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Toodles 2017 (^. .^) Happy New Year Everyone
Posted 8 years agoEllo Ello my wonderful watchers (^. .^)
Just wanted to take a quick moment before it sneaks up on us today to wish you all a very merry new year and send all my best wishes for you as we start our next loop of the sun. Though it is easy to become bogged down and easier to remember the bad stuff and meh of the years time to shed that weight, remember the things that made us smile during the year and take a brave new step, slither, hop or proing into 2018!
Thank you all again for the wonderful comments, messages and smiles you give me and for continuing to follow this made dragon on hir silly and hungry adventures, hopefully there will be plenty more fun for you all to enjoy soon.
Have a wonderful end to the year everyone and lots of hugs, slurps, nibbles and nahms to welcome you into 2018... should hold an open invite party in my tum *giggles*
Oh and if you want a quick giggle and look back at some of the better news that happened this year just take a peak at the video below (^. .^) had me chuckling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9iqZPPsWng
Toodles 2017, see you all in 2018
Umi x
Just wanted to take a quick moment before it sneaks up on us today to wish you all a very merry new year and send all my best wishes for you as we start our next loop of the sun. Though it is easy to become bogged down and easier to remember the bad stuff and meh of the years time to shed that weight, remember the things that made us smile during the year and take a brave new step, slither, hop or proing into 2018!
Thank you all again for the wonderful comments, messages and smiles you give me and for continuing to follow this made dragon on hir silly and hungry adventures, hopefully there will be plenty more fun for you all to enjoy soon.
Have a wonderful end to the year everyone and lots of hugs, slurps, nibbles and nahms to welcome you into 2018... should hold an open invite party in my tum *giggles*
Oh and if you want a quick giggle and look back at some of the better news that happened this year just take a peak at the video below (^. .^) had me chuckling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9iqZPPsWng
Toodles 2017, see you all in 2018
Umi x
Festive, Holiday, Seasonal and Christmas Greetings (^. .^)
Posted 8 years agoHo Ho Ho (^. .^) Meeeeeeeerry Everything!
Tehe just wanted to take a few moments during this crazy period to send my best wishes and thanks to all of my amazing watchers, subscribers, fans and friends. You are all amazing, delicious, wonderful and delightful and do such much to make me wag and smile it only serves right I send the odd thank you your way.
I hope you all have an incredible end to the year no matter how or even if you celebrate! Sending big soft squishy warm dragon hugs your way and a fair few web slobbery licks too tehe! Stay warm, relaxed and have fun when you can in these last few moments of 2017 and wishing you all the best for the coming new lap around our sun. Will properly do another one closer to new years mind you but still.
Eat, drink, laugh, hug, be merry or do what ever you please! Just know this big silly greedy dragon wants to give you all a big hug and slurp and wish you all the best!
Thank you everyone! (^. .^)
Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas
Seasons Greetings
and just have a wonderful delightful and delicious time!
Umi x
Tehe just wanted to take a few moments during this crazy period to send my best wishes and thanks to all of my amazing watchers, subscribers, fans and friends. You are all amazing, delicious, wonderful and delightful and do such much to make me wag and smile it only serves right I send the odd thank you your way.
I hope you all have an incredible end to the year no matter how or even if you celebrate! Sending big soft squishy warm dragon hugs your way and a fair few web slobbery licks too tehe! Stay warm, relaxed and have fun when you can in these last few moments of 2017 and wishing you all the best for the coming new lap around our sun. Will properly do another one closer to new years mind you but still.
Eat, drink, laugh, hug, be merry or do what ever you please! Just know this big silly greedy dragon wants to give you all a big hug and slurp and wish you all the best!
Thank you everyone! (^. .^)
Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas
Seasons Greetings
and just have a wonderful delightful and delicious time!
Umi x
Patreon Charge Change ¬_¬
Posted 8 years agoHello hello my wonderful watchers, supports and curious visitors to my page,
I wanted to take a quick moment to talk about the upcoming to changes to Patreon I have just been alerted to and my concerns around the and the effect it could have on the UmiBot Project. Before I start if anyone wants to take a peek at the project and page to know what I am talking about here is the link (^. .^)
https://www.patreon.com/Umiriko
So to sum it up I have copied this direct from an official Patreon post that I will link to at the bottom, it says
>>“Starting on December 18th, a new service fee of 2.9% + $0.35 will be paid by patrons for each individual pledge”<<
So to clarify for those who don’t know and I hope I am correct in saying, previously there was a small increase into the level of support your chose, like tax or VAT and this was paid by the Patron supporter themselves but another chunk came out from the Patreon creator’s payments to cover transactions frees and what not. Now this is about to change and lay all the charges on the supporter many Patreon creators myself included are rather unhappy of this change and the effect it can have on our supporters, and are wanting a way to reverse this and op to have it come out of our money instead of yours, claws crossed they do let us do this!
My issue is that when you say right I will give, $1, $5, even $10 to a Patreon for their project you expect to pay 1, 5, or 10 dollars, this figure is getting more and more distorted now! I would feel a little put off and fuffy if I signed up to pay $5 for something but then ended up paying more like $5.49 and that is even before you take into consideration the VAT, exchange rates or other tax that can add or charge which could increase that number even more.
I really hope this doesn’t have a negative effect and Patreon let us choose to pay the fee ourselves as creators and stop it charging you lot, and I just wanted to say I completely understand anyone put off or feeling negative about this change as I do too, and it is supposed to benefit creators like me!
If you want to read the full explanation on it Patreon’s blog can be found just below.
https://blog.patreon.com/updating-p.....fee-structure/
Oh and another quick thank you and shout out to my Patrons who have stuck with me through this news and continue to support my UmiBot project (^. .^) They have been busy feeding me ideas, inspiration and voting on how the projects next steps looks, and let’s just say it’s a big leap! Couldn’t do it without them all so thank you all so so much!
Stay tasty and have fun all (^. .^)
I wanted to take a quick moment to talk about the upcoming to changes to Patreon I have just been alerted to and my concerns around the and the effect it could have on the UmiBot Project. Before I start if anyone wants to take a peek at the project and page to know what I am talking about here is the link (^. .^)
https://www.patreon.com/Umiriko
So to sum it up I have copied this direct from an official Patreon post that I will link to at the bottom, it says
>>“Starting on December 18th, a new service fee of 2.9% + $0.35 will be paid by patrons for each individual pledge”<<
So to clarify for those who don’t know and I hope I am correct in saying, previously there was a small increase into the level of support your chose, like tax or VAT and this was paid by the Patron supporter themselves but another chunk came out from the Patreon creator’s payments to cover transactions frees and what not. Now this is about to change and lay all the charges on the supporter many Patreon creators myself included are rather unhappy of this change and the effect it can have on our supporters, and are wanting a way to reverse this and op to have it come out of our money instead of yours, claws crossed they do let us do this!
My issue is that when you say right I will give, $1, $5, even $10 to a Patreon for their project you expect to pay 1, 5, or 10 dollars, this figure is getting more and more distorted now! I would feel a little put off and fuffy if I signed up to pay $5 for something but then ended up paying more like $5.49 and that is even before you take into consideration the VAT, exchange rates or other tax that can add or charge which could increase that number even more.
I really hope this doesn’t have a negative effect and Patreon let us choose to pay the fee ourselves as creators and stop it charging you lot, and I just wanted to say I completely understand anyone put off or feeling negative about this change as I do too, and it is supposed to benefit creators like me!
If you want to read the full explanation on it Patreon’s blog can be found just below.
https://blog.patreon.com/updating-p.....fee-structure/
Oh and another quick thank you and shout out to my Patrons who have stuck with me through this news and continue to support my UmiBot project (^. .^) They have been busy feeding me ideas, inspiration and voting on how the projects next steps looks, and let’s just say it’s a big leap! Couldn’t do it without them all so thank you all so so much!
