstarter: The Missing FAQ]] - Posted by Citan on November 4, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Pre-Alpha Update: Tech notes, update notes, ramblings]] - Posted by Citan on November 2, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Designing Project: Gorgon’s combat sounds]] - Posted by Citan on October 29, 2012. Written by Conor Brace.
:[[Elder Game: Pre-Alpha’s Getting Better (every day)]] - Posted by Citan on October 26, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Quote of the Day: Humanities]] - Posted by Srand on October 25, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Community-esque things]] - Posted by Citan on October 23, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Opening Pre-Alpha to Kickstarter pledges!]] - Posted by Citan on October 22, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Please TwitFace Project: Gorgon!]] - Posted by Srand on October 10, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Video Diary #3]] - Posted by Citan on October 9, 2012
:[[Sylvia in Halvue]] - Posted by Citan on October 7, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Kickstarter is Live!]] - Posted by Citan on October 3, 2012
:[[Elder Game: The dangers of a too-statistics-driven treasure generator]] - Posted by Citan on October 1, 2012
:[[Elder Game: How does Project Gorgon make money?]] - Posted by Citan on September 24, 2012
:[[Elder Game: The Case Against Auction Houses]] - Posted by Citan on September 10, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Crazier Kickstarter Reward Ideas]] - Posted by Citan on August 25, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Gorgon Kickstarter is Coming!]] - Posted by Citan on August 21, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Today in pictures]] - Posted by Citan on August 13, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Optional Ways to Play]] - Posted by Citan on August 10, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Progress Update]] - Posted by Citan on August 1, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Battle Chemistry]] - Posted by Citan on July 16, 2012
:[[Elder Game: A little more about evil, undead, and pet classes]] - Posted by Citan on July 4, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Facebook me!]] - Posted by Citan on June 26, 2012
:[[Elder Game: What It Means to Be Undead]] - Posted by Citan on June 24, 2012
:[[Elder Game: On Fire, and Wolf-Talk, and Competitive Systems]] - Posted by Citan on June 11, 2012
:[[Elder Game: My Favorite Bugs (Part I)]] - Posted by Srand on June 5, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Gorgon Random Treasure]] - Posted by Citan on May 15, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Video Diary, First Attempt]] - Posted by Citan on May 1, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Death Stories in MMOs]] - Posted by Citan on April 30, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Cows]] - Posted by Citan on April 23, 2012
:[[Elder Game: When Puppets Lose Their Puppeteers]] - Posted by Citan on April 16, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Still Developing!]] - Posted by Citan on April 9, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Adding Direction]] - Posted by Citan on March 27, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Quote of the Day]] - Posted by Srand on March 22, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Quick Dev Diary: Combos]] - Posted by Citan on March 15, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Quote of the Day: Balance]] - Posted by Srand on March 10, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Update on the Next Step]] - Posted by Citan on March 9, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Believe In Yourself and Blah Blah Blah]] - Posted by Citan on February 28, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Disney-esque House Magic]] - Posted by Citan on February 23, 2012
:[[Elder Game: A setback]] - Posted by Citan on February 21, 2012
:[[Elder Game: The point of races]] - Posted by Citan on February 20, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Expediency, Thy Name is Indie MMO]] - Posted by Citan on February 7, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Sign Up For Pre-Alpha/Alpha/Beta]] - Posted by Citan on February 4, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Project Gorgon’s Death Penalty]] - Posted by Citan on February 1, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Easy Player-Made Content]] - Posted by Citan on January 26, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Quick Test of Pre-Alpha 0.1 Completed]] - Posted by Citan on January 22, 2012
:[[Elder Game: What’s my target audience?]] - Posted by Citan on January 22, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Complexity and Group Combat]] - Posted by Citan on January 19, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Howl Sound Effect]] - Posted by Citan on January 8, 2012
===== 2011 =====
:[[Elder Game: Features In, Features Out]] - Posted by Citan on December 30, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Field Autopsies, and Man I’m Slow]] - Posted by Citan on December 17, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Back to work! Pre-Alpha Combat Skills]] - Posted by Citan on November 28, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Delays, Thoughts about Launches, and Some Icons]] - Posted by Citan on November 7, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Words of Power]] - Posted by Citan on October 28, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Pot-Luck Dinners and Dungeon Sushi]] - Posted by Citan on October 17, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Early prep for newbies]] - Posted by Citan on October 10, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Project Gorgon Screenshot Diary #1, take 2]] - Posted by Citan on October 6, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Project Gorgon Screenshot Diary #1]] - Posted by Citan on October 2, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Minimizing Tedium: Not Always Straightforward]] - Posted by Citan on September 30, 2011
:[[Elder Game: The first exploiter?]] - Posted by Citan on September 19, 2011
:[[Elder Game: the reason you write clean code]] - Posted by Srand on September 19, 2011
:[[Elder Game: A Psychologist, a Fire Mage, and a Dickweed Walk Into a Bar…]] - Posted by Citan on September 11, 2011
:[[Elder Game: The Stamina Bar]] - Posted by Citan on August 31, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Thinking about Gorgon Combat]] - Posted by Citan on August 22, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Creating a backstory for the game]] - Posted by Citan on August 14
:[[Elder Game: NPCs as Systems Nexus]] - Posted by Citan on August 5, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Notes From The Coding Pit]] - Posted by Citan on July 29, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Go Big or Go Home]] - Posted by Citan on July 22, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Item Decay Redux]] - Posted by Citan on July 21, 2011
:[[Elder Game: We Can’t Have Nice Things (They Keep Decaying)]] - Posted by Citan on July 15, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Alpha Art Woes: Sex-Crazed Elves]] - Posted by Citan on July 8, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Permanent Character Choices in a Classless Game (or, “Werewolves!”)]] - Posted by Citan on July 1, 2011
:[[Elder Game: World vs. Game, Emergent Gameplay, and the Fun Loop]] - Posted by Citan on June 24, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Punditry is dumb. Switching to developer mode!]] - Posted by Citan on June 18, 2011 - First mention of Project: Gorgon by name.
:[[Elder Game: You Can’t Bolster Your Newbie Hose With Self-Indulgence]] - Posted by Citan on May 10, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Evolving Quests]] - Posted by Citan on March 21, 2011
:[[Elder Game: The Griefer With The Coin Bag]] - Posted by Citan on March 8, 2011
:[[Elder Game: “The Dev Team” Footprint]] - Posted by Srand on February 10, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Proximity Breeds Endearment]] - Posted by Citan on February 7, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Who’s In Charge of Quality?]] - Posted by Citan on February 3, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Retention and Rebound]] - Posted by Citan on January 31, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Graphical Upgrades Are Dangerous]] - Posted by Srand on January 27, 2011
:[[Elder Game: More on Classed vs. Unclassed Games]] - Posted by Citan on January 24, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Classes vs. Open Skill Systems]] - Posted by Citan on January 20, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Why We Need More Women Developers]] - Posted by Srand on January 17, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Beginner’s Luck and Expert’s Intuition]] - Posted by Citan on January 12, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Ready the Meat Sacrifices]] - Posted by Srand on January 10, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Joust is Not Coming Back]] - Posted by Citan on January 7, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Converting Players with Content is a Waste]] - Posted by Srand on January 5, 2011
:[[Elder Game: There Shouldn’t Be A Signup Form]] - Posted by Citan on January 3, 2011
:[[Elder Game: New Year, New Method]] - Posted by Srand on January 1, 2011
===== 2010 =====
:[[Elder Game: Indie Games, Prototyping, and Fun Finding]] - Posted by Citan on June 14, 2010
===== 2006 =====
In 2006, Srand published nine articles on Skotos Tech.
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: The Bug Process]] - Posted by Srand on October 10, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: The Yearly Rant]] - Posted by Srand on September 12, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: Social Engineering]] - Posted by Srand on August 16, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: Documenting Live Updates]] - Posted by Srand on July 11, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: Efficient Additions]] - Posted by Srand on June 15, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: It's All About the Audience]] - Posted by Srand on May 10, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: Think Before You Ship]] - Posted by Srand on April 11, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: The Many Faces of Live Development]] - Posted by Srand on March 14, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: The Message]] - Posted by Srand on February 14, 2006
===== 2004 =====
In 2004, Srand was interviewed for the Turbine blog.
: [[Dev Bio: Sandra "srand" Powers]] - Posted by Srand on October 11, 2004

== Town Hall Transcripts ==
Every so often, Eric holds a Town Hall meeting. Sometimes these meetings are in-game at the Serbule Inn. Other times, they are hosted in a public chat room.

{{:10/09/2015 Town Hall Meeting}}
{{:08/09/2015 Town Hall Meeting}}

Developers

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== Involved in Development ==
=== Eric Heimburg - Citan ===
'''Eric Heimburg "Citan"''' is the lead developer of Project Gorgon. He has over a decade of experience working as a Senior and Lead Engineer, Developer, Designer and Producer on games such as Asheron’s Call 1, Asheron's Call 2, and Star Trek Online. He announced the start of development work for Project Gorgon on June 18th, 2011.
* His birthday is August 19th.
* Citan and Srand's anniversary is April 1st.

=== Sandra Powers - Srand===
'''Sandra Powers "Srand"''' was Citan's partner in both life and Project Gorgon development. She served as co-lead developer on the game. Sandra previously worked as a Producer on Asheron’s Call 1, Asheron’s Call: Throne of Destiny, EverQuest II, and EverQuest II: Echoes of Faydwer.
* In February 2022, it was announced that Sandra had a rare form of cancer.
* On January 25th, 2025, Sandra passed away at the age of 52.
* For many years, Sandra was an established member of the WOW community, maintaining the fansite Petopia and creating Warcraft Mounts. Her in-game name was "Mania".
* There are two tributes to her in WOW. The first is the "Beastmaster Mania" NPC behind Trueshot Lodge in Highmountain. Ainamiss the Hive Queen in Tanaris is also a reference to Sandra.
{{Quote|source=[[Dev Blog: July 12, 2023]]|I'm srand (Sandra), co-lead developer on Project: Gorgon along with my husband Citan (Eric). Way, way back in the day I worked on Asheron's Call 1 as a coder and a producer; on Project: Gorgon I've done a little bit of everything except art.}}

=== Admin Jackencola ===
'''Jackencola,''' (as Rummencola) was invited to be a Volunteer Guide in 2018. In August of 2018, they became an Elder Game employee as '''Admin Jackencola'''.
{{Quote|source={{Ability icon|Treachery Trooper's Battle Cry|32}} Jackencola (February 2024)|I manage the event system and do development for events. As of recently, I have begun doing development work for other things in game. I handle customer support tickets and do the majority of policing in the game.

Aside from that, it's whatever random task is assigned to me.}}

=== Admin Lemons ===
'''Lemons,''' (as Sims) was invited to be a Volunteer Guide in 2018. In October of 2018, they became an Elder Game employee as '''Admin Lemons'''.
{{Quote|source={{Item icon|Lemon|32}} Lemons (2022)|
I manage the bug database, and more recently I've been helping with QA testing. I help with customer service when needed (moderating steam forums/official pages, very rarely replying to e-mails). I sometimes help create and set up live events (things involving scapegoats, mainly). Hmm.. Other than that, I do pretty much anything srand/Citan need done at the time.}}

=== Nick J Vaccaro - Nikodemus ===
'''Nikodemus''' is a professional programmer who began working as a contractor on Project Gorgon in February 2021. They have made major contributions to the UI, redesigned the targeting system, implemented player mounts, added fishing, and solved hundreds of player-submitted bugs.
* Their personal website is https://nickvaccaro.com/about
{{Quote|source=Nikodemus (February 5th 2024)|
I focus primarily on Quality-of-Life changes and bugfixes; my goal is to take all the brilliant design ideas of the others (sometimes including players!) and make them as accessible and smooth as possible. Ocasionally I sneak in some animation and VFX work, because who doesn't want to have a little fun from time to time? But none of the animation bugs are my fault, definitely not... that's uhh, some other guy. /gulp.}}
=== "Asset Guy" Tony===
The mysterious '''Asset Guy''' was first introduced by Admin Jackencola in early April 2024. "Asset Guy" is a professional 3D artist and designer who made their first contributions to Project Gorgon in the June 2024 update.
* [[Lice|Some players]] suggested that '''Asset Guy''' should have used the name "Slickodemus," but it was ultimately rejected.
* "Asset Guy" is Nikodemus's brother. Nick & Tony also partnered up to launch Synersteel Studio, releasing the narrative puzzle game Valley of Shadow.

=== Ryan Fritz- Silvonis ===
'''Silvonis''' is a member of the Project: Gorgon Development Team with the title of '''Producer'''. In this role, they oversee the coordination of development efforts across the team, helping ensure projects remain organized, priorities are aligned, and communication flows effectively between developers and other contributors.

In addition to production duties, Silvonis oversees the project's web infrastructure and online services, including the administration and management of the official website, forum, shop, and wiki, as well as the support system and related backend services.

=== Conor Brace - Wyrmrider ===
'''Conor Brace''' is a composer, sound designer, and game designer from Austin, Texas. His music is featured as background tracks in most dungeons and zones.

Wyrmrider is the name of a character he once used in-game.

His personal website hosts clips of Project Gorgon music, information on the game's instrument system, and details about his other musical projects.
; http://conorbrace.com/
; https://soundcloud.com/conorbracemusic
=== Aaron Victoria - Aviticus Gladius===
'''Aaron''' is a friend and sometimes development partner of '''Eric Heimburg.''' Around 2013 he began working on his own MMO using the Gorgon Engine, Legends of Etherell: Antavia. The game was still being worked on as of 2019. His company has provided art assets to Project Gorgon in exchange for programming support for Legends of Etherell and other projects such as Valiance Online.
* Interview discussing partnership with Project Gorgon:''' https://vimeo.com/104481081'''
* Facebook page for Etherell: ''' https://www.facebook.com/LegendsofEtherell/'''
{{:Volunteer Guides}}
=== Pre-Alpha and Alpha EMs & Moderators ===
: '''Auriel''' was the game's Event Moderator between pre-alpha and 2015. She was known for running live activities, and was known for doing unexpected snazzy things such as teleporting players, resurrection, and being almost invincible.
: '''Mortitia''' was listed as a Moderator on the 2014 forums.
: ''' Nimor ''' was listed as a Moderator on the 2014 forums.
: '''Secret Mods''' - Three or Four additional players had moderator powers between pre-alpha and 2015. These individuals have requested that the Wiki not list their information.

