Soarin Beta 2 Update

© Disney | © Themagical.nl  (*Image above 'Beta 2' Update)

Hey Everybody!

It's been a long time since I've posted anything here.  It's been very busy weeks for me where I couldn't even get on the PC.

:: Soarin Beta 2 ::

As you can see above image we've entered the 'Beta 2' phase in our development stages.  Our beta testers got the latest update on this new simulation build.

There's been a few things updated in this version too! 

Here's a list of what's new in Beta 2:

-Help manual added

-Rating/score added

-Various statistical displays added

-New and updated sound effects

-Notification messages and sound

-Tweaked peep flow to fill up the attraction quicker when starting the sim

-Various bug fixes

Here's what left:

-Mobile UI

Doesn't seem much as for the user interface (UI for short), but overall the game performance has been tweaked just a bit.

We are hoping the testing for this new phase will keep us closer to the general public release!

Don't forget to use #SoarinSim to see the latest updates and conversations on our social feeds on Facebook and Twitter!

Until Then!

Reighard

Happy Labor Day!

Hey Friends!

I hope you are enjoying your last visits to amusement parks, cook outs, special vacation spots as summer is coming to a close.

School's will be starting up soon (or already have since August 25,2014) as fall is right a round the corner.

Today September 1, 2014  the United States is celebrating a national holiday called "Labor Day". 

What is Labor Day you asked?  

1) Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.

Through the years the nation gave increasing emphasis to Labor Day. The first governmental recognition came through municipal ordinances passed during 1885 and 1886. From these, a movement developed to secure state legislation. The first state bill was introduced into the New York legislature, but the first to become law was passed by Oregon on February 21, 1887. During the year four more states — Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York — created the Labor Day holiday by legislative enactment. By the end of the decade Connecticut, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania had followed suit. By 1894, 23 other states had adopted the holiday in honor of workers, and on June 28 of that year, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.

1) Source: http://www.dol.gov/laborday/history.htm

We hope all our friends who work hard in the United States have a safe and fun Labor Day Holiday!  Thank you for all your hard work!

Until Then,


Reighard

Themagical News: Soarin Updates, Forums are back, and more!

Hey Friends!

I hope you are all enjoying your summer vacation / break! I know many of you are enjoying the summer time by playing outside games, going to the beaches, going to amusement parks (my favorite time of the summer) and eating great outdoor grill food (YUM!) !

:: Recap: Blog Update ::

Yes, I know many of you are wondering "what's going on the blog, I haven't seen anything new to read. Is everything OK?"

No need to worry friends, I'm still here.  It's been really busy with my job in my personal life and as well doing other personal matters that has been taking my free time away from the internet.

With that in mind, I have been overseeing the progress beta testing from the testers over month or so since the 'beta-ready' of Soarin.  By which has been keeping me a bit busy responding to the emails and reporting them to Josh who help create the simulation.

:: Forums are BACK! ::

That's right, since the closure in 2011 the Themagical staff thought really hard about this decision of returning the forum feature.

From a user of the forum had caused disruption on the site, made us remove it due to the person didn't cooperate of using the feature on our website. 

Now, rules of the forums will be FULL Force and monitored by the staff and waiting for approval of your posting.  If we feel your posting isn't up to the standards of the rules of the forum, your post will not be posted and result warning will follow if not corrected.

You can read all our rules by clicking here or click on the the tab that reads 'forum rules'. 

:: Soarin Updates ::

Things are coming along nicely as for reports from our testers.  Josh has been working very hard on the bugs and has already made the new changes from their reports.

If all goes well, we make see it coming closer for a general release!  Be sure to follow their progress on our social media accounts on Twitter & Facebook via hashtag: #SoarinSim

Also you can read up on their discussions over at our forum page section! Click here to read more about it!

:: Closing Thoughts ::

Seems like I just made a post no that long ago and now I have to sign off for this posting.

Thank you to all our readers and community for reading up on what's new and happening over at Themagical.

We will be revealing something real soon but we won't reveal too much about it quite it!  This is something in the works for awhile. So Stay Tuned!

Until Then,

Reighard

All Disney Films, One Starry Universe

Hey Friends,

I want to write a special article on an artist who I thought is worth sharing with you all!

UK artist has created a large print combining stars/night skies from every Disney and Pixar animated feature-length films (even including Disney's Frozen).

© Marianne H   |   © Disney

Marianne is an inspired artist who's dream of working for the Disney Company.  Even though her first attempt didn't work out when she tried to work for the company, she thought another way of using her creative abilities to prove that she has a chance to work for them.

Then an idea spark, 'when wishing on a star, your dreams will come true' what if she used all the Disney animated films that display stars in the movie and made it into a huge canvas of all of them.

Thus the journey started.  

Gallery: Click here to view the starry universe!  (*In High Definition) 

The video that she posted, showed the progress of this journey and as well behind the scenes look of how she captured the stars from all the Disney animated/CGI movies.

Video:  Click here to watch it!

Officially Summer, Happy 4th Of July, Soarin Update

Hey There Friends!

It's been awhile since there's been new postings, thank you for your patience for waiting for new content.

::Happy 4th of July::

For those outside the country readers, Independence Day (July 4th) honors the birthday of the United States of America and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It's a day of picnics and patriotic parades, a night of concerts and fireworks, and a reason to fly the American flag.

Not only that but its the History where here in America we bare the freedom of independence as the founder fathers of our great nation wrote down so that all of those living in past, present and future can enjoy this.

::Summer is HERE!::

So since schools are now out of sessions and most of you guys and gals are now enjoying your summer break before going back to school in August/September months.

I'm just as excited and anxious to start the summer time to enjoy the beaches, camping, amusement parks, plus so much more! What are you excited about the summer time? Do you like the summer or prefer another season?

::Beta Testing: Soarin Update:: 

As you may already know that Soarin our newest upcoming simulation is under testing with our beta testers.  We've been getting our bug reports from the testers and happy to hear they are enjoying their experience.

Though, they ran into some issues along the way but that's why we are having them testing it to make sure it will be ready for all to play!

Now, those who been emailing at sdt@themagical.nl previously signed up along time ago didn't get the email about the testing launch.

Those who signed up either gave an email address that doesn't work, the email went into the spam folder, or didn't fulfill the mandatory requirement of being active on our website/social media sites.

I'm currently adding those who didn't get their email from me due to the things I've mentioned above.  Please make sure if you did sign up and didn't get the email from sdt@themagical.nl , re-send an email it again to the address stating you didn't get it. 

To follow on their experience, they will be using the hashtag #SoarinSim in social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc...  

You can take a sneak peek at the page here:
 http://www.themagical.nl/simulations/soarin 

::Closing Thoughts::

Hope you have a safe summer! Be safe and be sure to wear a lot SPF (Sun Protection Factor) while in the hot summer sun.

Until Then,

Reighard