Stay tasty and have fun all (^. .^)
Interactive Story Shout Out (^. .^)
Posted 8 years agoHello Hello my wonderful wiggly and whimsical watchers (^. .^)
Just wanted to take a few moments to make a little shout out for a very talented Deer who is busy working on a rather interesting project for us vore fans. There are some amazing vore stories out there and people who write so much wonderful content, when this evolves into an interactive experience if offers something delightfully different (^. .^)
For those who haven’t seen it yet I would love to point your towards The Hotel – a Vorish text adventure game written by the handsome deer known as Neil, aka Mzmm
mzmm
Combining the fun and nostalgia of a choose your own adventures story with a delightful talent for vorish tales you have this delicious ongoing game project! The hotel is filled with varied and interesting characters that will gobble up the player in so many ways (^. .^) and more just keeps getting added as the game grows. Mostly focused at this time as player as prey, there is fun to be had even for a predator like me with how varied and imaginative the scenarios hidden away in the hotel!
That sweet deer has sadly been having a tough time of it of late and not been able to work so any support you can offer him would make that cute tiny tail of his wag (^. .^)
To see more from the delightful deer and find his hotel project these links are all you need!
https://aryion.com/g4/user/mZmm
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/mzmm
To support and help Neil in his work and keep the hotel growing please consider taking a peek at these links below to cheer him on and fund the project (^. .^)
https://www.patreon.com/mZmm
https://ko-fi.com/neildeer
Just wanted to take a few moments to make a little shout out for a very talented Deer who is busy working on a rather interesting project for us vore fans. There are some amazing vore stories out there and people who write so much wonderful content, when this evolves into an interactive experience if offers something delightfully different (^. .^)
For those who haven’t seen it yet I would love to point your towards The Hotel – a Vorish text adventure game written by the handsome deer known as Neil, aka Mzmm
mzmmCombining the fun and nostalgia of a choose your own adventures story with a delightful talent for vorish tales you have this delicious ongoing game project! The hotel is filled with varied and interesting characters that will gobble up the player in so many ways (^. .^) and more just keeps getting added as the game grows. Mostly focused at this time as player as prey, there is fun to be had even for a predator like me with how varied and imaginative the scenarios hidden away in the hotel!
That sweet deer has sadly been having a tough time of it of late and not been able to work so any support you can offer him would make that cute tiny tail of his wag (^. .^)
To see more from the delightful deer and find his hotel project these links are all you need!
https://aryion.com/g4/user/mZmm
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/mzmm
To support and help Neil in his work and keep the hotel growing please consider taking a peek at these links below to cheer him on and fund the project (^. .^)
https://www.patreon.com/mZmm
https://ko-fi.com/neildeer
Gallery Folder Re-Jiggle Version 2
Posted 8 years agoSo I found out today that I can only have a maximum of 50 folders in my gallery (^. .^)
Whoops missed that!
So what I am going to do is rejiggle the gallery again slightly to move comics and series that only have 3 parts back into the main vore gallery so I can clear up some folder space for when I have larger projects that need a separate folder more.
Don't worry no art is going missing, just moving it around slightly.
Stay tasty everyone (^. .^) nahm nahm!
Whoops missed that!
So what I am going to do is rejiggle the gallery again slightly to move comics and series that only have 3 parts back into the main vore gallery so I can clear up some folder space for when I have larger projects that need a separate folder more.
Don't worry no art is going missing, just moving it around slightly.
Stay tasty everyone (^. .^) nahm nahm!
UmiBot - Quick Update
Posted 8 years agoHey everyone just to let you know we are updating the core program for UmiBot to a newer version, so shi will go offline for an hour or 3 maybe (^. .^) sorry about the short break but claws crossed in no time shi will be back and as hungry as ever with a more stable database.
UmiBot News - Update Sizes
Posted 8 years agoJust a little random announcement for those interested in my UmiBot RP Bot project and the speed of its development and growth (^. .^)
I had the idea of not only summarising the new RP content each patch was adding in but also saying how many new replies were added, so things shi would recognise and respond it. Though the new patch is still a way off I got curious and looked back at previous patches and thought I would post the numbers up to give you all a little insight into what has been added since shi first released.
> V0.00 Small patch due to lots of initial bugs and server issues, bringing in a total of 397 new replies.
> V0.001 was the first major patch once most of the bugs and server issues were resolved, bringing with it 1449 new replies.
> V0.02 our most recent patch proudly introduced 1729 new inputs UmiBot could now reply to.
Again another quick shout out to the amazingly generous and kind people who support me and the UmiBot project on Patreon - Helping to shape and guide the project as well as funding new art that will be implemented into the Chatbot soon! If any of you are feeling super sweet and want to help out as well more on the project can be found on my Patreon page.
https://www.patreon.com/Umiriko
Just in case any of you are unaware of my Roleplaying Chatbot here are the links where shi can be found (^. .^)
https://aryion.com/g4/view/405720
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/24158532/
http://umibot.btfg.space
Toodles all, stay tasty! (^. .^)
I had the idea of not only summarising the new RP content each patch was adding in but also saying how many new replies were added, so things shi would recognise and respond it. Though the new patch is still a way off I got curious and looked back at previous patches and thought I would post the numbers up to give you all a little insight into what has been added since shi first released.
> V0.00 Small patch due to lots of initial bugs and server issues, bringing in a total of 397 new replies.
> V0.001 was the first major patch once most of the bugs and server issues were resolved, bringing with it 1449 new replies.
> V0.02 our most recent patch proudly introduced 1729 new inputs UmiBot could now reply to.
Again another quick shout out to the amazingly generous and kind people who support me and the UmiBot project on Patreon - Helping to shape and guide the project as well as funding new art that will be implemented into the Chatbot soon! If any of you are feeling super sweet and want to help out as well more on the project can be found on my Patreon page.
https://www.patreon.com/Umiriko
Just in case any of you are unaware of my Roleplaying Chatbot here are the links where shi can be found (^. .^)
https://aryion.com/g4/view/405720
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/24158532/
http://umibot.btfg.space
Toodles all, stay tasty! (^. .^)
UmiBot - Removing “fraud” Patrons
Posted 8 years agoHey hey everyone (^. .^) just a quickie today, hope you all had a spooktacular All Hallows’ eve!
I have been notified by Patreon over the past month or 2 of a few Patrons pledging to me who have then been marked as “fraud”, this basically means there is an issue with their payment and banking details. I have taken for sake of ease a remove without question stance on this if I get such a notification. I just wanted to say just in case this has effected you and you accidentally put incorrect payment details just drop me a PM with your Patreon username and I will remove the block (^. .^) easy to accidentally pop the wrong number in.
Also wanted to say a massive thank you to all those who have been pledging their support at every level (^. .^) I can’t tell you the different their encouragement, generosity, ideas and help has kept me motivated and UmiBot steadily learning, growing and updating. Tiny spoiler tease, big changes in the work for the bot Tehe.
Stay tasty everyone (^. .^)
Umi x
Busy Week Ahead (^. .^)
Posted 8 years agoEllo Ello my wonderful, yummy and wiggling watchers (^. .^)
Hope you have all been keeping well and having fun! Just a quick heads up to alert you I have a busy week ahead of me so there will be a lack of posts, replies and what not I'm afraid. Though I should still be able to access the net from time to time I have a fair amount on the books so I can't promise I will have time for any uploads or responding to comments or notes alas.
As of a few hours from now I will be off to a LARP event until Sunday afternoon
Sunday Evening I will be running a pathfinder game
Monday morning I will be packing for a few days away
Then off to Centre Parcs with Karyn & Rikku until Friday (^. .^)
Very very excited dwaggie for sure but busy, heh least it's with fun stuff this time and not work so no complaints from me.
