September 2025 Update

Greetings Everyone!

FBS Fundraising

We raised $1,745.85 since the last update, bringing us up to $3,278.94. We have surpassed our $2,500 goal for Milestone #6!

Voting will begin Monday, September 8th and will last between 10 and 14 days. Fundraising will halt on Monday the 8th as well. You will get voting points for contributions made between now and then, but funds contributed will be applied to Milestone #7.

$500 of the remaining $1500 from Milestone #2’s failed artwork bounty will also be added to Milestone #6. This leaves $1000 remaining from that Milestone. There is a glimmer of hope that artwork will be completed. But I will save that for when it’s more of a sure thing.

In total, there will be $3,778.94 in funds to use for voting. I’ll have everything setup, a news announcement, and hopefully a few new bounties by Friday the 5th.

GearCity: 2nd Gear

Not much to report here yet. But it looks like it’s time to fire up the old virtual machines and get working again.

AeroMogul

More work has gone into the Ordering New Aircraft system, I have completed everything here except for the Payment Schedule, financing (which will come later), a small amount of Manufacturer Production Schedule table (specifically clicking on a month and seeing what company have deliveries), a handful of variable displays, and completing the purchase.

The system now supports seat configuration, although text based, a 2D system may come in the future. I originally hoped to do a 3D system, but Serhey’s situation practically killed that option. With AeroMogul delayed so much by work on the GearCity FBS, 2D designer was pushed back as a priority.

We also now have an engine selector for your new aircraft orders.

I added 24 more variables to default aircraft data, mostly default seating configuration data. Manufacturing production is too slow and need a bit of work to make it more realistic. But for now, it works good enough to consider the system functional.

I had hoped to get the entire system buttoned up, debugged, and polished before the FBS was funded. Which would have left us with updating the Routing System UI and cleaning up a few things for a prototype release. I also wanted to make a video of the ordering system, but with the FBS a month early, I probably won’t have the time. We’ll see. It’s Good problem to have I guess. The good news is, with how I plan on structuring the FBS fundraising delay, I should be able to get an AeroMogul prototype released after Milestone #6 is complete. And if Serhey can get back in action full time, the FBS delays to AeroMogul should be a lot less painful.