== Citan's Forum Posts ==
{{:Citan Forum Posts}}
== Silvonis's Forum Posts ==
{{:Silvonis Forum Posts}}
== Srand's Forum Posts ==
{{:Srand Forum Posts}}
== Jackencola's Forum Posts ==
{{:Jackencola Forum Posts}}
== Lemons' Forum Posts ==
{{:Lemons Forum Posts}}

== Blog Posts & Long Forum Comments ==
This section chronologically organizes backups of posts made by the developers across three separate blogs. The oldest blog posts (beginning in 2010) are from the Elder Game blog, a website run by Citan and Srand where they posted thoughts about the game industry. Eventually that blog become dedicated to Project Gorgon themed posts. In 2014, posts shifted to the second Project Gorgon forum. The most recent era of posts are from the current (third) forum's blog section.
; Navigation Notes and Useful Links.
* Clicking on any blog post will allow a user to read a copy of that post.
* Each blog post entry on the wiki has a link to the previous and next posts chronologically plus a link to return to this page.
* The oldest blog entry is: [[Elder Game: Indie Games, Prototyping, and Fun Finding]] - Posted by Citan on June 14, 2010.
* The first mention of Project Gorgon is: [[Elder Game: Punditry is dumb. Switching to developer mode!]] - Posted by Citan on June 18, 2011.
* The first blog entry on the second forum is: [[Recent Site Changes]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, October 14, 2014.
* The first blog entry on the third forum is: [[Citan's Bug Reporting]] - Posted by Citan in 2016.
===== 2023 =====
: [[Game News, 2023-11]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, November 10, 2023.
: [[Dev Blog: July 12, 2023]] - Posted by srand (using Citan's blog account) on Wednesday, July 12, 2023.
===== 2022 =====
: [[Town Hall Q&A #3, Part 1]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, May 28, 2022.
: [[Dev Blog: February 2022]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, February 20, 2022.
===== 2021 =====
: [[Town Hall - July 11, 2021]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, July 11, 2021.
: [[Town Hall - June 14, 2021]] - Posted by Citan on Monday, June 14, 2021.
: [[All About the VIP Membership Program]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, May 22, 2021.
===== 2020 =====
: [[All About the Guides Program]] - Posted by Citan on Monday, August 17, 2020.
: [[Dev Blog: Say Hello to Playable Fairies]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, February 21, 2020.
: [[Dev Blog: Let's Brainstorm about Housing]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, February 14, 2020.
: [[Dev Blog: The Life and Death of Charged Pig]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, January 30, 2020.
: [[Event Blog: Crafting Caravan 2.0]] - Posted by Jackencola on Thursday, January 16, 2020.
===== 2019 =====
: [[Dev Blog: April 2, 2019]] - Posted by Citan on Tuesday, April 2, 2019.
===== 2018 =====
: [[Dev Blog: November 15 2018 - The Demo Is Live!]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, November 15, 2018.
: [[Dev Blog: August 28, 2018]] - Posted by srand (using Citan's blog account) on Tuesday, August 28, 2018.
: [[Dev Blog: June 18, 2018]] - Posted by Citan on Monday, June 18, 2018.
: [[May 2018 Developer Blog]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, May 6, 2018.
: [[Reddit MMORPG AMA!]] - Held on Monday, April 23, 2018.
: [[Steam Integration is Coming! How Will it Work?]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, February 11, 2018.
===== 2017 =====
: [[New UI Preview]] - Posted by Silvonis on Monday, November 27, 2017.
: [[Dev Blog, Oct 18 2017: The New UI Is Coming!]] - Posted by Citan on Wednesday, October 18, 2017.
: [[Project Gorgon will be offline on Sunday!]] - Posted by Citan on September 20, 2017.
: [[Recent Gear-Mod Changes]] - Posted by Citan on August 28, 2017.
: [[Augmentation and Transmutation Changes]] - Posted by Citan on August 28, 2017.
: [[Dev Blog, August 5, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on August 5, 2017.
: [[Dev Blog, July 7 2017]] - Posted by Citan on July 7, 2017.
: [[Dev Notes, June 6, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on June 6, 2017.
: [[Dev Notes, May 30, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on May 30, 2017.
: [[Dev Notes, May 2, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on May 2, 2017.
: [[Dev Blog, April 20 2017]] - Posted by Citan on April 19, 2017.
: [[Dev Blog, April 9 2017]] - Posted by Citan on April 9, 2017.
: [[Dev Notes, March 10 2017]] - Posted by Citan on March 10, 2017.
: [[Dev Notes, February 17, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on February 17th, 2017.
: [[Dev Blog, Feb 8, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on February 8th, 2017.
: [[Alpha, QA - and why we need you!]] - Posted by srand on Saturday, January 21, 2017
: [[Dev Notes, January 16]] - Posted by Citan on Monday, January 16, 2017
: [[Dev Notes, January 2, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on Monday, January 2, 2017

===== 2016 =====
: [[Dev Blog, December 22]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, December 22, 2016
: [[Dev Blog, December 9]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, December 9, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, November 23: On Balancing MMOs]] - Posted by Citan on Wednesday, November 23, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, November 13]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, November 13, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, November 3]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, November 3, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, October 28]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, October 28, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, October 20]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, October 21, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, October 11]] - Posted by Citan on Wednesday, October 12, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, October 3]] - Posted by Citan on Tuesday, October 4, 2016
: [[Dev Update, September 24]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, September 24, 2016
: [[Dev Update, September 15]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, September 15, 2016
: [[Quick Update, Sept 6]] - Posted by Citan on Tuesday, September 6, 2016
: [[Quick Update, August 21]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, August 21, 2016
: [[Developer Info Round-Up]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, August 13, 2016
: [[Quick Update, August 7]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, August 7, 2016
: [[Quick Update, July 30]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, July 30, 2016
: [[Animal Handling Revisons]] - Posted by Citan on Tuesday, July 19, 2016
: [[Citan's notes 5/6]] - Posted by Citan on May 6, 2016
: [[Introducing Vendor Stalls]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, April 7, 2016
: [[Citan's update: Enthusiasm]] - Posted by Citan in 2016
: [[Citan's Gardening Limitations]] - Posted by Citan in 2016
: [[Citan's Potion Belt]] - Posted by Citan in 2016
: [[Citan's Bug Reporting]] - Posted by Citan in 2016
===== 2015 =====
: [[Kickstarter 3: Updates]] - Posted between July 26, 2015 and August 28, 2015. (Updates continued between December 2015 and March 2018.)
: [[Website Was Down! ... New Website Coming Soon!]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, November 1, 2015
: [[The Pain -- and Joy -- of Alpha-Testing]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, September 25, 2015
: [[Nighttime Update! Level 60 Skills!]] - Posted by Citan on Wednesday, July 15, 2015
: [[January Update]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, January 22, 2015

===== 2014 =====
: [[Kickstarter 2: Updates]] - Posted between August 29, 2014 and September 27, 2014
: [[The Next Dungeon: Winter Nexus]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, November 8, 2014
: [[Rakshasa (blog)]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, October 18, 2014
: [[Recent Site Changes]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, October 14, 2014
: [[Website Death Penalties Explained]] - Posted by Citan in 2014
: [[Website Words of Power]] - Posted by Citan in 2014
: [[Website Damage Types]] - Posted by Citan in 2014
===== 2013 =====
:[[Elder Game: Cheesemaking]] - Posted by Citan on December 6, 2013
:[[Elder Game: November arrives! Notes about stuff]] - Posted by Citan on November 3, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Racial Game Systems]] - Posted by Citan on October 1, 2013
:[[Elder Game: NPC Systems and Kickstarter Delays]] - Posted by Citan on August 29, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Skill Costs and NPC Variables]] - Posted by Citan on August 22, 2013
:[[Elder Game: MMOs as Self-Sustaining Small Businesses]] - Posted by Citan on August 10, 2013
:[[Elder Game: August Update Still In Progress]] - Posted by Citan on August 3, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Falling through the ground]] - Posted by Citan on July 2, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Pet Classes in MMOs]] - Posted by Citan on June 10, 2013
:[[Elder Game: June Status Report]] - Posted by Citan on June 1, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Notes During A Slow Upload]] - Posted by Citan on May 16, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Gorgon's Archery System]] - Posted by Citan on May 5, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Try the new stand-alone clients]] - Posted by Citan on April 10, 2013
:[[Elder Game: What is Lag?]] - Posted by Citan on April 27, 2013
:[[Elder Game: The flying animal fiasco]] - Posted by Citan on April 24, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Grab Bag Update: Web Player, Skill Swapping, Languages]] - Posted by Citan on April 13, 2013
:[[Elder Game: 4:30am Update]] - Posted by Citan on March 31, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Pre-Alpha 3 server is live!]] - Posted by Citan on March 25, 2013
:[[Elder Game: ETA]] - Posted by Citan on March 25, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Quote of the Day: A Cavalcade of Nightmares]] - Posted by Srand on March 23, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Loot progress]] - Posted by Citan on March 13, 2013
:[[Elder Game: More Stuff Happening]] - Posted by Citan on February 21, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Vendors!]] - Posted by Citan on February 12, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Quote of the Day: WTF]] - Posted by Srand on February 5, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Milk, Vaults & Ulfoi]] - Posted by Citan on January 29, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Progress Toward Pre-Alpha 3]] - Posted by Citan on January 14, 2013.
===== 2012 =====
:[[Kickstarter 1: Updates]] - Posted between October 4, 2012 and November 11, 2012.
:[[Elder Game: Addendum: Matt’s Idea]] - Posted by Citan on December 27, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Toward more interesting deaths]] - Posted by Citan on December 25, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Twitter Updates]] - Posted by Citan on December 19, 2012
:[[Elder Game: AC2 First Impressions]] - Posted by Citan on December 12, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Taunting, Mentalism, and Variety]] - Posted by Citan on December 10, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Death Penalties, Quick Follow-up]] - Posted by Citan on December 2, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Prealpha 3′s Death Penalties]] - Posted by Citan on November 25, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Gorgon Chat Logs, pt 2, and Status Update]] - Posted by Citan on November 20, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Gorgon Chat Logs, pt 1]] - Posted by Citan on November 8, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Kickstarter: The Missing FAQ]] - Posted by Citan on November 4, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Pre-Alpha Update: Tech notes, update notes, ramblings]] - Posted by Citan on November 2, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Designing Project: Gorgon’s combat sounds]] - Posted by Citan on October 29, 2012. Written by Conor Brace.
:[[Elder Game: Pre-Alpha’s Getting Better (every day)]] - Posted by Citan on October 26, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Quote of the Day: Humanities]] - Posted by Srand on October 25, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Community-esque things]] - Posted by Citan on October 23, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Opening Pre-Alpha to Kickstarter pledges!]] - Posted by Citan on October 22, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Please TwitFace Project: Gorgon!]] - Posted by Srand on October 10, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Video Diary #3]] - Posted by Citan on October 9, 2012
:[[Sylvia in Halvue]] - Posted by Citan on October 7, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Kickstarter is Live!]] - Posted by Citan on October 3, 2012
:[[Elder Game: The dangers of a too-statistics-driven treasure generator]] - Posted by Citan on October 1, 2012
:[[Elder Game: How does Project Gorgon make money?]] - Posted by Citan on September 24, 2012
:[[Elder Game: The Case Against Auction Houses]] - Posted by Citan on September 10, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Crazier Kickstarter Reward Ideas]] - Posted by Citan on August 25, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Gorgon Kickstarter is Coming!]] - Posted by Citan on August 21, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Today in pictures]] - Posted by Citan on August 13, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Optional Ways to Play]] - Posted by Citan on August 10, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Progress Update]] - Posted by Citan on August 1, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Battle Chemistry]] - Posted by Citan on July 16, 2012
:[[Elder Game: A little more about evil, undead, and pet classes]] - Posted by Citan on July 4, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Facebook me!]] - Posted by Citan on June 26, 2012
:[[Elder Game: What It Means to Be Undead]] - Posted by Citan on June 24, 2012
:[[Elder Game: On Fire, and Wolf-Talk, and Competitive Systems]] - Posted by Citan on June 11, 2012
:[[Elder Game: My Favorite Bugs (Part I)]] - Posted by Srand on June 5, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Gorgon Random Treasure]] - Posted by Citan on May 15, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Video Diary, First Attempt]] - Posted by Citan on May 1, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Death Stories in MMOs]] - Posted by Citan on April 30, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Cows]] - Posted by Citan on April 23, 2012
:[[Elder Game: When Puppets Lose Their Puppeteers]] - Posted by Citan on April 16, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Still Developing!]] - Posted by Citan on April 9, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Adding Direction]] - Posted by Citan on March 27, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Quote of the Day]] - Posted by Srand on March 22, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Quick Dev Diary: Combos]] - Posted by Citan on March 15, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Quote of the Day: Balance]] - Posted by Srand on March 10, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Update on the Next Step]] - Posted by Citan on March 9, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Believe In Yourself and Blah Blah Blah]] - Posted by Citan on February 28, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Disney-esque House Magic]] - Posted by Citan on February 23, 2012
:[[Elder Game: A setback]] - Posted by Citan on February 21, 2012
:[[Elder Game: The point of races]] - Posted by Citan on February 20, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Expediency, Thy Name is Indie MMO]] - Posted by Citan on February 7, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Sign Up For Pre-Alpha/Alpha/Beta]] - Posted by Citan on February 4, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Project Gorgon’s Death Penalty]] - Posted by Citan on February 1, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Easy Player-Made Content]] - Posted by Citan on January 26, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Quick Test of Pre-Alpha 0.1 Completed]] - Posted by Citan on January 22, 2012
:[[Elder Game: What’s my target audience?]] - Posted by Citan on January 22, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Complexity and Group Combat]] - Posted by Citan on January 19, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Howl Sound Effect]] - Posted by Citan on January 8, 2012
===== 2011 =====
:[[Elder Game: Features In, Features Out]] - Posted by Citan on December 30, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Field Autopsies, and Man I’m Slow]] - Posted by Citan on December 17, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Back to work! Pre-Alpha Combat Skills]] - Posted by Citan on November 28, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Delays, Thoughts about Launches, and Some Icons]] - Posted by Citan on November 7, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Words of Power]] - Posted by Citan on October 28, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Pot-Luck Dinners and Dungeon Sushi]] - Posted by Citan on October 17, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Early prep for newbies]] - Posted by Citan on October 10, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Project Gorgon Screenshot Diary #1, take 2]] - Posted by Citan on October 6, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Project Gorgon Screenshot Diary #1]] - Posted by Citan on October 2, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Minimizing Tedium: Not Always Straightforward]] - Posted by Citan on September 30, 2011
:[[Elder Game: The first exploiter?]] - Posted by Citan on September 19, 2011
:[[Elder Game: the reason you write clean code]] - Posted by Srand on September 19, 2011
:[[Elder Game: A Psychologist, a Fire Mage, and a Dickweed Walk Into a Bar…]] - Posted by Citan on September 11, 2011
:[[Elder Game: The Stamina Bar]] - Posted by Citan on August 31, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Thinking about Gorgon Combat]] - Posted by Citan on August 22, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Creating a backstory for the game]] - Posted by Citan on August 14
:[[Elder Game: NPCs as Systems Nexus]] - Posted by Citan on August 5, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Notes From The Coding Pit]] - Posted by Citan on July 29, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Go Big or Go Home]] - Posted by Citan on July 22, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Item Decay Redux]] - Posted by Citan on July 21, 2011
:[[Elder Game: We Can’t Have Nice Things (They Keep Decaying)]] - Posted by Citan on July 15, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Alpha Art Woes: Sex-Crazed Elves]] - Posted by Citan on July 8, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Permanent Character Choices in a Classless Game (or, “Werewolves!”)]] - Posted by Citan on July 1, 2011
:[[Elder Game: World vs. Game, Emergent Gameplay, and the Fun Loop]] - Posted by Citan on June 24, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Punditry is dumb. Switching to developer mode!]] - Posted by Citan on June 18, 2011 - First mention of Project: Gorgon by name.
:[[Elder Game: You Can’t Bolster Your Newbie Hose With Self-Indulgence]] - Posted by Citan on May 10, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Evolving Quests]] - Posted by Citan on March 21, 2011
:[[Elder Game: The Griefer With The Coin Bag]] - Posted by Citan on March 8, 2011
:[[Elder Game: “The Dev Team” Footprint]] - Posted by Srand on February 10, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Proximity Breeds Endearment]] - Posted by Citan on February 7, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Who’s In Charge of Quality?]] - Posted by Citan on February 3, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Retention and Rebound]] - Posted by Citan on January 31, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Graphical Upgrades Are Dangerous]] - Posted by Srand on January 27, 2011
:[[Elder Game: More on Classed vs. Unclassed Games]] - Posted by Citan on January 24, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Classes vs. Open Skill Systems]] - Posted by Citan on January 20, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Why We Need More Women Developers]] - Posted by Srand on January 17, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Beginner’s Luck and Expert’s Intuition]] - Posted by Citan on January 12, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Ready the Meat Sacrifices]] - Posted by Srand on January 10, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Joust is Not Coming Back]] - Posted by Citan on January 7, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Converting Players with Content is a Waste]] - Posted by Srand on January 5, 2011
:[[Elder Game: There Shouldn’t Be A Signup Form]] - Posted by Citan on January 3, 2011
:[[Elder Game: New Year, New Method]] - Posted by Srand on January 1, 2011
===== 2010 =====
:[[Elder Game: Indie Games, Prototyping, and Fun Finding]] - Posted by Citan on June 14, 2010
===== 2006 =====
In 2006, Srand published nine articles on Skotos Tech.
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: The Bug Process]] - Posted by Srand on October 10, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: The Yearly Rant]] - Posted by Srand on September 12, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: Social Engineering]] - Posted by Srand on August 16, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: Documenting Live Updates]] - Posted by Srand on July 11, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: Efficient Additions]] - Posted by Srand on June 15, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: It's All About the Audience]] - Posted by Srand on May 10, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: Think Before You Ship]] - Posted by Srand on April 11, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: The Many Faces of Live Development]] - Posted by Srand on March 14, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: The Message]] - Posted by Srand on February 14, 2006
===== 2004 =====
In 2004, Srand was interviewed for the Turbine blog.
: [[Dev Bio: Sandra "srand" Powers]] - Posted by Srand on October 11, 2004

