Hello!
Okay, So first of all... We're glad to announce that we're going to launch a new client verrryyy soon! The client is already finished, but for us to change versions we'd have to take Asherah offline for a short time! We'll keep you guys up to date on the status here and also post a link for download on both the forums and the website when it's done.
So! What's new?
We've added a bunch of tiles to the maps and also added some new items... Most items are seasonal, so we can give you guys some nice surprises for Valentine's Day and Easter! We've made minor adjustments to the monsters, which turned into bigger adjustments for the strongest monster types. We reduced their hitpoints, because we felt some monsters where just too durable!
We also reduced the damage dealt by bows a little, to encourage melee combat and magic more.
We'll be looking into these changes and how it's affecting your games in order to see wether more change is necessary in the future!
We also fixed the broken buttons for the forums and the website and made some minor changes to the client overal.
We're going to be looking into the option of releasing a new client monthly, so players can give their suggestions for new clients and we can see if it's possible to make improvements on a regular basis!
For this client... we'd really like to thank NoGravity for supplying us with a lot of sprites that have been implemented! The new client has a very nice little fireplace that has been sprited by him, and some other thing... but you'll see the sprites yourself soon enough
This is not the only exciting news we have for you guys!
We've also started working on a new project. We really like what Asherah has turned into, but next to Asherah we want to run a game in which the making of choices becomes more important. In Asherah you can do everything you want, without any restrictions... Like magic, archery or becoming a fighter. This new project would force players to actually make choices towards what they want their character to develop like! The main tool we'd be using for that is the attribute system. Every time a player levels up he chooses which attributes he wants to increase, which determine what he'll become good at. (see screenshot)
For now this is all I'd like to reveal about this new project. We hope a project like this will give Asherans more choice for gaming with us and being a part of this excellent community. This project is something that wouldn't be launched any time soon, but we thought we'd share a little sneak peak with you guys... We're currently aiming at launching an alpha version in March, where you guys could actually walk around in a small physical world. But... That's pretty far from now, and we'll keep you up to date about it until then...
Since we're starting this new project from scratch, we'd really appreciate any help you guys could potentially offer. We're very interested to see if you guys can come up with good lore (storyline) for this new project, or send us some sprites that could improve the game!
It would be really nice if this was a game designed by our community, rather than something thought up by two people!
So far we're thinking of having new players start in a newly build Raventhorp. But from here on the players will make a different choice (or have several different choices), which means the rest of the world won't be the same! Maybe you guys can fill out the rest?
We'd really like to know what your thoughts are on both this new project as well as improving Asherah! With a new client coming out every month, and a new game coming out hopefully this summer, we surely could use your suggestions to improve ourselves!
Feel free to talk to me ingame, leave personal messages over this forum or simply reply here!
*edit* I just found out you have to be logged into the forums to view the screenshot