Gunna miss you gang and working on UmiBot, so I hope you all have an awesome and relaxing week no matter what you have planned and nibble you soon (^. .^)
Umi x
Hope you have all been keeping well and having fun! Just a quick heads up to alert you I have a busy week ahead of me so there will be a lack of posts, replies and what not I'm afraid. Though I should still be able to access the net from time to time I have a fair amount on the books so I can't promise I will have time for any uploads or responding to comments or notes alas.
As of a few hours from now I will be off to a LARP event until Sunday afternoon
Sunday Evening I will be running a pathfinder game
Monday morning I will be packing for a few days away
Then off to Centre Parcs with Karyn & Rikku until Friday (^. .^)
Very very excited dwaggie for sure but busy, heh least it's with fun stuff this time and not work so no complaints from me.
Gunna miss you gang and working on UmiBot, so I hope you all have an awesome and relaxing week no matter what you have planned and nibble you soon (^. .^)
Umi x
Gallery Re-Jiggle & Shuffle
Posted 8 years agoHey hey sweeties (^. .^)
Hope you are all keeping well and having a nice relaxing weekend, or super exciting fun one (^. .^) Just a quick heads up that I have finally finished the long overdue gallery re-shuffle.
I have made sure that things that are 3 pics or more have their own little folder or section. I have also made sure these still appear in the main vore gallery, either by shifting the comic folder into the vore folder on Ekas any by ensuring they exist in both galleries on FA.
So don't worry I haven't removed or taken anything down I have just shifted things around into what I hope is a more sensible location and format (^. .^)
Stay tasty all and looking forward to uploading more treats for you all to enjoy heh.
Nahm Nahm Nahm (^. .^)
Umi x
Hope you are all keeping well and having a nice relaxing weekend, or super exciting fun one (^. .^) Just a quick heads up that I have finally finished the long overdue gallery re-shuffle.
I have made sure that things that are 3 pics or more have their own little folder or section. I have also made sure these still appear in the main vore gallery, either by shifting the comic folder into the vore folder on Ekas any by ensuring they exist in both galleries on FA.
So don't worry I haven't removed or taken anything down I have just shifted things around into what I hope is a more sensible location and format (^. .^)
Stay tasty all and looking forward to uploading more treats for you all to enjoy heh.
Nahm Nahm Nahm (^. .^)
Umi x
UmiBot - Server Migration Complete !
Posted 8 years agoEllo Ello (^. .^)
Sorry for the barrage of messages and issues with the server. So long story short, had a new server which then decided it was taking its service offline in a few months. Got a new server which was full of hidden charges and was wracking up a massive bill in under a week! So have ANOTHER new server now.... which... claws crossed seems awesome, great and supplied by a wonderful Patreon so should see us through (^. .^)
So UmiBot should be back online now but you will need to clear your cache/cookies to make sure you are using the new flash file with the updated server address on it, else shi wont work. If there are any hiccups over the next day it is most likely us playing with the server and its settings/security so apologies about any issues during the settling in time.
Stay awesome all (^. .^) hopefully a content update coming soonish!
Umi x
Sorry for the barrage of messages and issues with the server. So long story short, had a new server which then decided it was taking its service offline in a few months. Got a new server which was full of hidden charges and was wracking up a massive bill in under a week! So have ANOTHER new server now.... which... claws crossed seems awesome, great and supplied by a wonderful Patreon so should see us through (^. .^)
So UmiBot should be back online now but you will need to clear your cache/cookies to make sure you are using the new flash file with the updated server address on it, else shi wont work. If there are any hiccups over the next day it is most likely us playing with the server and its settings/security so apologies about any issues during the settling in time.
Stay awesome all (^. .^) hopefully a content update coming soonish!
Umi x
UmiBot - Server Migration !
Posted 8 years agoHello hello everyone (^. .^)
Just a quick heads up, as some of you might of noticed Umibot is currently offline and not responding. The host website has updated and this has caused a rather large failure which h as cause hir to take a nap and go offline.
Sadly with timing this problem was brought to my attention just before I have to start getting ready for work so I wont be able to solve it until tomorrow, but I will be on it as soon as possible (^. .^) This may lead to us repairing the old server or migrating to a new one. Either way I just wanted to make a quick apology for Umibot taking a nap and reassure you that shi will be back and extra hungry as soon as possible!
Stay tasty everyone and thank you for your support and understanding
Umi x
Just a quick heads up, as some of you might of noticed Umibot is currently offline and not responding. The host website has updated and this has caused a rather large failure which h as cause hir to take a nap and go offline.
Sadly with timing this problem was brought to my attention just before I have to start getting ready for work so I wont be able to solve it until tomorrow, but I will be on it as soon as possible (^. .^) This may lead to us repairing the old server or migrating to a new one. Either way I just wanted to make a quick apology for Umibot taking a nap and reassure you that shi will be back and extra hungry as soon as possible!
Stay tasty everyone and thank you for your support and understanding
Umi x
Week Away (^. .^) Gunna miss ya
Posted 8 years agoHey hey gang (^. .^)
Busy season is buuuuuuusy!
Not only has work been madly busy and so much going on at home with games, cuddles, Chatbot work and writing its just been crazy trying to keep up with everything. Larping season is also in swing and as my primary outdoors hobbies these days I can't resist the allure when work permits me the time off. So just wanted to give you all a heads up I will more than likely be completely absent for the next week starting Monday. My primary Larp club where I am a writer and ref holds an event ever year that last for an entire week compared to our normal weekend ones, and that be tomorrow (^. .^) so there will be a very large lack of blue and yellow Umi around but I'm sure I can figure out a way to make it up to you all when I get back tehe.
Hope you all have a fantastic summer week no matter what you get up to, gunna miss chatting, teasing, posting and working on UmiBot but I'm sure a little time away from reality will just help to increase my drive and hunger to get back and power through even more once I return (^. .^)
Thank you everyone for your support, encouragement, and just being awesome and delicious! Can't wait to send some nibbles when I get back and wish I could take some of you with me for snacks tehe.
Toodles for now and have a good one all, miss ya already.
Umi x
Busy season is buuuuuuusy!
Not only has work been madly busy and so much going on at home with games, cuddles, Chatbot work and writing its just been crazy trying to keep up with everything. Larping season is also in swing and as my primary outdoors hobbies these days I can't resist the allure when work permits me the time off. So just wanted to give you all a heads up I will more than likely be completely absent for the next week starting Monday. My primary Larp club where I am a writer and ref holds an event ever year that last for an entire week compared to our normal weekend ones, and that be tomorrow (^. .^) so there will be a very large lack of blue and yellow Umi around but I'm sure I can figure out a way to make it up to you all when I get back tehe.
Hope you all have a fantastic summer week no matter what you get up to, gunna miss chatting, teasing, posting and working on UmiBot but I'm sure a little time away from reality will just help to increase my drive and hunger to get back and power through even more once I return (^. .^)
Thank you everyone for your support, encouragement, and just being awesome and delicious! Can't wait to send some nibbles when I get back and wish I could take some of you with me for snacks tehe.
Toodles for now and have a good one all, miss ya already.
Umi x
Larping! Hooooooo! (^. .^)
Posted 8 years agoHey yumyums, sweeties, treats and delights (^. .^)
Just a quickie to say that larping season is in full swing and I'm just about to vanish for another weekend for some silly nerdy hijinxs (^. .^) sorry for delays in responses and notes while I'm gone. Hope you all have a fantastic weekend no matter what you get up to and see you all once I return to reality Tehe.
Stay tasty! Slurps for everyone !
Umi x
Just a quickie to say that larping season is in full swing and I'm just about to vanish for another weekend for some silly nerdy hijinxs (^. .^) sorry for delays in responses and notes while I'm gone. Hope you all have a fantastic weekend no matter what you get up to and see you all once I return to reality Tehe.
