It’s been an incredible year for this game. When I sit back and look at what the hell has been created here after so much work it is amazing. Going forward it is time to start building out the content for Aakrana. It is time to start bringing people into the community that are interested…
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Wow, it’s been a long time since I have written a dev blog. I’d apologize but as a one person development studio for an MMO… well, I’m not going to apologize. I have been doing amateur game dev for 20 years or more. I have had the privilege of working with and on some triple…
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Wow would you look at that. Just over a month since the last dev blog and here we are again. Crazy! I had an ambitious goal to try and release to pre-alpha closed testing over the Christmas break. Not surprising, between hunting, busy work schedules and the most important thing.. family, well that didn’t happen…
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I’m just going to stop apologizing for the delays between dev updates… Trying to find Balance between family life, an incredibly demanding work environment and some development cycles often means we don’t have time to publish constant updates every time we add in an item to the game however, it also means when we do…
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Sorry it’s been so long since the last update guys. Really appreciate the folks reaching out with offers to help and support. I generally try and ensure when I post an update there is some awesome content improvements to show but.. there always seems to be “just one more thing” I want to do before…
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NOTE: Guys at the time of writing this developer update I have made the decision not to rebrand the project. To anyone who has worked with me on development in the past, Aakrana has been around for over a decade. It’s been a vehicle on a journey of learning, discovery and many great adventures. I…
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What a great week it’s been on the development front. Completed the coding and testing of the Master/Login servers, built the standalone client, added in the new chat services we have been working on… The list goes on. But, as with anything great, you take the good with the bad. I messed up the repository…
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What a journey this network master server creation has been. I’ve learned more in the last week about things I would rather not understand than I care to admit. Right off the bat though I have to say mad props to Vis2K and the indie community around his uMMO offering. Vis and Paul specifically have…
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My professional carreer has been front and center for me for the better part of the last decade. I have tinkered around here and there with some indie developments. Working with others to forward their products and sometimes diving back into my own little creative pools to forward my coding and design work. I’ll tell you…
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I work pretty hard in my 9-5 job. (Yeah right. I wish it was 9-5, more like 7AM to 6PM *bleah) But don’t we all these days… Last summer, out of the blue I get a call from a marketting director at Big World Games. “Hey Mark, how’s it going? This is so-and-so from BigWorld…
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