Alpha-2
Ein Großteil der geplanten Spielsysteme in Ashes of Creation soll in der Alpha-2 verfügbar sein.[2]
- Welt
- Die Alpha-2-Weltkarte wird ca. 220 km2 groß sein.[4]
- Alpha-2 is going to be probably about half of the world space available as part of the testing. I would say just over 220 square kilometers of world for players to explore, which is a pretty comprehensive portion of the game.[4] – Steven Sharif
- Jahreszeiten und Klima.[5][2]
- Events.[6]
- Aufträge.[7][8]
- Die Alpha-2-Weltkarte wird ca. 220 km2 groß sein.[4]
- Charakter
- Charakter-Erstellung.[3]
- Das Ziel ist es, den Charakter-Ersteller vor der Alpha-2 für die Spieler verfügbar zu machen.[9]
- Charakter-Fortschritt bis zu Stufe 35 (Änderungen vorbehalten).[10]
- Alle Archetypen werden verfügbar sein.[11]
- Einige Sekundärklassen und Erweiterungen.[12][13]
- Tulnar-Rasse.[14]
- Teleportation zu Familienmitgliedern.[15]
- Religionen.[16]
- Charakter-Erstellung.[3]
- Kampf
- Änderungen am Kampfsystem.[11]
- Aktive und passive Fähigkeiten werden neu gestaltet.[11]
- Primäre Fähigkeiten werden sich wahrscheinlich stark von denen in der Alpha-1 unterscheiden.[17]
- Fähigkeitsbäume für Waffen werden das Verfeinern des Waffen-Kombo-System ermöglichen.
- Belagerungen in der geplanten Größenordnung.[2]
- Änderungen am Kampfsystem.[11]
- Nodes
- Node-Entwicklung bis Großstadt (Stufe 5) und potenziell Metropole (Stufe 6).[2]
- Relikte und das Node-Gebäude "Reliquienkammer" .[18]
- Grundbesitz.[2]
- Anbau von Nutzpflanzen.[2]
- See-Inhalte[2]
- Seeschlachten.[2]
- Drei Klassifizierungen von Schiffen.[2][19]
- Schiffe werden funktionstüchtige Kanonen haben, aber das Schiffsbau-UI ist evtl. nicht fertiggestellt.[2]
- Wirtschaft
- Handwerksklassen (Sammeln, Verarbeitung, Handwerkskunst).[20]
- Auktionshäuser.[2]
- Kisten werden verwendet, um Güter zwischen Lagern und Karawanen zu transportieren.[22]
- Sonstiges
- Unreal Engine 5.[23][24][25]
- Ein Teil von Bear McCreary's Musik wird in der Alpha-2 zu hören sein.[26]
- Benutzeroberfläche und Tutorial-Systeme.[7]
- Editor für Embleme, Logos und Symbole (provisorisch).[27]
Alpha-1 und Alpha-2-Tester können vor der Veröffentlichung der Alpha-2 zu Spottests eingeladen werden.[28]
Alpha-2 ist als die dauerhafte Alpha bekannt.[29][30]
"Dauerhaft" bedeutet, dass die Alpha 2-Server Tag und Nacht bis zum Launch online sind.[29]
- Es kann zur Löschung von Charakteren kommen (Wipes).[31][29]
- Es kann zu Löschungen des gesamten erreichten Fortschritts kommen (Wipes).[31][29]
- Die Server der Alpha 2 werden nach der Veröffentlichung zu den öffentlichen Testservern (PTS).[31][29]
- Genutzt, um Patches und Updates zu testen.