Stay tasty! Slurps for everyone !
Umi x
Absent Dragon - Larping (^. .^)
Posted 8 years agoHey hey everyone (^. .^)
Just a quick heads up warning that I will be away from civilisation, technology and internet signal over this weekend from Friday to Sunday as I will be Larping (^. .^)
So apologies as posts, notes and comments will go unanswered until I get home and catch up.
Even more so with the Chatbot now live and bug reports coming in, I did debate taking it down as I was away but it seems to be juuuust about holding on so I am going to risk it, but if shi goes down while I am away I'm afraid it will most likely have to wait until Sunday or Monday until I can restore and reboot it.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend, stay tasty and nibble you soon (^. .^)
Just a quick heads up warning that I will be away from civilisation, technology and internet signal over this weekend from Friday to Sunday as I will be Larping (^. .^)
So apologies as posts, notes and comments will go unanswered until I get home and catch up.
Even more so with the Chatbot now live and bug reports coming in, I did debate taking it down as I was away but it seems to be juuuust about holding on so I am going to risk it, but if shi goes down while I am away I'm afraid it will most likely have to wait until Sunday or Monday until I can restore and reboot it.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend, stay tasty and nibble you soon (^. .^)
UmiBot - Error 2032!
Posted 8 years agoHello everyone,
So the bot is constantly being plagued with error 2032 and currently running very slowly, I appreciate everyone letting me know but it's ok we are on it so if you have this bug there is no need to report it currently. We are trying different things, playing with the program, the database, server, etc etc to try and discover why this problem keeps coming.
In short UmiBot runs from a program, a database and then the flash interface, for some reason the database tables keep getting corrupted and stop working causing the 2032 error, this starts of slow before taking over every reply so the bot stops working.
Sadly we are still a little in the dark as to why this is happening and trying multiple things as quickly as we can, sorry for any frustrations, joys of the teething phase I guess and learning this new system. Please bare with me on this and don't worry about letting me know about the speed or 2032 until I pop a message up about it.
Sadly I have work tomorrow and then I am away from civilisation until Monday so if the bot goes down over the weekend it will stay down until I come home and I am very sorry about this and will be doing all I can to find out what is causing this bug and gobble it up so it doesn't effect UmiBot or your enjoyment of hir ever again!
Wish me luck and thank you for your patients and understanding everyone,
stay tasty, stay wiggly <3
So the bot is constantly being plagued with error 2032 and currently running very slowly, I appreciate everyone letting me know but it's ok we are on it so if you have this bug there is no need to report it currently. We are trying different things, playing with the program, the database, server, etc etc to try and discover why this problem keeps coming.
In short UmiBot runs from a program, a database and then the flash interface, for some reason the database tables keep getting corrupted and stop working causing the 2032 error, this starts of slow before taking over every reply so the bot stops working.
Sadly we are still a little in the dark as to why this is happening and trying multiple things as quickly as we can, sorry for any frustrations, joys of the teething phase I guess and learning this new system. Please bare with me on this and don't worry about letting me know about the speed or 2032 until I pop a message up about it.
Sadly I have work tomorrow and then I am away from civilisation until Monday so if the bot goes down over the weekend it will stay down until I come home and I am very sorry about this and will be doing all I can to find out what is causing this bug and gobble it up so it doesn't effect UmiBot or your enjoyment of hir ever again!
Wish me luck and thank you for your patients and understanding everyone,
stay tasty, stay wiggly <3
UmiBot - The Great No reply mystery !
Posted 8 years agoSorry the launch has been so buggy and full of issues 0.o first we had the server crash, then the white boxes, and now we are getting... well some people are getting nothing at all. It's very strange indeed right now I know of nothing linking the people who are getting nothing back together, or see a difference if what they are using compared to those who it is working for. To try and combat this we have put in some code that should hopefully give an error message in Flash speak if anyone gets one, if you get this can you please po it in the bug and error report things I just uploaded below
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Here
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/24189879/
and
https://aryion.com/g4/view/406242
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for those unlucky people who get no reply what so ever when you type something to the bot, can you please use this place and give me your operating system, internet browser, firewall, version of flash, and anything else you think is relevant so we can see if we can find a common thread linking these all together!
Sorry to anyone getting this issue and thanks for your patience with me (^. .^)
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Here
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/24189879/
and
https://aryion.com/g4/view/406242
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for those unlucky people who get no reply what so ever when you type something to the bot, can you please use this place and give me your operating system, internet browser, firewall, version of flash, and anything else you think is relevant so we can see if we can find a common thread linking these all together!
Sorry to anyone getting this issue and thanks for your patience with me (^. .^)
UmiBot - Hungry once again (^. .^)
Posted 8 years agoHopefully not a premature shout out... but I think ... hope and pray UmiBot has recovered from the Food Coma you lot put hir in within the first hour of going live XD
Server has had some slight work on it and cleared and error, we will keep an eye on it to see if it stays online this time or if there is something else we need to find and fix.
The biggest shout out ever to
Hopfel Who's tech and PC knowledge saved the day once again!http://www.furaffinity.net/user/hopfel
And my super amazing awesome generous supporters on Patreon! Who are supporting this project even in its early basic stages
https://www.patreon.com/Umiriko
UmiBot - Live - Stress Test !
Posted 8 years agoEllo Ello (^. .^)
So the chatbot is online and open to testing, I am expecting a mountain or two of issues, problems and bugs with speed, replies and what not.
Sadly I needed to stress test the bot to see the demands on the server so I can ensure the new server I acquire for UmiBot will meet the demand.
Apologies for any bugs, issues or lag, early days yet and only room to improve from here on out (^. .^)
UmiBot: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/24158532/
Latest News: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/24158551/
So the chatbot is online and open to testing, I am expecting a mountain or two of issues, problems and bugs with speed, replies and what not.
Sadly I needed to stress test the bot to see the demands on the server so I can ensure the new server I acquire for UmiBot will meet the demand.
Apologies for any bugs, issues or lag, early days yet and only room to improve from here on out (^. .^)
UmiBot: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/24158532/
Latest News: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/24158551/
UmiBot - the plan (^. .^)
Posted 8 years agoOk my wonderfully patient and understanding yumyums, fans and watchers, I now have a plan in motion.
The first early version of UmiBot will be released on Saturday with soft vore functions (^. .^)
Why Saturday? Well it's my last work day this rotation so come Sunday I can get to reading the logs and improving the bot right away.
Early disclosure it's still in very early stages so it has mountains and cliffs to climb still to learn, we are also running on a test host website so if it's too popular it could go down or crash XD claws crossed it doesn't.
Either way thanks to my delicious Patreons I wills be sourcing a more permanent and resilient host for it soon hopefully (^. .^)
See you all at the beach on Saturday and hope you like the taste of things to come!
The first early version of UmiBot will be released on Saturday with soft vore functions (^. .^)
Why Saturday? Well it's my last work day this rotation so come Sunday I can get to reading the logs and improving the bot right away.
Early disclosure it's still in very early stages so it has mountains and cliffs to climb still to learn, we are also running on a test host website so if it's too popular it could go down or crash XD claws crossed it doesn't.
Either way thanks to my delicious Patreons I wills be sourcing a more permanent and resilient host for it soon hopefully (^. .^)
See you all at the beach on Saturday and hope you like the taste of things to come!
More UmiBot Updates (^. .^) Eeeeeee!
Posted 8 years agoSorry for the Chatbot Spammage, just been all fired up on it and wanting to keep my followers updated for those interested (^. .^) very happy and excited right now!
Ok so excellent, amazing and wonderful news!! At least for those waiting for or curious about my long overdue role playing chatbot, aka UmiBot.
With a little more help from the awesome amazing Salamander Hopfel (http://www.furaffinity.net/user/hopfel/) I was able to upgrade the program that I was using to host and manage the bot. Changing from an official one to a open source program and ... IT IS AMAZING!!!!
