well, not quite. but its good as dead!

I have integrated a 'rough draft' paypal setup on test.

Due to limitations with paypals api, I'm sort of limited in how I can display it.

But it looks good enough so I'll clean it up and get this out.

What this means: automated donations and item packages via paypal will FINALLY come. I may not totally finish it up on test tonight. But its looking pretty good.

I will still have to integrate the receipts on the backend, but thats not a big deal in terms of difficulty for me.

Checklist:
[ ] : finish paypal integration (1/2 day
[ ] : finish general in game stores backend integration(add items to inventory!) (1 day)
[ ] : finish backend perks expiration etc (1/2 day)
[ ] : repolish all existing code. [EXTREMELY important. massive savings over long term by streamlining and constructing reusable architecture) (1-2 days)

THEN , onto custom doggie builder!

I have finished up the workings of the perk system.

This will allow us to have several new features in the near future.

• perks( 'effects/buffs'), which can be attached globally, locally (think region/city, like los angeles, or tokyo, etc), users, accounts, and individual dogs.
  
• they can be things you purchase, earn or general game environment effects
  
• This will be used to make holiday effects, or phase of the moon, weather,
  

These effects are not yet designed. Only the standard perks will be setup at release of this feature.

other news

shopping is up next. the donation credits will be merged into the general shop, as will monthly shop. That way we can properly maintain/provide new content.

I expect this to be completed by weekend on test.

paypal

I'm rewriting the bones purchase system to work instantly (IE, you purchase, you are credited , IMMEDIATELY)
this is also coming soon.

custom tool

after I've finished the above on test, I'll clean this up. My plan is to allow you to include existing artwork from the site AND new user created work into the dogs created.

thats a few weeks down the line.

'Help alacrity is taking a while, but the good news is the reason its taking awhile, is because the features being developed will affect ALL of alacrity's other features. When Help is done, everything else is downhill!

Happy Trails!

alacrity has periodic slowness issues due to topwebgames inline advertisment. I resorted to an iframe to fix the issue until they get back to me.