== Town Hall Transcripts ==
Every so often, Eric holds a Town Hall meeting. Sometimes these meetings are in-game at the Serbule Inn. Other times, they are hosted in a public chat room.

{{:10/09/2015 Town Hall Meeting}}
{{:08/09/2015 Town Hall Meeting}}

Developers

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== Involved in Development ==
=== Eric Heimburg - Citan ===
'''Eric Heimburg "Citan"''' is the lead developer of Project Gorgon. He has over a decade of experience working as a Senior and Lead Engineer, Developer, Designer and Producer on games such as Asheron’s Call 1, Asheron's Call 2, and Star Trek Online. He announced the start of development work for Project Gorgon on June 18th, 2011.
* His birthday is August 19th.
* Citan and Srand's anniversary is April 1st.

=== Sandra Powers - Srand===
'''Sandra Powers "Srand"''' was Citan's partner in both life and Project Gorgon development. She served as co-lead developer on the game. Sandra previously worked as a Producer on Asheron’s Call 1, Asheron’s Call: Throne of Destiny, EverQuest II, and EverQuest II: Echoes of Faydwer.
* In February 2022, it was announced that Sandra had a rare form of cancer.
* On January 25th, 2025, Sandra passed away at the age of 52.
* For many years, Sandra was an established member of the WOW community, maintaining the fansite Petopia and creating Warcraft Mounts. Her in-game name was "Mania".
* There are two tributes to her in WOW. The first is the "Beastmaster Mania" NPC behind Trueshot Lodge in Highmountain. Ainamiss the Hive Queen in Tanaris is also a reference to Sandra.
{{Quote|source=[[Dev Blog: July 12, 2023]]|I'm srand (Sandra), co-lead developer on Project: Gorgon along with my husband Citan (Eric). Way, way back in the day I worked on Asheron's Call 1 as a coder and a producer; on Project: Gorgon I've done a little bit of everything except art.}}

=== Admin Jackencola ===
'''Jackencola,''' (as Rummencola) was invited to be a Volunteer Guide in 2018. In August of 2018, they became an Elder Game employee as '''Admin Jackencola'''.
{{Quote|source={{Ability icon|Treachery Trooper's Battle Cry|32}} Jackencola (February 2024)|I manage the event system and do development for events. As of recently, I have begun doing development work for other things in game. I handle customer support tickets and do the majority of policing in the game.

Aside from that, it's whatever random task is assigned to me.}}

=== Admin Lemons ===
'''Lemons,''' (as Sims) was invited to be a Volunteer Guide in 2018. In October of 2018, they became an Elder Game employee as '''Admin Lemons'''.
{{Quote|source={{Item icon|Lemon|32}} Lemons (2022)|
I manage the bug database, and more recently I've been helping with QA testing. I help with customer service when needed (moderating steam forums/official pages, very rarely replying to e-mails). I sometimes help create and set up live events (things involving scapegoats, mainly). Hmm.. Other than that, I do pretty much anything srand/Citan need done at the time.}}

=== Nick J Vaccaro - Nikodemus ===
'''Nikodemus''' is a professional programmer who began working as a contractor on Project Gorgon in February 2021. They have made major contributions to the UI, redesigned the targeting system, implemented player mounts, added fishing, and solved hundreds of player-submitted bugs.
* Their personal website is https://nickvaccaro.com/about
{{Quote|source=Nikodemus (February 5th 2024)|
I focus primarily on Quality-of-Life changes and bugfixes; my goal is to take all the brilliant design ideas of the others (sometimes including players!) and make them as accessible and smooth as possible. Ocasionally I sneak in some animation and VFX work, because who doesn't want to have a little fun from time to time? But none of the animation bugs are my fault, definitely not... that's uhh, some other guy. /gulp.}}
=== "Asset Guy" Tony===
The mysterious '''Asset Guy''' was first introduced by Admin Jackencola in early April 2024. "Asset Guy" is a professional 3D artist and designer who made their first contributions to Project Gorgon in the June 2024 update.
* [[Lice|Some players]] suggested that '''Asset Guy''' should have used the name "Slickodemus," but it was ultimately rejected.
* "Asset Guy" is Nikodemus's brother. Nick & Tony also partnered up to launch Synersteel Studio, releasing the narrative puzzle game Valley of Shadow.

=== Ryan Fritz- Silvonis ===
'''Silvonis''' is a member of the Project: Gorgon Development Team with the title of '''Producer'''. In this role, they oversee the coordination of development efforts across the team, helping ensure projects remain organized, priorities are aligned, and communication flows effectively between developers and other contributors.

In addition to production duties, Silvonis oversees the project's web infrastructure and online services, including the administration and management of the official website, forum, shop, and wiki, as well as the support system and related backend services.

=== Conor Brace - Wyrmrider ===
'''Conor Brace''' is a composer, sound designer, and game designer from Austin, Texas. His music is featured as background tracks in most dungeons and zones.

Wyrmrider is the name of a character he once used in-game.

His personal website hosts clips of Project Gorgon music, information on the game's instrument system, and details about his other musical projects.
; http://conorbrace.com/
; https://soundcloud.com/conorbracemusic
=== Aaron Victoria - Aviticus Gladius===
'''Aaron''' is a friend and sometimes development partner of '''Eric Heimburg.''' Around 2013 he began working on his own MMO using the Gorgon Engine, Legends of Etherell: Antavia. The game was still being worked on as of 2019. His company has provided art assets to Project Gorgon in exchange for programming support for Legends of Etherell and other projects such as Valiance Online.
* Interview discussing partnership with Project Gorgon:''' https://vimeo.com/104481081'''
* Facebook page for Etherell: ''' https://www.facebook.com/LegendsofEtherell/'''
{{:Volunteer Guides}}
=== Pre-Alpha and Alpha EMs & Moderators ===
: '''Auriel''' was the game's Event Moderator between pre-alpha and 2015. She was known for running live activities, and was known for doing unexpected snazzy things such as teleporting players, resurrection, and being almost invincible.
: '''Mortitia''' was listed as a Moderator on the 2014 forums.
: ''' Nimor ''' was listed as a Moderator on the 2014 forums.
: '''Secret Mods''' - Three or Four additional players had moderator powers between pre-alpha and 2015. These individuals have requested that the Wiki not list their information.

== Citan's Forum Posts ==
{{:Citan Forum Posts}}
== Silvonis's Forum Posts ==
{{:Silvonis Forum Posts}}
== Srand's Forum Posts ==
{{:Srand Forum Posts}}
== Jackencola's Forum Posts ==
{{:Jackencola Forum Posts}}
== Lemons' Forum Posts ==
{{:Lemons Forum Posts}}

== Blog Posts & Long Forum Comments ==
This section chronologically organizes backups of posts made by the developers across three separate blogs. The oldest blog posts (beginning in 2010) are from the Elder Game blog, a website run by Citan and Srand where they posted thoughts about the game industry. Eventually that blog become dedicated to Project Gorgon themed posts. In 2014, posts shifted to the second Project Gorgon forum. The most recent era of posts are from the current (third) forum's blog section.
; Navigation Notes and Useful Links.
* Clicking on any blog post will allow a user to read a copy of that post.
* Each blog post entry on the wiki has a link to the previous and next posts chronologically plus a link to return to this page.
* The oldest blog entry is: [[Elder Game: Indie Games, Prototyping, and Fun Finding]] - Posted by Citan on June 14, 2010.
* The first mention of Project Gorgon is: [[Elder Game: Punditry is dumb. Switching to developer mode!]] - Posted by Citan on June 18, 2011.
* The first blog entry on the second forum is: [[Recent Site Changes]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, October 14, 2014.
* The first blog entry on the third forum is: [[Citan's Bug Reporting]] - Posted by Citan in 2016.
===== 2023 =====
: [[Game News, 2023-11]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, November 10, 2023.
: [[Dev Blog: July 12, 2023]] - Posted by srand (using Citan's blog account) on Wednesday, July 12, 2023.
===== 2022 =====
: [[Town Hall Q&A #3, Part 1]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, May 28, 2022.
: [[Dev Blog: February 2022]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, February 20, 2022.
===== 2021 =====
: [[Town Hall - July 11, 2021]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, July 11, 2021.
: [[Town Hall - June 14, 2021]] - Posted by Citan on Monday, June 14, 2021.
: [[All About the VIP Membership Program]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, May 22, 2021.
===== 2020 =====
: [[All About the Guides Program]] - Posted by Citan on Monday, August 17, 2020.
: [[Dev Blog: Say Hello to Playable Fairies]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, February 21, 2020.
: [[Dev Blog: Let's Brainstorm about Housing]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, February 14, 2020.
: [[Dev Blog: The Life and Death of Charged Pig]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, January 30, 2020.
: [[Event Blog: Crafting Caravan 2.0]] - Posted by Jackencola on Thursday, January 16, 2020.
===== 2019 =====
: [[Dev Blog: April 2, 2019]] - Posted by Citan on Tuesday, April 2, 2019.
===== 2018 =====
: [[Dev Blog: November 15 2018 - The Demo Is Live!]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, November 15, 2018.
: [[Dev Blog: August 28, 2018]] - Posted by srand (using Citan's blog account) on Tuesday, August 28, 2018.
: [[Dev Blog: June 18, 2018]] - Posted by Citan on Monday, June 18, 2018.
: [[May 2018 Developer Blog]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, May 6, 2018.
: [[Reddit MMORPG AMA!]] - Held on Monday, April 23, 2018.
: [[Steam Integration is Coming! How Will it Work?]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, February 11, 2018.
===== 2017 =====
: [[New UI Preview]] - Posted by Silvonis on Monday, November 27, 2017.
: [[Dev Blog, Oct 18 2017: The New UI Is Coming!]] - Posted by Citan on Wednesday, October 18, 2017.
: [[Project Gorgon will be offline on Sunday!]] - Posted by Citan on September 20, 2017.
: [[Recent Gear-Mod Changes]] - Posted by Citan on August 28, 2017.
: [[Augmentation and Transmutation Changes]] - Posted by Citan on August 28, 2017.
: [[Dev Blog, August 5, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on August 5, 2017.
: [[Dev Blog, July 7 2017]] - Posted by Citan on July 7, 2017.
: [[Dev Notes, June 6, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on June 6, 2017.
: [[Dev Notes, May 30, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on May 30, 2017.
: [[Dev Notes, May 2, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on May 2, 2017.
: [[Dev Blog, April 20 2017]] - Posted by Citan on April 19, 2017.
: [[Dev Blog, April 9 2017]] - Posted by Citan on April 9, 2017.
: [[Dev Notes, March 10 2017]] - Posted by Citan on March 10, 2017.
: [[Dev Notes, February 17, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on February 17th, 2017.
: [[Dev Blog, Feb 8, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on February 8th, 2017.
: [[Alpha, QA - and why we need you!]] - Posted by srand on Saturday, January 21, 2017
: [[Dev Notes, January 16]] - Posted by Citan on Monday, January 16, 2017
: [[Dev Notes, January 2, 2017]] - Posted by Citan on Monday, January 2, 2017