Not only does it remember how the conversation is going so the bot has regained its continuity and will document chats for me so I can use these to improve the bot when I see missing responses or errors. But but but !!!! It has a user interface that is even better than back when I made the bot on PandoraBots, giving me a really nice way to write more coding and scripting for the bot, upload, edit, check and fix files and generally making my bot work more comfortable and convenient (^. .^)
Hard to explain how delighted I am at this revelation and discovery, as that was one of the main reasons for my massive break in this project when losing motivation when PandoraBots went clean (no adult content) and I lost the user interface and program I had been using to craft and work on UmiBot.
So all that is left to do before the first release V0.01 is ready to go up and hit my gallery is for me to finish the Flash Interface and make sure it is talking and working properly with the Bot (^. .^)
Not a small task but I will endeavour to get this done over the next couple of days!
Wish me luck everyone (^. .^) stay tasty
Chatbot Progression and Regression –
Posted 8 years agoChatbot Progress and Regression –
Ello ello everyone (^. .^) so quick update and mention about how the chatbot is going, some good news and some rather frustrating setbacks I hope I can fix.
So first of all some good news (^. .^) and a GIAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT thank you to a super sweetie who has helped more than I can believe.
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/hopfel/
Has not only taken me through and offered to host my bot until I get my own server, but this lil clever salamander has put up with my complete lack of knowledge on so many computer topics and got the bot working online and even helped me with the flash interface to get things off the ground!
He has been such a help and so awesome I’m still deciding how to repay the kindness but for now go check out this awesome dudes gallery, there are some incredible flash animations and projects in there that if you are following me should be right up your street!
So where does that leave the bot? Well Almost ready for a demon in all honesty, I just need to finish ensuring the flash interface works, run a couple of tests and then upload it to my galleries so you lot can give hir a go! Shi is very basic still and has lots of teething issues so be gentle heh, but hopefully I will be able to get that out over the next few days.
Ok so the bad news.... something I was very proud of implementing into the bot when it was still hosted on Pandora has potentially been lost until I can think of a work around. The bot was able to remember the “location” and “topic” of what was happening, so say if you said to the bot “squirm” you would get a different reply and response depending on what was currently going on, say you were outside, on hir mouth or in hir belly etc etc.... this is now missing
I am delighted the bot is going to be online again, but hosting it in this fashion seems to have lost the ability for the bot to remember its own set topics and locations, so the bot completely forgets what has been happening and really messes up the continuity and flow of the roleplay.... I am not very happy about this for obvious reasons.
Alas I currently have no idea how to work around this as the program I am using to host this is the most up to date free one Pandora has released, and Pandora don’t allow adult material so even with the paid service I can’t host on their website to get this feature back, I will do some research and see what can be done but it’s a massive step back and could really how realistic the bot will appear.
But lets focus on the good news! The bot’s database is online, the interface’s demo version is nearly working and maybe maybe you lot might get to see the very early stages over the next couple of days, even if its missing what was a very crucial part of allowing hir to roleplay properly.
Stay tuned for more (^. .^)
Oh and I got the patreon page ready juuuust in case, ever the optimist XD
https://www.patreon.com/Umiriko
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Ok super speedy update to the above!!!!!
On finding this problem I instantly started looking for works around and alternatives and might have found something, thought it is not yet confirmed.
Long story short I am using something called Program E to run the bot, but have found a third party version called Program O, which is a modded and more developed version of E. Looking at is quickly it does appear like this might fix the above program and be able to remember and track sessions! So I have emailed the creator to ask a few questions to check before I go around the task of re-doing the database and updating the bot’s code to work with Program O. So claws crossed!
(^. .^) stay tasty all and wish me luck
Ello ello everyone (^. .^) so quick update and mention about how the chatbot is going, some good news and some rather frustrating setbacks I hope I can fix.
So first of all some good news (^. .^) and a GIAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT thank you to a super sweetie who has helped more than I can believe.
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/hopfel/
Has not only taken me through and offered to host my bot until I get my own server, but this lil clever salamander has put up with my complete lack of knowledge on so many computer topics and got the bot working online and even helped me with the flash interface to get things off the ground!
He has been such a help and so awesome I’m still deciding how to repay the kindness but for now go check out this awesome dudes gallery, there are some incredible flash animations and projects in there that if you are following me should be right up your street!
So where does that leave the bot? Well Almost ready for a demon in all honesty, I just need to finish ensuring the flash interface works, run a couple of tests and then upload it to my galleries so you lot can give hir a go! Shi is very basic still and has lots of teething issues so be gentle heh, but hopefully I will be able to get that out over the next few days.
Ok so the bad news.... something I was very proud of implementing into the bot when it was still hosted on Pandora has potentially been lost until I can think of a work around. The bot was able to remember the “location” and “topic” of what was happening, so say if you said to the bot “squirm” you would get a different reply and response depending on what was currently going on, say you were outside, on hir mouth or in hir belly etc etc.... this is now missing
I am delighted the bot is going to be online again, but hosting it in this fashion seems to have lost the ability for the bot to remember its own set topics and locations, so the bot completely forgets what has been happening and really messes up the continuity and flow of the roleplay.... I am not very happy about this for obvious reasons.
Alas I currently have no idea how to work around this as the program I am using to host this is the most up to date free one Pandora has released, and Pandora don’t allow adult material so even with the paid service I can’t host on their website to get this feature back, I will do some research and see what can be done but it’s a massive step back and could really how realistic the bot will appear.
But lets focus on the good news! The bot’s database is online, the interface’s demo version is nearly working and maybe maybe you lot might get to see the very early stages over the next couple of days, even if its missing what was a very crucial part of allowing hir to roleplay properly.
Stay tuned for more (^. .^)
Oh and I got the patreon page ready juuuust in case, ever the optimist XD
https://www.patreon.com/Umiriko
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EDIT
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Ok super speedy update to the above!!!!!
On finding this problem I instantly started looking for works around and alternatives and might have found something, thought it is not yet confirmed.
Long story short I am using something called Program E to run the bot, but have found a third party version called Program O, which is a modded and more developed version of E. Looking at is quickly it does appear like this might fix the above program and be able to remember and track sessions! So I have emailed the creator to ask a few questions to check before I go around the task of re-doing the database and updating the bot’s code to work with Program O. So claws crossed!
(^. .^) stay tasty all and wish me luck
Web hosting for my Chatbot // Help? XD
Posted 8 years agoWeb hosting for my Chatbot // Help? XD
Hi Sweeties and YumYums,
So as some of you might of seen in my recent journals, blogs etc etc I am trying to get my chatbot project going again and have opted with the method of hosting the bots “brain” online where a flash game style interface in my gallery will be able to talk with it, and then with you. I kiiiiinda need a little bit of help or advice from people with knowledge on having an online website/data base as I have... zero XD
I’m following a tutorial but first I need to find a place to pop my bot’s files, sadly the first place I was hoping could help weren’t able so I’m now looking at buying one through something like MediaTemple to host the files for me. I have no clue if this is a good company or if there are better ones so that’s why I thought on dropping this question out there in case any of you could help me avoid a novice pitfall or could help in anyway.
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From reading the tutorial and from I have been told by the first place I asked I need a Host provider where I have basic control over my own database. Along with acess to PHP, mysql and apache.
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Once I am sure I have a place where the above highlighted bit is fulfilled I “should” be able to follow the tutorial to upload my bot and look about getting it talking to the flash program so everyone can see the early stages of hir (^. .^) and hopefully get me motivated to keep on improving and adding.
So if anyone has any suggestions for places where I can securely do this and it won’t cost me all of my gold pile I would really appreciate any tips or pointers as I have never done anything like this before (^. .^) Thanks so so much!