- Beta-1 und Beta-2 werden wahrscheinlich nicht dauerhaft sein.[29]
Das ultimative Ziel für die Alpha 2 ist es, dauerhaft zu sein und anschließend zu den PTS zu werden. Bevor es soweit ist, rechne ich aber noch mit einigen Wipes.[31] – Steven Sharif
Alpha-2 availability
Phase | Release | Estimated/Actual date |
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Alpha | Alpha-2 spot testing (NDA).[32][33][34][35] | November 2023.[36] |
Alpha-2 (No NDA).[32][34][29][30] | Q3 2024.[37][32][38] |
Alpha-2 NDA
Alpha-1, Alpha-2, Beta-1, Beta-2 releases are not covered by NDA (non-disclosure agreement).[39]
- Alpha-2 testing prior to the full release of Alpha-2 will be under NDA.[32]
- Alpha-1 testing prior to the full release of Alpha-1 was covered by NDA.[40][41]
- The developers will not necessarily announce when NDA testing starts.[33]
- We may not always announce when the NDA testing is, because we're not definitive how that testing is going to influence the future testing schedule; and we don't want to set the wrong expectation from a broader audience perspective on what they should be expecting with regards to testing.[33] – Steven Sharif
Tulnar race
The Tulnar race is expected to be in place for Alpha-2.[14]
- Konzeptkunst was released July, 2022.[42]
- 3D models may be released in 2023.[43]
Minimap
In Ashes of Creation gibt es eine Minimap und eine Kompass User Interface im Spiel. [44][45][46]
- Ziel ist es, Pings und andere Kommunikationsmittel über die Minikarte zu ermöglichen. [47]
Early access
Ashes of Creation testing phases.
- Alpha-0 was the invite-only "raffle" friends and family alpha test phase.[49][50]
- Alpha-1, Alpha-2, Beta-1, and Beta-2 were available for purchase during the Kickstarter and Sommer-Crowdfunding campaigns.[48]
- Alpha-1 was available in the Intrepid pre-order pack and the Adventurer pre-order pack.[51][52]
- Alpha-2 and Beta-2 were available during PAX West 2017.[53][54]
- Alpha-2, Beta-1, and Beta-2 were available in Vorbestellerpakete on the cosmetic store.[55][56]
- Alpha-2, Beta-1, and Beta-2 packs that were purchased through Mail.ru can gain access to the testing periods they were entitled to by registering an account with Intrepid Studios and submitting a support ticket.[57]
Ashes of Creation's core game systems are expected to be in place at the start of Alpha-2.[58][2] By the end of Alpha-2, the game is expected to be feature complete, but it will not be content complete until launch.[59][60]
- Alpha-1 and Alpha-2 testers may be invited to participate in spot testing prior to the Alpha-2 release.[34][28]
- The game will be feature complete before Beta... Beta really is intended to identify last minute bugs to make sure that everything is ready for launch; it's important that all features are complete by Beta-1. Alpha-2 will not be feature complete at the start of Alpha-2. There are going to be updates that are going to be incorporated as part of the Alpha-2 process and there are going to be additional features that come online that get fleshed out between that time and Beta-1. There's going to be regions of the maps that aren't going to be accessible of course during Alpha-2.[60] – Steven Sharif
- Alpha-2 is intended to exist up until launch. There's going to be different testing periods that we will be releasing either new content locations or zones or systems that we want to have players focus in on. In those situations, if we're having participation drought because of the length of Alpha-2, we can set them up in a more focused setting. We can even incentivize that. We can offer unique testing to potentially new testers as well.[59] – Steven Sharif
Vorbestellerpakete
Vorbestellerpakete sind im Shop erhältlich.[56]
- Wayfarer Vorbestellerpaket (Historie).
- Expeditionary Vorbestellerpaket (Historie).
- Voyager Vorbestellerpaket (Historie).
- Voyager Plus Vorbestellerpaket (Historie).