===== 2016 =====
: [[Dev Blog, December 22]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, December 22, 2016
: [[Dev Blog, December 9]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, December 9, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, November 23: On Balancing MMOs]] - Posted by Citan on Wednesday, November 23, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, November 13]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, November 13, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, November 3]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, November 3, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, October 28]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, October 28, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, October 20]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, October 21, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, October 11]] - Posted by Citan on Wednesday, October 12, 2016
: [[Dev Notes, October 3]] - Posted by Citan on Tuesday, October 4, 2016
: [[Dev Update, September 24]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, September 24, 2016
: [[Dev Update, September 15]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, September 15, 2016
: [[Quick Update, Sept 6]] - Posted by Citan on Tuesday, September 6, 2016
: [[Quick Update, August 21]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, August 21, 2016
: [[Developer Info Round-Up]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, August 13, 2016
: [[Quick Update, August 7]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, August 7, 2016
: [[Quick Update, July 30]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, July 30, 2016
: [[Animal Handling Revisons]] - Posted by Citan on Tuesday, July 19, 2016
: [[Citan's notes 5/6]] - Posted by Citan on May 6, 2016
: [[Introducing Vendor Stalls]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, April 7, 2016
: [[Citan's update: Enthusiasm]] - Posted by Citan in 2016
: [[Citan's Gardening Limitations]] - Posted by Citan in 2016
: [[Citan's Potion Belt]] - Posted by Citan in 2016
: [[Citan's Bug Reporting]] - Posted by Citan in 2016
===== 2015 =====
: [[Kickstarter 3: Updates]] - Posted between July 26, 2015 and August 28, 2015. (Updates continued between December 2015 and March 2018.)
: [[Website Was Down! ... New Website Coming Soon!]] - Posted by Citan on Sunday, November 1, 2015
: [[The Pain -- and Joy -- of Alpha-Testing]] - Posted by Citan on Friday, September 25, 2015
: [[Nighttime Update! Level 60 Skills!]] - Posted by Citan on Wednesday, July 15, 2015
: [[January Update]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, January 22, 2015

===== 2014 =====
: [[Kickstarter 2: Updates]] - Posted between August 29, 2014 and September 27, 2014
: [[The Next Dungeon: Winter Nexus]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, November 8, 2014
: [[Rakshasa (blog)]] - Posted by Citan on Saturday, October 18, 2014
: [[Recent Site Changes]] - Posted by Citan on Thursday, October 14, 2014
: [[Website Death Penalties Explained]] - Posted by Citan in 2014
: [[Website Words of Power]] - Posted by Citan in 2014
: [[Website Damage Types]] - Posted by Citan in 2014
===== 2013 =====
:[[Elder Game: Cheesemaking]] - Posted by Citan on December 6, 2013
:[[Elder Game: November arrives! Notes about stuff]] - Posted by Citan on November 3, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Racial Game Systems]] - Posted by Citan on October 1, 2013
:[[Elder Game: NPC Systems and Kickstarter Delays]] - Posted by Citan on August 29, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Skill Costs and NPC Variables]] - Posted by Citan on August 22, 2013
:[[Elder Game: MMOs as Self-Sustaining Small Businesses]] - Posted by Citan on August 10, 2013
:[[Elder Game: August Update Still In Progress]] - Posted by Citan on August 3, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Falling through the ground]] - Posted by Citan on July 2, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Pet Classes in MMOs]] - Posted by Citan on June 10, 2013
:[[Elder Game: June Status Report]] - Posted by Citan on June 1, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Notes During A Slow Upload]] - Posted by Citan on May 16, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Gorgon's Archery System]] - Posted by Citan on May 5, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Try the new stand-alone clients]] - Posted by Citan on April 10, 2013
:[[Elder Game: What is Lag?]] - Posted by Citan on April 27, 2013
:[[Elder Game: The flying animal fiasco]] - Posted by Citan on April 24, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Grab Bag Update: Web Player, Skill Swapping, Languages]] - Posted by Citan on April 13, 2013
:[[Elder Game: 4:30am Update]] - Posted by Citan on March 31, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Pre-Alpha 3 server is live!]] - Posted by Citan on March 25, 2013
:[[Elder Game: ETA]] - Posted by Citan on March 25, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Quote of the Day: A Cavalcade of Nightmares]] - Posted by Srand on March 23, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Loot progress]] - Posted by Citan on March 13, 2013
:[[Elder Game: More Stuff Happening]] - Posted by Citan on February 21, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Vendors!]] - Posted by Citan on February 12, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Quote of the Day: WTF]] - Posted by Srand on February 5, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Milk, Vaults & Ulfoi]] - Posted by Citan on January 29, 2013
:[[Elder Game: Progress Toward Pre-Alpha 3]] - Posted by Citan on January 14, 2013.
===== 2012 =====
:[[Kickstarter 1: Updates]] - Posted between October 4, 2012 and November 11, 2012.
:[[Elder Game: Addendum: Matt’s Idea]] - Posted by Citan on December 27, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Toward more interesting deaths]] - Posted by Citan on December 25, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Twitter Updates]] - Posted by Citan on December 19, 2012
:[[Elder Game: AC2 First Impressions]] - Posted by Citan on December 12, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Taunting, Mentalism, and Variety]] - Posted by Citan on December 10, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Death Penalties, Quick Follow-up]] - Posted by Citan on December 2, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Prealpha 3′s Death Penalties]] - Posted by Citan on November 25, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Gorgon Chat Logs, pt 2, and Status Update]] - Posted by Citan on November 20, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Gorgon Chat Logs, pt 1]] - Posted by Citan on November 8, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Kickstarter: The Missing FAQ]] - Posted by Citan on November 4, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Pre-Alpha Update: Tech notes, update notes, ramblings]] - Posted by Citan on November 2, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Designing Project: Gorgon’s combat sounds]] - Posted by Citan on October 29, 2012. Written by Conor Brace.
:[[Elder Game: Pre-Alpha’s Getting Better (every day)]] - Posted by Citan on October 26, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Quote of the Day: Humanities]] - Posted by Srand on October 25, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Community-esque things]] - Posted by Citan on October 23, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Opening Pre-Alpha to Kickstarter pledges!]] - Posted by Citan on October 22, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Please TwitFace Project: Gorgon!]] - Posted by Srand on October 10, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Video Diary #3]] - Posted by Citan on October 9, 2012
:[[Sylvia in Halvue]] - Posted by Citan on October 7, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Kickstarter is Live!]] - Posted by Citan on October 3, 2012
:[[Elder Game: The dangers of a too-statistics-driven treasure generator]] - Posted by Citan on October 1, 2012
:[[Elder Game: How does Project Gorgon make money?]] - Posted by Citan on September 24, 2012
:[[Elder Game: The Case Against Auction Houses]] - Posted by Citan on September 10, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Crazier Kickstarter Reward Ideas]] - Posted by Citan on August 25, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Gorgon Kickstarter is Coming!]] - Posted by Citan on August 21, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Today in pictures]] - Posted by Citan on August 13, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Optional Ways to Play]] - Posted by Citan on August 10, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Progress Update]] - Posted by Citan on August 1, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Battle Chemistry]] - Posted by Citan on July 16, 2012
:[[Elder Game: A little more about evil, undead, and pet classes]] - Posted by Citan on July 4, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Facebook me!]] - Posted by Citan on June 26, 2012
:[[Elder Game: What It Means to Be Undead]] - Posted by Citan on June 24, 2012
:[[Elder Game: On Fire, and Wolf-Talk, and Competitive Systems]] - Posted by Citan on June 11, 2012
:[[Elder Game: My Favorite Bugs (Part I)]] - Posted by Srand on June 5, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Gorgon Random Treasure]] - Posted by Citan on May 15, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Video Diary, First Attempt]] - Posted by Citan on May 1, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Death Stories in MMOs]] - Posted by Citan on April 30, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Cows]] - Posted by Citan on April 23, 2012
:[[Elder Game: When Puppets Lose Their Puppeteers]] - Posted by Citan on April 16, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Still Developing!]] - Posted by Citan on April 9, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Adding Direction]] - Posted by Citan on March 27, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Quote of the Day]] - Posted by Srand on March 22, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Quick Dev Diary: Combos]] - Posted by Citan on March 15, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Quote of the Day: Balance]] - Posted by Srand on March 10, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Update on the Next Step]] - Posted by Citan on March 9, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Believe In Yourself and Blah Blah Blah]] - Posted by Citan on February 28, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Disney-esque House Magic]] - Posted by Citan on February 23, 2012
:[[Elder Game: A setback]] - Posted by Citan on February 21, 2012
:[[Elder Game: The point of races]] - Posted by Citan on February 20, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Expediency, Thy Name is Indie MMO]] - Posted by Citan on February 7, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Sign Up For Pre-Alpha/Alpha/Beta]] - Posted by Citan on February 4, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Project Gorgon’s Death Penalty]] - Posted by Citan on February 1, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Easy Player-Made Content]] - Posted by Citan on January 26, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Quick Test of Pre-Alpha 0.1 Completed]] - Posted by Citan on January 22, 2012
:[[Elder Game: What’s my target audience?]] - Posted by Citan on January 22, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Complexity and Group Combat]] - Posted by Citan on January 19, 2012
:[[Elder Game: Howl Sound Effect]] - Posted by Citan on January 8, 2012
===== 2011 =====
:[[Elder Game: Features In, Features Out]] - Posted by Citan on December 30, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Field Autopsies, and Man I’m Slow]] - Posted by Citan on December 17, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Back to work! Pre-Alpha Combat Skills]] - Posted by Citan on November 28, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Delays, Thoughts about Launches, and Some Icons]] - Posted by Citan on November 7, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Words of Power]] - Posted by Citan on October 28, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Pot-Luck Dinners and Dungeon Sushi]] - Posted by Citan on October 17, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Early prep for newbies]] - Posted by Citan on October 10, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Project Gorgon Screenshot Diary #1, take 2]] - Posted by Citan on October 6, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Project Gorgon Screenshot Diary #1]] - Posted by Citan on October 2, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Minimizing Tedium: Not Always Straightforward]] - Posted by Citan on September 30, 2011
:[[Elder Game: The first exploiter?]] - Posted by Citan on September 19, 2011
:[[Elder Game: the reason you write clean code]] - Posted by Srand on September 19, 2011
:[[Elder Game: A Psychologist, a Fire Mage, and a Dickweed Walk Into a Bar…]] - Posted by Citan on September 11, 2011
:[[Elder Game: The Stamina Bar]] - Posted by Citan on August 31, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Thinking about Gorgon Combat]] - Posted by Citan on August 22, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Creating a backstory for the game]] - Posted by Citan on August 14
:[[Elder Game: NPCs as Systems Nexus]] - Posted by Citan on August 5, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Notes From The Coding Pit]] - Posted by Citan on July 29, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Go Big or Go Home]] - Posted by Citan on July 22, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Item Decay Redux]] - Posted by Citan on July 21, 2011
:[[Elder Game: We Can’t Have Nice Things (They Keep Decaying)]] - Posted by Citan on July 15, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Alpha Art Woes: Sex-Crazed Elves]] - Posted by Citan on July 8, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Permanent Character Choices in a Classless Game (or, “Werewolves!”)]] - Posted by Citan on July 1, 2011
:[[Elder Game: World vs. Game, Emergent Gameplay, and the Fun Loop]] - Posted by Citan on June 24, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Punditry is dumb. Switching to developer mode!]] - Posted by Citan on June 18, 2011 - First mention of Project: Gorgon by name.
:[[Elder Game: You Can’t Bolster Your Newbie Hose With Self-Indulgence]] - Posted by Citan on May 10, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Evolving Quests]] - Posted by Citan on March 21, 2011
:[[Elder Game: The Griefer With The Coin Bag]] - Posted by Citan on March 8, 2011
:[[Elder Game: “The Dev Team” Footprint]] - Posted by Srand on February 10, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Proximity Breeds Endearment]] - Posted by Citan on February 7, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Who’s In Charge of Quality?]] - Posted by Citan on February 3, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Retention and Rebound]] - Posted by Citan on January 31, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Graphical Upgrades Are Dangerous]] - Posted by Srand on January 27, 2011
:[[Elder Game: More on Classed vs. Unclassed Games]] - Posted by Citan on January 24, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Classes vs. Open Skill Systems]] - Posted by Citan on January 20, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Why We Need More Women Developers]] - Posted by Srand on January 17, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Beginner’s Luck and Expert’s Intuition]] - Posted by Citan on January 12, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Ready the Meat Sacrifices]] - Posted by Srand on January 10, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Joust is Not Coming Back]] - Posted by Citan on January 7, 2011
:[[Elder Game: Converting Players with Content is a Waste]] - Posted by Srand on January 5, 2011
:[[Elder Game: There Shouldn’t Be A Signup Form]] - Posted by Citan on January 3, 2011
:[[Elder Game: New Year, New Method]] - Posted by Srand on January 1, 2011
===== 2010 =====
:[[Elder Game: Indie Games, Prototyping, and Fun Finding]] - Posted by Citan on June 14, 2010
===== 2006 =====
In 2006, Srand published nine articles on Skotos Tech.
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: The Bug Process]] - Posted by Srand on October 10, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: The Yearly Rant]] - Posted by Srand on September 12, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: Social Engineering]] - Posted by Srand on August 16, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: Documenting Live Updates]] - Posted by Srand on July 11, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: Efficient Additions]] - Posted by Srand on June 15, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: It's All About the Audience]] - Posted by Srand on May 10, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: Think Before You Ship]] - Posted by Srand on April 11, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: The Many Faces of Live Development]] - Posted by Srand on March 14, 2006
:[[Lessons from the Live Team: The Message]] - Posted by Srand on February 14, 2006
===== 2004 =====
In 2004, Srand was interviewed for the Turbine blog.
: [[Dev Bio: Sandra "srand" Powers]] - Posted by Srand on October 11, 2004

== Town Hall Transcripts ==
Every so often, Eric holds a Town Hall meeting. Sometimes these meetings are in-game at the Serbule Inn. Other times, they are hosted in a public chat room.

