RoVerse Development Newsletter #1

Join Date: 2008-07-30
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#193257566Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:12 AM GMT

Hello everyone! Welcome to the first of what will now be weekly updates on the progress of RoVerse's development. We heard some people were a bit worried that RoVerse had stopped development because there were no updates, so from now you'll be able to join us in watching RoVerse grow each week! So far, we've made a great start on the scripting side of the project as the vast majority of development tasks are scripting rather than building. Opacor is our lead scripter when it comes to the vital framework functions of the game such as saving player data, which runs on a MySQL database using PHP and Apache. He's been hard at work each day getting our galactic map functional, which will serve as the entrance lobby of RoVerse when you first join. Concept: AdfUAvC In-Game: 7HIScG3 Our other lead scripter is Alertcoderf, in charge of the space flight and combat gameplay. He has achieved some spectacular work breaking the boundaries of regular ROBLOX planes and is very nearly finished a combat-ready prototype with a wide range of sound effects implemented, be sure to check it out in the next dev update! When it comes to non-script based progress, Danthein has built a large portion of the game's assets. You might recognise this station from the RoVerse Cinematic Trailer: T20tLP7 The exterior has been completed and roughly 2/3 of the interior is finished. Right now we're working on the station's Ship Dealer, where you will be able to make use of a massive holographic projection terminal to view and purchase your ships, be it a luxurious transport shuttle or armed-to-the-teeth military strike fighter: LGJdNdh oXt8g0J This and many other station interfaces have been drawn and will be scripted by our newest project developer, Fractality. We have over 70 types of environment features being constructed by Domeboybeene, which will be used in our map generation scripts to make each of the 220 star systems unique with a vast array of combinations, colours and sizes, from frigid ice shard fields, to gaseous lava clouds. The star systems that you will find these exotic environments in are massive and full of all sorts of dangers, from ion storms, to explosive radioactive gas pockets, to player-deployed minefields, to rare black holes, even special hidden encounters and that's without mentioning the constant threat of enemy ships hunting you in the void. mYlu3YY In order to cope with the performance that rendering an entire star system would require, we are implementing regional voxel rendering as well as procedural distance rendering to optimise the game for low-end systems while maximising the immersion of flying through these environments such as an asteroid field. Early test version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDp2rRjqTmg This is just the start of our journey towards making RoVerse a reality for the clan world and there is so much more to be looking forward to. I can't wait to share all of our plans with you, but that will be for a future week's development update. Thank you all so much for your support, especially those who have offered their talents to the project and those who went out of their way to tell others of RoVerse, you're the people who make this all possible!

Danthein

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#193257579Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:12 AM GMT

Good work!

j_wo

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#193257581Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:12 AM GMT

first

Domeboybeene

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#193257593Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:12 AM GMT

First!

p3el

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#193257599Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:12 AM GMT

Tried to hire a stylist, couldn't style me, cant keep me under control im rowdye

TheBlissful

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#193257602Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:12 AM GMT

noob

RoboGojo

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#193257606Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:12 AM GMT

Thanks!

j_wo

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#193257651Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:12 AM GMT

Destroyed domeboy.

caampy

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#193257672Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:13 AM GMT

AH!

Faketus

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#193257724Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:13 AM GMT

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LordIntense

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#193257744Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:13 AM GMT

RAA OR DIE

Vichron

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#193257754Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:14 AM GMT

Domeboybeene

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#193257832Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:15 AM GMT

Ya'll gon' be sorry when I start writing memes about you all on the environment assets.

TheBlissful

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#193257922Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:16 AM GMT

@Vaktus, what's your opinion on this https://www.roblox.com/My/Groups.aspx?gid=10880

ryanhero

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#193257961Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:16 AM GMT

First page

meankiller7

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#193257966Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:16 AM GMT

First page

SpeakerColonia

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VeitMyani

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#193258043Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:17 AM GMT

Glory.

RogueRebeI

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#193258213Sunday, July 10, 2016 3:19 AM GMT

Looks cool, but I won't be around to play it Hope all goes well and people move from clans to this. Either that or the clan world will eventually go to hell...