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Development diary

What we add to the game, day by day. No release dates: only what is already done.

  1. Elderfalls, and four cities on paper

    • ◆The game has its final name: Elderfalls.
    • ◆The four great cities are designed: Kingsport, Queensmere, Fenmarket and Elderbough, with their districts, landmarks and houses with trophy halls. Design approved on 21 October.
    • ◆Building starts with Kingsport: the temple square and Market Row first.
    • ◆A new website at elderfalls.com: home, the world, the cities, media and news. Name reservation and beta sign-up on the way.

  2. Accounts straight from the website

    • ◆Creating an account on the website now creates it directly on the game server: account number, password and first character.
    • ◆Windows build available for the private playtests, on the downloads page.

  3. Parties, quests and a world you can touch

    • ◆Character creator: male or female, with a 3D preview.
    • ◆Full-screen interface with a micro menu and floating windows.
    • ◆Modern parties: on-screen frames, a ring under your feet, arrows to party members and a shared target mark.
    • ◆Quests with a window for the story, goal and reward.
    • ◆Hunting tasks: three offers based on your level, with a kill counter.
    • ◆Proximity voice chat: hold V to talk.
    • ◆Footsteps that match the ground, and calm music.
    • ◆Mine stone, sit on chairs and benches, search cupboards and bookshelves with books.
    • ◆Walkable rooftops, and the same day and night for everyone.
    • ◆Click to walk with no distance limit, always preferring the street.
    • ◆Bank: a gold account and a vault with 30 slots to store items.
    • ◆Street lamps that light up at dusk and go out at dawn.
    • ◆Streets with uneven edges and shops rebuilt with more detail.

  4. The Island of Destiny

    • ◆New characters start on the Island of Destiny: four paths, four guides and a chest with your first weapon.
    • ◆Ranged combat: bows and arrows, wands and spears.
    • ◆Eating and drinking: when hungry you do not regain health or mana; drink from wells, fountains and shores.
    • ◆Honest stairs: each one is drawn as what it is and leads exactly where it looks like it does.
    • ◆Levers, drawbridges, secret passages, pressure plates and teleporters.
    • ◆Push barrels, chairs and small creatures onto the next tile.
    • ◆Character panel, private messages and a friends list.
    • ◆A hand-painted world: floors, walls, roofs, trees and flowers; braziers and lanterns that give light.