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Title: Future of Emerald Activities :)
Post by: Emerald on December 20, 2020, 07:00:07 PM


We will start this off with the bad news, but read to the end because there is good news too! :)

(http://www.emeraldactivities.com/gallery_images/2045ee6478d921aa8909caa0bd5106df.jpg)

As of December 2020, Adobe and the various web browsers have stopped supporting "Flash"... the technology that Emerald Activities runs on. We left the site up as long as we could, but it since it can't function anymore most of the pages now just let you know to log in and save any images you would like to keep. We will leave the image download available for the next year, so until December 2021. After that, we will migrate to new web hosting and a new version of our website. The forums had to be taken down as well, since we heavily integrated flash throughout them. We left this one board up to allow you a way to contact us with problems and questions during this transition.

Things are not all bad news though! We are currently working to save at least the Magic Maker games by turning them into a much improved downloadable game on Steam (maybe other platforms later, but one thing at a time). The new version already has group selections, layers you can control, and gives me the ability to make more than one colour fill area per piece; great for things like rainbows and multicolor animals!

Once that games is finished, we will change our website to link to the steam page where you can download it. The base Makers will still be free for you to play, and it will probably have an Emerald Market/Shop that works in a similar way to how it does now. It will not have forums and online galleries, though you will be able to share with each other through the steam community pages for our game.

Once we are ready for Beta Testers and have some videos of the new Magic Maker, I will share them here and on Facebook/Twitter/Youtube. So catch us on whichever of those is best for you.

You have all been the best creators and artists we could have ever wanted on this site, and I have loved sharing this chapter of my life with you more than I can ever say :) You have made hundreds of thousands of images with us, inspiring and surprising us many many times.  I can't wait to start a new creative adventure with you, even if it won't be in quite the same form. Love you all!!!

-Emerald
Title: Re: Future of Emerald Activities :)
Post by: UnicornCrazy on December 25, 2020, 05:12:18 PM
is there any backup anywhere of the forums? I needed a bit of info out of a topic I made in general but I forgot to grab it and I'm having a heard time finding it with wayback machine :/
Title: Re: Future of Emerald Activities :)
Post by: zodiac-tiger on March 09, 2021, 04:06:55 PM
I just checked in here for nostalgia's sake, and I second making a forum back-up if possible. It would mean more to me than you can imagine.
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Post by: Bibscuit13 on March 30, 2021, 06:45:25 PM
How long will it Take for you to create the new EA?
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Post by: Dragonlord Daegen on October 05, 2021, 12:02:47 AM
i recently returned to check out the old ea...its sad to see the forums are all gone :(
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Post by: Ruby Sapphire on January 22, 2022, 11:22:33 PM
Whats up? Hows it going?
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Post by: PandoraTheDragon on April 25, 2022, 04:10:48 PM
logged on for old time's sake. gorsh i am going to CRY! i've met a lot of people and friends on this site and i couldn't have asked for anything better. i am forever grateful for being raised on a small, well-moderated (well, in 2013) forum. thank you all for everything.
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Post by: brivio101 on June 26, 2022, 09:10:52 PM
I'm going to miss this site so much. My childhood was on here  :'(
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Post by: Dream on July 26, 2022, 11:06:12 AM
its so cool to see old friends here , i hope you're all well , excited to see the future of this site <3
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Post by: Freedom-Catcher on October 13, 2022, 09:22:51 PM
This site got me through so much when I was younger and I just want to say thank you to all the creators of the site as well as all of you on this platform. You are incredible people and I am so happy to have found this place when I did. Forever my happy place <3

Thank you, Emerald and Boo! You have been, and always will be, the greatest!!
Title: Re: Future of Emerald Activities :)
Post by: Annakova on July 31, 2023, 11:38:57 AM
Just checked back after a while and realized I'd never responded to this. I want to say thank you for making a big part of my childhood. I loved this site dearly and I still do, I miss it quite a lot, as well as all the memories I've made. <3
Title: Re: Future of Emerald Activities :)
Post by: Leaquina on November 01, 2023, 01:29:54 PM
its been so long </33 i hope everyone is doing well!!
this place was such a big part of my childhood, thank u em & boo for basically raising me lol
i miss you all! take care guys <3
Title: Re: Future of Emerald Activities :)
Post by: zodiac-tiger on December 09, 2023, 03:56:54 PM
I've run into a few old members over the years. Echej and Wolfy are both doing well. So was Tuffy1228, last I talked to her, though it's been a while.

We became who we are today, in part thanks to this forum. Echej has become one of my best friends and we meet up once or twice a year, whenever time and money permits it. We still occasionally reminisce about EA - we actually celebrate our 'friendship anniversary' on the day we had our first post exchange on here, the 28th of August, 2011.

Wishing everyone all the best! If you ever wanna do a rain check, my online name is Poppy Hapalopus.