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Work on this page is still very much in progress. This timeline is still far from complete, only reflecting data from a small number of sources.
This timeline shows a list of events in Cracked Egg Studios history, or events that influenced studio history, occurring during calendar year 2020.
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
- January 24, 2020
- Renovations to the headquarters bathroom are completed.
- February 5
- VaultWiki Team releases VaultWiki version 4.0.28.
- VaultWiki Team releases VaultWiki version 4.1.0 RC 1.
- February 8
- David Como rediscovers Never on the Ghost.
- Never on the Ghost is transferred to VHS.
- Cracked Egg Studios takes custody of the raw footage for Never on the Ghost.
- February 9
- Cracked Egg Studios acquires VHS to digital transfer equipment.
- Cracked Egg Studios acquires VHS preservation materials.
- February 19
- William Mazzariello pitches a resource management video game.
- VaultWiki Team redesigns search results in VaultWiki so that search terms are no longer automatically highlighted in the result's content.
- VaultWiki Team extends the editor interfaces in VaultWiki so editors can customize summaries.
- February 20
- VaultWiki Team redesigns the permissions management interface in VaultWiki so various groupings are collapsible.
- VaultWiki Team reprograms the history comparison system in VaultWiki to highlight individual changed words within the presentation of altered lines.
- February 21
- VaultWiki Team extends the TABLE BB-Code in VaultWiki with sticky rows and columns.
- VaultWiki Team redesigns content chooser interfaces in VaultWiki to use checkboxes rather than buttons.
- VaultWiki Team extends the permissions system in VaultWiki with a separate permission for viewing comments.
- VaultWiki Team extends the permissions system in VaultWiki with a separate permission for moving content between areas.
- VaultWiki Team extends the permissions system in VaultWiki with separate permissions for viewing the lists of nodes that contain a page.
- VaultWiki Team extends areas in VaultWiki to optionally require a reason when content is edited.
- February 22
- VaultWiki Team extends content lists in VaultWiki with additional sorting options.
- VaultWiki Team reprograms Special:PopularPages in VaultWiki to exclude attachments and moves them to Special:PopularFiles.
- February 24
- VaultWiki Team extends notifications for handled moderated content in VaultWiki to use alerts rather than conversations.
- February 26
- Cracked Egg Studios settles on Unreal Engine as its video game engine of choice.
- March 1
- The first case of COVID-19 is confirmed in New York City.
- March 2
- VaultWiki Team programs a custom field management system for VaultWiki.
- March 3
- Repairs to the headquarters entryway begin.
- March 12
- Repairs to the headquarters entryway are completed.
- March 20
- VaultWiki Team releases VaultWiki version 4.1.0 RC 2.
- New York City locks down for the COVID-19 pandemic.
- March 21
- VaultWiki Team exposes certain variables in VaultWiki to allow for easier customization based on context, such as custom styling and navigation.
- VaultWiki Team extends sections in VaultWiki with toggles for each control.
- VaultWiki Team extends sidebar blocks in VaultWiki to allow more precise ordering.
- March 22
- VaultWiki Team extends the inline moderation move action in VaultWiki to optionally also move connected synonyms.
- VaultWiki Team programs the ability to mark Find New content from VaultWiki as read.
- March 23
- VaultWiki Team extends administrative user search and promotion with criteria from VaultWiki.
- VaultWiki Team extends generic search results so that various content in VaultWiki can be excluded by default.
- VaultWiki Team redesigns search results for content in VaultWiki to appear less cluttered.
- Cracked Egg Studios begins programming the resource management video game.
- March 24
- VaultWiki Team extends Special pages in VaultWiki so results can be filtered by content-type.
- March 25
- VaultWiki Team programs a microdata compiler and validator for custom fields in VaultWiki.
- March 27
- VaultWiki Team extends date-type custom fields in VaultWiki to support time zones and approximate dates.
- March 31
- VaultWiki Team extends the custom fields system in VaultWiki to support rendering duration-type field values.
- April 2
- VaultWiki Team extends the custom fields system in VaultWiki to optionally automatically render field values within an "infobox."
- April 7
- VaultWiki Team extends the permissions system in VaultWiki to specifically control content lists on the wiki index page.
