Release-Zeitplan
Based on community feedback I decided to prioritize the alpha one testing phase and forego the castle siege Apoc testing until after Alpha One. This is a riskier development path, but demonstrating the mmorpg core systems became higher priority.[1] – Steven Sharif
We have a lot of work ahead of us. In 2020, we will be inviting you into the Alpha One test phase where you will get to experience the systems and mechanics of the MMORPG we have all been waiting for. We are excited for all of the data this will provide us with and cannot wait to make the iterations necessary to create the MMORPG of our dreams. The Alpha One experience will not be under NDA, so our glorious community will be able to watch along as our Alpha One testers take their first steps into Verra.[2] – Steven Sharif
The Ashes of Creation release schedule is subject to change.[3]
In 2020, you can look forward to new blogs on classes, node types, freehold buildings and equipment. As well as, more in-depth videos that showcase a whole host of systems our Alpha One players will be experiencing in their testing.[2] – Steven Sharif
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Early access
Ashes of Creation early access packages:
- Alpha-0 and "Beta-0" are the invite-only "raffle" alpha and beta test phases.[30][24]
- Alpha-1, Alpha-2, Beta-1, and Beta-2 were available for purchase during the Kickstarter and Summer crowdfunding campaigns.[29]
- Alpha-1 was available in the Intrepid pre-order pack from the cosmetic store.[31]
- Alpha-2 and Beta-2 were available during PAX West 2017.[32][33]
- Alpha-2, Beta-1, and Beta-2 are currently available in Vorbesteller-Pakete on the cosmetic store.[34]
Ashes of Creation
Ashes of Creation ist ein MMORPG in der Entwicklung, das in einer Welt der hohen fantasie spielt, in der die Entscheidungen der Spieler die Welt um sie herum formen und gestalten werden.[35]
Ashes of Creation ist eine einzigartige Interpretation des MMO-Erlebnisses. Unsere Weltstruktur ist dynamisch und darauf ausgerichtet, auf die Handlungen unserer Spieler zu reagieren. Städte werden aufsteigen und wieder fallen, ihre Bevölkerung basiert auf der Geschichte der Welt, wie sie die Spieler erschaffen. Quests werden freigeschaltet, wenn sich die Völker versammeln, ihre Bedürfnisse wachsen und Geheimnisse freigeschaltet werden.[36]
Da die NSC-Struktur der Welt in Echtzeit aufgebaut wird, haben die Spieler die Möglichkeit, das zu zerstören, was sie geschaffen haben und ebnen den Weg für neue Entwicklungen, neue Bevölkerungsgruppen und echte Veränderungen. Politische Auseinandersetzungen und Intrigen werden eine sehr reale Rolle in der Struktur deiner Welt spielen.[36]
Vorbei sind die Tage der statischen Welten, der Wandel ist hier, um zu bleiben.[36]
Alpha-1
Alpha-1 is a testing release of the Ashes of Creation MMORPG.[39] Alpha-1 will test:
- Hybrid action/tab combat.[40]
- Entwicklung to level 20.[40]
- 4 playable races.[40]
- Charakter-Erstellung.[40]
- 8 base archetypes.[40]
- Secondary classes will not be present in Alpha-1.[43] These are planned for Alpha-2.[44]
- Portions of player housing.[40]
- Portions of crafting/artisan classes.[40]
- Knotenpunkte will be fully featured.[42]
- Node progression to Village (Stage 3).[42]
- This was previously stated to be Town (Stage 4).[40]
- 120 km2 of world map.[40]
- This is 25% of the total world space.[42]
- Questing.[40]
- Soziale Organisationen.[40]
- Guilds.[40]
- Name reservations.[40]
- Corruption.[45]
- Merchant systems.[46]
- Player trading.[46]
- Daggers (Dual weapons).[47]
- Two to three servers.[42]
- 1,500 concurrent server population.[48]
Alpha-2
Alpha-2 is the Persistent alpha.[22][23] This release is expected to include the following:
- Tulnar race.[49]
- Schiffe.[50]
- Religionen.[51]
- Secondary classes.[44][43]
- Emblem, logo and symbol editor (tentatively).[52]
Beta testing
The Beta-1 and Beta-2 testing phases of Ashes of Creation will be short.[53]
- Bear McCreary's music will be unveiled in Beta-1.[54]
The game should be pretty much done (at beta stage) and final polish and stuff like that being put in. We don't want people to get totally burnt out on the game before we actually release. So once we get to the beta phases it should be short and sweet.[53] – Jeffrey Bard
Beta testing of Ashes of Creation (the MMORPG) will be closed.[55]
- Ashes of Creation Apocalypse has an open beta testing phase, starting December 18, 2018.[9]
Head start
Head start grants early access one or two days prior to the live launch of Ashes of Creation for crowdfunding backers at the Founder level and above.[56]
The point of head start is twofold: One for testing, making sure that the live launch servers pre-wipe are good; and then Two, it's a way to stagger the population move into the game. Because if you have servers with 10,000 concurrent player capability and you have everyone logging in at the exact same time, that is a problem I've never seen an MMO tackle successfully, ever.[57] – Steven Sharif
Headstart Server
The number of head start servers is estimated to be three. This is subject to change.[58]
Einschränkungen beim Headstart
The game functionality is limited during the head start period so that players cannot decide the world-scape earlier than others.[60]
- During the head start, the node system will be deactivated.