Wir bieten Kosmetika für Spieler an, die das Projekt frühzeitig unterstützen möchten. Der exklusive Charakter der begrenzten Verfügbarkeit ist etwas, was meiner Meinung nach Sammler schätzen. Wenn Sie als MMO-Spieler Kosmetik kaufen, weiß ich, dass ich es genossen habe, wenn die Kosmetik selten ist und nicht jedes Mädchen auf der Party das gleiche Kleid trägt. Darüber hinaus werden diese Kosmetika verwendet, um die Welt durch NPC-Varianten und Farb-/Texturänderungen zu bevölkern, sodass ihr Angebot mit unserem Produktionsplan übereinstimmt. Das Gute an diesen Paketen ist, dass sie keine P2W-Vorteile enthalten und keine Boxkosten anfallen, sodass Sie sie aus mechanischer Sicht nicht kaufen müssen, um beim Start im Spiel zu glänzen. Und auch im Spiel sind vergleichbare und subjektiv großartigere Kosmetika erreichbar.[62] – Steven Sharif
Beteiligung
- Alpha-0 had over 2,500 participants.[63]
- Alpha-1 testing had approximately 9,600 participants as of August, 2018.[64][65] There were slightly over 13k participants as of May 31, 2021.[64] There were 5,300 unique logins during the 3 day weekend test of May 27, 2021.[64]
- Alpha and Beta participation is expected to grow with the sale of pre-order packs.[66]
- Alpha-2 is expected to have over 100,000 participants.[67][68]
Server wipes
Alpha and Beta servers will be wiped prior to launch.[61]
As a general rule, if the testing phase contains the word Alpha, it is safe to assume there will likely be wipes.[31] – Steven Sharif
Meilensteine
December 2015 | First team members were hired.[71] |
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February 2016 | Ashes of Creation design documentation and prototyping.[72][71] |
December 10, 2016 | Official website was launched and project announced.[71] |
January 18, 2017 | Official discord was launched.[73] |
May 2, 2017 | Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign launched with $750,000 funding goal.[74] |
June 3, 2017 | Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign completed with 19,576 backers raising $3,271,809.[75] |
June 2017 | Game production began with a team size of 15-20.[72] |
June 21, 2017 | Sommer-Crowdfunding campaign launched.[76] |
July 22, 2017 | Summer crowdfunding campaign completed with 2,485 backers.[77] |
September 1, 2017 | PAX West 2017.[78][79] |
November 4, 2017 | Raised $16,500 for Extra Life children's hospitals.[80] |
December 15, 2017 | Alpha-0 released on schedule.[81] |
March 19-23, 2018 | Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2018.[82] |
April 5, 2018 | PAX East 2018.[83] |
August 15, 2018 | Last day for purchases of Alpha-1 through Intrepid pre-order packs.[8] |
August 20, 2018 | At Gamescom with My.com.[84] |
August 27, 2018 | 100 developers working on Ashes of Creation.[85] |
September 1, 2018 | PAX West 2018 panel.[86] |
October 19, 2018 | Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale (previously called Alpha-1 phase 1 battlegrounds).[87] |
November 4, 2018 | Raised $20,518 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.[88] |
April 15, 2019 | 60 developers working on Ashes of Creation at San Diego offices (following disengagement with Malaysian art team).[89] |
November 3, 2019 | Raised $20,901 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.[90] |
August 21, 2020 | Announced a mutual parting of ways with publisher My.games.[91] |
October 17, 2020 | Almost 3,000,000 registered accounts for Ashes of Creation.[92] |
October 17, 2020 | ~87 developers working on Ashes of Creation.[93] |
November 8, 2020 | Raised $88,546 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.[94] |
February 26, 2021 | Official ashesofcreation.com website redesign.[95] |
May 5, 2021 | Alpha-1 sales resumed with the announcement of the Adventurer pre-order pack.[96] |
May 17, 2021 | Verbal NDA was lifted from Alpha-1 testing.[97] |
July 9, 2021 | Alpha-1 no-NDA preview weekend began on schedule.[98] |
July 11, 2021 | Alpha-1 no-NDA preview weekend completed on schedule.[99] |
July 14, 2021 | Alpha-1 no-NDA month long test began on schedule.[100][101] |
August 15, 2021 | Alpha-1 no-NDA month long test completed on schedule.[102] |
November 7, 2021 | Raised $34,485 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.[103] |
December 23, 2021 | Announced that Ashes of Creation is moving to Unreal Engine 5.[104][105] |
January 14, 2022 | Over 120 people working on Ashes of Creation.[106] |
November 5, 2022 | Raised $77,939 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.[107] |
August 31, 2023 | Over 150 people working on Ashes of Creation.[108] |
November 5, 2023 | Raised $76,964 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.[109] |
December 19, 2023 | Over 170 people working full-time on Ashes of Creation.[110][111] |
March 1, 2024 | 188 employees working on Ashes of Creation.[112] |
Errungenschaften
- Kickstarters meistfinanziertes MMORPG.[113]
- Kickstarters 7. meistfinanziertes Videospiel.[114]
- Am meisten erwartetes MMO – MMORPG.com's Best of 2017 Awards.[115]
- Das am meisten erwartete MMORPG mit frühzeitigem Zugriff auf die Inhalte. – MMOs World.[116]
- Gamescom 2018: Bestes unabhängiges Spiel.[117]
- Gamescom 2018: Bestes Online Spiel.[117]
Siehe auch
Einzelnachweise
- ↑ Video, 2022-03-31 (34:16).
