Information on SpatialOS can be found here( ) This game will utilize SpatialOS which will allow it to handle a massive amount of area and persistent objects. 1st.Įach servers map will be procedurally generated separately: Angelica: NA-W, Luna: NA-E, Selene: EU, Oceanus: Oceania. The stand-alone purchase of alpha 1 is currently listed at 155usd and will be available around Nov. This is not in any way shape or form how CoE will look upon alpha, beta or full release of the game.Īn early example of what full release will look like can be seen here( ).įirst immersion into the world of Elyria where most of the basic functionalities will be tested and improved.Īlpha 1 is available to those with Magistrate packages and above which is an aristocracy pledge level and comes with a number of other features including being the owner of a customizable settlement. The voxel-based front-end client will have the same engine the game will run on when the full release happens. It gives Soul Bound Studios a chance to test scaling and platform compatibility while also giving people like myself something to play at the end of this year (2017) while waiting for alpha. Now called Vo圎lyria, this is a lower graphical version of the game that serves a dual purpose. Graphical and functional overhaul of the CoE website Q = Quarter which is 3 months, T = Trimester which equals 4 months, S = Semester which equals 6 months. The Development schedule is as follows and I'll break down each part for your convenience. I have been a member of the Chronicles of Elyria community for nearly a year now in anticipation of what this game offers and I'm very excited to experience and help test this long-awaited game that will be entering its alpha stages of development. Information on the development cycle for this game is somewhat scattered and for those unfamiliar with what this complex game is or where the information can be found it can be hard to understand what is to come once alpha hits at the beginning of 2018.Īs per the information here( ) I've explained the development process (as best as I can). The scope of this post isn't to get into what CoE is (if you have any questions on that feel free to reach out to me) but to help explain the development cycle that is soon approaching. I'm happy to say that it's looking like they were all wrong and this game is coming closer and closer to full release. It is a large, complex, and ambitious title that many thought would never even happen. It is a much-anticipated game that is set in an immersive world with player run domains, governance, economics, warfare and the logistics that makes all that possible. Hopefully, this information clarifies things for you and helps. This post is for those here that may be interested but are confused and do not understand the development cycle for CoE. Take this information into account when appraising the general time range these dates represent as being far-fetched. I've watched this game for awhile and its rate of development has been consistent and rapid. It does not take 50+ million dollars and a 50+ man team to make an MMO anymore. Also, technology allowing the streamlined creation of games has also come an extremely long way just in the last 5 years.

This is a common misconception which I believe is leading to a lot of the comments below. Anyone who has ever done any amount of programming will know that a game engine, especially a dynamic story creating one, for a game like this is literally the most time-consuming part of development.

To be accurate 10 years prior to 2015 (12 years ago).

This is not the case, the underlying engine for this game is something that has been in development for quite some time. Also based on input below there are a lot of people that believe that this game started its development at Kickstarter, which is a common misconception. These dates are not written stone, will be adjusted in the future, and at the end of the day, we'll just have to see what happens. It is a development cycle for a game and that always has a lot of variables. The dates here reflect an estimation of when the work on these particular phases will be happening. Rather than provide ship-dates or deadlines, we're providing a development schedule so you can see when we'll be working on stuff. This was quoted by Caspian as a clarification. While the title here says that alpha 1 is coming at the beginning of next year this is due to a misunderstanding on my part and for that, I apologize.

Chronicles of elyria alpha release