- Head start specific servers are also planned.
- It will not be possible to secure player housing during the headstart period due to the deactivation of the node system.
NDA
- Alpha-1, Alpha-2, Beta-1, Beta-2 releases are not covered by NDA (non-disclosure agreement).[61]
- QA testing prior to the full release of Alpha-1 will likely be covered by NDA.[19]
Beteiligung
Alpha and Beta participation is expected to grow with the sale of pre-order packs.[64]
Server wipes
Alpha and Beta servers will be wiped prior to launch.[65]
As a general rule, if the testing phase contains the word Alpha, it is safe to assume there will likely be wipes.[66] – Steven Sharif
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse
The standalone prequel to the upcoming epic MMORPG Ashes of Creation - both a testing ground for new systems and content, as well as a unique last-man-standing action game where magic, steel, and chaos reign supreme in a high fantasy, free-to-play experience.[68]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse (also referred to as APOC)[70] is a free-to-play[71] matchmaking-based arena game with three primary modes.[72]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse utilizes action-based combat.[72][40][74]
- Ashes of Creation Apocalypse will be implemented side-by-side with the Ashes of Creation MMORPG.[75][76]
- 6.25 km2 map size.[77]
- The Forest of Erinthia map is roughly 1/5th the size of the original map.[78]
- A Charakter-Erstellung will be available to allow creation and saving of characters for use in the MMORPG.[75]
- Establish Spielerbehausungen and save Möbel arrangements for use in the full game.[75]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale early access testing ended on March 10, 2020.[15]
- It was previously available for download on the official website and on Steam.[15]
Meilensteine
- First team members were hired in December 2015.[79]
- Ashes of Creation development began in February 2016.[79]
- Official website was launched and project announced, December 10, 2016.[79]
- Official discord was launched, January 18, 2017.[80]
- Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign launched with $750,000 funding goal, May 2, 2017.[81]
- Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign completed with 19,576 backers raising $3,271,809, June 3, 2017.[82]
- Summer crowdfunding campaign launched, June 21, 2017.[83]
- Summer crowdfunding campaign completed with 2,485 backers, July 22, 2017.[84]
- Raised $16,500 for Extra Life children's hospitals, November 4, 2017.[85]
- PAX West 2017, September 1-4, 2017.[86][87]
- Alpha-0 released on schedule, December 15, 2017.[5]
- Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2018, March 19-23, 2018.[88]
- PAX East 2018, April 5-8, 2018.[89]
- Last day for purchases of Alpha-1 through Intrepid pre-order packs, August 15, 2018.[40]
- At Gamescom with My.com, August 20, 2018.[90]
- 100 developers working on Ashes of Creation, August 27, 2018.[91]
- PAX West 2018 panel, September 1, 2018.[92]
- Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale (previously called Alpha-1 phase 1 battlegrounds), October 19, 2018.[8]
- Raised $20,518 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life, November 4, 2018.[93]
- 60 developers working on Ashes of Creation at San Diego offices (following disengagement with Malaysian art team), April 15, 2019.[94]
- Raised $20,901 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life, November 3, 2019.[95]
Errungenschaften
- Kickstarters meistfinanziertes MMORPG.[96]
- Kickstarters 7. meistfinanziertes Videospiel.[97]
- Am meisten erwartetes MMO – MMORPG.com's Best of 2017 Awards.[98]
- Das am meisten erwartete MMORPG mit frühzeitigem Zugriff auf die Inhalte. – MMOs World.[99]
- Gamescom 2018: Bestes unabhängiges Spiel.[100]
- Gamescom 2018: Bestes Online Spiel.[100]
Siehe auch
Einzelnachweise
- ↑
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Blog: Creative Director's Letter
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Livestream, 18 January 2018 (2:48).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Livestream, 1 September 2018 (54:06).
