Just wanted to put up a quick update to let everybody know that we are still around. The server is coming along great! I am proud of how the recoding of the server is coming along. Everything is running smoothly. For those who were Alpha Testers I have toned down the darkness some to make it easier to see. I will also be adding weather into the game; however, this will make maps darker while there are storms going on. I will add some new screenshots to the web page shorly to give everyone an idea what we are up to.
I wanted to take the time to update our web page to let everybody know what the staff is up to. Vicar is working hard on developing our vast world. From talking to him earlier the development is coming along nicely. From a scripting standpoint the server is developing great! Although there will be no more Alpha Updates there are loads of new content added to the game. The top two additions are all new skills (exp based skills rather than the old random leveling style) and the addition of 6 new exists. I have been spending the last week recoding the entire server. This should allow things to run smoother and more efficiently. I will update next week on the status of the server!
So far since we have released our alpha period we have advanced nicely. We wanted to thank all of our Alpha Testers for their time and helping us find any bugs with the game. Vicar is working very hard developing the main world and from the small tour I received earlier it is looking very nice! Everyone will be very pleased with the main world.
The staff will be getting together sometime within the next week to determine when the Alpha Period will end and when we will work on the transition from Alpha to Beta period. We will be letting everybody know as soon as we figure something out.
On behalf of the staff here at Divided Gaming we would like to thank those of you who informed us there was a problem with the forums.
The features page on the website is now fully functional.
As of right now, we plan to have a closed alpha version of the game available by Sunday, December 14, 2008. Yes, we will be deleting the characters when we release the beta version and full version of the game. So you may be wondering, what is the point in alpha testing if our characters will be deleted. There are many reasons why it benefits players to alpha test a game. You can get a feel for the game and make suggestions accordingly. Test out new events that we have planned for the game. You will be able to test out which class you would like to be before the game is released so you can have the name of your choice. The list goes on. I hope that many people are looking forward to the alpha and beta tests and I will try to update the website more frequently. If you would like to be an alpha tester please send an email to the following letting us know. Once a decisionis made on your status we will be contacting you by email. Only 3 alpha testers will be chosen. Please have the subject marked "Alpha Test"
hades@dividedgaming.com, faint@dividedgaming.com and vicar@dividedgaming.com
Please Note that the December 14, 2008 date is subject to change.
I just wanted to take the time and appologise for not updating the website as much as we wanted to; however, we have been spending all our free time developing the game itself and get side tracked from the actual website. Gamewise, the game is coming along really well. I have a list of features on our forums. The features thread gets updated frequently.
On behalf of our staff, I wanted to put out a thank you to those who have posted their suggestions and we are currently working on adding many of them. Thanks again!
I am currently in the process of adding some flash games on our website for your enjoyment. These flash games should be available by the end of the weekend.
We finally purchased a website for our upcoming game. Even though we are not releasing the game yet, we wanted to release a website so we can keep our future players updated of our progress. Our new forums should be up within the next few days. We will try to answer any and all questions that anyone posts on the forums.
Tomorrow, I will try to have the rest of our website uploaded and finished.
Patcher
You may notice when we release our first client that our client may seem fairly large; however, you will only have to download the full client one time. Any new updates will be released via a patcher so no player will have to keep downloading our client. Also, with a patcher, we will be able to release a client more frequently for your enjoyment.