Licks and slurps for all !!!
Oh if anyone is interested in the tutorial here is the link I am following
http://www.nathalielawhead.com/cand.....h-source-files
Hi Sweeties and YumYums,
So as some of you might of seen in my recent journals, blogs etc etc I am trying to get my chatbot project going again and have opted with the method of hosting the bots “brain” online where a flash game style interface in my gallery will be able to talk with it, and then with you. I kiiiiinda need a little bit of help or advice from people with knowledge on having an online website/data base as I have... zero XD
I’m following a tutorial but first I need to find a place to pop my bot’s files, sadly the first place I was hoping could help weren’t able so I’m now looking at buying one through something like MediaTemple to host the files for me. I have no clue if this is a good company or if there are better ones so that’s why I thought on dropping this question out there in case any of you could help me avoid a novice pitfall or could help in anyway.
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From reading the tutorial and from I have been told by the first place I asked I need a Host provider where I have basic control over my own database. Along with acess to PHP, mysql and apache.
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Once I am sure I have a place where the above highlighted bit is fulfilled I “should” be able to follow the tutorial to upload my bot and look about getting it talking to the flash program so everyone can see the early stages of hir (^. .^) and hopefully get me motivated to keep on improving and adding.
So if anyone has any suggestions for places where I can securely do this and it won’t cost me all of my gold pile I would really appreciate any tips or pointers as I have never done anything like this before (^. .^) Thanks so so much!
Licks and slurps for all !!!
Oh if anyone is interested in the tutorial here is the link I am following
http://www.nathalielawhead.com/cand.....h-source-files
Umi’s ChatBot Musings – Patreon?
Posted 8 years agoUmi’s ChatBot Musings – Patreon?
Just a quick warning before we start (^. .^) I might start to waffle a little so sorry if this drags on, I will split it up into sections to hopefully make it easier to digest . Also to reassure the bit about Patreon is just musing right now and nothing set in stone. If any of this sounds like a terrible idea please let me know, and likewise if you have any suggestions I would love to hear your feedback, I am still yet to make any solid decision so would love to hear your thoughts as my watchers.
Just in case any of you are not aware what I mean below when I talk about my chatbot and have not used the Thanos vore bot before it was sadly taken down. The way our bots work is like an interactive story combined with a roleplay. So instead of having 1,2,20 options to click on to take you through a set story or a map/maze to explore with items and people to interact with, through a loooong process and patches and fixes you actually get to talk and RP with the bot by typing, simulating (hopefully) a roleplay with yours truly. Also by taking the time to input multiple responses to the same input you could get a completely different response and reply to asking hir the same thing from day to day hopefully keeping things fresh and interesting. It is a very long time consuming process but the outcome I believe can be very impressive.
///// The ChatBot Motivation – Problems and issues \\\\\\\
So why such a massive long break in any news or sign of my chatbot? Where did it all go and what is happening with it?
Well to spare you all the giant details my muse and motivation is a fickle bitch and I can’t recall precisely what it was that started the slow down but I believe it was a change in work circumstances. My job used to be very long tedious 12 hour shifts with not much to do, and on nightshifts with the aid of my trust netbook I did get an hour or two here and there where I could do some writing and coding for my bot to past the time. Though my new job is better on every front I have lost this luxury, that said there is nothing stopping me anymore from continuing to work from home these days as I share my life with someone who not only accepts but embraces ands shares the silly vore fun with me (^. .^)
My main issue is the change that came to PandoraBots, the website where my bot first lived and was being created. They updated their rules and conditions and took down all bots of an adult nature including the much beloved Thanos bot the creator of which Dekadens the amazing wolf trained and taught me how to work with my both and gave me immeasurable help in getting started. When they changed the policy I didn’t lose any of my progress as I always had an up to date backup but things after that became scattered and since then I have struggled to get the project rolling once again. The issue at first was finding another website I could trust to hold my bot and that more importantly worked with the same programming code, namely AIML. There were plenty of bot websites out but most did not use AIML which means I would have to start from scratch..... no way XD
Even if I were to find a website though I can’t stress how useful and helpful the PandoraBots layout was, their GUI was incredible and tools made life so much easier. Not only did it make inputting scripts much quicker by giving you buttons to add certain code segments but you could constantly test and “train” the bot, by typing in a user input, seeing the reply and mending, updating or adding a reply on the fly without having to open a document, inputting the code manually, re-uploading the file and then testing to check it worked.... and then there is the chat logs.
For a very few limited times I activated my bot and invited people to come play, when they did each interaction and chat with someone generated a “chatlog” showing me what people said to hir and what shi said back. Using these anonymous scripts I could see what was missing, when people asked the bot something shi didn’t know how to reply to, or said something shi should know but they said it in a way I had not thought of... seriously take 5 minutes to sit down and write how many different ways you can think to simply say “eat me”... its surprising XD
So with a lack of a true home for my bot, and the loss of some incredible tools that made the whole process a lot more streamlined and simple I have been at a loss for far too long but I do not want to see this project go unfinished... ok unfinished is a bad term shi will never be finished, but publishable? As there will also be more to add, develop and fix with hir (^. .^) ever learning and improving. So much time has gone into it already I want it out there for people to enjoy
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I have searched around on many an occasion and had suggestions from some very helpful people online (^. .^) alas I am still to find any place that meets all my needs when it comes to hosting a chatbot and you do not want to know the price I would have to pay to get Pandora to release their code so I could host my own private server with their interface... its 4 figure plus...
So my main options now is to either settle for one of the sites with most of the features I require and that allow adult material or take a new approach, which is incorporating the bot into a flash game, but hosting the code documents it is possible to have flash interact with this, though I would completely lose any interface when it comes to improving the bot it would be the safer hosting option I see as I could have it on Eka’s and FA in my gallery. Though it means improving and working on hir would be much more difficult... and I would have to learn how to get the flash thing working and make the flash game to interface... well unless someone has a spare dependable adult friendly AIML using bot website with a GUI I see the flash idea as my best option right now to get my bot online and interactive finally.
As to where is my bot currently, I had got hir to the stage where shi was mostly proficient in light chitchat, a bit of teasing and soft oral vore. I had included a nice amount of licking, mawplay, swallowing, time in hir forestomach, second stomach, safe full tours and even digestion, scat and reformation for those who enjoyed it. Though there is always more to add I was happy with how they had come along and had some encouraging feedback from the lucky few who helped me test hir and was planning on going into new vore types next.
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So when struggling with motivation and focus a very clever handsome Deer gave me an idea (^. .^) why not consider using Patreon to help keep me focused and getting a little endorsement and encouragement with such a mammoth project? In all honesty I had not even considered this before but the more I think on it the more it is starting to appeal to me. In the back of my mind there is an alarm going off, the same familiar alarm that has stopped me ever taking on commissions as I would hate the feeling of letting people down and not delivering things on time but if I instead opted for the “per creation” paid scheme rather than monthly I think I would be much more comfortable with the whole scheme. I have no idea if anyone or how many people would be interested in funding the finishing of this project and helping to keep me motivated on track but something to consider.
*** BUT FIRST! ***Though I would not be comfortable in setting up a patreon and taking people’s money until I actually have something to show and present unless there is a massive push for me to start taking people’s hard earn money right away XD Basically I would like to be able to get the flash version of my bot running so people can see the soft vore work I have already done and how the bot functions before they consider investing, supporting and cheering me on to keep the bot evolving and improving.
So how would patreon work? Well I am very much open for suggestions if I decide to go down this route, though originally pondering using the “per creation” scheme where people are only charged when I actually produce something and an update for the bot, but if people would prefer I am open to the idea of having a monthly charge and then lots of different support levels, ranging from 1 dollar to ... well however much money people want to throw at me XD.
