Lands of Loriana is an open-world adventure map, that tries to make exploration an essential element. It will have many unique elements to it, and won't require any mods at all!
Aegis had gained the love of the people, and fought for the throne. Although he held his grasp of the throne for long, the king was eventually forced to surrender his lordship to Aegis in despair -- King Aegis the Great could now rule the land, but he turned out not to be as great as the people first thought... Two-hundred years later, the family of Aegis still holds the throne strong. King Aegis III, although old and senile, keeps his place on the throne. The people still suffer from King Aegis the Great's insanity, and are forced to forever worship what he perceived to be their true rulers, the cows. The town of Silverspring, where the king resides, has been split. With the economy running rampant, people losing vital parts of their day-to-day life, and a rebellion rising, they live in confusion and fear. The lands are growing more and more dangerous, and the monarch's power is only growing stronger. You wake up in an odd pig farm, remembering nothing. The earth quakes, then ends as suddenly as it began. From where you stand, you can see much of the land, and it bears an uncanny familiarity...
FAQ
Q: What kind of map is Lands of Loriana?
A: It's an open-world RPG map, that is currently being developed, with a conversation system, a quest log, exploration, books, a universe filled with unique lore and more!
Q: How will the conversation system work?
A: The conversation system will use YouTube for characters speaking, and annotations tochoose an option. This means it requires an Internet connection quick enough to smoothly buffer video, unfortunately, but it should be fine.
Q: How will the quest log work?
A: The quest log will be a *tiny* program, that will berequired for other elements of the map as well, such as opening the appropriate conversation.
Q: What will the books be like?
A: The books will be written in-universe, and will explain different things in the world. It'll be very similar to the way Skyrim, Oblivion, etc. handles books.
Q: What's the release date?
A: There's currently no release date set, however we're hoping for late 2012.
Q: How difficult will the map be?
A: Most players probably will be challenged by the map, but we don't want to make it seem unfair, either. Other things we try to avoid are traps that instantly kill you, suchas lava. We find that lava simply annoys the player, and burns all their equipment, which causes rage quits. Therefore the map will utilise it very minimally.
To elaborate, we won't utilise mazes either unless they're actually fun to play. None of us likes them, so we doubt anyone else does either. All gameplay is created with the mindset that WE enjoy them, and therefore many others will, too.
Q: How long has this been worked on?
A: About 5 months, each day having about 3 hours of development by a team of 3-4 people.
Q: How long will the map approximately be?
A: Probably around 30+ hours of high-quality gameplay for an average player, with a huge overworld to explore, and a ton of dungeons!
These are in no way representative of the final release, and are only showcasing some of the areas in-game. They are likely to be changed dramatically.
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Planning of the quest log program has started, and it will very likely be in either Java or C#. This highly depends on the community's decision on this; would Mac and Linux-users be okay with using Mono to launch the program (we'd make a tutorial of how to do this), or is that just not good enough? You decide in the poll!
Aegis had gained the love of the people, and fought for the throne. Although he held his grasp of the throne for long, the king was eventually forced to surrender his lordship to Aegis in despair -- King Aegis the Great could now rule the land, but he turned out not to be as great as the people first thought... Two-hundred years later, the family of Aegis still holds the throne strong. King Aegis III, although old and senile, keeps his place on the throne. The people still suffer from King Aegis the Great's insanity, and are forced to forever worship what he perceived to be their true rulers, the cows. The town of Silverspring, where the king resides, has been split. With the economy running rampant, people losing vital parts of their day-to-day life, and a rebellion rising, they live in confusion and fear. The lands are growing more and more dangerous, and the monarch's power is only growing stronger. You wake up in an odd pig farm, remembering nothing. The earth quakes, then ends as suddenly as it began. From where you stand, you can see much of the land, and it bears an uncanny familiarity...
The team consists of:
****Stektpotet - Lead Builder/Video Editor - YouTube
****EternalFacepalm - Builder/Programmer/Lead Writer/Administrator
****VegBerg - Builder/Programmer - YouTube
****Linus371 - Builder/Lead Video Editor - YouTube
****LostMawara - Builder/Writer - deviantArt
****Asmami - Builder
****Joser - Builder
****SirAndas - Builder
****Radivmoe - Builder
****Daveboy2000 - Builder
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We are soon to release the first Teaser Trailer!
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