{{:10/09/2015 Town Hall Meeting}}
{{:08/09/2015 Town Hall Meeting}}

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Project: Gorgon is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) developed by Elder Game Studios. The game builds on the rich traditions of classic online worlds, delivering a deep and engaging experience for players who enjoy exploration, discovery, and meaningful progression.

Project: Gorgon features an immersive world that encourages players to forge their own path. Rather than guiding players along a fixed or linear experience, the game rewards curiosity, experimentation, and uncovering hidden secrets. Its expansive design offers a sense of adventure where exploration is central to gameplay.

A core feature of Project: Gorgon is its ambitious skill-based progression system. Instead of relying on predefined classes, players develop and combine a wide range of skills, allowing for highly customizable and unique playstyles. This flexible system provides a level of freedom and creativity not commonly found in modern MMORPGs.

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Red Apple

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{{ITEM infobox
|name = Red Apple
|description = A shiny red apple.
|basemods = Health Regen +10 per update Power Regen +10 per update Metabolism Regen +1 per update Lasts 1 hour (plus Gourmand bonus) Meal Level 1
|value = 5
|extra = {{Spoiler|
|{{ITEM EXTRA infobox
| stack = 100
| keywords = {{KW|AlchemyIngredient}}{{KW|Apple}}{{KW|BrewingFruitA3}}{{KW|BrewingFruitA4}}{{KW|BrewingIngredient}}{{KW|Consumable}}{{KW|CookingIngredient}}{{KW|Edible}}{{KW|Food}}{{KW|Fruit}}
}}}}
}}



Stacks up to 99.
== How to Obtain ==


===Producing with Recipes===


None.

=== Obtaining through Bartering ===


=== Purchasing ===

=== Drops ===

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* [[Brain Bug]] in [[Serbule]] and [[Brain Bug Cave]].
=== Gathering ===


* Gathered from Apple Trees in [[Serbule]] and [[Serbule Hills]]. Requires Level XX [[Foraging]].

===Quest Rewards===


None.

=== Other Ways to Obtain === 

== Uses ==


===Using in Recipes===


{| {{STDT|mw-collapsible mw-collapsed}}
|+ style="text-align:left; width: 250px;" | [[Alchemy]]
! Lvl !! Name !! Ingredients !! Results
|-
| 15 || Psychic Resistance Potion || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5469.png [[Pickled Brain]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5019.png [[Strange Dirt]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5010.png [[Bottle of Water]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5155.png [[Psychic Resistance Potion]] x1
|}
{| {{STDT|mw-collapsible mw-collapsed}}
|+ style="text-align:left; width: 250px;" | [[Brewing]]
! Lvl !! Name !! Ingredients !! Results
|-
| 1 || Basic Lager (One Glass) || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5717.png [[Barley]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5718.png [[Hops]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5729.png [[Basic Lager Yeast]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingFruitA4|Fruit: Red Apple, Grapes, Orange, or Strawberry]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5744.png [[Basic Lager]] x1
|-
| 1 || Potato Vodka (Drinkable Cask) || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5722.png [[Aged Potato Vodka]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingFruitA3|Fruit: Red Apple, Grapes, or Orange]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingMushroomA4|Mushroom Flakes: Parasol, Mycena, Boletus, or Field]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingAnimalPartA5|Boar Tusk, Cat Eyeball, Snail Sinews, Rat Tail, or Basic Fish Scales]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingGarnishA4|Oregano, Mandrake Root, Peppercorns or Grass]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5722.png [[Potato Vodka]] x1
|-
| 3 || Basic Lager Keg || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5324.png [[Firkin]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5717.png [[Barley]] x5 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5718.png [[Hops]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5729.png [[Basic Lager Yeast]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingFruitA4|Fruit: Red Apple, Grapes, Orange, or Strawberry]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5745.png [[Basic Lager Keg]] x1
|-
| 5 || Strawberry Wine (Bottle) || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_6761.png [[Empty Basic Wine Bottle]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_6548.png [[Corks]] x1 (!) http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5066.png [[Large Strawberry]] x3 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x3 [[:Category:Items/BrewingHerbsW4|Herbs: Dill, Swampweed, Basil, or Mint]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_6764.png [[Strawberry Wine]] x1
|-
| 10 || Pale Ale (One Glass) || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5717.png [[Barley]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5718.png [[Hops]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5730.png [[Pale Ale Yeast]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingFruitA4|Fruit: Red Apple, Grapes, Orange, or Strawberry]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingMushroomA4|Mushroom Flakes: Parasol, Mycena, Boletus, or Field]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5744.png [[Pale Ale]] x1
|-
| 10 || Applejack (Un-Aged) || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5326.png [[Barrel]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x8 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5730.png [[Pale Ale Yeast]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5722.png [[Un-Aged Applejack]] x1
|-
| 10 || Applejack (Drinkable Cask) || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5722.png [[Aged Applejack]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingFruitA3|Fruit: Red Apple, Grapes, or Orange]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingVegetableA4|Beet, Squash, Broccoli, or Carrot]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingAnimalPartA5|Boar Tusk, Cat Eyeball, Snail Sinews, Rat Tail, or Basic Fish Scales]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingGarnishA4|Oregano, Mandrake Root, Peppercorns or Grass]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5722.png [[Applejack]] x1
|-
| 13 || Pale Ale Keg || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5324.png [[Firkin]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5717.png [[Barley]] x7 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5718.png [[Hops]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5730.png [[Pale Ale Yeast]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingFruitA4|Fruit: Red Apple, Grapes, Orange, or Strawberry]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingMushroomA4|Mushroom Flakes: Parasol, Mycena, Boletus, or Field]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5745.png [[Pale Ale Keg]] x1
|-
| 20 || Marzen (One Glass) || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5717.png [[Barley]] x2 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5718.png [[Hops]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5731.png [[Marzen Yeast]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingFruitA4|Fruit: Red Apple, Grapes, Orange, or Strawberry]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingMushroomA4|Mushroom Flakes: Parasol, Mycena, Boletus, or Field]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingGarnishA2|Oregano or Mandrake Root]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5744.png [[Marzen]] x1
|-
| 23 || Marzen Keg || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5324.png [[Firkin]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5717.png [[Barley]] x9 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5718.png [[Hops]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5731.png [[Marzen Yeast]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingFruitA4|Fruit: Red Apple, Grapes, Orange, or Strawberry]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingMushroomA4|Mushroom Flakes: Parasol, Mycena, Boletus, or Field]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingGarnishA2|Oregano or Mandrake Root]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5745.png [[Marzen Keg]] x1
|-
| 30 || Goblin Ale (One Glass) || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5717.png [[Barley]] x2 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5718.png [[Hops]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5732.png [[Goblin Ale Yeast]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingFruitA3|Fruit: Red Apple, Grapes, or Orange]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingFruitB3|Fruit: Guava, Banana, or Lemon]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingMushroomA4|Mushroom Flakes: Parasol, Mycena, Boletus, or Field]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingGarnishA3|Oregano, Mandrake Root, or Peppercorns]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5744.png [[Goblin Ale]] x1
|-
| 33 || Goblin Ale Keg || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5324.png [[Firkin]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5717.png [[Barley]] x10 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5718.png [[Hops]] x2 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5732.png [[Goblin Ale Yeast]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingFruitA3|Fruit: Red Apple, Grapes, or Orange]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingFruitB3|Fruit: Guava, Banana, or Lemon]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingMushroomA4|Mushroom Flakes: Parasol, Mycena, Boletus, or Field]] x1 [[:Category:Items/BrewingGarnishA3|Oregano, Mandrake Root, or Peppercorns]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5745.png [[Goblin Ale Keg]] x1
|-
| 80 || Cider (Un-Aged) || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5326.png [[Barrel]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5728.png [[Green Apple]] x8 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x4 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5738.png [[Porter Yeast]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5722.png [[Un-Aged Cider]] x1
|}
{| {{STDT|mw-collapsible mw-collapsed}}
|+ style="text-align:left; width: 250px;" | [[Cooking]]
! Lvl !! Name !! Ingredients !! Results
|-
| 3 || Candied Apple || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5468.png [[Sugar]] x2 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5010.png [[Bottle of Water]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5836.png [[Candied Apple]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5009.png [[Empty Bottle]] x1
|-
| 9 || Dried Cranberries || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_6297.png [[Cranberries]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5468.png [[Sugar]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5142.png [[Oak Wood Chips]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5708.png [[Dried Cranberries]] x1
|-
| 10 || Boring Fruit Cocktail || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5066.png [[Large Strawberry]] x2 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5010.png [[Bottle of Water]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5468.png [[Sugar]] x3 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5767.png [[Boring Fruit Cocktail]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5009.png [[Empty Bottle]] x1
|-
| 10 || Apple Juice || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x3 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5468.png [[Sugar]] x2 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5010.png [[Bottle of Water]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5396.png [[Apple Juice]] x1
|-
| 10 || Sun Vale Tea || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5010.png [[Bottle of Water]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5179.png [[Decent Tannin Powder]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5468.png [[Sugar]] x2 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5397.png [[Sun Vale Tea]] x1
|-
| 15 || Slightly Sub-Par Fruit Cocktail || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5066.png [[Large Strawberry]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5118.png [[Grapes]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5010.png [[Bottle of Water]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5468.png [[Sugar]] x3 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5767.png [[Slightly Sub-Par Fruit Cocktail]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5009.png [[Empty Bottle]] x1
|-
| 20 || Fruit Cocktail || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5118.png [[Grapes]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5066.png [[Large Strawberry]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5138.png [[Orange]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5010.png [[Bottle of Water]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5468.png [[Sugar]] x3 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5767.png [[Fruit Cocktail]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5009.png [[Empty Bottle]] x1
|-
| 23 || Simple Cranberry Tart || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_6297.png [[Cranberries]] x2 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x2 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5041.png [[Flour]] x2 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5794.png [[Butter]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5120.png [[Simple Cranberry Tart]] x2
|-
| 25 || Weird Fruit Cocktail || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5118.png [[Grapes]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5138.png [[Orange]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5139.png [[Guava]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5010.png [[Bottle of Water]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5468.png [[Sugar]] x3 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5767.png [[Weird Fruit Cocktail]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5009.png [[Empty Bottle]] x1
|}
{| {{STDT|mw-collapsible mw-collapsed}}
|+ style="text-align:left; width: 250px;" | [[Fae (Race Skill)]]
! Lvl !! Name !! Ingredients !! Results
|-
| 7 || Turn Food Into Crystal Ice || [[:Category:Items/Edible|Food or Drink]] x1 ||
|}
{| {{STDT|mw-collapsible mw-collapsed}}
|+ style="text-align:left; width: 250px;" | [[Flower Arrangement]]
! Lvl !! Name !! Ingredients !! Results
|-
| 15 || Forager's Arrangement #2 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5942.png [[Flower Wrap]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5043.png [[Red Aster]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5044.png [[Violet]] x2 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5282.png [[Dahlia]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5600.png [[Forager's_Arrangement_2|Forager's Arrangement #2]] x1
|-
| 16 || Forager's Display #2 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5565.png [[Thin Mesh Grate]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5043.png [[Red Aster]] x3 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5044.png [[Violet]] x6 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5282.png [[Dahlia]] x3 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5284.png [[Pansy]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5600.png [[Forager's_Display_2|Forager's Display #2]] x1
|-
| 25 || Forager's Arrangement #3 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5943.png [[Flower Banding]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5044.png [[Violet]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5282.png [[Dahlia]] x2 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5283.png [[Daisy]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5600.png [[Forager's_Arrangement_3|Forager's Arrangement #3]] x1
|-
| 26 || Forager's Display #3 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5566.png [[Mesh Grate]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5044.png [[Violet]] x3 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5282.png [[Dahlia]] x6 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5283.png [[Daisy]] x3 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5285.png [[Marigold]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5600.png [[Forager's_Display_3|Forager's Display #3]] x1
|}
{| {{STDT|mw-collapsible mw-collapsed}}
|+ style="text-align:left; width: 250px;" | [[Ice Conjuration]]
! Lvl !! Name !! Ingredients !! Results
|-
| 1 || Freeze Food Into Crystal Ice || [[:Category:Items/Edible|Food or Drink]] x1 ||
|-
| 1 || Apple Shaved Ice || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x3 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5468.png [[Sugar]] x3 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5665.png [[Apple Shaved Ice]] x1
|-
| 5 || Grape Shaved Ice || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5118.png [[Grapes]] x3 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5468.png [[Sugar]] x3 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5664.png [[Grape Shaved Ice]] x1
|}
{| {{STDT|mw-collapsible mw-collapsed}}
|+ style="text-align:left; width: 250px;" | [[Meditation]]
! Lvl !! Name !! Ingredients !! Results
|-
| 5 || Meditation #05 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x1 || Receive the two combos from a Meditation Pillar, plus a third Combo: Cobra Strike+Barrage+Kick: final step ignites the target, dealing 60 damage over 6 seconds.
|-
| 6 || Meditation #06 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x1 || Receive the two combos from a Meditation Pillar, plus a third Combo: Barrage+Punch+Kick: final step heals you for 25 health.
|-
| 7 || Meditation #07 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5137.png [[Red Apple]] x1 || Receive '''+5 Max Health''', plus the two combos from a Meditation Pillar, plus a third Combo: Barrage+Punch+Kick: final step heals you for 25 health.
|}

