The Muster is a weekly gathering of all the news and announcements for Chronicles of Elyria. This week one of the main things that happened is you arrived. Thank you for coming into the community, it is a nice place to be as you get to be involved early with a studio that actually seem … Continue reading The Muster – Community Milestones, Influence, and Seasons
Yes, it has been a quiet few weeks here at the Echo but Soulbound Studios have been far from silent. In fact, we have an awful lot to cover including two videos (which has now become three while I was writing!), two Q&As, loads of social media and there has been chatter on the IRC … Continue reading Mega Muster – The Team, Children and Snow!
Dynamic worlds are becoming something more Developers are striving for. To me the reason for it is clear. A changing world is simply a more interesting place to be long term. However, the way different developers approach adding that feeling of change can be very different. Often it is quite limited and does eventually loop … Continue reading Journal Discussed – Technology and Research Part 1
This series takes the Developers Journals and gives you all the information simplified and listed out. It means you can just get the recipe and not have to put in the research yourself. If you want discussion then you are going to have to wait for the Journal Discussed which will hit later this week. … Continue reading Journal Abridged – Technology & Research
Do you know what I like when a game is in development? It is is developers that actively address the concerns of the prospective player base. No, I do not mean bow to their demands. Just listen, given feedback, talk about the possible problems. Even if that talking is just, “Actually we think it is … Continue reading Chat Log – Concerns, Part 1
With new ideas, comes new terminology. Words that might be new to us. Familiar words that have unfamiliar game mechanics tied to them. Old words we just sometimes forget. All those terms are brought together here with their Elyrian definitions. Want more information? Just click the word to find all of the Elyria Echo posts … Continue reading Glossary
Weather is something that is appearing more often in MMOs these days. Though in the games I have experienced it is simply audio/visual effects added to the world. That does add some immersion, at least in game where it affects all players simultaneously, but that is about all. Nothing about the way you play is … Continue reading Chat Log – Weather
This series takes the Developers Journals and gives you a run down of the key information covered. This is the bare bones, just the straight talking facts if you want discussion there will be an accompanying Journal Discussed article which will be posted later in the week. Chronicles of Elyria’s has a lot of interesting features … Continue reading Journal Abridged – Time, Aging, and Offline Player Characters
The Chronicles of Elyria forums have just had their first makeover showing that the developers are at least listening to their community when it comes to making the important changes, the forums are a serious business after all. The developers are still using the forums to engage and are responding to questions about all sorts. Some … Continue reading Forum Finds – Time Cycles
