Kickstarter anniversary week 2 brings discounts on Exposition Points.Website version 2.11.0 deployed (general improvements).Kickstarter anniversary week 3 brings a Token contest.Kickstarter anniversary week 4 brings the ability to gift a package to a friend.
#CHRONICLES OF ELYRIA ALPHA RELEASE DATE UPDATE#
JWebsite update deployed (layaway option removed, inventory listed in profile, etc.).JState of Elyria released Development timeline updated.AugWebsite version 3.0 deployed (phase 1).
#CHRONICLES OF ELYRIA ALPHA RELEASE DATE FREE#
Novem"Kingdom tokens" available in store for NA-East free kingdom competition.NovemPackage prices increase layaway option returns (until May 2018).FebruBonus Influence awarded for community participation.FebruThe first batch of the V3 website game guides published.This section shows the realized sequence of events marking the development of Chronicles of Elyria. Provided below are historical/outdated timelines. The table will be updated as time progresses. The following table provides a current list (Updated 12/10/19) of milestones and goals, and their progressions. As of March 24, 2020, they have had to lay off their employees and shut down the studio, halting production as stated in the State of Elyria: Into the Abyss. With the funding for Soulbound Studios coming to an end, Chronicles of Elyria is forced into a dormant state. This phase happens shortly before launch.ĭevelopment Timeline State of Elyria: Into the Abyss This game allows people to play remnants of the past, their ancestors, to help test some functionality and also to help build on the recent history (52 years preceding launch)Įxposition: Uses the Launch client for the Exposition Phase, where Bloodline+ backers get early access to build the world, parallel to the Beta test phases. Kingdoms of Elyria: Uses the UE4/Prelyria client and takes place during the Alpha test phases. Prelyria is planned to be released in access tiers for Alpha-Beta backers. In part, Prelyria will allow SBS to test and design the massively multiplayer features of Chronicles of Elyria and the Soulborn Engine, containing low-res textures for the purpose of speeding up development. It is a role-playing game with a subset of the features relating to Chronicles of Elyria. Prelyria: This is a first soft launch planned during the Alpha test phases. The focus will be on combat and other high-action activities. Beta 2 is about finding bugs that are related to stress or latency.The focus will be on UI/mechanical bugs that are not time-critical, such as crafting, settlement and domain management, survival, etc. Beta 1 is about finding bugs unrelated to stress or latency.Alpha 2 focuses on the gentry, aristocracy, and nobility tiers, with mechanics such as land management, housing and settlement building, and domain and kingdom management.īeta testing is about finding bugs and ensuring as smooth a launch as possible.Basically, most of the features that adventurers are likely to use. The mechanics here will focus on survival, exploration, combat, and crafting. Alpha 1 focuses on the adventurer tier.It is an opportunity to validate the game as fun and make changes as necessary to ensure the best possible design. The focus here is on game-play mechanics rather than bugs. Pre-alpha testing is intended to be testing for the core game engine as well as developing the unreal client.Īlpha testing is intended to be functional testing. To ensure the game develops in agreement with the needs and desires of the CoE player-base, a number of key community events are intertwined in the development schedule for the game.Ībove-mentioned test phases, soft launches and community events can roughly be put in the following (actual) order:Ĭlick here to collapse development schedule.And 3 soft launches are planned: Prelyria, Kingdoms of Elyria and Exposition.SBS distinguishes 6 test phases: Pre-Alpha, Alpha 1, Alpha 2, Beta 1, Beta 2 and the final stress test before launch.įor the development schedule of Chronicles of Elyria 3 determinant categories of phases/stages/events can be distinguished: test phases, soft launches and community events. The development schedule presented here is derived from this blog post by Caspian: 'The State of Elyria'.
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