===Gifting===


{| {{STDT|mw-collapsible mw-collapsed}}
! NPC !! Location !! Preferences
|- style="background:#4AF24A;"
| [[Hiral]] || The Fairy Tree in [[Sun Vale]] || Loves ([[:Category:Items/Fruit|Fruits]] : 20*)
|- style="background:#4AF24A;"
| [[Hogan]] || [[Hogan's Keep]] in Eltibule || Loves ([[:Category:Items/Fruit|Fruits]] : 20*)
|- style="background:#4AF24A;"
| [[Sugar (NPC)]] || The [[Sacred Grotto]] in Kur || Loves ([[:Category:Items/Apple|Apples]] : 20*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Red]] || The Fox Outpost in [[Kur]] || Likes ([[:Category:Items/Fruit|Fruits]] : 20*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Barnaby]] || The [[Sacred Grotto]] in Kur || Likes ([[:Category:Items/Fruit|Fruits]] : 20*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Aralorn]] || The Animal Outpost in [[Gazluk]] || Likes ([[:Category:Items/Fruit|Fruits]] : 20*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Cassie]] || The [[Sacred Grotto]] in Kur || Likes ([[:Category:Items/Fruit|Fruits]] : 20*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Laura Neth]] || The Outpost in Northwestern [[Kur]] || Likes ([[:Category:Items/Edible|Edible Items]])
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Pitre Ferrence]] || Vidaria || Likes ([[:Category:Items/Food|Food Items]]) Likes ([[:Category:Items/CookingIngredient|Cooking Ingredients]])
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Ragabir]] || [[Red Wing Casino]] || Likes ([[:Category:Items/AlchemyIngredient|Alchemy Ingredients]])
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Rubi]] || The [[Sacred Grotto]] in Kur || Likes ([[:Category:Items/Fruit|Fruits]] : 20*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Tangle]] || The [[Sacred Grotto]] in Kur || Likes ([[:Category:Items/Fruit|Fruits]] : 20*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Mandibles]] || [[Red Wing Casino]] || Likes ([[:Category:Items/CookingIngredient|Cooking Ingredients]])
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Dovie Darbie]] || unknow || Likes ([[:Category:Items/CookingIngredient|Cooking Ingredients]])
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Drummond Stonecurl]] || unknow || Likes ([[:Category:Items/CookingIngredient|Cooking Ingredients]])
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Sir Arif]] || [[Serbule Crypt]] in Serbule || Likes ([[:Category:Items/Edible|Edible Items]])
|- style="background:#F29E4A;"
| [[Rita]] || Serbule Keep in [[Serbule]] || Dislikes ([[:Category:Items/Food|Food Items]])
|- style="background:#F24A4A;"
| [[Alravesa the All-Hunter]] || Amulna in [[Ilmari]] || Hates ([[:Category:Items/Edible|Edible Items]])
|- style="background:#F24A4A;"
| [[Flia]] || East of Serbule Keep in [[Serbule]] || Hates ([[:Category:Items/Edible|Edible Items]])
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>[[Red Apple]] has an effective value different from its base value (5) when gifted as a member of this item category.

=== Bartering Uses ===

=== Selling ===

===Consumption===
====Direct Consumption====

====Ability Consumption====


None.

===Quest Fulfillment===


{| {{STDT|sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed}}
! Quest !! Number Required !! Quest Cooldown (if repeatable) !! NPC !! Minimum Favor !! Location !! Notes
|-
| [[Collect Apples]] || 20 (Collect any [[:Category:Items/Apple|Apples]]) || One time only || Unknown || Unknown || Serbule ||
|-
| [[Guild: Resupply Animal Town (10-person)]] || 60 (Amass with Guild) || 5 Minutes || [[Spot]] || Unknown || [[Animal Town]] in Sun Vale ||
|-
| [[Guild: Resupply Animal Town (25-person)]] || 150 (Amass with Guild) || 5 Minutes || [[Spot]] || Unknown || [[Animal Town]] in Sun Vale ||
|-
| [[Guild: Resupply Animal Town (50-person)]] || 300 (Amass with Guild) || 5 Minutes || [[Spot]] || Unknown || [[Animal Town]] in Sun Vale ||
|-
| [[Event: Apples For The Tree]] || 6 (Collect) || 91 Days || [[Echur]] || Unknown || Serbule Keep in [[Serbule]] ||
|}

=== Other Uses ===


== Lore ==

Red Apple

2026-07-04T04:20:52Z

Silvonis:

All About the Guides Program

2026-07-01T08:49:14Z

Silvonis: /* Please Be Kind to Guides */

__NOTOC__
'''This Blog Post was part of the Gorgon Website blog. It was posted by Citan on Monday, August 17, 2020.'''
: Previous Post: [[Dev Blog: Say Hello to Playable Fairies]]
: Next Post: [[All About the VIP Membership Program]]
'''Additional Blog entries can be found on the [[Developers]] page or in [[:Category:Game Blogs]] '''

===What are Guides?===
You may have seen Guides in-game before and wondered who they were. Guides are volunteers who help keep the game's public chat rooms civil. Elder Games, LLC is a tiny company and our employees can't monitor chat in real-time 24/7, so Guides act as our first line of moderation. They're also knowledgeable about the game and enjoy helping others, so you'll often see them answering newbie questions.

===What Can Guides Do?===
As chat moderators, Guides have several powers available to them. They can gag you from speaking for a few minutes (or even a few hours). They can kick players offline if they're being unruly, and can even ban players from logging back in for an hour or two -- a power that they rarely need to use, thankfully. Any use of their powers is recorded in an audit log, which we review.

Guides can also assist guilds and groups in throwing parties or other events. They have a special ability that creates a pillar of light around their character, to help players find them in busy areas. They also have access to a special chest of party supplies, including beer, fireworks, that sort of thing. (Not all guilds need help throwing a party, but when a small guild is trying to do something big and needs a boost, Guides can help out.)

But that's the extent of their powers. Guides are players, not admins. They can't create items, spawn monsters, activate game events, teleport themselves or others, create event portals, or anything like that. Even the "party supplies chest" is carefully monitored to prevent abuse.
===Please Be Kind to Guides===
Being a Guide is a largely thankless job, but one that is really important: keeping chat civil. Because any large, unmoderated chat room on the internet inevitably becomes an unbearable hellscape. We've all been on the internet long enough to know this truth.

So why do I care if players are mean to Guides? Mainly for the obvious reason: they don't deserve it. But I also have to be cognizant that abuse can have an ulterior motive. It's a classic troll tactic to denigrate a forum's moderators until they're considered bad, tainted, lesser members of the community. Then the volunteers quit and the trolls win.

This isn't the dawn of the internet era. We all know the tricks of the trolls. So I have an obligation to do my best to prevent that stuff from working. That's why I won't let the Guides be conflated with nazis or cheaters or spies or any of that.

I have to protect the Guides, because otherwise the Guides will leave, and chat will be hell. So please be respectful to the Guides.

===Reviewing Complaints about Guides===
Before we end, I want to talk about some complaints I've heard about Guides.
====="Guides can't take a joke."=====
We have a strict chat policy of "no insults". In fact, it's our most important rule. We don't even allow "joke" insults. Jokes can hurt feelings and create anger just as quickly as any other kind of insult. And, of course, "I was just joking" is a classic catch-all defense. (To be clear, lots of people really do intend their insults as a funny-haha type of joke -- and occasionally they're actually funny -- but for our purposes it just doesn't matter.)

So in this respect, the complaint is true: we've asked the Guides to be fairly strict about insults, even if they're jokes. That's not on them, that's on us. It's on me, mainly: I wrote the rules for the Guides, and this is how I want things to be run.
====="I apologized to Guide X, and they said it was fine, but a few hours later I was banned!"=====
This happens because of the logistics of our operation. Guides deal with immediate problems, but they can't see the chat logs, so they can't see patterns of abuse. Only employees can read your chat history, and our reaction time can be delayed a bit.

Suppose you do something inappropriate, and a Guide asks you not to. You apologize and that's it. (95% of the time, things end there.)

But suppose you do that inappropriate thing AGAIN a few hours later. A different Guide, Guide B, asks you not to, and that seems to be the end of it. Then you do it again, and got off with yet another warning from Guide C. But the next day you find you've been banned for a few days. Why is Guide C so mean?

The Guides had nothing to do with your ban. What happened was an employee reviewed the logs and decided a ban was in order. In fact, since Guides can only ban for a couple of hours at most, here's an ironclad rule: if you've been banned for a day or more, your ban came from an employee, not a Guide.
====="The Guides have secret game knowledge and are using it to get rich."=====
This sort of thing is especially dangerous because it's WAY out of touch with the unglamorous work of a Guide. Guides don't have early access to game updates. They don't discover what's in the patch until it goes live. And, of course, they don't have any special game powers that would aid discovery.

We do have a Discord channel where I can give Guides information, but that amounts to information about server outages, ETAs on when an update may go live, and other kinds of logistics info. I can't think of a case where I told Guides anything spoilery that they could use to get rich. (At least, nothing that didn't also show up on twitter!) It's just not that sort of communication channel.

In fact, the Guide discord is mainly for information flowing the other way: Guides telling us stuff. For example, if a player tells a Guide about an exploit, the Guide messages us about it in Discord. (By the way, we generally prefer you to use the bug-report feature in the game to report bugs and exploits. But sometimes talking to a Guide is easier, especially if there are language barriers.)
====="Guide X is spying on me."=====
Guides can't read any chat that a regular player couldn't read: they can't read your private messages to other players, or what your Guild is saying (unless they're in the Guild), or what you say in Group chat (unless they're in the Group), etc. Thus, Guides only monitor public chat rooms.

In fact, if you want to have a more laid-back place to chat with your friends, we encourage you to create one! Guild chat, Group chat, and custom private chat rooms are all places where a few off-kilter jokes between friends aren't going to get anybody in trouble.

However, even in private, you still can't outright attack other players. If someone feels attacked, they can send an Abuse report, which is seen by an employee. Employees do have the power to read your private chat, and we'll take action if you're way out of line.

But the important point here is this: if you start insulting someone via private messages and get banned for it, it wasn't a Guide. It was an employee.
====="Guide X deleted my Abuse report to cover for their friend."=====
Only employees can see Abuse reports. Guides have no access to our reporting system.
====="Guide X hates me and asked the admins to ban me."=====
This has never happened, and it would be really weird if a Guide asked for someone to be banned, because Guides aren't really involved with that. For practical and privacy reasons, Guides aren't included in our internal discussions about punishments. In fact, most of the time Guides aren't even aware of ban decisions.
===Guides are Players, First===
I know that our no-insult rule can feel stifling. And we employees do make our share of mistakes when dealing with behavior problems. Sometimes we overreact to a small issue, making it a big one; other times we use the wrong volume. We shout when we should whisper, or whisper when we should shout, metaphorically speaking. These are things we'll keep working on. But my point is that I can understand why some players would be annoyed with us. (But you still can't call us names: no insults!)

However, the Guides are some of the nicest people in the game. That's why they're Guides! They're volunteering their time to help make the community a friendly place, and they don't deserve abuse.

===In Conclusion, Thank-You!===
I wanted to make this blog post to dispel any myths about Guides, and to serve as a reference in the future if players have questions. For the most part, Guides are just players. And I'm happy that they rarely need to use their moderation powers, and can mostly just play the game. And that's thanks to you! The vast majority of the game's players are extraordinarily well-behaved in chat, for which I am personally grateful.

When I see players having fun in the game, that's a powerful motivator to me; sometimes it's literally what gets me out of bed. It really means a lot to me that you're participating in this particular escapist fantasy universe. Thank you. Keep it up!

PS - We've recently added a couple of new volunteers to the Guides program, so you may see a few new faces with the -GUIDE- tag. If you're interested in becoming a Guide in the next batch (a few months from now), please let us know by emailing guideapplications@projectgorgon.com .

[[Category:Game Blogs]]

All About the Guides Program

2026-07-01T08:48:55Z

Silvonis: /* What are Guides? */

__NOTOC__
'''This Blog Post was part of the Gorgon Website blog. It was posted by Citan on Monday, August 17, 2020.'''
: Previous Post: [[Dev Blog: Say Hello to Playable Fairies]]
: Next Post: [[All About the VIP Membership Program]]
'''Additional Blog entries can be found on the [[Developers]] page or in [[:Category:Game Blogs]] '''

===What are Guides?===
You may have seen Guides in-game before and wondered who they were. Guides are volunteers who help keep the game's public chat rooms civil. Elder Games, LLC is a tiny company and our employees can't monitor chat in real-time 24/7, so Guides act as our first line of moderation. They're also knowledgeable about the game and enjoy helping others, so you'll often see them answering newbie questions.

===What Can Guides Do?===
As chat moderators, Guides have several powers available to them. They can gag you from speaking for a few minutes (or even a few hours). They can kick players offline if they're being unruly, and can even ban players from logging back in for an hour or two -- a power that they rarely need to use, thankfully. Any use of their powers is recorded in an audit log, which we review.

Guides can also assist guilds and groups in throwing parties or other events. They have a special ability that creates a pillar of light around their character, to help players find them in busy areas. They also have access to a special chest of party supplies, including beer, fireworks, that sort of thing. (Not all guilds need help throwing a party, but when a small guild is trying to do something big and needs a boost, Guides can help out.)