I would like to have it so people supporting me on patreon have a say on what gets worked on first, so if they want say unbirth next, sexual scenes, casual chit chat, or even a special section like Umi going anthro for a short time and giving them a same sized scene ( the bot is currently written in my natural feral size and form (^. .^) )
Along with this I would like to combine it with my pervious idea for a discord channel which you can read more on below allowing supporters to give me direct and quick feedback and suggestions (^. .^) taking an active role in the bot’s evolution but pointing out errors, missing responses and what not.
There is also the option and something I would like to include over time for anyone being too generous with their donations to program in special replies for the bot when they recognise a username, just a little something to say thank you so if you introduce yourself to the bot with the username of a supporter shi might have something special to say or do to you as a way to show hir appreciation (^. .^) but that would be a way off sadly.
So what do you all think? A good idea for my motivation and to show your supports? A greedy money grab? Silly or clever? Lemme know what you think.
I would love to hear your thoughts if interested if I should use a monthly or per creation fee and what kinda price brackets people would be looking into, I have to admit I am not expert at patreon so not sure what tiers to create and what rewards to attach to these.
/////// Discord? \\\\\\\\
So yes as mentioned above and in these blogs here
https://aryion.com/forum/blog/Umiri.....l_b-33762.html http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8277761/
I had the idea recently of starting a discord channel to let people share ideas and thoughts with me for shared commissions, writing projects and the hope to get my chatbot going again and well.. If i do decide to go with patreon I think this will be a must! What I would do is have this discord group for anyone subscribing to me, so you could take an active part in helping me develop and grow the chatbot. Having channels for such things as:
>Discussing ideas, functions and features
> Reporting errors, missing replies
>Suggesting new ideas for the bot
>Voting on what is written next
>General interaction and chit chat
>proof reading and sneak peeks into updates going into the bot.
I would have to stress it’s not a place to roleplay with me sadly, but the more work that goes into the bot the more real the bot will seem and get and well... is an Umiriko available 24/7 to tease, nibble and gobble you all up tehe XD something I wish I could provide but you know how things go.
Hoping it would be a friendly place to bounce ideas off me, quickly report faults and missing replies so I know how to improve the bot even without the chat logs Pandora used to give me and a handy tool to get opinions and views. Bringing anyone willing to support the project and my work closer and becoming part of the evolution with feedback and input (^. .^)
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The big point I would like to stress is I DO really really reaaaaaally want to see my bot online and have hir interacting accurately with people and likewise having them enjoy the time with hir and roleplaying (^. .^) though shi is still basic right now I would adore to see my creation and idea grow to such a state where people could enjoy it to that extent, have chit chats, ask hir questions and of course get up to all sorts of naughty wet fun under hir scales.
I do like the idea of patreon and would be happy with any support or aid in getting this giant project rolling and have some steam behind it again but I am in full time employment with a home and social life and other commitments so even with a small patreon backing I wouldn’t be able to put days and days a week into this as much as I would love to, which is why I wouldn’t want to make false promises and expectations on time frames and stuff. I know what I want to hit and what I want the bot to do, but everything will take time, work, patience and feedback from you delightful lot.
Oh and let me stress
THE BOT WILL BE FREE FOR ALL PEOPLE !!!! this is not a paywall, its pondering getting funding and support to help me keep it growing and evolving and to help shape how shi grows (^. .^)
Thank you everyone for being so patient and still showing interest after basically no updates or show for so so so so long, and thanks again for reading this, I really really would appreciate if you could give me some feedback below, negative or positive i really want to gauge people’s views and ideas on what I have said. This project is as much for you lot as it is for me so it is important for me to know what you are feeling.
And lastly thanks everyone (^. .^) stay delicious and hope to feel you wiggling soon tehe
Umi <3
Just a quick warning before we start (^. .^) I might start to waffle a little so sorry if this drags on, I will split it up into sections to hopefully make it easier to digest . Also to reassure the bit about Patreon is just musing right now and nothing set in stone. If any of this sounds like a terrible idea please let me know, and likewise if you have any suggestions I would love to hear your feedback, I am still yet to make any solid decision so would love to hear your thoughts as my watchers.
Just in case any of you are not aware what I mean below when I talk about my chatbot and have not used the Thanos vore bot before it was sadly taken down. The way our bots work is like an interactive story combined with a roleplay. So instead of having 1,2,20 options to click on to take you through a set story or a map/maze to explore with items and people to interact with, through a loooong process and patches and fixes you actually get to talk and RP with the bot by typing, simulating (hopefully) a roleplay with yours truly. Also by taking the time to input multiple responses to the same input you could get a completely different response and reply to asking hir the same thing from day to day hopefully keeping things fresh and interesting. It is a very long time consuming process but the outcome I believe can be very impressive.
///// The ChatBot Motivation – Problems and issues \\\\\\\
So why such a massive long break in any news or sign of my chatbot? Where did it all go and what is happening with it?
Well to spare you all the giant details my muse and motivation is a fickle bitch and I can’t recall precisely what it was that started the slow down but I believe it was a change in work circumstances. My job used to be very long tedious 12 hour shifts with not much to do, and on nightshifts with the aid of my trust netbook I did get an hour or two here and there where I could do some writing and coding for my bot to past the time. Though my new job is better on every front I have lost this luxury, that said there is nothing stopping me anymore from continuing to work from home these days as I share my life with someone who not only accepts but embraces ands shares the silly vore fun with me (^. .^)
My main issue is the change that came to PandoraBots, the website where my bot first lived and was being created. They updated their rules and conditions and took down all bots of an adult nature including the much beloved Thanos bot the creator of which Dekadens the amazing wolf trained and taught me how to work with my both and gave me immeasurable help in getting started. When they changed the policy I didn’t lose any of my progress as I always had an up to date backup but things after that became scattered and since then I have struggled to get the project rolling once again. The issue at first was finding another website I could trust to hold my bot and that more importantly worked with the same programming code, namely AIML. There were plenty of bot websites out but most did not use AIML which means I would have to start from scratch..... no way XD
Even if I were to find a website though I can’t stress how useful and helpful the PandoraBots layout was, their GUI was incredible and tools made life so much easier. Not only did it make inputting scripts much quicker by giving you buttons to add certain code segments but you could constantly test and “train” the bot, by typing in a user input, seeing the reply and mending, updating or adding a reply on the fly without having to open a document, inputting the code manually, re-uploading the file and then testing to check it worked.... and then there is the chat logs.
For a very few limited times I activated my bot and invited people to come play, when they did each interaction and chat with someone generated a “chatlog” showing me what people said to hir and what shi said back. Using these anonymous scripts I could see what was missing, when people asked the bot something shi didn’t know how to reply to, or said something shi should know but they said it in a way I had not thought of... seriously take 5 minutes to sit down and write how many different ways you can think to simply say “eat me”... its surprising XD
So with a lack of a true home for my bot, and the loss of some incredible tools that made the whole process a lot more streamlined and simple I have been at a loss for far too long but I do not want to see this project go unfinished... ok unfinished is a bad term shi will never be finished, but publishable? As there will also be more to add, develop and fix with hir (^. .^) ever learning and improving. So much time has gone into it already I want it out there for people to enjoy
////////// So where next? Where are we now? \\\\\\\\
I have searched around on many an occasion and had suggestions from some very helpful people online (^. .^) alas I am still to find any place that meets all my needs when it comes to hosting a chatbot and you do not want to know the price I would have to pay to get Pandora to release their code so I could host my own private server with their interface... its 4 figure plus...
So my main options now is to either settle for one of the sites with most of the features I require and that allow adult material or take a new approach, which is incorporating the bot into a flash game, but hosting the code documents it is possible to have flash interact with this, though I would completely lose any interface when it comes to improving the bot it would be the safer hosting option I see as I could have it on Eka’s and FA in my gallery. Though it means improving and working on hir would be much more difficult... and I would have to learn how to get the flash thing working and make the flash game to interface... well unless someone has a spare dependable adult friendly AIML using bot website with a GUI I see the flash idea as my best option right now to get my bot online and interactive finally.