- April 9
- VaultWiki Team programs a disambiguation management system in VaultWiki.
- April 12
- VaultWiki Team extends the upload interface in VaultWiki so it supports dragging files in to trigger an upload.
- April 15
- VaultWiki Team begins programming a template rules system for VaultWiki, adding options for suggested templates, required templates, or forced templates.
- April 16
- VaultWiki Team programs an editor button in VaultWiki for inserting templates that prompts for parameter values.
- April 29
- VaultWiki Team completes programming a template rules system for VaultWiki, adding options for suggested templates, required templates, or forced templates.
- May 7
- VaultWiki Team releases VaultWiki version 4.1.0 RC 3.
- May 14
- VaultWiki Team begins development of VaultWiki 4.2.x series.
- VaultWiki Team extends the data import system in the VaultWiki 4.2.x series to support data from vBulletin albums.
- May 15
- VaultWiki Team extends the data import system in the VaultWiki 4.2.x series to support data from XFA Blogs.
- VaultWiki Team extends the data import system in the VaultWiki 4.2.x series to support data from vBulletin Blogs.
- May 20
- VaultWiki Team begins reprogramming all Javascript functionality in the VaultWiki 4.2.x series to use the JQuery library rather than YUI.
- May 23
- Cracked Egg Studios begins deprioritizing VaultWiki development.
- June 28
- Cracked Egg Studios begins programming the video game Observatory.
- July 10
- Cracked Egg Studios produces a variant of the Poopy Intro for video game releases.
- July 13
- Cracked Egg Studios leaks a teaser video for the video game Observatory.
- July 25
- Cracked Egg Studios researches prerequisites and processes for video game releases to various consoles and digital marketplaces.
- Cracked Egg Studios begins planning how to revitalize its web site.
- August 11
- VaultWiki Team finishes reprogramming all Javascript functionality in the VaultWiki 4.2.x series to use the JQuery library rather than YUI.
- VaultWiki Team extends the data import system in the VaultWiki 4.2.x series to support data from vBulletin CMS.
- August 12
- VaultWiki Team releases VaultWiki version 4.1.0.
- August 13
- VaultWiki Team begins rewriting EggPlayer as a VaultWiki 4.2.x series component.
- September 8
- VaultWiki Team extends attachment upload system in the VaultWiki 4.2.x series to support very large file transfers.
- September 23
- VaultWiki Team completes rewriting EggPlayer as a VaultWiki 4.2.x series component.
- October 1
- VaultWiki Team extends areas in the VaultWiki 4.2.x series so content can appear under a specified site navigation tab.
- October 3
- VaultWiki Team begins programming a scheduling system for the VaultWiki 4.2.x series, to schedule new content, changes to content, and promotions of content.
- October 16
- VaultWiki Team extends various editor interfaces in the VaultWiki 4.2.x series so editors can attribute content to another user.
- October 18
- VaultWiki Team extends various editor interfaces in the VaultWiki 4.2.x series so editors can customize the timestamp of the content.
- October 20
- VaultWiki Team extends the history management system in the VaultWiki 4.2.x series so users can make changes to historical edits.
- October 26
- VaultWiki Team extends the history management system in the VaultWiki 4.2.x series so a single user who submits multiple edits in a row within a given timeframe just updates the previous edit.
- VaultWiki Team extends the content moderation system in the VaultWiki 4.2.x series so users can submit edits to a page that already has edits waiting for moderator approval.
- October 29
- VaultWiki Team extends the permissions system in the VaultWiki 4.2.x series so users can still view their own content while it awaits moderator approval.
- November 12
- VaultWiki Team releases VaultWiki version 4.1.1.
- November 19
- Ted Phillips receives his stake in the headquarters real estate.
- November 23
- VaultWiki Team programs a change merging system for the VaultWiki 4.2.x series in case multiple users edit content at the same time.
- December 3
- VaultWiki Team finishes programming a scheduling system for the VaultWiki 4.2.x series, to schedule new content, changes to content, and promotions of content.
- December 8
- VaultWiki Team extends the prefix system in the VaultWiki 4.2.x series to limit prefix usage by usergroup.
- December 26
- Cracked Egg Studios begins upgrades to the CHAOS-EGG.
- December 31
- Adobe discontinues Flash Player.