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[HB]Yama
01-03-2008, 03:45 PM
To all,

I would like to wish you a very happy and healthy New Year. For those of us working at HonourBound, events towards the end of the previous year, including the hacking of one of our sites, put some of our final year plans on hold for a bit, as we were forced to turn our attentions to matters of security. That was the bad news.

The good news, as we move forward, is this year we expect to present you with a lot more information on Adellion, how it will look, how it will play, and what you can do to get involved before the game officially starts. We plan to open up Adellion to increasing numbers of testers and fans as we solicit more feedback and begin the process of “game balancing” our systems.

Of course Adellion is a very different kind of game from the other MMO’s out there so expect us to be very flexible as we look for what creates realistic roleplay and what just seems to be too tedious to live with.

Core systems are nearing completion and our files of music, models and artwork are growing daily. Our focus has shifted from common items to those of the individual cultures (and some unique items that will give the game its underlying story).

And... We will be showing you some of that artwork in the coming weeks on an updated fan website! We have taken our cue from some of the more successful MMO community sites out there and begun a redesign of this website to fit with our theme of roleplay and community participation to make something new for you.

We will be preserving our forums so nothing will be lost, but expect the new site to be a bit more up to date, a bit flashier, and even more informative about the game, the cultures of Aiyure, and about what you will be able to do in Adellion.

I, and the rest of the team, am very much looking forward to seeing you all in the future – on our new website and in-game.

David Dougher aka [HB]Yama
Technical Director - Adellion

FraserStu
01-03-2008, 04:57 PM
Thanks for the update :) :)

Good to know roughly where everything's at, and I think a new website will help promote Adellion, although I think I may still hang around here too, stay with the gang :p

Not sure how you plan to do this, but could there be a page or a thread where testers could post their experiences or whatever, so the public can read it, so we can get an idea of how the games feels/plays?

thanks,

frase

Teila
01-03-2008, 05:37 PM
The new website will include the forums so you won't have to go anywhere. :)

Until we have the systems tested and ready for open beta, we can't allow testers to release information that would violate the NDA. This is standard procedure for testing processes. So you will have to simply count on our updates as usual. Sorry.

Rayln
01-03-2008, 09:11 PM
The new website will include the forums so you won't have to go anywhere. :)



haha, that was my question.Will be starting new fourms? Or are these just going to be linked off of the main website?

Teila
01-04-2008, 03:47 AM
These will be linked off the main site. :) We won't lose anything.

Starrok
01-04-2008, 03:52 PM
Yay :)

Happy New Year, everyone. Happy to hear about some movement, finally ;)

Looking forward to see the new stuff you are speaking of, Teila, thanks for the great news :D

Lockey
01-10-2008, 09:09 PM
I love hearing new updates. Makes me very very happy. Not to mention that it's a great way to start the new year. 2008 Looks very promising, with my new found copy of Maya 2008 Unlimited if you need a hand with any modelling just give me the word and I can try draft up some stuff for you guys. Same goes with my copy of the Torque engine since I got a license from my work!

Just saying in case you're still looking for some assistance. Thanks for the updates, and here's to a better year in 2008!

Cheers!

Teila
01-10-2008, 09:20 PM
Lockey, if you want to start a thread and post some of your work, go right ahead. We need experienced artists. :)

Equalizer
01-10-2008, 11:20 PM
Thanks for the update Yama. Can't wait to see the new website (though the old one has held up well over the years).

Lockey
01-11-2008, 06:57 PM
My artistic skills (drawing, painting, etc.) arent the greatest. I am, however, becoming pretty good on Maya. Give me an example of something I could model for you guys and lets see if I'm up to snuff with what you're looking for.

Teila
01-11-2008, 07:55 PM
I am not the lead artist and I imagine he is pretty busy. Anything is fine. :)

VetBeta
01-15-2008, 01:28 AM
Lockey, if you do in fact create that thread, I would love to show some of my stuff on there as well. I'm getting pretty far along in my degree, to the point where I'm doing advanced modeling, lighting, and texturing. So if Adellion wants some help on models I can do my best.

Teila
01-15-2008, 05:16 AM
Terrific! I will start a 'Fan Art' thread and you guys feel free to post your pictures. I will start it in the Adellion topic forum somewhere and sticky it.

Can't wait to see what you create!

Haven
02-09-2008, 04:49 AM
Hooray! Adellion isn't dead!

That being said, stop scaring me like that! :P

Seriously, I do hope this means more news posts. Knowing where everything's at is a very good thing.

Killjoy
02-17-2008, 12:31 AM
Sorry for late reply, but this is great. Always heartening to hear about progress being made with Adellion. I haven't been around much lately, but it's always great to check in and hear about things like this. Keep up the good work guys.