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 Podcast, 2021-09-29 (59:29).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Video, 2022-03-31 (0:00).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Interview, 2022-01-14 (3:50).
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2022-04-29 (56:24).
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2022-04-29 (32:29).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Blog: Creative Director's Letter, October 16 2020
- ↑
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2022-01-28 (15:35).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Podcast, 2021-09-29 (23:00).
- ↑ Interview, 2018-10-20 (12:38).
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2020-03-28 (1:41:11).
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Liveübertragung, 2018-04-8 (AM) (2:17).
- ↑
- ↑ Interview, 2018-10-20 (0:00).
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2021-09-24 (1:19:17).
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2022-04-29 (21:00).
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2018-09-27 (54:02).
- ↑ Interview, 2021-02-07 (35:30).
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2022-04-29 (25:16).
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2022-02-25 (1:10:00).
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2022-01-28 (7:26).
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2021-12-23 (40:53).
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2021-12-23 (50:50).
- ↑
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2018-10-31 (47:44).
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Liveübertragung, 2021-07-30 (45:11).
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 29.5 29.6 29.7 Liveübertragung, 2018-01-18 (25:22).
- ↑ 30.0 30.1
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 31.4 31.5
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 Liveübertragung, 2023-09-29 (55:34).
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 Interview, 2023-07-09 (26:35).
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- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2022-10-14 (17:05).
- ↑
- ↑ Intrepid Studios Support - What are the Alpha/Beta Release dates?
- ↑
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2018-01-18 (49:26).
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- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2022-07-29 (59:00).
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- ↑ 44.0 44.1 Video, 2023-11-30 (16:58).
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- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2021-01-29 (1:23:23).
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 Kickstarter packages.
- ↑ MMOGAMES Interview, 2017-09-8.
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- ↑ Intrepid pre-order pack.
- ↑ Adventurer pre-order pack.
- ↑ PAX West 2017 Alpha package.
- ↑ PAX West 2017 Beta package.
- ↑ Newsletter - Pre-order packages are ending reminder.
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 Ashes of Creation cosmetic store.
- ↑
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2023-03-31 (1:24:21).
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 59.2 Liveübertragung, 2023-04-07 (28:08).
- ↑ 60.0 60.1 Liveübertragung, 2022-07-29 (1:08:49).
- ↑ 61.0 61.1
- ↑
- ↑ Interview, 2018-08-24 (12:18).
- ↑ 64.0 64.1 64.2
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2018-08-17 (24:07).
- ↑ 66.0 66.1 66.2 Liveübertragung, 2017-11-17 (28:50).
- ↑
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2023-01-27 (11:05).
- ↑ Alpha one test schedule, Mar 12, 2021.
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2020-11-30 (7:27).
- ↑ 71.0 71.1 71.2 MASSIVELY OP interview: Ashes of Creation on a new way to MMO.
- ↑ 72.0 72.1
- ↑
- ↑ Ashes of Creation Kickstarter campaign
- ↑ Ashes of Creation Kickstarter.
- ↑
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- ↑ PAX West 2017 Schedule.
- ↑ PAX West 2017 Map.
- ↑ Intrepid Studios Dev Team.
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2018-01-18 (2:48).
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- ↑ Ashes of Creation Gamescom 2018 Interview: Responding to Criticism.
- ↑
- ↑ Intrepid Studios Extra Life 2018 (@MediaAoC).
- ↑ Interview, 2019-04-15 (5:09).
- ↑
- ↑ Blog: New Adventure Awaits.
- ↑ Interview, 2020-10-17 (18:36).
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- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2021-02-26 (9:51).
- ↑ Ashes of Creation Store: May cosmetics.
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- ↑
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- ↑ Guide to Alpha One.
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- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2023-08-31 (2:16:45).
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- ↑ Steven Sharif Christmas message, 2023.
- ↑ Liveübertragung, 2023-12-19 (1:32:23).
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- ↑ MMORPG.com's Best of 2017 Awards.
- ↑ Most Anticipated MMORPGs For 2018.
- ↑ 117.0 117.1 DualShockers’ Gamescom 2018 Awards