CHRONICLES OF ELYRIA ALPHA UPDATE

In MMO parlance, that would be our back-end server architecture.

Of course, we knew we'd eventually need to road test the game so we started development of our powertrain. They showed what the car would look like, but they were built on temporary chassis that needed to be replaced before real forward progress could be made. But, in our car metaphor, those were all scale models. All of which were designed to test out ideas and player reception, by showing the 'exterior' of the game. This included prototypes and demos of our aging & dynamics systems, our world interaction system, weather, combat, crafting, parkour, and a few others. Back then we worked on a lot of prototypes involving the client. It's the part people can see and what many people use to compare one game to another. So we spent time working on the body of the game. We talked about the major systems, how powerful the engine would be, what kind of mileage people should expect from the game, etc.īut just like with cars, people quickly wanted to see what the game was going to look like. Back in 2015 when we first started talking about Chronicles of Elyria, it was a lot like sharing the spec sheet for CoE. The best way to explain where we are in development right now is through an analogy.īuilding a game like Chronicles of Elyria is a lot like designing and building a new car.

But even still, I felt like an explanation was due that helped readers understand just how much progress was made in 0.4.0 and just how important that work was. In truth, the lack of images is a symptom of our approach to game development and not due to any lack of progress. I mean, we've got plenty of pictures we can show of the environments we're building, items we've created for crafting, farming, and other systems (many of which we use for our Thursday Shinies), but there's still a notable lack of images and videos of new gameplay from this release. While there's certainly no shortage of screenshots or concepts below, as I sat down to write this completion blog I did note an unusual absence of any pictures or illustrations of the systems and gameplay we've been working on in 0.4.0. Once you're done, or if you're just too eager to see how things turned out, then settle down with some warm apple cider or some hot tea and read on! Building New Systems

CHRONICLES OF ELYRIA ALPHA UPDATE

Before jumping in, feel free to familiarize yourself with the goals we set for ourselves at the beginning of Adventure 0.4.0 by checking out the Intro Blog as well as the Update Blog. Which means it's time for our adventure completion blog post. As the leaves transition from their summer greens to autumn hues of reds and yellows, so too are the intrepid adventurers here at Soulbound Studios transitioning from their previous adventure to their next.

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