nea: Things are changing directions a bit atm, and we will have a bit longer

nea

development cycle in the end. I can’t give you any ETA on open beta, I
wouldn’t except it this year for sure.

nea: That’s one of the things we would like to do, but it’s kind of tricky
given the way random encounters are done now. We will do the group mode
for bosses first and then see what can be done about normal mobs. It’s
highly possible that the way random encounters work will change later.

nea: Obviously one thing we are touching on is the business model. They want to
invest money into the game, so it would be good if the game can make
money eventually . There will be a lot of changes going on now, some
stuff I’ve ditched before since I didn’t have resources to do it is
coming back to the table.

nea: Experience we have now is fairly simple, go out, kill mobs, boost
stats, advance your class. We will obviously add a lot more content,
but that’s definitely not enough to make a great MMO experience. One
feature I’m really looking forward to implement is 3v3 pvp arena with
elo ratings, but we will of course have a quest system and all that
fuzz you can expect from a modern MMO.

nea: I’m pretty much proud about the whole thing, especially from the

nea's dog nuka, who does all the programming

technical side. If I’ve to pick one thing, that has to be the combat
system – coming up with new abilities and thinking about potential
tactics and/or synergies they might produce is really a pleasure .

nea: A long time, but it’s hard to compare the development to any other
game since we are not a studio that’s working 9 to 5 (at least not yet
). The current version of the game server in python was done (or rather
rewritten from php) about a year ago, the game client has a bit longer
history.

nea: Not really, just for showing some stuff and the discussion went on.

nea: BEER!

nea: We all do .

Thanks again to nea for doing the interview! Good stuff.

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