The News
| 03 Nov 09 | Not sleeping Hey guys (and gals), just a little update to show you that we're not sleeping, just prototyping. Don't be afraid, the animation and " sword " is just programmer's art and looks really sucky! We'll have much nicer animations/models in the game. It's just a tech video to show you how far we are: skeletal animation and "attach points" (the yellow "sword" is attached dynamically to the model). We've also bought an official server that will allow you to go online in the game soon. We'll put all this into the game now, make a few nice models and then release a version with both new models and online gaming (well, not yet gaming but online going :-)). PS: The awesome dude model is public domain. |
Pompei2 |
| 24 Dec 08 | A new version of Arkana - FTS is out! The new version, version 0.0.3 brings a lot of new things. Unfortunately a big part of them can't be seen yet. That is the online gaming part. It is now possible to create an online account, log in, chat (in different rooms, public or private), open a new game and see a list of all opened games and of course, log out ;) Unfortunately, all these new things can't be tryed out by you right now, as we do not have a master-server! It is too expensive for us and we didn't find someone that is ready to host our server application yet. If you own a server and want to help us, please contact us! These are the main additions, but not the only ones. What you will directly notice is a brand-new GUI designed by 'moOshiE', the loading of maps (currently without any objects on them), an Arkana-FTS logo (designed by moOshiE too) and a modelviewer (still under heavy construction). The loading of maps comes with two different loadscreens designed by moOshiE too. So although the online gaming part will be completely unusable for you and one still can't play, it is still worth to try this release even if it's just to see the great new graphics or the loading of a map. From now on, we will try hard to get a release out every one or two months, showing you every little progress we make. Nearly two years for this release were way too long! You may also take a look at the gamepage that is currently under development (thus not functional yet): http://de.arkana-fts.org/ If you are interested, you can join us and help us advance quicker. The team wishes you a lot of fun with Arkana - FTS, a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! |
Pompei2 |
| 04 Sept 08 | Hello all,
As always, sorry for the long silence ... I have purchased a server, but then found out it has no port-forwarding and they won't give me a single port (it's a virtual server). Thus I need to write a workaround for the connection going trough the apache server etc. This will take some time as I'm the only one writing the server and am currently in my exams phase at university. We won't make a release before the server is done, as nearly all improvements to Arkana-FTS have been made in the online-part of the game. We now have chatrooms, gamestarting and some more. After this release we intend to release early, release often, as we will have a stable update infrastructure. To not leave you empty, mooshie is writing and designing the gamepage where you will see your scores, exchange items, read news etc. The design looks already VERY promising, trust me! Soon we will make the page available (even if it's not yet functional) so you can see what it will look like. As the "logo-contest" was a flop, mooshie is designing one that looks really awesome! you will see it soon. |
Pompei2 |
| 18 May 07 | I apologise the long period of inactivity on this website. Altough this website was inactive for about three months, the development of Arkana - FTS was not slowed down. We now have a new look (see the screenshots section) and we'll soon have a master-server where you can subscribe in order to play online (later). The server for the FTS Updater is currently down, and we'll only setup a new one (and make new updates) when we have the master server running. Thank you for following this project :) |
Pompei2 |
| 25 Feb 07 | The german version is up and running now too, only the french version is left. | Pompei2 |
| 24 Feb 07 | The english version of this site is up and running, the translations are still todo. | Pompei2 |
- Pompei2
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