But that's the extent of their powers. Guides are players, not admins. They can't create items, spawn monsters, activate game events, teleport themselves or others, create event portals, or anything like that. Even the "party supplies chest" is carefully monitored to prevent abuse.
===Please Be Kind to Guides===
Being a Guide is a largely thankless job, but one that is really important: keeping chat civil. Because any large, unmoderated chat room on the internet inevitably becomes an unbearable hellscape. We've all been on the internet long enough to know this truth.

So why do I care if players are mean to Guides? Mainly for the obvious reason: they don't deserve it. But I also have to be cognizant that abuse can have an ulterior motive. It's a classic troll tactic to denigrate a forum's moderators until they're considered bad, tainted, lesser members of the community. Then the volunteers quit and the trolls win.

This isn't the dawn of the internet era. We all know the tricks of the trolls. So I have an obligation to do my best to prevent that stuff from working. That's why I won't let the Guides be conflated with nazis or cheaters or spies or any of that.

I have to protect the Guides, because otherwise the Guides will leave, and chat will be hell. So please be respectful to the Guides.

Test

===Reviewing Complaints about Guides===
Before we end, I want to talk about some complaints I've heard about Guides.
====="Guides can't take a joke."=====
We have a strict chat policy of "no insults". In fact, it's our most important rule. We don't even allow "joke" insults. Jokes can hurt feelings and create anger just as quickly as any other kind of insult. And, of course, "I was just joking" is a classic catch-all defense. (To be clear, lots of people really do intend their insults as a funny-haha type of joke -- and occasionally they're actually funny -- but for our purposes it just doesn't matter.)

So in this respect, the complaint is true: we've asked the Guides to be fairly strict about insults, even if they're jokes. That's not on them, that's on us. It's on me, mainly: I wrote the rules for the Guides, and this is how I want things to be run.
====="I apologized to Guide X, and they said it was fine, but a few hours later I was banned!"=====
This happens because of the logistics of our operation. Guides deal with immediate problems, but they can't see the chat logs, so they can't see patterns of abuse. Only employees can read your chat history, and our reaction time can be delayed a bit.

Suppose you do something inappropriate, and a Guide asks you not to. You apologize and that's it. (95% of the time, things end there.)

But suppose you do that inappropriate thing AGAIN a few hours later. A different Guide, Guide B, asks you not to, and that seems to be the end of it. Then you do it again, and got off with yet another warning from Guide C. But the next day you find you've been banned for a few days. Why is Guide C so mean?

The Guides had nothing to do with your ban. What happened was an employee reviewed the logs and decided a ban was in order. In fact, since Guides can only ban for a couple of hours at most, here's an ironclad rule: if you've been banned for a day or more, your ban came from an employee, not a Guide.
====="The Guides have secret game knowledge and are using it to get rich."=====
This sort of thing is especially dangerous because it's WAY out of touch with the unglamorous work of a Guide. Guides don't have early access to game updates. They don't discover what's in the patch until it goes live. And, of course, they don't have any special game powers that would aid discovery.

We do have a Discord channel where I can give Guides information, but that amounts to information about server outages, ETAs on when an update may go live, and other kinds of logistics info. I can't think of a case where I told Guides anything spoilery that they could use to get rich. (At least, nothing that didn't also show up on twitter!) It's just not that sort of communication channel.

In fact, the Guide discord is mainly for information flowing the other way: Guides telling us stuff. For example, if a player tells a Guide about an exploit, the Guide messages us about it in Discord. (By the way, we generally prefer you to use the bug-report feature in the game to report bugs and exploits. But sometimes talking to a Guide is easier, especially if there are language barriers.)
====="Guide X is spying on me."=====
Guides can't read any chat that a regular player couldn't read: they can't read your private messages to other players, or what your Guild is saying (unless they're in the Guild), or what you say in Group chat (unless they're in the Group), etc. Thus, Guides only monitor public chat rooms.

In fact, if you want to have a more laid-back place to chat with your friends, we encourage you to create one! Guild chat, Group chat, and custom private chat rooms are all places where a few off-kilter jokes between friends aren't going to get anybody in trouble.

However, even in private, you still can't outright attack other players. If someone feels attacked, they can send an Abuse report, which is seen by an employee. Employees do have the power to read your private chat, and we'll take action if you're way out of line.

But the important point here is this: if you start insulting someone via private messages and get banned for it, it wasn't a Guide. It was an employee.
====="Guide X deleted my Abuse report to cover for their friend."=====
Only employees can see Abuse reports. Guides have no access to our reporting system.
====="Guide X hates me and asked the admins to ban me."=====
This has never happened, and it would be really weird if a Guide asked for someone to be banned, because Guides aren't really involved with that. For practical and privacy reasons, Guides aren't included in our internal discussions about punishments. In fact, most of the time Guides aren't even aware of ban decisions.
===Guides are Players, First===
I know that our no-insult rule can feel stifling. And we employees do make our share of mistakes when dealing with behavior problems. Sometimes we overreact to a small issue, making it a big one; other times we use the wrong volume. We shout when we should whisper, or whisper when we should shout, metaphorically speaking. These are things we'll keep working on. But my point is that I can understand why some players would be annoyed with us. (But you still can't call us names: no insults!)

However, the Guides are some of the nicest people in the game. That's why they're Guides! They're volunteering their time to help make the community a friendly place, and they don't deserve abuse.

===In Conclusion, Thank-You!===
I wanted to make this blog post to dispel any myths about Guides, and to serve as a reference in the future if players have questions. For the most part, Guides are just players. And I'm happy that they rarely need to use their moderation powers, and can mostly just play the game. And that's thanks to you! The vast majority of the game's players are extraordinarily well-behaved in chat, for which I am personally grateful.

When I see players having fun in the game, that's a powerful motivator to me; sometimes it's literally what gets me out of bed. It really means a lot to me that you're participating in this particular escapist fantasy universe. Thank you. Keep it up!

PS - We've recently added a couple of new volunteers to the Guides program, so you may see a few new faces with the -GUIDE- tag. If you're interested in becoming a Guide in the next batch (a few months from now), please let us know by emailing guideapplications@projectgorgon.com .

[[Category:Game Blogs]]

All About the Guides Program

2026-07-01T08:48:44Z

Silvonis: /* What are Guides? */

__NOTOC__
'''This Blog Post was part of the Gorgon Website blog. It was posted by Citan on Monday, August 17, 2020.'''
: Previous Post: [[Dev Blog: Say Hello to Playable Fairies]]
: Next Post: [[All About the VIP Membership Program]]
'''Additional Blog entries can be found on the [[Developers]] page or in [[:Category:Game Blogs]] '''

===What are Guides?===
You may have seen Guides in-game before and wondered who they were. Guides are volunteers who help keep the game's public chat rooms civil. Elder Games, LLC is a tiny company and our employees can't monitor chat in real-time 24/7, so Guides act as our first line of moderation. They're also knowledgeable about the game and enjoy helping others, so you'll often see them answering newbie questions.

Test

===What Can Guides Do?===
As chat moderators, Guides have several powers available to them. They can gag you from speaking for a few minutes (or even a few hours). They can kick players offline if they're being unruly, and can even ban players from logging back in for an hour or two -- a power that they rarely need to use, thankfully. Any use of their powers is recorded in an audit log, which we review.

Guides can also assist guilds and groups in throwing parties or other events. They have a special ability that creates a pillar of light around their character, to help players find them in busy areas. They also have access to a special chest of party supplies, including beer, fireworks, that sort of thing. (Not all guilds need help throwing a party, but when a small guild is trying to do something big and needs a boost, Guides can help out.)

But that's the extent of their powers. Guides are players, not admins. They can't create items, spawn monsters, activate game events, teleport themselves or others, create event portals, or anything like that. Even the "party supplies chest" is carefully monitored to prevent abuse.
===Please Be Kind to Guides===
Being a Guide is a largely thankless job, but one that is really important: keeping chat civil. Because any large, unmoderated chat room on the internet inevitably becomes an unbearable hellscape. We've all been on the internet long enough to know this truth.

So why do I care if players are mean to Guides? Mainly for the obvious reason: they don't deserve it. But I also have to be cognizant that abuse can have an ulterior motive. It's a classic troll tactic to denigrate a forum's moderators until they're considered bad, tainted, lesser members of the community. Then the volunteers quit and the trolls win.

This isn't the dawn of the internet era. We all know the tricks of the trolls. So I have an obligation to do my best to prevent that stuff from working. That's why I won't let the Guides be conflated with nazis or cheaters or spies or any of that.

I have to protect the Guides, because otherwise the Guides will leave, and chat will be hell. So please be respectful to the Guides.

Test

===Reviewing Complaints about Guides===
Before we end, I want to talk about some complaints I've heard about Guides.
====="Guides can't take a joke."=====
We have a strict chat policy of "no insults". In fact, it's our most important rule. We don't even allow "joke" insults. Jokes can hurt feelings and create anger just as quickly as any other kind of insult. And, of course, "I was just joking" is a classic catch-all defense. (To be clear, lots of people really do intend their insults as a funny-haha type of joke -- and occasionally they're actually funny -- but for our purposes it just doesn't matter.)

So in this respect, the complaint is true: we've asked the Guides to be fairly strict about insults, even if they're jokes. That's not on them, that's on us. It's on me, mainly: I wrote the rules for the Guides, and this is how I want things to be run.
====="I apologized to Guide X, and they said it was fine, but a few hours later I was banned!"=====
This happens because of the logistics of our operation. Guides deal with immediate problems, but they can't see the chat logs, so they can't see patterns of abuse. Only employees can read your chat history, and our reaction time can be delayed a bit.

Suppose you do something inappropriate, and a Guide asks you not to. You apologize and that's it. (95% of the time, things end there.)

But suppose you do that inappropriate thing AGAIN a few hours later. A different Guide, Guide B, asks you not to, and that seems to be the end of it. Then you do it again, and got off with yet another warning from Guide C. But the next day you find you've been banned for a few days. Why is Guide C so mean?

The Guides had nothing to do with your ban. What happened was an employee reviewed the logs and decided a ban was in order. In fact, since Guides can only ban for a couple of hours at most, here's an ironclad rule: if you've been banned for a day or more, your ban came from an employee, not a Guide.
====="The Guides have secret game knowledge and are using it to get rich."=====
This sort of thing is especially dangerous because it's WAY out of touch with the unglamorous work of a Guide. Guides don't have early access to game updates. They don't discover what's in the patch until it goes live. And, of course, they don't have any special game powers that would aid discovery.

We do have a Discord channel where I can give Guides information, but that amounts to information about server outages, ETAs on when an update may go live, and other kinds of logistics info. I can't think of a case where I told Guides anything spoilery that they could use to get rich. (At least, nothing that didn't also show up on twitter!) It's just not that sort of communication channel.

In fact, the Guide discord is mainly for information flowing the other way: Guides telling us stuff. For example, if a player tells a Guide about an exploit, the Guide messages us about it in Discord. (By the way, we generally prefer you to use the bug-report feature in the game to report bugs and exploits. But sometimes talking to a Guide is easier, especially if there are language barriers.)
====="Guide X is spying on me."=====
Guides can't read any chat that a regular player couldn't read: they can't read your private messages to other players, or what your Guild is saying (unless they're in the Guild), or what you say in Group chat (unless they're in the Group), etc. Thus, Guides only monitor public chat rooms.

In fact, if you want to have a more laid-back place to chat with your friends, we encourage you to create one! Guild chat, Group chat, and custom private chat rooms are all places where a few off-kilter jokes between friends aren't going to get anybody in trouble.

However, even in private, you still can't outright attack other players. If someone feels attacked, they can send an Abuse report, which is seen by an employee. Employees do have the power to read your private chat, and we'll take action if you're way out of line.

But the important point here is this: if you start insulting someone via private messages and get banned for it, it wasn't a Guide. It was an employee.
====="Guide X deleted my Abuse report to cover for their friend."=====
Only employees can see Abuse reports. Guides have no access to our reporting system.
====="Guide X hates me and asked the admins to ban me."=====
This has never happened, and it would be really weird if a Guide asked for someone to be banned, because Guides aren't really involved with that. For practical and privacy reasons, Guides aren't included in our internal discussions about punishments. In fact, most of the time Guides aren't even aware of ban decisions.
===Guides are Players, First===
I know that our no-insult rule can feel stifling. And we employees do make our share of mistakes when dealing with behavior problems. Sometimes we overreact to a small issue, making it a big one; other times we use the wrong volume. We shout when we should whisper, or whisper when we should shout, metaphorically speaking. These are things we'll keep working on. But my point is that I can understand why some players would be annoyed with us. (But you still can't call us names: no insults!)

However, the Guides are some of the nicest people in the game. That's why they're Guides! They're volunteering their time to help make the community a friendly place, and they don't deserve abuse.

===In Conclusion, Thank-You!===
I wanted to make this blog post to dispel any myths about Guides, and to serve as a reference in the future if players have questions. For the most part, Guides are just players. And I'm happy that they rarely need to use their moderation powers, and can mostly just play the game. And that's thanks to you! The vast majority of the game's players are extraordinarily well-behaved in chat, for which I am personally grateful.

When I see players having fun in the game, that's a powerful motivator to me; sometimes it's literally what gets me out of bed. It really means a lot to me that you're participating in this particular escapist fantasy universe. Thank you. Keep it up!

PS - We've recently added a couple of new volunteers to the Guides program, so you may see a few new faces with the -GUIDE- tag. If you're interested in becoming a Guide in the next batch (a few months from now), please let us know by emailing guideapplications@projectgorgon.com .

[[Category:Game Blogs]]

All About the Guides Program

2026-07-01T08:47:59Z

Silvonis: /* Please Be Kind to Guides */

__NOTOC__
'''This Blog Post was part of the Gorgon Website blog. It was posted by Citan on Monday, August 17, 2020.'''
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===What are Guides?===
You may have seen Guides in-game before and wondered who they were. Guides are volunteers who help keep the game's public chat rooms civil. Elder Games, LLC is a tiny company and our employees can't monitor chat in real-time 24/7, so Guides act as our first line of moderation. They're also knowledgeable about the game and enjoy helping others, so you'll often see them answering newbie questions.
===What Can Guides Do?===
As chat moderators, Guides have several powers available to them. They can gag you from speaking for a few minutes (or even a few hours). They can kick players offline if they're being unruly, and can even ban players from logging back in for an hour or two -- a power that they rarely need to use, thankfully. Any use of their powers is recorded in an audit log, which we review.