- ↑
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Press release - Ashes of Creation Apocalypse Launches December 18.
- ↑
- ↑ Blog: Ashes of Creation Apocalypse heads into early access.
- ↑ @AoCApocalypse on Twitter.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Livestream, 17 December 2019 (18:33).
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Blog: Early Access for Ashes of Creation Apocalypse Battle Royale Testing Ends.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2
- ↑ March 2020 newsletter.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Video, 23 March 2020 (0:01).
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3
- ↑ 19.0 19.1
- ↑
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Creative Director's Letter, 1 April 2020.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Livestream, 18 January 2018 (25:22).
- ↑ 23.0 23.1
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2
- ↑ 25.0 25.1
- ↑
- ↑ Livestream, 8 March 2019 (57:26).
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Livestream, 8 May 2017 (11:14).
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Kickstarter packages.
- ↑ MMOGAMES Interview, 8 September 2017.
- ↑ Intrepid pre-order pack.
- ↑ PAX West 2017 Alpha package.
- ↑ PAX West 2017 Beta package.
- ↑ Ashes of Creation cosmetic store.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 A reactive world - Nodes.
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 About Ashes of Creation.
- ↑ Livestream, 28 March 2020 (54:48).
- ↑ Livestream, 28 March 2020 (32:30).
- ↑ Video, 5 April 2018 (1:01:40).
- ↑ Livestream, 26 July 2019 (1:10:44).
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.3 42.4 Livestream, 1 September 2018 (1:02:99).
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 Livestream, 28 March 2020 (1:41:11).
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 Interview, 20 October 2018 (12:38).
- ↑ Interview, 8 August 2018 (18:55).
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 Interview, 8 August 2018 (19:02).
- ↑ Livestream, 30 January 2020 (35:12).
- ↑
- ↑ Livestream, 8 April 2018 (AM) (2:17).
- ↑ Livestream, 27 September 2018 (54:02).
- ↑ Interview, 20 October 2018 (0:00).
- ↑ Livestream, 31 October 2018 (47:44).
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 Livestream, 31 October 2018 (57:22).
- ↑
- ↑ Livestream, 8 April 2018 (AM) (6:39).
- ↑
- ↑ Podcast, 4 August 2018 (2:00:05).
- ↑ Interview, 8 August 2018 (25:53).
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ Livestream, 18 January 2018 (49:26).
- ↑ Livestream, 29 May 2020 (31:37).
- ↑ Interview, 24 August 2018 (12:18).
- ↑ 64.0 64.1 64.2 Livestream, 17 November 2017 (28:50).
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ Ashes of Creation Apocalypse official site.
- ↑ 68.0 68.1 Ashes of Creation Apocalypse Early Access.
- ↑ Video, 24 September 2019 (0:10).
- ↑ Livestream, 31 October 2018 (35:00).
- ↑ Livestream, 31 October 2018 (38:47).
- ↑ 72.0 72.1 Interview, 24 August 2018 (13:17).
- ↑ 73.0 73.1 73.2 Livestream, 17 August 2018 (30:29).
- ↑ Podcast, 4 August 2018 (1:07:59).
- ↑ 75.0 75.1 75.2 Livestream, 1 September 2018 (1:05:10).
- ↑
- ↑ Livestream, 27 September 2018 (9:08).
- ↑
- ↑ 79.0 79.1 79.2 MASSIVELY OP interview: Ashes of Creation on a new way to MMO.
- ↑
- ↑ Ashes of Creation Kickstarter campaign
- ↑ Ashes of Creation Kickstarter.
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ Intrepid Studios Dev Team.
- ↑ PAX West 2017 Schedule.
- ↑ PAX West 2017 Map.
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ Ashes of Creation Gamescom 2018 Interview: Responding to Criticism.
- ↑ Intrepid Studios Extra Life 2018 (@MediaAoC).
- ↑ Interview, 15 April 2019 (5:09).
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ MMORPG.com's Best of 2017 Awards.
- ↑ Most Anticipated MMORPGs For 2018.
- ↑ 100.0 100.1 DualShockers’ Gamescom 2018 Awards
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