Darkfall Developer Update

Tasos has published a developer update on the Darkfall Online forums. Check out what's happening:

Things are going well with the game testing and with the publishing activities. There are no serious problems to speak of, and we're on schedule with our milestones.

A couple of things that have us excited: The Darkfall world has been up in its entirety and seeing it all together we have to say that it's a truly massive world, it's larger than some countries. You can spend many hours just running through it, and there are so many amazing locations to explore.

There's a focus on optimizing our massive battles capability; we want them to run as smoothly as possible with as many players as possible. We've been simulating massive battles and sieges with more than two hundred characters and getting a good 30-60 fps on average machines so far. Under normal loads we typically get over 150 fps and there are still several optimizations to be made so we expect these figures to improve quite a bit.

A little on what's going on here other than development and business:

We've started collecting in-game footage for a video update which is taking a while being low in the immediate priorities list, but moving along. There have been a couple of magazine interviews; we'll let you know which ones when they come out. There are a couple of requests for online interviews which we're doing as well.

We made a Darkfall presentation at a local college with a videogame development program while there to recruit some junior QA personnel. Kjetil and I went there and we were happy to meet a lot of friendly and capable people. We were very pleased with the reception and the reaction to the game.

We're expecting some community members here in early-mid July, people who will be passing through or vacationing in Greece. These are people we've never met before that sent us emails on the occasion of their visit. We hope to be in a position to receive them properly; we really can't plan that far ahead at this stage but we'll do our best. Over the years we've received several visitors that just popped by, a recent one being Asp from the Lords of Death who wrote a piece about Darkfall and another being Bakatron who also wrote about his visit.

There are a couple of updates that are forthcoming, and we'll try for a Q&A a journal, or something along those lines for next week.

I'm sure people will have lots to say about this so...have at it. *ducks and runs*

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and we'll try for a Q&A a journal, or something along those lines for next week.

That was posted a week ago. Guess they haven't tried hard enough to get those Q&A's out this week..

We made a Darkfall presentation at a local college with a videogame development program

It's funny how the name of the college was left out and no video was taken during this presentation. So they have time to run around to some back woods college showing offf their game yet they don't do it online where it actually MATTERS? lol

It's also funny that any college would actually want some unknown start-up developer that hasn't accomplished anything to date to visit them and speak to anyone. I mean , don't you actually need some kind of credibility and experience to do stuff like that?

It's also funny that any College there even has any kind of video game classes considering there are literally no jobs in Greece associated with the video game industry.

Just more verbal diarrhea from the king of bullshitting.

umm local college in Greece would probably definitely want them since they host most electronic gaming in Greece. And they normally post of fridays and give them a day. And why Am i even replying to this

Well, Wufiavelli, there really IS no reason to reply to Teedle, is there? :)

And for what it's worth: The post was indeed made a week ago but I just now noticed it. Can't catch 'em all day of release. :D

I understand. Why would this be on high on your list of thingsto check anyway.

teedle:
I understand. Why would this be on high on your list of thingsto check anyway.

I plead the 5th.

Still it IS noteworthy to post when available. :D

It just all seems so shady, again no concrete or useless information, just more BS being shotgunned out.

BTW my MMORPG that I made all by myself in my basement is almost ready for release. It is featured in some magazines, I will tell you which ones when they come out. Some people you don't know stopped by and said my game looks awesome and stuff and they wrote blogs about it. I was a feature lecturer at a local college to talk about the awesomeness of my game.

...See anyone can write this crap and give absolutely no information or validity.

Hey Teedle wanna make a fake MMO too? I can make some pretty believable sceenshots, and I am pretty good at making false promises... just ask my wife.

Kalia:
Well, Wufiavelli, there really IS no reason to reply to Teedle, is there? :)

And for what it's worth: The post was indeed made a week ago but I just now noticed it. Can't catch 'em all day of release. :D

Slacker! :P

bloodyleach:

BTW my MMORPG that I made all by myself in my basement is almost ready for release. It is featured in some magazines, I will tell you which ones when they come out. Some people you don't know stopped by and said my game looks awesome and stuff and they wrote blogs about it. I was a feature lecturer at a local college to talk about the awesomeness of my game.

lol

Nightfreak:

Kalia:
Well, Wufiavelli, there really IS no reason to reply to Teedle, is there? :)

And for what it's worth: The post was indeed made a week ago but I just now noticed it. Can't catch 'em all day of release. :D

Slacker! :P

Hey! I resemble that remark! >:)

Andraste:

Kalia:

Nightfreak:

Kalia:
Well, Wufiavelli, there really IS no reason to reply to Teedle, is there? :)

And for what it's worth: The post was indeed made a week ago but I just now noticed it. Can't catch 'em all day of release. :D

Slacker! :P

Hey! I resemble that remark! >:)

Back to work, lazy! ;)

*starts a snippy remark, thinks better of it and crawls back to the salt mines*

>:)

Kalia:

Nightfreak:

Kalia:
Well, Wufiavelli, there really IS no reason to reply to Teedle, is there? :)

And for what it's worth: The post was indeed made a week ago but I just now noticed it. Can't catch 'em all day of release. :D

Slacker! :P

Hey! I resemble that remark! >:)

lol did you mean resemble or resent ?
Either way, its amusing :P

Enjoy the saltmines.....you no take candle!

You're all insane. I have come to that conclusion through the steady use of cool logic and reason. You're all nuts.

Especially you, Teedle. You're like the Sworn Enemy of Darkfall, letting no mention of it go un-insulted.

Oh, and by the way, whether or not the game is vaporware, it's a pretty cool concept that should be built on. And that's all I be sayin' 'bout that, masta.

Sorry to interrupt your informative conversation. No, really. Seriously. I am.