Guides can also assist guilds and groups in throwing parties or other events. They have a special ability that creates a pillar of light around their character, to help players find them in busy areas. They also have access to a special chest of party supplies, including beer, fireworks, that sort of thing. (Not all guilds need help throwing a party, but when a small guild is trying to do something big and needs a boost, Guides can help out.)

But that's the extent of their powers. Guides are players, not admins. They can't create items, spawn monsters, activate game events, teleport themselves or others, create event portals, or anything like that. Even the "party supplies chest" is carefully monitored to prevent abuse.
===Please Be Kind to Guides===
Being a Guide is a largely thankless job, but one that is really important: keeping chat civil. Because any large, unmoderated chat room on the internet inevitably becomes an unbearable hellscape. We've all been on the internet long enough to know this truth.

So why do I care if players are mean to Guides? Mainly for the obvious reason: they don't deserve it. But I also have to be cognizant that abuse can have an ulterior motive. It's a classic troll tactic to denigrate a forum's moderators until they're considered bad, tainted, lesser members of the community. Then the volunteers quit and the trolls win.

This isn't the dawn of the internet era. We all know the tricks of the trolls. So I have an obligation to do my best to prevent that stuff from working. That's why I won't let the Guides be conflated with nazis or cheaters or spies or any of that.

I have to protect the Guides, because otherwise the Guides will leave, and chat will be hell. So please be respectful to the Guides.

Test

===Reviewing Complaints about Guides===
Before we end, I want to talk about some complaints I've heard about Guides.
====="Guides can't take a joke."=====
We have a strict chat policy of "no insults". In fact, it's our most important rule. We don't even allow "joke" insults. Jokes can hurt feelings and create anger just as quickly as any other kind of insult. And, of course, "I was just joking" is a classic catch-all defense. (To be clear, lots of people really do intend their insults as a funny-haha type of joke -- and occasionally they're actually funny -- but for our purposes it just doesn't matter.)

So in this respect, the complaint is true: we've asked the Guides to be fairly strict about insults, even if they're jokes. That's not on them, that's on us. It's on me, mainly: I wrote the rules for the Guides, and this is how I want things to be run.
====="I apologized to Guide X, and they said it was fine, but a few hours later I was banned!"=====
This happens because of the logistics of our operation. Guides deal with immediate problems, but they can't see the chat logs, so they can't see patterns of abuse. Only employees can read your chat history, and our reaction time can be delayed a bit.

Suppose you do something inappropriate, and a Guide asks you not to. You apologize and that's it. (95% of the time, things end there.)

But suppose you do that inappropriate thing AGAIN a few hours later. A different Guide, Guide B, asks you not to, and that seems to be the end of it. Then you do it again, and got off with yet another warning from Guide C. But the next day you find you've been banned for a few days. Why is Guide C so mean?

The Guides had nothing to do with your ban. What happened was an employee reviewed the logs and decided a ban was in order. In fact, since Guides can only ban for a couple of hours at most, here's an ironclad rule: if you've been banned for a day or more, your ban came from an employee, not a Guide.
====="The Guides have secret game knowledge and are using it to get rich."=====
This sort of thing is especially dangerous because it's WAY out of touch with the unglamorous work of a Guide. Guides don't have early access to game updates. They don't discover what's in the patch until it goes live. And, of course, they don't have any special game powers that would aid discovery.

We do have a Discord channel where I can give Guides information, but that amounts to information about server outages, ETAs on when an update may go live, and other kinds of logistics info. I can't think of a case where I told Guides anything spoilery that they could use to get rich. (At least, nothing that didn't also show up on twitter!) It's just not that sort of communication channel.

In fact, the Guide discord is mainly for information flowing the other way: Guides telling us stuff. For example, if a player tells a Guide about an exploit, the Guide messages us about it in Discord. (By the way, we generally prefer you to use the bug-report feature in the game to report bugs and exploits. But sometimes talking to a Guide is easier, especially if there are language barriers.)
====="Guide X is spying on me."=====
Guides can't read any chat that a regular player couldn't read: they can't read your private messages to other players, or what your Guild is saying (unless they're in the Guild), or what you say in Group chat (unless they're in the Group), etc. Thus, Guides only monitor public chat rooms.

In fact, if you want to have a more laid-back place to chat with your friends, we encourage you to create one! Guild chat, Group chat, and custom private chat rooms are all places where a few off-kilter jokes between friends aren't going to get anybody in trouble.

However, even in private, you still can't outright attack other players. If someone feels attacked, they can send an Abuse report, which is seen by an employee. Employees do have the power to read your private chat, and we'll take action if you're way out of line.

But the important point here is this: if you start insulting someone via private messages and get banned for it, it wasn't a Guide. It was an employee.
====="Guide X deleted my Abuse report to cover for their friend."=====
Only employees can see Abuse reports. Guides have no access to our reporting system.
====="Guide X hates me and asked the admins to ban me."=====
This has never happened, and it would be really weird if a Guide asked for someone to be banned, because Guides aren't really involved with that. For practical and privacy reasons, Guides aren't included in our internal discussions about punishments. In fact, most of the time Guides aren't even aware of ban decisions.
===Guides are Players, First===
I know that our no-insult rule can feel stifling. And we employees do make our share of mistakes when dealing with behavior problems. Sometimes we overreact to a small issue, making it a big one; other times we use the wrong volume. We shout when we should whisper, or whisper when we should shout, metaphorically speaking. These are things we'll keep working on. But my point is that I can understand why some players would be annoyed with us. (But you still can't call us names: no insults!)

However, the Guides are some of the nicest people in the game. That's why they're Guides! They're volunteering their time to help make the community a friendly place, and they don't deserve abuse.

===In Conclusion, Thank-You!===
I wanted to make this blog post to dispel any myths about Guides, and to serve as a reference in the future if players have questions. For the most part, Guides are just players. And I'm happy that they rarely need to use their moderation powers, and can mostly just play the game. And that's thanks to you! The vast majority of the game's players are extraordinarily well-behaved in chat, for which I am personally grateful.

When I see players having fun in the game, that's a powerful motivator to me; sometimes it's literally what gets me out of bed. It really means a lot to me that you're participating in this particular escapist fantasy universe. Thank you. Keep it up!

PS - We've recently added a couple of new volunteers to the Guides program, so you may see a few new faces with the -GUIDE- tag. If you're interested in becoming a Guide in the next batch (a few months from now), please let us know by emailing guideapplications@projectgorgon.com .

[[Category:Game Blogs]]

Fancy Pumpkin Pie

2026-07-01T08:36:55Z

Silvonis: /* Other Uses */

__NOTOC__
{{ITEM infobox
|name = Fancy Pumpkin Pie
|skillreqs = Gourmand 45 
|description = A pie so good that it would be foolish to eat it as just a dessert. Eat it as a meal.
|basemods = Max Health +120 Health Regen +209 per update Power Regen +172 per update Health Regen +36 per update (in combat) Power Regen +24 per update (in combat) Metabolism Regen +5 per update Slashing/Crushing/Piercing Mitigation +20 Lasts 1 hour (plus Gourmand bonus) Meal Level 60
|value = 377
|extra = {{Spoiler|
|{{ITEM EXTRA infobox
| stack = 10
| keywords = {{KW|Consumable}}{{KW|DairyDish}}{{KW|Dessert}}{{KW|Edible}}{{KW|Food}}{{KW|PreparedFood}}{{KW|PumpkinPie}}{{KW|VegetableDish}}{{KW|VegetarianDish}}
}}}}
}}

== How to Obtain ==

===Producing with Recipes===


{| {{STDT|mw-collapsible mw-collapsed}}
|+ style="text-align:left; width: 250px;" | [[Cooking]]
! Lvl !! Name !! Ingredients !! Results
|-
| 60 || Fancy Pumpkin Pie || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5404.png [[Pumpkin]] x2 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5041.png [[Flour]] x5 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5406.png [[Cinnamon]] x1 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5468.png [[Sugar]] x5 http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5160.png [[Sour Cream]] x1 || http://cdn.projectgorgon.com/v461/icons/icon_5768.png [[Fancy Pumpkin Pie]] x1
|}

=== Obtaining through Bartering ===

=== Purchasing ===

=== Drops ===

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</dpl>
=== Gathering ===

===Quest Rewards===


None.

=== Other Ways to Obtain === 
== Uses ==

===Using in Recipes===


{| {{STDT|mw-collapsible mw-collapsed}}
|+ style="text-align:left; width: 250px;" | [[Fae (Race Skill)]]
! Lvl !! Name !! Ingredients !! Results
|-
| 7 || Turn Food Into Crystal Ice || [[:Category:Items/Edible|Food or Drink]] x1 ||
|}
{| {{STDT|mw-collapsible mw-collapsed}}
|+ style="text-align:left; width: 250px;" | [[Ice Conjuration]]
! Lvl !! Name !! Ingredients !! Results
|-
| 1 || Freeze Food Into Crystal Ice || [[:Category:Items/Edible|Food or Drink]] x1 ||
|}

===Gifting===


{| {{STDT|mw-collapsible mw-collapsed}}
! NPC !! Location !! Preferences
|- style="background:#4AF24A;"
| [[Marna]] || Serbule Keep in [[Serbule]] || Loves ([[:Category:Items/VegetarianDish|Vegetarian Dishes]] : 880*)
|- style="background:#4AF24A;"
| [[Paul Vaughn]] || A room near the Tapestry Inn in [[Serbule Hills]] || Loves ([[:Category:Items/Dessert|Desserts]] : 880*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Blanche]] || Serbule Keep in [[Serbule]] || Likes ([[:Category:Items/DairyDish|Dairy Dishes]] : 880*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Eleme]] || The Fairy Tree in [[Sun Vale]] || Likes ([[:Category:Items/VegetarianDish|Vegetarian Dishes]] : 880*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Fainor]] || Serbule Keep in [[Serbule]] || Likes ([[:Category:Items/PreparedFood|Prepared Foods]] : 660*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Gretchen Salas]] || In or Around Eltibule Keep in [[Eltibule]] || Likes ([[:Category:Items/VegetableDish|Vegetable Dishes]] : 880*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Laura Neth]] || The Outpost in Northwestern [[Kur]] || Likes ([[:Category:Items/Edible|Edible Items]]) Likes ([[:Category:Items/Dessert|Desserts]] : 880*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Raul]] || [[Animal Town]] in Sun Vale || Likes ([[:Category:Items/VegetarianDish|Vegetarian Dishes]] : 880*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Thimble Pete]] || [[Hogan's Keep]] in Eltibule || Likes ([[:Category:Items/Dessert|Desserts]] : 880*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Yalox]] || The [[Goblin Dungeon]] in Eltibule || Likes ([[:Category:Items/Dessert|Desserts]] : 880*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Braigon]] || Eltibule Keep in [[Eltibule]] || Likes ([[:Category:Items/DairyDish|Dairy Dishes]] : 880*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Pitre Ferrence]] || Vidaria || Likes ([[:Category:Items/Food|Food Items]])
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Floxie]] || The Fel-Dasculan Ruins in the [[Fae Realm]] || Likes ([[:Category:Items/VegetarianDish|Vegetarian Dishes]] : 880*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Elahil]] || Serbule Keep in [[Serbule]] || Likes ([[:Category:Items/PreparedFood|Prepared Foods]] : 660*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Hulon the Hoarder]] || Serbule Keep in [[Serbule]] || Likes ([[:Category:Items/PreparedFood|Prepared Foods]] : 660*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Ivyn]] || Ivyn's Farm in [[Serbule]] || Likes ([[:Category:Items/PreparedFood|Prepared Foods]] : 660*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Liamu the Watchful]] || North of the manticore fields. || Likes ([[:Category:Items/PreparedFood|Prepared Foods]] : 660*)
|- style="background:#9EF24A;"
| [[Sir Arif]] || [[Serbule Crypt]] in Serbule || Likes ([[:Category:Items/PreparedFood|Prepared Foods]] : 660*) Likes ([[:Category:Items/Edible|Edible Items]])
|- style="background:#F2F24A;"
| [[Justin Smoot]] || Statehelm || Likes ([[:Category:Items/PreparedFood|Prepared Foods]] : 660*)
|- style="background:#F29E4A;"
| [[Mushroom Jack]] || Serbule Keep in [[Serbule]] || Dislikes ([[:Category:Items/PreparedFood|Prepared Foods]] : 660*)
|- style="background:#F29E4A;"
| [[Rita]] || Serbule Keep in [[Serbule]] || Dislikes ([[:Category:Items/Food|Food Items]])
|- style="background:#F24A4A;"
| [[Alravesa the All-Hunter]] || Amulna in [[Ilmari]] || Hates ([[:Category:Items/Edible|Edible Items]])
|- style="background:#F24A4A;"
| [[Jaime Fatholm]] || The Tapestry Inn in [[Serbule Hills]] || Hates ([[:Category:Items/PreparedFood|Prepared Foods]] : 660*)
|- style="background:#F24A4A;"
| [[Sanja]] || The Campfire in Northwestern [[Kur]] || Hates ([[:Category:Items/VegetableDish|Vegetable Dishes]] : 880*)
|- style="background:#F24A4A;"
| [[Velkort]] || Serbule Keep in [[Serbule]] || Hates ([[:Category:Items/PreparedFood|Prepared Foods]] : 660*)
|- style="background:#F24A4A;"
| [[Flia]] || East of Serbule Keep in [[Serbule]] || Hates ([[:Category:Items/Edible|Edible Items]])
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>[[Fancy Pumpkin Pie]] has an effective value different from its base value (377) when gifted as a member of this item category.

=== Bartering Uses ===

=== Selling ===

===Consumption===
====Direct Consumption====

====Ability Consumption====


None.

===Quest Fulfillment===


=====Work Order=====
Turn in 10x [[Fancy Pumpkin Pie]] to [[Ogamboe]] for 17904 councils. Requires [[Industry]] Level 60. Available only seasonally.

=== Other Uses ===


== Lore ==