Epitaph: The Twilight Children (MMORPG)

[Cubia]

NOTICE: Some of you who read this first post still think we are going 2D. ETTC has moved to A COMPLETELY 3D PROJECT. A brand new FAQ is in the works. Old FAQs here are just for showing the evolution of the game only. All older posts are from when we were going with a 2D/3D approach with the rendered backgrounds and sprite characters.

For more in-depth information, please contact me through my e-mail: cubia@epitaphttc.com

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New Forums (MMORPG-specific): http://epitaphttc.com/forum
Old Forums (Housing Child Projects): http://z15.invisionfree.com/Epitaph_TTC/index.php?

-Current Projects-

Epitaph: The Twilight Children (massively multi-player online roleplaying game)

-Child Projects-

Age of Inception (a short anime series)
.hack//Rebirth (a fully 3D animated full-length movie)
Savage: Unearthly Wars (an online trading card game)
Online Jack (an up-and-coming podcast/possible animated short series)

CURRENT PROGRESS/COMING SOON
*Male Human Character Model Base - being textured
*Monster Models - being animated
*Mac Aanu Chaos Gate Building - modeled and textured
*Coding - Log-in and simple character creation

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Greetings everyone! You probably have heard by now about the our attempt at an MMORPG based off of 'The World' and the 'Epitaph of Twilight' from the thread 'If the World was Real'. I am Cubia, project manager of Team Twilight Children, the group who is working on bringing you Epitaph: The Twilight Children.

For a lengthy FAQ, you may want to read THIS POST and THIS POST before asking any questions. It is two posts long, so be sure to read all of it for all of the information.

WE HAVE A NEW FAQ so after you're done reading that one go RIGHT HERE OKAY FOR THE NEWEST ONE.

Our official forums can be found RIGHT HERE. Just in case you want to come take a look around. We update almost daily there, so there's really no completely dull moments.

For the updates so far, we have been posting multiple times in the 'If the World was Real' thread, so I wil now link the update posts to this thread so I won't have to type them all out again ^^; (need to save my fingers for spriting or something useful).

Update post 1
Update post 2
Update post 3
Update post 4
Update post 5
Update post 6
Update post 7
Update post 8
Update post 9
Update post 10
Update post 11
Update post 12
Update post 13

Now I have invited some of the staff along to help keep this thread active to answer any questions and to converse about the game. Please, i fyou have questions, ask and one of us will get to you ASAP. ^^

For the Twilight Children Team, please respect all of those who ask questions and treat them nicely and with professionalism. Thanks.

I will be back with future updates in this thread (no more posting updates in the other). So stay tuned and ask anything you want and give us any ideas you may have.

Sincerily,

Cubia, manager of Team Twilight Children (project ETTC)

[ETTC Member]

We are doing our best!

[Elmrok]

Hey everyone, I am one of the scripters for Epitaph. Just introducing myself for further reference.

[Twilight Duality]

...Is the whole crew on this board?

[Cubia]

Not all of them are, but I've asked them to join if they wished, to be of help in answering questions and such. Perhaps they will all be on here one of these days.

[keonin]

found a game called the world r2 NOTE:its in open beta and it just relesed so its not that big nor finished but the chaos gate works heres the link:http://www.byond.com/games/hub/MaxOmega/theworldr2

[Cubia]

I remember when I first started learning Byond ^^ I might check this out. Thanks for the post up.

Also, Sasion is making a normal ver. to Epitaph in Stone. you can check out what he has so far BY CLICKING HERE.

More updates on the way soon. ^^

[sorarules]

this game is gonna be good. i cant wait to start making music for this great game. we havent even started it yet and its still cool. awesome

[Cubia]

I'm here with an update yet already. The team (Team Twilight Children) is working hard to push the release date closer so that you guys can enjoy 'The World' that we create.

We are proud to have new members:
Arsonist (sketch, face set design, monster design, weapon design)
Azure Siren (clothing, weapons, monster, character design)
Xiruk (event design)

Joining us today ^^

Theprophet (moderator of the musick/soundtrack dept.) has been busily working on 'Son of a Goddess', the theme for Root Town, Mac Anu. A preview of this theme will be up very soon, so keep your ears peeled. Sasionstrife (co-composer) is also working hard on finishing up with the main theme. I will be adding in vocals much later, so stay tuned for that piece as well.

Elm (scripter) has found a promising game engine that he is going to modify to our liking, for use with ETTC. If this succeeds, we will be very fortunate, as he has some experience with this engine we are looking at using. In the meanwhile, a map editor is being pieced together by Sodem (scripter). Updates on the engine/servers will be coming as soon as I get my hands on them!

Sasion (who also does a bit of our art/face set/status bat graphics) has come up with yet another status bar version, which you can view:

We thank Sasion for all of his hard work. He is a very dedicated member of the staff!

Alpha has done a very nice job in creating some map layout guidelines to go by. He will be doing simple layout for each town, dungeon, and area of ETTC like this so that our mappers who sprite and set pieces down in place will have a much esier time! Here are his contributions:
Mac Anu
Dun Loreig
Carmina Gadelica
Good job, Alpha and keep up the good work!

Helba (an event writer) has completed the layout for her immersive, challenging 100-floor Forest of Pain event. For a look-in on the stats of this event, you can view THIS THREAD. Only the strongest of challengers will dare tread those dangerous areas! There will be a nice reward, though, for those who do complete this bi-yearly one-week long event. ^^ As always, credits to Helba for creating this as such. She deserves it!

Newsletters are under way! We're about to start our newsletter system, so hop aboard the forums to be a collector of all of ETTC's prize and goodie-filled newsletters.

Idea Corner:

Housing - Since ETTC will be implementing new and improved Root Towns in addition to R:1 and R:2 types, Zenrdy (former scripter, now teacher) has proposed the idea of renting 'houses' for your pc. These will be able to be customized, and will come in a variety of types. This idea is still under contruction. I will have more information soon!

Monsters - Arsonist and Azure Siren are working to draw up 40-50 different types of monsters to be encountered in-game. Some images of these deadly creatures will be posted up on the next update.

Class upgrades - Though we are only slated to release R:1 classes on the beta of ETTC, we will have clas upgrades for those base classes. I.e. A wavemaster will be able to choose an element to specialize in and a Blademaster will learn to weild a shield. This is still under works, but WILL be present in-game upon release.

Stamina - Zenrdy proposed the idea of a stamina meter, which runs down as your pc runs or takes a swing. Once the bar runs out, you'll move slower, or take longer to hit until you recharge. Different classes expend stamina in different ways, making a small emphasis on strategy and timing.

Desktops/Mail/Flashmail - Thanks to theprophet, the players of ETTC will have their own personal 'desktop' when the game is loaded, that they can customize with wallpapers, musick, and read their mail that comes directly from players in ETTC. Flash mail, like in the actual .hack games, will be used to instant message in real time as you play the game.

3-d Battles/Battle Updates - We have decided to go to a full 3-D plane mode during battle. Also, monsters from outside the battle parameter can join the fight if they touch the parameter outside, bringing them into battle mode to fight the party. So actual surprise ambushes can occur!

I seem to have forgotten to save a few of the other images we've had submitted. Those will be posted on the next update when I get my hands on them again.

I will be back with more updates on this MMORPG soon. Keep your pants on!

Cubia,

Manager of Team Twilight (project Epiatph:The Twilight Children)

[Twilight Duality]

Where's Mac Anu's signature back alley?