As to where is my bot currently, I had got hir to the stage where shi was mostly proficient in light chitchat, a bit of teasing and soft oral vore. I had included a nice amount of licking, mawplay, swallowing, time in hir forestomach, second stomach, safe full tours and even digestion, scat and reformation for those who enjoyed it. Though there is always more to add I was happy with how they had come along and had some encouraging feedback from the lucky few who helped me test hir and was planning on going into new vore types next.
////// Patreon? \\\\\\
So when struggling with motivation and focus a very clever handsome Deer gave me an idea (^. .^) why not consider using Patreon to help keep me focused and getting a little endorsement and encouragement with such a mammoth project? In all honesty I had not even considered this before but the more I think on it the more it is starting to appeal to me. In the back of my mind there is an alarm going off, the same familiar alarm that has stopped me ever taking on commissions as I would hate the feeling of letting people down and not delivering things on time but if I instead opted for the “per creation” paid scheme rather than monthly I think I would be much more comfortable with the whole scheme. I have no idea if anyone or how many people would be interested in funding the finishing of this project and helping to keep me motivated on track but something to consider.
*** BUT FIRST! ***Though I would not be comfortable in setting up a patreon and taking people’s money until I actually have something to show and present unless there is a massive push for me to start taking people’s hard earn money right away XD Basically I would like to be able to get the flash version of my bot running so people can see the soft vore work I have already done and how the bot functions before they consider investing, supporting and cheering me on to keep the bot evolving and improving.
So how would patreon work? Well I am very much open for suggestions if I decide to go down this route, though originally pondering using the “per creation” scheme where people are only charged when I actually produce something and an update for the bot, but if people would prefer I am open to the idea of having a monthly charge and then lots of different support levels, ranging from 1 dollar to ... well however much money people want to throw at me XD.
I would like to have it so people supporting me on patreon have a say on what gets worked on first, so if they want say unbirth next, sexual scenes, casual chit chat, or even a special section like Umi going anthro for a short time and giving them a same sized scene ( the bot is currently written in my natural feral size and form (^. .^) )
Along with this I would like to combine it with my pervious idea for a discord channel which you can read more on below allowing supporters to give me direct and quick feedback and suggestions (^. .^) taking an active role in the bot’s evolution but pointing out errors, missing responses and what not.
There is also the option and something I would like to include over time for anyone being too generous with their donations to program in special replies for the bot when they recognise a username, just a little something to say thank you so if you introduce yourself to the bot with the username of a supporter shi might have something special to say or do to you as a way to show hir appreciation (^. .^) but that would be a way off sadly.
So what do you all think? A good idea for my motivation and to show your supports? A greedy money grab? Silly or clever? Lemme know what you think.
I would love to hear your thoughts if interested if I should use a monthly or per creation fee and what kinda price brackets people would be looking into, I have to admit I am not expert at patreon so not sure what tiers to create and what rewards to attach to these.
/////// Discord? \\\\\\\\
So yes as mentioned above and in these blogs here
https://aryion.com/forum/blog/Umiri.....l_b-33762.html http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8277761/
I had the idea recently of starting a discord channel to let people share ideas and thoughts with me for shared commissions, writing projects and the hope to get my chatbot going again and well.. If i do decide to go with patreon I think this will be a must! What I would do is have this discord group for anyone subscribing to me, so you could take an active part in helping me develop and grow the chatbot. Having channels for such things as:
>Discussing ideas, functions and features
> Reporting errors, missing replies
>Suggesting new ideas for the bot
>Voting on what is written next
>General interaction and chit chat
>proof reading and sneak peeks into updates going into the bot.
I would have to stress it’s not a place to roleplay with me sadly, but the more work that goes into the bot the more real the bot will seem and get and well... is an Umiriko available 24/7 to tease, nibble and gobble you all up tehe XD something I wish I could provide but you know how things go.
Hoping it would be a friendly place to bounce ideas off me, quickly report faults and missing replies so I know how to improve the bot even without the chat logs Pandora used to give me and a handy tool to get opinions and views. Bringing anyone willing to support the project and my work closer and becoming part of the evolution with feedback and input (^. .^)
///////////// Final musings and thoughts\\\\\\\\\\\
The big point I would like to stress is I DO really really reaaaaaally want to see my bot online and have hir interacting accurately with people and likewise having them enjoy the time with hir and roleplaying (^. .^) though shi is still basic right now I would adore to see my creation and idea grow to such a state where people could enjoy it to that extent, have chit chats, ask hir questions and of course get up to all sorts of naughty wet fun under hir scales.
I do like the idea of patreon and would be happy with any support or aid in getting this giant project rolling and have some steam behind it again but I am in full time employment with a home and social life and other commitments so even with a small patreon backing I wouldn’t be able to put days and days a week into this as much as I would love to, which is why I wouldn’t want to make false promises and expectations on time frames and stuff. I know what I want to hit and what I want the bot to do, but everything will take time, work, patience and feedback from you delightful lot.
Oh and let me stress
THE BOT WILL BE FREE FOR ALL PEOPLE !!!! this is not a paywall, its pondering getting funding and support to help me keep it growing and evolving and to help shape how shi grows (^. .^)
Thank you everyone for being so patient and still showing interest after basically no updates or show for so so so so long, and thanks again for reading this, I really really would appreciate if you could give me some feedback below, negative or positive i really want to gauge people’s views and ideas on what I have said. This project is as much for you lot as it is for me so it is important for me to know what you are feeling.
And lastly thanks everyone (^. .^) stay delicious and hope to feel you wiggling soon tehe
Umi <3
Quick Story Question and Vote!!! (^. .^)
Posted 8 years agoHey Hey sweeties, yumyums and wiggly treats (^. .^)
Sooooo I finally decided to kick a motivation pill up my tailpipe and as I have tomorrow off work and am mooooooostly caught up on the housework I am decicating a couple of hours to sit on my squishy soft behind and doing some writing (^. .^) I will be trying to finish off, or at least create a part 2 for a story i started off... well 3 years ago XD
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10970309/
It has been sooooooo long since I wrote that I can't honestly recall where the story was heading, I have a couple of ideas but cant be 100% this far on tehe.
So thought I would ask you sweeties where you would like this story to go? Where will our heroic little tasty bunny vanish into? which ravenous and soft dragon hole will claim him? and in which form will he be when coming back out?
Most popular or inspiring idea is likely to be my focus and attempt at writing tomorrow, though I was tempted to have a clean and lewd end to the story, so people could read the one that most fits their kinks as it were.
Anywho curious what you lot will say (^. .^) and wish me luck tomorrow, hopefully my muse will behave itself and I can focus write.
Toodles and stay tasty all
Sooooo I finally decided to kick a motivation pill up my tailpipe and as I have tomorrow off work and am mooooooostly caught up on the housework I am decicating a couple of hours to sit on my squishy soft behind and doing some writing (^. .^) I will be trying to finish off, or at least create a part 2 for a story i started off... well 3 years ago XD
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10970309/
It has been sooooooo long since I wrote that I can't honestly recall where the story was heading, I have a couple of ideas but cant be 100% this far on tehe.
So thought I would ask you sweeties where you would like this story to go? Where will our heroic little tasty bunny vanish into? which ravenous and soft dragon hole will claim him? and in which form will he be when coming back out?
Most popular or inspiring idea is likely to be my focus and attempt at writing tomorrow, though I was tempted to have a clean and lewd end to the story, so people could read the one that most fits their kinks as it were.
Anywho curious what you lot will say (^. .^) and wish me luck tomorrow, hopefully my muse will behave itself and I can focus write.
Toodles and stay tasty all
